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The first of two programmes following profoundly deaf flautist Ruth Montgomery as she travels to Russia to perform with the St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Voiceover and in-vision subtitles. Repeated on Tuesday at 2.10am on BBC1 www.bbc.co.uk/seehear

Contributors

Unknown:
Ruth Montgomery

- Biblical epic starring
Jeffrey Hunter , chronicling three elements of the New Testament: the life of Christ, Herod's tension with the Romans and the story of Barabbas. Review page 45. Director Nicholas Ray (1961, U)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jeffrey Hunter
Director:
Nicholas Ray

Period romantic drama starring Jodie Foster and Chow Yun-Fat.
Bangkok, 1862: King Mongkut of Siam hires recently widowed Englishwoman Anna Leonowens to tutor his son. When she arrives at the palace, Anna's total faith in the Western way of life is undermined by British attempts to foster war with Burma. Meanwhile, she also becomes involved in the King's more personal affairs.
Review page 45.
Director Andy Tennant (1999, 12)

Contributors

Director:
Andy Tennant
Anna Leonowens:
Jodie Foster
King Mongkut:
Chow Yun-Fat
Tuptim:
Bai Ling
Louis Leonowens:
Tom Felton
The Kralahome:
Alwl Syed
General Alak Randall:
Duk Kim
Prince Chowfa Lim:
Kay Siu
Princess Fa-Ying:
Melissa Campbell
Prince Chulalongkorn:
Keith Chin
Moonshee:
Mano Maniam

In the last of the current run, mavericks take centre stage. Comedian Frank Skinner takes his life in his hands when he celebrates the 50th birthday of the Fall's irrepressible hell-raiser Mark E Smith. Actor John Simm joins Lauren Laverne at the bar to talk about the last ever episode of Life on Mars (on Tuesday at 9pm on BBC1), while Mark Kermode hits the streets of Nottingham to meet uncompromising film director Shane Meadows for a pint in his local and Andrew Graham-Dixon is in Wakefield for the opening of land artist
Andy Goldsworthy 's exhibition. There's also a look at the amazing creations of designer Hussein Chalayan at Paris Fashion Week. The series returns on 5 May. Series producer Sam Starbuck ; Exec producer Edward Morgan
Repeated at 2.05am www.bbc.co.uk/cultureshow

Contributors

Unknown:
Frank Skinner
Unknown:
Mark E Smith.
Unknown:
John Simm
Unknown:
Lauren Laverne
Unknown:
Mark Kermode
Director:
Shane Meadows
Director:
Andrew Graham-Dixon
Artist:
Andy Goldsworthy
Designer:
Hussein Chalayan
Producer:
Sam Starbuck

Bittersweet drama starring Val Kilmer , Mira Sorvino and Kelly McGillis. When architect Amy Benic falls in love with blind masseur Virgil Adamson , she encourages him to have a radical operation to restore his sight. But Virgil does not adjust well to seeing the world for the first time and their relationship begins to suffer. Review page 45.
Director Irwin Winkler (1998,12)

Contributors

Unknown:
Val Kilmer
Unknown:
Mira Sorvino
Unknown:
Kelly McGillis.
Unknown:
Amy Benic
Unknown:
Virgil Adamson
Director:
Irwin Winkler
Virgil Adamson:
Val Kilmer
Amy Benic:
Mira Sorvino
Jennie Adamson:
Kelly McGillis
Duncan Allanbrook:
Steven Weber
Dr Charles Aaron:
Bruce Davison
Phil Webster:
Nathan Lane

Colourful biographical drama starring Bob Hoskins as the one-time CIA informer who ruled Panama until he was finally toppled and arrested for drug offences at the end of the 1980s. Review page 45. Director Roger Spottiswoode (2000, 15)

Contributors

Unknown:
Bob Hoskins
Director:
Roger Spottiswoode

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