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6.00 Stressed Materials: ForetellingFatigue Life 7687534 6.25 Computing: OntheRightTrack 7606669 6.50 Child Development: Helpingwith Family
Problems 7996640 7.15 Scenes from Dr
Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
7.40 Energy and Rockets 1384640 8.05 Biology: the Breath of Life 1843911 8.30 Victorian Ways of Death 2916737 8.55 End of Empire - the Re-fashioning of Literature 2995244 9.20 The Developing World: Out of Development?
9.45 Energy at the Crossroads
714348610.10 Images of the Cosmos:
Venus Unveiled Subtitled 6937945 10.35 Understanding Music: Followinga Score Subtitled 5568447 ll.OOPrincesand
Peoples: Houses of the Grandees Subtitled 3984517 11.25 Population Transition in Italy
11.50 The British Car Industry -a Level Playing Field?
Contributors
Unknown:
Christopher
Marlowe
: Watch Out
Wildlife series. David Attenborough goes fossil hunting somewhere unexpected - central London. With Simon King.Shown last Wednesday .........................
Contributors
Unknown:
David
Attenborough
Unknown:
Simon
King.
: Ginger Rogers in Kitty Foyle
' First in a double bill launching short season of films starringGinger Rogers , who died last month.
Ginger Rogers won an Oscarfor her performance as a Philadelphia shop girl who promises to marry a doctor, but is swept away by an old flame.
Ginger Rogers also stars in Follow the Fleet at 3.00pm DirectorSam Wood (1940) B/W Subtitled. * FILM REVIEWS pages 48-58
Contributors
Unknown:
Ginger
Rogers
Unknown:
Ginger
Rogers
Unknown:
Ginger
Rogers
Kitty Foyle:
Ginger
Rogers
Wyn Strafford:
Dennis
Morgan
Mark:
James
Craig
Giono:
Eduardo
Ciannelli
Pop:
Ernest
Cossart
: Ginger Rogers: a Tribute
Hollywood star Ginger Rogers, who died at her California home on 25 April, began her career as a teenage vaudeville dancer and became the world's highest paid film actress. Above all, she is remembered for her dancing partnership with Fred Astaire. This film, screened as an Omnibus special on 30 April, shortly after her death, looks at how the legendary musicals were made, with anecdotes by Ginger herself, and clips from Astaire's last television interview.Producers Charles Chabot. Rosemary Wilton ; Series editor Nigel Williams.
Contributors
Unknown:
Fred
Astaire.
Producers:
Charles
Chabot.
Producers:
Rosemary
Wilton
Editor:
Nigel
Williams.
: Ginger Rogers in Follow the Fleet
Musical, starringthe lateGinger Rogers and Fred Astaire
Song and dance man "Bake" Baker joins the navy when his girlfriend Sherry leaves him, but their romance is rekindled when the fleet docks in San Francisco.
Carefree is on Bank Holiday Monday at 8.00am
Director Mark Sandrich (1936) B/W Subtitled. ♦ FILM REVIEWS pages 48-58
Contributors
Unknown:
Fred
Astaire
Director:
Mark
Sandrich
Bake Baker:
Fred
Astaire
Sherry Martin:
Ginger
Rogers
Bilge Smith:
Randolph
Scott
Connie Martin:
Harriet Nelson
Hilliard
Kitty Collins:
Lucille
Ball
Showgirl:
Betty
Grable
: The Spirit of England
Ronald Pickup looks at some of Britain's finest historical sites, beginning with two perfectly preserved manor houses, Stokesay Castle in Shropshire and London's Kenwood House...........: Golf
PGA Championship from Wentworth. Live coverage of the closing stages of the second round. With Steve Rider.Producer AlistairScott; Executive producer
John Shrewsbury
Contributors
Unknown:
Steve
Rider.
Producer:
John
Shrewsbury
: Chelsea Flower Show
The day afterthe world's most famous flowershow closed for anotheryear, style guru PeterYork notes the gardening social trends, art critic Brian Sewell assesses the compositions, and a rookie exhibitor and a grower describe how the show was for them.With Alan Titchmarsh and Liz Rigbey.
Contributors
Unknown:
Brian
Sewell
Unknown:
Alan
Titchmarsh
Unknown:
Liz
Rigbey.
: What the Papers Say
John Sweeney of the Observer reviews the week's pressContributors
Unknown:
John
Sweeney
: News and Sport
With Jennie Bond. SubtitledWeather Michael Fish
Contributors
Unknown:
Jennie
Bond.
: Correspondent
Lech Walesa was a hero in Poland when he fought against communist oppression as leader of Solidarity. But now as President of democratic Poland he is widely criticised. Tim Sebastian presentsan intimate portrait of Eastern Europe's leading revolutionary. Postponed from 20 MayEditor Keith Bowers
Contributors
Unknown:
Lech
Walesa
Unknown:
Tim
Sebastian
Editor:
Keith
Bowers
: Strange Landscape
First in afive-part series in which Christopher Frayling investigates the art and philosophy of the Middle Ages.The Jewelled City. In the magnificent
Gothic cathedral at Chartres, medieval pilgrims believed they could glimpse paradise. See today's choices.
Director Derek Towers: Series producer Jim Burge
* See This Week: page 8
Contributors
Unknown:
Christopher
Frayling
Producer:
Jim
Burge
: Fine Cut
8.50 Tripping with ZhirinovskyIn the first of two documentaries about Russia, Paul Pawlikowski goes on the campaign trail with nationalist politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky.
See today's choices.
Director Paul Pawlikowski; Series editor Nicholas Fraser
9.30 The Belovs
A tragi-comic film about Anna and Misha, a brother and sister who live with their farm animals. See today's choices.
Director Viktor Kossakovsky
Followed by Talking X's
Celebrities talk about their reactions to X-rated films. Hugh Grant and Richard Curtis begin the series with Emmanuelle.
Contributors
Unknown:
Paul
Pawlikowski
Unknown:
Vladimir
Zhirinovsky
Director:
Paul
Pawlikowski
Editor:
Nicholas
Fraser
Director:
Viktor
Kossakovsky
Unknown:
Hugh
Grant
Unknown:
Richard
Curtis
: Look at the State We're In!
Third of six short films taking a satirical look at state powers. StarringHugh Laurie, Imelda Staunton
Local Government.
When Mrs Peabody asks her local councillor Mrs Johnson for help, she finds herwilling but unable: Whitehall and the quangos are running all the services.
Legal System is tomorrow at 7.20pm
Written by Chris Langham
Director Robert Knights
Producers RogerGraef, Margaret Tree
Contributors
Unknown:
Hugh
Laurie
Unknown:
Mrs
Peabody
Unknown:
Mrs
Johnson
Written By:
Chris
Langham
Sir Michael Jaffa:
Hugh
Laurie
Councillor Johnson:
Imelda
Staunton
Mrs Peabody:
Karen
Tomlin
: Have I Got News for You
Frank Skinner guests on the comedy news quiz, with Angus Deayton , Paul Merton and Ian Hislop.Shown yesterday Stereo ...................
Followed by Talking X's
Lily Savage on The Exorcist.
Contributors
Unknown:
Frank
Skinner
Unknown:
Angus
Deayton
Unknown:
Paul
Merton
Unknown:
Ian
Hislop.
: Later with Jools Holland
Featuring Elvis Costello , performing songs from his covers album Kojak Variety with the Attractions and guitarists James Burton and Marc Ribot. Plus Boy George, Chris Isaak , Lucky Dube and Radiohead.Director Janet Fraser Crook ; Producer Mark Cooper Stereo........54
Followed by Talking X's
Phil Davison Witchfinder General.
Contributors
Unknown:
Elvis
Costello
Guitarists:
James
Burton
Guitarists:
Marc
Ribot.
Unknown:
Chris
Isaak
Unknown:
Lucky
Dube
Director:
Janet Fraser
Crook
Producer:
Mark
Cooper
Unknown:
Phil
Davison
: Forbidden Weekend
Alex Cox introduces a weekend of films and programmes looking at aspects of censorship, controversy and taste.12.15am Bad Taste
Horror comedy. Derek and his team from the Alien Investigation and Defence Service take on aliens who regard homo sapiens as low-calorie delicacies for their intergalactic fast-food chain.
(1987) (Stereo)
Film Reviews pages 48-58
Contributors
Presenter:
Alex
Cox
Producer (Forbidden Weekend):
Nick Freand
Jones
Director (Bad Taste):
Peter
Jackson
Derek/Robert:
Peter
Jackson
Frank:
Mike
Minett
Barry:
Peter
O'Herne
Ozzy:
Terry
Potter
Giles:
Craig
Smith
Lord Crumb:
Doug
Wren
: Good Taste
A behind-the-scenes look at the makingof Bad Taste, shown at12.15am. With director Peter Jackson , Mike Minett and Terry Potter. ..
Contributors
Director:
Peter
Jackson
Director:
Mike
Minett
Director:
Terry
Potter.
: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Horrorstarring Fredric MarchThe uncut version of the acclaimed film of Robert Louis
Stevenson's classic tale. Fredric March gives an Oscar-winning performance as the physician whose experiments turn him into an evil monster.
Director Rouben Mamoulian (1932) B/W # FILM REVIEWS pages 48-58
Forbidden Weekend continues tomorrow at 10.05pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Horrorstarring
Fredric
Unknown:
Robert
Louis
Director:
Rouben
Mamoulian
Dr Henry Jekyll/Mr Hyde:
Fredric
March
Ivy Pearson:
Miriam
Hopkins
Muriel Carew:
Rose
Hobart
DrLanyon:
Holmes
Herbert
Brigadier General Carew:
Halliwell
Hobbes
Poole:
Edgar
Norton
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