Listings
: The Phil Silvers Show: Bilko and the Flying Saucers
Bilko claims to have seen a UFO.(Black and white) (Repeat)
: Going Hollywood: the War Years
How Hollywood portrayed the Second World War.Command Decision follows.
(Repeat)
Contributors
Director/Producer:
Julian
Schlossberg
: Command Decision
Second World Wardrama starringClark Gable , Walter Pidgeon
A US general is given the task of bombing targets deep inside Germany.
Director Sam Wood (1948) Black and white. * See Films: pages 50-72 ****
Contributors
Unknown:
Clark
Gable
Unknown:
Walter
Pidgeon
Director:
Sam
Wood
: Eisenhower: Soldier
The first of a two-part documentary on American president Dwight D Eisenhower.(Concludes tomorrow)
Contributors
Director:
Adriana
Bosch
: The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures: The History in Our Bones: 3: The Great Dyings: Life after Death
Professor Simon Conway Morris relates the turbulent history of life on Earth.Contributors
Lecturer:
Professor Simon Conway
Morris
: Clash of the Titans
The first of four programmes this week comparing great sporting rivalries focuses on cricket's 1981 Ashes series.(Repeat) (Stereo) (Subtitled)
: The Essential Olympics: 1968-92
Today the Munich massacre of 1972 and the boycotts of the eighties.(Revised repeat) (Stereo) (Subtitled)
: The Car's the Star
A look at the trendy Triumph Herald of the Sixties.(Repeat) (Stereo) (Subtitled)
: Great Railway Journeys: Derry to Kerry
Michael Palin travels from northern to southern Ireland in the first of a four-part series of celebrity journeys on this week.(Repeat) (Stereo)
Contributors
Presenter:
Michael
Palin
: Love on a Branch Line: Yes Sir, That's My Baby
Four-part comedy drama based on the novel by John Hadfield, showing this week. Starring Michael Maloney, Leslie PhillipsA Whitehall civil servant is sent to assess the work of a long-forgotten ministry department.
(Repeat) (Stereo) (Subtitled)
Contributors
Writer:
David
Nobbs
Based on the novel by:
John
Hadfield
Jasper Pye:
Michael
Maloney
Lord Flamborough:
Leslie
Phillips
Lady Flamborough:
Maria
Aitken
Professor Pollux:
Graham
Crowden
Deidre:
Emma
Bernard
Mrs Pye:
Jennifer
Peircey
Mark Fairweather:
Peter
Blythe
Miss Tidy:
Gillian
Raine
Belinda:
Abigail
Cruttenden
Matilda:
Charlotte
Williams
Chloe:
Cathryn
Harrison
Quirk:
Stephen
Moore
Miss Mounsey:
Amanda
Root
Lionel Virley:
David
Haig
Mr Jones:
Joe
Melia
: Brief Encounter
Continuing the Affairs to Remember season, starring Celia Johnson, Trevor HowardA couple's chance meeting leads to a romance which they must keep secret.
(1945, PG) (Black and white)
Season continues with Portrait of Jennie, Thursday 9.05am
See Films: pages 50-72
Contributors
Director:
David
Lean
Laura Jesson:
Celia
Johnson
Dr Alec Harvey:
Trevor
Howard
Fred Jesson:
Cyril
Raymond
Albert Godby:
Stanley
Holloway
Myrtle Bagot:
Joyce
Carey
Dolly Messiter:
Everley
Gregg
Beryl Water:
Margaret
Barton
: The Witches
Fantasy adventure starring Anjelica Huston, Mai ZetterlingAfter the death of his parents, young Luke travels to England with his grandmother, Helga. Helga has warned Luke about witches so he is not surprised when he discovers that their seaside hotel is the venue for an English witch convention. He is turned into a mouse after drinking the Grand High Witch's evil potion, and then has to try to thwart her plan to turn the nation's children into mice.
(1989. PG)
See Films: pages 50-72 ***
Contributors
Director:
Nicolas
Roeg
Miss Ernst/Grand High Witch:
Anjelica
Huston
Helga:
Mai
Zetterling
Mr Jenkins:
Bill
Paterson
Mrs Jenkins:
Brenda
Blethyn
Mr Stringer:
Rowan
Atkinson
Luke:
Jasen
Fisher
Bruno Jenkins:
Charlie
Potter
Miss Irvine:
Jane
Horrocks
: An Audience with Charles Dickens: Dr Marigold
Simon Callow concludes a week of readings from Charles Dickens's books with a Christmas story that was immensely popular in the 1860s but is now almost unknown.The tale of the good-hearted cheap-jack Dr Marigold is a rare piece of story-telling and is full of extraordinary changes of pitch and mood, a work which Callow considers "an astonishing masterpiece".
Contributors
Charles Dickens:
Simon
Callow
: Changing Rooms
Carol Smillie looks back on this autumn's series of the programme which asked neighbours to redecorate rooms in each other's homes in just two days with a budget of £500. She relives some of her favourite moments and also remembers a few of the worst nightmares involved with decorating someone else's home to one's own individual taste.Contributors
Presenter:
Carol
Smillie
Director:
Nick
Vaughan-Barratt
Executive Producer:
Linda
Clifford
: The Moonstone: 2
The second of a two-part adaptation of Wilkie Collins's classic detective novel.Starring Greg Wise, Antony Sher, Patricia Hodge, Keeley Hawes.
The moonstone continues to haunt all those who have touched it but Franklin Blake is determined to solve the mystery of the Verinder household and, in doing so, win back Rachel's affections.
See today's choices.
Contributors
Author:
Wilkie
Collins
Franklin Blake:
Greg
Wise
Sergeant Cuff:
Antony
Sher
Lady Julia Verinder:
Patricia
Hodge
Rachel Verinder:
Keeley
Hawes
Gabriel Betteredge:
Peter
Vaughan
Rosanna Spearman:
Lesley
Sharp
Dr Candy:
Paul
Brooke
Godfrey Ablewhite:
Scott
Handy
Ezra Jennings:
Anton
Lesser
Colonel Sir John Herncastle:
Terrence
Hardiman
Drusilla Clack:
Kacey
Ainsworth
Samuel:
Nicholas
Lane
Penelope:
Rachel
Lumberg
Indian:
Surinder
Duhra
Constable Seegrave:
Roger
Walker
Mrs Yolland:
Janet
Henfrey
Limping Lucy:
Elizabeth
Berrington
Mr Bruff:
Peter
Jeffrey
Gooseberry:
Anthony
Cumber
Septimus Luker:
Bob
Bernard
Spy:
Carl
Forgione
Landlord:
Andy
Devine
: Have I Got News for You
A second chance to see highlights of this year's comedy news quiz, and some of the outtakes rescued from the cutting room floor. Hosted by Angus Deayton, with Ian Hislop, Paul Merton and guests.(Repeat) (Stereo)
Contributors
Presenter:
Angus
Deayton
Team captain:
Ian
Hislop
Team captain:
Paul
Merton
Director:
Paul
Wheeler
Producer:
Richard
Wilson
: El Mariachi
Action adventure starring Carlos GallardoTwo strangers, a mariachi musician and a hitman, arrive in a small Mexican border town. Both are dressed in black and carry guitar cases. But the musician - mistaken for the assassin - gets caught up in a violent feud.
In Spanish with English subtitles.
(1992)
See Films: pages 50-72 ***
Contributors
Director:
Robert
Rodriguez
El Mariachi:
Carlos
Gallardo
Domino:
Consuelo
Gomez
Bigoton:
Jaime
Dehoyos
Mauricio (Moco):
Peter
Marquardt
Azul:
Reinol
Martinez
Cantinero:
Ramiro
Gomez
Clerk:
Jesus Lopez
Vlejo
: Alanis Morissette in Concert
Singer Alanis Morissette performs tracks from her multi-million selling debut album Jagged Little Pill. The concert, filmed in New Orleans, captures the intimacy of the Canadian artist's hits, including You Oughta Know, Head over Feet and Ironic.(Colour and Black and white) (Stereo)
Contributors
Singer:
Alanis
Morissette
Director:
Steve
Purcell
: The Curse of the Cat People
Horror fantasy, concluding the season of films by producer Val Lewton, starring Simone Simon, Kent Smith.A draughtsman is worried by his young daughter, who lives in a world of her own. The child invents a secret companion who appears to be her father's first wife, once thought to have supernatural powers. But is Irena merely a figment of the imagination?
(1944, U) (Black and white)
See Films: pages 50-72
Followed by Weatherview
Contributors
Director:
Robert
Wise
Director:
Gunther von
Fritsch
Producer:
Val
Lewton
Irena:
Simone
Simon
Oliver Reed:
Kent
Smith
Alice Reed:
Jane
Randolph
Amy:
Ann
Carter
Barbara:
Elizabeth
Russell
Julia Farren:
Julia
Dean
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