Listings
: Harvey
Comedy, continuing a short season starring James Stewart. Harvey, an invisible giant white rabbit who keeps tippler Elwood P Dowd company, causes chaos. Director Henry Koster (1950. U)(BW) (S) Shenandoah is on Thursday 30, 4 05pm Films: pp 51-80 *****
Contributors
Unknown:
James
Stewart.
Director:
Henry
Koster
: An American in Paris
Musical starring Gene Kelly.Jerry, an American painter living in Paris, is loved by the rich and beautiful Milo. Perversely, he falls in love with a poor orphan. Director Vincente Minnelli (1951, U)
(S) Films: pp 51-80 ****
Then One Man and His Dog-the Previews Contestant profile. (S)
Contributors
Unknown:
Gene
Kelly.
Director:
Vincente
Minnelli
: The Simpsons: Homer v Patty and Selma
Homer has to borrow money.With the guest voices of Mel Brooks and Susan Sarandon.
(Subtitles)
Contributors
[Actor]:
Mel
Brooks
[Actor]:
Susan
Sarandon
: The Big Knights
Alchemy. The two sirs infiltrate the court of King Otto's rival.With the voices of Timothy West and Prunella Scales. (S) Next edition is Tuesday 28 at 12.40pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Timothy
West
Unknown:
Prunella
Scales.
: Jim Henson's The Storyteller
Based on a Russian folk tale.The Luck Child. It is foretold that a peasant child will one day rule the world. (S) Next edition at lpm
: Christmas Oratorio
The first of the six cantatas of Bach's Christmas Oratorio, performed by the MonteverdiChoir and the English Baroque Soloists, conducted by John Eliot Gardiner. (S) (W) Next edition tomorrow at 10.50am
Contributors
Conducted By:
John Eliot
Gardiner.
: They Said It Couldn't Be Done
First of seven wildlife programmes in which David Attenborough talks to film-makers about their pioneering documentaries, reruns of which follow. Today he speaks to Kenyan Alan Root.Mzima - Portrait of a Spring
Thirty years ago, Root and wife
Joan used home-made methods to film underwater. (S) Next edition tomorrow at 2.55pm
WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/animalzone Factual: page 13
Contributors
Talks:
David
Attenborough
Unknown:
Kenyan Alan
Root.
: Don Quixote
A model animation based on Cervantes's tale, featuring the voice of Simon Callow. (S)Contributors
Unknown:
Simon
Callow.
: Jim Henson's The Storyteller
Sapsorrow. A princess flees to escape marriage. (S) Next edition tomorrow at 10.20am: Wives and Daughters
Shown Sunday 19 at 9pm on BBC1(S) (W)
: Vintner's Tales with Jancis Robinson
Profile of Claude Douard , who looks after a restaurant's wine cellar. (R) (S)Contributors
Unknown:
Claude
Douard
: The Simpsons: Bart's Comet
A comet is heading for Springfield.(Subtitles)
: White Christmas
Musical starring Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye. Two army pals visit the Columbia Inn, where their old general is struggling to keep a hotel open. They help by staging a show. Widescreen. Director Michael Curtiz (1954. U)(S) (W) Films: pp 51-80 *****
Contributors
Unknown:
Bing
Crosby
Unknown:
Danny
Kaye.
Director:
Michael
Curtiz
: Singin' in the Rain
A satirical and affectionate musical, starring Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds , that tells the story of the fabulous twenties, when Hollywood wrestled with the problem of turning silents into talkies. Featuring the songs Make 'Em Laugh, You Are My Lucky Star and Singin ' in the Rain.Directors Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen (1952. U) (S) Films: pp 51-80 *****
Contributors
Unknown:
Gene
Kelly
Unknown:
Debbie
Reynolds
Directors:
Gene
Kelly
Directors:
Stanley
Donen
Don Lockwood:
Gene
Kelly
Kathy Selden:
Debbie
Reynolds
Cosmo Brown:
Donald
O'Connor
Una Lamont:
Jean
Hagen
RF Simpson:
Millard
Mitchell
Zelda Zanders:
Rita
Moreno
Roscoe Dexter:
Douglas
Fowley
Dora Bailey:
Madge
Blake
Dancer:
Cyd
Charisse
: Cecilia and Bryn at Glyndebourne
Italian mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli and Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel combine to deliver a concert in the splendour of Glyndeboume Opera House in East Sussex.Myung-Whun Chung conducts the London Philharmonic
Orchestra for a selection of pieces that includes duets from Mozart's Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni ,
Rossini's Barber of Seville and Donizetti's ElixirofLove.
Director Brian Large ; Producer Nigel Shepherd (S) (W)
Contributors
Mezzo-Soprano:
Cecilia
Bartoli
Unknown:
Myung-Whun
Chung
Unknown:
Don
Giovanni
Director:
Brian
Large
Producer:
Nigel
Shepherd
: The Queen
Her Majesty's message to the Commonwealth. With sign language and in-vision subtitles. (W)Contributors
Her:
Majesty
: Il Postino
Oscar- and Bafta Award-winning romantic drama. The star, Massimo Troisi, died the day after filming was completed.1952: exiled Chilean dissident and poet Pablo Neruda travels to Europe, taking up residence on the island of Capri. There he is befriended by Mario, the shy local postman. In Italian with English subtitles.
(1994, U)
Films: pp 51-80 *****
Contributors
Director:
Michael
Radford
Mario:
Massimo
Troisi
Pablo Neruda:
Philippe
Noiret
Beatrice Russo:
Maria Grazia
Cucinotta
Donna Rosa:
Linda
Moretti
Telegraph operator:
Renato
Scarpa
Matilde:
Anna
Bonaiuto
DiCosimo:
Mariano
Rigillo
: RKO 281
Drama, portraying the events behind the filming of what many regard as the best movie ever made, Orson Welles 's Citizen Kane, which is screened at 11.45pm. Widescreen.Director Benjamin Ross (1999) (S) (W) Films: pp 51-80 ****
Contributors
Unknown:
Orson
Welles
Director:
Benjamin
Ross
Orson Welles:
Liev
Schreiber
William Randolph Hearst:
James
Cromwell
Marion Davies:
Melanie
Griffith
Herman Mankiewicz:
John
Malkovich
Louella Parsons:
Brenda
Blethyn
George Schaefer:
Roy
Scheider
Louis B Mayer:
David
Suchet
Gregg Toland:
Liam
Cunningham
Hedda Hopper:
Fiona
Shaw
Carole Lombard:
Anastasia
Hille
John Houseman:
Simeon
Andrews
: Citizen Kane
Biographical drama, produced by, directed by, co-written by and starring Orson Welles.After the death of famous newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane, reporters try to discover the truth about his life. What was he really like, and who was Rosebud, the name he spoke just before he died? Five people each give different impressions of the tycoon.
(Welles stars in The Trial, which follows at 1.40am.)
(1941. U) (BW) (S) Rims: pp 51-80 *****
Contributors
Director/Producer:
Orson
Welles
Charles Foster Kane:
Orson
Welles
Jedediah Leland:
Joseph
Cotten
Susan Alexander:
Dorothy
Comingore
Mr Bernstein:
Everett
Sloane
Big Jim Gettys:
Ray
Collins
Mrs Mary Kane:
Agnes
Moorehead
Walter Parks Thatcher:
George
Coulouris
Raymond, head butler:
Paul
Stewart
Emily Norton Kane:
Ruth
Warrick
Herbert Carter:
Erskine
Sanford
Jerry Thompson:
William
Alland
: The Trial
Drama based on Franz Kafka 's classic novel, directed by, written by and starring Orson Welles. Also starring Anthony Perkins. Joseph K is woken one morning by police officers who announce he is under arrest, but refuse to specify his crime. It is the beginning of a waking nightmare for K as he experiences the law's terrifying bureaucracy. Ends 3.35am(1962, PG) (BW) (S)
Rims: pp 51-80 ****
Contributors
Unknown:
Franz
Kafka
Unknown:
Orson
Welles.
Unknown:
Anthony
Perkins.
The Advocate:
Orson
Welles
Joseph K:
Anthony
Perkins
Miss Burstner:
Jeanne
Moreau
Leni:
Romy
Schneider
Hilda:
Elsa
Martinelli
Bloch:
Akim
Tamiroff
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