Listings
: Quantum Leap
A Little Miracle. Christmas Eve 1962: miserly millionaire Michael Blake receives a Visitation. (R) (S)Contributors
Unknown:
Michael
Blake
: Match of the Day
Shown yesterday 11pm BBC1 (S): People's Century
8.50 1947: Freedom Now. How Europe's colonial empires in Africa and Asia crumbled in little more than 30 years after India gained its independence.(BW and colour) (R) (S)
9.451945: Fallout. Nuclear energy promised a new age of scientific progress - and an awesome capacity for destruction. (BW and colour) (R) (S)
: Christmas Oratorio
Bach's Christmas Oratorio goes on with the piece composed for the "third day of Christmas", performed at the Herdekirche in Weimar, Germany. (S) (W)Continues New Year's Day at 10.45am: The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
Arrows of Time: Catching the Waves Dr Neil Johnson measures the waves that travel through time and space, and sets out to test Einstein's theory of relativity with an experiment that uses an atomic clock. (S) (W)Contributors
Unknown:
Dr Neil
Johnson
: The American Civil War
Most Hallowed Ground. The election pitted Abraham Lincoln against his former general, George McClellan. Meanwhile, Union campaigns in Georgia and the Shenandoah Valley seemed to have been checked. Narrated by David McCullough.(R)(S) Next episode is on Wednesday at lpm
Contributors
Unknown:
Abraham
Lincoln
Unknown:
George
McClellan
Unknown:
David
McCullough
: Twelve o'Clock High
Second World War drama continuing the season of films starring Gregory Peck. Bomber pilots at an American air base in England become restless when martinet officer General FrankSavage takes over command.
Director Henry King (1949, U)
(BW) (S) The Big Country: Wednesday 29, 2.05pm Films: pp 51-80 ****
Contributors
Unknown:
Gregory
Peck.
Director:
Henry
King
Gen Frank Savage:
Gregory
Peck
Lt Col Ben Gately:
Hugh
Marlowe
Col Keith Davenport:
Gary
Merrill
Maj Harvey Stovall:
Dean
Jagger
Gen Pritchard:
Millard
Mitchell
: Moonfleet
Historical adventure. Ayoung boy arrives in the village of Moonfleet looking for the man his late mother loved. Widescreen.Director Fritz Lang (1955) (S) (W) Films: pp 51-80 ***
Contributors
Director:
Fritz
Lang
Jeremy Fox:
Stewart
Granger
LadyAshwood:
Joan
Greenwood
LordAshwood:
George
Sanders
Mrs Minton:
Viveca
Undfors
: The Simpsons: A Star Is Burns
Marge suggests a festival to boost Springfield's tainted public image.(Subtitles)
: They Said It Couldn't Be Done
Producer John Downer tells David Attenborough how he conveyed a sense of flight in the film that follows. See Choice.In-flight Movie. The techniques and wing design required for gliding, diving and dipping are revealed in close-up as the camera follows a variety of birds, including peregrines and ducks, during flight. (S) The series continues tomorrow at 8pm
Contributors
Producer:
John
Downer
Unknown:
David
Attenborough
: One Man and His Dog
Dinefwr Park in Carmarthenshire is the picturesque setting for a bank holiday edition of the evergreen sheepdog-trials programme. Celebrity captains Clarissa Dickson Wright , Michaela Strachan and John Craven lead three teams of shepherds - whose ages range between 10 and 60 - in a combination of singles, brace and junior competitions. Presented by Robin Page and Gus Dermody.Producer Ian Russell ; Series producer Daniel Brittaln-Catlin (S) (W)
Contributors
Unknown:
Clarissa Dickson
Wright
Unknown:
Michaela
Strachan
Unknown:
John
Craven
Presented By:
Robin
Page
Presented By:
Gus
Dermody.
Producer:
Ian
Russell
Producer:
Daniel
Brittaln-Catlin
: The Boat
War correspondent Wemer finds life on board submarine U-96 strangely monotonous after the first frightening alarm, while the captain and crew are also frustrated by the inactivity. But then they receive news of an enemy convoy. In German with English subtitles. Widescreen.Continues tomorrow at 7pm For cast see yesterday at 6.25pm (R)
: The Burgess Variations
Concluding a two-part documentary profile of celebrated novelist, critic and composer Anthony Burgess.1960-93. Continuing to write novels at a prolific rate, Burgess left England in 1968 after the death of his first wife. That same year, he married the Contessa Pasi and moved to Italy before deciding to settle in Monte Carlo. The controversy generated in 1971 by the film version of A Clockwork Orange -which painted a dark and nihilistic picture of the future -brought Burgess's work to a wider audience, while his literaryjoumalism, TV appearances and musical compositions ensured that his fame spread around the world. Readings by John Sessions. (S)
Contributors
Unknown:
Anthony
Burgess.
Unknown:
Contessa
Pasi
Unknown:
John
Sessions.
: Arena
Blondes - Anita Ekberg. Perhaps best remembered as the shapely blonde who waded into the Trevi Fountain in La Dolce Vita , fifties sex symbol Anita Ekberg became a Hollywood icon and a cult figure in European cinema.This portrait, which concludes the documentary trilogy about screen sirens, tracks down the reclusive Swede in Italy and traces the path of a career that began to take off when she won a Miss Sweden beauty contest. Ekberg talks candidly about growing old, surviving personal disappointment, and the pressure that comes with being recognised as one of the world's most beautiful women.
Director Nicola Roberts ; Producer Anthony Wall (S) (W)
Contributors
Unknown:
Anita
Ekberg.
Unknown:
La Dolce
Vita
Unknown:
Anita
Ekberg
Director:
Nicola
Roberts
Producer:
Anthony
Wall
: The Truth about Cats and Dogs
Romantic comedy starring Uma Thurman and Janeane Garofalo. Abby Barnes , a radio vet who answers people's calls about their pets, is convinced she is unattractive to the opposite sex. When one of her callers, a young English photographer, wants to meet her, she sends her beautiful but dim neighbour Noelle to take her place. Widescreen.Director Michael Lehmann (1996.15) (S) (W)
Films: pp 51-80 ****
Contributors
Unknown:
Uma
Thurman
Unknown:
Janeane
Garofalo.
Unknown:
Abby
Barnes
Director:
Michael
Lehmann
Noelle:
Uma
Thurman
Abby:
Janeane
Garofalo
Brian:
Ben
Chaplin
Ed:
Jamie
Foxx
Roy:
James
McCaffrey
Eric:
Richard
Coca
Mario:
Stanley
Desantis
Susan:
Antoinette
Valente
Bee man:
Mitch
Rouse
: Glastonbury 99
For once, the annual rock and pop festival held during the summer at Worthy Farm, in Pilton, Somerset, enjoyed favourable weather conditions. Highlights of the plethora of acts playing last June in the sun-baked setting include American giants REM and Welsh figureheads Manic Street Preachers, plus other performances from the Corrs, Fun Lovin' Criminals, the Beautiful South, and Al Green.Producer Alison Howe (W)
Contributors
Unknown:
Al
Green.
Producer:
Alison
Howe
: Seven Women
Historical drama starring Anne Bancroft. China, 1935: an isolated Christian mission, staffed by American and British women, is overrun by bandits. Widescreen. Ends 2.55amDirector John Ford (1966) (S) (W) Films: pp 51-80 ****
Contributors
Unknown:
Anne
Bancroft.
Director:
John
Ford
DrCartwright:
Anne
Bancroft
Emma Clark:
Sue
Lyon
Agatha Andrews:
Margaret
Leighton
Miss Binns:
Flora
Robson
Jane Argent:
Mildred
Dunnock
Rorrie Pether:
Betty
Field
Mrs Russell:
Anna
Lee
Charles Pether:
Eddie
Albert
Tunga Khan:
Mike
Mazurki
Lean warrior:
Woody
Strode
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