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The cubs find a playground.
Jackie comes face-to-face with the Dark Hand group.
A family dog's over-exuberance costs its master his job, in an energetic comedy starring Matt Frewer and Rhea Perlman. Review page 60.
Director George Miller (1998, u)
Contributors
Unknown:
Matt
Frewer
Unknown:
Rhea
Perlman.
Director:
George
Miller
With Adam Shaw.
Contributors
Unknown:
Adam
Shaw.
Crime drama starring Jack Warner and John McCallum.
An inventor's latest gizmo is stolen by his treacherous wife and assistant.
Review page 60.
(1951, U) (BW)
Contributors
[Actor]:
Jack
Warner
[Actor]:
John
McCallum
Director:
Terence
Young
1914: following the Battle of Marne, the chance of a decisive Allied victory is squandered and both sides dig in.
(BW) (Continues tomorrow at 2.20pm)
Sneaking a look at today's mystery home are Peter Sissons ,
Anna Walker and Linda Barker.
Contributors
Unknown:
Peter
Sissons
Unknown:
Anna
Walker
Unknown:
Linda
Barker.
Looking to make a quick buck in the flea markets of Nice. (S)
To Buy or Not to Buy's
Dominic Littlewood and Kristian Digby treat their tastebuds to dishes by James Martin and James Tanner.
Contributors
Unknown:
Dominic
Littlewood
Unknown:
Kristian
Digby
Unknown:
James
Martin
Unknown:
James
Tanner.
Edinburgh hosts the dust-'em-down-and-price-'em-up antiques show. Hosted by Paul Martin.
(Revised rpt) www.bbc.co.uk/antiques
Contributors
Unknown:
Paul
Martin.
The first of the week's semi-finals ups the ante as four contestants are asked to satisfy the taste buds of the aristocracy, roast a mallard and survive a masterclass with chef school tutor Peter Richards.
Series director Emma Peach ; Series producer Karen Ross
www.bbc.co.uk/masterchef RT DIRECT: accompanying hardback book. E13.99 (RRP £14.99) including p&p. To order call [number removed]7979 (national rate) Cranberry jellies recipe: page 41
Contributors
Unknown:
Peter
Richards.
Director:
Emma
Peach
Producer:
Karen
Ross
3/3. Water and Darkness. A star-studded cast helps re-create the rotten underbelly of the Victorian capital. Peter Ackroyd adds to the brooding atmosphere as he recounts tales of poverty, terror and violence.
Writer Peter Ackroyd
Director/Producer Sam Hobkinson RT DIRECT: Peter Ackroyd's The Illustrated London hardback book, E22.50 (RRP E25) incl p&p. To order call [number removed]7979 (national rate)
Contributors
Unknown:
Peter
Ackroyd
Unknown:
Peter
Ackroyd
Henry Mayhew:
Timothy
West
Charles Dickens:
Anton
Lesser
Friedrich Engels:
John
Simm
Henry Moore:
John
Woodvine
TS Eliot:
Tom
Hollander
Joseph Conrad:
Ronan
Vibert
6/10. Celebrating the passions and preoccupations of television viewers. More on Thursday at 7.50pm. Producer Lucy Kenwrlght ; Exec producer Caroline Wright
Contributors
Producer:
Lucy
Kenwrlght
Producer:
Caroline
Wright
Delicious Scottish prawns protected by the Marine Stewardship Council and prime monkfish dumped off the coast of Cornwall illustrate the inconsistency in standards of preservation of Britain's fish stocks. Director/Producer David Pritchard
Contributors
Producer:
David
Pritchard
Corpus Christi , Oxford, face the University of Lancaster in the second of the quarter-finals.
Director Tracey Rooney ; Producer Peter Gwyn
Contributors
Unknown:
Corpus
Christi
Director:
Tracey
Rooney
Producer:
Peter
Gwyn
5/10. India to Sri Lanka. Fertility and sex get
Dan Cruickshank's blood pumping as he grapples with a naked ten-armed goddess in Calcutta, comes face to face with triple-breasted goddess Menakshi and enters the world's greatest temple of love - the Taj Mahal. To calm down, he finds enlightenment in the celestial city of Jaipur, and is blessed by an elephant. Series producer Tim Dunn ; Executive producer Basil Comely
Repeated next Saturday
RT DIRECT: Around the World in 80 Treasures (hardback), £17 (RRP E20) incl p&p. To order call [number removed](national rate)
Contributors
Unknown:
Dan
Cruickshank
Producer:
Tim
Dunn
Characters Lauren and Nan feature in highlights from the first series of the award-winning sketch show. Writers Catherine Tate and Derren Litten ; Director
Gordon Anderson ; Producer Geoffrey Perkins
Contributors
Unknown:
Characters
Lauren
Unknown:
Catherine
Tate
Unknown:
Derren
Litten
Director:
Gordon
Anderson
Producer:
Geoffrey
Perkins
Presented by Gavin Esler.
Editor Peter Barron www.bbc.co.uk/newsnight
Contributors
Presented By:
Gavin
Esler.
Editor:
Peter
Barron
The latest edition in the hypothetical drama-documentary strand is a visceral thriller in which television has become the most powerful political tool invented. A mother struggling to cope with the death of her daughter on a reality TV show uncovers a sinister plot. Starring Saskia Reeves.
Producers Abn Eyres, Eamon Hardy ; Series edtor Mary Dowries
Contributors
Unknown:
Saskia
Reeves.
Unknown:
Eamon
Hardy
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