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Underwater creatures. Signed. (SL)
Ghostly double bill. (R) (S)
Turning holiday snaps into giant works of art.
Heavy rain starts to seep through the nursery roof.
Contributors
Writer:
Penny
Lloyd
A story about children swimming.
Pumpkin is upset. (R) (S)
Moving the Empire State Building turns out to be a bad idea. (R) (S)
Is a famous magician kidnapping the children of wealthy families? (R) (S)
Benny has been kidnapped by a ruthless gang. (R) (S)
*** War drama starring Dirk Bogarde based on the real-life adventures of cocky PoW Charlie Coward who was a constant thorn in the flesh of his German captors. Review page 56. Director Andrew L Stone (1962, U)
(BW)
Contributors
Unknown:
Dirk
Bogarde
Unknown:
Charlie
Coward
Director:
Andrew L
Stone
Jake and Gavin refurbish a sad bathroom in Woking, Surrey.
Searching for a good buy in the French town of Biot.
Lesley Waters and Tony Tobin take each other on. <R)
Contributors
Unknown:
Lesley
Waters
Unknown:
Tony
Tobin
Paul Martin and experts James Lewis and Nigel Smith head for the resort of Bournemouth. (Revised rpt)
Contributors
Unknown:
Paul
Martin
Unknown:
James
Lewis
Unknown:
Nigel
Smith
Antiques Roadshow's Lars Tharp reveals a punchbowl's secret, plus ways to bid wisely at an auction.
Contributors
Unknown:
Lars
Tharp
Jeremy Musson discovers that Bellamont's Gothic arches and castellation are not quite what they seem. Director Dave Huw Jones ; Producer Richard Trayier-Smith
Contributors
Unknown:
Jeremy
Musson
Director:
Dave Huw
Jones
Producer:
Richard
Trayier-Smith
New series 1/12. A trip back to the realm of James I as a team of archaeologists and historians try to run a Welsh farm for 12 months as if it's the year 1620.
September. The would-be farmers use oxen to plough the land, but have to sow the seeds by hand. They also prepare a rustic Jacobean feast. Owen Teale narrates. Producer Peter Sommer ; Series producer David Upshal Alan Titchmarsh on history's lessons: page 36
Contributors
Unknown:
Owen
Teale
Producer:
Peter
Sommer
Producer:
David
Upshal
Producer:
Alan
Titchmarsh
Monty Don and the team host this year's roadshow from Nottingham. As well as garden-hopping around the city, they'll be solving horticultural problems and swapping techniques and plants with local gardeners. Producer Rosemary Edwards ; Series producer Sarah Moors RT DIRECT: save £ 2 on Gardeners' World - Gardening from Berr/fields. To order for £18 including p&p, call [number removed]7979 (national rate) The 30-minute gardener: page 36
Contributors
Unknown:
Monty
Don
Producer:
Rosemary
Edwards
Producer:
Sarah
Moors
9/13. Wick to Berwick. Nicholas Crane begins the next leg of his journey at John o' Groats, the village farthest from Land's End. At Cruden Bay he sees the impact made 35 years ago by the discovery of North Sea oil. Meanwhile Miranda Krestovnikoff observes bottlenose dolphins in the Moray Firth. INTERACTIVE: for details see Sunday at 9pm
RT DIRECT: save E2 on the paperback book Coast, paying only £14.99 (incl p&p). To order call [number removed]7979 (national rate)
Contributors
Unknown:
Miranda
Krestovnikoff
Unknown:
Moray
Firth.
5/6. Hatch. Jack and Victor conceive a plan that proceeds to cause shock waves across Craigland.
Writers Greg Hemphill and Ford Kiernan
Director/Producer Michael Hines
Contributors
Unknown:
Greg
Hemphill
Unknown:
Ford
Kiernan
Producer:
Michael
Hines
Jack Jarvis:
Ford
Kiernan
Victor McDade:
Greg
Hemphill
Winston Ingram:
Paul
Riley
Tam Mullen:
Mark
Cox
Navid Harrid:
Sanjeev
Kohli
Isa Drennan:
Jane
McCarry
Bobby:
Gavin
Mitchell
Eric:
James
Martin
Meena:
Shamshad
Akhtar
Shug:
Paul
Vounq
Mick:
Rab
Affleck
Margaret:
Claire
Hemphill
With Gavin Esler.
Contributors
Presenter:
Gavin
Esler
1/3. The Variety Theatre Company of Gibraltar's Nuts CocoNuts, and Nobel Prize winner Dario Fo. With Stuart Maconie.
Contributors
Presenter:
Stuart
Maconie
Producer:
Andrew
Hutton
Executive Producer:
Andrew
Lockyer
Elegant romantic comedy fantasy adapted from Shakespeare's play, updated to late-19th-century Italy, starring
Kevin Kline and Michelle Pfeiffer. Duke Theseus is preparing for his marriage to Hippolyta, yet she is not the only reluctant bride at court. Review page 56. Director Michael Hoffman (1999, PG)
Contributors
Unknown:
Kevin
Kline
Unknown:
Michelle
Pfeiffer.
Director:
Michael
Hoffman
On 12 December 1901, Guglielmo Marconi proves that wireless waves can be sent across the Atlantic.
Contributors
Director:
Alex
Lay
Executive Producer:
Richard
Bradley
[web address removed] Repeats not indicated.
Open University/General Interest
2.00 Two Religions: Two Communities
2.30 Words and Music
3.00 Fortress Britain
3.30 English, English Everywhere
4.00 At Home
4.30 About Care
5.00 Renaissance Secrets: Riddle of the Dome
5.30 Ever Wondered?