Program Tips

Program Tips
	Profile Channel: BBC 4, October 6, 22:30 to 23:00, Ian Duncan Smith. Conservative Party	Iain was born in April 1954. He was educated at Dunchurch College of Management, the Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst, the Universita per Stranieri in Perugia, Italy and HMS Conway in Anglesey. Commissioned into the Scots Guards, Iain saw active service in Northern Ireland and Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) as well as serving in Canada and Germany. It was here that Iain quickly gained a reputation for being approachable and hard working. At the age of 27, Iain left the army and worked for GEC-Marconi before later joining Bellwinch, a property company, and then joined the board of Jane's Information Group, a publishing company. Iain found this experience invaluable for understanding the difficulties of running a business. He knows first hand the effect on people's lives of policy made in Whitehall. Iain has been married to Betsy since 1982, and they have two sons and two daughters, aged between 9 and 15. Source. Conservative Party Website
	Seven Wonders of the Industrial World Channel: BBC 2 Time: 22:00 to 22:50 Transcontinental Railroad / links	Marvel at the speed with which two railroad tracks were built - racing towards each other across America. The two companies involved were each desperate to build more track than their rival, in the shortest possible time - driving their men incredibly hard, in their desire to get rich quick.
	Days That Shook the World Channel: BBC 4 24 Sep, 21:30 to 22:30	Martin Luther King's Civil Rights March: 1963. Series focusing on some of the defining moments of history.
	American Blues Alley Channel: Travel Channel 23 Sep 2003, 20:00 to 20:30 links: ►National Geographic ►Delta Blues Museum ►Photographs of Mississippi Blues Culture ►Highway 61 Itinerary	Traveling along Highway 61 opens the door to Mississippi's history. Often referred to as "Blues Alley," Highway 61 takes you south from Memphis into the Mississippi Delta. Here, centuries of Mississippi River floods have created some of the world's richest farmland.
	All the President's Men Channel: TCM 18 Sep 2003, 22:00 to 00:35	Landmark political thriller based on the Washington Post's investigation of the Watergate break-in which led to the most significant political scandal of the 1970s. With its painstaking reconstruction of the decade's political scene and tightly-scripted view of the world of the newsroom, this film excitingly combines all the elements of investigative journalism with those of a tense thriller. Director: Alan J Pakula Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, Hal Holbrook, Jason Robards (1976, 4 Star) Reviews: Rotten Tomatoes
	George W Bush - Profile Channel: BBC 4 8 Aug, 20:30 to 21:00	Christopher Hitchens profiles George W Bush, whose reputation has been transformed by September 11. To accompany Christopher Hitchens' profile of George W Bush we survey the president's raucous early life and "compassionate conservative" political career. Topics: A political coming of age, Texan dynasty, "Me or Jack Daniels", The road to Washington