6 JULY 1996, page 44

Cinema

Mission: Impossible (PG, selected cinemas) Spooks but no sparks Mark Steyn I happened to see Mission: Impossible the same week I saw Spy Hard. One of them comes on like a parody......

Radio

Battle of minds Michael Vestey T he BBC's senior foreign correspon- dent Martin Bell has reported from 80 countries and covered 11 wars. Last Sun- day he faced his 12th conflict......