9.0 Shakespeare in Perspective: King Lear
In his personal view Professor Frank Kermode suggests that one purpose of tragedy may be to make us look steadily at things we prefer not think about, death, of course, and 'the way the world works'.
9.26 Maths Counts: 2: Round About
by John Tully.
£7.99? Call it £8.00. Steve and Wendy learn how to round numbers up - and down?
9.48 Mathscore One: 2: Bits and Pieces
A way-out waitress and a capricious customer make Fractions a piece of cake!
10.10 Look and Read: Dark Towers: 3: The Old Legend
by Andrew Davies.
A reading series for 7- to 9-year olds.
10.35 Geography Casebook: Britain Inner City
The second of two film reports on how Glasgow has been redeveloped since the war.
11.0 Watch!: Robinson Crusoe: Part 3
Crusoe discovers clay in the stream and turns his hand to pottery.
With Louise Hall-Taylor and Earl Adair.
11.17 Walrus: After Four: Episode 2
by Cathy Pellicer.
When the Aliens try a bit of chatting-up at the disco, all they get is a bottle of arsenic.
11.40 Geography: 11-13: Routeway
Bernard Clark investigates the different ways the first canal, the first railway and the first motorway crossed the Pennines between Yorkshire and Lancashire.
12.3 pm Whatever Happened to Britain?: 3: Keeping Ahead of the Game
An eight-part analysis.
12.30 Other People's Lives: 3: Kayapo: The Modern Life Jaguar (rituals)
Ten films about the social values and organisations of five cultures.
12.55 1.8 Maths Help: 3: Negative Numbers
A series for adults studying maths O-level offering help with common difficulties.
Presented by Laurie Buxton (Inner London Education Authority).
1.19 Science Topics: Genetics and Genetic Engineering
Why do children look like their parents?
1.40 Let's See: Houses: 3: Living Around Here
Garry Stewart visits Kelso on the Borders.
2.0 You and Me: I'm a Little Teapot
A series for 4- and 5-year-olds.
Jennifer Wilson takes Tessa, Jane, Stuart and Adam to visit a pottery and they return to school with some creative ideas.
2.15 British Social History: 2: The Poor Weaver
by John Prebble.
Glasgow - 1834: the city is filling with people all in search of work.
2.40 Junior Craft, Design and Technology: Up and Down the Hill: Teachers Programme 2
Continuing the design of downhill vehicles begun in programme 1.
(A companion programme for pupils is on Friday at 11.0. Repeat)
