9.38 Lifeschool: Politics and You. Put It to the Vote
A parliamentary by-election, a school council, and a boys' club where all members have a say in how the club is run, are all examples of voting. But why should you bother to vote, does it give you any power, and how do you actually become an 'elector'?
Series consultant CLIVE HARBER Producer ANDY WALKER (R) (e)
10.00 You and Me
A series for 4- and 5-year-olds Dibs and Cosmo both get carried away with their daydreams. Signs and Symbols: toilets. Book: There's No Such
Thing as a Dragon by JACK KENT Presenter HARRY TOWB
Book animation LEO BEL TOFT
Director JULIE CALLANAN (R) (e)
10.15 Music Time. Java Food
(R) (e)
10.40 Thinkabout At the Seaside
Sally and the children are off to the seaside this week, scouring the beach and exploring the rock pools. Giant webbed footprints are found in the sand. What made them?
Producer DAVID MELDRUM (R) (e)
11.00 Zig Zag. Animal Olympics If animals competed in the Olympics, what medals would they win? SHEELAGH GILBEY and WAYNE LARYEA explore the world of animal athletes, in the wild, the safari park. and at home, with expert help from MIKE FINDLAY.
Producer CHRIS ELLIS (R) (e)
11.20 English Time: Talk On! Talking Together
To share, respect and listen to other people is the essence of this programme. Children investigate some work areas, try to solve a problem and have a discussion. Plus a re-examination of the ways of talking together explored in previous programmes.
Producer JILL GLINDON REED (e)
11.45 Micro Mindstretchers Control: The Problem (5)
Presented by CAROL VORDERMAN How would you use your microcomputer to control the lights and curtains for a puppet theatre?
Producer GEORGE AUCKLAND (e)
12.08pm History File British Social History The Motor Car
DAVID BELLAMY , with the aid of much archival film seldom seen on television, traces the impact of the car on society, starting from the days when the only thing that stood outside the suburban house to polish was a monkey puzzle tree.
Producer ALAN EREIRA (R) (e)
12.30 Seventeen
What Happened Next?
Has Debbie had her baby? How is married life working out for Noorany? What's been happening to Julia, Dean and Justin in the year since the original Seventeen series? A chance to catch up with them as they look back at the two years since they left school.
How have they changed? Has life worked out as they planned? There are one or two surprises in store.
Film editor FRAN MCLEAN Producer MIKE DICK (e)
1.00 Subtitle Slot: Zig Zag
A series of programmes from the year's school television output, repeated in subtitled form for hearing-impaired children.
Viking Sailors
PAUL COlA tells the amazing story of the Viking sailors. Men (and women) who roamed the world from America to the Caspian Sea; and whose longships even found a place in nursery rhymes.
Producer TOM STANIER (R) (e)