10.30 Cats' Eyes (ages 5-7) The Environment
(Stereo)
10.45 Cosmo and Dibs in Punjabi (ages 3-5) Presents
10.50 Cosmo and Dibs in English (ages 3-5) Presents
11.00 Look and Read (ages 7-9+) Welcome to LRTV
11.20 Shakespeare Shorts (ages 11-14) Romeo and Juliet
(Stereo)
11.40 The RE Collection (ages 14+) Forgiveness
(Stereo)
12.00 English File (ages 14-17) Death of a Salesman
Shakespeare Shorts; Death of a Salesman 11.20am; 12 noon BBC2
Theatre lovers should consider setting the video for these two extraordinary programmes from the BBC's schools output.
Shakespeare Shorts takes scenes from the Bard's most popular plays and teams them with familiar TV faces - starting with a chunk of Romeo and Juliet with EastEnder Mona Hammond as the wily nurse. Future episodes feature Nigel Planer as Twelfth Night's Malvolio and Brookside's Anna Friel as Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Death of a Salesman is an English File serialisation of Arthur Miller's greatest play, bringing Warren Mitchell back to his favourite role, Willy Loman. Among the supporting cast are Pam Ferris, Juliet Aubrey and lain Glen. The whole thing can be seen in one go in the autumn.
Andrew Duncan talks to Arthur Miller in three weeks' time.