9.38 Countdown
Million Pound Decision
ALEX GLASGOW referees as pupils from a London school play the North Sea Gas game. Devised by REX walford
Producer ROY THOMPSON
10.0 Merry-go-Round A Tale of Two Dogs
For Ben a dog's life is a good one. But Nell is not so lucky.... Producer ELIZABETH BENNETT
10.23 Maths Workshop: Stage 1 Arrows

A series for 4- and 5-year-olds.
Introduced by David Ashton.

Weather BARBARA EDWARDS

Bob Langley, Donny MacLeod, Marian Foster and David Seymour present their selection of the activities, music, personalities - and talking-points of the day - LIVE from the entrance hall of the BBC Broadcasting Centre in Birmingham: including "Anything for a Laugh" with Charlie Chester

2.1 WORDS AND PICTURES
A new series for 6- and 7-year-olds in the beginning stages of reading.
Pigs and Pumpkins
In today's story "The Hallowe'en Pumpkin," the pumpkin scares an old woman, a baker, a fisherman and a farmer. "That was fun," it says, but then it meets a hungry pig.
Introduced by Henry Woolf
Puppets Alan Platt
Animation Bura and Hardwick
Producer Moyra Gambleton
2.18 BRITISH SOCIAL HISTORY
Building the Unions
(Black and white)
2.40 MUSIC IN ACTION
Shining, Silvery Waters

(Shown on BBC2 at 11.0 mmt

with Penelope Keith
Jane's Adventures in a Balloon by JONATHAN GATHOHNB-HARDY in five parts
When Jane Charrington and Mrs Deal , the housekeeper, found themselves adrift in a huge airship, it was the beginning of a strange, and sometimes, terrifying, adventure.
Today: The Airship

with Valerie Singleton, John Noakes, Peter Purves and Lesley Judd
Who Can Ever be Tired of Bath?
When Jane Austen wrote these words in 1801 Bath was the centre of fashionable society. To celebrate Jane Austen's bicentenary Valerie revisits the city and takes the waters.

A new cartoon series

by Elisabeth Beresford
Told by Bernard Cribbins

with Peter Woods ; Weatherman

Britain's most popular current affairs programme
Presented this week by Michael Barratt , Frank Bough ; Bob Wellings , Susanne Hall and Dilys Morgan Reporters at large:
BERNARD FALK, DIANE HARRON
JA^IES HOGG, CHRISTOPHER RAINBOW JOHN STAPLETON , PATRICK STENSON PHILIP TIBENHAM , MARTIN YOTN 'G
Deputy editor stvakt Wilkinson Editor JOHN GAU

by Len Rush
Starring Lesley Dunlop, Karan David, Julie Dawn Cole, Fiona Fullerton, Erin Geraghty
with Marjie Lawrence

Ruth Fullman is on the maternity ward, and she finds herself suddenly involved with a patient - an involvement which has definite ramifications on her private life. Meanwhile, Maureen Morahan has a different kind of problem - a problem which prompts her to seek advice from the hospital chaplain.

(Angels, a book linked with the series, will be published on 21 November: 50p, from bookshops)

Reporting on the stories that matter. and asking the questions that need to be asked.
Introduced by David Dimbleby
The Panorama correspondents at home and abroad are
MICHAEL CHARLTON
MICHAEL COCKEKELL
RICHARD LINDLEY and TOM MANGOLD
Assistant editor DAVID harrisoh Editor PETER PAGNAMENTA

with Peter Woods and Angela Rippon and the BBC's reporters and correspondents around the world Weather

starring Frank Sinatra also starring Lee Remick Jacqueline Bisset
Ralph Meeker , Jack Klugman
When New York police detective Joe Leland is assigned to solve the brutal murder of a young homosexual, he embarks on an investigation that uncovers corruption, both moral and political, and confronts Leland himself with a momentous choice: should he become part of a conspiracy against justice or preserve his integrity while sacrificing his career?
Director oordo* douglas