7.15 Heterosis

7.40 Purification of an Enzyme

8.5 Urban Development: Chicago

A magazine for Asian viewers including discussions, review of recent news, music and stories from the communities.
Produced and presented by SALEEM SHAHED
Director ASHOK RAMPAL. BBC Birmingham (Repeated: Wednesday, BBC2 10.35 am)

Mr Strong and Mr Happy

The story of Jesus told in pictures Who Do They Say I Am? Storyteller RAY SMITH
Designers PAUL BIRKBECK , GRAHAM MCCALLUM Music RAYMOND PREMRU. Adapted for TV and produced by MOLLY cox

Reflections on a Journey
CHARLES CAUSLEY visits Glastonbury, Salisbury and Bemerton.
The second of four programmes in which a traveller speaks of his personal response to some places of Christian significance.
This week a Cornish poet looks at a well, an abbey, a cloister and a country rectory.
Producer R. T. BROOKS

features the news and views, politics and practice, of those involved with the land
With DAVID RICHARDSON
JOHN CHERRINGTON , PHILIP WRIXON
Producer JOHN KENYON. BBC Birmingham
Weather for farmers BILL GILES

An 11-part series about musical instruments, terms and topics. B for Brass
PHILIP JONES (trumpet) introduces the four principal members of the orchestral brass family, with IFOR JAMES (French horn) JOHN IVESON (trombone) JOHN FLETCHER (tuba)
Director IAN HAMILTON Producer JOHN DOBSON BBC Bristol

Philip Jones introduces the principal members of the orchestral brass family - the French horn, trombone and tuba.

A lively look at words and letters with DONALD GEE
BOB HOSKINS and GAY HAMILTON
PATRICIA HAYES , MARTIN SHAW
Script BARRA TOOK
(Repeated: Thursday 1.5 pm)
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with Robert Ryan
Ernest Borgnine Lee Marvin
Anne Francis
Dean Jagger
A season of films featuring five great Hollywood screen personalities of the 1930s and 1940s.
Spencer Tracy plays the one-armed stranger who gets off the express train at the little Western town of Black Rock - the first passenger for four years to do so. Tracy's purpose is to trace a man whose son saved his life in the war, but all he encounters is open hostility.
Director JOHN STURGES. Films: page 13

from Helsinski
The European Cup Final The final day's competition in the team Championship of Europe.
Each of the eight countries involved is allowed one athlete per event and the result is decided on a points basis.
The winning nation and the runner-up-expected to be USSR and GDR -will qualify by right to compete in the World Cup in Dusseldorf next month, while for the rest of the athletes the big prize is the chance to be picked for the Europe Select team in that competition.
Today's events include the 5,000m, the Men's 800m and the Women's 1500m, in which MARY STEWART , indoor world record-holder at this distance, competes for Great Britain. Commentators RON PICKERING
BARRY DAVIES
STUART STOREY

with Peter Woods ; Weather

Based on the novel by NOEL STREATFEILD
Dramatised in six parts by JOHN WILES
Pauline has blossomed as an actress, and Madame is convinced that one day Posy will be an outstanding ballerina. After much hectic preparation, the night of the performance of The Blue Bird has arrived. Episode 4
Producer john mcrae
Director TIMOTHY COMBE

Previously transmitted in their entirety as a Play of the Month presentation, The Chester Mystery Plays are being shown again in six weekly episodes.
A production, using the latest television techniques, of the medieval Mystery Cycle first performed in the City of Chester in the 14th century. Tonight Part 2 Cain and Abel, Noah Abraham and Isaac with the following Company:
HILDA BRAID, KEITH CHEGWIN
KENNETH COLLEY , JOE GLADWIN
FIONA GRAY , CHRISTOPHER GUARD
KIM HARDY , CHRISTINE HARGREAVES
TONY HAYGARTH , JAMES HAZELDINE
PHILIP JACKSON , SAM KELLY
ASHLEY KNIGHT, ANTONIA PEMBERTON
DEREK SMITH , NINA THOMAS
THE CHOIR OF NEW COLLEGE, OXFORD Music director DAVID LUMSDEN
Modern English text by MAURICE HUSSEY Music composed and conducted by GUY WOOLFENDEN
Paintings by TOM TAYLOR
BRIAN PIKE , BERNARD BLATCH Producer CEDRIC MESSINA , Director PIERS HAGGARD

Introduced by Thora Hird
In tonight's programme, THORA introduces another selection of hymns from the last two years of Songs of Praise with the theme ' Why praise God?
Said Thora: 'Many hymns have special memories for me, and I suspect for lots of others too. So with the help of singers from all over Britain I'll be enjoying some of my favourites and, I hope, reminding Songs of Praise viewers of some of theirs.'
Producer FRANK PAGDEN

The eighth of a series of ten episodes, starring Peter Gilmore in The Hostage by MARTIN WORTH with Jessica Benton
Howard Lang
Tom Adams and Jill Gascoine
'You have until noon to find £10,000. Captain Baines and your crew will then be returned unharmed. Otherwise they'll be shot -one by one! '
Series devised by CYRIL ABRAHAM Script editor MERVYN HAISMAN Designer paul munting
Producer GERAINT MORRIS Director PAUL CIAPPESSONI
How the BBC's Make-up Dept works: p 9t

starring
Rosalind Russell , Darren McGavin Mrs Pollifax , a respectable American matron, has always wanted to be a secret agent. Now free of family responsibilities she pays a visit to the CIA to offer her services.
Director LESLIE MARTINSON. Films: page 13

with Peter Woods ; Weather

Joan Bakewell introduces part of one of the concerts of British music that opened this year's Jubilee season at the Henry Wood Proms.

Henry Purcell's Hail, bright Cecilia: a song for St Cecilia's Day - a setting in praise of the patroness of music heard first in 1692. Before the performance the composer, Sir Michael Tippett, a lifelong devotee of Purcell's music and joint editor of the version performed at this concert, talks to the conductor, Nicholas Cleobury, who is making his debut on television.

FELICITY LOTT (soprano) JAMES BOWMAN (counter-tenor) CHARLES BRETT (counter-tenor) IAN PARTRIDGE (tenor) STEPHEN ROBERTS (baritone) DAVID THOMAS (bass-baritone) Continuo: STEPHEN CLEOBURY (organ) DAVID ROBLOU (harpsichord) NIGEL NORTON (theorbo) STEPHEN ORTON (cello)
Schola Cantorum of Oxford
The Purcell Orchestra leader ROGER GARLAND conducted by Nicholas Cleobury

Who decides how we are informed? What are the values, methods and motives of those who select and shape the information we receive? George Scott questions the power and privilege of modern communicators - The Editors of newspapers, books and periodicals, radio and television.
Research SALLY HARDCASTLE Director DAVID TAFT
Producer ELWYN PARRY-JONES