6.40 The Writer in Exile

7.5 Guerrilla Warfare in Algeria

7.30 Imaging the Eye

9.38 Mathshow
About a Metre
10.5 Look and Read
Sky Hunter. 3: The Birdman
When the children tell him, Mr Trim wants to know more about the strange bird. But so does the Birdman! with GEOFFREY BAYLDON as Mr Trim and LUKE BATCHELOR , LENNOX GREAVES , JAYNE TOTTMAN , DONALD WAUGH , NIGEL ANTHONY , CHARLES COLLINGWOOD , MICHAEL MAYNARD Written by LEONARD KINGSTON Producer ROGER TONGE
10.30-10.45 Let's Go
Let's Go and Buy Clothes Presented by BRIAN RIX
Two girls from Scottish Adult Training Centres want new clothes. They have planned their spending beforehand. Brian measures his chest in inches and centimetres.
11.0 Watch. The Owl and the Pussycat - 2: Cats
JAMES EARL ADAIR and RAEWYN BLADE show how inside every domestic pussycat there is a lion trying to get out.
Producer TOM STANIER
11.17 Going to Work
What's the Choice?
11.38 The Craft of the Potter Presented by MICHAEL CASSON 2: Throwing
Book (same title), £2.75, from bookshop*
12.5 pm A Job Worth Doing? Anyone Can Apply
People are often dissuaded from entering careers apparently dominated by one sex or the other. The opportunities are there however for all those who want them, regardless of their sex. Producer MARIANNE BAIRD
Series editor PAUL MITCHELL

Weather BILL GILES

With DONNY MACLEOD , DAVID SEYMOUR and MARIAN FOSTER including Medicine Matters with Dr David Delvin

CARMEN Mi'NROE introduces rhymes and counting games and tells the first in a series of stories about some children who all go to a place where there is plenty to do and room to play.
The Cupboard Door

A series for 4- and 5-year-olds.

2.14 Encounter: Germany School
2.30 The Plough and the Stars by SEAN O'CASEY , starring
SIOBHAN MCKENNA , T. P. MCKENNA With DOREEN KEOGH
STEPHEN REA and DERMOT KELLY
A new production in three parts of the story of Dubliners during the Easter Uprising of 1916. 2: The Uprising Begins
Designer KEN LEDSHAM
Produced by RONALD SMEDLEY

Light entertainment
(English transmitters only. First shown on BBC Cymru/Wales)

Story: Mr Bits and Pieces' Upside Down Day by FRANCES LINDSAY Guest storyteller Sam Kydd Presenters
Carol Chell , Johnny Ball

Touche Turtle and Wally Gator A cartoon series

with Judi Dench
A Dog So Small by PHILIPPA PEARCE Today: A Dog behind Glass

Michael Aspel introduces your requests from recent BBC television programmes.
Producer PHILIP CHILVERS
(Send your requests to: Ask Aspel, BBC Television, London W12 8QT)

with John Coston
The Lost Glory of Iran
In ancient times, Alexander, the young Greek hero, conquered the great Empire of Iran and then went on to conquer the world. For centuries fantastic stories have been told about Alexander and nowhere are these stories told more often or more beautifully than in Iran itself. In today's programme JOHN COSTON visits Iran and those palaces of the ancient Kings of Persia that Alexander destroyed.
Storyteller RAY SMITH
Illustrator PAUL BIRKBECK
Film cameraman AZIM JAVON ROU Film editor PAUL CARTER Producer MOLLY COX
Director CHARLES DAVIES

with Richard Baker ; Weatherman

Presented each weekday evening by FRANK BOUGH , SUE
LAWLEY JOHN STAPLETON and BOB WELLINGS with contributions from BBC studios throughout the country. Also from far and near, the programme's team of reporters, LUKE CASEY, BERNARD CLARK , KEVIN COS-GROVE, TONY FRANCIS , DIANE HAR -RON, JAMES HOGG , BILL KERR ELLIOTT, NICHOLAS WOOLLEY and MARTIN YOUNG bring you films and features that reflect the way life is Nationwide.

by ERIC MERRIMAN and CHRISTOPHER BOND starring Terry Scott and June Whitfield
Who could manage to lose an elderly lady, temporarily confined to a wheel-chair? Why, Terry of course.
Film cameraman REG POPE
Film recordist STAN NIGHTINGALE Film editor JOHN DUNSTAN Designer OLIVER BAYLDON
Producer PETER WHITMORE

starring and Reunion (Part 1)
Bobby's return to the Ewing family home with his controversial bride is nothing compared with the next major family reunion. And it all begins with a waitress in a small down-town cafe.
(Part 2 of ' Reunion next week)

with Richard Baker and the BBC's reporters and correspondents around the world Weather

from the Wembley Arena
The 1978 Horse of the Year Show featuring
The Philips Industries Championship
(Holder: MICHAEL SAYWELL with Chainbridge)
With horses and riders now acclimatised to the unique Wembley atmosphere, the course tonight stands at real championship dimensions for the featured class.
Earlier today obstacles and ' nuisances ' of a totally different kind were scattered in the arena to test the control and obedience of The Police Horse of the Year. Introduced by DAVID VINE
Commentators DORIAN WILLIAMS RAYMOND BROOKS-WARD and MICHAEL TUCKER
Producer FRED VINER

explains the news and examines the issues from Britain and around the world that are still going to matter tomorrow. Presented by DENIS TUOHY and VALERIE SINGLETON Including News Headlines
Producer BARBARA MAXWELL Editor ROGER BOLTON