Mr Noisy and Mr Sneeze toy ROGER HARGREAVES
Told by ARTHUR LOWE

A magazine for Asian viewers, including discussions, review of recent news, music and stories from the communities.
Produced and presented by Mahendra Kaul
BBC Birmingham

(Details: see Monday BBC2 at 16.36 am)

A second-stage Italian language series: ten programmes looking at Italy today. 9:Firenze
A city dominated by the past defends itself against the ravages of time - and the weather.
Produced by MADDALENA FAGANDINI

Twenty programmes which aim to help mentally-handicapped people get more out of life: 17
Directed by CHRIS LONGLEY
Series producer GORDON CROTON
Notes for parents and leochers, 65p ine postage, are available from BBC Publications, PO Box 234, London [Postcode removed]

Ten programmes for trade unionists on Democracy at Work: 4
Why do we need more nurseries in industry? How can women get involved in union activity? How can unions tackle the obstacles to women gaining equal rights at work?
Producer JOHN TWITCHIN

A 24-part French course: 19 Presented by GILLES DATTAS with CHRISTIAN BRUMELL as Michel and PAllLETTE FRANTZ , ALAIN JANEY ANDRÉ MARANNE, JEAN PEMEJA ANNICK ROUX , ELMA SOIRON
Scripts by MIREILLE FLEMING , ANTOINE TUDAL Produced by TONY ROBERTS
(Ensemble radio programmes on Sundays at 2.30 pm and Wednesdays at 11.0 pm on Radio 4UK, VHF)

A series of 16 programmes 9:Thursday's Child ...
Today we look at the days of the week and at the shape th '.
Producer BRIGIT BARRY

Five programmes which aim to help speech-impaired people and their families.
With BRIAN TRUEMAN
4: Back to Square One
Some adults suffer a sudden, catastrophic loss of speech - possibly resulting from a stroke, a head injury or a laryngectomy (surgical removal of the larynx). This programme looks at rehabilitation and the work of the self-help group of laryngectomees.
Executive producer TONY MATTHEWS Producer CHARLES PASCOE

When Jesus came to Golgotha They hanged Him on a tree ...
When Jesus came to Birmingham They simply passed Him by. SYLVIA READ and WILLIAM FRY of Theatre Roundabout and GWEN WATFORD
With THE THOMAS MORE CONSORT conducted by KEVIN BREEN , join RAYMOND SHORT in an act of worship for the first Sunday in Lent, which looks towards the meaning and mood of Holy Week.
Director LESLIE MITCHELL

The Mouseketeers introduce a Goofy cartoon, The Big Wash, and Showtime from Disneyland.

starring
Today: The Wish

This week: Yeovil

Arthur Negus goes on the road with a team of experts from Britain's leading auction houses. They meet the public informally and discuss the treasured possessions brought along for their assessment. The result is a programme filled with surprises and excitement as people discover the truth about objects that have, sometimes, been gathering dust for years. Introduced by Bruce Parker

BBC Bristol

Kenneth Kendall ; Weatherman

by NINA BAWDEN : dramatised in five episodes by JULIA JONES
2 : Poll and the family, now including Johnnie, the Peppermint Pig. have settled down in Norfolk but Theo has made an enemy.
Producer ANNA HOME
Director PAUL STONE

ROY CASTLE talks to PROFESSOR PETER FENTEM about the benefits of taking regular exercise, and finds out from BRENDAN FOSTER why jogging is so popular in Gateshead. Other joggers in the programme include DAVID HAMILTON and members of the Carlton Jogging Club.
Director BRIAN DAVIES Producer PETER RIDING

A serial in ten episodes by Brian Clark
starring Peter Barkworth as Mark
Hannah Gordon as Sylvia
with Keith Barron as Tim Hart
John Carson as Dieber

A visitor from Head Office makes Mark Telford realise his days in Dover are numbered, and a visit from his son makes him wonder if the days of his marriage are numbered too.

(Theme tune (RESL 63), from record shops)
(Preview: page 23)

by Athol Fugard

Hester has been living as a prostitute in Johannesburg while her brother Johnnie stayed at home in Port Elizabeth to look after their sick father. After 12 years they meet again and are made to face the truth.

First written in 1965, this is a new television version of the stage production which won universal critical acclaim in London last year.

"Fugard is one of the outstanding poets of the human condition writing in the theatre today." (Daily Telegraph)
"One is gripped by the play's frontal emotional attack." (The Guardian)
"This is acting of the highest order, powerful, controlled, unforgettable." (Financial Times)

with Esther Rantzen
Reporters Paul Heiney , Chris Serle Featuring Oddities of the Week from Cyril Fletcher
And a collection of the jokes, dramas and problems that happen in real life.
Studio director PIETER MORPURGO Produced by HENRY MURRAY and ESTHDH RANTZEN Editor PETER CHAFER

with Kenneth Kendall ; Weather

The World Light-Middleweight Championship
Rocky Mattioli (Italy), Champion v Maurice Hope (GB) Challenger San Remo, Italy, is the scene of the first of several British assaults on world titles in 1979. Maurice Hope of London, 27-year-old former British and European Champion, met Eckhard Dagge of Germany for the World title in 1977. The result was a draw. Mattioli, 25, spent most of his early years in Australia, but returned to Europe to take the title from Dagge by a knock-out.
Commentator HARRY CARPENTER
Television presentation by the ITALIAN TELEVISION SERVICE

Kay by ALMA CULLEN
Wile, mother and working woman, Kay worries about the price of dividing herself into three.
Producer BRIGIT BARRY