Weather BILL GILES

Donny MacLeod , Marian Foster Bob Langley and Bob Hall
The regular menu of informality and information includes Plan Your Land with expert Les Bailey explaining how to use your land imaginatively.
Editor JIM DUMIGHAN. BBC Birmingham

from Rugby

A Whale of a Tale

with Joanna David
The Eyes of the Amaryllis by NATALIE BABBITT
What was the mystery that lay behind the sinking of the brig Amaryllis in the great hurricane of 1850? Were the captain and his crew lost at sea or ... ? Today: Part 1

The Silver Fish by JOHN TULLY
It is winter and King Stephen's people are starving. Since his wife and baby were lost at sea he has stopped caring for his country. Rebellion is brewing outside the palace gates. Then a young man arrives claiming to be his long-lost son. Is this one genuine, or just another pretender?
Designer COLIN SHAW
Executive producer ANNA HOME Producer ANGELA BEECHING Director PAULINE CARTER

with Simon Groom, Christopher Wenner, Tina Heath
On the Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Join Simon and Goldie deep in the heart of the Scottish Highlands and discover how an artist's sketches drawn on a wall in a mountain lodge have provided a clue to the age of the trees in the glen.

Written by MAURICE DODD featuring LEONARD ROSSITER as ' Boot'
With JUDY BENNETT , SHEILA STEAFEL and PETER HAWKINS

with Kenneth Kendall Weatherman

Presented live from London and the BBC studios around Britain. Frank Bough, Sue
Lawley Hugh Scully , John Stapleton and Bob Wellings are the team that bring you Britain's most-watched current affairs programme. Each weekday evening they present analysis of topical events, plus the features and film that make up the scene Nationwide. Including Casey's Tales
Luke Casey begins an unlikely trip around Britain in pursuit of myths and legends. Tonight he visits a place in Scotland where money grows on trees.
Producer ANDREW CLAYTON , LINO FERRARI IAN SQUIRES , RICHARD TAIT Deputy editor DAVID LLOYD Editor HUGH WILLIAMS

Presented by Fred Emery
The issues, the people and the stories that matter, reported by television's top journalists:
JAMES BELLINI , MICHAEL COCKERELL RICHARD LINDLEY , TOM MANGOLD
JEREMY PAXMAN , PHILIP TIBENIIAM DAVID TAYLOR
Deputy editor ELWYN PARRY JONES Editor ROGER BOLTON

with Angela Rippon and the BBC's reporters and correspondents around the world Weatherman

starring Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges

Hiding from his revengeful fellow gang-members, John "Thunderbolt" Doherty, narrowly escapes being shot when a handsome young drifter picks him up in a stolen car. The older man and "Lightfoot" strike up an unlikely but, eventually, deep friendship and attempt - with two others - to duplicate an early robbery. The half-million dollar haul is spectacularly successful until the gang fall out and violence erupts. This exciting caper movie, set in Montana, is also a fascinating study of a "lost soul" nearly saved by the innocent generosity of the extrovert "Lightfoot".

(First showing on British television)
(Films: page 23)

Barry Norman presents a weekly round-up of news, reviews and interviews from the movie world.

Breaking Away: Peter Yates, of Bullitt fame, directs this comedy about an American teenager played by Dennis Christopher, who dreams of becoming a cycle champion.
Bear Island: Donald Sutherland, Vanessa Redgrave and Richard Widmark are among the stars of this action adventure set in the Arctic and based on the Alastair MacLean thriller.
Very Heavy Metal: on location in Sheppey Eddie Kidd, 20-year-old stunt rider, starring in his first feature film, talks about his role and we see him in action on his motorbike.

The flute has age-old magical associations. Aztec slaves played it before being sacrificed; in Africa it brought rain and was a giver of life. DAVID MUNROW recreates the music and myth of early instruments before an invited audience. With ALAN I.UMSDEN and guest JAMES TYLER
Written by DAVID MUNROW Produced by VICTOR POOLE
Series devised and directed by PAUL KRIWACZEK