6.40 Herod and Judaea. 7.5 Maths Methods: Halley's Comet. 7.30 The Ombudsman.

Richard Whitmore; Moira Stuart Weathermichael FISH
12.57 Regional News (London and SE only: Financial Report, and News Headlines with subtitles)

Ten years ago Bob Langley walked into the entrance hall of the BBC in Birmingham and introduced Pebble Mill at One. Today, with Donny MacLeod, Marian Foster and Marjorie Lofthouse, he presents the tenth birthday series of the lively magazine programme. Among their guests: the man whose radio show mixes pop stars with politicians, Jimmy Young. And they're joined by Frank Delaney in the first of his weekly series about books and the people who write them.
BBC Pebble Mill

A programme for children under 5

starring ventriloquists
Ward Allen Ken Wood
A fast and furious 15 minutes of comedy in the company of Jim, Arnie, Robertson, Amos, Sebastian, Tiny - and, of course, Roger the dog.
Producer PETER RIDSDALE scorr Director MARTIN HUGHES BBC Manchester
(Part 2 tomorrow at 4.20 pm) 0 BACK PAGES: 90-91

A cartoon series
This shapeless white creation can change at will into a seal, an egg, a telephone pole - anything to help solve scary stories of the supernatural and other funny phenomena.

with Paul McDowell

with Simon Groom, Sarah Greene and Peter Duncan
Expedition Canada The Big Country!
Larger than life - that's the best way to describe the world's second biggest country. On Blue Peter's whistle-stop tour, Simon rode the range; Peter scaled the Athabasca Glacier - a moving sheet of ice taller than the Eiffel Tower; and high in the Rocky Mountains Sarah shot the white water rapids of the mighty Thompson River.
The intrepid trio returned safe and sound with their traveller's tales, so don't miss today's first report. And catch up with the latest news about the four-footed members of the team-Goldie, Jack and Jill and the new tortoise.

with the voices of Kenneth Williams
(Backpages: 90-91)

with Richard Baker , Weatherman

Presented by Laurie Mayer and Fran Morrison with reporters
SUSANNAH GREENBERG and MAGGIE NELSON and all the region's sport by MICHAEL WALE
At 6.25 the Nationwide team of Sue Lawley, Frank Bough , Richard Kershaw and Hugh Scully bring you the issues, the stories and the people that matter from BBC studios in the capital and across the country.
Including Watchdog
Producers MICHAEL HOGAN PAUL WOOLWICH
Editor ROGER BOLTON

The Media War
Presented by Fred Emery
'The essence of successful warfare is secrecy; the essence of successful journalism is publicity.' That first sentence in the booklet of regulations given to journalists who sailed with the Task Force summed up their dilemma, and led to sharp controversy over coverage of the Falklands conflict.
The way the Ministry of Defence handled information from the South Atlantic is now being investigated by a powerful House of Commons committee.
Michael Cockerell's report shows how the system of censorship worked, where it went wrong, and how clashes of interest between top military men, politicians and journalists caused battles behind the scenes in Whitehall over what news should be presented to the public.
Producer SALLY docanis
Deputy editor TOM bower Editor GEORGE CARET

with John Humphrys ; Weatherman

starring with Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor The remarkable-and ultimately tragic-life of Billie Holiday is vividly captured in this famous screen biography. Diana Ross gives an outstanding performance as the singer who began her ' life ' in a brothel during the mid-1930s and became one of the most acclaimed entertainers of the century. Ill-fated love affairs, racial prejudice, drugs and violence all featured in Billie Holiday's tempestuous existence.
Screenplay by TERENCE MCCLOY
CHRIS CLARK ,SUZANNE DE PASSE , based on the book by BILLIE HOLIDAY with William DUFTY
Produced by JAY WESTON ,JAMES s WHITE Directed by SIDNEY j. FURIE. Films: p 14 (First showing on British television)