6.45 The Nervous System
7.10 Topology: Complex Loci
7.35 Mechanics: Dynamic Analysis
8.0 Ecology: Ants and Acacias
8.25 Chemistry: Cyclobutadiene
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lain Lauchlan and Jane Hardy say Hallo Again Story: Jason's Birthday Present by FLOELLA BENJAMIN Musicians
PAUL READE. ALAN GRAHAME Director PENNY LLOYD Editor
CYNTHIA FELGATE (R)
Debbie Appleby and Mark Curry with stories about two people who learnt the value of being unselfish.
Producer MARTIN HUGHES
Executive producer DAVID BROWN BBC Manchester (R)
A series in which viewers are united by television in a simple service of prayer and reflection.
Margaret Collingwood joins Wei-Ping Cheng in his home in Hemel Hempstead. The preacher is Jim Wallis , the leader of the Sojourner community in America. He considers what it means to be 'obedient to the call'.
Director STEVE BENSON
Series producer DAVID CRAIG
with Sarla Maheshwari At the end of Ramadan, Muslims everywhere celebrate the festival of Eid. Asian Magazine marks the occasion by looking at the work of Islamic calligraphy of Zahir-U-Din Zaheer.
With other stories from the Asian community, and Shiv Kumar Sharma plays a folk tune on santoor. Producer KRISHAN GOULD
Executive producer ASHOK RAMPAL BBC Pebble Mill
Presented by Sneh Gupta
The family quiz show which helps speakers of English as a second language to improve their understanding and use of English. With guests
Eiji Kusuhara , Me Me Lai Aftab Sachak
Josephine Welcome
Research CAROLE MONTAGUE Director JOHN M. A. LANE
Producer JEREMY ORLEBAR
How to avoid the perils of video playbacks in the classroom or youth club - and improve the chances of getting a good follow-up discussion. Drama sketches with Jon Glover
Introduced by Bill Pasquerella
Directed by CHRIS LENT
Produced by TONY MATTHEWS (R)
The best of the recent series of Micro Live. 5: Power
How powerful is the average home computer? What does power mean anyway - is it the hardware or the software? Lesley Judd investigates: Benchmarks; the 'Amiga' review; Robotics
Videotape editor GRAHAM TAYLOR Producer TERRY MARSH
Series editor DAVID ALLEN
A personal view by Celia Hoyles of computers in education.
The Gender Gap
Celia Hoyles , Professor of Mathematics, Institute of Education (London University), explores the myths and prejudices about computing and girls. Series producer IAN WOOLF
Producer ROBERT ALBURY (R)
Discussion booklet, 50p plus sae (A4) from BSS. [address removed] Cheques made payable to BSS
Presented by Gordon Honeycombe In 1907 John Symons
Honeycombe published the family legend. But how much of this can be proved from historical evidence?
Producer BRYN BROOKS (R)
with Philip Wrixon Dan Cherrington Leslie Cottington and Claire Powell Producers
KEN POLLOCK. MARTIN SMALL
Executive producer JOHN KENYON BBC Pebble Mill
MICHAEL FISH
with Donald MacCormick
Starting with News Summary The weekly look at what matters in politics.
In live discussion with those at the heart of events, Donald MacCormick seeks the truth behind the significant issues of the day, and looks ahead to those of tomorrow. Producers
PHILIP CAMPBELL. ELLIE UPDALE
Studio director VICTOR MELLENEY Editor PAUL NORMS
by Tony McHale and Bill Lyons.
'I reckon we'd all be better off without parents'.
(Ceefax Subtitles)
continuing a season of films starring one of Britain's most urbane and versatile screen actors.
Today with Kathleen Ryan, Robert Newton, Cyril Cusack
Johnny McQueen, idealist leader of 'the Organisation', has escaped from prison while serving a sentence for gun-running. During a hold-up to obtain funds, Johnny is shot, badly wounded, and left in the gutter by a fellow gang member. From then onwards he is hunted without mercy...
Mason gives perhaps the finest performance of his career in this compelling and tragic drama of a man on the run.
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Chris Serle and Concorde Captain John Hutchinson are at Biggin Hill in Kent, along with thousands of aviation enthusiasts, to witness a spectacular display of exacting flying.
The Spitfire, a name forever associated with Biggin Hill, celebrates 50 years with a large gathering of these unique fighting machines, as well as a flypast with Concorde.
The RAF Red Arrows celebrate 21 years and 2,000 performances, the first of which was at this very airfield. They are joined by the Hungarian national aerobatic team and a plethora of aircraft old and new.
with Jan Leeming Weather News
with Thora Hird
Love is the theme running through tonight's hymns. They recall, for many viewers, happy memories of important times in their lives and of loved ones whom they will never forget.
Thora also introduces some people who put their
Christian love into action: Margaret Jackson , a social worker from Southwark, and Steve Tinsen from
Nottingham, who helps care for his handicapped friend Mandy.
Love divine. all loves excelling (Blaenwern); My song is love unknown (Love Unknown); Bind us together. Lord; God is love (Abbot's Leigh); Woman at the well; 0 love that wilt not let me go (St Margaret); Child in the manger (Bunessan);
The Lord's my shepherd (Crimond); Immortal, invisible. God only wise (St Denio)
Director VALETTA STALLABRASS Producer ELIZABETH GORT
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Scotland v
West Germany (Group E)
Live coverage of the whole match in Queretaro.
Scotland's biggest test of the tournament so far, and one which could resolve their fate in the toughest group of all. Can manager Alex Ferguson outwit the great
Franz Beckenbauer off the field, and Graeme Souness impose his presence on it?
The Germans' record in World Cup finals is impressive, but Scotland, in their fourth successive finals, remain confident, and also have a small matter to settle.
The last time the two countries met in the World
Cup it was West Germany, prompted by Beckenbauer, who prevented the Scots from reaching Mexico in 1970. Commentator in the Corregidora Stadium is JOHN MOTSON
Commentator in Scotland is
ARCHIE MACPHERSON
Also, tonight, highlights of Belgium v Iraq in Toluca, and the thoughts of the BBC experts including Aston Villa's and Scotland's ANDY GRAY. Introduced by Desmond Lynam , with Jimmy Hill
BBC Brain of Sport 2. a quiz book for sports enthusiasts based on the Radio 2 series. £1.25
A Question of Sport, a book from the BBCtv quiz programme. £1.95
with Magnus Magnusson
The University of Bradford is host tonight, as four more first-round winners compete in the third semi-final of Mastermind.
William Hamill-Keays (chartered engineer) The Crimean War
Hendy Farquhar-Smith (teacher)
Life and works of Sir David Wilkie 1785-1841
Timothy Stewart (translator) Life and works of Beethoven Donald Crerar (actor)
European history 1914-1945 Lighting DENNIS BUTCHER
Assistant producer MARY CRAIG Director DAVID MITCHELL Producer PETER MASSEY
Presented by Esther Rantzen Consumer advice, investigations, misprints, mishaps and real-life humour. With Mollie Sugden and reporters
Gavin Campbell Adrian Mills
Grant Baynham , Doc Cox Director BOB MARSLAND
Producer ESTHER RANTZEN Editor JOHN MORRELL
with Jan Leeming Weather News
with David Lomax
Week by week as the events of the news unfold, moral dilemmas, controversies and questions are raised which cannot easily be compressed into the black and white summary of a bulletin or headline.
But these questions of public and private morality affect us all and inflame passions and prejudices many of us would rather ignore or try to hide. Reporter David Lomax looks at 'the heart of the matter'. Film editor MICHAEL ALOOF
Series producer OLGA EDRIDGE
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starring
Strained Interlude
Rhoda and Joe work very hard at being the perfect modem couple - free of all jealousies and hang-ups - and then a man Rhoda once loved asks her out for dinner ...
Written by COLEMAN MITCHELL and GEOFFREY NEIGHER
Directed by ROBERT MOORE (R)
