6.45 The Thames Barrier: Systems in Action

7.10 Head Start: Children of the Dream

7.35 Imaging the Eye

8.00 Gas and Steam Turbines

8.25 Education: Open Skies, Grass Roots

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Floella Benjamin and friends say Hallo Again with songs, games and play ideas.

The Body of Christ
Bishop Lesslie Newbigin considers whether the church has in fact been inspired by Christ's prayer that his followers might be as one so 'that the world may believe'.
Director LELIA GUINERY-GREEN Producer DAVID CRAIG (R)

Richard Lambert works as a lighthouse-keeper on the island of Flat Holm, three miles off the Welsh coast.
Today Ann Easter joins him for a simple service of meditation and reflection. Readings: Isaiah 43. vv 1-7, Mark 3. vv 1-6
Engineering manager ALAN HITCHCOCK
Director MARK WADDINGTON
Series producer HELEN ALEXANDER

A wildlife quiz in which Johnny Morris , Sheila Anderson and Jeremy Cherfas are faced with a skipper in the mud. wings in jaws and iodine in an axolotl.
Chairman Michael Jordan Producer JOHN DOBSON
BBC Bristol

Harold Williamson Revisits the Pop Preacher
Paul Jobson could always make people sit up and take notice. In the swinging 60s the young curate turned his church crypt into a disco and talked about sex in a language teenagers could understand. He was certain he could get them back to the church. He failed, but he hit the headlines before he left for a quiet post in the country. Then he was back in another London parish. This time he was after the whole family - with a bar in the crypt. But does draught bitter win worshippers or just domino players? Film editor JESSE PALMER
Producer JENNY CROPPER (R)

Mirror, Mirror on the Ceiling
Written and narrated by Ian Wooldridge
Visiting archbishops, according to the customer-relations man, are fond of the mirrored rooms at Caesars
Palace, Las Vegas, where you can spend the day in divine reflection, watch a Grand Prix motor race in the car park, have a tennis lesson from Pancho Gonzales or bet on tables with the highest limits in the world. Film editor DICK PULL
Producer MICHAEL BEGG (R)

Shepherd in Sea Boots
From his father Fred Jones inherited the skills of a fisherman; from his mother's family a farm high in the hills. Fishing and farming help him earn a living, but Fred's ambition was to be a singer and now his songs are a familiar part of the North Wales holiday scene. Executive producer JENNIFER JEREMY
Producer WYNFORD JONES (R)

A fortnightly magazine programme for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. News, views and entertainment, with sign language and subtitles.
Introduced by Clive Mason and John Lee
Produced by EDDIE MONTAGUE (e)

with Les Cottington and Philip Wrixon
Executive producer JOHN KENYON BBC Pebble Mill

JOHN KETTLEY

with Vivian White
Starting with News Summary This lively political-discussion programme probes the issues of the day with the people at the heart of events.
On the eve of the Liberal Assembly the programme asks whether an effective 'third force' may emerge from the wreckage of the Alliance and looks at the consequences if the politicians of the centre go their separate ways. Producers
VANESSA DOWELL. VIRGINIA ASHCOMBE Director NIGEL FINNES Editor LYDIA HOWARD

by John Maynard.
"You should have said something, Pauline. I didn't know the Queen Mother had thrown a darts team together."
(Ceefax subtitles)

- continues a season of films starring the celebrated comic actor. Today with Cecil Parker , Eric Sykes A clerical error brings a brash northern vicar with strong ideas about equality and Christian charity to a pretentious middle-class community. Peter Sellers gives an inspired performance.
Story and screenplay by FRANK HARVEY and JOHN BOULTING Produced by ROY BOULTING Directed by JOHN BOULTING
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The warm-hearted story of the Witherspoons starring
Home Again
Life used to run on straight tracks for Gus Witherspoon - until he decided to take in his widowed daughter-in-law and her three children. Suddenly Gus must learn to adjust to a new family ...
Written by JAMES LEE BARRETT Directed by JERRY THORPE

by WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY dramatised in 16 episodes by ALEXANDER BARON starring
2: Vauxhall Gardens
Becky is determined to make her way in society. First she needs a rich husband - and she has already set her trap.
Music composed and conducted by NIGEL HESS
Costume designer JOYCE HAWKINS Script editor PHILLJPPA GILES Designer GAVIN DAVIES
Producer TERRANCE DICKS
Director DIARMUID LAWRENCE
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Cliff Michelmore and Maggie Philbin report on charity news. Roger Royle appeals on behalf of St Columb's Cathedral,
Londonderry. It is a building of great historical and architectural interest. As well as being a place of worship, it has become a centre of peace in a community that has seen strife. Funds are urgently needed for restoration.
Please send your donations to: [address removed]
Producer JILL DAWSON

Weather

from Brixham
Brixham has changed from a fishing village into a major Devon holiday resort, but fishing still remains a local industry. Pam Rhodes visits the fish market and talks to fish merchant IAN MATTHEWS , trawler skipper DAVE HURFORD and a scientist who specialises in pollution, RAY JAGO.
Holiday-makers, residents and the Brixham male voice choirs gather round the harbour to sing their favourite hymns.
Crown him with many crowns
(Diademata); Will your anchor hold; All hail the power of Jesus' name! (Diadem); From heaven you came (The servant king); How great thou art; Abide with me (Eventide); When lamps are lighted in the town; Sweet is the work. my God. my king Conductor EDDY Phillips Organist CYRIL BURROW
Assistant producer STEPHEN LYNAS Producer DAVID KREMER Editor STEPHEN WHITTLE
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A series in 13 parts devised by GERARD GLAISTER and ALLAN PRIOR starring and Episode 2 by RAYMOND THOMPSON sir EDWARD: If we joined forces and worked together, you could inherit it all one day.
FRERE: I don't need it. Father. I'm building my own business. SIR EDWARD: And setting yourself up as competition.
Title music
SIMON MAY and LESLIE OSBORNE Film cameraman JOHN WILLIAMS Designer JIM HATCHARD Script editor MARK LYONS
Producer GERARD GLAISTER Director MATTHEW ROBINSON
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written by CARLA LANE
The story of the Boswells, a family of lovable rogues.
Title music by DAVID MACKAY Designer TIM GLEESON
Directed by SUSAN BELBIN Produced by ROBIN NASH
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Starring Alfred Molina, Robert Hardy, Gary Cady

'My word is my bond. And I thought only schmucks do business like that.' Gino, a Russian gangster, is playing for higher stakes than most when he invests in the British stock exchange. Any drop in share prices could put his life in immediate danger.
(Ceefax subtitles)

from the BBC newsroom Weather

As the news unfolds, moral dilemmas, controversies and questions are raised that cannot easily be compressed into the summary of a news bulletin. Each week the programme looks for what matters: the personal, political or religious story that affects society and inflames passions or prejudices. Film editor MIKE ALOOF Assistant producers
RICHARD BRADLEY. CATHARINE SEDDON Series producer OLGA EDRIDGE

The Story of a Farm
A personal history in five parts by Tony Harman 2: As it Was
Tony Harman introduces a cast of characters who have been connected with his farm. Their memories paint a picture of life in a small rural community in the early years of this century. Produced by LUCY PARKER (e)