6.45 Shrinking Polygons
7.10 Raising Sons and Daughters
7.35 Images: the Surface of Mars
8.00 Education: After the Act
8.25 The Picture Wings of Hawaii

stops today at
The Why Bird Stop
Simon and Why find a big problem in the lost property office - where do you file an alligator?
Puppeteer:
Fiona Beynon Brown Producer
BARBARA RODDAM Executive producer CYNTHIA FELGATE
A FELGATE production for BBCtv (R)

Why did some Liverpool children give up their crisp money, and how did a rich woman learn what is more important than jewels? With Bryan Murray Tony Osoba and Irma Inniss.
Director CELIA THOMSON Producer
JUDY MERRY
BBC North West (R)

Today Linda Mary Evans joins Meta Sharpe at her home in Enniskillen, and the Rev David Cupples shares his understanding of what it means to 'suffer with Christ'. An opportunity for prayer and reflection.
Reading: I Peter 4, w 12-19 Director CHRIS LOUGHLIN Editor HELEN ALEXANDER BBC Northern Ireland

Starring the Marx Brothers.

Private Detective Sam Grunion, alias Groucho, is on the trail of diamonds hidden in a sardine can. Harpo has stolen the can to feed a starving theatrical troupe. The unscrupulous Madame Egilichi is also after the rocks and suddenly takes an alarming interest in showbiz!
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Success in pop music is an elusive thing. Where do you start? Simon Parkin talks to people who can make or break an artist, and to newcomer Clive Griffin who supported Chaka Khan on a recent tour.
Researcher SARAH TOPALLAN Producer IAN STUBBS

Previously broadcast programmes with subtitles and sign language added.
Today, Phillip Schofield visits Jamaica for Holiday 89, and an item to commemorate
Hiroshima Day, 6 August
1945. Presenter Clive Mason. British sign language interpreter John Lee. Series producer IAN WOOLF

Anthrax - a deadly disease associated at one time with germ warfare - has been raging on a pig farm in Wales. It was months before the biggest outbreak for 50 years resulted in nearly 5,000 animals being slaughtered. Did the men at the Ministry boob? Is the public at risk? John Craven investigates.
Chris Baines discovers that the growing demand for thatched roofs has uncovered an environmental and economic shock.
Plus at 12.55pm the weather for the countryside with Bill Giles.
Editor MICHAEL FITZGERALD

with Lisa Davidson
followed by
The High Chaparral: Tornado Frances
starring
with guest star

Buck Cannon's plans to open a saloon are threatened by a temperance group led by spirited Frances O'Tolle. (R)

Chinese Nightingale

by Tony McHale
"I am a partner in this practice, Uncle, and I intend to stay a partner."
(Ceefax Subtitles)

starring
It isn't Nicolas Whistler 's fault that he was born in Czechoslovakia and so can speak Czech - but these facts make him an attractive proposition for MI5.
Unwittingly he becomes entangled in a web of espionage, deceit and danger in this comedy thriller where sudden death lurks around every corner.
Screenplay by LUKAS HELLER based on the novel Night of Wenceslas by LIONEL DAVIDSON Produced by BETTY E. BOX Directed by RALPH THOMAS
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In a beer-tasting test, could you pick out the non-alcoholic one? That's the name of the game when the reputations of two of the trio of contestants are on the line. Both are beer connoisseurs, but can they be caught out?
Brave enough to Go for It! are Patrick Butler , a youth worker from Belfast, and Colin Barfoot , a Rolls-Royce furnace worker from Derby. The third contestant, Slava Bennett , a draughtswoman from Tunbridge Wells, prefers champagne. Presented by Gloria Hunniford and Dr Alan Maryon Davis. Directors ERIC HARWOOD and PHILLIP CASSON
Producer FRANK HAYES '
A HAWKSHEAD production in association with PROSPECT PICTURES for BBCtv (e)

starring and Family Secrets
While David finds Cupid in his computer class, an innocent book of stories found in the attic leads to some unpleasant memories for Gus.
Written by JOEL J. FEIGENBAUM

David Puttnam is not interested in paintings or drawings, so how will he spend E500 for the BBC Art Collection? 'I am really obsessed by the power of the black-and-white image,' he confesses as he sets out to find classic photographs. At Sotheby's he is outbid by his old friend, David Bailey. Terence Donovan ,
Bert Hardy and Angus McBean all offer advice, but is it possible to find something original which will also prove to be a good investment? Film editor JEFF SHAW
Researcher ANNABEL DAVIES Producer KEITH ALEXANDER Director NICHOLAS ROSSITER
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Lisa Davidson with news and comment from Britain and around the world. Weather

In the last programme of the series, Thora Hird travels to York to say goodbye in style from York railway station. She talks to a retired railwayman, Ernie Marshall. While she is in the city she visits the Minster in the company of the Dean to see the recently restored Rose Window.
Thine be the glory (Maccabeus); We are marching (Siya Hamba); Teach me my God and King (Sandys); When I survey the wondrous cross
(Rockingham); How great thou art; 0 Jesus I have promised (Thombury): The day thou gavest Lord has ended (St Clement); Forth in thy name 0 Lord; I go (Song 34); And can it be (Sagina).
Videotape editor IAN HOWLETT
Production assistant JACKIE HOBBS Assistant producer
VALETTA STALLABRASS Producer NOEL VINCENT
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starring
When Emma Moriarty , divorced and determined, decides to make a fresh start on an Arizona ranch, she launches the grand adventure of her life - in more ways than one!
Unprepared for this is quiet pharmacist Murphy Jones - the object of her newly found affection.
A fresh, humorous love story about the difference between picking the right guy and picking the wrong one!
Music by CAROLE KING
Screenplay by HARRIET FRANK JR and IRVING RAVETCH
Based on the novels by MAX SCHOTT Produced by LAURA ZISKIN Directed by MARTIN RITT
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with Michael Buerk
Weather

A drama series in eight parts devised by John Hawkesworth and Brian Thompson , written by Brian Thompson. Starring and featuring with 5: You Can't Beat Mozart
Michael has been determined to remain aloof from local politics, but the annual arts festival finally forces him to open his doors to the public - much against his better judgment.
Music JAMES STEVENS
Film editor FRANCES PARKER Photography PETER CHAPMAN Designer GEORGE KYRIAKIDES Produced by JONATHAN ALWYN
Directed by CHRISTOPHER HODSON
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Paul Eddington introduces the first in a series of choral and orchestral concerts from four of Britain's most beautiful cathedrals. With the London Festival Orchestra directed by Ross Pople , and Winchester Cathedral Choir directed by David Hill.
For tonight's concert from Winchester Cathedral, the London Festival Orchestra joins the cathedral choir for performances of Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by Bach, and Insanae et Vanae Curae by Haydn.
Emma Johnson is the soloist in Rossini's Theme and Variations for clarinet, and the concert also includes
Albinoni's Adagio for organ and strings, and Boccherini's Sixth Symphony.
Sound NORMAN MCLEOD
Lighting GEOFF STAFFORD Assistant producer STEVE BENSON
Producer DAVID KREMER
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A series of six programmes presented by Jonathan Miller.
3: As Long As You Can CopeHow do people cope with the day-to-day practicalities of caring for someone at home? What happens when they decide they can't cope any longer?
Film editor PETER RINGSTED
Producer TONY MATTHEWS (R) (e)
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