Must rural churches be preserved at any cost? David Lomax reports. Editor JONATHAN PLUMMER Producer DAVID HANINGTON

Eddie Neale introduces a service of devotion from
Stanbrook Abbey in Worcestershire. On the second
Sunday of Advent the sisters of this Benedictine community take 'Hunger' as the theme of their worship and meditation. Producers STEPHEN LYNAS and NOEL VINCENT

A series for people with learning difficulties.
Presented by Gary Bourlet and Peter Burgis with John Herzov.
Four friends from Tiverton go to the cinema, the pub and for bicycle rides. Camera PETER HALL
Producer JOHN BROOKE
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Twenty programmes for beginners in Italian, featuring film specially shot in Italy. 8: Ha una camera?
Film director UBBY HALUDAY
Producer MADDALENA FAGANDINI (R)(e)
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Looking for Patterns Produced and directed by ROBERT CLAMP
A Palace Gate production for BBCtv (R)(e)
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A ten-part course presented by Sneh Gupta and Omar Salimi. 9: Travel
Director LAKVIAR SINGH
Producer JEREMY ORLEBAR (e)
* BOOK: 'Hindi Urdu Bol Chaal',
£8.99 paperback; two cassettes, £9 99.
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Eight keys to learning with the Go Go Boys. 7: Final Checks
Assistant producer BARRY TOMALIN Produced by JULIAN STENHOUSE (R)(e)
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Twenty programmes to help you read, write and communicate more effectively, presented by Chris Serle.

Irma Kurtz on how to make your letters more interesting.
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Helpline: phone [number removed] (calls are free).
Related Programme: 'Wordpower Writing' 5.00pm Radio 4 FM.

A magazine with sign language and subtitles.
Presented by Clive Mason and Maureen Denmark.
Interpreted by John Lee. Series producer IAN WOOLF (e)

Connoisseurs of oysters still look forward to an 'r' in the month. But levels of water pollution near some of the most important oyster beds on the south coast are causing concern. Anne Brown reports. Plus at 12.55pm the weather for the countryside with Ian McCaskill.

With Moira Stuart followed by On the Record
Presented by Jonathan Dimbleby with John Cole.
In Britain and abroad new political forces are on the move. The race is on to capture the mood of the electorate before the next election. On the Record visits a different area of the political battlefield, examining tactics, questioning strategy and looking at the personalities of the generals.
Deputy editor DAVID JORDAN Editor DAVID AARONOVITCH

by Tony McHale.
"If you're wanting to drive me away, then just carry on."
(Ceefax subtitles)

Concludes this season commemorating the 50th anniversary of the start of the Second World War. Starring and
Noel Coward 's classic wartime tribute to the Royal Navy.
Dive-bombed in the Battle of Crete, HMS Torrin is lost.
However, the memories of her surviving crew re-create the stirring story of the ship, and those who served in her ...
Written and produced by NOEL COWARD
Directed by NOEL COWARD and DAVID LEAN
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For the Winalot Challenge Trophy. In this second semi-final, teams from Wales and the South East meet.
Introduced by Deborah Hall with commentator
Peter Purves and Superdogs vet John Wilson. Videotape editor JON BIGNOLD Producer STEPHEN MORRIS
(Event organised in association with Charles Barker productions)

A report from Olympia on the last day of The Clothes Show Live, Britain's first major exhibition of fashion and beauty open to the public.
Among the highlights is a gala charity fashion show organised by some top designers. Presented by Selina Scott , Jeff Banks
Caryn Franklin , Raj Dhanda. Producer CLARE STRIDE
Executive producer ROGER CASSTLES BBC Pebble Mill
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By C.S. Lewis.
Dramatised by Alan Seymour.
The Dawn Treader comes to rest off an island where dragons live and breathe.
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With Moira Stuart. Weather

From Johannesburg, with Mike Wooldridge.
'A foretaste of an apartheid-free South Africa,' is how Lionel Grewan , a black businessman, describes the multiracial congregation of the Anglican Cathedral of St Mary the Virgin in the centre of Johannesburg. Hark! A Herald Voice Is Calling (Merton); Ngoma kaNtsikana;
A Hymn for Advent; God Is Liefde (Stuttgart); Message (Howell);
Hark. What a Sound (Highwood); Long Ago. Prophets Knew (Personent Hodie); U Thando Lwakhe.
Organist SIDNEY PLACE
Director of Music RICHARD COCK Producer HELEN ALEXANDER Editor ROGER HUTCHINGS
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Starring and
Casey Brodsky is 9 years old and wants a divorce - from her parents. Film director Albert and bestselling novelist Lucy meet in a thunderstorm and fall in love. The birth of their daughter
Casey seals their happiness - until success in Hollywood causes them to lose sight of what is really important in their lives....
Screenplay by NANCY MEYERS and CHARLES SHYER
Directed by CHARLES SHYER
(First showing on British television)
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Screenplay by Christopher Hampton , based on the novel by Oswald Wynd . A series in four parts starring with and 3: On his father's instructions, Mary's son has been abducted.
Music composed and conducted by DOMINIC MULDOWNEY
Videotape editor STAN POW
Costume designer MICHAEL BURDLE Executive producer ALAN SHALLCROSS
Producer TIM IRONSIDE WOOD Director ANTHONY GARNER
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With Nicholas Witchell.
Weather

This week, after 16 years of military rule, Chileans will elect a successor to General
Pinochet. During those years hundreds 'disappeared' and thousands were tortured by the military. Should Chile, like some other Latin American countries, grant amnesties to the torturers, or punish them? Through the testimony of three people - a member of a military death squad, a woman tortured by the same squad, and the widow of a man they murdered - lain Guest explores the dilemma facing Chileans.
Producer ANGELA DAYE
Everyman editor JANE DRABBLE

In the Shadow of the Test
John is 30 and lives with his girlfriend in London. But while on holiday in Thailand he had sex with other women. Now he has decided to do something most of us would be afraid to do. He's going for an HIV test. From John, and others who have taken the test, we learn about the fear that surrounds testing and how to deal with it. Problems with life insurance can follow the test, and efforts are being made to make doctors more sympathetic. But is John positive or negative?
Film editor MICHEL CLERFEUILLE Producer CHRIS LENT (R)(e)
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Voyager's Grand Tour
In 1977 Voyager 2, the most ambitious of all space-craft, was launched toward the outer planets. Since then it has surveyed Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in turn, and has sent back amazing pictures as well as a vast amount of new information. Patrick Moore sums up what Voyager has told us, and goes on a grand tour of the outer solar system.
Videotape editor DAVE RDCON Producer PIETER MORPURGO