7.10 Gravity and the Stars
7.35 Social Science: Shirts and Coal
8.00 Physiology: A Natural Approach
8.25 Parents and School:
A Danish Approach

The Playground Stop
The children are playing clapping and skipping games, and Lizzie tells what she did at school today. Presenter:
Dave Benson Phillips.
Puppeteer: Jane Eve. (R)

Rediscovering religious belief. Creative Creeds
Different religions express their faith in diverse ways. Mary Hall , director of the Multi-Faith Resource Unit in Birmingham, believes that we must explore the religious heritage of other traditions without prejudice or patronage.
Director STEVE BENSON
Producer DAVID CRAIG (R)

Gary Davies joins Warrant
Officer David Milligan and his wife Denise in their married quarters at RAF Gibraltar for a time of prayer and reflection on the theme of Sacrifice. The Padre, John Hughes , follows the theme based on John 15, w 12-17. Producer NOEL VINCENT Editor HELEN ALEXANDER

Join Janice Long in the marketplace of ideas. Danny Baker gets the lowdown on how to change a wheel from car mechanics
Helen Chessum and Jan Pearse ; Barbara Daly reveals more make-up secrets; two taxi drivers find out from
Lesley Waters how to eat healthily; Stefan Buczacki sprouts fresh salad on the windowsill; and Charmian Watkins gives a tired sitting room a new lease of life. Director JANE FLETCHER

Twenty programmes for beginners in Italian, featuring film specially shot in Italy, and presented by Lilly Lembo Lambert and Enrico Verdecchia.
14: Cosa ha fatto?
Co-operatives of all kinds flourish in Orvieto - from farmers and fishermen to restaurateurs and architects. Film director SUSANNA CAPON
Producer MADDALENA FAGANDINI (R)
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Gypsies
Gypsies have clung tenaciously to their traditions and culture during centuries of wandering. A nation without a homeland, their treatment varies greatly across Europe.
Chantal Cuer discusses
European television extracts with Juan de Dios
Ramirez-Heredia, the first gypsy member of the European Parliament. Producer JONATHAN DRORI
Series producer FIONA PITCHER
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With Don Henderson.
Eight programmes for anyone whose spelling could be improved.
5: The invention of the printing press was a major cause of spelling problems.
Many words are not spelt the way they are pronounced and today's programme suggests a way to cope with this.
Director PAUL SIMONS
Producer CHARLES PASCOE
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Twenty programmes to help you read, write and communicate more effectively.
Presented by Chris Serle. 8: Using Reading Skills Guessing is important at every stage; see if you can use the clues provided by pictures, context and your own experience.
Assistant producer JOHN FAGAN Series producer JOHN BROOKE
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4: Animals
EastEnders stars Roly and Willy help with advice on photographing pets, and photographer Heather Angel visits a zoo park for the best wildlife shots.
Director JONATHAN DRORI
Producer FIONA PITCHER (R)
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A magazine programme for the deaf and hard-of-hearing with sign language and subtitles.
Presented by Clive Mason and Maureen Denmark and interpreted by John Lee and Brenda Mackay.
Produced by EDDIE MONTAGUE Series producer IAN WOOLF

It is just over a year since salmonella in eggs hit the headlines. Since then more than a million hens have been slaughtered and some small-scale egg producers have gone out of business.
Anne Brown looks at the Ministry of Agriculture's policy of slaughtering infected flocks and ask: is it really necessary? And is it causing an increase in imported eggs? Plus the weather for the countryside at 12.55pm with Bill Giles.
Editor MICHAEL FITZGERALD

With Moira Stuart.
Followed by On the Record
Faulty Loans?
The Government's student loan proposals are in trouble. The withdrawal of the high street banks has dealt a major blow to the credibility of a scheme already under political siege. So can the Government make student loans a viable political and financial proposition?
The Rt Hon John MacGregor , Secretary of State for
Education, explains how he intends to turn his loans to political credit.
Reporter: David Walter. Presented by Jonathan Dimbleby with John Cole. Deputy editor DAVID JORDAN Editor DAVID AARONOVITCH

by Tony McHale.
Michelle makes a discovery about Laurie. Kathy decides it's time for straight talking, but there's something Michelle doesn't know.
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Benson and Hedges Masters Today is the first of eight days at the Wembley Conference Centre for the 16th Masters, which brings together the top 16 players in the world. This year, for the first time, two wild cards are added; they are twice-winner Alex Higgins and Thailand's
James Wattana. Prize money this year is £275,000. This morning's first match is between Higgins and No 16 seed Steve James. This afternoon's features the World No 8, Dennis Taylor , against Willie Thorne (No 9 seed). David Icke introduces highlights from both matches. Commentators: Ted Lowe
Jack Karnehm , Clive Everton , Ray Edmonds. Summarisers: John Spencer , Eddie Charlton.

What next for George Davies ousted from the High Street last year? There's a new catalogue for kids and outdoor clothing is tested in the Cairngorms. A young British menswear designer prepares for Paris, and the choice of this year's Dream Bride is announced. Get smart with Selina Scott , Jeff Banks
Caryn Franklin , Raj Dhanda. Producer CLARE STRIDE
Executive producer ROGER CASSTLES BBC Pebble Mill

Introduced by Hugh Scully. Fine paintings of Hereford cattle turn up appropriately enough, when the experts visit the country town of Leominster in Herefordshire.
Also, Japanese furniture,
English and oriental ceramics, and a 1930s train set. Executive producer CHRISTOPHER LEWIS
Producer TONY HUNT. BBC Bristol
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With June Whitfield Dr Adrianne Hardman and Dr Stuart Biddle.
This week June discovers how to lose weight without resorting to that four-letter word - diet.
Dr Adrianne Hardman reveals the hidden side of weight balance and how to lose pounds without going without. This week's Golden Rule: balance your energy equation. Producers PETER RAMSDEN and ALAN RUSSELL
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Moira Stuart presents the latest national and international stories with BBC teams at home and abroad.
Weather

From Benidorm, Spain.
Last weekend Songs of Praise joined hundreds of Britons, with Rory Wild and La Union Musicale de Benidorm, on the beach at Playa Mal Pas. Pam Rhodes meets some of the thousands of holiday-makers who escape the British winter on the Costa Blanca and members of the resident
British community.
Praise My Soul; Dear Lord and Father of Mankind (Repton); Give Me Joy in My Heart; To God Be the Glory; All for Jesus; Guide Me, OThou Great
Redeemer (Cwm Rhondda); Gospel Medley; Abide with Me; All Creatures of Our God and King.
Organist ROBERT PRIZEMAN
Conductor PAUL LEDDINGTON WRIGHT Producer SIMON HAMMOND Editor ROGER HUTCHINGS
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By Jimmy Perry and David Croft.
Starring Paul Shane Jeffrey Holland and Su Pollard.
The servants are still clearing up after the fancy-dress party. The main topic of conversation concerns Ivy and whether she told Sir Ralph that she saw his wife in bed with Lord Meldrum.
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Starring
John Nettles in Roots of Evil by Brian Finch.
Nigel Carter is being terrorised but he refuses to help the police find the men concerned.
Only when his daughter becomes their target does Bergerac begin to unravel the truth.
Series created by ROBERT BANKS STEWART Music by RAY RUSSELL
Make-up designer KERIN PARFITT Film editor PAUL GARRICK
Photography DAVID WHITSON Directed by RICHARD SPENCE
Produced by GEORGE GALLACCIO
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With Magnus Magnusson. St Andrews University, Scotland's oldest, is the setting for tonight's heat of Mastermind, when four contenders, all living in Scotland, compete for a place in the semi-finals.
Hamish Cameron (computer manager), whose specialist subject is the Stewart kingdom of Scotland, 1371-1603;
Lydia Skinner (principal teacher) - the lives and writings of Somerville and Ross;
David Smith (consultant surgeon) - the life and missionary journeys of the Apostle Paul;
David Henderson (part-time college lecturer) - the Para Handy tales and Glasgow stories of Neil Munro. Director ANDREA CONWAY Producer PETER MASSEY BBC Elstree

Real-life humour, mishaps, special investigations and consumer stories drawn from the 10,000 letters you send every week. With
Esther Rantzen , Gavin Campbell ,
Adrian Mills , Howard Leader , Simon Fanshawe , Doc Cox. Editor SHAUN WOODWARD
Deputy editor BRYHER SCUDAMORE

With Michael Buerk.
Weather

A Land of Our Own
This week, 150 years ago,
Britain signed the Treaty of Waitangi with Maori chiefs, and the new colony of New
Zealand was founded. In this anniversary year, many Maori people are angry. They feel the rights guaranteed them by the Treaty have been ignored, and that this is no time for celebration. To throw light on the current tensions, two young New Zealanders retrace their family stories.
Charles Royal is a Maori, John McDonald is from a white settler family. Their findings reveal two very different views of history and of their land, and point to the difficulties ahead for this
'troubled paradise'. Producer JUDI CONNER Editor JANE DRABBLE
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Benson and Hedges Masters Last year's beaten finalist, John Parrott (No 3 seed), plays Tony Meo (No 14) over the best of nine frames.
David Icke introduces highlights from the Wembley Conference Centre.