6.45 Product Design:
Nobody's Friend
7.10 Rates of Change
7.35 Deer Farming
8.00 The Sweet Smell of Success
8.25 Maths Methods: Linear
Programming

The Playbus stops today at the Playground Stop. There's magic in the playground. Presenter: Dave Benson Phillips.
Puppeteer: Jane Eve. (R)

At 9.30am, 34,000 men and women take to the streets of London at the start of a 26-mile journey that will take the best around two and a quarter hours to complete. Last year's ADT Marathon was won by the Commonwealth Marathon champion Douglas Wakiihuri from Kenya, in 2.09.03, and the women's race by Veronique Marot of Great Britain in a British record time of 2.25.56.

More than 50 wheelchair competitors begin at 9.15am; there's a children's race and a wheelchair mini marathon; plus those who are running for charities or for fun.

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Linda Mary Evans joins Ralph Ward at the Easter
People rally in Llandudno, a Methodist-sponsored residential celebration.
The programme follows the theme 'seeing is believing'. The preacher is the Rev Rob Frost.
Producer Noel Vincent Editor Helen Alexander

How the main races were won and a progress report on those whose journey is far from complete.
Commentators:
David Coleman , Ron Pickering and Brendan Foster.
Reporters: Bob Wilson Paul Dickenson and Helen Rollason. TV presentation
Johnnie Watherston and Martin Hopkins

With Moira Stuart.
Followed by On the Record
Labour's Test
The Labour Party has been harshly critical of the Government's education record. But would Labour do any better? Even if the party could find the extra cash it says that schools need, would it be enough to ensure an improvement in standards? And what if the powerful teaching unions refuse to endorse its proposals?
Jonathan Dimbleby puts Shadow
Education Secretary Jack Straw to the test.
With John Cole.
Producer Mark Dowd
Editor David Aaronovitch

Omnibus by Gillian Richmond.
Sharon finds a clue to an unanswered question from the past and Arthur digs up more than he bargained for on his allotment. Dot is impressed by Nick's new-found concern - especially over her diet.
(Ceefax subtitles)

Also starring
Daffy Duck , Elmer Fudd and Yosemite Sam.
Yet another of his famous accidental wrong turnings lands Bugs Bunny in Camelot.
There the intrepid red-blooded Yankee rabbit is mistaken for a dragon and enjoys some 'hare-raising' experiences, proving that the pun is mightier than the sword.
Director/Producer Chuck Jones (R)

A window on the world of childhood in 12 parts, narrated by Judi Dench.
2: The first impressions of newborn babies Savitha, Szabolcs, Hanna, Jin-Jin, Jenny and Marianna.
In India, Hungary, Kenya,
China, Britain and Brazil the early challenges are the same - learning to walk, to talk and to feed themselves. Yet each baby's experience is unique, because of different traditions. None is looked after by parents alone. Aunts, grandmothers, neighbours, nursery workers and other children have a hand in bringing up baby. How early do the babies begin to make sense of their different worlds? How soon does each of them become a person to be reckoned with? Music by the Hungarian Radio Children's Choir
Researcher June Robinson Producer David Brown BBC North
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The Girl Guides and Brownies have their new uniforms and the Dream
Bride almost has her dress for next week's wedding in Egypt. Fashion prediction is the art of starting new trends. Plus, weekends away from home for knitters.
With Selina Scott
Jeff Banks , Caryn Franklin and Raj Dhanda. Producer Clare Stride
Executive producer Roger Casstles BBC Pebble Mill

With Moira Stuart.
Weather Bernard Davey

Since the 18th Century, the Rock of Gibraltar has been a major base for British Forces in the Mediterranean. Pam
Rhodes visits the British garrison where members of all the armed forces are stationed. She meets
Sarah Bell , a young RAF officer, and talks to naval surgeon
Robin McNeill Love and his wife Poppy at HMS Rooke. She also hears about the Forces healthy eating campaign from
Marjorie Dunn. The members of the garrison are accompanied by the Band of the Royal Green Jackets as they meet to sing their songs of praise in the eastern hangar at RAF Gibraltar.
Lord, Enthroned in Heavenly Splendour;
Christ the Lord Is Risen Today: Eternal Father, Strong to Save; He Who Would Valiant Be;
Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory; Be Thou My Vision; Living Lord; Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken.
Producer Noel Vincent Editor Roger Hutchings
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Highlights of what is probably the world's greatest marathon, run today in its tenth year. Commentators:
David Coleman
Ron Pickering and Brendan Foster.
Reporters: Bob Wilson
Paul Dickenson and Helen Rollason.

The contenders tonight are: Dave Ross
(welfare rights worker)
History of British football from 1863
Josephine Levine
(cosmetic consultant) The novels of Evelyn Waugh
Kenneth Goodridge (retired bank official) Life and work of George Stephenson Mike Humphrey
(publicity co-ordinator) Life and times of Thomas Paine.
Magnus Magnusson interrogates them on their specialised subjects and general knowledge at the Firth Hall at the University of Sheffield.
Director Andrea Conway Producer Peter Massey BBC Elstree

With Michael Buerk.
Weather

Real-life humour, mishaps, special investigations and consumer stories drawn from the 10,000 letters sent to That's Life! every week. With Esther Rantzen Gavin Campbell ,
Adrian Mills , Howard Leader Simon Fanshawe and Doc Cox.
Editor Shaun Woodward
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The Chemist by Roy Clarke.
A love story starring David Jason
Vernon Duxley , a Yorkshire chemist, confesses the traumatic, intimate secrets of his marital life to his video camera.
Music Bill Connor Lighting designer Rod Litherland
Designer Gary Pritchard Producer Fiona Finlay
Director Robert Knights
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There but for the Grace of God
It just empties ... it guts, it cuts ...it's hard to find a word to describe it ... but it is very, very painful. Social worker
Martin Ruddock talks about his feelings of guilt on hearing that Kimberley Carlile , a 4-year-old in his care, had been brutally tortured and murdered by her stepfather. Jenni Murray meets four people who have inadvertently caused tragedy. Through a misjudgment at work, a lapse of concentration, taking a chance or just plain bad luck, it could happen to any of us.
Producer Angela Kaye Editor Jane Drabble
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A series of six programmes presented by Glenda Jackson.
Going back to work after looking after a family is a daunting prospect for most women. Glenda Jackson spends a day with 150 women to find out how they're gearing themselves up to make a return to the workplace. Music Jane Sebba
Producer Marion Allinson
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Second of a 91-part dramatisation of India's great epic poem.
(Shoum yesterday at 2.45pm BBC2)