6.45 The 'User Friendly' School
7.10 Oil: From Small Beginnings
7.35 The Will to Win 8.00
Modelling in Comfort 8.25 Maths: Tops and Gyroscopes
The Playbus stops at the Patch Stop in Newcastle upon Tyne. A Felgate production for BBCtv 0 PLAYDAYS MAGAZINE: 45p on sale Wednesday.
The Morning After. Sam and Michael find out how
Ukrainians spend Easter.
Norma Cradock joins Peggy and Tom Hewitt at their home in the Yorkshire village of Embsay. Peggy is a writer and Tom a graphic artist who likes to use cartoons to express religious truth. Together they explore the theme of renewal through humour.
In a new-look programme, deaf presenters are invited to examine the way that television covers issues that interest them. Today,
Paul Redfern looks at programmes for minority audiences and compares the ways that different linguistic minorities are cared for. With sign language interpretation.
A portrait of the world-famous story-telling brothers, starring Laurence Harvey
Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm are supposed to be at work on a very boring biography of a Bavarian duke, but spend most of their time writing fairy stories. Three of their most famous tales are interwoven into this film, which was shot on location in Germany. Director Henry Levin
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John Craven with the weekly look at the latest countryside stories. Plus at 12.55 the weather for the week ahead.
Followed by Speaking Volumes
Crimewriter P D James picks another selection of paperbacks; and Dorothy Dunnett discusses her approach to historical fiction. 0 STEREO
Omnibus edition. Will Rachel discover the truth about Joe? And if she does, how long will it be before she finds out Mark's secret.
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Those Darn Ewings. James attempts to sort out his marriage predicament and Jory arrives at Southfork with news of her mother.
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A comedy thriller starring
Rock Hudson
Claudia Cardinale
When fashionable New York psychiatrist Bartholomew
Snow is approached on a matter of national security, is he being told the truth, or having the wool pulled over his eyes?
Director Philip Dunne
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More cartoon fun.
The Living Isles
The penultimate programme in a ten-part series exploring the natural history of the British Isles.
Sheltering with Man. Ever since our ancestors lived in caves, we have shared our lives with wildlife. The cave swallow and cave spider are as much at home with us as they were in the wild; so too are the woodworm and dry rot that came from the ancient forest. With Julian Pettifer. Producer John Downer
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With Moira Stuart.
Weather Bill Giles
Ian Gall visits the lakelands of Fermanagh, joining the locals at Killadeas, on the shores of Lough Erne , to sing their favourite hymns.
0 Praise Ye the Lord! (Laudate
Dominum); Abide With Me (Eventide); The Old Rugged Cross; Forth in Thy Name
(Angels' Song); How Great Thou Art!; Soul of My Saviour (Anima Christi); Rejoice!
Producer Maureen Gallagher Editor Roger Hutchings
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Another slice of Carla Lane 's comedy series set on Merseyside.
Freddie is reported missing and Billy's love life improves.
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A new drama series from the producer of Howards' Way which follows the fortunes of an ambitious horse trainer, starring David McCallum, Susannah York, Mark Greenstreet
Having established himself at Arkenfield stables for the start of the 1991 Flat Season, Mike Hardy now has to prove himself as a reliable and gifted trainer. He needs a good horse and when fellow trainer Sir Neville Preston asks him to prepare one of his, Mike takes on the challenge.
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With Martyn Lewis. Weather Bill Giles
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A new BBC film starring Judith Scott
Sean Bean , James Wilby Laura Simms has an exciting job as a top magazine editor, but her love life's a disaster.
Her luck seems to change when she meets Gabriel, a handsome but mysterious man who believes in old-fashioned love and marriage. This is a first script for television by Adrian Hodges and a first lead role for Judith Scott.
Sean Bean (The Field, Caravaggio) stars as Gabriel, with James Wilby (A Handful of Dust, Mother Love) as Laura's philandering ex-boyfriend.
Producer Sarah Curtis
Director Bruce Macdonald
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Safe House. Benedict Ramsden , a Russian Orthodox priest, and his family share their
17th-century priory in Devon with potentially violent young schizophrenics. Producer Angela Tilby
Editor Jane Drabble
A 93-part epic from India.
(In Hindi with English subtitles. Shown yesterday at 2.45pm on BBC2)
