7.30 Funnybones
Animation. (Repeat)

7.35 Jim Henson's Animal Show
Puppet animal chatshow. (Repeat)

8.00 Playdays
The Tent Stop. (Repeat) (Stereo)

8.20 Secret Life of Toys
Animation. (Repeat)

8.35 The Adventures of Skippy
Kangaroo tales. (Repeat) (Stereo)

9.00 Pirates of Dark Water
Cartoon. (Repeat)

9.25 News and Weather

A special profile for Easter of the Rev Vera Hunt , one of the first deaf female priests. With signing and subtitles.
Repeated tomorrow 10.30am BBC2 Stereo. Internet address: http://www.bbc.co.uk/see_hear

Easter Day Communion, live from Rochester Cathedral, Kent, led by the Rt Rev Michael Nazir-Ali , Bishop of Rochester. Music includes Thine Be the Glory and Jesus Christ Is Risen Today. Introduced by Pam Rhodes.
Producer Simon Hammond

Live from St Peter 's Square in Rome,
Pope John Paul II delivers his traditional
Easter message and blessing. Presented by Denis Nowlan.

Caron Keating follows the pilgrims' path to Holy Island off the Northumberland coast where Celtic rock band lona perform in the ruins of the 11th-century
Lindisfarne Priory. Stereo ............

Rural issues with John Craven. Plus the week's weather at 12.25pm. Stereo.

Animated feline frolics. Repeat ..

Omnibus edition.
(Stereo) (Subtitled)

Disney version of the classic children's story, starring
Hayley Mills
A young orphan arrives in a small
American town in 1912 to live with her aunt. Heroptimistic, cheerful outlook soon begins to lift the staid, depressed community out of the doldrums.
Pollyanna HAYLEY MILLS. Aunt Polly JANE WYMAN , Dr Edmond Chilton RICHARD EGAN , Rev Paul Ford KARL MALDEN, Nancy Furman NANCY OLSON , Mrs Snow AGNES MOOREHEAD
Director David Swift (1960, U)
See Films: pages 57-72

Third in a six-part drama. Tildaand Arthur help the Mortimers stage their version of Othello with hilarious consequences.
Their happiness, however, is shortlived when Glasson tracks them down.
Tilda MORGAN BELL. Arthur ERIC GRAVES.
Rev Glasson JOHN SHRAPNEL. Mr Mortimer DESMOND
BARRIT, Mrs Mortimer ISLA BLAIR , Sam Bossom
JOE DUTTINE , Gavel CHRISTOPHER FAIRBANK ,
Mr Holly GEORGE ROSSI , Sir Elphinstone Breward
ROBIN LERMITTE , Sally Breward AMANDA ELWES , Bill MaCrae STUART MCGUGAN
Adapted by Richard Carpenter

A special Easter Day celebration from Rome. The stunning fifth century Basilica of St Mary Major-the oldest church in the world dedicated to the Virgin Mary -is the setting for a feast of seasonal music, led by the boys of Westminster Cathedral Choir and featuring young Irish soprano Niamh Murray singing Panis Angelicus. With Pam Rhodes.
Producer Maurice Maguire : Editor
Helen Alexander

A documentary celebrating the longest-running comedy series in the world. Using excerpts from the series, Bill Owen, Peter Sallis and Roy Clarke - writer of all 160 episodes so far - tell the story of how it all began and reveal some of its secrets. Also featuring other stars of the series, and avid fans Ronnie Hazlehurst and Barry Took. See today's choices.
(Stereo) (Subtitled)
See This Week: page 8

Concluding a two-part comedy drama.
Only one step ahead of the police and media, postman Clive Peacock goes to the Isle of Arran where he discovers what sort of man he really is.
See today's choices.
Adapted by Mark Wallington from his novel

With Michael Buerk.
Weather Michael Fish

An Easter special that reopens the 2,000-year-old case of the State v Jesus of Nazareth.
Does the charge that the Jews were responsible for Christ's death still ring true or does a new interpretation of the gospels put blame squarely on the Romans? In a complex tale of conspiracy and political intrigue, David Jessel hears the views of both Christians and Jews, and draws on the latest theological and legal thinking. Director/ProducerGrahamJudd

Oscar-winning drama starring Ben Cross
Ian Charleson
Nigel Havers
Among the British athletes aiming forglory in the 1924 Paris
Olympics, two in particular come underthe spotlight. Scot
Eric Liddell runs forhis religion, while Jewish Harold Abrahams races against prejudice. Both men are driven to prove themselves, on and off the track.
Director Hugh Hudson (1981, U)
♦ See Films: pp 57-72