Today's story is "Merry Legs" by Peter Wiltshire
Illustrated by Graham McCallum

(Repeated on BBC1 at 4.20 pm)
(Colour)

with Peter Woods
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Turner called this painting his 'darling.' It was a huge success in his own lifetime, even with those critics who jeered at his ideas and called him a madman. Today it remains our best-loved picture from the days of the sailing ship.
Bill Thomson looks at Turner's masterpiece from the point of view of a painter, and visits the Thames-side cottage where the artist worked on it.

by Susan Pleat
Harry Crawford, a Swindon builder, has been arrested for the murder of Simon Royston.
As the defence prepares its case, Harry's wife Peggy has to face the truth about her life and marriage.

with Percy Thrower from Clacks Farm, Ombersley, Worcestershire.

Vegetables: Onions - harvesting, seed sowing; winter vegetables.

Starring Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett
with John Cleese, New World, Tina Charles
and Madeline Smith as Henrietta

(First shown on BBC1)
(Colour)

Imrat Khan talks about the sitar to a group of players and describes some of the techniques and qualities needed to play Indian music.
(This Week's Sounds: page 11)

Daniel Ellsberg gave the top-secret Pentagon Papers to the New York Times two months ago. The revelations about the Vietnam war caused a storm in America. A former Washington defence expert, Ellsberg has turned from a confident and aggressive hawk into a disillusioned dove. In an exclusive forty-minute interview for Line-Up he talks to Rosemary Wittman
(A scoop interview: page 3)