Today's story is "Transport" from "In History - Land Transport" illustrated by T. Nicholson

(Repeated on BBC1 at 4.15 pm)
(Colour)

with Peter Woods
Weather

Leeds (blue with amber) v Hull KR (white with red)

The 1970 Floodlit champions at home to Hull KR, the Yorkshire cup-holders who have a reputation for causing the unexpected upset.
(Tuesday night is rugby night: page 13)

Barrie Gill and Gordon Wilkins cover the world of motoring with Maxwell Boyd, Michael Frostick and Judith Jackson.
From the West Indies an all-action report on the Jamaica 1,000, a three-day rally across the Caribbean's most colourful island which has won big international support this year. Drivers Pat Moss-Carlsson, Brian Culcheth, Timo Makinen and the winner of the London-Sydney Marathon Andrew Cowan tell the story of this spectacular battle in the tropics as it happens.
Also in the programme an enquiry into meals for the motorist, comparing the price and quality of food and other motorway services in this country and on the Continent.

The Oscars: a season of films featuring the Oscar-winning performances of some of Hollywood's greatest stars.
[Starring] Ray Milland

Also starring Jane Wyman

Ray Milland gives the performance of his life in this powerful study of an alcoholic. The film follows Don Birnam in his endless quest for drink and the hopeless despair into which he sinks during four 'lost' days of agony, while his fiancee watches helplessly.
"The Lost Weekend" swept the board in the 1945 Academy Awards, winning four Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay - and Best Actor, Ray Milland.

Ian Whitcomb introduces the news, the views and the sounds of today's music. In the studio Heads, Hands and Feet, Bridget St John, and any guests who may drop in. Richard Williams previews the second week of the NFT Celluloid Rock Festival.

(Colour)