"Noah's Ark" by Trevor Blakemore illustrated by Mina Martinez

(Repeated today on BBC2 at 4.10 pm)
(Colour)

Offices have changed a lot since the day of Charles Dickens - or have they?
(Rpt Mon, 12.0, BBC1. Book, £1: page 63)

Woodworm, damp, dry rot and the effects of central heating are just a few of the problems which can spoil the joys of owning and collecting antique furniture. What should the collector do when faced with such problems?
Hugh Scully talks to experts on the subject.

Arthur Negus will answer viewers questions and give tips on how to select and care for your antique furniture, together with a few strict dos and don'ts to those people wishing to attempt small repairs themselves.
(from Bristol)

Introduced by Cliff Michelmore

Canals may be too slow for freight, but is it worth investing public money in them for pleasure boating? Dick Tracey joins the Government adviser on inland waterways John Humphries on a canal cruise to the National Rally of Boats at Lymm in Cheshire. They examine some of the engineering achievements which made British canals famous over a century ago, and debate the case for their upkeep as leisure playgrounds in 1973. Is overcrowding and pollution of our rivers a threat to health, fishing and wildlife? At Streatley, a Thames Conservancy inspector, the head of a boat hire firm, and a yacht club chairman illustrate the growing conflict of interest on the Thames between boat owners, anglers, hikers, campers and naturalists.

BBC2 Snooker Competition
From the League of Champions Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins the World Snooker Champion v Rex Williams the World Billiards Champion
Both players have so far won one game in the 1973 Championship. Higgins with 60 leads the chase for the highest break prize of £100.
Introduced by Alan Weeks
(from Birmingham)

Tonight, in this short season of television drama from abroad, two one-act plays from America

'The Typists'
by Murray Schisgal
Starring Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson as The Typists
A touching comedy of the developing relationship between two people who seem destined to spend their lives as copy-typists.

'Birdbath'
by Leonard Melfi
Starring Patti Duke as Velma Sparrow, James Farentino as Frankie
A powerful psychological drama of a young poet's attempt to make contact with a lonely, frightened waitress in New York.

For KCET, Los Angeles

with John Edmunds; Weather

Bob Harris with the news of today's music.
In the studio Roger Daltrey, John Martyn plus album tracks, films, guests