6.5 Museum of Modern Art, NY. 6.55 Biology: Form and Function. 7.20 From Snowdon to the Sea. 7.45 Titian: Three Paintings.

Story: The King's Handkerchief (trad)
Guest storyteller Brian Cant Presenters Sheelagh Gilbey Patrick Abernethy

How identity changes in adult life, by a former OU student.
Producer RICHARD ARGENT
A BBC/Open University production

Bobby Robert Jr
A member of one of Britain's great circus families demonstrates his unique skill as an elephant trainer and introduces us to his highly talented teenage young ladies, Mary, Maureen, Janie, Ann,
Beverley and Rebecca. Recorded at the Kelvin Hall , Glasgow.
Producer IAN CHRISTIE. BBC Scotland

Ten films in which Magnus Magnusson explores the Viking world. 7: An Island Called Thule
' Thule, where, from the sun that has approached the Arctic pole, an ever-shining fire spreads out through the days and the nights. After one day's sail from Thule the frozen sea is reached.'
The mysterious Thule of the ancients, surrounded by the 'congealed sea', was at one time thought to be Iceland. What is certain, however, is that of all the Viking lands, Iceland is the only truly Viking nation. A land both forbidding and fascinating, it was the unlikely setting for the birth of the world's most remarkable democracy.
MAGNUS MAGNUSSON returns to the land of the sagas, the closest and most reliable source of all Viking history, to chronicle this birth and creation of a wholly Viking nation. With JEREMY KEMP
DANIEL MASSEY , BEN KINGSLEY
Music by JACK POINT
Series adviser PROFESSOR P. H. SAWYER Producer RAY SUTCLIFFE
Series producer DAVID COLLISON

Big Country
Introduced by Janice Long , the first of this week's series of four open-air concerts comes from Sefton Park, Liverpool and features top charting band BIG COUNTRY
Executive producer MICHAEL APPLETON Director DAVID g. CROFT
JOHN BURROWES
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Where the public sets the agenda Tonight: A Day Off the Buses
Holiday time in Open Space this week. The drivers and clippies of Putney Bus Garage step off their buses on to the somewhat faster route of the world's largest corkscrew rollercoaster. That's just one of the terrors and delights they try with their families during a day out at Britain's largest pleasure park, Alton Towers In Staffordshire. But no day out is complete without an argument or three on the long journey home. The kids slept right through it.
Made by the COMMUNITY PROGRAMME unit In partnership with the public

with subtitles, followed by Weather

Spring comes to a Berkshire trout stream with a flashing kingfisher, a flush of wild flowers and a myriad of dancing insects. Narrated by DOUGLAS LEACH
Photography JACK BELLAMY
Presented by KEITH HOPKINS . BBC Bristol

Stanway House, Gloucestershire
In the fifth of seven programmes, Arthur Negus visits Stanway, a glorious, mellow Cotswold stone house. He has a considerable affection for the house because he 'discovered' many of its unique treasures, few of which have been on public view before. Arthur's guest is Hugo Morley-Fletcher , who shares Arthur's appreciation of porcelain from England, Europe and the Orient.
Lightning CORDON JONES Director DAVID MITCHELL
Producer ROBIN DRAKE. BBC Bristol
* Subtitles on Ceefax page 270

The last of a three-part serial from the best-selling novel by JUDITH KRANTZ , starring
Billy, exhausted after the extravagant opening of her new boutique, accepts an invitation to Cannes, where she meets Vito Orsini , an ambitious film producer. But difficulties lie ahead for Billy in adjusting to the turbulent world of movie-making.
Screenplay by JAMES LEE
Produced by LEONARD B. KAUFMAN Directed by ALAN j. LEVI

BBC2 Invitation Pairs
Crown Green Bowling Tournament Semi-final
Brian Porter and Jack Badham v
Robert Httchen and Allan Thompson After defeating the local pair in the first quarter-final, Brian Porter and Jack Badham of Birmingham now face their biggest hurdle. They line up in tonight's semi-final against the holders, Allan Thompson and Bob Hitchen , who had a convincing win against Butler and Campbell in the last round.
Introduced by RICHARD DUCKENFIELD from the Waterloo Hotel, Blackpool Commentator HARRY RIGBY
Producer KEITH PHILLIPS

ll.isBrain and Skull
A look at scientific theories connected with the head during the 19th century, and the origins of brain science.
12.0 Magnetic Fields and Rotations
The mathematical apparatus needed to analyse problems as diverse as deflecting electron beams and gyrocompasses.