7.29Energy: Closing the Gap. 7.45 The Piazza della Slgnorla.
9.0 Shakespeare in Perspective: King Lear
In his personal view Professor Frank Kermode suggests that one purpose of tragedy may be to make us look steadily at things we prefer not think about, death, of course, and 'the way the world works'.
9.26 Maths Counts: 2: Round About
by John Tully.
£7.99? Call it £8.00. Steve and Wendy learn how to round numbers up - and down?
9.48 Mathscore One: 2: Bits and Pieces
A way-out waitress and a capricious customer make Fractions a piece of cake!
10.10 Look and Read: Dark Towers: 3: The Old Legend
by Andrew Davies.
A reading series for 7- to 9-year olds.
10.35 Geography Casebook: Britain Inner City
The second of two film reports on how Glasgow has been redeveloped since the war.
11.0 Watch!: Robinson Crusoe: Part 3
Crusoe discovers clay in the stream and turns his hand to pottery.
With Louise Hall-Taylor and Earl Adair.
11.17 Walrus: After Four: Episode 2
by Cathy Pellicer.
When the Aliens try a bit of chatting-up at the disco, all they get is a bottle of arsenic.
11.40 Geography: 11-13: Routeway
Bernard Clark investigates the different ways the first canal, the first railway and the first motorway crossed the Pennines between Yorkshire and Lancashire.
12.3 pm Whatever Happened to Britain?: 3: Keeping Ahead of the Game
An eight-part analysis.
12.30 Other People's Lives: 3: Kayapo: The Modern Life Jaguar (rituals)
Ten films about the social values and organisations of five cultures.
12.55 1.8 Maths Help: 3: Negative Numbers
A series for adults studying maths O-level offering help with common difficulties.
Presented by Laurie Buxton (Inner London Education Authority).
1.19 Science Topics: Genetics and Genetic Engineering
Why do children look like their parents?
1.40 Let's See: Houses: 3: Living Around Here
Garry Stewart visits Kelso on the Borders.
2.0 You and Me: I'm a Little Teapot
A series for 4- and 5-year-olds.
Jennifer Wilson takes Tessa, Jane, Stuart and Adam to visit a pottery and they return to school with some creative ideas.
2.15 British Social History: 2: The Poor Weaver
by John Prebble.
Glasgow - 1834: the city is filling with people all in search of work.
2.40 Junior Craft, Design and Technology: Up and Down the Hill: Teachers Programme 2
Continuing the design of downhill vehicles begun in programme 1.
(A companion programme for pupils is on Friday at 11.0. Repeat)
The historical drama for schools takes a closer look at Glasgow in 1834, when the city filled with Highlanders, Lowlanders and Irish people, all looking for work.
from Ruiicorn
"Further coverage from Brighton
Harold wins a live turkey whilst shopping and faces the problem of getting it home on a crowded street car in Hot Water. Then, dodging a persistent landlady in Bumping into Broadway he is chased by cops raiding a gambling joint.
Television version written by PETER DURSTON
Produced by BOB HOAG
' The King' of welsh fly-halves talks to Frank Keating about his glorious days in rugby.
Film editor GEOFFREY BOTTERILL Producer JEFF GODDARD
Death of a Great Man starring
Atsuo Nakamura , Sanae Tsuchida
A thousand years ago, in China, the souls of 108 knights were reborn to fight the tyranny and corruption of the Government. They lived by their wits and their swords in the marshy lands of the water margins of Liang Shan Po.
On Kao Chiu's orders, the Tsengs and their bandit army bring disaster to Chao Kai's village.
Directed by KEIICHI OZAWA
English adaptation by DAVID WEIR
English version directed by MICHAEL BAKEWELL for WORLD WIDE SOUND, LONDON Produced by NTV, Tokyo
Introduced this year by Heinz Wolff
A Shocking Problem
From an outside broadcast at Battersea Power Station in London.
Since this imposing building was constructed, much has changed in the generation of electricity. Now the station is closing, but for one day current once again flows as our three teams combine brain and brawn to light the light and make one of the station's giant meters register.
An invited audience is crammed into the power hall to cheer on the teams' efforts.
Guest judge is Battersea Power Station Manager Terry Wilkinson.
Assistant producer MAX WHITBY Producer CHARLES HUFF
Gerald Harrison introduces BBC2's own brass band knock-out competition from The Assembly Rooms, Derby
Round 1, Programme 4
THE FODEN OTS BAND, North-West Champions, conducted by HOWARD SNELL play against THE JONES AND CROSSLAND BAND from Birmingham, conducted by STEPHEN ROBERTS.
Soloists NICHOLAS HUDSON , playing the trombone for The Foden OTS Band and OWEN SLADE , playing the tuba for Jones and Crossland, compete for the Viewers' Sovereign Award Special guest supporters Gerald Harrison and Kay Alexander fudges Lieut-Col Trevor L. Sharpe and Bernard Keeffe
Lighting JOHN ALLINSON Sound NEIL MURRAY
Designer MICHAEL YOUNG Producer KEN GRIFFIN
New car sales have reached record levels over the past few weeks and as a result the secondhand market is booming too.
But as William Woollard finds out quite dramatically, buying a used car is still one of the biggest financial gambles anyone can ever take.
In tonight's programme he visits Nottingham, one of Britain s busiest car sales areas to find out just how prospective buyers -
'punters' to the trade-can help themselves around the many pitfalls and problems of buying a used car.
And Frank Page turns 'punter', trying out some of the secondhand models on offer.
Executive producer DENNIS ADAMS BBC Pebble Mill
starring
Peter Ustinov
Charlotte Rampling Fred Astaire
Late autumn, the west coast of Ireland. In a small village a group of people from various countries seek a refuge from their lives in the tranquillity and beauty of new surroundings. Each has a reason for trying to ' escape' reality. And each comes into contact with the eccentric Dr Scully, who drives through the winding roads in his ' taxi mauve'.
Produced by CATHERINE WINTER and GISELE REBILLON Directed by YVES BOISSET
(First showing on British television) Films: page 20
including
Labour Conference Report
JOHN TUSA and VINCENT HANNA present a full account of the day's proceedings at the Labour Party Conference in Brighton with PETER SNOW and DONALD MACCORMICK in London to assess the news at home and abroad.
Producers PETER BELL , JOHN MORRELL and DAVE STANFORD
Deputy editor PAUL NORRIS Editor DAVID DICKINSON
11.40 Education for Adults
Education for adults is a serious political issue in Holland, where there is still a wide range of educational activities, though the ambitious Open School project is now closed.
12.5 Maths: Differentiating Vector Fields Fluid flow and electromagnetism may seem quite distinct, but do they share a common mathematical basis?
