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As the spotlight falls on the final years of the Second World War, John Tidmarsh explores the defeat of Hiter's Germany and the problems that faced postwar Europe.

9.26 Twentieth-Century History: The Road to Berlin
1943-5: The defeat of Germany and the problems of post-war Europe.
(Repeat)

9.48 Mathscore Two: 9: Graphs Rule, OK?
Elaine Donnelly and Roger Sloman show how to turn a mathematical rule into a graph.
(Repeat)

10.10 Look and Read: Fair Ground: 8: A Piece of Cake!
by Christopher Russell
Captain Cutlass gives Ozzie a vital clue - but will he find Rachel?
(Repeat)

10.35 Brazil: Amazon Frontier
Brazil's hectic pace of economic development has carried new ventures to the depths of the Amazon region. Some have succeeded but many have failed.
(Repeat)

11.0 Watch: Looking Closer
(For details see tomorrow 2.0 pm)

11.17 History: The Middle Ages: 4: The Town
Where and why did towns develop? What was it like to live in one? How were craft guilds organised, and what was the role of the town council?
With Amanda Bellamy, Billy Fellows, Jacki Harding and Ben Howard
(Repeat)

11.40 Higher Education: 3: Polys and Colleges: What Sort of Place?
(Shown yesterday at 9.15 am)

12.0 Une annee chez les Francais: 9: Les hoteliers de la Rochelle
Dawn till midnight - a working day for the Laportes in their family hotel in La Rochelle, in this week's French-commentary version of Year of the French.

12.30 pm Inside Japan: 8: Love the Criminal, Hate the Crime
Ten films on contemporary Japan
(Repeat)
Book, £7.50 from booksellers

1.0 Maths Help II: 8: Matrices II
For adults studying maths to O-level, this series offers help with common difficulties.
(Repeat)
Books, Maths Help parts 1 and 2, £3.95 each from booksellers

1.15 Science Topics: Energy Transfer Devices
A look at some of the alternative ways of producing energy and delivering it to where it is needed.
(First shown on BBC Scotland)

1.38 Let's See: Minibeasts: 1: The Plant Eaters
A close look at the tiny living world.

2.0 You and Me
A series for 4- and 5-year-olds
Cosmo and Dibs imagine flying and living underwater. A visit to a group of children making masks and costumes for their Caribbean-style carnival party.
(Repeat)

2.15 Near and Far: Earth in Action
Earthquakes and volcanoes
(Repeat)

2.40 Look, Look and Look Again: Pattern in Place
A walk in the forest - a visit to the seashore.
(Repeat)

3.30 The Waterford Crystal Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy (2m)
4.5 The Waterford Crystal Stayers' Hurdle Race (3m 1f)

Introduced by Julian Wilson

with subtitles, followed by Weather

For over 900 years,
Warkworth Castle in Northumberland has been the setting for tumultuous
Border history -re-created in modern times by pageants on the green platform in front of the keep.
When Warkworth village drama group staged their
1983 show, BBC North East cameras were there to film the preparations and the performance.
Two hundred villagers took part. But could Peter run the farm and learn his lines? What happened at the Hemmel Hooley? And would the walls fall on cue?
In the end, everything went off with a bang. Photography
DAVID COX , JOHN WARWICK Film editor ERIC BOWER Producer ROGER BURGESS

John Cannon invites Cochise's representative into the ranch house for peace talks but Apache renegades lay siege to the ranch...

Britain's Los Angeles Olympic gold medal winner tells Steve Blacknell about the winners in her own record collection.
Artists featured include Barbra Streisand, Tina Turner and Gladys Knight.

Banned and reviled, celebrated and cherished,
The Jesus and .Mary Chain are Britain's most controversial group since the Sex Pistols. Tonight they make their TV debut.
Also playing live are the hotly-tipped Faith Brothers. Andy Kershaw reports from Cambridge on the City Council's investment in local music.
Hindsight features an archive clip of Gary Numan ; Mike Read surveys the new charts; and calls for the Video Vote are welcome on [number removed]. Presenters David Hepworth and Mark Ellen
Producers TREVOR DANN and JOHN BURROWES
Director TOM CORCORAN
Editor MICHAEL APPLETON

With the recent launch of Sir Clive Sinclair 's controversial new electric vehicle, interest has been rekindled in using electric traction for personal transport. This week
William Woollard tests the Sinclair C5 and other contenders in the market, from both the UK and Denmark. Chris Goffey, meanwhile, points the way ahead with Peugeot's research vehicle - the 205 Electrique.
Sue Baker road tests the latest sporting offer from Japan, the Toyota MR2. With the Budget only a week away Top Gear reports on the pressures on the Chancellor to replace
Vehicle Excise Duty with a higher tax on petrol. Producer BRIAN STRACHAN
Executive producer DENNIS ADAMS BBC Pebble Mill

A new showbiz concept.... a semi-repeat!
In the second of ten partial-repeats,
Jonathan King looks again at 'sunny but tacky' Hawaii. He meets Hollywood superstar Tom Selleck , singer
George Benson , and re-formed 60s group The Animals. He also visits a traditional Hawaiian feast-a luau.
One third of the programme is brand new and includes a clip from the new thriller movie Into the Night, plus the latest US pop videos. Compiled and researched by COLIN MARCHANT
Executive producer MICHAEL HURLL Producer GORDON ELSBURY

by SIMON MOORE
5: The agency gang rediscover old skills when
Bev accepts a job involving a night-time security raid on a factory.
Title music composed and performed by PHIL COLLINS
Studio lighting ALEC ROBSON Designer LYNDA KETTLE Script editor
CAROLINE OULTON
ProducerSALLY HEAD Director PEDR JAMES
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Introduced by David Icke The second quarter-final of BBC2's international snooker competition between former World Snooker
Champion Cliff Thorbum of Canada, and England's Willie Thorne.
Commentator TED LOWE Referee JOHN WILLIAMS Producer JOHN G. SMITH BBC Pebble Mill

George Best
Barry Davies talks to one of the most prodigious talents in British football. In the years leading up to Manchester United's
European Cup victory in 1968, Best became the team's inspirational force.
Over the years many headlines have been written about George and his actions, and with hindsight it's easy to recognise a talent 'wasted'. But few of the fans who stood on the terraces when George Best was at his peak will forget the way he held the football world spellbound. Film cameraman MIKE RADFORD Film editor JOHN BEVAN Producer JEFF GODDARD t FEATURE: page 8

John Tusa , Peter Snow and Donald MacCormick with Jenni Murray and Ian Smith present the reports and interviews that matter. Producer HOWARD ANDERSON
! JANA BENNETT. DAVE STANFORD 1 Directors
, JOHN WILKINSON , CHRIS FOX ! Assignment editors
NICK GUTHRIE. MIKE ROBINSON
! Deputy editor JOHN MAHONEY Editor DAVID DICKINSON

11.50 Ethology: Newts to Newborns
The observation and description by an ethologist of the behaviour of a species in its natural habitat.

12.15 am Development in a Turkish Village
Sakultutan is the Turkish village where anthropologist Paul Stirling has investigated the impact of labour migration on the community.

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