6.25 Electronics: Frequency Analysis

6.50 Ethnic Minorities: Punjab to Britain: 2

7.15 Curriculum in Action

7.40 Language in Use: Hospital Realities

8.5 Roman Interior Decoration

8.30 Computer Systems: Design

8.55 Maths Methods: Linear Equations

9.20 Brian: The Life of an Ordinary Man

9.45 Maths: Least Squares

10.10 Pure Maths: Completeness

10.35 Topology: The Projective Plane

11.0 Technology: Managing the Managers

11.25 Maths Across the Curriculum

11.50 Biology: The Rod Cell

12.15 Social Administration: The Borderline Case

12.40 Education: Old Dog, New Trick

1.5 History of Mathematics

1.30 Business Economics: The Gamble of Investment?

As part of the 300th anniversary celebrations of Handel's birth, a repeat showing of a concert recorded at St John's,
Smith Square, Westminster THE ACADEMY OF
ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS Directed by Neville Marriner (violin)
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba Water Music Suite in D
Harpsichord Concerto, Op 4 No 3 in F minor
Soloist George Malcolm
Concerto Grosso, Op 6 No 11 Narrated and produced by Kenneth Corden
Directed by RODNEY GREENBERG

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World Professional Snooker Championship, from the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield Third day
TERRY GRIFFITHS (8) and TONY MEO (10) complete their matches this morning, and should go through to the second round. This afternoon ALEX higgins (9) also completes his first-round match, while on the adjacent table that dour, dogged Australian champion, EDDIE CHARLTON (6), takes the stage. This is likely to be a 'derby' match against fellow countryman JOHN CAMPBELL.
DAVID VINE introduces the coverage of today's play.

Moira Stuart looks at the best news pictures of the week. With subtitles. Editor ANTHONY SLADE

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World Professional Snooker Championship Third day
Highlights of this morning's and afternoon's matches involving TERRY GRIFFITHS ,
TONY MEO , ALEX HIGGINS and EDDIE CHARLTON.
Introduced by DAVID VINE Commentators TED LOWE
JACK KARNEHM
CUVE EVERTON
Book, Pot Black 1985, M.95 from booksellers

Screenplay by Alan Plater
A special dramatised edition of The Natural World with Robert Lang as Edward Lear

Edward Lear is well known for his nonsense songs and poems, particularly 'The owl and the pussy-cat'. But this funny, lonely man earned his living painting birds and landscapes and, like nonsense heroes, travelled to strange and distant lands....
BBC Bristol
Feature: page 8 and Woddis On: page 71

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DAVID VINE introduces coverage of the concluding 10 frames of JIMMY WHITE'S (7) first-round match.

The film documentary by Professor H. C. Robbins Landon tells the story of Handel's most popular work, Messiah.
Handel came to England aged 25, intent on making his name as a composer of Italian opera. He made it primarily as a composer of church music and oratorio. Performers: DYFED CHOIR
LEIPZIG RADIO CHOIR
BBC WELSH SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA conductors
Sir Charles Mackerras James Loughran
Film cameraman CHARLES BEDDOUS Film editor STAN LANE
Producer J. MERVYN WILLIAMS BBC Wales

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RAY REARDON (5) begins the first nine frames of the best of 19 in this first-round match. Plus the last frames of JIMMY WHITE'S match.

by CHARLES DICKENS
Dramatised in ten episodes by ARTHUR HOPCRAFT starring Diana Rigg Denholm Elliott
1: Esther Summerson , brought up as an orphan, is summoned to London by her guardian's solicitors.
She is to become acquainted with her guardian for the first time.
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Highlights of this evening's matches with RAY REARDON and JIMMY WHITE , which includes his result.