9.35 Des Ie debut: 3: Making Requests; Asking Permission; Must and Need
A resource series to support the teaching of basic skills in French.
(R)

9.52 Look and Read: The Boy from Space: 3: The Man in the Sand-pit
(Shown on Tuesday at 10.15 am)

10.15 Mathscore Two: S for Symmetry
Elaine Donnely and Roger Sloman investigate half-turn symmetry.
(R)

10.38 The History Trail: The Silver Buckle: 2
A story in three parts by Joan Aitken
Thoby and his mother have arrived in Virginia. Life on the plantation comes as quite a shock.
(R)

11.0 Around Scotland: Behind the Scenes: 1: Hospital
(Shown yesterday at 1.38 pm)

11.22 Geography Casebook: Britain: New Town: Stevenage
The name Stevenage means 'strong oak'. How well has the sapling new town weathered its first 40 years?
(R)

11.44 Going to Work: Overcoming Handicaps
(Shown on Monday at 9.38 am)

12.5 pm Making the Most of the Micro: 3: Strings and Things
Ten programmes showing what micros can do and how to use them. Presented by Ian McNaught-Davis
(R)

12.35-1.0 The Learning Machine: 2: Why is so Much Educational Software so Lousy?
A personal view by Tim O'Shea, Director of the Microelectronics in Schools Project at the Open University, of computers in education.
(R)

1.10 Science Topics: Bonding
(Shown on Tuesday at 11.39 am)

1.33 General Studies: 3: East Versus West
(Shown on Monday at 11.40 am)

2.0 Scene: The Breakaway
The closeness of three girlfriends is shattered when Pat takes a sudden shine to a boy she knew, now back on leave from the army.
(Shown on Wednesday at 11.40 am)

2.30 English File: The Power of Language - The Power to Command
Orders and instructions can be phrased in many ways; what matters is that their chosen audience takes notice: e.g. the language of command in a Royal Navy ship and in the council chamber of a London borough.

with Antony Johns
Bounce, balance and bending are all important today when Antony has a go at Gymnastics and discovers there's a lot more to it than a forward roll!
Musical director ALLAN ROGERS Designer MICHAEL TREVOR Director SHARON MILLER Producer PIPPA DYSON

Heathcliff finds big trouble and a diamond in the dustbin in Mystery Loves Company (R)

by TED HUGHES
Told by Tom Baker for Jackanory Today:
The Iron Man's Challenge Designer DONAL WOODS Executive producer ANGELA BEECHING
Producer CHRISTINE SECOMBE Director MARGIE BARBOUR

with Mike Smith
In which a team of 'pupils' from Grange Hill attempts to discover the unusual hobbies of viewers and a surprise guest celebrity.
This week's team: Alison Bettles (Fay Lucas) Lisa York (Julie Marchant) Mmoloki Chrystie (Kevin Baylon) Tim Polley (Banks)

[NB although the panellists are billed with their Grange Hill character names, they do not appear in character]

John Craven and the Newsround team takes a closer look at one of the big stories, exciting events or fascinating personalities making eye-catching news.

A series of 24 programmes Episode 6 by MARGARET SIMPSON
Gonch comes up with a new scheme for making money but Jackie can't understand why Zammo is so short of cash.
(For cast see Tuesday page 52)
* CEEFAX SUBTITLES

with subtitles; Weather

starring
Roland Young
Ralph Richardson When a group of distracted celestial beings decide to give an ordinary man the power to work miracles, they choose George Fotheringay , a mild little draper's assistant.
Suddenly, he is performing all kinds of tricks and receiving all kinds of advice, but one thing he desires remains impossible - the love of Ada Price.
Screenplay by LAJOS BIRO
Based on the story by H. G. WELLS Produced by ALEXANDER KORDA Directed by LOTHAR MENDES
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A weekly look at computing and information technology. This week Micro Live visits a garden centre which uses a database to help its customers find the plants they need and Fred Harris explains how to use a database on a home micro. From America Freff reports on the fascinating world of fractals - patterns on the computer screen which mimic the patterns in nature. And Ian McNaught-Davis takes a look at a promising new British development in flat-screen technology.
Studio director ALAN GRIFFITHS Series editor DAVID ALLEN

Juliet Alexander presents the weekly magazine programme for Britain's black communities.
Studio director ANNIE MORRIS
Executive producer JOHN WILCOX BBC Pebble Mill

Six films of early exploration Introduced by Duncan Carse 1: Storm Cape Horn (1929) 'Now we are off for great sailing adventures aboard the enormous four-masted barque, the Peking, the largest sailing ship in the world....'
So, in 1929, a young American yachtsman and sailor, Irving Johnson , started his story of an epic 11,000-mile voyage from Hamburg to Chile - via Cape Horn.
Original narrator
CAPTAIN IRVING JOHNSON Film editor PADDY WILSON
Producer RICHARD ROBINSON (R)

from Barnsdale Presented by Geoff Hamilton
Margaret Waddy and John Kelly
The 'Bolt-On Garden' is beginning to take shape and in tonight's programme the team continue with the hard landscaping. Getting on the land at this time of the year can be tricky. Using cloches, however, can eliminate many of the problems and give crops an earlier start.
Plus a look at a range of heated systems for seed germination.
Executive producer JOHN KENYON Production assistant
CHRISTINE HARDMAN
Producer DENIS W. GARTSIDE BBC Pebble Mill

This week the spotlight falls on shops and sales. Tom is joined by Cherry Gillespie
Chris Emmett and Mike Berry in trying to prove whether or not 'the customer is always right'.
Comedienne Faith Brown pays Tom a visit in his dressing-room, while
Graham Preskett and Tom criticise musically the January Sales.
Plus the roving camera's tour amid the folk of Britain.
Sound supervisor DAVID THOMPSON Lighting director
BERT POSTLETHWAITE
Designers MICHAEL YOUNG RICHARD MCMANAN-SMITH Producer RICK GARDNER

Ludovic Kennedy makes his choice of the week's television and, with his studio guests, discusses:
Comrades (BBC2); The Book Tower (Yorkshire); and Josephine Baker : A Life of Many Colours (Channel 4). Studio director NICHOLAS BARKER Producer CHARLES MILLER

Starring David Warner, Vanessa Redgrave, Robert Stephens
Morgan Delt, an artist and fantasist whose heroes include gorillas and Karl Marx , has been shipped off to Greece while his rich wife Leonie organises a divorce.
Inconveniently, he returns on the day of the hearing, to meet a situation he finds intolerable...
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