6.55 The Nigerian Civil War

7.20 Weekend Outlook

(to 7.25)

9.45 Mindstretchers: A to B: Solutions
Problems for 10- to 12-year-olds to work on, with suggested solutions. Travel by foot, train, bus or cycle, or a combination of all: which is the quickest?
(R)

9.50 Pages from Ceefax

10.15 Subtitle Slot: Zig Zag - DIY Animation
(Shown on Tuesday at 2.40 pm)

10.38 Home Economics: Fats
Expert medical opinion tells us to cut down on fats. Lesley Judd reveals the source of hidden fats in our diet and shows how to prepare attractive meals using less fat.
(R)

11.0 Computer Club: The Computer and the Gymnast
(Shown on Monday at 2.40 pm)

11.22 Japan: The Crowded Islands: The City
The startling contrast between the facade of Tokyo and everyday life inside the Yagis house - a Tokyo 'cockney' family.
(R)

11.44-12.5 pm Economics: A Question of Choice: 1: Free to Choose?
(Shown on Monday at 9.38 am)

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DAVID ICKE introduces further coverage of the morning's matches that should involve DENNIS TAYLOR and JIMMY WHITE.

1.38 Microelectronics in Action: Sensing and Deciding
(Shown on Tuesday at 11.39 am)

2.0 Scene: And Mum Came Too
by Valerie Georgeson
Gate-crashing and drinking have turned some teenage parties into nightmares. When it's Sandra's turn to have a party, mum insists on coming too. Sandra is horrified - will any of her friends come?
(Shown on Wednesday at 11.40 am)

2.30-2.50: English File: Enjoying Books: Partners
Not all 14-year-olds read novels, unless they have to. This is the first of three programmes which invite them to pick an extra book or two. English File meets three authors, and key scenes from two of their books are dramatised.
(R)

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A packed Crucible Theatre is hoping that ALEX HIGGINS (9) will be playing
TERRY GRIFFITHS (8) at the start of their expected second-round match. Both have won the championship here, and a fascinating match of contrasts is certain.
STEVE DAVIS (2) and DOUG MOUNTJOY (15) should be the seeded players in contention as their match continues. DAVID ICKE introduces live coverage from Sheffield. Commentators
TED LOWE , JACK KARNEHM
CLIVE EVERTON Summarisers JIM MEADOWCROFT
JOHN VIRGO. JOHN SPENCER Television presentation
KEITH PHILLIPS , MIKE ADLEY
ALAN GRIFFITHS , PETER HAYWARD Producer KEITH MACKENZIE
Executive producer NICK HUNTER

continues the season of animal films.
Today starring James Stewart
Mickey Rooney Alice Faye
When Lassie is taken from her owner
Clovis Mitchell by the dishonest businessman Jamison, she is forced to make a perilous escape across the rugged
West, not knowing that her family are already searching for her. and Music and lyrics by RICHARD M. SHERMAN and ROBERT B. SHERMAN Screenplay by JEAN HOLLOWAY .ROBERT B. SHERMAN and RICHARD M. SHERMAN Produced by BONITA GRANVILLE WRATHER and WILLIAM BEAUDINE JR
Directed by DON CHAFFEY
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STEVE DAVIS. TERRY GRIFFITHS and ALEX higgins , World
Champions all, should have been playing this afternoon. DAVID VINE traces their progress at the Crucible Theatre.

A history of the small English house in eight programmes. 2: The Fireside Revolution
The 17th-century farmhouses of Yetminster in Dorset show how the introduction of the chimney and fireplace radically altered the layout and use of rooms.
Presenter Nicholas Taylor Producer SUZANNE DAVIES
* CEEFAX SUBTITLES

A South East Reports Election special Presented by Jeremy Paxman
After the longest teachers' strike there has ever been, education has come to the forefront of public concern. Many parents are worried about standards of discipline and the levels of achievement in schools.
In two weeks' time Londoners have a unique opportunity to vote directly for the sort of education they want. Tonight politicians answer questions from the voters on how they see the children's future. Director ANN MORLEY
Producer FIONA CHESTERTON South East Editor PHILIP HARDING

from Radcliffe-on-Treht, Nottinghamshire Presented by Geoff Hamilton and Roy Lancaster
Three years ago, Robin Grout and Joan Grout moved from their half-acre garden to one of 30 x 60 feet and brought with them most of their plants. Now rare pulmonarias, ranunculus and hellebores grace this small garden, but it's not just a plant collection; they are interested in the conservation of the unusual and with this in mind are actively propagating plants like cosmos atrosanguineus with a view to getting them back in everybody's garden. Executive producer JOHN KENYON Production assistant CHRISTINE HARDMAN
Producer DENIS W. GARTSIDE BBC Pebble Mill
Plant list on Ceefax page 261

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DENNIS TAYLOR is supposed to be finishing his second-round match tonight, with JOE JOHNSON as the intended victim.
DAVID VINE reveals whether these forecasts are accurate from the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield.
Commentators TED LOWE
JACK KARNEHM , CLIVE EVERTON

An 11-part series starring Marita Breuer Riidiger Weigang Karin Rasenack
7: Soldiers and Love
As the war draws to its close, Maria and Otto are reunited. Schabbach comes under fire from the advancing American troops.
(A German series with English subtitles. Part 8 tomorrow evening)

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While DENNIS TAYLOR'S match is concluded, JIMMY WHITE and TONY MEO , great friends off the table, are expected to be battling over eight frames as their match continues. DAVID VINE introduces highlights and news

John Tusa , Peter Snow Donald MacCormick and Olivia O'Leary present the reports and interviews behind the main stories of the day.
Ian Smith and Jenni Murray with a round-up of the news from home and abroad.

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DAVID VINE introduces further coverage from the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield.