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Christopher Jones reports on last week's debates in the House of Lords.

with subtitles, followed by Weather

An exchange of views with HRH The Princess Anne begins a series of four programmes featuring Terry Waite , the Archbishop of Canterbury's Special Envoy. Her Royal Highness tells of her work in the developing countries, and her role as both a mother and a member of the Royal Family. But she says: 'I suppose I've never really had any startling ambitions in any direction. Probably total inability to concentrate is my greatest problem ... it started at school when 1 wasn't allowed to do the subjects I thought 1 wanted to do.'
Discussing attitudes to personal danger, Her Royal Highness says: 'It's difficult to take threats or anything else terribly seriously ... But if somebody decides it's worth their while either kidnapping you or just killing you, I don't believe there's anything very constructive we or anybody else can do about it.'
Director ALF BATES
Producer GERALD HARRISON

The first in a selection from the classic murder mysteries with the philosophical detective Charlie Chan. Today starring Warner Oland with Keye Luke J. Carrol Naish
Charlie Chan visits the circus with his family - '14 including humble self - and finds himself embroiled in the murky murder of the circus's much-hated co-owner. Who is the killer? The strong man, the snake charmer, the Chinese contortionist, the midgets or the circus ape?
Chan swings into action with characteristic sang-froid ...
Screenplay by ROBERT ELLIS and HELEN LOGAN based on the character created by EARL DERR BIGGERS Produced by JOHN STONE
Directed by HARRY LACHMAN
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On New Year's Eve 1940 a group of young navigators took off on a training mission from RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland. As the plane flew west into a snow storm, one of its engines spluttered and stopped. Having ordered the crew to bail out, the pilot spotted Loch Ness through a break in the clouds and took a chance to ditch.
Forty-five years later, a unique team gathered at
Inverness; their task was to raise the only surviving wartime Wellington bomber. Delays caused by bad weather, hazards underwater and the technical difficulties of working in the dark, 250 feet below the surface, ended when a special lifting frame, designed by one of Barnes Wallis 's former assistants, was smashed to pieces. With amazing determination, they tried again.
This film is the story of that operation, of the Wellington known as 'R' for Robert number N 2980, veteran of 14 missions against the Third Reich, and of the team who worked and persevered to bring her back home. Produced by DEREK TOWERS Executive producer BRUCE NORMAN (R)

The story of Britain's Royal Builders and Collectors
Told by Huw Wheldon
Royal Heritage was first shown in 1977 to mark HM The
Queen's Silver Jubilee.
As The Queen celebrates her 60th birthday and the BBC prepares for the 50th anniversary of the first public broadcast on television, the ten part series is shown again. Sir Huw Wheldon was one of the wisest, most stimulating and entertaining broadcasters and Royal
Heritage gave him great pride and pleasure as he explored the history and treasures of the British monarchy. 1: The Medieval Kings
The heritage of the greatest of the medieval kings: warriors, lawgivers and defenders of the church, they left their mark in great castles and splendid abbeys, in glowing manuscripts, in bronze and gold and precious stones. I, is the most glamorous and engrossing series and I commend it to everybody (THE GUARDIAN) Stunning (DAILY EXPRESS) Incomparably stylish (SUNDAY TIMES) Historical adviser J. H. PLUMB
Producer MICHAEL GILL Executive producer RICHARD CAWSTON (R)

starring Marti Caine written by PETER ROBINSON and PETER VINCENT with Jack Smethurst Philip Madoc
Carolyn Moody Sons and Lovers
The path of true love rarely runs smooth, and in Hilary's case, never! designer MARK SEVANT
Produced and directed by RAY BUTT

by Don Shebib
The last of three plays about climbers who were first to the top.
Starring Bruce Greenwood
with James Hurdle and Kenneth Welsh

'I feel something is about to happen to me that I cannot put into words. It is as if I am soon to meet my destiny. Whatever occurs I will embrace it with my whole being.'
In 1953 Hermann Buhl faced the summit of Nanga Parbat, a mountain which had already taken 31 lives. This is his story.
BBC Bristol
(Ceefax subtitles)

Two partisan views of a controversial issue
Vivisection is both cruel and unnecessary
This contentious issue is the subject of two films, one made under the editorial control of Caroline Richmond, former medical researcher and scientific journalist, the other under the editorial control of Jan Creamer, General
Secretary of the National
Anti-Vivisection Society.
'There's no more poliomyelitis because we vaccinate against it, but each batch of the vaccine has to be tested to ensure it doesn't paralyse the nerves. It has to be tested on animals. Do you expect me to test it on children?'
(PROF OWEN WADE,
Head of Medical School
Queen Elizabeth Hospital)
'Animal experimentation is institutionalised violence - legality does not make it any less violent, it just makes it more acceptable to people.'
(JAN CREAMER)
Presented by Laurie Taylor Producers STEVE CONNELLY and MIKE MACCORMACK Made by the COMMUNITY PROGRAMME UNIT

Producers
JANA BENNETT , TIM GARDAM
MARK THOMPSON. DIANA MORTON Directors JAMES GOULD
JOHN WILKINSON , CHRIS FOX Assignment editors
NICK GUTHRIE. ADRIAN MILNE Deputy editor TIM ORCHARD Editor RICHARD TAIT

Large public innovations tend to be controversial. This programme looks at the processes accompanying the proposal for a tidal barrage at Weston-super-Mare.
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