Parveen Mirza chairs a discussion on the importance of mother-tongue teaching. Also taking part are
D. S. Bhogal , co-ordinator, mother-tongue teaching; Sanyogita Kumari , Hindi teacher;
Uzra Firdaus Butt , Urdu teacher;
Chhanda Majamdar , Bengali teacher; Sarayu Patel ,
Gujerati teacher;
Jaspal Kaur Dhanjal , Punjabi teacher.
Music is by Kajal Banerjee , who sings a Hindi geet. An ASIAN UNIT presentation BBC Pebble Mill

9.35 Encounter: Austria: 5: The School Year Begins
(R) (E)

9.52 Look, Look and Look Again: Working Drawings
(R) (E)

10.15 Look and Read: Badger Girl: Lost on the Moor
'More Ponies Stolen', reads the newspaper headline.
With Margo Gunn, John Hollis, Ashiek Madhvani, June Marlow, James Marston, Julia Millbank, Nick Orchard, Kieron O'Shea, William Squire, Charles Collingwood, Katie Hebb, Gary Watson
(R) (E)

10.38 Investigating Science: Solving Problems by Observation
A Closer Look
(R) (E)
Teeth for Life
(R) (E)

11.0 Watch: Trees: Life on a Tree
(R) (E)

11.17 Now and Then: The Age of Wood
Windmills made use of many different types of wood: oak for the framework and central post, hornbeam, elm and ash.
(R) (E)

11.40 Wondermaths: Programme 5
A space genie invades Investigator.
Written by Colin Davis
(R) (E)

11.57 MI 10: Mathematical Investigations: 9: Fly on the Wall; 10: Projections
(R) (E)

12.18 pm Maths Counts: Give a Third, Take a Quarter
(R) (E)

12.40 Honourable Members: 5: Carry on Governing
(R) (E)

1.5 Telejournal
(Shown yesterday at 11.40 pm) (E)

1.38 Walrus - Guess What?: Just Imagine!
Michael Rosen and the team get carried away with books. Clues presented by David Freeman
(R) (E)

2.0 You and Me
A series for 4- and 5-year-olds
Jeni Barnett helps Cosmo find a hat to fit Dibs. A visit to a ceilidh for some Irish dancing. Book: Emma and the Measles by Gunilla Wolde and Almqvist and Wiksell Forlag Ab
(R) (E)

A series featuring some of the finest model makers and collectors.
Meet Denis Hillman from Sussex, probably the finest miniature furniture-maker in the world. Presenter Eric Thompson (R)

from East Belfast
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Joe Brown, one of the world's greatest climbers, talks about his 'childish pursuits' - like climbing Kangchenjunga before anyone else did.
Written and narrated by Ian Wooldridge
(R)

Phil Drabble in conversation with Roy Plomley
Naturalist and writer Phil Drabble played host to the late Roy Plomley on his 90-acre Staffordshire estate, which is devoted to the preservation and propagation of wildlife. Phil also went to a gypsy fair, took Roy behind the scenes of his favourite television programme and paid a visit to his favourite star Tommy Steele.
(R)

A celebration in stone of Marlborough's greatest victory, Blenheim, heralds the 18th century. This programme admires the glories that remain of that age of reason and elegance: at Houghton, built by Britain's first prime minister, on the Duke of Buccleuch's well-tended estates in England and Scotland, at West Wycombe, home of the eccentric Dashwoods, and finally at Syon, Robert Adam's magnificent statement of imperial confidence. Presented by John Julius Norwich
"A TV treasure trove ... filled with good humour, interesting anecdotes, historical footnotes and sweeping views of the English countryside." (New York Daily News)
(Final programme tomorrow, 4.30pm)

Introduced by Ray Moore from the Mountbatten School, Romsey.
Earlier this year Ray Moore visited some of the schools and music colleges that provided the young musical talent for last season's Schools Prom. In this short series of four programmes, he speaks to the teachers, tutors and young musicians who came to the Royal Albert Hall, London, for the concerts last autumn, and watches them in rehearsal. The first programme features groups from the south of England: Mountbatten School Concert Choir from Romsey; Southampton Youth Orchestra; Bournemouth School for Girls' Flute Trio and the Torquay Grammar School for Girls' Senior Choir.
(The Schools Prom is organised by Music for Youth in association with the Rank Organisation and Commercial Union Assurance)

The only problem with the world's fastest TV rockshow is that occasionally it's so fast that fabulous bits get left on the cutting-room floor. So with the nights drawing in, a good chance to revisit some of the sunny spots to hear new powerplay sounds, see new videos, films and features - and review the Top 40 charts.

BBC Manchester

'It's the work I enjoy the most - making people laugh.' 'I wasn't very good as an adolescent!'
On tour and at home with the writer, entertainer and successful working woman.

The last in a series for those who love sail and the sea. Brita Leth
Ten years ago the Brita Leth was lying idle in a Danish harbour and could easily have rotted away. In her long life she's earned her living carrying cargoes under sail in the Baltic and more recently working converted as a dredger in Kiel fjord. Now, thanks to her enthusiastic
Danish owner, the Brita has been restored and once again earns her living under sail. Today she graces the waters of the Baltic, for which she was designed and built. Narrator Tom Salmon
Film cameraman TIM JOHNSON
Sound recordist MURRAY CLARKE Film editor PETER SIMPSON Producer BRIAN HAWKINS BBC Bristol

The last of six programmes about the current state of English law.
Devised and presented by Michael Molyneux
Law reform is slow and has no sex appeal. Legislation and judge-made law, judicial review, the Law Commissions, pressure groups (the Law Society, Legal Action Group, Justice), codification and contingency fees (as in the USA). Do we expect too much of the law? With Lord Hailsham Lord Elwyn-Jones Lord Denning and Phil Sieghart (E)
Book, £4.25 from booksellers

In the final programme of this elegant and tasteful series, intrepid gastronaut
Keith Floyd takes a BBC mini-break to Jersey. There he discovers the delights of traditional Jersey fare including conger eel and marigold soup (yes, really) and the elusive ormer - once eaten, never forgotten. Cameraman RICHARD ELLIOTT Videotape editor MIKE FOREN Producer DAVID PRITCHARD
0 FLOYD ON FOOD: page 101

Introduced by William Woollard
In the last of the present series, especially for motor bike enthusiasts, Chris Goffey previews the International Bike show, which opens at Olympia tomorrow, including a look at the new super-bike from Honda.
If you thought steam cars were a thing of the past, meet a new one capable of an astounding 90mph, and Frank Page talks to a man who arranges transplants for much-loved Morris Minors. Producers
MIKE DERBY, BRIAN STRACHAN Executive producer TOM ROSS BBC Pebble Mill

Starring Lee Remick, Robin Ellis, Lisa Eichhorn
The acclaimed adaptation of Henry James's novel by the Merchant Ivory team responsible for Heat and Dust and A Room with a View. In the hope of improving their sagging fortunes, Eugenia - the Baroness Munster - and her brother Felix arrive from Europe to seek out the wealthy American cousins they have never met. The encounter between the sophisticated Europeans and the God-fearing, plain-living
Wentworth family turns out fruitful and instructive to both sides.
Screenplay by RUTH PRAWER JHABVALA
Produced by ISMAIL MERCHANT Directed by JAMES IVORY 0 FILMS: page 25

Analysis and comment on the day's major events presented by Peter Snow, Donald MacCormick and Nick Worrall with the interviews that matter.
And the day's news from home and abroad with Ian Smith, Nick Clarke, Gill Nevill, and Chris Lowe