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9.15 Politics in Action (Scotland): 5: The Nuclear Debate
With Professor John Erickson, Michael Ancram, MP and Gavin Strang, MP
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9.35 Pages from Ceefax

10.0 You and Me
A series for 4- and 5-year-olds
It's not easy to replace a lost peg doll from a fire engine; Cosmo and Jeni Barnett try to help Dibs. A group of Bristol boys perform a traditional Punjabi dance. Book: "Winklet Gets Lost" by Eileen Ryder illustrated by Stephanie Lang
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10.15 Science Workshop: Stiff Shapes 'B'
How thin, floppy material can be made strong by shaping. From plastic buckets to James Bond helicopters.
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10.38 Investigating Science: I Wonder Why
A look at the theory developed to explain seismic and volcanic activity associated with the drifting of the continents.
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11.0 Words and Pictures: The Tale of the Turnip
(Shown on Monday at 2.2 pm) (e)

11.17 Let's See: Minibeasts: 3: The Workers
(Shown on Monday at 10.38 am) (e)

11.40 Maths at Work: 5
Young people use maths: a surveyor, mechanical engineer, sheet-metal worker and forester.
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12.0 Pages from Ceefax

12.25 pm Dicho y hecho
Basic skills in Spanish.
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12.50 France-Francais: 5: Repetons...
A chance to get away from the classroom, and find out about young people in Provence.
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1.5 The Money Makers: The Oil Tycoon
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1.38 Around Scotland: Nature Study: 2: Riverbank
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Watch ducklings hatching and see how to blow an egg and decorate it using a wax resistant method.
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Canadians, past and present, have always felt a close bond with the outback.
Paul Coia investigates totem poles and finds out about one of Canada's most interesting animals, the beaver.

Join Judi Spiers and find out how you can save time, effort and above all, money.

Introduced by David Icke
Top sporting action from around the country, including a report on the progress of the new indoor tennis league plus a look ahead to an important weekend for football and rugby union and one of the events of the year - The 1987 Seagram Grand National. Producers
GRAHAM FRY. CAMPBELL FERGUSON

Regional News and Weather

News, views, gossip and song with Pamela and her guests.

Portrait of a Decade The Agony of a Giant
In China, the democratic ideas of Chiang Kai-shek clash with the totalitarian creed of Mao Tse-tung . The
'War Lords' prevent national unity and the country begins to disintegrate under the pressure from 'foreign devils , opium and dire mass poverty before succumbing to the terror of Japanese occupation.
Commentary David Swift English language production by HENRY FOSTER
Written and produced By DIETER FRANCK

Frank Muir and John Amis challenging Denis Norden and Ian Wallace over questions set by Steve Race (R)

Nicholas Shakespeare and his guests, including novelist Julian Barnes , review the pick of the latest paperbacks and hardbacks, including
Cuts a new campus novella from Malcolm Bradbury ; plus South African writer Nadine Gordimer on her latest novel A Sport of Nature.
Researcher CHRIS WILSON Director PETER MANIURA
Producer ROLAND KEATING

A new season of adventure films starring
John Fraser
Peter Cushing and Bernard Lee
On the Cornish coast in the 18th century, the local fishermen's smuggling routine is disrupted by a murderous band of wreckers. But the local squire refuses to acknowledge the truth, even when his son finds proof that the wreckers' leader is the infamous Black John!
Written, produced and directed by JOHN GILLING
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'Do-it-yourself' science presented by Carol Mather and Professor Ian Fells of Newcastle University.
In the last programme of the series, studio guest Dr Frank Close explains how to build a universe out of quarks, leptons and bosons (what?), and takes Carol to see the inmates of the particle zoo... There's the story of the Yorkshire school that found itself to be one of the few independent sources of radiation monitoring after the explosion at Chernobyl last year.
And the winners of the competition to design a new exhibit for the Evoluon Science Museum in Holland are announced. (e)

At 45, Paul Simon recently enjoyed his biggest hit single since 'Bridge over troubled waters' and his first solo number one album, 'Graceland'.
His comeback was inspired by a controversial trip to South Africa, during which he recorded and composed with black musicians.
Last October, Simon talked to Whistle Test about his discovery of 'township jive' music and its effect on his own songwriting.
With Hugh Masekela and Joseph Shabalala, music from Ladysmith Black Mambazo and clips from the videos for 'You can call me Al,' 'Homeless' and 'The boy in the bubble'.
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The last in the series
Whether you think it's an ass or an asset, the law affects us all. Justice may be strewn with law-makers and law breakers, but David Jessel and Sue Cook are in the studio to help light its way. And Ed Boyle investigates controversial cases and legal loopholes.
Director PIETER MORPURGO Producer ALAN BOOKBINDER

The General Flipped at Dawn The 4077th prepares for a visit from a fearsome general. Written by JIM FRTTZELL and EVERETT GREENBAUM
Directed by LARRY GELBART (R)

dramatised in three parts by PHILIP BROADLEY , starring with Richard Morant Clive Francis and David Quilter
2: Lord Peter has 30 days in which to find new evidence to save Miss Vane from the rope. Will he succeed?
Music composed and arranged by JOSEPH HOROVITZ
Designer BARBARA GOSNOLD Producer MICHAEL CHAPMAN
Director CHRISTOPHER HODSON
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Including
Russia's Second Revolution with Charles Wheeler

The Complete Piano Sonatas Daniel Barenboim plays Sonata No 26, Op 81a, Les adieux

Should hearing-impaired children be taught with signing or by lip-reading? Can advances in technology enable these pupils to become part of mainstream education? There is fierce debate about these questions.
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