Science: Rats and Super Rats

Written and presented by Ian Grimble.
Dunrobin Castle
The northernmost achievement of the Victorian architect Sir Charles Barry appears to have been spirited from the banks of the Loire to the east coast of Sutherland. Produced by BARRY TOOVEY

Regenerating and preserving Britain's natural ecosystems. Producer AILEEN LLEWELLYN A BBC/OPEN UNIVERSITY production (R)

Starring Randolph Scott, Ann Richards, George 'Gabby' Hayes.
Into a tough and lawless land rides Texan sheriff Mark Rowley - heading for the town of Quinto on the trail of the outlaws Frank and Jesse James.
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Shiska Bugs

A Managed Succession
The Dutch have long been reclaiming land from the sea, converting salty marshes into agricultural land. Producer TONY JOLLY
A BBC/OPEN UNIVERSITY production (R)

A look at the destructive effects of light.
Producer NEIL CAMERON A BBC/OPEN UNIVERSITY production (R)

A See-Saw programme (R)

George Lane Fox , Landlord
George Land Fox is the ninth generation of his family to be landlord of Bramham Park, one of the great estates of Yorkshire.
Narrator Derek Guyler Written and produced by DON HAWORTH
BBC Manchester

Weather followed by Weekend Outlook

Bell's Scottish Open Championship from the Kings Course at the Gleneagles Hotel. Introduced by Dougie Donnelly.
Broomy Law is the name given to the fourth hole on the Kings Course. It's a demanding par four and all uphill.
Coverage of the opening holes and the climax of the third day's play with E50,000 awaiting tomorrow's winner. Commentators PETER ALLISS ALEX HAY and CLIVE CLARK Producers
MIKE ABBOTT , ALASTAIR SCOTT BILL MALCOLM
Editor JOHN SHREWSBURY
(Highlights at 11.20pm on BBCI) including at
3.00pm News and Weather

Regional News and Weather

The show with a different angle on the bicentenary celebrations in France. Vidar Hjardeng reports from Paris on disability issues there - he talks to the French minister for disability affairs, who is himself disabled. Vidar also meets disabled people working in the arts in France.
With subtitles for the hard-of-hearing.
Reporter Vidar Hjardeng Producer CHRISTOPHER HUTCHINS

[Starring] George Formby
with Googie Withers.

George Gullip is a newspaper compositor who's also an amateur sleuth, so when the police are baffled by a gang of counterfeiters he devises an ingenious plan to trap the crooks... Formby is in fine form as the love-sick hero, and sings several songs on the way to a hectic finale in a brewery.
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from Barnsdale with Geoff Hamilton Anne Swithinbank.
'English roses' are becoming increasingly popular.
Breeder David Austin shows
Geoff Hamilton some of the best varieties for the new rose garden at Barnsdale.
Anne Swithinbank looks at the range of plants that can be grown successfully in a terrarium. Plus news of how you can become part of the Gardeners' World team and help them to provide the latest growing information for your area.
Production assistant CHRISTINE HARDMAN
Producer MARK KERSHAW BBC Pebble Mill
Plant list on Ceefax page 261
40 VIDEO: 'Organic Gardening - an Introduction ' available from retailers.

Presented by Richard Bath with reporters Mike Liggins Bill Buckley and Nigel Farrell.
A live preview of events on offer around the region. Plus a look at places to go and things to do to help make the most of your weekend. Up-to-the-minute travel information from
Fiona Phillips and weather from Graham Parker. Film directors
TONY CHAPMAN. IAN LIT LEV Series producer PETER LOWE BBC South and East - Elstree (Regional programme - for variations see below)

On the day the Bastille fell, the French republic throws its 200th birthday party.
BBC2 remembers the first centenary celebration with a profile of 8.40* pm
Monsieur Eiffel's Tower

9.00* pm La Marseillaise live from Paris.
The biggest, costliest, noisiest parade the world has ever seen and the brain child of designer Jean Paul Goude. Elephants, zebras, the Red Army, the Royal Tattoo, Florida's Marching Band, the drummers of Senegal and dancers from inner London combine with moonwalkers, flagdancers and the Palio riders to cover the Champs Elysees in colour, music and dance. Jessye Norman brings France to a standstill with the French battle hymn of republicanism, the Marseillaise. While out in the French countryside, the modest village of Chevreuse prepares its own traditional celebrations of community: a torchlight procession, bal populaire and fireworks.
Chantal Cuer and guests from around the world cover the celebrations with behind-the-scenes films, comment and controversy.

10.30*pm Newsnight in Paris reports live on the industrial world summit and returns to the parade for its grand finale.

11.30*pm The Art of Revolution
Live from Chevreuse, Germaine Greer explores the impact of the French Revolution on the world of the arts and the imagination. Writer Edmund White, poet Tom Paulin, theatre director Arkadey Tsimbler and others discuss romance and revolution, alienation and activists, and the role of artists in a political world.

starring Jean Marais, Francois Perier.
BBC2's celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Jean Cocteau concludes with his striking adaption of the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice. Orphee, a young poet, encounters a mysterious princess, and becomes fascinated by the strange coded messages she receives. Her infatuation leads to conflict with the powers that rule life and death.
Written and directed by Jean Cocteau.
(A French film with English subtitles. Black and white)
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