Meanings of Madness

The first of two programmes, set in the West Country, which explore some challenging theories about ancient man. Ancient Ways
Graham Purches investigates claims that prehistoric man was not the primitive savage traditionally portrayed but built many of his monuments on 'ley lines' across the countryside.
Producer PAUL SMITH

starring Olivia's life as secretary/ companion to her wealthy and demanding aunt is dull and unfulfilling. When Danny is made the new handyman. Olivia is both repelled and fascinated by him. Her infatuation gradually leads her to suspect that charming, affable Danny is hiding a terrifying secret.
Screenplay by JOHN VAN DRUTEN from the Dlay by EMLYN WILLIAMS Produced by HUNT STROMBERG Directed by RICHARD THORPE 0 FILMS: page 16

Cross-Country Detours (R)

A light aircraft is missing in the mountains of British
Columbia with five men on board; a helicopter carrying a millionaire is lost in a dense forest. Search and Rescue
Squadron 442 sets out to save these men. This is their story. Series editors ANTHONY ISAACS and MICHAEL ANDREWS

Pinny by the Sea by Peter Firmin.
When Tom's new soldiers are buried in the sand, Pinny and Victor find a friendly crab to help.
Read by Matilda Thorpe. Music AR LOG
Directed and animated by OLIVER POSTGATE (R)

A See-Saw programme with Brian Cant.
Larry loans his ladder to look in the loft for some labels with letters on. Can you look for bric-a-brac that begins with 'L'. (R)

Weather followed by Australia
Will Be There
Written and presented by historian Patsy Adam-Smith . 'Fini retreat Madame, beaucoup Australian ici.' So said a digger landing in France in 1916. 'Yes,' comments Patsy Adam-Smith , 'we were unsophisticated, brash and cheeky. But in those years of the war and afterwards, through the Depression, we grew to become a nation.' And now, America has become the friend and ally that really matters.
Producer RICHARD TAYLOR
Series producer TIM SLESSOR (R)

Weather followed by Nature's
Champion
A Tribute to Sir Peter Scott Presented by Sir David Attenborough.
The story of the remarkable life and passion for nature of the painter, explorer, scientist, inventor, sportsman and broadcaster.

Regional News and Weather

Helmsley, North Yorkshire John Grundy tastes the delights of one of England's prettiest towns. It has a fine castle ruin, a spacious
Town Square, and a host of beautiful cottages that glow with colours of old stone and clay pantiles.
Producer PAUL PAXTON
(Postponed from 8 September)

In 1889 Jerome K. Jerome published what has become one of the most successful books of all time, Three Men in a Boat. In 1982 Tim Rice , Benny Green , Christopher Matthew and their dog,
Bonzo, set out to retrace the original journey. With the voice of Ian Carmichael.
Director RICHARD DENTON (R)

The third programme in the series comes from Dartmoor, the most evocative name in British penal history.
With convicted prisoners in the audience the debate concentrates on the way they are treated - a system known as the 'regime'.
Presenter: Fred Emery. Producers BRIAN CLARKE and JOHN COLEMAN

with Deke Rivers (Presley), a young hillbilly singer, is hired to boost the waning popularity of a cowboy band and becomes a teen sensation.
Screenplay by HERBERT BAKER and HAL KANTER from a story by MARY AGNES THOMPSON
Produced by HAL B. WALLIS Directed by HAL KANTER 0 FILMS: page 16

Analysis and key interviews from today's proceedings at the SLD Conference in Brighton.
Presented by David Dimbleby.
Vivian White reports. Editor JAMES HOGAN

A series of 12 films in which a walled garden is restored and worked as it was
100 years ago.
Presented by Peter Thoday with Head Gardener
Harry Dodson. 8: August
The melons are netted to prevent them falling. The peaches, figs and nectarines are picked for the table or packed in boxes to be sent that same day to the owner's residence in London. Music by PAUL READE
Associate producer JENNIFER DAVIES Producer KEITH SHEATHER BBC Bristol (R)
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A series of natural history films from around the world. Le Paradoxe des Empereurs The Emperor penguin's lifestyle is one of the most extraordinary in the animal kingdom. It chooses to breed during the Antarctic winter. It builds no nest and defends no territory.
Filmed over 15 months, this is an intimate portrait of a truly remarkable bird. Director THIERRY THOMAS Presented for BBCtv by GEORGE INGER BBC Bristol
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William Woollard and Sue Baker present the first of a new series from Europe's biggest and brightest motor show at Frankfurt.
On the road, Chris Goffey has been driving the new Citroen XM - will it live up to the French company's reputation for innovation and comfort? And there's a road test of Mercedes's new SL sports car, soon to be launched in Britain.
But are German motorists' attitudes to the car changing? Jeremy Clarkson reports on how the nation with more cars than any other in Europe is coming to terms with congestion and pollution.
Producer JON BENTLEY Editor TOM ROSS BBC Pebble Mill

From the creators of the hit movies Airplane and Naked Gun.
Starring Leslie Nielsen as Detective Frank Drebin.

Frank Drebin goes undercover to expose the seedy underworld of boxing after a promising young boxer is found dead in his dressing room. Suicide is suspected but by posing as a crooked manager Drebin unveils a web of corruption organised by a Mr Big (or is it a Mr Martin?).

Through South-East Asia with Jack Pizzey.
Rich, Clever, Homeless
The 'Overseas Chinese' are the lords of commerce in South-East Asia, but the business acumen that earns them their wealth also attracts envy. In Indonesia they have been the victims of pogroms. In Malaysia they have only limited political rights and the law imposes
Malaysian partners on them. Jack Pizzey investigates social, and economic discrimination against the 'Jews of Asia'.
Written by JACK PIZZEY
Produced and directed by DON FEATHERSTONE
A PHILLIP EMANUEL production
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A series of profiles featuring favourite characters from Out of the Doll's House. Dorothy the Graduate
Dorothy Marshall remembers her schooldays during the First World War and the difficulties and delights of being one of the few women at Cambridge in 1918. Producer ANGELA HOLDSWORTH

Peter Snow and Donald MacCormick with the day's top stories and the background on events making the news. Reporters:
Paul Burden , Nick Clarke
David Coss , Olenka Frenkiel Margaret Gilmore ,
Wesley Kerr , Peter Marshall , Julian O'Halloran , Rupert Segar David Sells , Sarah Spiller Francine Stock ,
Janet Trewin , Charles Wheeler. Producers STEVE ANDERSON JON BARTON. EILEEN FITT INDRA DE LANEROLLE
Deputy editor KEITH BOWERS Editor JOHN MORRISON

The arts and media programme reports on issues and performances, including Yuri Lyubimov 's new production of Hamlet which opened tonight at the Leicester Hay market. Film directors
SAMIRA OSMAN and PETER LYDON Producer JAMIE MUIR
Executive producer KEVIN LOADER Editor MICHAEL JACKSON

helps you plan your weekend by previewing daytime programmes of special interest from the Open
University on Saturday and Sunday. A BBC/OPEN UNIVERSITY production

Fundamentals of Computing: Operating Systems
Whenever you buy a computer you always buy at least one computer program - the operating system.
Producer DAVID SAUNDERS