Social Problems and Social Welfare

Are you a primary teacher worried about introducing new science curricula? SOS is a new two-year series aimed at 9- to 11-year-olds and in this programme teachers are offered practical suggestions about how to make the best possible use of the autumn unit on communication. (e)

(e)
(Shown yesterday at 9.25am)

For 4- and 5-year-olds. (R) (e)

with Carmen Pryce, Elin Rhys and Paul Viragh.
How do you make 10,000 electric light bulbs produce moving pictures? Meet the creatures that 'talk' to each other with flashing lights and find out what really lies behind the looking glass. Join the SOS crew in the first of a new series for 9- to
11-year-olds aimed at the new Science National Curriculum. (e)

presented by Maureen Japp.
Food is an essential human fuel and it is important to choose the right kind. (e)

(e)
(Shown on Monday at 2.02pm)

by Jean Ure.
dramatised by Stephen Wakelam.
As soon as school breaks up, Alistair starts grappling with armed criminals... (R) (e)

(R) (e)

(e)
(Shown on Monday at 1.00pm)

(e)
(Shown on Monday at 9.40am)

Computers are now sophisticated machines, but how can you use them at home? Join Carol Vorderman as she looks at databases, with Tony Soper on bird databases and Fred Housego on a routes database. (e)

(R)

Did you ever wonder why the hippo, who's not amphibian, spends daytime in the river? (e)

The Little Church at Braxted Producer GEORGE MILNER-SMITH (R)

Each year nearly 3,000 gypsies and travellers converge on Appleby. Narrator: Roger Mills. Director SUSANNA WHITE
40 Minutes editor EDWARD MIRZOEFF (First shown in '40 Minutes
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Weather followed by A Girl Named
Devika
Devika Rajbans is a design student in Bombay.
Producer ANTHONY MAYER
Series editors ANTHONY ISAACS and CHRISTOPHER PARSONS
3.50pm News and Weather
Regional News and Weather

3: Of Fungi and Fishes (R)

Robert Ehrlich introduces The Cambridge Musick
Robert Ehrlich (recorder) Andrew Manze (violin)
Mark Levy (viola da gamba) Richard Eggar (harpsichord) in the first performance of a newly-discovered Bach trio sonata.
Deirdre O'Hara sings three
Irish songs, accompanied by Denise Kelly (harp).

Beyond Jarrow
The Metro Centre symbolises the new North East.
Producer JAMES MACALPINE

takes a look at the fuchsia.
Production assistant JAYNE SAVAGE Producer MARK KERSHAW
* GARDENING: page 97

The Crystals Starring
Gil Gerard as Buck Rogers

Janet Jackson stars in a spectacular music fantasy based around songs from her new LP, featuring stunning dance sequences she choreographed herself.

 (Black and white)

presented by Mike Smith.
With Malcolm McKeag and Alex McMullen .Europe's largest on-the-water boat show celebrates its 21st anniversary with an opportunity to choose from 700 boats on display, including a chance to beat the drum on a Chinese dragon boat.
Producer DAVID PICKTHALL

Walking the Chromosome This month, scientists announced they'd identified the gene which causes the disease cystic fibrosis.
Professor Lewis Wolpert reports on the 10-year race to discover the gene.
How Green Is Our Garden? Modern pesticides deliver ready supplies of cheap food. But the other legacy is toxic residues in our food and water. The Guardian's James Erlichman looks at whether science offers realistic alternatives.
Nature Bites Back
It's carried by a tick and causes a disease now being found in Britain and Europe. In the USA people are avoiding the woods for fear of the most serious infectious epidemic since AIDS.
Professor Durland Fish asks: 'Is Lyme Disease the price we're paying for going back to nature?'
Producers DANA PURVIS and PRATAP RUGHAN1
Executive producer DAVID PATERSON Series producer JANA BENNETT

Dear Sis
Written and directed by ALAN ALDA (R)

by Martyn Hesford.
Starring Alison Steadman as Marjorie, Stratford Johns as Arnold

With her husband barely cold in his grave, Marjorie is swept off her feet by Arnold, the wealthy landlord of the Ferryman Inn. He promises good old-fashioned romance and more luxury than she's ever dreamt of. But her artistic son Robert has other ideas for their future.

Feature: page 68
(Ceefax subtitles)

with Peter Snow and Donald McCormick.

The live topical programme of the arts and media.
Film directors JOHN WHISTON MARY HARRON
Producer JAMIE MUIR

12.00 The Getting of Judgement
Producer JEREMY COOPER (R)
12.25am Nuclear Proliferation Producer ROGER PENFOUND (R)