Chantal Cuer discusses the treatment of gypsies in Europe. (R) (e)

Lindsay Macdonald examines the role of tactics in games. (e)

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The spaceship is hit by lightning. (R) (e)

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What do young offenders think the aim and effect of punishment is? (R) (e)

Rachel Anderson and Ian Strachan explain how they came to write about Vietnam. (R) (e)

with Nick Mercer and Stella Goodier. It's a surprising day in the greenhouse. (R)

by Jan Needle. (R) (e)

A series for 4- and 5-year-olds. (R) (e)

Introduced by David Icke.
International Snooker
Rothmans Grand Prix from the Hexagon, Reading.
Coverage of two quarter-final matches which are expected to feature Steve Davis and Stephen Hendry.
Hendry won this title in 1987, beating Davis on the way to his first-ever ranking tournament victory.
Davis is the holder, having beaten Alex Higgins in last year's final.
If all has gone to plan, Steve Davis should meet Cliff Thorburn and Stephen Hendry should play
Terry Griffiths in this afternoon's best-of-nine-frame matches. Commentators: Ted Lowe
Jack Karnehm and Clive Everton
Summariser: John Spencer Also news and views from the sporting world at home and abroad.
Television presentation:
Snooker KEITH MACKENZIE
KEITH PHILLIPS. PETER HAYWARD Studio director SHARON LENCE Produced by DAVE GORDON including at
3.00pm News and Weather
3.50pm News and Weather
Regional News and Weather

Grand Prix
David Vine introduces highlights of the concluding stages of the first two quarter-finals, from the Hexagon, Reading.

starring
Ruthless landowner Lew Wilkinson is determined to take over the valley in which his ranch is situated. He and his ambitious wife Martha are adept at removing opposition, but one man refuses to be intimidated.
Former Civil War officer John Parrish reluctantly realises that the only way he can stop the Wilkinsons is to join them at their own violent game....
Screenplay by HARRY KLEINER based on a novel by DONALD HAMILTON
Produced by LEWIS J. RACHMIL Directed by RUDOLPH MATE e FILMS: page 23

As the doors of Earls Court open to the public,
Noel Edmonds , Janet Ellis and Top Gear's Chris Goffey review the latest offerings from the world's major car manufacturers. Producer TONY RAYNER Editor TOM ROSS BBC Pebble Mill

Condition Critical
London's ambulance service is the largest in the world. It used to be the best. Now it is in crisis and according to senior doctors and the '999' staff themselves patients are dying as a result.
Antonia Higgs investigates what is causing the growing delays and the shrinking morale, and looks at what is needed to remedy this critical condition.
Producer GEOFF GRIFFITHS
Series producer PETER LOWE Editor COLIN STANBRIDGE
BBC South and East - Elstree
* REGIONAL PROGRAMME: for details of variations in other regions see panel below.

In the first of a series of weekly reports on the stories and issues dominating British life, Public Eye presents the results of a major survey into the mood of Britain's Muslim communities, in the wake of the Rushdie affair. Is their increased militancy just a setback on the road to a multicultural society, or is it the beginning of a full-scale schism with the rest of Britain?
Presented by Peter Taylor with Martin Bashir. Producer SUBNIV BABUTA Editor NIGEL CHAPMAN
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from Barnsdale.
For the keen gardener new seed catalogues are as good a read as a bestselling thriller. But why is it worth studying them? Also how to plan a rotation in the vegetable garden, how to protect fruit trees from pests, and preparing to overwinter half-hardy perennials. With Geoff Hamilton , Anne Swithinbank and Bill Symondson.
Production assistant
CHRISTLNE HARDMAN
Producer JOHN KENYON BBC Pebble Mill
Plant list on Ceefaxpage 261 eGARDENING: page 113

Lots of useful information this week as you find out how to create nuclear fusion in your own living room, how
Nesbitt creates confusion in a furniture shop and there's a revealing look at Lycra cycling shorts. Featuring Kate Donnelly ,
Gregor Fisher , Andy Gray ,
Helen Lederer , Tony Roper , Elaine C. Smith , Jonathan Watson. Song DAVID MCNIVEN
Script editor philip DIFFER Designer IAIN MCDONALD Produced and directed by COLIN GILBERT. BBC Scotland e FEATURE: page 5 eCEEFAX SUBTITLES

A celebration of the new sounds of a continent. 5: Zaire
Kinshasa is the birthplace of Soukous, the most popular and influential music in Africa. An astonishing wealth of musical talent sustains more than 300 bands in the city, and their music thunders out over the rooftops 24 hours a day in a non-stop carnival atmosphere. Kinshasa is also the home of the Sapeurs, musicians who have elevated a love of high fashion into a religion; and of 'political animation', a new form of traditional African praise song, created by President Mobutu to sustain the cultural revolution which he calls 'authenticity'. Among the 20 bands in this film are those of Franco,
Papa Wemba , Ray Lema and the giant/dwarf double act of Empire Bakuba.
Film editor STEPHEN EVANS
Executive producer DENNIS MARKS Producer MICHAEL MACINTYRE

with Peter Snow.
Reporters: Nick Clarke ,
David Coss , Olenka Frenkiel , Wesley Kerr , Chris Lowe , Peter Marshall ,
Julian O'Halloran , Rupert Segar , David Sells , Sarah Spiller ,
Francine Stock , Janet Trewin and Charles Wheeler. Producers STEVE ANDERSON JON BARTON , EILEEN FITT INDRA DE LANEROLLE Deputy editors
KEITH BOWERS. EAMONN MATTHEWS Editor JOHN MORRISON

Rothmans Grand Prix
Tonight the remaining two semi-final places have been filled by the winners of the two remaining quarter-finals. David Vine introduces highlights from the Hexagon in Reading.
Television presentation
KEITH PHILLIPS and PETER HAYWARD Executive producer KEITH MACKENZIE

starring
Former German star Marlene Dietrich plays a dance hall queen turned boss of an outlaws' hideout in Fritz Lang 's revenge western. When a young girl is savagely murdered by a hold-up gang in a small
Wyoming town, her cowboy fiance, Vern Haskell , swears vengeance. But his only clue to the killer's identity is the word 'chuck-a-luck'.
Screenplay by DANIEL TARACASH based on a story by SILVIA RICHARDS Produced by HOWARD WELSCH Directed by FRITZ LANG
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