(Parents should note that some of Daytime on Two is aimed at teenagers and may be unsuitable for the young)
9.25am Quinze minutes: En vacances
A series for beginners.
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9.40am Let's See: What a Load of Rubbish
Presenter Billy McElhaney discovers that he is responsible for his own rubbish.
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10.00am Thinkabout: Cover Up
(Shown yesterday at 12 noon)
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10.15am Look and Read: Through the Dragon's Eye: 9: Danger on High!
Written by Christopher and Christine Russell.
The Veetarod has fallen down a deep chasm in the tunnel. Rodey bravely volunteers to rescue it. It's their only hope...
Featuring: Charles Collingwood, Simon Fenton, Marlaine Gordon, Michael Heath, Katie Hebb, Timothy Lyn, Carolyn Pickles, Nicola Stewart and the Puppet Factory.
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10.40am Investigating Science: Prediction: If It Happened Once...
A look at the way scientists try to predict future events from observed patterns of happenings.
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11.00am Watch: Food: Going Bad
(For details see Thursday at 2.00pm)
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11.17am France Francais: Le Quatorze Juillet
The programme goes to Avignon to find out why the French still remember the events of 1789.
(R) (e)
11.35am Textile Studies: Riot of Colour
Sir Terence Conran shows how to select a fine piece of dhurry weaving.
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11.55am MI 10
Get the Facts
'Men are always taller than women'. Always?
And how might you test such a statement?
Followed by
Rolling
Stonehenge, a 50p coin and a drill which creates a square hole.
(R) (e)
12.15pm Science Topics: Biotechnology
Traditional ways of using microbes are in making cheese, beer and wine.
Today the techniques are undergoing a revolution.
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12.35pm The Geography Programme: Why Industry Comes and Goes (2)
Malcolm Stacey continues the story of industry in South Wales from the demise of coal and steel to the age of the industrial estate and hi-tech.
(R) (e)
12.55pm Buongiorno Italia!: 9: Cosa prendiamo?
Twenty programmes for beginners in Italian, featuring specially shot documentary film.
Presented by Lilly Lembo Lambert and Enrico Verdecchia.
(R) (e)
1.20pm Gran: Snowgran
by Joanne and Michael Cole.
Gran finds tobogganing too tame!
(R)
1.25pm Animal Fair: Beauty
with Don Spencer.
Never judge a book by its cover,
Wait till you discover just what lies inside.
(R)
1.40pm Outlook: My Wales: 5: Donna Morgan, Aberystwyth
The family at Havelock Villa is a large and unusual one.
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2.00pm News; Weather
followed by
You and Me
A series for 4- and 5-year-olds.
Jeni is having a terrible day and spoils Dibs's and Cosmo's game.
Maths at the seaside: 'floating and sinking'.
Book: The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle.
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The Queen's Speech Debate David Dimbleby presents the first live coverage from the House of Commons as MPs debate the Government's
Plans for the new session of Parliament, including speeches from the Prime
Minister, the Leader of the Opposition and other leading politicians, with commentary by Brian Curtois.
Before the big debate,
Christopher Jones presents the first of four reports on how the Commons works, starting with the geography of the House and introducing some of the key players. Director TERRY PATRICK Editor JOHN ANDERSON
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Four-month-old Charlotte
Bareham does not have long to live. Her rare skin disease demands constant care.
Recent benefit changes mean Charlotte's parents can expect an attendance allowance. But when?
Also, a change in telephone billing may affect helpline users.
Champion advice giver Claire Rayner explains.
Presented by Hugh Scully and Helen Madden. Editor CHRIS LENT (e)
starring and When Harry Raymond , a talented song composer, finally hits the big time on Broadway, he undergoes an alarming change of personality that loses him his closest friends. This rare and inventive musical was the first to use the classic Irving Berlin song. and features a spectacular Alice in Wonderland stage number.
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Rope Dancers
At each end of a red rope we find two black-suited figures who conflict and yet complement the other's existence, all set in a world of ever-changing geometry.
An award-winning German animation by a master of varying perspective artwork Raimund Krumme. (R)
Day three of the Lombard RAC Rally which is taking place in the forests of England. Scotland and Wales.
Today the competitors are battling through Kielder Forest in Northumberland, and William Woollard brings you the latest news.
Barrie Gill and Alan Douglas have the best of the action from the day's early special stages in Nottinghamshire and the Lake District, with reports from on the road reporter Tony Mason.
(Further coverage at 12midnightl
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Under the Skin this week gives a rare insight into daily life in one of South Africa's 'semi-independent' homelands.
Qwa Qwa is the result of the original vision of classic apartheid: the country's black population was to be relocated.
Maria Morongoe Skosana , despite her own difficult circumstances as a single mother, is a black social worker dealing with the many social and economic problems present in this harsh and barren environment.
She traces the devastating links between low wages and malnutrition, collapsing family structures, and the way traditional values can exacerbate these problems. Editor VASTIANA BELFON
Today the Commons went 'on camera' for the first time. But how much will we be allowed to see, and will being on television alter the way the House behaves?
David Dimbleby talks to senior politicians who will have to work under the cameras, to John Wakeham, MP, the politician who made the rules the cameras will work under, and to former Speaker George Thomas (now Lord Tonypandy).
In the studio members of the public give their views on this afternoon's first televised debate.
Producer VANESSA DOWELL Editor LYDIA HOWARD
("Inside the House' tonight at 12. 10am: live coverage from the Commons continues tomorrow at 2.15pm.)
Eight journeys through the cultures of a continent, presented through the voices, images and ideas of Latin Americans themselves. 4: States of Exile
This film explores the personal and political experience of exiled artists both in Argentina, recently returned to democracy, and in Chile, a military dictatorship for the last 15 years. With Argentine film-maker
Fernando Solanas , singer Mercedes Sosa. and through the haunting strains of Astor Piazzolla 's new tango, the film looks at exile as part of the cultural life of the continent's most cosmopolitan and sophisticated city - Buenos Aires. With Chilean writer
Ariel Dorfman we return to
Santiago to look at the relationship between his role as international exile and those who stayed behind struggling to use the arts to open up democratic spaces within Chile.
Film editor ROBERT BROWN Director JULIAN HENRIQUES
with Jeremy Paxman.
The live topical programme of the arts and media. Producer JOHN BUSH
Executive producer KEVIN LOADER Editor MICHAEL JACKSON
As the last of the competitors reach the overnight halt in Carlisle, William Woollard in rally headquarters in Nottingham introduces a round up of the day's events. (Further coverage tomorrow at 7.40pm)
Mr Speaker Sir
Christopher Jones talks to Mr Speaker Bernard Weatherill and reports on what happens behind the scenes as the Commons gets down to business in front of the television cameras.
Producer LEONIE JAMESON Editor LYDIA HOWARD
Highlights of the coverage of the first afternoon with cameras in the Commons, including speeches by the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition.