Day three of the debate on the Queen's Speech in Parliament, presented by Brian Curtois.
Producers JANINE THOMASON and ANDREW MAYWOOD

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9.15am Europeans Rich and Poor
Chantal Cuer presents two films which emphasise the stark contrast between rich and poor in France. (R) (e)

9.45am Standard Grade Geography: A Window on Inverness
Presented by Carol Strachan. An investigation into the continuing rapid expansion of Inverness.
Producer MARIANNE BAIRD (e)

10.05am Look and Read: Through the Dragon's Eye 9: Danger on High!
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10.25am Around Scotland: Scottish Inventions: Railway Station
The contrast between two very different stations - a one-man operation on the West Highland Line and the bustling complex of Glasgow Central Station. (e)

10.45am Storytime: Can't You Sleep, Little Bear?
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11.03am Into Music: Preparation
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11.25am Wondermaths: Programme 9
(R) (e)

11.40am Let's See: What a Load of Rubbish
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12.00 France Francals Le Quatorze Juzllet
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12.15pm Scene: Truants
'I know if I did go back to school I'd bunk off again.'
Bunking off, playing hookey, skiving, truanting: a variety of expressions which all describe the same thing. Why do pupils stay away from school?
Series producer ROGER TONGE Producer JULIE CALLANAN (e)

12.45pm English File: GCSE Literature: Strike Pay
D.H. Lawrence's Strike Pay is based on an actual strike in Eastwood in 1912. Miners and their wives compare their experiences of being on strike with those of the characters in the story. With William Ivory, Joss Buckley, William Ilkley, Roger Walker, Ann Rye and Katy Behean.
Narrator: Michael Pennington (R) (e)

1.20pm Green Claws
with Nick Mercer and Stella Goodier. (R)

1.40pm Walrus: Writing for a Purpose.
(R) (e)

2.00pm News, Weather
followed by You and Me
A series for 4- and 5-year-olds. (R) (e)

David Icke introduces a double helping of motorsport.
Karting
RACILondon Property Maintenance Pro-Kart Challenge
Some of Europe's top drivers race alongside stars from the world of entertainment on a tight indoor circuit at the London Arena. Johnny Herbert from Formula 1 competes on equal terms with Paul Young and Mike Smith in karts reaching speeds of 80 mph.
Off-Road Racing
Parkfield RAC British Championship
Steve Rider reports on a new event featuring a variety of 'off-road' vehicles competing over nine laps of a tank-proving ground. The course is so punishing that vehicles sometimes need to be almost re-built between laps.
Plus a review of the first round of the FA Cup and a look ahead to the weekend's sport, including the eagerly-awaited match between the Barbarians and the All Blacks.
Television presentation Karting CHEERLEADER
Produced by DAVE GORDON including at
3.00pm News and Weather

Anagram: a live duel. Clue: French town. Answer: see today's programme!
Join contestants from all over Britain as they pit their wits against Bryan the computer while host
Paul Coia tries to ensure fair play. Director JUSTIN c. ADAMS Producer LESLIE MITCHELL BBC Scotland

David Lodge , award-winning comic novelist and a shrewd observer of the way we live, gives Joan Bakewell a writer's view of the decade.

The education magazine with Jackie Spreckley and Jill Cochrane.
What sort of bill will graduates have to face when student loans are introduced? How student loans have fared in Germany.
What parents should look for in choosing a school.
King Street Junior: Mr Sims , played by Karl Howman , expresses his feelings about form-filling.
King Street writer JIM ELDRIDGE Series producer BERNARD ADAMS
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Shepherd's Chinese Challenge Richard Shepherd is the chef at London's fashionable
Langan's Brasserie, which he co-owns with film star
Michael Caine. After a busy evening in his own restaurant, he loves to escape for a quiet Chinese meal. But he'd never cooked Chinese food.... until Food and Drink challenged him to become a skivvy in the kitchens of Manchester's Yang Sing restaurant. It is a baptism of fire - literally.
Producer PETER BAZALGETTE
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starring
A fast-moving tale of international intrigue filmed on location in Portugal. Ex-US Navy
captain Robert Evans. now a smuggler, is engaged to engineer the escape of American industrialist Lloyd Merrill from behind the Iron Curtain. However, Merrill's wife has other plans ...
Screenplay by JOHN TUCKER BATTLE Directed by RAY MILLAND
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One Million Hostages
When Will There Be Peace? is a phenomenon in the record business - a pop single by a classical orchestra dedicated to the children of Lebanon.
Behind the record is the story of personal danger, a family of musicians and three Beirut children let loose in London for a week. Together they join forces to help the real victims of the war, the one million children of Lebanon. Producer
MARGARET WINDHAM HEFFERNAN Series producer PETER LOWE BBCElstree
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Disabled in Britain - Still at the Sharp End of Discrimination?
For people with disabilities, getting a job means escaping from a lifetime of living on benefits. It's also a vital way of giving them independence and a feeling of self-esteem. But there's widespread evidence that they are frustrated in their hopes of a job by systematic prejudice and discrimination. And they complain that the legal safety nets that should ensure a fair deal are inadequate and fail to be enforced.
Public Eye reveals the extent of the prejudice employers have against people with disabilities and asks: why is tackling this discrimination such a low priority?
Presented by Peter Taylor with Aminatta Forna. Producer DIPPY CHAUDHARY Editor NIGEL CHAPMAN

Costa Brava
Which is the prettiest resort? Which beach is the safest for children? Which is the wettest month? Which resort is the most expensive? And why are roundabouts totally confusing for British drivers? Facts, facts and more facts.
All you need to know for your holiday planning.
Presented by Penny Junor with John Kettley and Matthew Collins.
Producer JULIE K. BRADSHAW
Executive producer ALAN DOBSON (Details on Ceefax page 619)
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Operation Football Match by Tony Haase Pete McCarthy and Rebecca Stevens.
An invasion by the Red Army drags Middleford police into the front line of football hooliganism. Starring Robin Driscoll , Tony Haase ,
Pete McCarthy , Rebecca Stevens , and Paul Brooke as Sarge.
Production JAMIE RIX and JOHN HLBY

The Silk Road with writer Colin Thubron
'As a child I always imagined that the earth had a heart and supposed that it must lie in the core of Asia.' Colin Thubron , the celebrated writer, follows the traveller's old obsession - to find the centre of the earth. He takes the Silk Road from the ancient Chinese capital at Xian along the northern rim of the fearsome Taklamakan desert and into the remote mountains along the border between China and Russia. The Turkomen traders and farmers, whose ancestors made the Silk Road work, are still there, but they are not native Chinese. Holding fast to Islam, these forgotten people are virtually a nation on their own.
Film editor MICHAEL PARKER Director PETER DALE BBC Elstree
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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.
Deputy editors KEITH SOWER and EAMONN MATTHEWS Editor JOHN MORRISON

A series of conversations reflecting the events and ideas of the decade.
Comic novelist David Lodge , the author of Nice Work and a shrewd observer of modern life, talks to Joan Bakewell.

starring
Ace scholar Ruslan dreams of being a supercop and infiltrates criminal gangs to betray them to the police. Under his codename
Plumbum (the Latin for lead), Ruslan pulls off some astounding coups. But his drive to clean up society knows no bounds.
This story of a teenage crusader whose exemplary conduct is questioned was one of the most controversial films of the past few years in the Soviet Union.
Screenplay by ALEKSANDER MINDADZE Directed by VADIM ABDRASHITOY
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