Maths: Caring for Data.

Last Friday's proceedings in Parliament presented by Brian Curtois.
Producers ANDREW MAYWOOD and JANINE THOMASON

0 Parents should note that some of Daytime on Two is aimed at teenagers and may be unsuitable for the young.
Comer y beber
Spanish teenagers at a cookery workshop learn to make gazpacho. (R)

Careers
Pressures at Work (R)

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

Birdsong
The children make bird-like sounds in their music and watch the 'Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks'.
Presented by Jonathan Cohen and Helen Speirs. Animation:
Bura and Hardwick. Puppets: Alan Platt.
Director ANDREA CHRISTODOULOU Producer ELIZABETH BENNETT

A look at religious beliefs and practices.
What is in George's Mega Mystery? Why are some questions easy to ask but difficult to answer? How can we always ask the right question? Why did Timmy climb on to the roof of Westminster Abbey? What happens inside a Gudwara?
How many religious buildings are there in your area? With Timmy Mallett and Anjuu Misra.
Assistant producer MIKE DICK Producer JOHN FORREST

The Odyssey
The Homecoming.
Odysseus returns home and takes revenge on the suitors. Presented by Robert Erskine with Judith Nicholls.
Adapted by FRANCESCA ZEISSL
Producer ANDREA CHRISTODOULOU

6: Social and Environmental
Dilly Bellingham looks at an unusual answer to housing problems in Tokyo and Mat
Irvine discovers how satellites help town planners. They challenge you to solve the problem of what to do about the near derelict Victorian pier at Brighton. The world of still photography is investigated and there are tips on displaying your pictures. Assistant producer DEREK BUTLER Series producer ROBIN MUDGE

Circles
Round and Round.
Children from Roxeth Manor
Middle School compose tunes based on the D major chord and put them together to make a vocal piece called TCJC Mix 89. (R)

Pigeon Racing
A lively approach to everyday science for 5- to 7-year-olds. (R)

By the year 2000 the Aral Sea, a once enormous body of water in the south of the Soviet Union, may have vanished from the map.
This man-made disaster is one of many serious environmental problems facing the country - all of them a legacy from the days when Communism thought it could conquer nature.
Presented by Rob Curling. Producer LEN BROWN (R)

The science of cooking. How does a pressure cooker cook? What are microwaves and why does popcorn pop? (R)

Pat has a bad start to the day.
Written by John Cunliffe. (R)

2: The Dairy Farm.
The programme features a guided tour of a farm near Worcester and includes haymaking and a tasting session at the farm shop. (R)

Weather followed by Words and Pictures
Katie Morag and the Tiresome Ted
There are teddy bears of all shapes and sizes appearing in today's programme.
Presented by Stuart Bradley. Puppeteer: Mary Edwards. Producer CAROLINE GODLEY

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James Fox tells Neil Mullarkey a few secrets about the new thriller Never Come Back. Producer JEAMNE JOSMAN

Embassy World Indoor
Bowls Championship 1990 The second round of the singles continues this afternoon with two five
-set matches.
Introduced by David Icke from the Preston Guild Hall.
Commentators:
David Rhys Jones and Jimmy Davidson.
Summarisers: John Bell ,
Mal Hughes and David McGill.
Including at
3.50pm News and Weather
Regional News and Weather

Starring George Raft.
Embittered by his wrongful dismissal from the airforce,
Brad Dunham joins a gang of black marketeers in Shanghai. When a reporter friend turns up, Brad is disconcerted to find he is doing an expose on the racketeers, which leads the flyer to make an unexpected discovery
Screenplay by BARRY TRIVERS and GEORGE SLAVIN
Directed by EDWARD L. MARTIN
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Tackhead features the former
Sugarhill Gang of Keith Le Blanc, Skip MacDonald and Doug Wimbish , plus new vocalist Bernard Fowler (ex of the Peech Boys) - there is film of their recent British dates and an interview. Lush play live, and Snub talks to acclaimed
4AD sleeve designer V23 at the opening of an exhibition of his work in France. Director PETER FOWLER Producer BRENDA KELLY

Wicca and Paganism Carl McCoy says he was attracted to Wicca and Paganism because it showed him how to look deep within himself and realise natural powers. Six young people challenge Kevin Jay on the ethics, morals and practices of white witches.
Producer JACKIE HAMILTON
Executive producer BILL HILARY BBC Northern Ireland

Piano Master Class
From the Royal Northern College of Music.
Stephen Hough , the man who won the Piano Class in the first Young Musician contest in 1978, is now enjoying a growing international reputation as a soloist. He conducts tonight's class, coaching Jonathan Middleton , Alexander Taylor and Charles Owen in works by Beethoven, Prokofiev and Chopin.
Executive producer ROY TIPPING Director JONATHAN FULFORD
Event sponsored by Lloyds Bank

Mike Gatting's team earned a small fortune by touring South Africa this winter.

Branded as mercenaries and banned from Test cricket, they said they were professional sportsmen who knew very little about apartheid. With South Africa teetering on the brink of a vast social and political upheaval the tour had to be stopped. Many would say it should never have started.

Michael Cockerell reports on their painful learning experience and offers a unique view of cricket behind barbed wire.

A Bazal production for BBCtv

Starring Bruce Dem and Ann-Margret.
Bobby Burnett is 40 and he seems to have everything - an adoring family, a thriving business and a spectacular house. But he has a problem - he's just a little middle age crazy. Life and love affairs seem to be passing him by. However, when he moves into the fast lane, he discovers that his mid-life crisis is only just beginning.
Screenplay by KARL KLEINSCHMITT
Produced by ROBERT COOPER and RONALD COHEN
Directed by JOHN TRENT
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Donald MacCormick presents the background on the day's top stories and events.

The live arts and media programme reports on people, issues and performances. This week's presenters are Tracey MacLeod and Kirsty Wark. Producer JOHN WHISTON
Executive producer KEVIN LOADER Editor MICHAEL JACKSON

Arts Foundation Course:
An Historian at Work
How does a major historical book come to be written?
Professors Arthur Marwick and Michael Thompson discuss the research and writing of Thompson's book, 'English Landed Society in the 19th Century'.
Producer NICK LEVINSON (R)

Embassy World Indoor Bowls
Championship 1990
The first quarter-final of the Pairs Championship was played this evening and it will have been a major surprise if reigning champions Tony Allcock and David Bryant were not on the rink.
David Icke introduces highlights from the Preston Guild Hall.