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9.00am Inset
2: Four days with a vibrant infant class in a Cumbrian village. (R)
9.35am Save a Life
A guide to emergency first aid. 0 CEEFAX SUBTITLES
9.45am Zig Zag
The Arabs: Paul Coia and Sheelagh Gilbey explore the world of Islam.
10.05am You and Me
For 4- and 5-year-olds. (R)
10.20am Techno
A visit to a group of young people engaged in a mini-enterprise. (R)
10.40am Microelectronics in Action
Microelectronic devices can sense the world around them and act accordingly. Are they reliable? (R)
11.00am Words and Pictures
Today: If I Were a Crocodile.
11.15am Walrus
A story about language and how to use it by Cathy Pellicer. (R)
11.35am Inset
Science in the primary school. (R)
12.05pm Seventeen
The joys and pitfalls of starting your own business. (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Coia
Unknown:
Sheelagh Gilbey
Unknown:
Cathy Pellicer.

Weather followed by Film 90 with Barry Norman
Reports on Miss Firecracker with Holly Hunter , the latest Treasure Island with Chariton Heston plus John Waters 's Cry Baby.

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Norman
Unknown:
Holly Hunter
Unknown:
Chariton Heston
Unknown:
John Waters

Uruguay v Spain (Group E) Live from Udine.
Uruguay, twice winners of the World Cup, meet Spain, a country with a great football tradition.
John Motson and Bobby Charlton commentate with analysis by Jimmy Hill and Terry Venables.
Plus news of the English, Scottish and Irish teams.
Introduced by Desmond Lynam.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Motson
Unknown:
Bobby Charlton
Unknown:
Jimmy Hill
Unknown:
Terry Venables.
Introduced By:
Desmond Lynam.

More than 4,000 young people left Northern Ireland last year to find work or to study on the British mainland - yet the province has the best education record in Great
Britain. Young people talk about what life is really like in Northern Ireland.
Director Nigel Shepherd Producer Nell McDonald

The third in a series written and presented by Irish writers.
'Perhaps we are neurotic, perhaps we are anxious, but it's difficult not to be, given our history as a tribe still very much under siege after nearly 400 years.'
Maurice Leitch, novelist and playwright, explores the staunchly Protestant area of Six Mile Valley in County Antrim, where he was born and reared.

An Aisling Films production for BBCtv

Contributors

Presenter:
Maurice Leitch
Producer:
Bill Miskelly
Series Editor:
Tony McAuley

Architect James Stirling examines the Katharine Stephen Room - the rare books library of Newnham College in Cambridge. Director Geoff Dunlop
Producer Clare Paterson (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
James Stirling
Unknown:
Katharine Stephen Room
Director:
Geoff Dunlop
Producer:
Clare Paterson

As the oldest English language newspaper in India celebrated its 150th anniversary, 500 million people went to the polls. Editors and reporters of The Times of India tell some of the stories of the world's largest election. Director Gerry Troyna
Producer Patrick Taggart
A Maya Vision production for BBCtv
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Contributors

Director:
Gerry Troyna
Producer:
Patrick Taggart

A four-part drama.
Starring Diana Rigg, winner of Bafta Best Actress 1989.
'Disloyalty, treachery, is the most dreadful of crimes. That's why it deserves the severest punishment.'
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Contributors

Screenplay by:
Andrew Davies
Book by:
Domini Taylor
Director:
Simon Langton
Producer:
Ken Riddington
Helena:
Diana Rigg
Kit:
James Wilby
Alex:
David McCallum
Angela:
Fiona Gillies
Ruth:
Isla Blair
George:
James Grout
Little Helena:
Louisa Janes
Maureen:
Anna Pric
Danuta:
Liliana Komorowska
Rachel Turner:
Natasha Byrne
Tiggy Turner:
Katharyn Ballantyne
Mrs Turner:
Ann Firbank
Brig Turner:
Jeffry Wickham

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