A roundup of business from the Lords and Commons.
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(Some Daytime on Two programmes are aimed at teenagers and may be unsuitable for the very young)
Women resuming paid work help themselves feel more confident by bringing their skills up to date.
Presented by Glenda Jackson.
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A miscellany series for young children.
Simon Mayo continues his exploration of the Christian faith. (R)
A play for discussion by John Challen. (R)
Children look into plans to build a motorway through historic woodland in London, they see how their expanding town is destroying unique heathland in Dorset, while in South Wales the industrial past is being replaced by a garden festival. (R)
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Mathematical investigations.
Folds followed by The Right Shape
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Malcolm Stacey reports on the changes in the English countryside brought about by the agricultural revolution in the last 40 years.
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A look at the main sources of air pollution. (R)
A programme for teachers. (R)
Animation with the voices of Ian Lavender, Jessica Martin, Sam Kelly and David Shaw Parker. (R)
Cartoon narrated by John Alderton. (R)
Start with a tune, change its pitch, rhythm or tune quality and repeat it. Presented by Jonathan Cohen and Helen Speirs. (R)
followed by You and Me: Mirror, Mirror (R)
The Bird of Happiness. For centuries the Japanese crane has been a symbol of happiness and long life. In modern Japan the symbol lives on, but has the living bird a future? Producer David Cobham (R) 0 CEEFAX SUBTITLES
Weather followed by Wild World
The Return of the Gone Ones
Modern attitudes to wildlife are changing. Cameraman
Heinz Sielmann sees the lynx as a natural regulator of an increasing deer population and hopes that wolves will one day roam the forests of Europe again. Narrated by Anthony Smith. (R)
3.50pm News and Weather
Regional News and Weather
A duel of words and wit between
Arthur Marshall with Maureen Lipman
and Robin Bailey , and Frank Muir with Sue MacGregor and Patrick Lichfield.
Referee: Robert Robinson. (R)
Jeffrey Archer and Paul Boateng agree to differ on two controversial political issues.
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The magazine programme about disability. Disabled people take direct action for a disability income and for accessible transport. And can television programmes become fully accessible to blind and partially-sighted people? A report on audio-description. Presented by Isobel Ward and Chris Davies , with subtitles and sign interpretation. Producer Christopher Hutchins
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The education magazine.
Fitness among primary school children; composer
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies makes a plea for more free music education; a look at children's handwriting and whether cursive loops are the answer; and wartime evacuee
Claire Rayner on her education. With Jackie Spreckley. Studio director Kristin Mason Series editor Bernard Adams
(Repeated next Sunday on BBC
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Starring
Rod Steiger
As the American civil war ends, the last bullet is fired by Private
O'Meara. But the war is not over for him. Hating the Yankees he heads to where the star-spangled banner still represents the enemy - west to the Sioux nation.
Written, produced and directed by Samuel Fuller
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Mountain Music, The destruction of the environment as seen by claymation master Will Vinton.
Road to Nowhere. Cities in the south are considering radical measures to tackle a newly-perceived threat to the future: the car. Carmen Hass-Klau , German transport consultant, contrasts British and European experience, urging a new attitude to public transport. Producer Bill Foster
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The last in the cult comedy series written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor.
Kryten discovers he has less than 24 hours to live.
A Paul Jackson production for BBCtv
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When Kryten discovers his in-built expiry date is only 24 hours away the rest of the crew determine to give him the best night of his life.
Jeremy Clarkson tests three golden oldies: the Audi Quattro, the Volvo 240 Estate, and the Jaguar XJS.
Radio Times columnist Chris Goffey takes the wheel of a rally-prepared Mini for the Telford Stages Rally, a round of the Top Gear Heritage
Historic Rally Championship, and Beki Adam looks at the history of the Chevrolet Corvette.
Introduced by William Woollard. Producer Jon Bentley Editor Tom Ross
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A comedy series in which Harry Enfield creates a collection of new characters you will grow to know and love and may wish to strangle over the coming weeks.
A Hat Trick production for BBCtv
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Comedy programme starring Harry Enfield and his collection of oddball characters. Show more
It's Eileen. Whenever Eileen Allen moaned about her mother-in-law, her husband Ernest said: 'She's old.
She won't be here much longer. Our turn will come later.'
Ernest is now dead. His mother is still alive, one of Eileen's 'ladies' - six relatives all over 80. Amid family feuds, Eileen continues to care for them and retain a sense of humour. With John Pitman. Producer John Pitman Editor Caroline Pick
GLORIA: page 14
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The Waiting Room. Reverends
Pennycuick and Bottomley disagree about more than just their style of religious service.
Written by John Mortimer.
Producers Trevor Evans and Peter Fincham A Talkback production for BBCtv (R) * CEEFAX SUBTITLES
With Jeremy Paxman.
The arts and media programme.
