6.35 Pieter Bruegel and Popular Culture 7.00
Periodicity and the Lithium Row
7.25 The Marriage of Figaro
7.50 A Matter of Geometry
8.15 Structural Components
8.40 The Romans in France
9.05 Social Science
Foundation Course 9.55 The
Leathart Collection 10.20
Floating an Integral 10.45 Maths: Scalings and Powers
11.10 Why Protect the Past?
11.35 Science: Fires of Life
With Sue MacGregor. Reports from
Jonathan Beale and Terry Dignan.
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lain MacWhirter presents the liveliest parliamentary committee sessions.
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An exploration of manufacturing.
Introduced by Steve Rider.
Provisional Timetable
1.30 Motor racing
4.00 Athletics; 5.00 Motor racing
5.30 Golf; 6.00 Athletics
Motor Racing
Foster's British Grand
Prix from Silverstone.
This year, Britain's Nigel Mansell is looking for his third British Grand Prix victory. Plus the British F3 Championship race. Commentary by Murray Walker , James Hunt and Jonathan Palmer. (Highlights at 9.30pm) 0 SPORT: page 15
Athletics
Ron Pickering Memorial Games from Haringey. Many of Britain's top athletes, including Daley Thompson , John Regis , Roger Black ,
Kris Akabusi , Sally Gunnell and Tessa Sanderson compete in aid of the Ron Pickering Memorial Fund, set up to encourage new athletics talent.
Commentary by David Coleman , Stuart Storey and Paul Dickenson.
Golf
On the eve of the 120th
Open Championship a look back at the six previous Opens at Royal Birkdale. Motor racing TV presentation
Keith Mackenzie and Jim Reside
The return of the BBCtv International
Sheepdog Championship.
Today the Welsh compete on the windswept slopes of the Lake District. Phil Drabble introduces the handlers and their dogs. With commentary by Ray Ollerenshaw. Director Joy Corbett Producer Ian Smith NATURE: page 9
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A season of highlights from The Natural World begins with the three-part documentary Kingdom of the Ice Bear
The Frozen Ocean. The polar bear stalks seals among the Arctic icebergs. Beneath the ice, one-horned narwhals share rich feeding with belugas and harp seals.
Hugh Miles won an Emmy award for his camerawork in this trilogy. Narrated by Hywel Bennett. Producers Mike Salisbury and Hugh Miles
VIDEO: 'Kingdom of the Ice Bear',
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Third of Stuart Hall's seven-part series exploring life in today's Caribbean.
When Columbus landed in what is now the Dominican Republic, he called it a Paradise of God. But behind the elegant ruins of imperial Spain, Stuart Hall finds a country in dire straits, one where baseball and drugs are usually the only way to escape poverty.
A Barraclough Carey production for BBCtv
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Fourth of six dramas, written by Jack Emery , about people who have passionately defended their beliefs.
Neither Prisoner Nor Chains
Starring Michael Pennington In 1942 Franz Jagerstatter , an Austrian Catholic, was called up to serve in Hitler's army. By publicly stating his refusal to fight for the Nazis he knew he faced certain execution. From his prison cell, he wrote to his family explaining his actions. Executive producer Bill Shepherd Director Ronald Eyre
An Oyster production for BBCtv
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Highlights of the British Grand Prix from Silverstone. The half-way stage of the World Championship and a remodelled track at
Silverstone should prove to be one of the fastest and most exciting circuits.
Nigel Mansell looks forward to his fourth victory in this country. 'This layout is now the best in the world,' he says. 'The circuit will be very hairy and will test people.' With commentary by Murray Walker and James Hunt.
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Alex Cox introduces another in the season of cult films.
At Close Range
First showing on network television.
Starring Christopher Walken Sean Penn
Mary Stuart Masterson Kiefer Sutherland
Brad Whitewood is a teenager from a poor family in Franklin, Pennsylvania. One day his long-lost father appears in town driving a flashy car and sporting a wad of cash. Soon the young Brad is drawn into his criminal activities and the violent world he inhabits. This powerful drama by Madonna video director James Foley features a screenplay by Nicholas Kazan , writer of the recent film about Claus von
Bulow, Reversal of Fortune.
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