With Simon Parkin and Philippa Forrester

7.25 Tales of a Wise King and the Devil
Animation based on King Solomon's fables.

7.30 Hallo Spencer

7.55 Playdays: The Dot Stop

8.15 Bitsa

8.30 Telling Tales
Ancient stones with a modern message.
(Stereo)

8.45 Babar
Animation

9.10 Blood and Honey
Stories from the Old Testament, told by Tony Robinson
(Stereo)

9.30 Defenders of the Earth
Cartoon
(Rpt) (Teletext)

9.50 Blue Peter Omnibus

10.40 Dark Season
(Rpt) (Stereo)

11.10 Boxpops

11.50 The O Zone
Chart news and views
(Stereo)

It's the end of the century, the end of a whole 1000 yrs. Powerful times and a time for things to go wrong.

● STEREO

Story of the 110-mile railway line from Skagway, Alaska.
A Logan Video production for BBCtv

Framlingham Castle, Suffolk.
A Ragged Royalist production for BBCtv

Mozart's death is surrounded by mystery. Now, 200 years later, an inquest examines the original and new evidence. Director Anthony Gamer

Mozart's setting of the Requiem Mass is celebrated in St Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna. Between the movements, the traditional Catholic liturgy will be celebrated.
With Arleen Auger (sop), Cecilia Bartoli (con), Vinson Cole (tenor), Rene Pape (bass), and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Georg Solti. Director Humphrey Burton ● STEREO

The new season starts at Val d’Isère.
Introduced by David Vine. * SPORT: page 14

Bath v Northampton
This weekend's Courage League match at the Recreation
Ground. Plus a look ahead to next Tuesday's Varsity Match. Commentary by Nigel Starmer -Smith. Introduced by Chris Rea. Executive producer Johnnie Watherston

Essential holiday information. Rhodes. Penny Junor, Matthew Collins and Drjohn Thornes reveal the facts about this popular holiday island. Producer Julie Bradshaw
Executive producer Alan Dobson Details on Ceefax page 619
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With early signs of recovery evaporating in the US,
President Bush's management of the economy is now firmly on the political agenda. John Penycate reports on the dilemma facing the administration as it tries to restore confidence.
Producer Barbara Want
Editor David Nissan

The Wonderful World of Dung An unavoidable waste, dung is never wasted - it contains energy which fuels many secret, alternative lifestyles. Recycled back to the earth, it's used as a seductive invitation by an amorous sloth, a weapon by a British beetle, a warning by a bullish rhino. It's eventually food for rabbits, or emergency rations for elephants. Without a natural clean-up squad, the planet would be smothered by dung. Presented by Tony Robinson. Producer Roger R Jones
Series editor Mike Salisbury
0 BBC WILDLIFE MAGAZINE: £ 1.75 from newsagents.
● NATURE: page 16

A five-part series about the origins of the computer.
4: The Thinking Machine. By the 60s, a computer could do university level calculus and play chess, but the search for a true thinking machine turned out to be a lot more difficult than anyone had dreamed.
Narrated by Lesley Judd and Andrew Sachs.
Producer Jon Palfreman

Jeremy Paxman and guests review some of the week's television programmes. Editor Anne Tyerman * STEREO

A sharp comedy from the director of Stand by Me and When Harry Met Sally. Walter "Gib" Gibson is a college freshman with the usual obsessions, namely junk food and sex. Offered the possibility of a passionate liaison with a "sure thing" in California, he lines up a westbound lift.
However, there's a problem - his driver is Alison, studious and hyper-organised - the total opposite of Gib's ideal woman.
Director Rob Reiner
● FILMS: pages 49-56

First of ten modern dramas to be shown over the next two weeks. Set in a block of flats in Warsaw,
Krzysztof Kieslowski 's extraordinary cycle of films made for television vividly illustrates the moral precepts that underlie Christian society.
Pawel is a bright and lovable boy whose life is dominated by computers. But his aunt wants him to receive religious instruction. In Polish with English subtitles.