Parliamentary update.

What to see and do in the area around Loch Ness and the nearby town of Inverness.

Note: repeats are not indicated.
Episode three of a five-part drama in French for secondary-school students. (stereo,)

An energy management system to control bicycle lights, and how to make and fly your own working solid fuel rocket.

For infants. Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, the cow jumped over the - baboon?

Mr Boom looks forward to a visit. The story is about friends.

The children try to set the ponies free, but Barker and Deal turn up too soon.

Using directions, street maps and Ordnance Survey maps.

Round and Round. Fraser James and the children discover what makes skaters spin! (Stereo)

Debate- Trial of Street
Fashion. In the dock in this courtroom trial are the designer labels of the 90s.

The island is under threat from pollution, but is there an alternative future? (Stereo)

The children start preparing their Christmas music. (Stereo;

An old favourite - now being shown in French.

A chance to air your views about schools television. (stereo) 0WRITE TO: Q and A, BBC White City, Wood Lane, London W 12 7TS.

Careers. What is a work experience placement like? (Stereo;

Second of two programmes on how teachers can reduce misbehaviour. (Stereo)

Animated adventures.
Bert's boring day turns out to be not so boring!

Pinny is a doll no bigger than a pin but fortunately she is made of wood and can float.

On the New Road. The work of a civil engineer.
A Tno production for BBCtv

Followed by You and Me

Sybil Phoenix , MBE, is
Lewisham's No 1 mum. She has fostered over 200 children and now runs a refuge for homeless teenagers. But life has not always been easy for the Methodist local preacher from Guyana in the West Indies.

With signing and subtitles.

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Followed by Westminster Live lain Macwhirter and John Cole present live coverage of the House of Commons, including Prime Minister's questions.
3.50pm News and Weather and Regional News; Weather
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Computer word game, hosted byPaulCoia. * STEREO

BBC2's daily talk show. (Repeatedat 12midnight)

Fourth of six programmes.
Strategy and Tactics. Dennis Taylor looks at the break-off, safety play, laying snookers, and playing the percentages. A GM production for BBCtv

Including Sneakers, starring Robert Redford and Sidney Poitier , and Peter's Friends, Kenneth Branagh 's new film,
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Western starring James Stewart
A stranger with a gun and a herd of cattle rides into the gold-mining town of Skagway. He comes to take his revenge on the man who owns the law and holds it in contempt.
Director Anthony Mann 0 FILMS: pages 51-58

The North v South Africa
From Eiland Road, Leeds.
Live coverage of the second half of the match that promises to be a historic occasion as the Springboks meet the North who have an impressive record against touring sides.
Introduced by Chris Rea.
Commentary by Nigel Starmer -Smith and Paul Ackford.
Executive producer Johnnie Watherston * STEREO

Including a test of pub lemonade; and a quick, simple fish dish using pieces of sole fried in breadcrumbs. Plus a report on a Russian family who pay a return visit to a British family and are left speechless by a typical supermarket. With Chris Kelly , Michael Barry and Jill Goolden. Director Linda Nash
Producers Alison Field and Tim Hincks A Bazal production for BBCtv
Recipes on Ceefax page 626 • STEREO
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Offbeat American science-fiction series starring Scott Bakula
Black on White on Fire
11 August 1965: on the eve of the Watts riots, Sam has become a promising black medical student involved with the white daughter of a police captain. With mayhem on the streets, Sam has to fight to keep the lovers together in an environment of racial hatred which threatens both their lives.
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The Bafta Award-winning series returns with Sir John Harvey-Jones setting out to advise six more UK businesses and organisations. Unfinished Business.... In the first programme, Sir John revisits the firms and the people he met in the original series. Those first meetings took place at a time of optimism and growth - few expected the severity of the recession which has followed. How have the companies coped? How do they see the future? And what are Sir
John's views of the prospects for them and for Britain?
Producers Judi Rose and Robert Thirkell Executive producer Richard Reisz
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With Jeremy Paxman.

The arts and media magazine. OSTEREO

Fast-moving analysis of the week's best and worst news.

Recorded at this year's Brecon Jazz Festival, Irakere and their brand of Latino jazz. Director Robert Coles
Producer Jonathan Davies ●STEREO