Parliamentary update.
Note: repeats are not indicated.
Young people in Rouen talk about their holidays.
Series of French for beginners, presented by Carolle Rousseau and Patrick Simpson-Jones .
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Experiments from Take Nobody's Word for It, with Professor Ian Fells and Carol Vorderman.
Cogs and wheels. Presented by Fraser James. (Stereo)
Badger Girl. Panic on the lake.
How people lived in 13th-century Scotland.
A Christmas calypso. (Stereo;
The importance of sunlight.
How children can get the best from relationships with adults.
The different ways artists tell stories through their pictures.
The language used by and about girls and women.
Documentary about a school visit to the battlefields and cemeteries of 1914-18. (Stereo;
Why we need to make informed choices about the food we eat.
Two "tails" from the village barn dance.
Ravi is thrilled by the raft Josh has made for him - until
Wilton Cashmore steps aboard.
The adventures of the monster family of Loch Ness.
White Peak Farm (Part 4). The future seems uncertain. (Teletext)
Followed by Words and Pictures (stereo)
Introduced by Helen Rollason.
Racing
From Ascot.
2.40 Racecall Ascot Hurdle Race
(Grade 2. 2m 4f)
3.10 Hurst Park Novices'
Steeplechase (Grade 2.2m)
3.40 Lion Gate Handicap Hurdle Race (3m)
Commentary by Peter O'Sullevan , Julian Wilson and Richard Pitman.
Netball
From Granby Halls, Leicester. Last year's World Cup runners-up, New Zealand, face England in the third and final test. Commentary by Hazel Irvine and Sue Campbell.
Football
A look back at an important week of World Cup qualifying matches for the home nations.
Rugby Union
A preview of tomorrow's international in Cardiff between Wales and world champions Australia. Producer Mark Wilkin
Editor Paul Armstrong
Including at
3.00pm News and Weather
3.50pm News and Weather and Regional News; Weather
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Word game hosted by Paul Coia. * STEREO
Daily topical talk show.
Today, a look at the world of media and the arts, with Shyama Perera.
A guide to cooking at
Christmas. Today, traditional Christmas pudding, chocolate chestnut log and sticky toffee puddings with pecan sauce. ● TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888
: BBC BOOK: Delia Smith 's Christmas. price! 12.95. available from booksellers.
Reports on two new diesel cars and the Lombard RAC Rally. * STEREO
Classic 1960s puppet series. Emergency Marineville
Missiles of unknown origin begin a deadly attack. * TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888
Spy drama from the 1960s.
The brain behind a cosmetic empire has perfected a nasty chemical. With Juliet Mills.
(Teletext subtitles: page 888)
With the Daily Mirror's Alastair Campbell.
A Granada production for BBCtv
Tug of Love
Every year more than 1,000 children are snatched from their homes and taken abroad in tug of love battles.
Niall Dickson follows the cases of distraught parents who claim that some EC countries are ignoring international conventions by refusing to return their children.
Producer Adrian Davies
Editor Peter Horrocks
Five programmes revealing exactly how gardens grow.
Starting Out. Many plants have biological blocks that the gardener cannot ignore. Geoff Hamilton explains what you need to know to understand the nature of plants. ProducerMick Rhodes
A Catalyst production for BBCtv
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I Despite living as a I hermit for over 20 years, Sister Wendy Beckett became a renowned - if unorthodox - art expert by using books and postcards. Her search for art treasures around Britain starts in Liverpool where she finds lust and love are eternal themes.
Producer Nicholas Rossiter
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With Ian Hislop , Paul Merton ,
Sandi Toksvig and Nick Hancock. Chaired by Angus Deayton. Producer Harry Thompson
A Hat Tnck production for BBCtv 0 STEREO
With Sue Cameron.
Tonight's French Classic Cinema film is Jean-Luc Godard's stylish first feature starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg
Despite danger from the police, Michel's reckless attraction to an American girl holds him in Paris.
With English subtitles.
With Van Doude, Daniel Boulanger and Jean-Luc Godard himself.
(B/W)
Films: pages 48-56
(Shown at 4.30pm)
