6.45 Physics: Lightning Does Strike Twice!
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6.45 Physics: Lightning Does Strike Twice!
7.10 Technology: The National Grid
7.35Technology: Foretelling Fatigue Life
How state photographers showed the positive sides of Stalinist Russia.
Second of two 40 Minutes programmes on civil service recruitment. Rpt Subtitled
A textile firm's export problems.
(Note: repeats are not indicated)
Is the Third World getting a raw deal?
Series for infants. Isabelle isn't feeling well.
A day out on a steam train in Wales.
The importance of the words "please" and "thank you".
The Ghostwriter team investigates a threatening letter to a film star. (Stereo)
11.00am Q and A
A chance to air your views on all aspects of schools television. (Stereo)
Children investigate modern farming methods. (Stereo)
Sam and Michael find out how Ukrainians spend Easter.
The relationship between the whites and the Indians in north America.
A series on human reproduction, for 8- to 11-year-olds.
Craig Charles talks to young people about careers. (Stereo)
A series on the secret of small-business success.
How companies set out to find markets.
A Diverse production for BBCtv (Stereo)
Animation.
(Stereo)
Animation.
(Stereo)
Animation about a young girl and her dog.
Gong-chimes, metallophones, gongs and drums in a Javanese orchestra. (Stereo)
Subtitled (news)
Followed by You and Me
A look at Kakadu National Park, Australia, a vast wilderness originally part of the land bridge connecting Australia and the Asian continent, and home to unique flora and fauna and Aboriginal art, which dates back some 18,000 years.
Subtitled (news)
Followed by Too Little, Too Late
A film showing how the unsung heroes of Aids, the friends and relatives of Aids victims, are affected by the disease.
Subtitled (news)
Regional News; Weather
England v Australia
Live coverage of the rest of the afternoon's play from Old Trafford. Stereo
Erin.... through the Mists of Time
In Ireland, the past is always there and the ruins of homes and holy places dominate the landscape. Deserted by man, many now house wilder inhabitants - including creatures of myth and legend. This film by the country's leading wildlife film-maker,
Eamon de Buitlear , tells a story in which Ireland's natural and human history are intertwined. Producer Pelham Aldrich-Blake
Eighteen years after its war with America, Vietnam is willing to forgive and forget. It's asking Washington to end a damaging trade embargo and stop blocking the IMF and World Bank loans which the country needs to repair its infrastructure and revive business. David Lomax reports from Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Washington on the birth of the latest of Asia's new tigers.
Series on the history of maps. On the Road. Maps and roads go hand in hand. Tonight's programme looks at route-finding - from children's maze games and braille maps for blind people, to the special genius of Wainwright's popular guides to the Lake District. Producer Julian Stenhouse
The Porsche 911 is 30 years old. The team celebrates the anniversary of one of the world's greatest sports cars by trying out a range of models from the earliest to the current civilised supercars. Producer Ken Pollock
Executive producer Dennis Adams
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Another chance to see some of last year's films featuring the Comic Strip regulars. The Crying Game
Football superhero Roy Brush finds himself too busy endorsing products to play football. Not only that but the prying tabloids are keen to find out his secret.
Written and directed by Keith Allen and Peter Richardson
A Comic Strip production for BBCtv
Documentary stories from unfamiliar cultures.
In the week of the 40th anniversary of the Coronation, this film serves as a reminder that it is no easy task being a monarch. Sultan Issa Maigari of Cameroon used to hold the power of life and death over his one million subjects. Now his authority is ebbing away. The government won't let him raise his own taxes, the peasants are rebelling, and the royal praise-singer (equivalent of the tabloid press) has betrayed him.
A Denis Whyte production for BBCtv
With Jeremy Paxman.
Weekend viewing from the OU.
How to cope with chance and uncertainty.