6.45 The Physics of White Dwarf Stars

7.10 Palazzo Venezia, Rome: a Cardinal's Palace

7.35 British and American History: Warfare and Welfare

Today: John FitzMaurice
Mills demonstrates how to clean earthenware.
BOOKLET: send cheque/PO for £2.50, payable to BSS, to [address removed]

Today: Henning Larsen ,

9.00 The Spanish Collection
Series on contemporary Spain for advanced students.
(Stereo)

9.25 Standard Grade Geography: People in Landscape
A look at the glaciated area around Fort William.

9.45 Come Outside: A Windy Day

10.00 Thunderbirds in French: The Man from MI5

10.05 Seeing through Science: Fit to Race
Helen Sharman investigates the success of Chris Boardman.

10.30 Ghostwriter: Over a Barrel
(Stereo)

11.00 Q and A
Looks at the last 25 years of the Scene programme.
(Stereo)

11.10 Landmarks: Tudors and Stuarts
Tells the story of how the Mary Rose sank with all hands.

11.30 Ici Paris: Paris et la Banlieue
(Stereo)

11.45 History File: The Roman Empire - Pompeii
What life was like in a Roman town.
(Stereo)

12.05 The Geography Programme: Retail Chain
The local high street
(Stereo)

12.25 Lifeschool: C is for Citizen
What does it mean to be British?

12.50 Computing for the Terrified: Drowning by Numbers
(Stereo)

1.20 Greenclaws

1.35 Dilly the Dinosaur

1.40 Music Time: Wooden Sounds
Long and short sounds played on a variety of instruments.
(Stereo)

2.00 News (Subtitled) and Weather
followed by Come Outside

(Note: repeats are not indicated)

The debate this afternoon will centre around the arguments between cutting public spending or raising taxes when representatives discuss social services.
Presented by Vivian White , Sheena McDonald and Huw Edwards.
Including at 3.00
News Subtitled and Weather and at 3.50
News Subtitled and Weather Regional News; Weather

Nowhere are the ancient traditions of Japan more carefully preserved than in the Gion district of Kyoto. Rpt

A Second World War drama, being shown in conjunction with the documentary series Hollywood UK, and starring Cliff Robertson George Chakiris
An RAF squadron is sent to destroy a seemingly bomb-proof factory on a Norwegian fjord.
Director Walter E Grauman (1964)

Further coverage from London and Muscat.

Last in the series in which the conflict in Northern Ireland is reflected in the context of ordinary rural life.
The Gun Club. In Melvin, on the western edge of the United Kingdom, farming is hard and tourism has been hit by the Troubles. Here Catholics and Protestants hunt foxes, ducks and crows, not each other, unified ironically by the gun.
Director Carlo Gebler ; Producer Pierre Hodgson A DBA production for BBCtv

Statistics show a drop in road deaths, but are our roads really safer? Top Gear looks at the plight of the pedestrian. There is also a road-test of the Toyota Supra a celebration of Goodwood racing circuit. Producer Ken Pollock
Executive producer Dennis Adams

Gods and Gladiators. Dogs are both praised as Gods and reviled as devils. In Tibet so many dogs sun themselves in the temples that they are seen as reincarnated priests, whereas in Iran to keep a dog in the house is a mortal sin.
Director Pratap Rughani
Series producer Michael Waldman
A Union Pictures production for BBCtv
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In 1913, an American improvised with handkerchiefs and changed the course of fashion history.

Presented by Peter Snow.

The arts and media magazine.

Modern civil aircraft.
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