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From Monday to Thursday this programme offers members of the public a chance to tackle politicians on current issues, with the hope of setting the parliamentary agenda. Today, with Sarah Baxter.
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Contributors

Unknown:
Sarah Baxter.

10.25 Cats' Eyes (ages 5-7) Changes in Materials Stereo 1067099 10.40 Look and Read (ages 7-9+) Geordie Racer 4275235 11.00 Zig Zag (ages 8-10)
Roman Britain Stereo 6065761 11.20
English Time (ages 11-14)
11.40 Mad about Music (ages 11-14) Stereo 4233099 12.00 The Great New
Visionary Quest (ages 16+)

Historical drama, starring
Christopher Reeve
Washington DC, 1861: on the eve of civil war, gruff secret-service chief Scot
Allan Pinkerton is ordered to go to a party given by a wealthy southern woman. It proves to be a fateful encounter. With Madolyn Smith Osborne.
Director Jack Gold (1990) Stereo Subtitled .
FILM REVIEWS pages 51-54
Includingat
3.00 News and Weather subtitled (news)
3.50 News and Weather subtitled (news)
Regional News; Weather

Contributors

Unknown:
Allan Pinkerton
Unknown:
Madolyn Smith Osborne.
Director:
Jack Gold

Today, why teenagers are turning to crime, drugs and prostitution. Stereo ... INFORMATION: on any of the topics discussed this week: send an A4 sae (25p in stamps), stating which subject you require, to: [address removed]* The Andrew Duncan Interview with Esther Rantzen : page 16

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Duncan
Unknown:
Esther Rantzen

Continuing the Britain at
War season of films. Starring
Leo Genn , David Tomlinson
The remarkable story of one of the most famous escapes of the Second World War, from Stalag Luft III.
Director Jack Lee (1950) 8/W
FILM REVIEWS pages 51-54

Contributors

Unknown:
Leo Genn
Unknown:
David Tomlinson
Director:
Jack Lee
Peter:
Leo Genn
Phil:
David Tomlinson
John:
Anthony Steel
Bennett:
David Greene
Nigel:
Peter Burton
Robbie:
Michael Goodliffe
Pomfret:
Anthony Dawson

Every year, inhabitants of Christmas
Island in the Indian Ocean wake to find armies of red crabs swarming through their gardens. Around 130 million of them scuttle to the coast to spawn, in one of the most spectacular mass movements of the animal kingdom.
Producer John Sparks ; Series producer Dilys Breese

Contributors

Producer:
John Sparks
Producer:
Dilys Breese

J Is for Sir John's Museum. The masterpiece of Sir John Soane , idiosyncratic architect, is his own home in London's Lincoln's Inn Fields.
Untouched since his death in 1837, it is a living museum, full of surprises.
Producer Neil Crombie ; Executive producer Edward Mirzoeff

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir John Soane
Producer:
Neil Crombie
Producer:
Edward Mirzoeff

Second in a six-part comedy series about flat-sharers.
Working Girls. Mandy is excited about a iob offer and Matthew arranges an unwelcome surprise. See today's choices.
Written by Andrew Davies and Bernadette Davis Director John Stroud ; Producer Geoffrey Perkins

Contributors

Written By:
Andrew Davies
Written By:
Bernadette Davis
Director:
John Stroud
Producer:
Geoffrey Perkins
Matthew:
Ben Chaplin
Martin:
Matthew Cottle
Mandy:
Samantha Janus
James:
Alan Cowan
Ron Grimshaw:
Dave Hill
Spike:
Julian Rivett
Kim:
Nina Young

Second of a six-part series looking at the sexual history of the British Empire.
Paying the Price. British Imperial rule encouraged a vast growth in prostitution across the Empire and, with it, disease. See today's choices. Directors Alex West and David Wilson ; Series producer David Wilson BBC BOOK: Ruling Passions, written by Anton Gill to accompany the series, is available price£ 15.99 from booksellers.
Followed by Video Nation Shorts

Contributors

Directors:
Alex West
Directors:
David Wilson
Producer:
David Wilson
Written By:
Anton Gill

Beginning a week of Late Show programmes on contemporary Ireland is a look at some of the radical changes affectingthe Republic, shattering many of the old certainties about what it means to be Irish. New writing, film-making and music are flourishing even as traditional perceptions of Ireland alter. Fintan O'Toole finds out how the nation can absorb such rapid change, with Irish President
Mary Robinson , writers Paddy Doyle and ColmToibin, journalist
ConorCruise O'Brien , historians, politicians, artists and representatives of the Church. Producers David Kerr and Andrea Miller ; Series editor Michael Poole
11.55 Weatherview

Contributors

Unknown:
Fintan O'Toole
Unknown:
Mary Robinson
Unknown:
Paddy Doyle
Unknown:
Conorcruise O'Brien
Producers:
David Kerr
Producers:
Andrea Miller
Editor:
Michael Poole

12.00 The Present in the Past: Greek Drama Should new productions recreate the style of the original or bring out the modem significance? .
12.25 Design Principles: Consumer Products OU downloaded video.....................................

4.45-5.00 Disability Agenda Exploring photography and sports access. Plus
Sheila Kaye
5.00-5.15 Strathclyde TV - Putti ng you in the Picture 2......................
5.30-6.00 RCN Nursing Update Unit
53: Asthma treatment

Contributors

Unknown:
Sheila Kaye

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