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6.15 Pure Maths: Clumping in Groups

6.40 Maths: Differential Equations

7.05 Maths: Transformations in Action

7.30 Introduction to Psychology: Eyewitness Memory

7.55 Measure for Measure: A Workshop

8.20 Magnetic Fields in Space: the Aurora Borealis

8.45 Child Development: Developing Language
By four years of age most children have a basic vocabulary and grammar. So what else is there to learn?

Last in the series that asks viewers to guess if outrageous claims are true stories or merely very tall tales.

Today, a look back over the series, plus the tale of the Molasses gang who terrorised New York, and a new hit single from regular weird science correspondent Michael Rowe.

Competition: to register your vote ring [number removed] (False) or [number removed] (True). Calls cost no more than 20p. For a copy of the rules send an SAE to: [address removed]

Introduced by Steve Rider.

12.35,1.35,2.55,4.00 Cricket: Second Test
Live coverage of the fourth day's play between England and the West Indies, from Lord's. England have struggled in recent Tests at Lord's - last summer they were defeated by South Africa and drew against New Zealand.

1.05, 1.35 Athletics
Sharing coverage with the cricket and tennis, the last day of the European Cup final in France. Britain's men finished second 12 months ago but the British women will be hoping to bury the memory of last year when they were demoted from second to third place after Diane Modahl's positive drugs test.
(Coverage continues at 2.55pm on BBC 1)

1.05,3.40 Tennis
All the latest news, on the eve of Wimbledon.

(Stereo)

Contributors

Presenter:
Steve Rider
TV Presentation (Cricket):
Keith MacKenzie
TV Presentation (Cricket):
Alan Griffiths

Science-fiction adventure, starring Gene Barry, Ann Robinson

From the blackness of outer space, the Earth is being scrutinised by ruthless alien beings bent on total destruction. An adaptation of H.G. Wells's classic science-fiction novel, with Academy Award-winning special effects.
(1953)

Film Reviews pages 63-68

Contributors

Director:
Byron Haskin
Dr Clayton Forrester:
Gene Barry
Sylvia Van Buren:
Ann Robinson
General Mann:
Les Tremayne
Doctor Pryor:
Robert Cornthwaite
Doctor Bilderbeck:
Sandro Giglio
Pastor Collins:
Lewis Martin
Wash Perry:
William Phipps
Alonzo Hogue:
Paul Birch
Narrator:
Sir Cedric Hardwicke

A four-part series, narrated by Robert Lindsay, which traces the 50 year history of Britain's Welfare State.

The top priority of the new Welfare State was to clear the slums and give every family a decent home - but inspectors vetted tenants and only "respectable" families were chosen for the new estates. Corners cut and a decline in building standards since mean that now many people long to escape from council housing. What went wrong in constructing the New Jerusalem?
See today's choices.

Contributors

Narrator:
Robert Lindsay
Producer:
George Carey

The second in a four-part series presented by Peter Taylor in which radical stances about the Second World War are proposed and challenged. In tonight's programme, investigative journalist Tom Bower questions the role played by Britain in the prosecution of Nazi war criminals.
Exposing what he sees as the myth of Britain's commitment to the spirit of Nuremberg, Bower argues that far from being a stalwart of international justice, the British government was negligent in its pursuit of Nazi war criminals. He claims that after the war's end, hundreds of Nazi criminals were allowed to settle in Britain, which became a haven for those taking-flight after the defeat.
An army chaplain to the forces that liberated Belsen in 1945, historians, lawyers and one man who was incorrectly accused of being a Nazi war criminal support, oppose or debate Tom Bower's controversial standpoint. Would it be possible, or desirable, to hold war-crimes trials in Britain?
Producer Paul Elston ; Series producer Laurence Rees
(Subtitled)

Contributors

Presented By:
Peter Taylor
Unknown:
Tom Bower
Producer:
Paul Elston

Classic spaghetti western, starring Henry Fonda, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards, Charles Bronson
A cold-blooded killer is hired to ensure the progress of the railroad. Standing in its way is recently widowed Jill McBain, whose property has a water supply which is vital for the venture.
The score is by long-time associate of Sergio Leone, Ennio Morricone, who also wrote the music for the director's A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Unusually, it was composed from the script and played on set as the film was shot.
Showing in widescreen format. (1968) (Subtitled)
Film Reviews pages 63-68

Contributors

Director:
Sergio Leone
Frank:
Henry Fonda
Jill McBain:
Claudia Cardinale
Cheyenne:
Jason Robards
Harmonica:
Charles Bronson
Brett McBain:
Frank Wolff
Morton:
Gabriele Ferzetti
Sheriff:
Keenan Wynn
Sam:
Paolo Stoppa
Wobbles:
Marco Zuanelli
Barman:
Lionel Stander
Knuckles:
Jack Elam
Stony:
Woody Strode
Member of Frank's gang:
John Frederick
Timmy:
Enzo Santianello
Harmonica as a boy:
Dino Mele

A weekly review of the major developments over the past seven days in the high-profile case in Los Angeles that has touched upon a plethora of important social and legal issues. Former American footballer, film star and national sporting icon OJ Simpson is accused of the murder of his former wife Nicole and her friend Ronald Goldman, who were found dead outside her home last summer.
Courtroom cameras follow the action as it unfolds while experts explain the intricate strategies and technical legal jargon employed by the respective teams of lawyers. With Peter Pringle.

Contributors

Unknown:
OJ Simpson
Unknown:
Peter Pringle
Producer:
Roy Davies

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