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10.25 Storytime
(ages 4-5)

10.45 The Experimenter: Electricity and Attraction
(ages 7-9)

11.05 Space Ark: Electricity and Magnetism
(ages 7-11)

11.15 In Living Memory: Kiss and Tell
(ages 14-16)

11.35 Landmarks: Writing and Printing
(ages 9-12)
(Subtitled)

11.55 History File: The World since 1945
(ages 11-16)
(Stereo)

12.15 Le Club: Les Vacances
(ages 9-12)

Continuing the series looking at efforts to build record-breaking structures.

For a decade, David Giles has striven to beat the waves that hinder the passage of cargo ships. Now he may be close to cutting by half the time it takes to cross the Atlantic.
(Stereo)

Contributors

Subject:
David Giles
Narrator:
Robbie Coltrane
Series Producer:
Martin Mortimore
Executive Producer:
Robert Thirkell

Schoolchildren are part of the new wave of gang warfare hitting the region. The youngsters are being recruited by Chinese Triads to help in their power struggles. Michael Delahaye reports on the world of the youth gangs and asks if this signals the opening of a new chapter in triad terror tactics.

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Contributors

Reporter:
Michael Delahaye
Producer:
Lara Fielden
Editor:
Alison Rooper

In Italy, Jeremy Clarkson tests the Fiats that are seeking to prove mainstream does not mean boring, while Steve Berry charts the history of the Vincent motorcycles with the help of riders who tested the bikes in the post-war years.

Contributors

Presenter:
Jeremy Clarkson
Presenter:
Steve Berry
Producer:
John Wilcox
Series Producer:
Jon Bentley

A six-part comedy drama about a young misfit who joins a team of tax-fraud investigators.
See today's choices.
Written by Tony Grounds
(Stereo) (Subtitled)
See This Week: page 9
Jan Francis's Kind of Day: Page

Contributors

Writer:
Tony Grounds
Director:
Jim Gillespie
Producer:
Andree Molyneux
Kevin:
Paul Reynolds
Jackie:
Catherine Holman
Grace:
Jan Francis
Thane:
Ray Winstone
Butch:
Marc Warren
Mr Gibbs:
Tony Grounds
Elizabeth:
Carol MacReady
Mr Small:
Bill Paterson
Frankie:
Christopher Fulford
Laughing John:
Andy Linden
Hilda:
Sheila Reid
Stan:
Joe Melia
Saxophonist:
Jean Toussaint
Brenda:
Jane Cox
Mother Teresa:
Liz Daniels
John Lennon:
John Clements

Second in a six-part series about doctors punished for their conduct.

The area of doctor/patient relationships is one that vexes the medical profession. A growing band of doctors feel the absolute ban is unrealistic.
Tonight's programme talks to a doctor whose career was ended when he fell in love with one of his patients.
(Stereo)

Followed by Grand Designs: Working Principles
A look at the suspension bridge.
(Stereo)

Contributors

Series Producer:
Tim Haines
Producer:
Pat Holland

Open University
12.30am Powers of the President: Carter and Reagan
(Rpt)
1.30 Global Firms in the Industrialising East

FETV - Short Cuts
2.00 Artists and Design

BBC Focus
4.00 The Science Archive and Royal Institution Discourse
5.30 RCN Nursing Update

Technology Season
6.00 Perpetual Motion: The Milk Float

BBC Two England

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