The city of London is still the world's biggest money machine; how does this affect the rest of the country? Also, why is British industry not better funded?
Daily recorded version of BBC1's 7.00am News, including signing and subtitles.
Daily animation. Stingray is sent to probe the obliteration of three Pacific islands. (Rpt)
Shown last Friday, BBC1. (Stereo)
(Shown yesterday at 6.10pm on BBC1)
Note: repeats are not indicated.
9.05 Techno: Making It
(ages 11-14) (Stereo)
9.25 Pathways of Belief
(ages 7-9) (Stereo)
9.40 Square One
(ages 9-11)
A look at the way in which Christians view the Bible as a guide to living. Plus, the Baptist Church, and the child who took desperate measures to obtain a Bible. Show more
Why Bird and friends find round objects. (Stereo)
10.25 Hotch Potch House
(ages 3-5) (Stereo)
10.45 Look and Read: Spywatch
(ages 7-9+)
11.05 Zig Zag: Maps and Mapping
(ages 8-10+) (Stereo)
11.25 Technology Starters
(ages 9-12)
11.40 English Time
(ages 11-14)
12.00 The English Collection: Arthur Miller
(ages 14+)
Daily business news.
(Stereo)
1.00 History File
(ages 11-16)
1.20 Landmarks: Portrait of Europe
(ages 9-12) (Stereo)
1.40 Storytime: So Much/Shelly's Birthday
(ages 4-5)
Ravi and Fiona visit a haunted barn at midnight. (Rpt)
Sue Cook goes on a painting holiday in south-east France.
(Rpt) (Stereo)
Drama, based on a true story, starring Lee Remick
On holiday in Turkey, Gene LePere is "caught" with three classical antiquities.
(1989) (Stereo) (Subtitled)
See Films: pages 43-47 **
Including at 3.00 News; Regional News and Weather
Daily nostalgia quiz.
Cookery game show.
Esther Rantzen and her audience discuss the lengths to which people will go to test their partner's fidelity.
Action from the World Championships in Sierra Nevada, Spain. The women's super-giant slalom decides the first medals of the championships.
(Stereo)
A dishonest politician discovers a way to win a vital election. In the process, he discredits officers Brogan and Haldane.
On board a luxury space cruiser, Buck is assigned to protect a genetically perfect woman from a mysterious kidnapper.
Last of six drama documentaries.
It's 1896 and Oba Ovronramwen, the divine ruler of the independent West African kingdom of Benin, fears for his nation's future when he meets with powerful British administrator James Phillips.
Dramatic reconstructions and interviews with experts, including Booker Prize winner Ben Okri, tell a tale of British colonialism in Africa, and how resident communities were wiped out.
(Stereo)
Documenting the bizarre history of scientific attempts to understand the atmospheric layer called the ionosphere and the American military's plan to master this volatile region.
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Professional carpenters reveal tips, including how to hammer nails in safely, and how to stop a door from sticking.
Carpenters demonstrate how to remove stains from furniture, how to hammer in a nail without hammering your finger, and how to put up shelves on uneven walls.
Fifth episode of the epic nine-part drama.
Starring Christopher Eccleston, Mark Strong, Gina McKee, Malcolm McDowell
1974: the world has turned sour for the four friends. Geordie is in jail, Nicky plans revolution from a sausage factory while Tosker and Mary's marriage is a sham.
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The world has turned sour for the four friends. Geordie is in jail, while Tosker works in a sausage factory. Tosker and Mary’s marriage is a sham.
Comedian and writer Arthur Smith cycles away from the main tourist haunts to stay on a farm in Ibiza. Plus, how to rent an island for the summer.
Followed by Talking Cezanne
With Jeremy Paxman.
(Subtitled)
Scientist Lewis Wolpert, philosopher Edward De Bono, novelist A.S. Byatt, and theatre director, psychologist and broadcaster Jonathan Miller join host Mary Ann Sieghart to answer a wide variety of viewers' questions.
(Stereo)
Questions: queries for the panel to Brains Trust, [address removed]
With Bernard Ingham.
(Stereo)
Open University
12.30 Bangkok A City Speaks
(Subtitled)
1.00 Brazil Out Of Developments
(Rpt)
1.30 Toulouse in the 16th Century
Night School
2.00 Special Needs
BBC Focus
4.00 Perspective: Understanding Visual Impairment
(Rpt)
4.30 Perspective: Scar Wars - Improving the Healing of Wounds
5.00 Pathways to Care
5.30 RCN Nursing Update
Open University
6.00 Cosmology Before Einstein
(Rpt)
6.50 James Hutton Geologist
The 18th-century scientist
