Programme Index

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10.25 Hotch Potch House: Round and Round
(ages 3-5) (Stereo)

10.45 Look and Read Special: "...and Action!"
(ages 7-9+) (Stereo)

11.05 Zig Zag: An African Country: Kenya
(ages 8-10+) (Stereo)

11.25 Revista
(ages 11-14)
Spanish magazine.

11.40 The Geography Collection
(ages 16+) (Stereo)

12.05 The History Collection: Early 20th Century: Nationalism, Revolution and War
(ages 16+)

Drama starring Glenn Close

A big-city couple find their modem values out of step when they return to their roots in a poor Mexican village.
(1988, PG)
See Films: pages 49-56 ****

Including at 3.00 News Regional News and Weather

Contributors

Director:
Jack Gold
Sara Everton:
Glenn Close
Richard Everton:
Keith Carradine
Chuy Santos:
Alfonso Arau
Domingo Garcia:
Ray Oriel
Basllio Garcia:
Trinidad Silva

The effects of Second World War success took time to filter back home.
Ruth Mott re-creates the austerity of the period by preparing salt cod with boiled nettles and using a canning machine to preserve her plum crop while Harry Dodson cultivates tobacco.

Contributors

Presenter:
Ruth Mott
Presenter:
Harry Dodson
Producer:
Keith Sheather

The Way Out West series continues with this comedy western starring Burt Reynolds, Angie Dickinson

When Laura Breckenridge finds that her late husband stole gold bars from the Denver Mint, she wants to save the family name by returning the gold. She offers gambler Sam Whiskey $20,000 to retrieve the loot - the only problem is that it is lying at the bottom of a river.
(1969)
See Films: pages 49-56

Contributors

Director:
Arnold Laven
Sam Whiskey:
Burt Reynolds
Laura Breckenridge:
Angie Dickinson
OW Bandy:
Clint Walker
Jed Hooker:
Ossie Davis
Fat Henry Hobson:
Rick Davis
Fisherman:
Del Reeves
Mint superintendent:
William Schallert

In the first of a six-part series tracing lines of ancestry reaching back deep into history, Professor of Genetics Steve Jones visits America, Africa and the Middle East in a search for the Lost Tribes of Israel.
See today's choices.
See This Week: page 6

Contributors

Presenter:
Steve Jones
Producer:
Chris Hale
Series Producer:
Tessa Livingstone

Continuing the repeat episodes from the first series.

Scientists stationed on a remote outpost in Alaska are driven by an unknown force to take their own lives in horrifying fashion.
See today's choices.

Spotlight on Gillian Anderson: page 9

Contributors

Fox Mulder:
David Duchovny
Dana Scully:
Gillian Anderson
Dr Hodge:
Xander Berkeley
Dr Da Silva:
Felicity Huffman
Dr Murphy:
Steve Hytner
Bear:
Jeff Kober
Richter:
Ken Kirzinger
Campbell:
Sonny Surowiec

Camcorders have given ordinary people a chance to campaign for their causes. Danny O'Brien presents a selection of material from around the world, including a Tibetan man who risked his life to record what he sees as the robbery of his country's resources and a Bolivian challenge to mainstream TV.

Contributors

Presenter:
Danny O'Brien
Director:
Rachel Foster
Producer:
Steve Sklair

Open University
12.30 Managing Schools
1.00 Relationships

Night School
2.00 The Science Collection

BBC Focus
4.00 Developing Family Literacy
4.30 So You Want to Work in Social Care?
(Rpt)
5.00 Pathways to Care
(Rpt)
5.30 RCN Nursing Update: Hepatitis A and B

Open University
6.00 Science: Quantum Leaps into the Atom
(Rpt)
6.25 The Birth of Modern Geometry
(Rpt)
6.50 Geology: Inside Volcanoes

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