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10.25 Come Outside: Clay (Pottery)
(ages 4-5) (Stereo)

10.40 Lifeschool Extra: Careers - So What Now?
(ages 14+)

11.05 Space Ark: The Environment
(ages 7-11)

11.15 Writing and Pictures: Treasure Hunt
(ages 6-7) (Stereo)

11.30 Ghostwriter: To the Light: Part 5
(ages 10-12)

Gloria Hunniford presents a profile of MP Margaret Beckett, who reveals how she coped when she took over as Labour leader after John Smith's unexpected death and how she felt when she lost out to Tony Blair in the subsequent election.

Contributors

Presenter:
Gloria Hunniford
Subject:
Margaret Beckett

The Reverend Sims (Richard Roundtree of Shaft fame) mistakes Vivian's offer of fund-raising help for something more.

Contributors

Will:
Will Smith
Philip Banks:
James Avery
Vivian Banks:
Daphne Maxwell Reid
Hilary Banks:
Karyn Parsons
Carlton Banks:
Alfonso Ribeiro
Ashley Banks:
Tatyana M Ali
Geoffrey:
Joseph Marcel
Frederick:
Craig Kirkwood
The Reverend Sims:
Richard Roundtree

Last in the series about new technology in everyday life. This week, Dominik Diamond visits Belfast schools to see how computers are producing dramatic results in lessons; Fi Glover meets the DJs who are using the Internet to broadcast their shows; and Pauline Quirk discovers how to keep her new personal computer in working order with software that can do the digital spring-cleaning.
Programme Details: see Ceefax page

Video: A beginner's guide to the Internet, including information on e-mail, hardware needs, access providers and the Worldwide Web is available. Send a cheque or postal order for £18.99 (includes VAT and p&p) to: [address removed] See Ceefax page

Contributors

Presenter:
Dominik Diamond
Presenter:
Fi Glover
Reporter:
Pauline Quirk
Producer:
Jonny Ffinch

Booker Prize winner Pat Barker tours the Somme battlefield to explore her ideas about war, memory and ghosts. She focuses on the poet Siegfried Sassoon, one of the central characters in her award-winning trilogy about the men who fought in the First World War.

Contributors

Presenter:
Pat Barker
Producer:
Simon Chu
Producer:
Mary Sackville West
Series Editor:
Michael Poole

Keith Floyd continues to taste the culinary delights of Madagascar, travelling to the dusty coastal town of Majunga on the north west coast. He prepares a stew of crayfish and bream on board a local sailing boat. Then he visits an island village where he is highly honoured to witness a turning of the dead ceremony.

Contributors

Presenter/Cook:
Keith Floyd
Director:
Mike Connor
Producer:
Chris Denham

Crime drama series starring Daniel Benzali

Jury selection continues for the Goldilocks case.
See today's choices.
(Repeated tomorrow at 11.15pm)

Contributors

Theodore 'Ted' Hoffman:
Daniel Benzali
Justine Appleton:
Mary McCormack
Richard Cross:
Stanley Tucci
Neil Avedon:
Jason Gedrick
Chris Docknovich:
Michael Hayden
Lisa Gillespie:
Grace Phillips
Miriam Grasso:
Barbara Bosson
Arnold Spivak:
JC MacKenzie
Arthur Poison:
Dylan Baker
Lila Marquette:
Vanessa Williams
Charles Galbraith:
Mark McClure
Louis Heinsbergen:
John Fleck

Documentary about a married couple who lived and died for volcanoes.
French geologists Maurice and Katia Krafft risked their lives to witness erupting volcanoes, but in 1991 the couple's obsession proved fatal.

Followed by Video Nation Shorts

Contributors

Director:
Maryse Bergonzat
Executive Producer:
Alan Bookbinder

Tonight, actor Kurt Russell takes a break from filming to discuss his latest venture Escape from LA; Oliver Stone talks candidly about his film career since the flop of Nixon; and presenter Howard Schuman investigates the thriving film industry in Iceland.

Followed by Weatherview

Contributors

Interviewee:
Kurt Russell
Interviewee:
Oliver Stone
Presenter:
Howard Schuman
Series Editor:
Paul Kerr

Open University
12.30 Giotto
(Rpt) (Subtitled)
1.30 Play and the Social World

Night School
2.00 The Science Collection

BBC Focus
4.00 Teaching and Learning with IT
4.30 NCET Special
5.00 Understanding Dyslexia
5.30 Film Education

Open University
6.00 Maths
(Rpt)
6.25 Elements Organised
6.50 Utilitarianism

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