6.15 Conics in Perspective - computer animation shows how the mathematics of slicing a cone can be used to prove a theorem in two-dimensional geometry.
3003549 6.40 Traffic Futures Models or Muddles?- it has been predicted that traffic levels will more than double over the next 25 years. Can mathematical models really help to solve the problem?
7.05 King Lear Workshopl-howcanan actor convey Lear's madness, yet at the same time be aware of "the reason in madness" which is so central to the meaning of the play? 3362907 7.30
Problems with Ions - why, contrary to early predictions, dust from the Chernobyl nuclear accident in 1986 was still causing radioactive havoc in some areas of Britain fouryears later. 1147988 7.55 Issues in Women'sStudies Outsideln-three women artists from very different backgrounds talk about their life and work in modern Britain. 7095966 8.20Picturing the Modern City- how early photographers and film makers represented cities. 5775278 8.45 Windows on the Mind: Children's Drawings-drawings by children from Dundee and an Aboriginal community in Australia's Northern
Territory raise questions about theories of a child's development.
9. 10 More tales about the ingenious pets that escape from their owners and return to the eccentric
Elwood Funk 's shop
Guests on the entertainment show this week include Tony Mortimer and John Hendyfrom East 17, the singers Kavana and Cathy Dennis , actors Tony
O'Callaghanfrom The Bill, and Home and Aways Melissa George and NicTestoni. Plus, cartoon fun with Potsworth and Co, X-Menand Pingu. and in this week's
SportingHero Kriss Akabusi tries cricket. Presented by Sarah Vandenbergh and Grant Stott.
Producer Ed Gray ; Series producer Liz Scott
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Coverage of the final day of competition at the XXVI Olympiad in Atlanta, introduced by Sue Barker. in the marathon (12.05pm start) -the last athletics medal of the Games -the trio of former World Cupchampion Richard Nerurkar , Peter Whitehead and Steve Brace are carrying British hopes. Britain has neverwon gold in the men's marathon but has collected silver four times, the most recent back in 1964. The last British medallist in this event was
Charlie Spedding , who won bronze 12 years ago in Los Angeles. With commentary by David Coleman and Brendan Foster.
The first round of the individual show jumpingfinal takes place this afternoon, and there are high hopes of British success. John and Michael Whitaker and Nick Skelton , in particular, are expected to feature prominently. With commentary by Michael Tucker and Stephen Hadley.
There are also sixgold medals to be won today in canoeing.
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With life expectancy having doubled since the turn of the century, countries around the world are havingto question how they are going to payfor ever-increasing numbers of elderly people. In this two-part documentary, David Dimbleby studies the implications of this shift in balance. This week he focuses on the baby boomers now approaching their 50th birthdays. Part 2 next Sunday. See today's choices.
Producer TriciaLawton; Editor Mark Wakefield .464100
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Return of the offbeat travel programme that provides an honest insight into more adventurous destinations, plus advice on where to stay and what to do.
Presenters Magenta DeVine and Simon O'Brien visit Alaska, America's 49th state. In a quest to find out exactly why it attracts tourists, they discover there's much more to Alaska than lumberjack shirts and Inuits. See today's choices.
Producer Matthew Cole ; Series producer Bridget Boseley Stereo
Documentary series about the interview process for different jobs.
Tonight, four candidates are interviewed for the post of project manager in charge of restoration work at London's Royal Albert Hall. The interior is about to get a radical and expensive face-lift to the tune of £24 million, but who will be chosen to supervise this daunting refurbishment? Mr Deuchar, a frank, exuberant go-getter himself, is looking for an experienced project manager who will also prove a good colleague.
(Postponed from 16 July)
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A film celebrating the enduring power of physical attraction and the lifelong need for physical closeness. Married and widowed men and women - the youngest 68, the oldest 91 - talk with candour and humour about their relationships and how their appreciation of sexuality and closeness has been deepened and enriched over the years.
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/ Culture-clash comedy, the first of tonight's double bill continuing the season of films directed by Fred Schepisi. Starring
Tom Selleck , Ken Takakura
Jack Elliot doesn't realise that he's a washed-up baseball player, so it's a bit of a shock when he's s transferred to
Japan's Chunichi Dragons. Soon he clashes with Coach Uchiyama, only to confuse things further by falling in love with the latter's daughter.
(1992.15*) * See Films: pages 40-46 **
Drama, the last of tonight's double bill in the Fred Schepisi season. Starring
Tommy Lewis Australia at the turn of the centurv: enraged by years of racist exploitation, half-Aboriginal Jimmie Blacksmith declares war, exploding into violence in an act of atrocity that reverberates throughout the white community. Showing in widescreen format.
(1978.18) * See Films: pages 40-46
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2.00 Great Outdoors Essentials - making the most of gardens and of the countryside Languages
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5.00 Spain Means Business Made in Spain Repeat 92476 5.30 The Essential HistoryofSpain Repeat
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6.00 Learning about Leadership Repeat 3075766 6.25 Britain and the Global Economy Repeat
