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Coverage of the World Indoor Bowls championships from Preston's Guild Hall where the last two second-round singles matches are being played this afternoon. Introduced by Dougie Donnelly.
(Coverage continues on BBC1) (Stereo)

Contributors

Presenter:
Dougie Donnelly

A five-part series revealing how aspects of people's s everyday lives can depend on higher mathematics. Part one is showing as part of Count Me In, a number of programmes, including some in The Learning Zone, on this week highlighting the issue of numeracy.

Mathematician Fisher Dilke finds out why the gamblers' ruin theorem seems to condemn people who play games of chance to losing in the long run, unless, as those at the New York Cotton Exchange have done, they find a way to tip the odds in their favour.
(Stereo)

Count Me In Helpline: ring free on [number removed] for a free booklet, a CD Rom price £2.50, and for this week only a free advice line number for specific numeracy queries. For information see Ceefax page 630, and the web site is [web address removed]

Contributors

Presenter:
Fisher Dilke
Director:
Nick Cory-Wright
Executive Producer:
Patrick Uden

Tessa Shaw travels to Marrakech in Morocco to search out bargains in the souk and Moorish palaces, and then shows how to re-create the flavour of the casbah at home. Peter Plaskitt gives advice on dealing with an original but chilly china bath.
Series producer Simon Shaw : Editor Daisy Goodwin
Repeat Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Tessa Shaw
Unknown:
Peter Plaskitt
Producer:
Simon Shaw
Editor:
Daisy Goodwin

In the second part of a report from Durham University on possibly the biggest blind date in the world, the students have their romantic dinner, provided by chef James Martin. In the studio Michael Barry makes an authentic bolognaise sauce, and Jilly Goolden and Oz Clarke recommend
South American wines for under £5.
Plus a Count Me In item and food news from Chris Kelly.
Producer Moyra Rose : Series producer Tim Hincks
INFORMATION: see Ceefax page
The BBC magazines Good Food. price£1.55. and Vegetarian Good Food. price£1.70. are available from newsagents

Contributors

Unknown:
James Martin.
Unknown:
Michael Barry
Unknown:
Jilly Goolden
Unknown:
Oz Clarke
Unknown:
Chris Kelly.
Producer:
Moyra Rose
Producer:
Tim Hincks

On the fourth leg of his 1,000-mile journey along the coast of Namibia, explorer Benedict Allen reaches the half-way point, the port of Walvis Bay. Before he can continue, Jan the camel needs urgent veterinary attention to his hump, so Allen has a chance to go on a tour of the local black township. On the next stage of his journey he is finally able to travel alone-through lion country.
(Stereo)

Contributors

Presenter:
Benedict Allen
Executive:
Producer Bob Long

Comedy series about long-standing friends. When Murray's mother is taken ill, everyone begins to feel guilty about lack of contact with their parents.

Followed by Count Me In: Video Nation Shorts
What does the nation add up to? People around the country reveal their feelings on figures.

Contributors

Writer:
Paul Makin
Director:
Angela de Chastelai Smith
Producer:
Esta Charkham
Mel:
Penny Bunton
Claire:
Pippa Haywood
Bob:
Jason Watkins
Jim:
James Simmons
Murray:
Tony Gardner
Doctor:
Michael Lumsden

Jeremy Isaacs talks with the BBC's chief news correspondent Kate Adie about her coverage of conflicts around the world.

Followed by Weatherview

Contributors

Interviewer:
Jeremy Isaacs
Interviewee:
Kate Adie
Series Producer:
Julian Birkett
Executive Producer:
Michael Poole

Open University
12.30 Count Me In: Blue Haven
(Repeat) (Stereo) (Subtitled)
1.00 The True Geometry of Nature
(Repeat) (Subtitled)
1.30 A Language for Movement
(Repeat) (Stereo)

Nightschool TV
2.00 Numbertime 1-10; Shapes

BBC Focus
4.00 Teaching and Learning with IT
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4.30 Teaching and Learning with IT
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5.00 Inside Europe
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5.30 Film Education: Truth on Trial - the Crucible
(Repeat)

Open University
6.00 Dating a Granite
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6.25 Frontiers of Geology
(Repeat)
6.50 Science and Nuclear Waste
(Repeat)

Free Learning Zone Guide: call [number removed]

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