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10.30 Landmarks: The River Severn
(ages 9-12) (With subtitles)

10.50 Look and Read
(ages 7-9)

11.10 Zig Zag
(ages 7-9)

11.30 Ghostwriter
(ages 10-12)

12.00 Testament: the Bible in Animation: Elijah
(ages 7-13) (Stereo)

Contributors

Writer (Look and Read):
Christopher Russell
Writer (Look and Read):
Christine Russell
Writer (Testament):
Murray Watts

Comedy starring Ginger Rogers
Ronald Colman
When a handsome strangerwishes
Jean Newton good luck, she decides to buy a sweepstake ticket with him on a hunch. But Jean soon finds she's taking chance on romance as well as good fortune. Director Lewis Milestone (1940)
Black and white..... * See Films: pages 48-52 ***
Including at 3.00 News Regional News and Weather

Contributors

Unknown:
Ginger Rogers
Unknown:
Ronald Colman
Unknown:
Jean Newton
Director:
Lewis Milestone

Esther Rantzen talks to people who have been wrongly accused of crimes. Paddy Joe Hill, one of the Birmingham Six, talks about how his life was ruined after spending 16 years in prison.

Contributors

Presenter:
Esther Rantzen
Guest:
Paddy Joe Hill

The antiques game show in which amateur collectors take on a celebrity panel, with resident expert Eric Knowles. The guest is actress Julie Peasgood. Presented by Andy Craig.

Contributors

Presenter:
Andy Craig
Expert:
Eric Knowles
Guest:
Julie Peasgood
Director:
John Frame
Producer:
Clare Sillery

Continuing a rerun of Gerry Anderson's science-fiction police series.

A crooked fight promoter uses drugs to turn a frightened illegal immigrant into a ruthless predator.
(Repeat) (Stereo)

Contributors

Writer:
Marc Scott Zicree
Created by:
Gerry Anderson
Director:
John Glen
Lieutenant Patrick Brogan:
Ted Shackelford
Officer Jack Haldane:
Rob Youngblood
Officer Jane Castle:
Simone Bendix
Sally Brogan:
Nancy Paul
Matt:
Nic Klein
Liz:
Megan Olive
Podly:
Jerome Willis
Romek:
Lou Hirsch
Orrin:
Richard James
Took:
Mary Woodvine
Fredo:
David Quilter
Tildon:
Tony Haygarth

The showcase screenings from the children's camcorder series are My Dead Fish by a nine-year-old from Oxford; Minibeasts by two eight-year-olds from Leeds; and The Vet by a nine-year-old from Edinburgh.

(Revised repeat) (Stereo)

Contributors

Producer:
Christopher Morris
Executive Producer:
Eric Rowan

With a population of little more than a quarter of a million, Iceland has no traffic jams on its few proper roads. But its inhabitants spend thousands on snowmobiles and on transforming vans into four-wheel-drive vehicles able to cope with snowstorms and glaciers. Jeremy Clarkson investigates.
(Repeat) (Stereo)

Contributors

Presenter:
Jeremy Clarkson
Director:
Dennis Jarvis

Thriller starring John Ritter, Henry Winkler

Architect Jeremy Carlisle is undergoing a "civilised" divorce from his wife when she introduces him to her new boyfriend, Tony, a charming graduate student. But Tony is also a possessive sociopath and soon Jeremy's life is turned upside down.
(1993)
See Films: pages 48-52 **

Followed by Video Nation Shorts

Contributors

Director:
Rod Hardy
Jeremy Carlisle:
John Ritter
Tony:
Henry Winkler
Lynn Carlisle:
Stephanie Faracy
Susannah:
Julianne Phillips
Edward:
Sam Mancuso
Mike Doyle:
Matthew Walker
Alexandra:
Jewel Staite
Brock:
Jerry Wasserman
Jenny:
Caitlin Turner
Robert:
Erik Akai
Anne:
Louise Vallance

The last edition in the series takes a look at creation. American biologist Tom Ray explains how he believes evolution can be reproduced electronically and talks about his plans to release digital creatures across the internet to breed in people's computers. In the run-up to the general election the programme examines the growth of electronic democracy and it looks at the security threat of new spy satellites that could make surveillance pictures available across the net. With Benjamin Woolley and Fenella George.
Website: [web address removed]

Followed by Weatherview

Contributors

Presenter:
Benjamin Woolley
Presenter:
Fenella George
Interviewee:
Tom Ray
Series Editor:
Andrew Chitty

Open University
12.30 A Tale of Two Capitals: Paris and Rome
(Repeat)
1.30 Modern Art: Manet
(Repeat)

Nightschool TV
2.00 Modern Languages: Lernexpress: Series 1

BBC Focus
4.00 Italia 2000: Mondo e Mercato del Lavoro
(Repeat)
4.30 Science Master Classes: Development of Flight in Birds and Aeroplanes
(Repeat)
5.00 Science Master Classes: Bernal and the Social Function of Science
(Repeat)
5.30 RCN Nursing Update: Unit 47
(Repeat)

Open University
6.00 Siena Cathedral
(Repeat)
6.50 An Historian at Work
Writing a work.
(Repeat)

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