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10.30 Storytime: Henny Penny/Hens
(ages 4-5) (Stereo)

10.45 The Experimenter: Changes in Materials - Mending a Monster
(ages 7-9)

11.05 Space Ark: Changes in Material - Burning
(ages 7-11)

11.15 In Living Memory: Spare the Rod
(ages 14-18)

11.35 Landmarks: Pakistan and Its People - the Indus Civilisation
(ages 9-12) (Subtitled)

11.55 Techno: Food - Marketing Food
(ages 11-14)

12.15 Quinze Minutes Plus: En Vacances
(ages 11-13)

Quentin Willson takes a chauffeur-driven ride in a Mercedes 600 stretch limousine once owned by John Lennon, and discovers that the car still has the touch of class which made it an essential item for the rich and famous.
Tony Mason goes to the country to test the new Subaru Legacy, and asks whether the countryman appeal which made it popular with farmers has been lost in the pursuit of urban style.
(Stereo) (Subtitled)
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Contributors

Presenter:
Quentin Willson
Presenter:
Tony Mason
Producer:
John Wilcox
Series Producer:
Jon Bentley

Sir Frank Whittle's idea for the first jet engine changed the nature of travel. Tonight's documentary tells the inspiring story of his invention and his frustrations at the hands of government bureaucracy and the British aviation industry. It also contains a previously unseen interview with Sir Frank, filmed several years before his death last summer.
See today's choices.
(Stereo)

Contributors

Interviewee:
Sir Frank Whittle
Producer:
Glyn Jones
Producer:
Nicholas Jones
Series Editor:
John Lynch

Penny Junor presents a selection of romantic holiday breaks, and actress Pauline Quirke and her husband Steve try out a honeymoon in the luxurious palaces of northern India.

Followed by Science Week: Shapes of the Invisible Aluminium

Contributors

Presenter:
Penny Junor
Reporter:
Pauline Quirke
Reporter:
Steve Sheen
Producer:
Helen Bullough

Further action from the World Figure Skating championships as the men's free programme reaches a conclusion. Britain's hopes lie with Steven Cousins who finished 18th last year. Introduced by Sue Barker.

Followed by Skiing Forecast

Contributors

Presenter:
Sue Barker

Open University
12.30 Playing Safe
(Stereo)
1.00 Reinventing the City
(Repeat)

FETV Short Cuts
2.00 Communications and Media Languages

Languages
4.00 Suenos - World Spanish

Business and Work
5.00 The Small Business Programme
(Repeat)
20 Steps to Better Management - the Drama
(Repeat)
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Open University
6.00 Reflections on a Global Screen
(Repeat) (Subtitled)
6.25 Reading the Landscape
(Repeat)

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