Programme Index

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7.30 Secret Life of Toys
Puppets. Repeated at 1pm Repeat Stereo

7.45 The Raccoons
Animated adventures from the Evergreen Forest. Repeat.

8.10 The Wacky Races
Cartoon fun. Repeat

8.35 The Lowdown
The children's documentary series looks at the selection and training of Wimbledon's ballboys and ballgirls. Shown yesterday at 5.10pm on BBC1

9.05 Activ8
Featuring flamenco, windsurfing, paddle tennis and pelota. Repeat Stereo

9.35 Sweet Valley High
US teenage drama series. Repeat

9.55 Funnybones
Big, Little and Dog find a wishbone. Repeat Stereo

10.10 Teletubbies
Grand Old Duke of York. The Teletubbies play a a new game when the voice trumpet sings a favourite nursery rhyme. Stereo

10.35 Babar
The children decide to have a garden sale. Repeat

Second World War drama, starring Humphrey Bogart, Claude Rains
A journalist covering a story on a Free French airforce squadron, based in Britain, discovers their leader is a convict who has escaped from Devil's Island.
Director Michael Curtiz (1944, PG)
(Black and white)
See Films: pages 57-72

Contributors

Director:
Michael Curtiz
Matrac:
Humphrey Bogart
Captain Freycinet:
Claude Rains
Paula:
Michele Morgan
Renault:
Philip Dorn
Major Duval:
Sydney Greenstreet
Marius:
Peter Lorre
Petit:
George Tobias

Another scientist chooses his personal seven wonders.
Thomas Eisner , Professorof
Biology at Cornell University, is a world expert on insectdefence systems and his wonders include the Bombardier beetle, the love-song of the mosquito and the stereo microscope, which provides such afascinating view of nature that he wishes everyone in the world could look through one. Introduced by Sue Lawley . Producer Christopher Sykes
Executive producer Dana Purvis

Contributors

Unknown:
Thomas Eisner
Introduced By:
Sue Lawley
Producer:
Christopher Sykes
Producer:
Dana Purvis

The current affairs magazine programme reflecting the lives and experiences of Britain 's African and African-Caribbean communities.
Paula Fenton has had two hip replacements, although she is only 44. Her nails, hair and teeth are falling out, and she suffers extreme mood swings. She is one of 50,000 people in Britain who sufferfrom lupus, a disease that is often misdiagnosed as mental illness. Intonight's programme Gillian Joseph reports on the illness that affects three times as many black people as white. Presented by Rianna Scipio.
Producer Sandy Smith : Series producer
Patrick Younge Subtitled 31
Then Video Nation Election Shorts
A season of specials where people around the country express their thoughts as the campaign unfolds.

Contributors

Unknown:
Paula Fenton
Unknown:
Gillian Joseph
Presented By:
Rianna Scipio.
Producer:
Sandy Smith
Producer:
Patrick Younge

Two teams of medical students, from CharingCross and Westminster Medical School, and King's College School of Medicine and Dentistry, battle it out fora place in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
DirectorVernon Antcliffe; Producer
Peter Gwyn

Contributors

Unknown:
Jeremy Paxman
Producer:
Peter Gwyn

Carol Smillie presents the last interior design challenge of the series as two neighbours in Kent swap homes to transform a kitchen and a living room. Help comes from designers Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and Graham Wynne.
(Repeat) (Stereo)

Contributors

Presenter:
Carol Smillie
Interior Designers:
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen
Interior Designers:
Graham Wynne
Director:
Nick Vaughan-Barratt
Producer:
Pauline Doidge

Dirty Work
You can tell a lot about people from the mess that they make, and cleaners have the most intimate vantage point from which to view others. From daily helps to street cleaners, these are the stories of the sights that are seen, and the lives that are led, by those who do other people's dirty work. See today's choices.
Producer Lucy Sandys-Winsch Series editor Stephen Lambert
* PollyToynbee: page 10

Contributors

Editor:
Stephen Lambert

Bristol mother Mary Smith talks about her sometimes stormy relationship with her son, a heroin addict, and how she set up Knowle West against Drugs - a self-help group for local mothers of addicts. Director Ian Denyer ; Series producer Nikki Cheetham

Contributors

Talks:
Mary Smith
Director:
Ian Denyer
Producer:
Nikki Cheetham

Another chance to see the six-part documentary series following six different people who work at
London's Heathrow, the world's busiest international airport.
Tonight, Anita Newcourt , whose duties include looking after VIPs. Series producer Nick Catliff
Executive producer Jeremy Mills
Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Anita Newcourt
Producer:
Nick Catliff

OPEN UNIVERSITY
12.30am Sex and the Single Gene? Stereo 82845 1.00 The Art of Breathing Stereo 96609 1.30
Food -Whose Choice Is It Anyway?
LANGUAGE SEASON
2.00 Suenos 1-4 (with subtitles); Bon Mot ; Deutsch Plus 1-4
BBCFOCUS
4.00 English Heritage According to the Evidence
4.30 Unicef in the Classroom
Puppets for Peace
5.00 Basic Skills What's the Problem? Stereo 53406 5.30
Voluntary Matters
OPEN UNIVERSITY
6.00 Is Seeing Believing? Repeat 2657593 6.25 Organelles and Origins Repeat
6.50-7.15am Enzymes Repeat
LEARNING ZONE GUIDE: (0181)

Contributors

Unknown:
Bon Mot

BBC Two England

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