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10.30 Storytime
(ages 4-5)

10.45 The Experimenter: Types of Material - XP's New Shorts
(ages 7-9) (Stereo)

11.05 Space Ark: Types of Material: Choosing Materials
(ages 7-11) (Stereo)

11.15 Zig Zag: Geography UK- Weather in Wales
(ages 7-9) (Stereo)

11.35 English File: Shakespeare Shorts - A Midsummer Night's Dream
(ages 11-16)

11.55 Lifeschool: C is for Citizen
(ages 14+) (Stereo)

12.20 Showcase: English and Drama

Live coverage of the Conservative Party conference from Blackpool. Including debates on home affairs and innercity problems, with commentary from former chancellor Kenneth Clarke MP. The issues raised by today's debates will be discussed in Conference Talk at 6.45pm.

Including at 3.55 News Regional News and Weather

Contributors

Commentary:
Kenneth Clarke

An overview of the day's debates at the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool. Plus a live phone-in in which viewers can question politicians. Presented by Andrew Neil.
(For details see Tuesday) (Stereo)

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew Neil

Last in the series that looks at how history has shaped current news stories. In the week of the Tory Party conference, a look at Euroscepticism. Clive Emsley argues that the ghost of Napoleon haunts our thinking about Europe. Remembered here as a defeated dictator, across the Channel he is seen as a moderniser who brought about equality and new legal and educational systems. Plus a history of England's battles with Italy on the football pitch. Presented by Mark Urban.

Contributors

Presenter:
Mark Urban
Reporter:
Clive Emsley
Editor:
Archie Baron
Editor:
Neil Cameron

The ten boats will now be homing in on Cape Town for the climax of the month-long first leg. Tonight's programme features a special report from the island of Fernando in Brazil where the fleet passed by and a look at first aid procedures on board. Presented by Steve Rider, with Richard Simmonds and Fenella George.

Contributors

Presenter:
Steve Rider
Presenter:
Richard Simmonds
Presenter:
Fenella George
Producer:
Andrew Preece
Executive producer:
Rick Thomas

Modern medicine faces a crisis as new strains of antibiotic resistant bacteria threaten advanced treatments and intensive care. But there is an unlikely saviour - a virus derived from sewage that can kill bacteria. Since the thirties scientists in Tbilisi in Georgia have worked on these viruses, known as bacteriophage: now western scientists are coming to believe that this therapy might win the fight against superbugs.

Contributors

Producer/Director:
Judith Bunting
Series Editor:
John Lynch

Mark Lawson is joined by guests Anthony Julius, Allison Pearson and Tom Paulin to review the week's cultural highlights.
(Stereo) (Subtitled)

Followed by Weatherview

Contributors

Presenter:
Mark Lawson
Panellist:
Anthony Julius
Panellist:
Allison Pearson
Panellist:
Tom Paulin
Series Producer:
Janet Lee
Editor:
Mike Poole

12.30am The Making of...: Bill Oddie
Writing comedy.

Wildlife
12.35 Patterns in Green
1.00 Reindeer in the Arctic
1.30 Listening in the Dark

FETV
2.00 Mental Health and Community Care

Teaching Film and Media
4.00 Film Education: Production
4.30 Film Education: Hercules

Teacher Training
5.00 Basic Skills - What's the Problem
5.30 Understanding Dyslexia: a Teacher's Guide

Social Sciences
6.00 Images, Messages and Ideologies
6.50-7.00am Return to Skomer

Contributors

Speaker (The Making of...):
Bill Oddie

BBC Two England

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