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10.30 Storytime: Where's That Bus?/Wheels
(ages 4-5)

10.45 The Experimenter: Living: It Runs in the Family
(ages 7-9)

11.05 Space Ark: Living: Smoking and Health
(ages 7-11)

11.15 Zig Zag: Environment: Water, Air and Land - Waste
(ages 7-9) (Stereo) (Subtitled)

11.35 English File: In Context: Of Mice and Men
(ages 11-14) (Stereo)

11.55 Lifeschool
(ages 14+)

12.20 Showcase

Jill Dando visits the city of Florence as today's show highlights Tuscany and Rome. And, at 1.45pm, Valentina Harris continues her culinary tour of Italian Regional Cookery.

Contributors

Presenter:
Jill Dando
Presenter (Italian Regional Cookery):
Valentina Harris

Highlights of both women's semi-finals and the first of the men's semi-finals in the Australian Open at Melbourne Park. Commentary is by John Barrett, Bill Threlfall and Chris Bailey. Introduced by John Inverdale.

Contributors

Presenter:
John Inverdale
Commentator:
John Barrett
Commentator:
Bill Threlfall
Commentator:
Chris Bailey

Jeremy Clarkson tries out the legendary Riva speedboats on the Italian Riviera, Apache helicopter gunships in Georgia, USA, and, 100 miles north of the Arctic Circle, the weird machines used for travelling on snow and ice.
See today's choices.
(Stereo)
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[Photo caption] Snow laughing matter... Jeremy Clarkson tests the world's first snowmobile in Extreme Machines

Jeremy Clarkson's Extreme Machines 8.30pm BBC2
Skates are fast enough for most people who want to glide over the ice in northern Sweden, but not for Top Gear's boy racer. Give him a powered sledge with an engine loud enough to force him to shout, though, and he's a happy man. On his trip to Kiruna, Jeremy Clarkson samples a variety of snowmobiles, from a Model T-type jalopy to a state-of-the-art dragster that slices across the ice.
Our driver manages to keep his cool when he's transported across an Italian lake in the world's most expensive speedboat, the Riva. He also meets an American who owns a train set with a difference, checks out hovercraft-racing in France and takes a look at the Apache, the US Air Force's $14-million helicopter.

Contributors

Presenter:
Jeremy Clarkson
Producer:
Richard Pearson
Producer:
Andy Wilman

Last summer, a gardener working in the shadow of Malmesbury Abbey in Wiltshire unexpectedly uncovered a beautifully crafted coffin that dated back to medieval times. Julian Richards investigates the history behind the grave and finds a colourful cast of historical characters.
See today's choices.

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Contributors

Presenter:
Julian Richards
Producer:
Paul Bradshaw
Series Producer:
Ian Potts

A dance film, starring Simon Whitehead and choreographed by Rosemary Lee.
Alone in the attic room of an empty stone tower, a slightly dishevelled man is joined by a magical desk that provides a gateway to another world.
(Stereo)

Then Video Nation Shorts

Contributors

Dancer:
Simon Whitehead
Choreography:
Rosemary Lee
Director:
Peter Anderson

Mark Lawson is joined by Tom Sutcliffe, Suzanne Moore and Tom Paulin to review the week's cultural highlights, including Steven Pinker's bestseller How the Mind Works.

Followed by Skiing Forecast

Contributors

Presenter:
Mark Lawson
Panellist:
Tom Sutcliffe
Panellist:
Suzanne Moore
Panellist:
Tom Paulin
Editor:
Michael Poole
Series Producer:
Janet Lee

Open University
12.30 Euripides's Medea
(Subtitled)
1.00 The Myth of Medea
(Subtitled)
1.30 Myth and Music

Further Education
2.00 FETV: Childcare and Development

Languages
4.00 Italianissimo 17-20

Teacher Training
5.00 Teaching and Learning with IT: Key Stage 3
5.30 Teaching Today: Special 3

Open University
5.45 Wrapping up the Themes
(Subtitled)
6.35-7.00am Refining the View
the many uses of maths.

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