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10.30 Words and Pictures
(ages 5-7)

10.45 Cats' Eyes
(ages 5-7)

11.00 Look and Read: The Legend of the Lost Keys: The Box is Opened
(ages 7-9) (Subtitled)

11.20 Zig Zag
(ages 7-9)

11.40 Landmarks
(ages 9-12) (Subtitled)

12.00 Sportsbank Special: Dance
(ages 11-16)

Contributors

Writer (Look and Read):
Jim Eldridge

Cheryl Baker and Howard Stableford present the series looking at leisure pursuits. The first programme features items on photography and learning a language, and also challenges a viewer to master the merengue.
(Stereo)

Contributors

Presenter:
Cheryl Baker
Presenter:
Howard Stableford

Anne Diamond talks about her campaign to raise public awareness of cot deaths as Esther Rantzen asks if one person can make a difference.
(Stereo)

Contributors

Presenter:
Esther Rantzen
Guest:
Anne Diamond

Dr Ngaire Woods takes a look at major issues of concern.

Britain's arms industry commands 25 per cent of the world market and sustains 400,000 jobs. But, asks Woods, can the maintenance of a force that supports the country's high profile in world events co-exist with the Government's aim of developing an ethical foreign-affairs policy? Defence Secretary George Robertson and British Aerospace chairman Kevin Smith give their views.
(Stereo)

Contributors

Presenter:
Dr Ngaire Woods
Interviewee:
George Robertson
Interviewee:
Kevin Smith
Producer:
Ricardo Pollack
Series Producer:
Richard Klein

First of an eight-part series in which Adam Hart-Davis cycles around the country in search of the unsung heroes of science.

He visits south-west England, where his subjects include William Murdock, who devised the world's first mechanical vehicle and also came up with the idea of gas lighting, and the tragic Henry Winstanley, who amazed critics by building Eddystone Lighthouse in the seas off Plymouth, only to perish with his creation in a storm.
(Stereo)

Local Heroes Kit: a cheque for £9.95 payable to BBC Education, to [address removed]. Or phone [number removed]. Calls charged at national rate.

Contributors

Presenter:
Adam Hart-Davis
Producer:
David Poyser
Series Producer:
Paul Bader

Chef Ainsley Harriott shows more busy individuals how to create quick, mouth-watering meals. He guides a zookeeper in the preparation of Peking duck, creates coq au vin for a personnel manager and makes flash cod and mash for a female vicar. Plus tips on the ideal groceries for a store cupboard, and a visit to a wet-fish counter.
(Stereo) (Subtitled)
BBC Book: Ainsley Harriott's Meals in Minutes, price £14.99 from bookshops
Andrew Duncan interviews Ainsley Harriott: page 12; Food: page 28

Contributors

Presenter/Chef:
Ainsley Harriott
Director:
Derek Hallworth
Producer:
Caroline Officer

Biographical drama starring James Earl Jones

Alabama 1948: driven by the apathy of his black congregation in the face of segregation, Dr Vernon Johns preaches the need for radical social change. He soon upsets the authorities, and places his life in danger.
(1994)
See Films: pages 44-52 ***

Contributors

Director:
Kenneth Fink
Reverend Vernon Johns:
James Earl Jones
Altona Johns:
Mary Alice
Deacon Wilkes:
Joe Seneca
Rose:
Cissy Houston
Baby Dee:
Nicole Leach
Coach Hill:
Tommy Hollis

The programme exploring all aspects of new media returns for a six-part series. This first edition has the latest information-technology news and looks at the sinister phenomenon of cyberstalking, where the stalker sends abusive messages by e-mail. Plus consumer reports and the results of a competition to find the most innovative use of the internet. With Fenella George and Benjamin Woolley.
Web Site: [web address removed]

Followed by Weatherview

Contributors

Presenter:
Fenella George
Presenter:
Benjamin Woolley
Producer:
Joanne Evans
Editor:
Andrew Chitty

(Note: repeats are not indicated)

Open University
12.30 The Authentick and Ironicall Historie of Henry V
1.30 English: Whose English?

Schools
2.00 Mathematics

Languages
4.00 The New Get by in French: Part 2
Travel guide.

Business and Training
5.00 Skills for Work

Open University
5.45 Outsiders In - Muslims in Europe

6.35-7.00am Modern Art: Musee d'Orsay

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