Programme Index

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10.30 Storytime
(ages 4-5)

10.45 The Experimenter: Electricity and Magnetism: What's the Attraction?
(ages 7-9)

11.05 Space Ark: Recycling Materials
(ages 7-11)

11.15 Zig Zag: Geography: Kenya - Out and About
(ages 7-9)

11.35 English File: Shakespeare Shorts
(ages 11-14)

11.55 Lifeschool: S Is for Sexism
(ages 14+)

Tonight Penny Wrout reports on whether the capital's police service has sufficient medical support to deal with prisoners who need treatment while in custody.
(Regional Programme: see variations in panel on left)

Contributors

Reporter:
Penny Wrout
Producer:
Jeremy Britton
Executive Producer:
John Samson

In the second programme for Science Week that traces the origins of modern science,
Adam Hart-Davis visits southern Italy, home to the greatest scientists of the ancient world.
In Syracuse, he recreates Archimedes's famous "eureka" incident and attempts the mythical trick of burning boats with mirrors. Atop Mount Etna, he reveals how a scientist's last volcanic experiment to prove his immortality went tragically wrong.
(Stereo)

Contributors

Presenter:
Adam Hart-Davis

Concluding the series following Tesco and its Banbury store.

Manager Andrew Lamb fights for the new tills he needs to get queues under control, but stock-controller Kay Stevens goes to pieces when she's put to work on one.
Meanwhile, the future of supermarketing comes under scrutiny as shareholders at Tesco's AGM complain about the environmental effects of new stores.

Contributors

Subject:
Andrew Lamb
Subject:
Kay Stevens
Narrator:
Jim Broadbent
Director:
Robert Letts
Series Producer:
Jill Nicholls

When biologist Mike Levine came across a picture of a mutant fruit fly with two perfectly formed legs in place of its antennae, he realised it held the key to how a basic genetic toolkit constructs complex animals. Could the building blocks of nature offer practical applications for medicine?
See today's choices.

Contributors

Subject:
Mike Levine
Producer:
Peter Goodchild
Series Editor:
John Lynch

Bristol mother Mary Smith recalls the stormy relationship with her son, a heroin addict, and how she set up Knowle West against Drugs - a self-help group set up for mothers of addicts.
(Repeat) (Stereo)

Contributors

Subject:
Mary Smith
Director:
Ian Denyer
Series Producer:
Nikki Cheetham

Mark Lawson is joined by Tom Paulin and Germaine Greer to review the week's high and lows, including Quentin Tarantino's new film release Jackie Brown.
(Stereo)

Followed by Skiing Forecast

Contributors

Presenter:
Mark Lawson
Panellist:
Tom Paulin
Panellist:
Germaine Greer
Series Producer:
Janet Lee
Editor:
Michael Poole

(Note: repeats are not indicated)

Open University
12.30 Playing Safe
1.00 New York and Los Angeles: Reinventing the City

Further Education
2.00 Key Skills

Teaching Film and Media
4.00 Film Education: The Man in the Iron Mask
4.30 Film Education

Teacher Training
5.00 Central Bureau North and South
5.30 Teaching Today: Special 10

Open University
5.45 Reflections on a Global Screen
6.10-7.00am Reading the Landscape

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