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10.30 Words and Pictures
(ages 5-7)

10.45 Watch
(ages 5-7)

11.00 Look and Read: The Legend of the Lost Keys: The Final Hour
(ages 7-9)
Last in series.

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

Esther Rantzen hosts a debate on single-sex clubs with guests Peregrine Worsthorne and Rachel Heyhoe-Flint.
(Stereo)

Contributors

Presenter:
Esther Rantzen
Panellist:
Peregrine Worsthome
Panellist:
Rachel Heyhoe-Flint

The first of this week's five finals from the Victoria Rooms in Bristol.

Five pianists - Alison Farr, Helen Reid, Nicholas Hagon, Nathan Williamson and Ron Abramski - compete for a place in next Sunday's final concert. Conductor Charles Hazlewood assesses the performances, which are judged by John Lill, Vanessa Latarche and Andrew Ball. Presented by Stephanie Hughes.
See today's choices.
(The percussion final is tomorrow, 7.10pm) (Stereo)
Event sponsored by Lloyds Bank

Contributors

Presenter:
Stephanie Hughes
Pianist:
Alison Farr
Pianist:
Helen Reid
Pianist:
Nicholas Hagon
Pianist:
Nathan Williamson
Pianist:
Ron Abramski
Analysis:
Charles Hazlewood
Judge:
John Lill
Judge:
Vanessa Latarche
Judge:
Andrew Ball
Director:
Helen Mansfield
Executive Producer:
Jonathan Fulford

Adam Hart-Davis continues his search for unsung heroes of science when he cycles around the south of England. On a stop-off in Surrey, he uses a tin of tuna to explain the physics behind Neville Barnes-Wallis's invention of the bouncing bomb.
Other subjects include Charles Darwin, whose theory of evolution is explored in a series of programmes beginning on Friday, and Thomas Young, who discovered how the eyes focus.
(The series continues on Thursday at 8pm) (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:
Paul Bader
Executive producer:
Jonathan Drori

Chef Ainsley Harriott creates mustard-basil beef rolls, chicken korma and Speedy Gonzales tortillas when he meets an insurance broker, a teacher and a student union president who all have busy lifestyles.
(Stereo) (Subtitled)
See Food: page 28

Contributors

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

The series exploring new media looks at problems posed by the "millennium bug" and meets a choreographer who has learned to dance the digital way.

Followed by Weatherview

Contributors

Producer:
Joanne Evans
Editor:
Andrew Chitty

Satire, preceding this year's Oscars ceremony.
Starring Tim Robbins

Film executive Griffin Mill sets out to find the screenwriter he suspects is trying to destroy him.
Plus a host of stars in cameo roles.
(1992, 15)
See Films: pp 50-55 *****
Film of the week: page 43

Contributors

Director:
Robert Altman
Griffin Mill:
Tim Robbins
June Gudmundsdottir:
Greta Scacchi
Walter Stuckel:
Fred Ward
Det Susan Avery:
Whoopi Goldberg
Larry Levy:
Peter Gallagher
Tom Oakley:
Richard E. Grant

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