Programme Index

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Learning the cancan, a woman who spends all her time and money on her birds, plus motor racing at Brands Hatch, and a devotee of the sixties. With Cheryl Baker and Howard Stableford.
(Stereo)

Action Pack: send cheques for £5, payable to BBC Education, to [address removed]. Credit card hotline: [number removed]. Calls charged at the national rate.

Contributors

Presenter:
Cheryl Baker
Presenter:
Howard Stableford

Highlights from the sixth Winter Paralympic Games, which took place recently in Nagano, Japan.
Medal hopes rest with alpine skier Sarah Morris, the first woman to represent Britain at the Games. With Jon Ridgeon.

Contributors

Presenter:
Jon Ridgeon
Executive Producer:
Brian Venner

A quintet of percussionists - Troy Miller, Emma Brodie, Andrew Cottee, Adrian Spillett and Magnus Mehta - vie for a coveted spot in next Sunday's concert final. The performances are judged by Paul Clarvis, Kevin Nutty and Rachel Gledhill.
Hosted by Stephanie Hughes.
(The strings final is tomorrow at 7.10 pm)
(Stereo)

Contributors

Presenter:
Stephanie Hughes
Percussionist:
Troy Miller
Percussionist:
Emma Brodie
Percussionist:
Andrew Cottee
Percussionist:
Adrian Spillett
Percussionist:
Magnus Mehta
Judge:
Paul Clarvis
Judge:
Kevin Nutty
Judge:
Rachel Gledhill
Director:
Angela Young
Associate producer:
Andy King

The medical magazine asks if counselling for trauma victims is really beneficial, hearing from a nurse who expresses scepticism about its positive effects.
Plus the dangers that severe itching in pregnancy can pose for unborn children, and the best ways to address the problem of snoring. Presented by Dr Phil Hammond and Donna Bernard.
Ceefax: page 617
Web Site: [web address removed]

Contributors

Presenter:
Dr Phil Hammond
Presenter:
Donna Bernard
Executive Producer:
Michael Mosley
Series Producer:
Sacha Baveystock

Antony Worrall Thompson prepares three simple spring salads - one combining rocket and chicory with parmesan, another featuring warm broccoli, and a third containing tandoori chicken. Jilly Goolden visits the home of tea - Darjeeling in northern India - to test local brews. Presented by Chris Kelly.
(Stereo)

Contributors

Presenter:
Chris Kelly
Chef:
Antony Worrall Thompson
Reporter:
Jilly Goolden
Producer:
Moyra Rose
Series Producer:
Tim Hincks

9.00 The Profits Pump
Michael Robinson examines the financial success of the water industry since privatisation and asks whether customers have lost out while profits have soared.
(Stereo)

9.40 Water Works
The series on Victorian water architecture continues with a look at pumping stations.
(Stereo) (Subtitled)

9.45-10.00 Wash Day Blues
Short fantasy drama about a woman who dreams of owning a new washing machine.
Written and directed by Jaine Green

(Waterworks is tomorrow at 7.05pm)

Contributors

Presenter (The Profits Pump):
Michael Robinson
Producer (The Profits Pump):
Gillian Bancroft
Executive Producer (The Profits Pump):
Harry Dean
Writer/Director (Wash Day Blues):
Jaine Green
Executive Producer (Wash Day Blues):
John Drury

Fifth in a six-part comedy drama from Simon Nye, starring Dylan Moran, Charlotte Coleman

Ian plans revenge for a tasteless practical joke.

(Stereo) (Subtitled)
The experts' view: page 129

Followed by Water Week: Water People
A model hooked on mineral water.
(Stereo)

Contributors

Writer:
Simon Nye
Director:
John Henderson
Producer:
Margot Gavan Duffy
Ian Lyons:
Dylan Moran
Lisa Lyons:
Charlotte Coleman
Astley Yardley:
Frank Finlay
Helen Yardley:
Emma Chambers
Dean Yardley:
Peter Serafinowicz
Pam Yardley:
Diana Fairfax
Warren Yardley:
Simon Bateso
John:
Jasper Holmes
Gavin:
Will Barton
Bruce:
William Lawrance

(Note: repeats are not indicated)

Open University
12.30 The Passionate Statistician
(Subtitled)
1.00 The Arch Never Sleeps
(Stereo)
1.30 Reflecting on Conies

Schools
2.00 Science

Languages
4.00 French Experience Rencontres, 2

Business and Training
5.00 Career Moves

Open University
5.45 Catalysts against Pollution
(Subtitled)
6.10 The Palazzo Pubblico, Siena
6.35-7.00am Stressed Materials: Made without Flaw?

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