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Cheryl Baker and Howard Stableford take a steam-train ride in Wales, look at old caravans, experience tap dancing, find out the secrets of synchronised swimming and sample Italian cookery.
(Stereo)

Contributors

Presenter:
Cheryl Baker
Presenter:
Howard Stableford

Esther Rantzen discusses female alcoholism, Agony aunt Mollie Parkin, with her daughter Sophie, and journalist Derek Jameson and wife Ellen relate their experiences,

Contributors

Presenter:
Esther Rantzen
Guest:
Mollie Parkin
Guest:
Sophie Parkin
Guest:
Derek Jameson
Guest:
Ellen Jameson

Five teenage brass players give exhibitions of their virtuosity with the aim of reaching Sunday's concert final. The contestants are Alison Balsom, Niall Keatley and David Hilton (trumpet), Sam Elliott - making a record third appearance in the finals - on the tuba, and French-horn player Mark Almond. The jury comprises Paul Archibald, James Gourlay and Michael Thompson. Hosted by Stephanie Hughes, with Charles Hazlewood.
(The woodwind final is tomorrow at 7.10pm)
(Stereo)

Contributors

Presenter:
Stephanie Hughes
Presenter:
Charles Hazlewood
Trumpeter:
Alison Balsom
Trumpeter:
Niall Keatley
Trumpeter:
David Hilton
Tuba:
Sam Elliott
Horn:
Mark Almond
Judge:
Paul Archibald
Judge:
James Gourlay
Judge:
Michael Thompson
Director:
David Stevens
Series Producer:
Caroline Speed

With the water business booming, Michael Delahaye asks whether customers are getting value for their money as he takes water bosses in the region to task on their companies' practices.
(Subtitled)
(Wet Dreams is tonight at 10.20pm)
(Regional Programme: see variations in panel on left)

Contributors

Reporter:
Michael Delahaye
Producer:
Neill Angier
Executive Producer:
John Samson

Adam Hart-Davis cycles around Ireland to rediscover some scientific milestones. He looks at how John Tyndall found the sky was blue, how Charles Parsons used a telescope to see spiral galaxies, and why catamaran inventor William Petty revived a hanging woman.

Contributors

Presenter:
Adam Hart-Davis

Jeremy Clarkson attempts to prove his assertion that fast cars are the safest, Quentin Willson looks at prices for a second-hand Saab 900, plus a guide to Swedish car-buying.
(Repeated in Menzone on Saturday)
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Contributors

Presenter:
Jeremy Clarkson
Presenter:
Quentin Willson
Producer:
Chris Richards
Editor:
Jon Bentley

Classic comedy with the father-and-son rag-and-bone business.
Albert is becoming seriously concerned about a dealer's interest in Harold.
(Repeat)

Contributors

Writer:
Ray Galton
Writer:
Alan Simpson
Producer:
Duncan Wood
Albert Steptoe:
Wilfrid Brambell
Harold Steptoe:
Harry H Corbett
Timothy Stanhope:
Richard Hurndall
Dolly:
Valerie Bell
Edgar:
Roger Avon

Medical advances have made it possible for babies to survive just 23 weeks into their mothers' pregnancy. But is it ethical, or even desirable, to try saving such babies when they are running the risk of handicap?
This documentary looks at the latest radical breakthroughs in neonatal medicine, focusing on the extraordinary case of a baby who confounded her doctors.
See today's choices.

Contributors

Producer:
Liz Tucker
Series Editor:
John Lynch

Mark Lawson is joined by Tom Paulin and Allison Pearson to review a selection of the week's cultural highs and lows.

Followed by Skiing Forecast

Contributors

Presenter:
Mark Lawson
Panellist:
Tom Paulin
Panellist:
Allison Pearson
Series Producer:
Janet Lee
Editor:
Michael Poole

(Note: repeats are not indicated)

Open University
12.30 A New Way of Life
1.00 England's Green and Pleasant Land
1.30 Child's Play

Further Education
2.00 Key Skills: Study Skills

Teaching Film and Media
4.00 Film Education: Amistad
4.30 Film Education: Regeneration

Teacher Training
5.00 Windows on the World: School Linking and the Internet
5.30 Teaching Today: Special 11

Open University
5.45 Global Firms in the Industrialising East
6.10 Death and Dying: One Fact, Many Facets
6.35-7.00am Modelling in the Motor Industry

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