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10.30 Watch: Ourselves - Me
(ages 5-7)

10.45 Science Zone: People - Horses for courses
(ages 9-11)

11.05 Space Ark: People - How Life Begins
(ages 7-11)

11.15 Megamaths: Five Times
(ages 7-9) (Subtitled)

11.35 Watch: Music - the Song Catcher: Work Calypso
(ages 5-7)

11.50 History File: Black Peoples of the Americas
(ages 11-13) (Subtitled)

12.10 Belief File - Issues: Belief and Suffering
(ages 14-19)

Bob Langley visits Skye, the largest of the Inner Hebrides and home to otters, white-tail sea eagles and alpine plants.

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Contributors

Presenter:
Bob Langley
Series Producer:
Mike Finlason
Executive Producer:
Fiona Pitcher

Under discussion today is the fostering of children. Lowri Turner meets families who reveal how fostering changed their lives, while other guests, including former athlete Kriss Akabusi, talk about their experiences as foster children.

Contributors

Presenter:
Lowri Turner
Guest:
Kriss Akabusi

The consumer education magazine, presented by Martin Bashir.

Tonight's edition tests the government's plans to cut down traffic congestion during the school run by asking parents to try alternatives such as walking and car sharing. Plus a look at the information technology revolution in schools. With Liz Kershaw
See today's choices.

Contributors

Presenter:
Martin Bashir
Reporter:
Liz Kershaw
Senior Producer:
Hilary Rosen
Series Producer:
Sandy Smith

Society photographer Christopher Sykes continues his culinary tour of British stately homes.

This week he visits Heydon Hall in Norfolk, once a Cromwellian stronghold and now home to the Bulwer-Long family. There he visits an ancient building once used to provide ice for the kitchen, and hunts for crabs in the nearby village of Cromer.
The family's retired cook returns to the kitchen to reveal some of her culinary secrets, preparing chicken chaud froid, which she once cooked for Queen Mary, and traditional summer pudding.

Contributors

Presenter:
Christopher Sykes
Director:
Dominic Cyriax
Producer:
Caroline Turner

Tonight retired weatherman Ian McCaskill tells of his passion for saucy postcards, and rock musician Rick Wakeman reveals why he would pay £15,000 for a rare turn-of-the-century pen.
Plus a school for antiques lovers wanting to furthertheir knowledge, a look at superior vintage lawnmowers and a celebration of master potter Bernard Leach. Presented by Fiona Bruce. with Tim Wonnacott.
David Dickinson and Paul Atterbury. Series producer Jane Lomas
Series editor Mark Hill WEB SITE: www.bbc.co.uk/antiques

Contributors

Unknown:
Ian McCaskill
Musician:
Rick Wakeman
Unknown:
Bernard Leach.
Presented By:
Fiona Bruce.
Unknown:
Tim Wonnacott.
Unknown:
David Dickinson
Unknown:
Paul Atterbury.
Producer:
Jane Lomas
Editor:
Mark Hill

First of six new editions in the historical documentary series.

An estimated quarter-of-a-million homosexuals fought for Britain during the Second World War. At the time, homosexuality was still a criminal offence, but the authorities mostly turned a blind eye during the national crisis.
Tonight's programme tells the story of these forgotten fighters, revealing the extent to which homosexual activity was condoned within the ranks.
See today's choices.

Contributors

Series Editor:
Laurence Rees
Producer:
Annie Paul

The second in the series following a young offenders' exchange project finds the Belfast group reaching the end of the first leg and preparing for their journey to London. A compromise is reached over the issue of free time, but tempers flare up again when some members of the group are found to be possessing drugs.

The last film is tomorrow at 11.20pm

(Repeats are not indicated)

Open University
12.30 Surviving the Exam
1.00 What's All This Fuss About IT?

Schools
2.00 Music: Programme 1

Languages
4.00 Espana Viva 1-2

Business and Training
5.00 Engineering Your Future 1-3

Open University
5.45 The Liberation of Algebra
6.10 Energy Through the Window
6.35-7.00am The World's Best Athlete?

Contributors

Unknown:
Espana Viva

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