Programme Index

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Beginning a five-part daily series in which celebrities read children's stories, launching the Books for Babies campaign to promote literacy among the very young. Today Vanessa Feltz relates the tale of My Naughty Sister.

Contributors

Storyteller:
Vanessa Feltz

10.30 Words and Pictures: Oliver's Wood
(ages 5-7)

10.45 Cats' Eyes: Light and Sound - Light and Dark
(ages 5-7)

11.00 Look and Read: Earthwarp - Mystifying Magic
ages 7-9)

11.20 Zig Zag: Tudor Life - Entertainment
(ages 7-9)

11.40 Landmarks: Time Lines - Children
(ages 9-11) (Subtitled)

12.05 History File: Nazi Germany - Opposition to Hitler
(ages 14-16)

Beginning the final week of the series that explores the British countryside. In West Sussex Bob Langley visits Arundel Castle. Lord Healey explains why he loves the area so much and actress Alexandra Bastedo conducts a tour of the refuge she runs for birds and animals.

Support Material: To obtain the 48-page guide accompanying the series, send a cheque for £4.00, made payable to BBC Education, to [address removed] Ceefax: page

Contributors

Presenter:
Bob Langley
Guest:
Lord Healey
Reporter:
Alexandra Bastedo
Series Producer:
Mike Finlason
Executive Producer:
Fiona Pitcher

Live coverage of the first day's play in the Open championship from Potters Leisure Resort in Norfolk. In today's best-of-three-set matches Les Gillett begins the defence of his title, which he won so unexpectedly last year. Presented by Dougie Donnelly.

Including at 2.40, 3.25 News Regional News and Weather

Contributors

Presenter:
Dougie Donnelly
Bowler:
Les Gillett
Editor:
Gerard Lane

An animated double bill.

Bart Gets Hit by a Car
Homer sues Mr Burns after Bart is injured in a traffic accident.
(Repeat)

6.20 Halloween Special.
Bart introduces three horror tales.
Featuring the guest voice of James Earl Jones.
(Repeat) (Subtitled)

Code for 6.00-6.45 (not PDC)
Another double bill starts tomorrow at 6pm

Contributors

[Voice] (Halloween Special):
James Earl Jones

A four-part quiz series for students, hosted by TFI Friday's Will Macdonald.
Two teams from the University of Reading will be tested on their course work, popular culture, social activities and the real world.
See today's choices.

Contributors

Presenter:
Will Macdonald
Director:
Mick Thomas
Producer:
Simon Irgram

Guest chef Nick Nairn prepares lemon chicken with spicy cous cous; Jilly Goolden and Oz Clarke taste new English wines; Michael Barry visits France to sample traditional moules marinières; and Antony Worrall Thompson makes a glazed lemon tart. With Chris Kelly. Executive producer Tim Hincks ; Series producer Elaine Bancroft CEEFAX: page

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Nairn
Unknown:
Jilly Goolden
Unknown:
Oz Clarke
Unknown:
Michael Barry
Unknown:
Antony Worrall
Unknown:
Chris Kelly.
Producer:
Tim Hincks
Producer:
Elaine Bancroft

Beginning a six-part series taking a humorous look at TV and cinema commercials from 1955-85, with commentary from an animated version of TV critic Victor Lewis-Smith.

Contributors

Presenter:
Victor Lewis-Smith
Director:
Tim Hodlin
Producer:
Victor Lewis-Smith
Producer:
Paul Sparks

An episode of the Asian sketch comedy series with Meera Syal, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Nina Wadia and Kulvinder Ghir. The second series will begin next month.
(Repeat)

Contributors

Writer:
Richard Pinto
Writer:
Sharat Sardana
Director:
Nick Wood
Producer:
Anil Gupta
Comedienne:
Meera Syal
Comedian:
Sanjeev Bhaskar
Comedienne:
Nina Wadia
Comedian:
Kulvinder Ghir

(Repeats are not indicated)

Global Stories
12.30 Declining Citizenship
1.00 Accumulating Years and Wisdom
(Subtitled)
1.30 A University without Walls

Schools
2.00 Globo; Teaching Modern Foreign Languages

Languages
4.00 Talk Spanish 3-6

Business and Training
5.00 Skills for Work: 18

Open University
5.45 Is Seeing Believing?
6.10 Global Tourism
6.35-7.00am The Chemistry of Survival

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