Programme Index

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10.30 Words and Pictures
(ages 5-7)

10.45 Cats' Eyes: Forces
(ages 5-7)

11.00 Look and Read: The Legend of the Lost Keys
(ages 7-9)

11.20 Zig Zag: Weather
(ages 7-9)

11.40 Landmarks
(ages 9-11) (Subtitled)

12.05 History File
(ages 14-16)

Contributors

Writer (Look and Read):
Jim Eldridge

Musical starring Diana Ross
Going out into a blizzard, Harlem schoolteacher Dorothy finds herself swept into the Emerald City, where she meets Tin Man, a lion and a scarecrow.
DirectorSidneyLumet(1978. U) * See Films: pages 52-58 **

Contributors

Unknown:
Diana Ross

Double bill of animated comedy.

6.00 Homer Defined
Homer prevents a nuclear accident.
With the voice of basketball star Magic Johnson.

6.20 I Married Marge
Homer recalls his courtship of Marge.

(Repeat)
Videoplus code for 6-6.20pm
Code for 6.20-6.45pm
Code for 6-6.45pm (not PDC)
(Another double bill is on Friday at 6pm)

Contributors

[Voice] (Homer Defined):
Magic Johnson

The centuries-old practice of chatting to friends and neighbours has defined the nature of community and our place within it. But the digital age is expanding the community boundaries and changing the ways in which humans interact.
Information: Ceefax page 628 and Website: [web address removed]

Contributors

Producer:
Cameron Balbimie

Oliver Walston's outspoken analysis of British agriculture continues as he asks why farming, with hand-outs worth £4 billion per year, is treated better than any other industry.
See today's choices.

Contributors

Presenter:
Oliver Walston
Producer:
Dick Colthurst

The music-and-travel odyssey concludes in Dublin, Ireland, with pianist Jools Holland meeting one of Ireland's greatest living musicians, Van Morrison. He also talks to Paddy Malone, lead singer of the Chieftains, and accompanies Mary Coughlan on I Want to Be Seduced.
(Digital widescreen)

Contributors

Presenter/Pianist:
Jools Holland
Interviewee:
Van Morrison
Interviewee:
Paddy Malone
Singer:
Mary Coughlan
Director:
Geoff Wonfor
Producer:
Sarah Brailsford

Antony Worrall Thompson cooks a spicy Thai chicken curry, guest chef Marguerite Patten bakes a classic apricot flan, and there's a guide to Riesling wines. Plus all the latest food news. With
Chris Kelly and JillyGoolden.
Series producer Elaine Bancroft ; Executive producer Tim Hincks Repeated on Saturday Digital widescreen RECIPES: Ceefax page 580 and Website: www.bbc.co.uk/foodanddrink E-mail: [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Antony Worrall Thompson
Unknown:
Marguerite Patten
Unknown:
Chris Kelly
Producer:
Elaine Bancroft
Producer:
Tim Hincks

The first of three programmes, shown over consecutive nights, in which a jury decides a man's fate in the real trial of a fictional crime. Mark Fay is accused of murdering his wife Mary, but is a prowler to blame, as he claims? Tonight the accused's daughter gives evidence against him.
(Digital widescreen) (Subtitled)

Followed by Weatherview

Contributors

Director/Producer:
John Farren

(Repeats are not indicated)

Open University
12.30 A Different Way of Learning
1.00 The Science of Climate?
(Subtitled)
1.30 A Formidable Foe

Schools
2.00 Teaching Today: IT; Teaching Today Plus: IT

Languages
4.00 Get By in French: Part 2

Business and Training
5.00 Skills for Work

Open University
5.45 Lifestyles, Work and the Family
6.35-7.00am Wood, Brass and Baboon Bones

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