Programme Index

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(Note: repeats are not indicated)

9.00 Space Ark: Light and Sound
(ages 7-11)

9.10 Short Circuit: Shock-tactics
(ages 14-16)

9.30 Writing and Pictures: The Beanstalk
(ages 6-7)

9.45 Storytime: Stanley in the Dark and Little Mouse Twitchy Whiskers
(ages 4-5)

10.30 Words and Pictures: The Tusk Fairy
(ages 5-7)

10.45 Cats' Eyes: Flowers, Seeds and Plants
(ages 5-7)

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

11.20 Zig Zag: Environment: Water, Air and Land
(ages 7-9)

11.40 Landmarks: The Caribbean Islands - Landscape
(ages 9-11)

12.00 Job Bank: Nursery Nurse
(ages 14-19) (Subtitled)

12.10 History File
(ages 14-16)

Contributors

Writer (Look and Read):
Jim Eldridge

Caroline Righton is in Venice to begin this week's tour of Italy, and Valentina Harris presents Italian Regional Cooking.
(Repeat)

Contributors

Presenter:
Caroline Righton
Presenter/Chef (Italian Regional Cooking):
Valentina Harris
Series Producer:
David Wilson
Executive Producer:
Fiona Pitcher

An interstellar slave-trader offers the Alphans a device that could take them all back to Earth, but demands a heavy price.
(First shown on ITV)

Contributors

Writer:
Thom Keyes
Director:
Bob Brooks
John Koenig:
Martin Landau
Dr Helena Russell:
Barbara Bain
Maya:
Catherine Schell
Tony Verdeschi:
Tony Anholt
Alan Carter:
Nick Tate
Taybor:
Willoughby Humphrys

The travel documentary series returns with six new reports.

Edith Bowman and Dimitri Doganis offer an honest view of one of the most isolated countries in Latin America. From La Pazvia Santa Cruz to the silver mines of Potosi, they discover that there is more to Bolivia than dictatorships and cocaine.
(Digital widescreen) (Subtitled)

Contributors

Presenter:
Edith Bowman
Presenter:
Dimitri Doganis
Director/Producer:
Mike Gooding

Investigations into the murkier activities of housing professionals.

They are the greatest financial commitment that most people will make, yet mortgages remain poorly regulated. Undercover reporter Paul Kenyon discovers how easy it is to obtain a credit licence to become a mortgage broker.

Contributors

Reporter:
Paul Kenyon
Producer:
Joanna Burge
Series Producer:
Stewart Lansley

Guest chef Paul Gayler cooks chocolate and chilli-glazed pork, and Antony Worrall Thompson presents a chocolate souffle. Jilly Goolden and Oz Clarke sample muscat wines, and the team prepare a feast for a ballooning festival in the Alps. Presented by Chris Kelly.
Series producer Elaine Bancroft ; Executive producer Tim Hincks Repeated on Saturday Digitalwidescreen Subtitled ......... WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/foodanddrink E-MAIL: [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Gayler
Unknown:
Antony Worrall Thompson
Unknown:
Jilly Goolden
Unknown:
Oz Clarke
Presented By:
Chris Kelly.
Producer:
Elaine Bancroft
Producer:
Tim Hincks

A new four-part drama starring Ray Winstone, Mark Strong, Phil Davis

Alan, Terry and Graham have been inseparable since primary school. In a drunken haze they pay a visit to their old headmaster - and there their troubles begin.
Contains sex and strong language.
See today's choices.
(Repeated on Friday at 11.15pm)
(Digital widescreen)
Ray Winstone: People, page 14

Contributors

Writer:
Tony Grounds
Producer:
Greg Brenman
Director:
Adrian Shergold
Alan:
Ray Winstone
Terry:
Mark Strong
Graham:
Phil Davis
Alex:
Maggie O'Neill
Pat:
Michelle Fairley
Molly:
Tessa Peake-Jones
Laura:
Frances Shergold
Becky:
Emily Corrie
Frank:
Ronny Quirke
Billy:
Aaron Keeling
Colin:
Michael Tucek
Vicar:
Peter Halliday
Photographer:
Richard Albrecht
Mr Astil:
Jimmy Gardner
Dan:
Glyn Grimstead

Clive Anderson hosts the political panel game in which Jeremy Hardy and Graeme Garden use wit, humour and outright bribery in their attempts to win votes, with the help of actor and Fast Show star John Thomson and comedian Linda Smith.
(Repeated on Saturday) (Digital widescreen)

Contributors

Presenter:
Clive Anderson
Team captain:
Jeremy Hardy
Team captain:
Graeme Garden
Panellist:
John Thomson
Panellist:
Linda Smith
Producer:
Richard Osman
Series Producer:
Anne Marie Thorogood

Two days ago the Labour Party in Wales elected a new leader. The choice was between Welsh Secretary Alun Michael and his challenger Cardiff West MP Rhodri Morgan. Huw Edwards followed both camps through the campaign, offering a wry and revealing look at the battle for the future of Welsh politics.
(Digital widescreen) (Subtitled)

Followed by Weatherview

Contributors

Presenter:
Huw Edwards
Producer:
Simon Heaven

Repeats are not indicated.

Open University
12.30 A Tale of Two Capitals: Paris and Rome
(Subtitled)
1.30 Pilgrimage: the Shrine at Loreto

Schools
2.00 Special Needs
(signing)

Languages
4.00 Italianissimo 5-8

Business and Training
5.00 Skills for Work

Open University
5.45 Siena Cathedral
6.35-7.00am Paris - Spectacle of Modernity

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