Programme Index

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(Note: repeats are not indicated)

9.00 The Geography Programme Shorts: France 2000 - Contrasting Regions
(ages 11-13)

9.10 Numbertime: More or Less - One More

9.25 Folk Dance: Country Dance: Part 1
(ages 9-12) (Subtitled)

9.45 Words and Pictures
(ages 5-7)

10.30 Numbertime: Shapes - Circles
(ages 4-6)

10.45 Cats' Eyes: The Environment
(ages 5-7)

11.05 Number Adventures: Eggs for the Queen
(ages 5-7)

11.20 The Geography Programme: Brazil 2000 - City: Rio de Janeiro
(ages 11-13) (Subtitled)

11.40 Science in Action: Air
(ages 11-14)

12.00 Shakespeare - the Animated Tales: Othello
(ages 11-13)

Further action from Sheffield as six-times world champion Steve Davis completes his match against Crucible newcomer Joe Perry, and England's Jimmy White starts his championship campaign against Scotland's Alan McManus. Introduced by Dougie Donnelly, with commentary from Clive Everton, Ray Edmonds, Dennis Taylor, John Virgo, Willie Thorne, Jim Meadowcroft and John Parrott.

Contributors

Presenter:
Dougie Donnelly
Commentary:
Clive Everton
Commentary:
Ray Edmonds
Commentary:
Dennis Taylor
Commentary:
John Virgo
Commentary:
Willie Thorne
Commentary:
Jim Meadowcroft
Commentary:
John Parrott
Snooker player:
Steve Davis
Snooker player:
Joe Perry
Snooker player:
Jimmy White
Snooker player:
Alan McManus

More action from the Crucible. Stephen Hendry concludes his match against England's Paul Hunter, and Stephen Lee comes up against John Lardner of Scotland. With Dougie Donnelly

Contributors

Presenter:
Dougie Donnelly
Snooker player:
Stephen Hendry
Snooker player:
Paul Hunter
Snooker player:
Stephen Lee
Snooker player:
John Lardner

This evening's session of the world championship sees the charismatic and unpredictable Ronnie O'Sullivan playing his first-round tie against surprise qualifier Leo Fernandez of Ireland. Presented by David Vine. With commentary provided by Clive Everton, Ray Edmonds, Dennis Taylor, John Virgo, Willie Thorne, Jim Meadowcroft and John Parrott.

Contributors

Presenter:
David Vine
Commentary:
Clive Everton
Commentary:
Ray Edmonds
Commentary:
Dennis Taylor
Commentary:
John Virgo
Commentary:
Willie Thorne
Commentary:
Jim Meadowcroft
Commentary:
John Parrott
Snooker player:
Ronnie O'Sullivan
Snooker player:
Leo Fernandez

Continuing the eight-part series.

As the world championship battles on, actor and snooker fan Dennis Waterman investigates the history of the sport, which originated in the Raj and was popularised when the programme Pot Black was born in the sixties specifically to help persuade people to invest in colour televisions.

Ethnic cleansing in the Balkans may have increased recently but is nothing new. Presenter Mark Urban looks back to 1938, when the Serbs offered money to Turkey to take in 40,000 Albanian families - a deal which was halted by the outbreak of the Second World War. With Ralph Steadman.

(Subtitled)

Contributors

Reporter:
Dennis Waterman
Presenter:
Mark Urban
Guest:
Ralph Steadman
Series Editor:
Archie Baron

In the cookery show that strips recipes down to their most basic details, young chef Jamie Oliver prepares a meal for his sister's hen night. It includes baked salmon with olives, green beans and anchovies; focaccia with olive oil, rosemary and garlic; and a lemon and lime cream tart.
See today's choices.
(Digital widescreen) (Subtitled)
Food: page 38; Win a Kitchen Coach: page 142; Half-price saucepans: page

Contributors

Presenter/Chef:
Jamie Oliver
Director/Producer:
Patricia Llewellyn

Anne McKevitt seeks out and explains the latesttrends in interior-design fashion,
Diarmuid Gavin demonstrates how to make indoor-plant containers from everyday household objects, and the team start work on the basic structural changes to the McCoskers' house.
Producer Ed Bazalgette : Series editor
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Contributors

Unknown:
Anne McKevitt
Unknown:
Diarmuid Gavin
Producer:
Ed Bazalgette

Further snooker action as Ronnie O'Sullivan continues his first-round match against Leo Fernandez, and Alan McManus plays to the finish against Jimmy White. With David Vine.

Then Video Nation Shorts from the Balkans
A personal view of life during the war.

Contributors

Presenter:
David Vine
Snooker player:
Ronnie O'Sullivan
Snooker player:
Leo Fernandez
Snooker player:
Alan McManus
Snooker player:
Jimmy White

London is in an optimistic mood. It has become a mecca for young people, an important financial centre and prestigious architectural projects are being developed. But, as journalist George Monbiot discovers in the last of the series, it is in danger of becoming an exclusive, rather than an inclusive, city.

Followed by Weatherview

Contributors

Presenter:
George Monbiot

(Repeats are not indicated)

Open University
12.30 Sickle Cell - a Lethal Advantage
(Subtitled)
1.00 The KT Event
(Subtitled)
1.30 The Nature of Impacts and Their Impacts on Nature

Schools
2.00 Primary PSHE

Languages
4.00 The Business Language Special

Business and Training
5.00 So You Want to Work in Social Care?
5.30 20 Steps to Better Management

Open University
5.45 Nerves
6.10 Insect Hormones - the Control of Moulting
6.35-7.00am Regulation and Control

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