Programme Index

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10.30 Storytime: The Rainbow Balloon
(ages 4-5)

10.45 The Experimenter: The Environment - Down on the Farm
(ages 7-9) (Subtitled)

11.05 Space Ark: The Environment - Recycling Living Things
(ages 7-11)

11.15 Zig Zag: Ancient Greece - the Parthenon
(ages 7-9) (Subtitled)

11.35 Pathways of Belief: Christianity - the Church
(ages 7-9+) (Subtitled)

11.50 Susanne
Drama serial in German.
(ages 14-16)

12.10 The Geography Programme: Investigating Britain - Industrial Waste
(ages 11-13)

Live first-round coverage from the Oxfordshire Golf Club of the Benson and Hedges International Open, the first British tournament of the 1999 European tour. A year ago Northern Ireland's Darren Clarke took the spoils after four sparkling rounds, beating Spain's Santiago Luna by three shots. Introduced by Steve Rider, with commentary by Peter Allis, Alex Hay, Mike Hughesdon and Beverly Lewis.
(Digital widescreen) (Subtitled)

Contributors

Presenter:
Steve Rider
Commentary:
Peter Allis
Commentary:
Alex Hay
Commentary:
Mike Hughesdon
Commentary:
Beverly Lewis

Continued live coverage of the first round of the International Open at the Oxfordshire Golf Club. Britain's three-times former Open champion Nick Faldo heads an impressive entry list, which also includes Ryder Cup colleagues Seve Ballesteros, Per-Ulrik Johansson and two-times former International Open winner Bernhard Langer.
(Digital widescreen) (Subtitled)

Contributors

Golfer:
Nick Faldo
Golfer:
Seve Ballesteros
Golfer:
Per-Ulrik Johansson
Golfer:
Bernhard Langer
Executive Producer:
John Shrewsbury

On the eve of the 1999 Cricket
World Cup, Jamie Theakston previews the tournament, which, with 180 players from 12 countries playing42 matches at 21 venues over a 38-day period, is the biggest competition ever staged in the sport.
Brian Lara , Shane Warne ,
Allan Donald and Wasim Akram assess the chances of the countries, and Theakston visits Alec Stewart and the England squad as they make final preparations fortomorrow's openinggame against title-holders Sri Lanka at Lord's, highlights of which can be seen at8.30pm. Plus a look at Sri Lanka and Scotland.
Producers Phil Bigwood and Martyn Smith WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/cricket

Contributors

Unknown:
Jamie Theakston
Unknown:
Brian Lara
Unknown:
Shane Warne
Unknown:
Allan Donald
Unknown:
Wasim Akram
Unknown:
Alec Stewart
Producers:
Phil Bigwood
Producers:
Martyn Smith

Diane-Louise Jordan and Rob Curling head west from London in search of things to do in the South East region. They try horse-whispering, Bhangra dancing and kayaking along a canal, and get padded up for the rough and tumble of ice hockey.

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Contributors

Presenter:
Diane-Louise Jordan
Presenter:
Rob Curling
Director:
Claire Hobday
Producer:
Louise Cartwright

Tiff Needell drives Honda's replacement fort he sporty NSX, the S2000, to find out whether it lives up to expectations.
(Digital widescreen)
Top Gear Magazine: available from newsagents, price £3.20

Contributors

Presenter:
Tiff Needell
Producer:
Philip Thickett
Editor:
Jon Bentley

The series on the history of the solar system continues.

For centuries Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune had puzzled astronomers, but in the late seventies the Voyager space probe embarked on a 12-year, four billion-mile journey to explore them, and found worlds that defied imagination.
See today's choices.
Digital widescreen CD: The Planets soundtrack is available now on BBC Music label
Reader Offer: buy the BBC hardback book The Planets, for only £17.99, inclusive of P&P; (rrp £19.99). To order call [number removed] or send a cheque, payable to RT Offers, to [address removed]

Contributors

Series Producer:
David McNab
Executive Producer:
John Lynch

A series exploring the emotions and conventions surrounding death and bereavement.

Family members who have had to deal with their feelings after losing a loved one talk about their experiences. Maggie agonises over whether she could have saved her son, Marie's daughter was murdered and her body has never been found, and Doris was widowed during the Second World War.
See today's choices.
(Digital widescreen)

BBC Action Line: viewers facing bereavement can ring [number removed]; lines are open from 10.30pm to midnight and tomorrow from 9am to 3pm website: [web address removed]

Contributors

Director:
Richard Bradley
Producer:
Hilary Clarke

Mark Lawson is joined by Tom Paulin, Tony Parsons and Allison Pearson to review the week's cultural highlights.

Followed by Holiday Weather

Contributors

Presenter:
Mark Lawson
Panellist:
Tom Paulin
Panellist:
Tony Parsons
Panellist:
Allison Pearson
Series Producer:
Mark Bell
Editor:
Michael Poole

(Repeats are not indicated)

Open University
12.30 Containing the Pacific
(Subtitled)
1.00 Desertification - a Threat to Peace?
1.30 Declining Citizenship

Further Education
2.00 Business Administration: Office Skills

Teaching Film and Media
4.00 Film Education: The Holocaust on Film: Part 2
4.30 Film Education: The Exhibitor's Tale

Business and Training
5.00 Webwise: Working on the Internet

Open University
5.45 Alaska
(Subtitled)
6.10 A Level Playing Field?
6.35-7.00am British Car Transplants

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