Programme Index

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(Repeats are not indicated)

9.00 Hands Up!: My Home
(ages 3-7)
with sign language.

9.15 Storytime: Frog In Winter
(ages 4-5)
with sign language.

9.25 Hotch Potch House: Just the Same
(ages 3-5)

9.45 Pathways of Belief: Christianity: Jesus
(ages 7-9+) (S)

10.50 Numbertime: More or Less: Two More
(ages 4-6) (S)

11.05 Le Club: Ma Famille
(ages 9-12)

11.20 Zig Zag: Tudor Life: Homes - a Yeoman's Story
(ages 7-9) (S)

11.40 Look and Read: Captain Crimson: Guzzle Trouble
(ages 7-9) (S)

12.00 Shakespeare-the Animated Tales: The Taming of the Shrew
(ages 9-13) (S)

Followed by Tate Modern
Novelist William Boyd on Frank Auerbach.
(S) (W)

Contributors

Writer (Look and Read):
Elly Brewer
Presenter (Tate Modern):
William Boyd

Esther Rantzen asks if awards still carry cachet, with help from guests Thora Hird, Dermot Murnaghan and Eurovision hopeful Nicki French.
(S)

Contributors

Presenter:
Esther Rantzen
Guest:
Thora Hird
Guest:
Dermot Murnaghan
Guets:
Nicki French

The showcase for the best documentaries and current-affairs programmes from the BBC regions and nations.

The traditional image of the Women's Institute was shattered when members of the Rylstone branch posed naked for a risque calendar that raised thousands of pounds for charity. This documentary looks at how their lives were affected by the media attention.
(First shown on BBC North)
(S)
Website: [web address removed]: e-mail: [email address removed]

Contributors

Producer:
Ian Cundall

The final of this year's student quiz, with Oriel College, Oxford, looking to improve on last year's runners-up slot. Their opponents will be either Durham University or the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. Jeremy Paxman is the question master.
See Choice.
(S)

Contributors

Questionmaster:
Jeremy Paxman
Director:
Vernon Antcliff
Producer:
Peter Gwyn

The series analysing the housing market examines ways in which homeowners can make the most of their current home. Quentin Willson looks at loft and cellar conversions and innovative ideas for extending gardens, Anna Ryder Richardson acquires space-conserving tips from a skilled "de-clutterer", and estate agent Paul Higgins reveals how a mortgage makeover can help pay for converting a house.
(S) (W)
Website: [web address removed]

Contributors

Presenter:
Quentin Willson
Presenter:
Anna Ryder Richardson
Expert:
Paul Higgins
Series Producer:
Susie Staples
Executive Producer:
Mark Hill

An episode from the last series of revisionist documentary profiles, prior to a new series beginning next week.

Albert Frederick Arthur George, known to his family as Bertie, came to the throne when his brother, Edward VIII, abdicated. This profile recalls how a shy man with a debilitating stammer overcame his dislike of the spotlight to rescue the monarchy and see the country through the war.
(R) (S) (W)

Contributors

Narrator:
Andrew Sachs
Producer:
Denys Blakeway
Series Editor:
Janice Hadlow

The pilot episode of the comedy set in a retirement home. Idealistic Tom Ballard is dumped by his son at Bayview, only to clash with acid-tongued resident Diana Trent.
(R) (S)

Contributors

Writer:
Michael Atkins
Director/Producer:
Gareth Gwenlan
Tom Ballard:
Graham Crowden
Diana Trent:
Stephanie Cole
Harvey Bains:
Daniel Hill
Jane:
Janine Duvitski
Geoffrey:
Sandra Payne
Jenny:
Dawn Hope

The series continues by analysing the IRA prison protests, including the 1981 Maze hunger strikes, and charts Sinn Fein's rise after the deaths of republican prisoners and the election of Bobby Sands to Westminster. Presented by Peter Taylor.
Contains violent images.
(Loyalists begins tomorrow at 11.20pm)
(Revised R) (S)

Contributors

Presenter:
Peter Taylor

(Repeats are not indicated)

Open University
12.30 Marin Mersenne: the Birth of Modern Geometry
(S)
1.00 Development Aid
1.30 Ecological Predictions
Statistical simulations.
(S)

Secondary Schools
2.00 History: Medicine through Time
(S)

Languages
4.00 France Inside Out: Part 5
French culture
Talk French: Parts 1-2
French for beginners.

Count Me In
5.00 Numbers Direct
5.30 Making Maths Work
Maths skills for everyday working life.

Open University
6.00 Going with the Flow
6.30 Strike a Light
(S)
Ends 7.00am.

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