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Ends 9.00.

Bump
Bump takes his pals on a ride.
(Repeated at 1.05pm) (R)

7.05 Playdays
The gang have fun building things.
(R)

7.25 Snorks
Cartoon.
(R)

7.45 Blue Peter
Children's magazine.
(Shown yesterday at 5.10pm on BBC1) (S) (W)

8.10 Biskitts
Cartoon fun.
(R)

8.35 The Busy World of Richard Scarry
Animated fun in Busytown.
(R)

(Repeats are not indicated)

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

9.15 Hands Up!: Storytime: Can't You Sleep, Little Bear?
(ages 4-5)
with sign language.

9.25 Hotch Potch House: Babies
(ages 3-5)

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

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

11.05 Le Club: Mon Quartier
(ages 9-12)

11.20 Zig Zag: Tudor Life: Food - Housewife's Story
(ages 7-9) (S)

11.40 Look and Read: Captain Crimson: Banana Drama
(ages 7-9) (S)

12.00 Shakespeare - the Animated Tales: As You Like It
(ages 9-13) (S)

Contributors

Writer (Look and Read):
Elly Brewer

Thriller continuing the Robert Ryan season.
Passengers travelling through occupied Europe find themselves at the hub of a murderous plot to stop the reunification of Germany.
(1948) (BW) (S) ***
(Back from Eternity is tomorrow at 1.05pm)
Films: pp 60-64

Contributors

Director:
Jacques Tourneur
Robert Lindley:
Robert Ryan
Lucienne Mirbeau:
Merle Oberon
Henri Perrot:
Charles Korvin
Dr Heinrich Bernhardt:
Paul Lukas

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

Britain's coal industry may have collapsed, but the misery of ex-miners' industrial injuries has given rise to a new multi-million-pound business. But why have so many lost out in the compensation stakes?
(First shown on BBC Wales) (S)
Website: [web address removed]; e-mail: [email address removed]

Contributors

Producer:
Jayne Morgan

Cycling boffin Adam Hart-Davis pedals around Britain for a six-part sixth series, hunting out unsung pioneers of scientific ideas. London is the first destination, where he investigates the invention of the lightning conductor, the pressure cooker and the electrocardiogram.
See Choice.
(S)

Contributors

Presenter:
Adam Hart-Davis
Producer:
Paul Bader
Executive Producer:
Mike Greenwood

The series analysing the housing market examines the influence property can have on lifestyles as Quentin Willson and Anna Ryder Richardson swap residences and explore each other's houses. Plus an examination of the pros and cons of giving up a city pad for a life on water, and friends who are deciding to buy and share a place together.
(S) (W)

Contributors

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

In 1972, Olga Korbut's display at the Munich Olympics turned the Soviet gymnast into the darling of the west. But, behind the scenes, the 17-year-old's rise was far from idyllic. In the first of five revisionist profiles, Korbut reveals all, including allegations against her one-time coach, Renald Knysh. Jancis Robinson narrates.
See Choice.
(S) (W)
Andrew Duncan meets Olga Korbut: page 8

Contributors

Subject:
Olga Korbut
Narrator:
Jancis Robinson
Producer:
Clare Beavan
Series Editor:
Jenny Abbott

The first of six films examining the choices available to elderly people when their independence is threatened - begins with the story of 83-year-old Jan Poulsen who, increasingly frail through osteoporosis, decides to leave her splendid Copenhagen residence for a sheltered flat in Oxford. Narrated by Sue Johnston.
See Choice.
(S) (W)
Further Information: call free on [number removed]. Ceefax: page 617. Website: [web address removed]

Contributors

Subject:
Jan Poulsen
Narrator:
Sue Johnston
Director:
Ann Lalic
Series Producer:
Julian Mercer

(Repeats are not indicated)

Open University
12.30 Open Advice: A University without Walls
1.00 Managing in Organisations: Empowerment
(S)
1.30 The True Geometry of Nature
(S)

Secondary Schools
2.00 Science Zone
(S)

Languages
4.00 The French Experience: Part 9-12
Language course for beginners. With in-vision subtitles.

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

Open University
6.00 The Roof of the World
(S)
6.30 Strike a Light
(S)
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