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Playdays
Peggy visits a farm to pick some strawberries.
(R)

7.20 Heathcliff and Marmaduke
Animated antics.
(R)

7.45 Blue Peter
An Olympic special.
(Shown yesterday at 5.10pm on BBC1)
(S) (W)

8.10 Top Cat
The cunning feline tries to make money on a horse.
(R)

8.35 Polka Dot Shorts
Polkaroo and friends join a singalong.
(R)

8.45 Postman Pat
More from the friendly postie and his cat.
(R)

Biopic starring Anna Neagle and Robert Newton.

Amy Johnson's spirit of adventure made her one of Britain's best-loved flyers - but her marriage was beset with problems.
(1941) (BW) (S)
Films: pp 60-64 ***
(Anna Neagle is in The Yellow Canary tomorrow at 10.55am)

Contributors

Director:
Herbert Wilcox
Amy Johnson:
Anna Neagle
Jim Mollison:
Robert Newton
Mr Johnson:
Edward Chapman
Mrs Johnson:
Joan Kemp-Welch
ATA Commandant:
Nora Swinburne

Western starring Fred MacMurray. Jack Wright , a peaceful store owner, accidentally kills a bank robber and is regarded as a hero. Widescreen.
Director Alfred Werker (1955)
(S) (W) Films: pp 60-64 **

Contributors

Unknown:
Fred MacMurray.
Unknown:
Jack Wright
Director:
Alfred Werker

Few realise that several hundred British servicemen were prisoners of war in Auschwitz concentration camp, becoming witnesses to the Nazi "final solution". This film follows Arthur Dodd from Cheshire, who spent 14 months in Auschwitz, as he returns to Poland for the first time in 50 years.
(Revised repeat; first shown on BBC North West)
(S)
Website: [web address removed]

Contributors

Subject:
Arthur Dodd
Producer:
Jim Clarke

This week, Alain de Cadenet presents the show from Hong Kong where he explores the new Chek Lap Kok airport, one of the world's most modern terminals. Julian Tutt watches as an RAF trainee makes his first solo flight in a jet. Last in the series.
(S) (W)

Contributors

Presenter:
Alain de Cadenet
Reporter:
Julian Tutt
Executive Producer:
Peter Hylton Cleaver

Jason Barlow investigates ways of buying a car, from dealerships to the internet and importing from abroad. Tiff Needell races the GT version of the Lotus Elise and looks at a road version of the sports car - the Lotus Exige. Plus, the new Mercedes C Class and the Australian Holden.
(S) (W)

Contributors

Presenter:
Jason Barlow
Presenter:
Tiff Needell
Producer:
John Wilcox
Series Producer:
Richard Pearson

Continuing the series exploring the organisation on which Ian Fleming based his James Bond novels - the Special Operations Executive.
This week, how agents were taught to dress properly, burgle, kill - and resist the temptations of a beautiful woman. Contains strong language.
See Choice. (S) (W)

Contributors

Director:
Jonathan Dent
Series Producer:
David Darlow

The first in a three-part series following the progress of a revolutionary educational experiment. Torsten Friedag, one of Britain's first "superheads", is charged with turning round a London inner city comprehensive. He will have the toughest year of year of his working life.
See Choice.
(S) (W)
Polly Toynbee: page 18

Contributors

Subject:
Torsten Friedag
Director:
Simon Dickson
Executive Producer:
Robert Thirkell

Abstinence makes George smarter, but it has the opposite effect on Elaine.
(For cast see Tuesday)
(S)

Followed by Forty Eight Preludes and Fugues
Angela Hewitt plays Bach's Preludes and Fugues in F sharp minor and in G minor (Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 Nos 14 and 16)
(S) (W)

Contributors

Pianist (Forty Eight Preludes and Fugues):
Angela Hewitt

Open Science
12.30 The Next Big Thing: The Reality of Risk
1.00 Test Tube Miracle?
1.30 Background Brief - Consciousness
1.45 What Have the Eighties Ever Done for Us?
2.00 Making Contact
(S)
2.30 Renewable Energies
(S)

Teenagers and Families
3.30 Living with Teenagers: 2

Languages
4.00 Business Language Special

Work Essentials
5.00 The Real World of Work

Open University
6.00 Acid Politics
(S)
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