Presented by Bill Turnbull and Kate Sanderson. Continues at 9am.

Today's show looks at the pros and cons of Britain joining the single European currency. Also, reports from the FDP Education Lobby and film of Mira Goldberg on her quest to become the first deaf female councillor in the local authority elections held on 2 May. With sign language and in-vision subtitles.
Rptd Tuesday 3.15am BBCI

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In Ever Wondered about .. ?
Alan Coxon prepares pasta shells in a four-cheese sauce with a warm tomato salad, and Kathy Sykes explains why the secret of al dente pasta is in the flour used to make it. Also,
Gregg Wallace is joined by chef Gennaro Contaldo , whose southern Italian menu features penne pasta with courgette flowers and fresh basil, stuffed fillets of swordfish served with blanched fennel and white onion, and a limoncello panncotta with a strawberry sauce.
Plus, at 10.10, Jamie Oliver in The Naked Chef, followed, at 10.50, by Rick Stein 's Seafood Odyssey.
Director Charlotte Harris ; Series producer Sara Kozak WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/food

Comedy drama, first in a double bill of films starring Cary Grant, who is profiled at 5.50pm in Hollywood Greats.

A professional gambler sets out to fleece an American War Relief Society.
Review page 55. (1943, U) (BW) ***

The second of today's
Cary Grant double bill is an Alfred Hitchcock thriller. Willing to go to any lengths to prove her loyalty to the Americans, Alicia Huberman agrees to travel to South America and risk her life by becoming involved with a Nazi spy. Review page 55.
(1946. U) (BW)

Sci-fi thriller starring
Michael York and Jenny Agutter. In the 23rd century, people live under vast domes in a world with no disease, hunger or greed. But nobody is allowed to live past 30 without going through a ritual called "renewal", where only a few survive. Widescreen. Review page 55.
Director Michael Anderson (1976. PG)

Robbery. The boys are besieged by bats, while Lois is robbed.
Shown last Monday

Explorers lift the lid on their obsession.

Cary Grant. A profile of one of the film world's best-loved leading men, who struggled to live up to his on-screen reputation. Behind the matinee idol lies the story of failed marriages, experiments with LSD, and gossip of bisexuality. Director Richard Downes : Executive producer May Miller

A two-part Omnibus special about the artist, joint subject with Picasso of an exhibition at London's Tate Modem.
Paradise Found. Henri Matisse is regarded as among the pre-eminent artists of the early 20th century. The first part of this documentary explores Matisse's childhood in France, his early career in Paris, his struggles against poverty and illness, and his discovery of Mediterranean colour.
7.20 Paradise Indulged. The second instalment follows
Matisse from his voyage to Morocco in 1912, through his paintings of women in Nice, to the crowning achievement of the chapel at Vence and his late work with cut-outs.
Director David Thompson : Series editor Basil Comely

A documentary which sets out to discover whether the Queen of Sheba, lover of King Solomon, ever existed. Deep in the Yemeni desert an expedition finds what is believed to be the kingdom of this legendary queen. This archaeological detective tale, led by a team of experts and using computer-generated reconstructions, leads to a forgotten temple built 3,000 years ago.
Director Alex Dunlop ; Executive producers Anthony Geffen and Carol Sennett

Second in a three-part dramatised documentary, presented by Peter Ackroyd , bringing to life the story of Charles Dickens. Blazing Away. Amid the brutality of industrialised England,
Dickens used his fame to change society. But his private life was troubled, with a strained marriage and a tragic death.
DirectorChris Granlund ;Executive producerAndrea Miller 738J BBC BOOKS: A History of Britain, Volumes 1 and 2, price L25 each, and Dickens: Public Life and Private Passion by Peter Ackroyd , £16.99
INTERACTIVE FORUM: access www.bbc.co.uk/dickensto chat with Peter Ackroyd after the programme and send in questions to a Dickens expert

As the 2001 winner, the Baltic state of Estonia, prepares to host this year's Eurovision Song Contest, this documentary explores the dramas, dreams, and dilemmas of what many see as a festival of kitsch, but which to the Estonians could be the key to membership of the European Union and Nato.
Director Marina Zenovich ; Producer Celia Quartermain A Eurovision special Never Mind the Buzzcocks is on Monday at 9pm

Neil Fox and Bill Deedes guest on the satirical quiz.
Shown yesterday on BBCl

Psychological drama starring Ian Holm. All but one of the children in a small Canadian community are killed in a bus accident. A lawyer tries to get the parents to sue, but uncovers painful areas of his own past. Widescreen. Review page 55.
Director Atom Egoyan (1997,15)

Drama starring
James Spader and Mandy Patinkin. A random encounter between two drifters leads to a poker game with two sinister, reclusive millionaires. Review page 55.
Director Philip Haas (1993.15)

Repeats are not indicated. WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone
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