Programme Index

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(Note: repeats are not indicated)

9.00 Wise Up
(ages 16+)

9.10 Sportsbank Clips: Analysis and Evaluation
(ages 14-19) (Subtitled)

9.30 Numbertime: More or Less - One Less
(ages 4-6) (Subtitled)

9.45 Storytime: Mr Gumpy's Outing and Sam Vole and His Brothers
(ages 4-5)

10.30 Words and Pictures
(ages 5-7) (Subtitled)

10.45 Cats' Eyes: The Earth and Beyond - Seasons
(ages 5-7) (Subtitled)

11.00 Look and Read: LRTV ...and Action
(ages 7-9)

11.20 Zig Zag: Ancient Greece - the Olympic Games
(ages 7-9) (Subtitled)

11.40 Landmarks: River Severn - Caring for the River
(ages 9-11) (Subtitled)

12.05 History File: 20th-century Wrap: 1950s Britain - a Time of Change?
(ages 14-16)

Guests tell Esther Rantzen about achieving sudden renown. Featuring TV presenter Cheryl Baker, who caught the public's eye when Bucks Fizz won the Eurovision Song Contest, and docusoap "stars" Jeremy Spake and Ray Brown.
(Subtitled)

Contributors

Presenter:
Esther Rantzen
Guest:
Cheryl Baker
Guest:
Jeremy Spake
Guest:
Ray Brown

A double bill of cartoons.

6.00 Homer Goes to College
Homer enrols in a nuclear physics class. And at:

6.20 Treehouse of Horror III
Bart introduces a triple bill of comic horror tales.

(Repeat)
Code for 6.00-6.45
6.00-6.20
6.20-6.45(not PDC)

An episode of the comedy-adventure starring Paul Gross
Showing as an introduction to previously unseen episodes followed by a new series.

Fraser returns from a working holiday in the far north to find his life in Chicago is in turmoil.
See today's choices.

Choices: Due South 6.45pm BBC2
The sudden disappearance of this enjoyable series from the schedules around the time of the World Cup was one of the unsolved television mysteries of last year. Still, ifs back this week with a repeat and then the final episodes from the last series being shown before the new series starts in earnest.
Fans will be reassured to know that Constable Benton Fraser (Paul Gross) is as good looking and polite as ever; his (new) partner Detective Stanley Raymond Kowalski (Callum Keith Rennie) is just as cynical and streetwise; and Diefenbaker, the mountie's faithful dog, is as deaf as ever.
Tonight, Fraser returns to Chicago to find that his partner is not the man he used to be.

Contributors

Writer:
Paul Gross
Constable Benton Fraser:
Paul Gross
Det Stanley Raymond Kowalski:
Callum Keith Rennie
Lt Harding Welsh:
Beau Starr
Det Jack Huey:
Tony Craig
Det Thomas E Dewey:
Tom Melissis
Fraser Sr:
Gordon Pinsent
Ray Vecchio:
David Marciano

Continuing the interactive travel series in which Kate Humble is guided by viewers' e-mails. This week she heads for the north of England. Viewers can help to shape the destiny of the show or follow her progress on the Webwise site: [web address removed]
(Digital widescreen)
Try the Internet: to arrange a free internet taster session in your area, phone the free helpline on [number removed].

Contributors

Presenter:
Kate Humble
Series Producer:
Nichola Hegarty
Executive Producer:
Mark Hill

Travel writer Nicholas Crane joins Cameron McNeish to explore parts of the Pyrenees, retracing sections of the journey described in Crane's book Clear Waters Rising.
(Digital widescreen) (Repeat) (Subtitled)

Contributors

Presenter:
Cameron McNeish
Guest:
Nicholas Crane
Director/Producer:
Richard Else

Jennifer Paterson and Clarissa Dickson-Wright prepare more tasty culinary creations.

Tonight they visit Gloucestershire to create a range of dishes - including potatoes in herbs and garlic, and welsh rarebit souffle - for children at a pony club.
(Digital widescreen) (Repeat) (Subtitled)

Contributors

Presenter/Cook:
Jennifer Paterson
Presenter/Cook:
Clarissa Dickson-Wright
Director/Series Producer:
Patricia Llewellyn

Written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft
The second episode from 1968.

Captain Mainwaring puts the defence of the realm before his own pride.
(Black and white) (Repeat) (Subtitled)

Contributors

Writer:
Jimmy Perry
Writer/Producer:
David Croft
Captain Mainwaring:
Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson:
John Le Mesurier
Lance Corporal Jones:
Clive Dunn
Private Frazer:
John Laurie
Private Walker:
James Beck
Private Pike:
Ian Lavender
Private Godfrey:
Arnold Ridley

The series of film portraits re-evaluating historical figures.

Sir Matt Busby is a footballing legend, revered for leading Manchester United from the tragedy of the 1958 Munich air crash to victory in the European Cup. But, it is claimed, he did little to protect his stars from football's harsh realities.
See today's choices.
(Digital widescreen) (Subtitled)

Contributors

Producer:
Derek Jones
Series Editor:
Janice Hadlow

A six-part documentary series, showing this week on four consecutive nights, telling the stories of patrons who frequent Liverpool's oldest club, the Grafton Rooms. Tonight three bachelors strut their stuff, while a single mum looks for a good man.
See John Peel: page 9

Followed by Weatherview

Contributors

Director:
Josh Halil
Executive Producer:
Eric Harwood

(Repeats are not indicated)

Open University
12.30 Giotto
1.20 Open Late Arts
1.30 Rome under the Popes

Schools
2.00 Literacy and Numeracy

Languages
4.00 Spanish Journey: Part 2
(with Spanish subtitles)

Business and Training
5.00 Webwise: Communicating Online

Open University
5.45 Empire and Nation
6.10 The Magic Flute
6.35-7.00am On Pictures and Paintings

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