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TV critic DAVID BIANCULLI previews a telemovie sequel called "The Birds II: Land''s End." Its predecessor is "The Birds," made by Hitchcock 31 years ago. The TV follow-up will be aired this Saturday night on the Showtime cable network.

LISE FUNDERBURG is a journalist who has written for "Mirabella" and "New York Newsday." She is bi-racial, and recently wrote a book called "Black, White, Other," (William Morrow and Company, Inc.) exploring the identities of Americans from racially mixed families. Do they consider themselves white, black, neither, or both? On the show with Funderburg are two other people whose interviews are featured in the book

Rock critic KEN TUCKER reviews the new release by U2, "Zooropa," (Island Records).

Interview with FLOYD COCHRAN continued.

Professor of Psychology at Yale, EDWARD ZIGLER. He's one of the founders of the Headstart education program which began in the 60's and continues to this day. He's written a new book about the history of the program, "Headstart: The Inside Story of America's Most Successful Educational Experiment.

Writer ANNE LAMOTT teaches her son about death. She''s the author of the book, "Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son''s First Year." (Pantheon Books).

Novelist JOYCE CAROL OATES. The prolific writer has penned 23 novels, in addition to plays, poems, short stories and criticism. Her new novel is called "Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang,"(Dutton) about a group of high school girls who form a violent gang in upstate New York during the Fifties. Their mission is violence against men. OATES is a professor of humanities at Princeton University. Her previous book is the critically acclaimed "Black Water," nominated for the 1992 National Book Critics Circle Award

Commentator MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews "No Gifts from Chance (Scribners)," Shari Benstock''s new biography of writer Edith Wharton

2: JAMES GLAB is an airline industry reporter, who is a contributing editor of "Travel and Leisure," "Frequent Flyer" and "Travel Weekly." He recently co-wrote "Rapid Descent," (Simon and Schuster) that looks at how the airline deregulation law, which promised better service and lower airfares, led to chaotic airline fares and deteriorated customer service.

Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews Nirvana''s new release, "In Utero."

2: Retired cop, and former head of the Queen's District Attorney's squad, REMO FRANCESCHINI (Fran-chez-KE-nee) spent 35 years keeping track of and busting organized crime in New York City. FRANCESCHINI figured out the family structure of the mafia, keeping a "Wall of Fame" family tree of photos and names of mobsters. Early on he predicted the rise of John Gotti, who became known as the "Teflon Don." FRANCESCHINI personally wire-tapped Gotti's headquarters, which led to indictments. FRANCESCHINI has written a new memoir, "A Matter of Honor: One Cop's Lifelong Pursuit of John Gotti and the Mob." (Simon & Schuster).

World music commentator MILO MILES reviews the newly released boxed CD set "Tougher Than Tough: The Story of Jamaican Music" (available on the Mango label).