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9.36 Maths Counts: How to Find Venus
(R)

9.58 Thinkabout: Getting the Message
(Shown on Monday at 11.22 am)

10.15 Science Workshop: Tracks (A)
(Shown yesterday at 9.38 am)

10.38 Exploring Science: Here is the Forecast
(Shown on Tuesday at 2.40 pm)

11.0 Near and Far: Farming the Hills
A geography series for 9- to 11-year-olds
John and Mary Stewart run a small hill-farm on the Braes of Glenlivet. What is it like to farm in this remote part of the Scottish Highlands?
(R)

11.22 Tutorial Topics
Alone on the Moors
by Glyn Hughes
As the fog comes down, Paul's walk across the moors becomes a nightmare.
followed by Asian Girl
Perminderpal Gill, a 13-year-old Sikh girl born in Britain, weighs up the pros and cons of living in two cultures.

11.45 Higher Education: 5: Universities - Getting that Degree
A film about undergraduates and their studies at universities in Scotland, Wales and England.
(R)

12.5 pm Buongiorno Italia!: 15: Sono stato a...
(Continued from autumn 1985)
For beginners in Italian
(R)

12.30 Prima!: 5: Wie Geht's?
Eight short programmes about tourist German
(R)

12.45 Bellamy's New World: 4: If You Go Down to the Woods...
Presented by David Bellamy
Eight films exploring America and its botanical history
(R) (Ceefax subtitles)

1.20 Encounter: Italy: A Land of Custom
Italian traditions: a contrada in Siena; a primitive ritual in Basilicata; the 'race of the saints' in Gubbio.
(R)

1.38 Around Scotland: Behind the Scenes: 3: Airport
A visit to Glasgow Airport, including areas normally 'out of bounds' to the public

2.0 You and Me
A series for 4- and 5-year-olds
When Cosmo and Jeni's pictures are spoilt, they find that they do mind.
Dressing-up song: 'What would it be like to be a magical genie? Book: Ben Gingerbread Man by Niki Daly

2.15 Music Time: Contrasts
(Shown on Monday at 10.15 am)

2.40 History File: The Arabs and Israel Since 1947
(Shown on Monday at 10.38am)

Contributors

Subject (Near and Far):
John Stewart
Subject (Near and Far):
Mary Stewart
Producer (Near and Far):
Robin Gwyn
Writer (Tutorial Topics:
Alone on the Moors): Glyn Hughes
Producer (Tutorial Topics:
Alone on the Moors): Len Brown
Subject (Tutorial Topics:
Asian Girl): Perminderpal Gill
Film Cameraman (Tutorial Topics:
Asian Girl): Dave Gurney
Producer (Tutorial Topics:
Asian Girl): Caroline Godley
Narrator (Higher Education):
David Hargreaves
Producer (Higher Education):
John Chapple
Presenter (Bellamy's New World):
David Bellamy
Narrator (Around Scotland):
John Crawford
Producer (Around Scotland):
Peter Whiteford
Presenter (You and Me):
Jeni Barnett
Producer (You and Me):
Nicci Crowther

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