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9.0 Shakespeare in Perspective Selection: King Lear
Professor Frank Kermode's view on the purpose of tragedy.

9.26 Twentieth-Century History: 1: Make Germany Pay.
How the treaty of Versailles affected Germany in the 1920s.

9.48 Mathscore Two: 1: Take it Away
Exactly how do you subtract 42 from 67? And what does one million of something look like?

10.10 Look and Read: Badger Girl: 2: Stripey the Badger
Debbie has befriended Stripey the badger. But can a badger be a pet? And shouldn't the children tell Mrs Rudge about him?
Written by ANDREW DAVIES
With MARGO GUNN, ASHIEK MADHVANI, JUNE MARLOW, JULIA MILLBANK, NICK ORCHARD, KIERON O'SHEA , CHARLES Collingwood and KATIE HEBB
Assistant producer ROGER FRY
Producer SUSAN PATON

10.35 Update USA 1: Great Lakes City
Cleveland, on the shores of Lake Erie and one of the original capitals of industrial America, is struggling with the problems of decline as investment for new industry seeks out more profitable locations in the south and west of the USA.
Producer LEN BROWN

11.0 Watch: Captain Cook: 2: Tahiti

11.17 English: 11-13: 1: Alone: Autobiography
You needn't be famous to write yours!
Producer JUDITH MILES

11.40 Job Bank: Technicians in Industry

12.0 New series: Une annee chez les Francais: 1: La reine du Beaujolais
New French-language versions of the Year of the French series for advanced level students.
Harvest time in Fleurie, one of the best wine-producing villages in Beaujolais, is seen through the eyes of 83-year-old Marguerite Chabert.
Producer of French adaptation CAROLINE GODLEY

12.30 Life Power: 2: The Chemistry of Life
A series of programmes surveying biotechnology
The difference between man-made and living chemistry.

1.0 Maths Help: 2: Percentages
For adults studying maths to O level.

1.15 Science Topics: Darwin and Evolution
Observations on living things are explained by evolution according to natural selection.
Series producer PETER BRATT

1.38 Let's See: Take Care 2: Watch How You Go
How children at a primary school in Scotland learn the basic skills of cycling.
Presenter JOHN CRAWFORD Producer PETER WHITEFORD

2.0 You and Me
A series for 4- and 5-year-olds
Gary is in a terrible temper but all turns out well for Cosmo and Dibs. The number four is introduced.
Book: New Blue Shoes by Eve Rice.
Producer RICHARD CALLANAN
[Photo caption] Gary Wilmot is in the market today - with Cosmo (and Dibs) BBC2, 2.0 pm You and Me

2.15 Near and Far: Bricks
How are bricks made and how do they affect those rural areas where the clay is quarried?
Producer ROBIN GWYN

2.40 Junior Craft, Design and Technology: Up and Down the Hill: Downhill

Contributors

Unknown:
Professor Frank Kermode
Written By:
Andrew Davies
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Margo Gunn
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Kieron O'Shea
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Charles Collingwood
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Katie Hebb
Producer:
Susan Paton
Producer:
Len Brown
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Marguerite Chabert
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Caroline Godley
Producer:
Peter Bratt
Unknown:
Gary Wilmot
Presenter:
John Crawford
Producer:
Peter Whiteford
Producer:
Richard Callanan
Producer:
Robin Gwyn

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