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9.36 Maths Counts: Drawing the Line
Can figures lie? Wendy finds out the hard way.
(R)

9.58 Thinkabout: Bridges

10.15 Science Workshop: Dissolving (A)

10.38 Exploring Science: Fire, Earth, Metals

11.0 Near and Far: Up in the Mountains
Mountainous environments provide a combination of hazards and attractions. What are the hazards and how does a map help to avoid them?
(R)

11.22 Tutorial Topics
Living with a Handicap
Scenes from everyday life for 12-year-old Alistair Jordan and his thoughts and feelings about being in a wheelchair.
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: What Sort of Place?
A student's-eye view of undergraduate life; what is it like to master new study skills and to branch out into new subjects?
(R)

12.5 pm Buongiorno Italia!: 13: Viene fatto cosi
(Continued from autumn 1985) A course for beginners in Italian.
(R)

12.30 Prima!: 3: Geradeaus!
Eight short programmes about tourist-German - all you need to survive.
Steve gets his directions right and finds Cologne Cathedral.
with Petra Ulich, James McKenna, Rosemary Frankau, Raymond Mason and Dorothea Neukirchen
(R)

12.45 Bellamy's New World: 2: Real Estates
Presented by David Bellamy
Eight films exploring America and its botanical history.
(R) (Ceefax subtitles)

1.20 Encounter: Italy: Fruits of the Land
Italian food and farming: olives and olive oil; farms in Basilicata and Tuscany; ham, cheese and gastronomy in Parma.
(R)

1.38 Around Scotland: Behind the Scenes: 1: Hospital
Doctors and nurses apart, who works in a big hospital? Visit Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, to find out.
(R)

2.0 You and Me
A series for 4- and 5-year-olds
Harry asks Cosmo and Dibs not to touch a trumpet he's mending, but will temptation prove too much for them?
Dressing up song: 'What would it be like to be a superhero?'
Book: The Magic Porridge Pot.

2.15 Music Time: Tune Shapes

2.40 History File: One Man's Revolution

Contributors

Presenter (Near and Far):
Mary Downing
Presenter (Near and Far):
Derek Mayes
Producer (Near and Far):
Robin Gwyn
Subject (Tutorial Topics:
Living with a Handicap): Alistair Jordan
Film Cameraman (Tutorial Topics:
Living with a Handicap): Ben Wade
Subject (Tutorial Topics:
Asian Girl): Perminderpal Gill
Film Cameraman (Tutorial Topics:
Asian Girl): Dave Gurney
Producer (Tutorial Topics):
Caroline Godley
Devised by (Prima!):
Terry Hawkin
Director (Prima!):
Nicholas Metcalfe
Producer (Prima!):
Tony Roberts
[Actress]:
Petra Ulich
[Actor]:
James McKenna
[Actress]:
Rosemary Frankau
[Actor]:
Raymond Mason
[Actress]:
Dorothea Neukirchen
Presenter (Bellamy's New World):
David Bellamy
Narrator (Around Scotland):
John Crawford
Producer (Around Scotland):
Peter Whiteford
Presenter (You and Me):
Harry Towb
Producer (You and Me):
Nicci Crowther
Cosmo:
Frances Kay
Dibs:
Francis Wright

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