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on BBC Two England

7.30 How and Why?: 4: A Little Matter of Motion
An enquiry into physics teaching today.
A series of fifteen programmes concerned with new ideas at the 11-16 age range.
Introduced by W. Ritchie.

An experimental approach to Newton's Laws.

8.0 Wealth of a Nation: 4: The Crisis of Growth
A series of eleven programmes which consider the economics of growth.

Balance of payments crises have time and again hindered the growth of the British economy. What is the balance of payments and why does it give us so much trouble?
Presenting the programme are: Roger Opie, Fellow and Tutor in Economics at New College, Oxford; Geoffrey Stuttard, Tutor in Industrial Studies for London University with a contribution from Maurice Scott of Christ Church, Oxford.

8.30 Research Report: 4: Stress
Eleven programmes looking into current research on the frontiers of science.

Noise, lack of sleep, heat, night and shift work, driving, compression, and alcohol-in Cambridge the Applied Psychology Unit of the Medical Research Council is investigating the real effects of these stresses upon human beings. Their methods are often deceptively simple; their results suggest the need for much wider investigation.

9.0 Politics U.S.A.: 4: Justice and the Individual
Five programmes on how the American political system works.
Introduced by Roderick MacLeish and Malcolm Shaw.

The U.S. Supreme Court can declare a law unconstitutional. Some of its decisions have been politically highly controversial, particularly in the field of civil liberties, as it affects the position of Communists, and in the field of civil rights, as it affects Negroes. In these two fields the Court is making history.
Including a filmed interview with: Justice Potter Stewart of the Supreme Court

Contributors

Presenter (How and Why?):
W. Ritchie
Presented by (How and Why?):
Jim Jardine
Animations (How and Why?):
Alfred Wurmser
Film cameraman (How and Why?):
Ian Kennedy
Film edited by (How and Why?):
Paul White
Director (How and Why?):
John Field
Producer (How and Why?):
John Cain
Presenter (Wealth of a Nation):
Roger Opie
Presenter (Wealth of a Nation):
Geoffrey Stuttard
Speaker (Wealth of a Nation):
Maurice Scott
Designer (Wealth of a Nation):
Jennifer Burningham
Production assistant (Wealth of a Nation):
Margaret Jay
Director (Wealth of a Nation):
Tony Matthews
Producer (Wealth of a Nation):
Clive Parkhurst
Film editor (Research Report):
Raoul Sobel
Assistant producer (Research Report):
Peter Ryan
Producer (Research Report):
Roy Battersby
Presenter (Politics U.S.A.):
Roderick MacLeish
Presenter (Politics U.S.A.):
Malcolm Shaw
Interviewee (Politics U.S.A.):
Justice Potter Stewart
Associate producer (Politics U.S.A.):
Raymond Barker
Producer (Politics U.S.A.):
Christopher Doll

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