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9.0 Shakespeare in Perspective: Romeo and Juliet
Germaine Greer travels to Italy to investigate the play's background. (Repeat)

9.26 Maths Counts: 1: Getting the Point
by John Tully.
Uncle Bert puts 18-year-old twins Steve and Wendy to the test: can they handle the mathematics of everyday life?

9.48 Mathscore One 1: Know Your Place
Cavemen, clowns and Octo the Counting Octopus all illustrate the importance of zero. (Repeat)

10.10 Look and Read: Dark Towers: 1: Dark Towers in Danger!
by Andrew Davies.
A reading series for 7- to 9-year olds based on a ghost story in ten episodes. (Rpt)

10.35 Geography Casebook: Britain 1: Inner City - Part 1
The first of two programmes about the fluctuating fortunes of Glasgow-from Victorian boom to the present day. (Repeat)

11.0 Watch!: Robinson Crusoe - Shipwreck
Louise builds her own desert island and the 'ghost' of Crusoe describes how he was shipwrecked. (Repeat)

11.17 Walrus - or Writing and Listening, Reading, Understanding, Speaking: After Four - Episode 1
by Cathy Pellicer.
A series about language. (Repeat)

11.40 Geography: 11-13: What Ice Did to the Land
Bernard Clark investigates how the Ice Age left its mark. (Rpt)

12.30pm Whatever Happened to Britain?: 1: Independent of Men's Will
Written and presented by John Eatwell.
An eight-part analysis of the history and current state of Britain's economy.

12.30 Other People's Lives: 1: Kayapo - The Modern Life
Ten films about the social values and organisations of five cultures.

12.55-1.8 Maths Help 1: Decimals
A series for adults studying Maths to O-level, offering help with common difficulties. (Repeat)

1.19 Science Topics: Conception to Birth
An award-winning film showing the events leading up to the birth of a baby including unique scenes filmed inside the womb. (Repeat)

1.40 Let's See: Houses: 1: A Place to Call Home
Garry looks at why Bedouin Arabs, Eskimos and Scots build themselves such different kinds of homes, and just what and who are involved in building a house in Scotland today. (Repeat)
(Repeated on Wednesday)

2.0 You and Me: Old King Cole
A series for 4- and 5-year-olds.
Graham, Lynne and Kelly have fun making music and play with the Leyland Vehicle Brass Band. (Rpt)

2.15 British Social History: Richard Arkwright and the First Factories
Max Mason visits Cromford in Derbyshire to see where part of our new world began. (Repeat)

2.40 Junior Craft, Design and Technology: Teachers' Programme: 1
Introducing craft, design and technology to teachers and beginning a project on designing and making model vehicles. The companion programme for pupils is on Friday at 11.0 am.

Contributors

Presenter (Shakespeare in Perspective):
Germaine Greer
Writer (Maths Counts):
John Tully
Producer (Maths Counts):
David Roseveare
Bert:
Roy Kinnear
Wendy Austin:
Sarah James
Steve Austin:
Nick Orchard
Elsie Austin:
Elizabeth Proud
Writer (Look and Read):
Andrew Davies
Producer (Geography Casebook):
Len Brown
Writer (Walrus):
Cathy Pellicer
Presenter (Geography 11-13):
Bernard Clark
Writer/presenter (Whatever Happened to Britain?):
John Eatwell
Presenter (Let's See):
Garry Stewart
Producer (Let's See):
Marianne Baird
Musicians (You and Me):
The Leyland Vehicle Brass Band
Presenter (British Social History):
Max Mason

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