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9.15 It's Your Choice: 2: Thinking About a Career
Everyone at school needs help when thinking about a suitable career. Today's programme starts you off with some ideas on how this might be done.
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9.38 Going to Work: Engineering Work
Is engineering a dying industry requiring fewer and fewer workers, or is new technology making new products and providing exciting new opportunities?

10.0 You and Me: 'M' is for Monster
A series for 4- and 5-year-olds.
Duncan is scared by a monster, but Sam tells him a story about a mouse.
(Rpt)

10.15 Music Time: 2: Long Sounds, Short Sounds
Timing different sounds heard on a building site. The children improvise a sound picture of the site using metal, wood and water.
With Edward Pillinger (clarinet) and Peter Trundley (double bass).

10.38 British Social History: 1: Richard Arkwright and the First Factories
Max Mason visits Cromford in Derbyshire to see where part of our new world began.
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11.0 Zig Zag: Norman Castles
As soon as William was crowned, he set to work to build castles. Zig-Zag continues the story of conquest by tracing the development from wooden motte and bailey castles to classic stone keeps such as the Tower of London.

11.23 Talkabout: Knock! Knock!
A series for young children designed to encourage the development of oral language.
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11.42 General Studies: Pictures: 1: Worth a Thousand Words?
Some pictures may be worth a thousand words, but do newspapers always take full advantage?
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12.10 pm Wheels of Fire: 2: Five Million Children
Ten films about development issues in India.
The problems of infant mortality.
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12.40 On the Rocks: 2: Break and Make
Ten programmes on the evolution of the landscape around us.
Sedimentary rocks.
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1.5-1.30 Multi-Cultural Education: 2: A Primary Response
Ten case studies for teachers.
Getting to know pupils in ethnic-ally mixed primary schools.
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Book Multi-Cultural Education Views from the Classroom £3.75 from booksellers

1.38 Scotland this Century: 2: Changes on the Land
BBC Scotland
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2.1 Words and Pictures: Cats
A cat is reported missing and Vicky, Charlie and the children help in the search. Vicky reads this week's story Mog the Forgetful Cat.
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2.18 Exploring Science: Getting the Measure of It
Where would we be without an agreed system of measurement?
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2.40 The Music Arcade: 2: Rhythm
Led by Aklowa, the children join in playing African rhythms from Ghana.
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Contributors

Producer (It's Your Choice):
Paul Mitchell
Series Producer (Going to Work):
Paul Mitchell
Narrator (Going to Work):
Julie Hall
Producer (Going to Work):
Peter M. Evans
Series Producer (You and Me):
Richard Callanan
Presenter (Music Time):
Jonathan Cohen
Presenter (Music Time):
Helen Spiers
Clarinettist (Music Time):
Edward Pillinger
Double bassist (Music Time):
Peter Trundley
Producer (Music Time):
Elizabeth Bennett
Presenter (British Social History):
Max Mason
Presenter (Zig Zag):
Sheelagh Gilbey
Producer (Zig Zag):
Tom Stanier
Bishop Odo:
Arthur Hewlett
Producer (Talkabout):
Moyra Gambleton
Producer (On the Rocks):
Brenda Horsfield
Narrator (Scotland this Century):
Alec Heggie
Script (Scotland this Century):
Gavin Sprott
Producer (Scotland this Century):
Robert Clark
Musician (The Music Arcade):
null Aklowa

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