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9.35 Appuntamento in Italia: Un paese a lavoro
I pescatori de Cetara; il nord industriale; corrente viva.
(R)

9.52 Look and Read: Dark Towers: 7: The Dark Tree
by Andrew Davies
(Shown on Tuesday at 10.15 am)

10.15 Mathscore Two: 4: Fine Adjustment
Laurel and Hardy cut a shelf to length - how accurate must they be?
(R)

10.38 The History Trail: Fire!
London, 2 September 1666 - the start of a terrible fire recorded in detail by the diarist Samuel Pepys. Within four days the city was in smoking ruins, among them the Barnwell's family home.
With Ray Brooks, Kathy Burke, Paul Copley, Mike Hayward, David John, Timothy Kightley, Vivienne Moore, Edward Philips, Kenneth Waller and Francis Ferris
Written by Colin Davis

11.0 Around Scotland: 2: Breaking the Law
Burgh life in 1623: the story of a merchant's family in 17th-century Scotland.
(Shown yesterday at 1.38 pm)

11.22 Geography Casebook: Britain: Textiles and After
The story of how one industry came to dominate the Lancashire town of Blackburn, and of what's happening today.
(R)

11.44 Going to Work: Local College
(Shown on Monday at 9.38 am)

12.5 pm The Computer Programme: 7: Let's Pretend
An introduction for beginners to the use of computers, with the emphasis on small machines. The language used is BBC BASIC.
Modelling and simulation (R)

12.35-1.0 Computers in Control: 2: Making Sense of the Real World
(R)

1.10 Science Topics: Senses
(Shown on Tuesday at 11.39 am)

1.33 General Studies: Alternative Ways of Healing: 2
(Shown on Monday at 11.40 am)

2.0 Scene: Wide Games
by Leslie Stewart
After a 14-day adventure and survival course, run by the army for unemployed teenagers, Jet hates the thought of returning home. He's got better ideas - after all, he knows how to survive.
(Shown on Wednesday at 11.40 am)

2.30 English File: Androcles and the Lion: Part 1
by Bernard Shaw
with Billy Connolly as Androcles, Anna Calder-Marshall as Lavinia, Bernard Bresslaw as Ferrovius, Jane Freeman as Megaera and Rupert Frazer as the Captain
with Roy Jones, Stafford Gordon, Peter Land, Desmond Maurer, John Tordoff, Paul Hargreaves (R)

Contributors

Writer (Look and Read):
Andrew Davies
Producer (Mathscore Two):
David Roseveare
Writer (The History Trail):
Colin Davis
Producer (The History Trail):
Sue Weeks
[Actor]:
Ray Brooks
[Actress]:
Kathy Burke
[Actor]:
Paul Copley
[Actor]:
Mike Hayward
[Actor]:
David John
[Actor]:
Timothy Kightley
[Actress]:
Vivienne Moore
[Actor]:
Edward Philips
[Actor]:
Kenneth Waller
[Actor]:
Francis Ferris
Writer (Scene):
Leslie Stewart
Producer (Scene):
Roger Tonge
Corporal 'Chalky':
Hugh Quarshie
Jet:
Adam French
Conn:
Iain Andrew
Brian:
Mark Draper
Vera:
Francesca Brill
Wobbly:
Paul Gentry
Ryl:
Karen Lucas
Floyd:
Terry Sue Patt
Author (English File):
Bernard Shaw
Producer (English File):
Ronald Smedley
Androcles:
Billy Connolly
Lavinia:
Anna Calder-Marshall
Ferrovius:
Bernard Bresslaw
Megaera:
Jane Freeman
The Captain:
Rupert Frazer
[Actor]:
Roy Jones
[Actor]:
Stafford Gordon
[Actor]:
Peter Land
[Actor]:
Desmond Maurer
[Actor]:
John Tordoff
[Actor]:
Paul Hargreaves

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