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Daytime on Two

on BBC Two England

(Parents should note that some of Daytime on Two is aimed at teenagers and may be unsuitable for the young)

9.25am Quinze minutes: En vacances
A series for beginners.
(R) (e)

9.40am Let's See: What a Load of Rubbish
Presenter Billy McElhaney discovers that he is responsible for his own rubbish.
(e)

10.00am Thinkabout: Cover Up
(Shown yesterday at 12 noon)
(e)

10.15am Look and Read: Through the Dragon's Eye: 9: Danger on High!
Written by Christopher and Christine Russell.
The Veetarod has fallen down a deep chasm in the tunnel. Rodey bravely volunteers to rescue it. It's their only hope...
Featuring: Charles Collingwood, Simon Fenton, Marlaine Gordon, Michael Heath, Katie Hebb, Timothy Lyn, Carolyn Pickles, Nicola Stewart and the Puppet Factory.
(e)

10.40am Investigating Science: Prediction: If It Happened Once...
A look at the way scientists try to predict future events from observed patterns of happenings.
(R) (e)

11.00am Watch: Food: Going Bad
(For details see Thursday at 2.00pm)
(e)

11.17am France Francais: Le Quatorze Juillet
The programme goes to Avignon to find out why the French still remember the events of 1789.
(R) (e)

11.35am Textile Studies: Riot of Colour
Sir Terence Conran shows how to select a fine piece of dhurry weaving.
(R) (e)

11.55am MI 10
Get the Facts
'Men are always taller than women'. Always?
And how might you test such a statement?

Followed by
Rolling
Stonehenge, a 50p coin and a drill which creates a square hole.
(R) (e)

12.15pm Science Topics: Biotechnology
Traditional ways of using microbes are in making cheese, beer and wine.
Today the techniques are undergoing a revolution.
(R) (e)

12.35pm The Geography Programme: Why Industry Comes and Goes (2)
Malcolm Stacey continues the story of industry in South Wales from the demise of coal and steel to the age of the industrial estate and hi-tech.
(R) (e)

12.55pm Buongiorno Italia!: 9: Cosa prendiamo?
Twenty programmes for beginners in Italian, featuring specially shot documentary film.
Presented by Lilly Lembo Lambert and Enrico Verdecchia.
(R) (e)

1.20pm Gran: Snowgran
by Joanne and Michael Cole.
Gran finds tobogganing too tame!
(R)

1.25pm Animal Fair: Beauty
with Don Spencer.
Never judge a book by its cover,
Wait till you discover just what lies inside.
(R)

1.40pm Outlook: My Wales: 5: Donna Morgan, Aberystwyth
The family at Havelock Villa is a large and unusual one.
(e)

2.00pm News; Weather

followed by
You and Me
A series for 4- and 5-year-olds.
Jeni is having a terrible day and spoils Dibs's and Cosmo's game.
Maths at the seaside: 'floating and sinking'.
Book: The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle.
(R) (e)

Contributors

Presenter (Let's See):
Billy McElhaney
Producer (Let's See):
Elaine MacLean
Writer (Look and Read):
Christopher Russell
Writer (Look and Read):
Christine Russell
Producer (Look and Read):
Sue Weeks
Puppeteers (Look and Read):
The Puppet Factory
Rodey (voice):
Charles Collingwood
Scott Bates:
Simon Fenton
Amanda Jackson:
Marlaine Gordon
Morris:
Michael Heath
Rodey (puppeteer):
Katie Hebb
Boris:
Timothy Lyn
Doris:
Carolyn Pickles
Jenny:
Nicola Stewart
Presenter (Textile Studies):
Sir Terence Conran
Presenter (The Geography Programme):
Malcolm Stacey
Presenter (Buongiorno Italia!):
Lilly Lembo Lambert
Presenter (Buongiorno Italia!):
Enrico Verdecchia
Film director (Buongiorno Italia!):
Libby Halliday
Producer (Buongiorno Italia!):
Maddalena Fagandini
Writer (Gran):
Joanne Cole
Writer (Gran):
Michael Cole
Narrator (Gran):
Patricia Hayes
Music and lyrics (Gran):
Bryan Daly
Animation (Gran):
Derek Mogford
Designed and directed by (Gran):
Ivor Wood
Narrator (Animal Fair):
Don Spencer
Musical director (Animal Fair):
Jonathan Cohen
Assistant producer (Animal Fair):
Anne Denehy
Producer (Animal Fair):
Barbara Roddam
Subject (Outlook):
Donna Morgan
Author (You and Me:
The Very Busy Spider): Eric Carle

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