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9.35 Encounter: Austria: 4: Apprentices
What is it like to train for a job in Austria? Behind the scenes in a hotel school and in the Puch factory in Graz.
(R) (e)

9.52 Making History: Local Studies: Workshops
In the 19th century there were more workshops than factories, though traces of them may be harder to find. By looking at directories, censuses and buildings, a Birmingham school has built up a detailed picture of working conditions in the jewellery quarter.
Presented by Richard Burrows
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10.15 Equal People: Women Work
Technology alters the sexual division of labour. A look at the first textile mills and the computers of today raises some awkward questions about women workers and the future.
(R) (e)

10.38 Brazil: Amazon Frontier
Brazil's hectic pace of economic development has carried new ventures to the depths of the Amazon region.
Some have succeeded, but many have failed.
(R) (e)

11.0 Watch: Senses: Looking Closer
(For details see Thursday 2.2 pm) (R) (e)

11.17 Near and Far: Nations and Boundaries
How Europe's most important river, the Rhine, unites peoples and cultures as well as dividing them.
(R) (e)

11.40 Mindstretchers: Tight Living: The Problem
Problems for 10- to 12-year-olds to work on, with suggested solutions.
Feroza Syal is moving into a new bedsitter. How can she fit in everything she needs to make it comfortable?
(R) (e)

11.48 Life Goes On: Cells
Every living thing on the earth is made up of cells.
The cells divide and specialise to produce the vast range of living material.
(R) (e)

12.8 pm Pages from Ceefax

12.30 Marketing in Action: Launching Neptune
Can the National Trust broaden its appeal in order to save Britain's threatened coastline?
A BBC/Open University production

12.55 Startup your own Business: Opening Doors
Developing a sales strategy can be difficult and thankless.
A BBC/Open University production

Contributors

Sound recordist (Encounter:
Austria): Bob Roberts
Producer (Encounter:
Austria): Susan Paton
Presenter (Making History):
Richard Burrows
Producer (Making History):
Jill Sheppard
Presenter (Equal People):
Carole Harrison
Producer (Equal People):
Rosanna Hibbert
Producer (Brazil):
Len Brown
Producer (Near and Far):
Robin Gwyn
Presenter (Mindstretchers):
Feroza Syal
Producer (Mindstretchers):
Edward Hayward
Producer (Life Goes On):
Peter Bratt
Producer (Marketing in Action/Startup your own Business):
Roger Penfound

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