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9.15 Job Bank: Working with the Elderly and Handicapped
They can be difficult - so why do young people want to work with them?
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9.38 Lifeschool: Going to Work: Leaving Home
by Michael Robartes
Problems in bedsitter-land and the thrills and spills of shared accommodation.
With David Kelly, Clark Flanagan, Lisa Geoghan, Mark Ellington, Linus Staples and Natalie Abbott.
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10.00 You and Me
A series for 4- and 5-year-olds.
When Gary gets paint on his best suit, Cosmo and Dibs think they can find clean clothes to fit him. Henry the kangaroo and Ellie learn to use pelican crossings. Four-year-old Jake celebrates Purim, a Jewish festival.
Song: "My Hat it Has Three Corners"
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10.15 Music Time: The Sounds of Words
(For details see Thursday 1.38pm) (R) (e)

10.40 Thinkabout: Noodles in the Air
It's Sally's birthday. Jim and the children make her a surprise meal. They find out how noodles are made and cry over cut onions.
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11.00 Zig Zag: The Saga of Gunnar Goldhair: 2: The Monster of Jorvik
(For details see Wednesday 1.38pm) (e)

11.20 English Time: Buddy: 3: Blue Suede Shoes
by Nigel Hinton
Starring Roger Daltrey as Terry
Buddy finds out about the Beast - but just what sort of work Dad does at night remains a worrying mystery. At least Buddy persuades him to come to Parents' Day, but is horrified when Dad turns up in his best Teddy Boy outfit. There's still no news of Mum, until, one evening...
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11.45 Bible Lands: Masada
The archaeological background to the Gospels.
The palace fortress of Masada must be one of the most impregnable fortresses in the world.
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12.08pm History File: Twentieth-Century History: Stalin and the Modernisation of Russia
How Stalin's 1930s rise to power affected the Soviet Union.
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12.30 General Studies: Protest Songs
Why is the most popular music today in the form of love songs? How does this square with the views of propagandists down the ages, who have felt that music was a powerful tool of persuasion? The programme includes performances by Billie Holliday and Red Wedge member Billy Bragg.
(R) (e)

1.00 Science in Action: Sixth Sense
This week travel beyond the limits of the naked eye with infra-red light and ultrasonic sound. Explore the world of inner-space with a microscope and make a pair of red and green glasses to see 3-D television. Presented by Kjartan Poskitt, Terry Marsh
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Contributors

Producer (Job Bank):
Jill Glindon Reed
Writer (Lifeschool):
Michael Robartes
Producer (Lifeschool):
Judith Miles
Series Producer (Lifeschool):
Paul Mitchell
[Actor]:
David Kelly
[Actor]:
Clark Flanagan
[Actress]:
Lisa Geoghan
[Actor]:
Mark Ellington
[Actor]:
Linus Staples
[Actress]:
Natalie Abbott
Presenter (You and Me):
Gary Wilmot
Cosmo:
Frances Kay
Dibs:
Francis Wright
Studio Director (You and Me):
Clare Elstow
Producer (You and Me):
Nicci Crowther
Producer (Thinkabout):
Derek Longhurst
Frank:
Jim Dunk
Sally:
Vicky Licorish
Writer (Buddy):
Nigel Hinton
Photography (Buddy):
John Goodyer
Produced and directed by (Buddy):
Roger Tonge
Terry:
Roger Daltrey
Buddy:
Wayne Goddard
Carol:
Kay Stonham
Beast:
Duncan Preston
Mr Normington:
Norman Bird
Charmian:
Lorraine Plummer
Julius:
Dennis Victory
Mrs Rybeero:
Ena Cabayo
Mr Rybeero:
Lloyd Anderson
Producer (History File):
John Chapple
Producer (History File):
Paul Mitchell
Singer (General Studies):
Billie Holliday
Singer (General Studies):
Billy Bragg
Narrator (General Studies):
Mel Smith
Producer (General Studies):
Edward Hayward
Presenter (Science in Action):
Kjartan Poskitt
Presenter (Science in Action):
Terry Marsh
Series Producer (Science in Action):
Robin Mudge

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