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9.35 Encounter: Austria: The School Year Begins
For some with a fashion show, for others with English lessons, a fencing class and a visit to the Landeszeughaus, Graz.
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9 52 Making History: Local Studies: The Countryside
People don't usually think of the countryside as being man-made, but it is. By studying fields and furrows, trees and hedges or banks and ditches, you can often trace the history of your area right back to the Iron Age, or even earlier.
Presented by Richard Burrows
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10.15 Equal People: What's Got into You?
by Chris Ellis
'Do boys or girls get the best roles in life?, wondered Jackie before she was invited to appear on Norman's chat show with TV co-star Dave.
As she watches extracts from some of their past TV appearances, Jackie's worst fears are confirmed.
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10.38 Brazil: Progress, but Who Is it For?
How have the fruits of Brazil's economic development been shared among the population?
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11.0 Watch: Senses: Tastes
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11 17 Now and Then: On the Rails
Fifty years ago a steam engine was an everyday sight. Nowadays many people have never even been on a train. Children investigate trains now and then.
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11.40 Mindstretchers: Mystery of the Five White Powders: The Problem
How can Anthony Daniels identify the five powders with simple chemical tests?
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11.48 Life Goes On: Fertilisation
Sexual reproduction is one method of passing genetic material to the next generation. A look at sexual reproduction in plants, animals and people.

12.10 pm Pages from Ceefax

12.30 Marketing in Action: If the Customer's Happy...
Venice is the location for a team of top salesmen celebrating their success. How important are reward and incentive for salespeople in the service sector?
A BBC/Open University production

12.55 StartUp Your Own Business: Taking the Plunge
After your research is done, it must be brought together within the framework of a business plan. This is the time to make decisions.
A BBC/Open University production

1.20 Pages from Ceefax

1.38 Walrus: You Know it Makes Sense
Some 'knock knock' jokes, a bicycle factory and a girl called Bert help to show how the English language works.
With Veronica Hyks and Ian Bamforth
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2.0 News and Weather

2.2 Wild Flower
Rosebay Willowherb - a plant with a flair for taking over large areas of countryside and city centres.
Michael Jordan looks at how one of the more opportunist wild flowers has exploited our lifestyle to further its own.
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(Ceefax subtitles)

2.15 You and Me
A series for 4- and 5-year-olds.
Dibs and Cosmo wonder what it would be like to turn things upside down. Henry the kangaroo wishes Ellie a 'Happy Birthday'. Samantha and her friends help look after the family's hens.
Song: 'I'm a dingle dangle scarecrow'.
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Contributors

Film editor (Encounter:
Austria): Luis Espana
Producer (Encounter:
Austria): Susan Paton
Presenter (Making History):
Richard Burrows
Producer (Making History):
Jill Sheppard
Writer/producer (Equal People):
Chris Ellis
Series producer (Equal People):
Rosanna Hibbert
Jackie Modell:
Wendy Nottingham
Dave Mould:
Robin Hayter
Norman Maker:
Nick Burnell
Producer (Brazil):
Len Brown
Film editor (Now and Then):
John Billingham
Producer (Now and Then):
Diane Morgan
Presenter (Mindstretchers):
Anthony Daniels
Series producer (Mindstretchers):
Edward Hayward
Producer (Marketing in Action/StartUp Your Own Business):
Roger Penfound
Narrator (Walrus):
Ron Allridge
Sketches (Walrus):
Cathy Pellicer
Producer (Walrus):
Morton Surguy
[Actress]:
Veronica Hyks
[Actor]:
Ian Bamforth
Presenter (Wild Flower):
Michael Jordan
Video cameraman (Wild Flower):
Alan Hayward
Producer (Wild Flower):
Sara Ford
Presenter (You and Me):
Sheila Chitnis
Film director (You and Me):
Adrian Mills
Studio director (You and Me):
Sue Aron

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