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9.35 Dicho y hecho
Basic skills in Spanish
Having to do things; likes and dislikes; comparing and preferring.
(R)

9.52 Look and Read: The Boy from Space: In the Spaceship
by Richard Carpenter
(Shown on Tuesday at 10.15 am)

10.15 Mathscore One: Fill it Up
Elaine Donnelly and Roger Sloman show how to relate measures of volume and capacity.
(R)

10.38 History 11-13: The Tudors: Mary Queen of Scots
Why did Mary Queen of Scots, seek refuge in England? Why did Elizabeth put her in prison? What kind of threat did she pose to Elizabeth between 1558 and her death? This programme outlines the background to these questions, and asks a further one: what would you have done about Mary if you had been Elizabeth?
(R)

11.0 Around Scotland: Nature Study: Birdwatching
(Shown yesterday at 1.38 pm)

11.22 Update USA: Deep South Town
Greenville, Mississippi, is a small town in the poorest region of the poorest state in the USA. The economic boom in the South has reached Greenville but has left numerous question marks about its effect on the roots of the area's poverty.
(R)

11.44 Going to Work: Life and Social Skills: Working it Out: Fresh Starts
by Bill Lyons
Mrs Woodthorpe visits Kay and Steve in London. Steve gets the job abroad, but how will it affect his marriage?
(R)

12.5 pm Making the Most of the Micro: 10: At the End of the Line
Ten programmes showing what micros can do and how to use them. Presented by Ian McNaught-Davis
(R)

12.30 Caring for Older People: Sharing a House
Sharing a house with an elderly relative has its problems, but there are benefits: security for the older person, and help with childcare for the younger family.
A BBC/Open University production

12.55 Pages from Ceefax

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

1.33 General Studies: Media Matters: The Film of the Book
(Shown on Monday at 11.40 am)

2.0 Scene: Who Will My Parents Be?
A film about adoption and fostering. Brother and sister, Tina and James, are going through the adoption process to begin a new life with a new family. Morele and Danny, mixed-race teenagers, were adopted as babies. Angie is waiting for a foster family. The Fish family have adopted Ruth, who was born severely handicapped.
(Shown on Wednesday at 11.40 am)

2.30-2.50 English File: Media Studies: Talking Pictures
How television cameras are used to shoot drama. A workshop with a group of students from Weston-super-Mare in which camera angles and shot-sizes are related to a short sketch played as a comedy and then as a thriller.
(R)

Contributors

Writer (Look and Read):
Richard Carpenter
Presenter (Mathscore One):
Elaine Donnelly
Presenter (Mathscore One):
Roger Sloman
Producer (History 11-13):
Jill Sheppard
Writer (Going to Work):
Bill Lyons
Presenter (Making the Most of the Micro):
Ian McNaught-Davis
Producer (Caring for Older People):
Clare Falkner
Research (Scene):
Adrienne Wallman
Producer (Scene):
Andy Walker
Series Producer (Scene):
Roger Tonge
Series Producer (English File):
Geoff Wilson

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