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Daytime on Two

on BBC Two England

9.25am Encounter Austria
The Bodybuilding World Championships in Graz
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9.40am Lifeschool: You and the Law
The first of three programmes. Beware the Beach. With beaches polluted with sewage and a nature reserve threatened by the Channel Tunnel, is the law doing anything to protect our environment?
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10.05am You and Me
A series for 4- and 5-year-olds. Dibs finds it hard to pass the time.
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10.18am Music Time: Wooden Sounds
Children from Robert Browning Primary School play long and short sounds on wooden instruments, and accompany the song. Put Him in a Cage. By repeating a short sound they produce a regular beat.
Presenters: Jonathan Cohen and Helen Speirs.
Oboe: Nick Daniel.
Produced and directed by Elizabeth Bennett
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10.40am Job Bank: Moving House
The role of the removal firm and the estate agent.
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11.00am Zig Zag: Viking Sailors
Paul Coia tells the amazing story of Viking sailors.
(R) (e)

11.20am Maths at Work: Programme 3
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11.40am Into Music: Syncopation
The children compose a piece based on rhythm patterns.
Presenters: Rob Curling and Shelaagh Ferrell, with the Kent Youth Percussion Ensemble, director Sean Hopper, children from Elm Grove Middle School and Park House School.
(R) (e)

12.00 Thinkabout
Everyday science for 5- to 7-year-olds. See How They Grow
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12.15pm History File: Medicine through Time
Medicine, Women and society. Only about one in four GPs in Britain are women. How were women excluded from medicine during the Middle Ages, and what problems did women medical students face in 19th-century Britain?
Presented by Paul Viragh.
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12.35pm Seventeen: Debbie
Debbie has just moved into a hostel for teenagers in care. Will organising her life be more pressing than choosing what course or scheme to go on?
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1.00pm Science in Action: Keep It Clean
Bacteria take a starring role in the programme: an expert in domestic micro-biology tracks down bacteria in the kitchen, and an Environmental Health Officer shows how important hygiene is in food handling. Presenters: Kjartan Poskitt and Terry Marsh.
(R) (e)

1.20pm The Adventures of Spot
by Eric Hill. Spot's Lost Bone, told by Paul Nicholas. Animation Lelo Beltoft
Music by Duncan Lamont
Script editor David McKee
Production Clive Juster
(R)

1.25pm Fireman Sam: Barn Fire
Narrated by John Alderton.
On a very hot day. Sarah and James are picking potatoes for Bella. Sam wonders if he can help, but first he has to deal with a barn fire at Pandy Lane Farm.
(R)

1.40pm Landmarks: Children at War: Occupation
May 1940: Hans Verhoeven was just 8 when the German forces occupied Holland. He recalls the days of hunger and cold - days when Dutch families were driven to eating tulip bulbs - and tells the story of his escape from Amsterdam.
Director Paul Fisher
A Case production for BBC TV
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2.00pm News, followed by Words and Pictures
A series for 5- to 7-year-olds to encourage reading. Butterflies and Moths
Presenter: Vicky Ireland
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Parents should note that some of 'Daytime on Two' is aimed at teenagers and may be unsuitable for the young.

Contributors

Presenter (Music Time):
Jonathan Cohen
Presenter (Music Time):
Helen Speirs
Oboe (Music Time):
Nick Daniel
Producer/Director (Music Time):
Elizabeth Bennett
Presenter:
Paul Viragh
Presenter (Science in Action):
Kjartan Poskitt
Presenter (Science in Action):
Terry Marsh
Writer (The Adventures of Spot):
Eric Hill
Music (The Adventures of Spot):
Duncan Lamont
Script Editor (The Adventures of Spot):
David McKee
Production (The Adventures of Spot):
Clive Juster
Subject (Landmarks):
Hans Verhoeven
Director (Landmarks):
Paul Fisher

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