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9.38 Going to Work: Market Town
Although Leominster itself is a small town, it is an important centre for the surrounding countryside. Young people leaving school there can choose both town and country jobs.
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10.0 You and Me
A series for 4- and 5-year-olds
Cosmo and Dibs sing 'Hammer with a hammer' and there's a visit to a carpenter's workshop. Henry the kangaroo introduces the word 'ice-cream'.
With Yasmin Pettigrew
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10.15 Music Time: Tempo
Music at slow, fast and in-between speeds, from fast, car-chase music accompanying the Keystone Cops, to the slow cat stalking its prey. The children tap the regular beat, chant, and sing a song at different speeds.
Presenters Jonathan Cohen and Helen Speirs with Dave Rose (bass guitar), Peter Borra (drums)
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10.38 Let's See: Scottish Farming: 1: Hill Farming
Presented by Michael Scott
Poor soil and harsh weather mean that hill farms have to concentrate on only those animals and crops that can survive such conditions.
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11.0 Zig Zag: Winter Festival: Sweden
Ellesmere Primary School in Sheffield links up with a school in Stockholm. The English children want to find out about the Festival of Lucia and the Swedish children have all the answers.
(E)

11.22 Walrus - Guess What!: The Truth!
What do you think David will do? Your answer depends on what sort of person you think he is. Michael Rosen and the team have their own ideas, but do you agree? Clues presented by David Freeman
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11.45 Religious Studies: Why? Because...: 'But is it true..?'
Children often ask this when they hear a story. There are three sections in this programme: a creation story, a modern story of temptation, and a battle between good and evil.
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12.8 pm Equal People: Dressing Up
Today young people make their own fashions - in the late 19th century there were women (and men) who did the same. A look at dress, then and now, and the need for freedom, self-assertion and self-expression by feminists and others.
(E)

12.28 Pages from Ceefax

12.40 General Studies: Have a Drink?
Alcohol is a drug. A look at the ways in which alcohol affects the body and some of the social consequences of drinking.
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1.5 Micro File
Lesley Judd and Fred Harris introduce a compilation of items from the recent series of Micro Live. Themes include: applications, hardware, games, robots and graphics
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1.38 Job Bank: Public Transport
A look at some of the great variety of jobs in bus and rail transport.
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2.0 Words and Pictures: The Magic Fish
A poor fisherman hears that the fish he has caught is really a prince and lets him go. The fisherman's wife feels a reward is due and begins to make some strong demands.
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2.15-2.35 Now and Then: The Rise and Fall of King Coal
A child's-eye view of the history of the coal-mining industry in Wales.
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Contributors

Producer (Going to Work):
Peter M. Evans
Series Producer (Going to Work):
Paul Mitchell
Presenter (You and Me):
Yasmin Pettigrew
Director (You and Me):
Pat Farrington
Producer (You and Me):
Richard Callanan
Cosmo:
Frances Kay
Dibs:
Francis Wright
Presenter (Music Time):
Jonathan Cohen
Presenter (Music Time):
Helen Speirs
Bassist (Music Time):
Dave Rose
Drummer (Music Time):
Peter Borra
Producer (Music Time):
Elizabeth Bennett
Presenter (Let's See):
Michael Scott
Director (Let's See):
Peter Legge
Producer (Let's See):
Marianne Baird
Producer (Zig Zag):
Tom Stanier
Presenter (Walrus):
Michael Rosen
Clues presented by (Walrus):
David Freeman
Producer (Walrus):
Morton Surguy
Narrator (Religious Studies):
Wei Wei Wong
Narrator (Religious Studies):
Indira Joshi
Narrator (Religious Studies):
Madhav Sharma
Producer (Religious Studies):
Julia Drum
Series Producer (Religious Studies):
Sue Weeks
Presenter (Equal People):
Carole Harrison
Producer (Equal People):
Rosanna Hibbert
Producer (General Studies):
Bruce Jamson
Presenter (Micro Live):
Lesley Judd
Presenter (Micro Live):
Fred Harris
Producer (Job Bank):
David Meldrum
Presenter (Words and Pictures):
Vicky Ireland
Producer (Words and Pictures):
Moyra Gambleton
Producer (Now and Then):
Pat Farrington

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