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9.20 Let's Go - Series 1: Let's Go and Keep Fit
Ten programmes for moderately handicapped young adults, presented by Brian Rix
(R)

9.35 Encounter: France: Spare Time
Visit a French TV station, help in a butcher's shop, watch a cycle race with a journalist - or join a youth group.
(R)

9.52 Mathscore One: 2: A Good Turn
Football, tennis, wallpapering and an elderly couple all throw light on angles.
(R)

10.15 Look and Read: Dark Towers: 5: The Old Coach House
by Andrew Davies
A reading series for 7- to 9-year-olds based around a humorous ghost story in ten episodes.
(R)

10.38 Update USA: 3: Farming Country
Grain mountains are piling up and farmers are feeling the pinch as changes in US foreign policy and farm financing take their toll.
(R)

11.0 Watch: Clay
(For details see tomorrow at 2.0 pm)

11.17 Walrus: After Four: 3
by Cathy Pellicer
Get used to writing it down, so you can scan it, remember it, plan it, and check you've got it right too.
(R)

11.39 Science Topics: Catalysis
'No catalysts, then no chemistry, then no life.'
(R)

12.0 Year of the French: 3
The Enterprising Bourgeois Armistice Day ceremony in Lille - the flags come from Luc Doublet's family firm. Grandfather reminisces about the Great War at the family's celebration lunch.
(R)

12.30 pm Deutsch direkt!: 5
A series of 20 programmes for beginners in German.
In East Friesland, close to the Dutch border, the national drink is tea. See how it's blended in Leer, while in Greetsiel, in Poppinga's Alte Backerei, it is served - mit Kandiszucker und Sahne.
Presented by Hanni Vanhaiden
(Complementary radio programme on Sunday Radio 4 VHF at 5.30 pm, repeated next Saturday at 4.30 pm)
Book £5.95, three cassettes £3.75 each, and Notes for Teachers £3.25 from booksellers or BBC Publications

12.55 Switch On to English (1): 5: Asking Someone to Do Something for You
Key aspects of spoken and written English are taught using extracts from popular television series as reinforcement.
Presented by Floella Benjamin
(R)

1.20 Encounter: Spain: Spare Time
A teenage disco, a pelota match and the Valladolid local radio station. Youth groups - and a romeria in Plasencia.
(R)

1.38 Let's See: Flowers and Fruits of the Earth: 2: Nuts and Berries
Fruits come in a wide variety of forms but one thing is constant - they always hold the seeds of the plant and are designed to help spread those seeds.
(R)

2.0 You and Me
A series for 4- and 5-year-olds
Jeni Barnett finds it hard to comfort Cosmo when Dibs goes missing. Introducing the number 10. Read the book Winklet Goes to School.
(R)

2.15 History 11-13: The Middle Ages: The Church
The role of the Church, seen through the eyes of contemporary pilgrims.
(R)

2.40 Exploring Science: Forces and Movement
Top athletes start out as ordinary people. What makes them different is their mastery over forces and their control over their own bodies.
(R)

Contributors

Presenter (Let's Go):
Brian Rix
Producer (Mathscore One):
David Roseveare
Writer (Look and Read):
Andrew Davies
Producer (Update USA):
Len Brown
Writer (Walrus):
Cathy Pellicer
Series Producer (Science Topics):
Peter Bratt
Subject (Year of the French):
Luc Doublet
Producer (Year of the French):
Jonathan Gili
Presenter (Deutsch direkt!):
Hanni Vanhaiden
Director (Deutsch direkt!):
Marion Allinson
Producer (Deutsch direkt!):
Maddalena Fagandini
Presenter (Switch On to English):
Floella Benjamin
Presenter (Let's See):
Michael Scott
Producer (Let's See):
Marianne Baird
Presenter (You and Me):
Jeni Barnett
Presenter (History 11-13):
Richard Burrows
Producer (History 11-13):
Jill Sheppard

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