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Daytime on Two

on BBC Two England

Parents should note that some of 'Daytime an Two' is aimed at teenagers and may be unsuitable for the young.

9.40am LIFESCHOOL: Rights, Responsibilities and the Law: Beware of the Beach
The first of three programmes on the law.
With beaches polluted with sewage and a nature reserve threatened by the Channel Tunnel, is the law doing anything to protect the environment? (e)

10.05am YOU AND ME
A series for 4- and 5-year-olds. Cosmo and Dibs quarrel over how to share the drinks on a hot day. Joshua meets his brand new baby brother. Song: Dumplings (e)

10.18am MUSIC TIME: Musical Clocks
Music which copies the ticking and chiming sounds of clocks. (R) (e)

10.40am THINKABOUT: Getting the Message
The problem is that Sharon feels poorly and isn't on the phone. So the children rig up a do-it-yourself phone with hosepipe and funnels.
They go on to find ways of communicating without any words. (R) (e)

10.58am ZIG ZAG: Zig Zag's Wildlife Safari: Rearing
Nick Davies tells Paul Coia about the way in which she looks after her 8-month old son, Joseph, and compares it to the way in which animals bring up their young. Butterflies ignore their young, but crocodiles make tender parents and meerkats run a babysitting service! (e)

11.20am INTO MUSIC: Using the Voice
In today's programme, voices are used as natural musical instruments to create vocal sounds and to sing songs and accompaniments. The children improvise tunes based on two chords and compose their own vocal round.
Presenters Sheelagh Ferrell, Steven Wren with Vocem Electric Voice Theatre and children from Roxeth Manor Middle School, Belmont Junior School (e)

11.40am INFORMATION WORLD: Just Ask the Computer
Five programmes about information technology in everyday life.
The 'clever computer': crunching numbers and making decisions.
Presenter Carol Leader (R) (e)

12.00 QUINZE MINUTES: Temps Libre
A new French magazine series for beginners
Young people in Rouen talk about their favourite TV programmes and what they do in their spare time. Presenter Nicholas Mead (e)

12.15pm HISTORY FILE: Twentieth-Century History: The Third World
The programme describes some aspects of the history of the Third World, which contains a variety of countries whose problems are often worldwide. Commentary John Tidmarsh Written by Guy Arnold (R)(e)

12.35pm SEVENTEEN: What Happened Next?
Debbie, Dean and Julia - plus Justin and Noorany - give another year's update on their lives. There are one or two surprises as they look back at the two years since they left school. (R) (e)

1.00pm SCIENCE IN ACTION: Current Affairs
Visit a New York neon light factory, make an unusual electric motor that shouldn't work but does, and find out how the battery of the future makes electricity from bacteria. Presenters Terry Marsh and Kjartan Poskitt (R) (e)

Contributors

Producer ("Lifeschool"):
Andy Walker
Presenter ("You and Me"):
Bharti Patel
Producer ("You and Me"):
Nicci Crowther
Cosmo:
Frances Kay
Dibs:
Francis Wright
Frank:
Jim Dunk
Sally:
Vicky Licorish
Producer ("Music Time"):
Elizabeth Bennett
Producer ("Thinkabout"):
Pat Farrington
Presenter ("Zig Zag"):
Paul Coia
Guest ("Zig Zag"):
Nick Davies
Producer ("Zig Zag"):
Tom Stanier
Presenter ("Into Music"):
Sheelagh Ferrell
Presenter ("Into Music"):
Steven Wren
Guests ("Into Music"):
Vocem Electric Voice Theatre
Produced and directed by ("Into Music"):
Sheila Fraser
Series Producer ("Into Music"):
Elizabeth Bennett
Presenter ("Information World"):
Carol Leader
Producer ("Information World"):
Roger Fry
Presenter ("Quinze Minutes"):
Nicholas Mead
Producer ("Quinze Minutes"):
Caroline Godley
Commentary ("History File"):
John Tidmarsh
Writer ("History File"):
Guy Arnold
Series Producer ("History File"):
Paul Mitchell
Producer ("Seventeen"):
Mike Dick
Presenter ("Science in Action"):
Terry Marsh
Presenter ("Science in Action"):
Kjartan Poskitt
Assistant Producer ("Science in Action"):
Lambros Atteshus
Series Producer ("Science in Action"):
Robin Mudge

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