John-Michael Tebelak, creator of Godspell

Country Ways

People with unusual enthusiasms
(from Birmingham; first shown on BBC2)

Written and produced by Don Haworth
This film looks at life today in one of the last remaining dukedoms of Britain - Andrew Robert Buxton Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire

...by children from abroad
During the autumn, children from abroad bring us memories of the countries they call home.

Expressionist, abstract realist, naturalist... the labels mean very little. Joan Eardley, in her short life, made a powerful and personal impression on the art world of Scotland and London. This posthumous film essay records some impressions of the person and her work.
Taking part: James Morrison, Hugh Adam Crawford, Douglas Hall, Mary Taylor, Audrey Walker

A cheerful restaurant, good food and fine wine spell gracious living for some.
But the men who prepare the food work in a noisy, sweaty world-in kitchens that would give the average housewife night-mares. They roast and stew and bake in a kind of madhouse of shouted commands, cancelled orders and frayed tempers.
What makes them work long hours for modest pay, often underground in steaming hot conditions?

by Mrs Molesworth
with Ann Morrish
Today: The Old House

with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd

Expedition Ivory Coast
In today's programme, John and Pete in their dug-out canoe battle with 15-foot waves and Lesley explores a ghost town on the edge of the jungle.

Making a splash on the Ivory Coast: pages 8 and 9. Blue Peter Tenth Book, 60p: see page 78

with Kenneth Kendall; Weather

Bringing you news and views in your region tonight
Presented by Michael Barratt, Frank Bough and Bob Wellings

An immense magnetic phenomenon fractures space from end to end causing headquarters to flash urgent warnings to the entire starfleet and orders to the Enterprise at the focal point in particular.
[Repeat]

TV's top reporters close in on the most interesting topics of the day
Alastair Burnet, Michael Charlton, Alan Hart, Richard Kershaw, Richard Lindley, Julian Pettifer, Alan Watson

There are now many thousands more criminals locked up in Britain's prisons than ten years ago, and with longer sentences.
Richard Kershaw looks behind the walls at what happens in the closed world of prison life; he talks to the men who serve the long sentences, and to the men whose job it is to keep them inside.
Job satisfaction?: page 4

The first of a series of 15 weekly dips into the treasury of wildlife film with David Attenborough

Curious Ways ...of getting a square meal!
(from Bristol)

with Kenneth Kendall and Peter Woods; Weather

A series of major films made in the 60s for adult audiences
Tonight's film stars Barry Evans, Judy Geeson, Angela Scoular

Shy, sensitive sixth-former Jamie McGregor has only one subject on his mind: girls. In his fantasies he dreams of himself as the great lover with girls, girls and more girls falling at his feet. But he finds reality rather more difficult.
This Week's Films: page 11

Why should such a man have become a popular hero?
Introduced by Professor R. Hilton