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A second-stage Italian language series: ten programmes looking at Italy today.
8: Agricoltura
A look at the problems caused by the neglect of agriculture in favour of industrialisation and at least one area of success: Chianti wine.
Presented by DENIS MACK SMITH
Produced by MADDALENA FAGANDINI
Book (same title), £1.80, from bookshops

Contributors

Presented By:
Denis MacK Smith
Produced By:
Maddalena Fagandini

A series of 20 programmes which aims to help mentally-handicapped people get more out of life.
16: Let's Go and Find a Hobby tFor details see Monday, 2.15 pm BBC2 and Tuesday. 10.30 am BBCl)
Notes for parents and teachers, 65p top postage, are available from BBC Publications, PO Box 234, London [Postcode removed]

Nine programmes for trade unionists on Democracy at Work: 3
Should unions do more to secure greater job satisfaction for their members? If so, how? The film includes a report by shop stewards from Jaguar on a visit to the Volvo car works in Sweden.
Director PETER LEE-WRIGHT
Producer JOHN TWITCHIN
Book, Democracy at Work, £1.50, from bookshops

Contributors

Director:
Peter Lee-Wright
Producer:
John Twitchin

A 24-part French course for beginners on television and radio: 18 Presented by GILLES DATTAS with CHRISTIAN BRUMELL as Michel and YVES FAVIER, ANDRÉ MARANNE SIMON PANTALACCI , ELMA SOIRON TANIA SOURSEVA
Scripts by MIREILLE FLEMING , ANTOINE TUDAL Directed by TERRY DOYLE
Produced by TONY ROBERTS
(Ensemble radio programmes on Sundays at 2.30 pm and Wednesdays at 11.0 pm on Radio 4UK, VHF)
Book 2 (same title). £1.30; Notes for teachers, £1.00; record 2, or cassette 2, from bookshops or [address removed]

Contributors

Presented By:
Gilles Dattas
Unknown:
Christian Brumell
Unknown:
Maranne Simon Pantalacci
Unknown:
Mireille Fleming
Unknown:
Antoine Tudal
Directed By:
Terry Doyle
Produced By:
Tony Roberts

If you have a hearing loss and would like to learn to lip-read, this series of 16 programmes aims to help you.
8: 'I enjoyed it - I had jaundice' Words which sound quite different may look alike: the confusions can be amusing or embarrassing depending on your reaction.
Producer BRIGIT BARRY

Contributors

Producer:
Brigit Barry

Five programmes which aim to help speech-impaired people and their families.
With BRIAN TRUEMAN 3: Facing the World
Finding and holding down a job are particularly difficult for someone with a speech problem. This programme looks at how a group of stammerers are helping each other.
Executive producer TONY MATTHEWS Producer CHARLES PASCOE

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Trueman
Producer:
Tony Matthews
Producer:
Charles Pascoe

A church is a place of worship, even when there is no congregation present. Each building has something to say, some story to tell. Today R. T. BROOKS is at St Mary's Church, Slough.
Presented for television by RAYMOND SHORT

Contributors

Unknown:
R. T. Brooks
Television By:
Raymond Short

Beliefs, experiences, prayer and reflection brought together in the foyer of the BBC centre in Birmingham. Solitude
CANON ERIC DEVENPORT is joined by CANON GONVILLE FFRENCH-BEYTAGH and others who believe that solitude can be a religious experience.
Director MICHAEL SHOESMITH Producer john WILCOX BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Unknown:
Canon Eric Devenport
Director:
Michael Shoesmith
Producer:
John Wilcox

features the news and views, politics and practice, of those involved with the land. with PHILIP WRIXON
DAN CHERRINGTON
Producer JOHN KENYON. BBC Birmingham i
Weather for Farmers MICHAEL FISH

Contributors

Unknown:
Philip Wrixon
Unknown:
Dan Cherrington
Producer:
John Kenyon.

A new look to the programme which seeks out the brightest sparks in the school laboratory. Introduced by John Tidmarsh Heat 1
What's in a blush? :
MADRAS COLLEGE, ST ANDREWS How not to blow a fuse: WORKSOP COLLEGE
Roadsigns can be very moving: BURFORD SCHOOL
These three teams compete for a place in the final and are judged by Dr Colin Blakemore , physiologist Professor
Eric Ash , electronics engineer
Sir George Porter , chemist
Studio director PETER BRATT Producer COLIN RIACH

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Tidmarsh
Unknown:
Dr Colin Blakemore
Unknown:
Eric Ash
Unknown:
Sir George Porter
Director:
Peter Bratt
Producer:
Colin Riach

European Indoor Championships from Vienna
The final day of the championships will, as usual, provide some of the best athletics competition in the world. Today's events include the finals of the 800m, 1500m, 60m hurdles and the Men's 3000m. Record-holders BRIAN HOOPER , in the Pole Vault, and MARK NAYLOR, in the High Jump. are among the British competitors. Commentators RON PICKERING and STUART STOREY
TV presentation by AUSTRIAN TV SERVICE
Reports on the European Championships on Ceefax

Contributors

Commentators:
Ron Pickering
Commentators:
Stuart Storey

This week: Bedworth

Arthur Negus goes on the road with a team of experts from Britain's leading auction houses. They meet the public informally and discuss the treasured possessions brought along for their assessment. The result is a programme filled with surprises and excitement as people discover the truth about objects that have. sometimes, been gathering dust for years. Introduced by Bruce Parker

BBC Bristol

Contributors

Presenter:
Bruce Parker
Expert:
Arthur Negus
Director:
Paul Smith
Producer:
Robin Drake

by NINA BAWDEN , dramatised in five episodes by JULIA JONES
1: Poll Greengrass and her family live in Edwardian London. When they hear their father's disturbing news, their peaceful life is changed for ever.
Producer ANNA HOME
Director PAUL STONE (Repent)

Contributors

Unknown:
Nina Bawden
Unknown:
Julia Jones
Unknown:
Poll Greengrass
Emily Greengrass:
Anne Stallybrass
TheO:
Ben Bethell
Poll:
Lucy Durham-Matthews
Lily:
Sarah Prince
George:
David Parfitt
Old Rowland:
Russell Waters
Young Rowland:
Adrian Pratt
James:
Tom Georgeson
Grandfather:
Brian Hayes
Aunt Sarah:
Rosalie Crutchley
Aunt Harriet:
Pat Keen
Mrs Bugg:
Maryann Turner
Noah Bugg:
Paul Wilson
Miss Mantripp:
Aimée Delamain
Milkman:
Malcolm Sneath

ROY CASTLE goes cycling this week and among the people he meets is DR RONALD WILLIAMS , a London Gp who makes all his home visits on a bicycle, and another keen cyclist is actor DEREK GRIFFITHS. Director BRIAN DAVIES Producer PETER RIDING

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Ronald Williams
Unknown:
Derek Griffiths.
Director:
Brian Davies

A serial in ten episodes by BRIAN CLARK , starring
8: Mark Telford increasingly doubts the wisdom of his decision to take a backward step in his career, and meanwhile Sylvia takes a step closer to Tim Hart.
Music by JOHN DANKWORTH Make-up JILL SHARDLOW Costume BRIAN WILLIS Designer ALLAN ANSON Producer MARK SHIVAS Director BARRY DAVIS
Theme tune (RESL 63), from record shops

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Clark
Unknown:
Mark Telford
Unknown:
Tim Hart.
Music By:
John Dankworth
Unknown:
Jill Shardlow
Unknown:
Brian Willis
Designer:
Allan Anson
Producer:
Mark Shivas
Director:
Barry Davis
Mark:
Peter Barkworth
Sylvia:
Hannah Gordon
Tim Hart:
With Keith Barron
Helen Santon:
Zena Walker
Carol Milton:
Veronica Sowerby
Keith Everley:
Albert Welling
Elizabeth Cowley:
Tessa Peake-Jones
Sally Morton:
Janet Key
Nick:
James Smith
Giles:
Tim Wylton
Goring:
Derek Seaton
Julie:
Nula Conwell
William Harvey:
Simon Lack
Jean:
Phoebe Nicholls
Jeavons:
Ralph Nossek
Charles:
Charlie Stewart

starring
Richard Thomas , Bess Armstrong TV news assistant Michael Carboni is shattered to learn that his secret love, newsreader Kristy Lawrence , is to be married in a week. Overcoming his diffidence, he launches a massive campaign to persuade her to marry him instead.
Written by JOHN HUDOCK
Directed by STEPHEN STERN. Films: page 15

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Thomas
Unknown:
Michael Carboni
Unknown:
Kristy Lawrence
Written By:
John Hudock
Directed By:
Stephen Stern.
Michael Carboni:
Richard Thomas
Kristy Lawrence:
Bess Armstrong
Howie Lasser:
Mark Harmon
Burt, Michael's father:
Vic Tayback
Sylvia, Michael's mother:
Dena Dietrich
Catherine, Kristy's mother:
Audra Lindley
Kristy's father:
Van Johnson

with Esther Rantzen
Reporters Paul Heiney , Chris Serle Featuring Oddities of the Week from Cyril Fletcher
And a collection of the jokes, dramas and problems of real life.
Studio director PIETER MORPURGO Produced by HENRY MURRAY and ESTHER RANTZEN Editor PETER CHAFER

Contributors

Unknown:
Esther Rantzen
Reporters:
Paul Heiney
Reporters:
Chris Serle
Unknown:
Cyril Fletcher
Director:
Pieter Morpurgo
Produced By:
Henry Murray
Produced By:
Esther Rantzen
Editor:
Peter Chafer

The Paperback Programme
Introduced by Ronald Harwood
Authors of the Week
Paul Johnson with A History of Christianity, which Malcolm Muggeridge called 'Masterly ... combining great wealth of scholarship, including many fascinating byways as well as the main highways.'
Jeffrey Archer with Shall We Tell the President?, a thriller of which Vogue said 'Here is terror, outrageous and top notch.'
Books of the Week chosen by Bennie Angelo, London Bureau Chief of Time Magazine
Stuart Hampshire, Warden of Wadham College, Oxford and A. S. Byatt , novelist and historian
Quiz of the Week set by Richard Adams on JANE AUSTEN
Producer JULIA MATHESON

Contributors

Introduced By:
Ronald Harwood
Unknown:
Paul Jehnson
Unknown:
Malcolm Mug
Unknown:
Jeffrey Archer
Unknown:
Bennie Angelo
Unknown:
A. S. Byatt
Unknown:
Richard Adams
Unknown:
Jane Austen
Producer:
Julia Matheson

by Elaine Morgan

'You could always say no.' Not all girls know it all; and Glenys has mixed feelings about finding out.

Contributors

Writer:
Elaine Morgan
Producer:
Brigit Barry
Glenys:
Zelah Clarke
Alan:
Alun Lewis
Mrs Evans:
Christine Pollon
Dr Davies:
David Garfield
Sarah:
Margaret John

BBC One London

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BBC One is a TV channel that started broadcasting on the 20th April 1964. It replaced BBC Television.

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