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A series of five programmes
2: The Control of Working Capital featuring
RONNIE CORBETT and JOHN CLEESE
Working capital is the life-blood of any business. This prize-winning training film shows how to ensure a healthy flow.
Writtenbyantonyjay
Special adviser ERNEST JONES Illustrations TONY HART
Directed by PETER ROBINSON A VIDEO ARTS production

Contributors

Unknown:
Ronnie Corbett
Unknown:
John Cleese
Directed By:
Peter Robinson

A Parents and Children series of 16 programmes.
2: Starting a baby isn't always easy. CLAIRE WOOLFORD looks at conception and fertility. Should you have your baby at home or in hospital? With a ' problem page ' by CLAIRE RAYNER.
Producer DICK FOSTER

Contributors

Unknown:
Claire Woolford
Unknown:
Claire Rayner.
Producer:
Dick Foster

Ten programmes for trade unionists on Democracy at Work: 7
The union arguments for and against as debated at the TGWU Conference 1977, with evidence from British Steel and from Sweden, Germany, Italy and France.
Producer JOHN TWITCHIN

Contributors

Producer:
John Twitchin

A 24-part French course: 22 Presented by GILLES DATTAS with CHRISTIAN BRUMELL as Michel GEORGES BEJEAN , ANDRE MARANNE ANNICK ROUX , ELMA SOIRON
Scripts by MIREILLE FLEMING , ANTOINE TUDAL Produced by TONY ROBERTS
(Ensemble radio programmes on Sun-days at 2.30 pm and Wednesdays at 11.0 pm on Radio 4 UK, VHF)

Contributors

Presented By:
Gilles Dattas
Unknown:
Christian Brumell
Unknown:
Michel Georges Bejean
Unknown:
Andre Maranne
Unknown:
Annick Roux
Unknown:
Mireille Fleming
Unknown:
Antoine Tudal
Produced By:
Tony Roberts

A series of five programmes Presented by Geoffrey Smith 2: A Good Return for Effort
There's that special satisfaction a gardener gets when he picks vegetables he's grown himself. This week GEOFFREY SMITH plants potatoes, sows broad beans, lettuce, radish and spring onions, and shows how to beat the cold weather by using cloches.
Producer PETER RIDING Director BRIAN DAVIES

Contributors

Presented By:
Geoffrey Smith
Unknown:
Geoffrey Smith
Director:
Brian Davies

This listing contains language that some may find offensive.

by NINA BAWDEN : dramatised in five episodes by JULIA JONES
Poll finds both joy and sorrow in this final episode.
Producer ANNA HOME
Director PAUL STONE

Contributors

Unknown:
Nina Bawden
Unknown:
Julia Jones
Producer:
Anna Home
Director:
Paul Stone
Emily:
Anne Stallybrass
Lady March:
Lally Bowers
Poll:
Lucy Durham-Matthews
TheO:
Ben Bethell
Lily:
Sarah Prince
George:
David Parfitt
Aunt Sarah:
Rosalie Crutchley
Aunt Harriet:
Pat Keen
Noah Bugg:
Paul Wilson
Annie Dowsett:
Sarah Hollis-Andrews
Manservant:
Jon Hieatt-Smith
Maud:
Mary Clare Nash
Hetty:
Mary Tovey
Barker:
Fred Beauman
Bearded lady:
Susan Field
James Greengrass:
Tom Georgeson

ROY CASTLE finds out from DR PHILIP JAMES why we should all be eating more dietary fibre - better known as ' roughage'. Dr James also explains why whole-meal bread is so good for you, and how you can tell which breakfast cereals are high in fibre.
Production assistant JENNY STEVENS Producer PETER RIDING
For a free copy of the accompanying booklet, write to' [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Philip James
Unknown:
Jenny Stevens

HOWARD SPRING'S best-selling novel Dramatised in eight episodes by JULIAN BOND starring
Michael Williams Frank Grimes
Maurice Denham Episode 2
As Oliver and Rory grow up, the contrast in their characters becomes clear and reflects the determination of William and Dermot to live their lives again through their sons.
Costume designer JUANITA WATERSON Music adviser KENYON EMRYS ROBERTS Designer CYNTHIA KLJUCO
Produced by KEITH WILLIAMS Directed by PETER CREGEEN

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Williams
Unknown:
Frank Grimes
Unknown:
Maurice Denham
Designer:
Juanita Waterson
Unknown:
Kenyon Emrys Roberts
Designer:
Cynthia Kljuco
Produced By:
Keith Williams
Directed By:
Peter Cregeen
William Essex:
Michael Williams
Dermot O'Riorden:
Frank Grimes
Nellie Essex:
Sherrie Hewson
Oliver Essex (age 5):
Kieron Crowe
Rory O'Riorden (age 5):
William Thompson
Maeve O'Riorden (age 10):
Lorna Yabsley
Sheila O'Riorden:
Kate Binchy
Antonio:
Christopher Scoular
Shylock:
Michael McClain
Kevin Donnelly:
Patrick Waldron
Annie Suthurst:
Patsy Rowlands
Sawle:
Matthew Long
Mrs Bendall:
Joyce Carey
Maeve O'Riorden (age 14):
Prue Clarke
Oliver Essex (age 10):
Stefan Gates
Rory O'Riorden (age 10):
Matthew Dale
Captain Judas:
Maurice Denham
Mary Latter:
Elizabeth Seal

starring Tony Lo Blanco
Sally Kellerman
In this lively adventure set in Australia, ship's captain Magee finds himself all at sea - in the middle of the bush! When his much-loved rusty old freighter is threatened by a multi-national company take-over, Magee needs the help of a tycoon's daughter. But Veronica's attitude is not one of friendly co-operation and Magee is forced to adopt some unusual methods of persuasion.
Written by colin FREE
Produced by GEOFFREY DANIELS
Directed by GENE LEVITT. Films: page 18 (First showing on British television)

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Lo Blanco
Unknown:
Sally Kellerman
Written By:
Colin Free
Produced By:
Geoffrey Daniels
Directed By:
Gene Levitt.
Magee:
Tony Lo Bianco
Veronica:
Sally Kellerman
Schneider:
Anne Semler
Tom:
Rod Mullinar
Bos'n Shelley:
Kevin Leslie
Clayton:
Jacqueline Kott
Stirling:
Ken Fraser
Miller:
Vincent Gil
Colonel Tucker:
Kenneth Laird
Deveaux:
Peter Collingwood
Hodge:
Gareth Wilding-Forbes
Jimmy Constable:
Peter Snook
Truckie:
Revelly Jones

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 that happen in real life.
Studio director PIETER MORPURGO Produced by HENRY MURRAY and ESTHER RANTZEN Editor PETER CHAFER

Contributors

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

World hunger; the energy crisis; the poisoning of the environment - questions undreamed of by our forebears have become the common currency of today's news bulletins.
In this Everyman film Ronald Higgins looks beyond our immediate crises to what lies behind them.
Four years ago he gave up careers in the Foreign Office and at The Observer to explore the six threats he saw menacing mankind's future and to search within himself for the human factor which he believes to be the greatest threat of all: The Seventh Enemy.
Film cameraman KEITH HOPPER Film editor MICHAEL ALOOF
Research ELIZABETH CARTMALI Producer PETER ARMSTRONG

Contributors

Unknown:
Ronald Higgins
Unknown:
Keith Hopper
Producer:
Peter Armstrong

The Paperback Programme Introduced by Ronald Harwood
Authors of the Week
Raymond Briggs , with Fungus the Bogeyman - all you ever wanted to know about the Bogey life-style, and in pictures too!
William Trevor , with his novel The Children of Dynmouth, which The Times described as ' the work of a master craftsman and a deep creative talent'.
Books of the Week chosen by Mark Boxer , cartoonist Jane Gardam , writer and Monica Mason , Principal Dancer of The Royal Ballet Quiz of the Week set by Dick Francis on GRAHAM GREENE
Studio director BOB LOCKYER Producer JULIA MATHESON

Contributors

Introduced By:
Ronald Harwood
Unknown:
Raymond Briggs
Unknown:
William Trevor
Unknown:
Mark Boxer
Unknown:
Jane Gardam
Unknown:
Monica Mason
Unknown:
Dick Francis
Unknown:
Graham Greene
Director:
Bob Lockyer
Producer:
Julia Matheson

Housewives' Choice
'The arguments were always about one thing - who does the housework? '
Why are women's options limited once they leave school, marry, and have children?
Series producer HOWARD SMITH Production SUZANNE DAVIES

Contributors

Producer:
Howard Smith
Unknown:
Suzanne Davies

BBC One London

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