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A See-Saw programme Presented by SAM DALE Bit by Bit
Which came first, the chicken or the egg, the acorn or the oak? In the story sung by rick JONES , three monkeys try to find the answer.
Story animation MIREK LANG and ANNA FODOHOVA
Directed by MARTIN FISHER
Written and produced by MICHAELCOLE

Contributors

Presented By:
Sam Dale
Sung By:
Rick Jones
Directed By:
Martin Fisher

A series of five programmes
Brian Redhead examines some of the implications of the new technological revolution for people in industry today.
3: Towards the Last Frontier
Britain's industrial survival may depend on the readiness of companies to adopt flexible, computer-based manfacturing methods. But flexibility is not just a matter of equipment. It's also a question of attitudes and the ability to come to terms with the human effects of change.

Contributors

Director:
David Scott Cowan
Producer:
David Allen

A series of five programmes which looks at a number of language departments that are having some success in their own terms and, in conjunction with the booklet, attempts to suggest why this is so. 1: Archbishop Michael Ramsey School, London
Producer ROBERT CLAMP
Booklet, 60p, plus 20p postage and packing, from CILT[address removed] Cheques/postal orders payable to CILT

The last of five films about Spain, with interviews in Spanish. Soria and Antonio Machado
Film cameraman ALAN STEVENS
Producer BERNARD ADAMS
Book (same title) providing the full text of the interviews in Spanish, as well as language notes and background material, £2.50, from bookshops

Contributors

Unknown:
Antonio MacHado
Unknown:
Alan Stevens
Producer:
Bernard Adams

JIMMY YOUNG'S
Guide to Everyday Maths
The last of ten programmes to help you brush up your confidence with numbers. Statistics
With RAY LONNEN, MANDY MORE and PETER AUBREY
Sketches by CHRIS MILLER
Production ANNA JACKSON , CHRIS JELLET
Book (same title), £2.50, from bookshops For information about local classes in maths, ring [number removed](England),
[number removed](Scotland), [number removed] (Wales), [number removed]8 (N Ireland), between 9.30 and 5.30, Monday to Friday.

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Aubrey
Unknown:
Chris Miller
Unknown:
Production Anna Jackson

Gaelic for Beginners
Twenty programmes for beginners in Scots Gaelic.
Presented by MAIREAD ROSS
6: Am bi thu a' tighinn an seo trie? With SIMON MACKENZIE , CATRIONA MONTGOMERY, CATHERINE ANNE MAC -PHEE, DONALD SMITH , RHODA MAC DONALD, RORY MACDONALD , ANGUS PETER CAMPBELL
Producer NORMAN MCCANDLISH
Book, records and cassettes (same title), from bookshops

Contributors

Presented By:
Mairead Ross
Unknown:
Simon MacKenzie
Unknown:
Catherine Anne Mac
Unknown:
Donald Smith
Unknown:
Rhoda Mac
Unknown:
Rory MacDonald
Unknown:
Angus Peter Campbell

A third series of ten programmes presented by DELIA SMITH Barbecues and Picnics
Nothing encourages the appetite as much as the prospect of eating out of doors. In this programme Delia Smith , with her husband Michael, demonstrates the art of successful barbecuing and also foods suitable for picnics.
Director JENNY STEVENS Producer PETER RIDING.

Contributors

Presented By:
Delia Smith
Unknown:
Delia Smith
Director:
Jenny Stevens
Producer:
Peter Riding.

In the fourth of our journeys through the Christian life, VALERIE FISHER explores the contribution made by silence. Our meditation and prayers are led by R. T. BROOKS.
Director PAUL LOOSLEY
Producer STEPHEN WHITTLE. BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Valerie Fisher
Unknown:
R. T. Brooks.
Director:
Paul Loosley
Producer:
Stephen Whittle.

Featuring the news and views, politics and practice of those involved with the land. with PHILIP WRIXON and DAN CHERRINGTON
Producer JOHN KENYON. BBC Birmingham
Weather for farmers JIM BACON

Contributors

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

In this series, which shows artists making original prints, GLYNNE BOYDE HARTE makes a lithograph with printer.STANLEY JONES of the Curwen Studio, and BRENDAN NEILAND with printer ALAN cox. Film editor HOWARD SHARP Producer SUZANNE DAVIES
Book (same title), £9.95, from bookshops

Contributors

Unknown:
Glynne Boyde Harte
Unknown:
Stanley Jones
Unknown:
Brendan Neiland
Producer:
Suzanne Davies

The saga of a land and its people in 12 parts. The epic best-selling novel by JAMES A. MICHENER of the exploration and development of the Great American West.
1: Only the Rocks Live Forever starring
When a French-Canadian, known only as Pasquinel, risked his life in hostile Colorado Indian territory to trade for beaver in the dying years of the 18th century, he discovered a culture at its zenith. Unwittingly, he and his partners, Scottish fugitive Alexander McKeag and St Louis silver-smith Herman Bockweiss , were to be the forerunners of doom for the Indian and his environment.
Written for television by JOHN WILDER Produced by HOWARD ALSTON
Directed by VIRGIL VOGEL

Contributors

Novel By:
James A. Michener
Unknown:
Alexander McKeag
Unknown:
Herman Bockweiss
Television By:
John Wilder
Produced By:
Howard Alston
Directed By:
Virgil Vogel
Pasquinel:
Robert Conrad
Alexander McKeag:
Richard Chamberlain
Herman Bockweiss:
Raymond Burr
Lise Bockweiss:
Sally Kellerman
Clay Basket:
Barbara Carrera
Joe Bean:
Clint Walker
Lame Beaver:
Michael Ansara
Blue Leaf:
Maria Potts

Rivers
A series of five programmes 4: The Singapore River
At three miles long, the Singapore River can hardly be called one of the world's mightiest! Yet this colourful and crowded stretch of water has been Singapore's heart since the days when her banks sheltered exotic eastern vessels sailing in on the trade winds with opium, silk and spices.
Peter Purves explores the Singapore River and meets the people who are part of its life today. He discovers how the river's history has shaped that of Singapore itself - the ' Crossroads of Asia'.
Written by DOROTHY SMITH
Film editor STEVE NEWSHAM Photography JOHN GOODYER
Executive producer DAVID HARGREAVES Producer SARAH HELLINGS

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Purves
Written By:
Dorothy Smith
Editor:
Steve Newsham
Unknown:
John Goodyer
Producer:
David Hargreaves
Producer:
Sarah Hellings

by JANE AUSTEN dramatised in five parts by FAY WELDON
4: Elizabeth found the manner of Mr Darcy 's proposal insulting and unworthy of a gentleman but now she has learned the truth about Wickham, she grows ashamed of her former, blind prejudice.
Not to switch in to Part 4 would be as unthinkable as not reading the next chapter of a good novel. (FINANCIAL TIMES) Music composed by WILFRED JOSEPHS Producer JONATHAN POWELL Directed by CYRIL COKE

Contributors

Unknown:
Jane Austen
Unknown:
Fay Weldon
Unknown:
Mr Darcy
Composed By:
Wilfred Josephs
Producer:
Jonathan Powell
Directed By:
Cyril Coke
Elizabeth Bennet:
Elizabeth Garvie
Mr Darcy:
David Rintoul
Mr Bennet:
Moray Watson
Mrs Bennet:
Priscilla Morgan
Mrs Gardiner:
Barbara Shelley
Mr Gardiner:
Michael Lees
Mrs Reynolds:
Doreen Mantle
Mr Bingley:
Osmund Bullock
Mr Wickham:
Peter Settelen
Jane Bennet:
Sabina Franklyn
Mary Bennet:
Tessa Peake-Jones
Kitty Bennet:
Clare Higgins
Lydia Bennet:
Natalie Ogle
Caroline Bingley:
Marsha Fitzalan
Mrs Hurst:
Jennifer Granville
Mr Hurst:
Edward Arthur
Mrs Philips:
Shirley Cain
Miss Darcy:
Emma Jacobs
Captain Denny:
Andrew Johns

from Colwyn Bay,
Clwyd Noreen Bray meets and talks to some of the people who live and work in this seaside resort of Colwyn Bay, on the North Wales coast. Gladys Spreadbury and Gertrude Hughes , who are retired missionaries; landscape painter, Maurice Greenwood , and others. They talk about their lives and beliefs, and choose their favourite hymns, which are sung by a united congregation in St John 's Methodist Church.
Lord of the worlds above (Darwall); Spread the table of the Lord (Culbach);
Sometimes a light surprises (Petition); Lead, kindly light (Sandon); Yes, God is good (Williams); I bind unto myself today (St Patrick); Abide with me (Eventide); Not far beyond the sea (Menna) Organist ARTHUR MOSTYN
Conductor ROLAND MORRIS
Producer HUW BRIAN WILLIAMS
Series producer RAYMOND SHORT BBC Wales

Contributors

Unknown:
Clwyd Noreen Bray
Unknown:
Gladys Spreadbury
Unknown:
Gertrude Hughes
Unknown:
Maurice Greenwood
Unknown:
St John
Conductor:
Roland Morris
Producer:
Huw Brian Williams

starring John Wayne
Katharine Ross , Jim Hutton
Fighting oil well fires is not just a job: it is a dirty, dangerous and exhausting way of life. Chance Buckman, leader of the hellfighters, has almost become reconciled to the loss of his wife and daughter because of his job. Then Buckman is injured and his partner, Greg Parker , re-opens old wounds by bringing back his family.
Screenplay by CLAIR BUFFAKER Produced by ROBERT ARTHUR
Directed by ANDREW v. MCLAGLEN Films: page 10

Contributors

Unknown:
John Wayne
Unknown:
Katharine Ross
Unknown:
Jim Hutton
Unknown:
Greg Parker
Play By:
Clair Buffaker
Produced By:
Robert Arthur
Chance Buckman:
John Wayne
Tish Buckman:
Katharine Ross
Greg Parker:
Jim Hutton
Madelyn Buckman:
Vera Miles
Jack Lomax:
Jay C Flippen
Joe Horn:
Bruce Cabot
George Harris:
Edward Faulkner
Irene Foster:
Barbara Stuart
Colonel Valdez:
Edmund Hashim
Amal Bokru:
Valentin de Vargas
Madame Loo:
Frances Fong
General Lopez:
Alberto Morin
Harry York:
Alan Caillou
Helen Meadows:
Laraine Stephens
Jim Hatch:
John Alderson
Dr Songla:
Lal Chand Mehra
Zamora:
Rudy Diaz
Gumdrop:
Bebe Louie

From the 10,000 letters you send in every week
Esther Rantzen brings you some of the zaniest and funniest. And, with reporters
Paul Heiney and Chris Serle , investigates the more bizarre consumer sagas and real-life problems. Also featuring Cyril Fletcher with your odes and oddities of the week, and Richard Stilgoe and his travelling piano go round Britain in search of things ridiculous and unusual to sing about.
Director BOB MARSLAND
Produced by HENRY MURRAY and ESTHER RANTZEN Editor RONALD NEIL
Cyril Fletcher 's Oddities, 11.25, from bookshops

Contributors

Unknown:
Esther Rantzen
Unknown:
Paul Heiney
Unknown:
Chris Serle
Unknown:
Cyril Fletcher
Unknown:
Richard Stilgoe
Director:
Bob Marsland
Produced By:
Henry Murray
Produced By:
Esther Rantzen
Editor:
Ronald Neil
Unknown:
Cyril Fletcher

At the heart of the events which make our daily headlines lie deeper concerns: the principles on which our decisions are based, the effective values and beliefs which shape our society.
In this week's filmed report Peter France investigates one such issue, questioning our responses and looking, with those most directly concerned, at the fundamental values behind the news.
Film editor MICHAEL ALOOF
Series producer COLIN CAMERON

Contributors

Producer:
Colin Cameron

BBC One London

About BBC One

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

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