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7.5 Rhondda: 1: Educating for Escape
7.30 The Way to Work
(UHF only)
(to 7.55)
A Single Piper by ELISABETH BERESFORD
Told by BERNARD CRIBBINS
Music by MIKE BATT
Animated by BARRY LEITH
Directed by IVOR WOOD
With CYD HAYMAN
Oriental Folk Tales
Today: The Moon Child
' Separating the bamboo canes Toscida peered between them. " Can I believe what I am seeing," he exclaimed in amazement. "A silver child! If this doesn't please my wife then I don't know what will! "'
Pictures by BILL RANDELL
Producer ANGELA BEECHING
Adapted and directed by DAVID WILSON
(Neat week: ' Abel's Island' with PeUr Barkworth)
Why Don't You just switch off your television set and go and do something less boring instead?
Your ideas, games and activities presented by the children of the Bristol Why Don't You ...? Gang.
Producer HILARY MURPHY
Executive producer MOLLY cox
(Please tend your ideas to Why Don't You ... ? [address removed]; but if you want a reply please enclose stamped addressed envelope)
The Cornhill Insurance Test Series
England v Australia from Edgbaston Second day
PETER WEST introduces the whole of this morning's play from Edgbaston.
Commentators
RICHIE BENAUD , PETER WALKER MIKE SMITH , TOM GRAVENEY
Television presentation
BILL TAYLOR , DAVID KENNING
Weather JIM BACON
The Cornhill Insurance Test Serin England v Australia from Edgbaston Second day
Further coverage from Edgbaston.
Story: One Hot Day by GRACE READ Presenters
Carol Chell , Johnny Ban
Musical director PETER PONTZEN Percussionist LYN EDWARDS
Graphic designer JOANNA ISLES Designer MARK SEVANT
Written and directed by MARGIE BARSOM Series producer JUDY WHITFIELD
Executive producer CYNTHIA FELGATE
An animated series of science fiction stories.
Selected from an earlier age and given incredible powers, three teenagers return to Earth in their spaceship headquarters with a mission - to guard the human race from evil. (Repeat)
When Custard was Sorry Told by RICHARD BRIERS
Written by GRANGE CALVELEY
Animation BOB GODFREY
with Jan Leeming Weatherman
Look East, Look North
Look North West, Midlands Today Nationwide (London and SE) Points West, South Today Spotlight South West
6.20
Nationwide
Including Down to Earth
The Nationwide guide to easy 8ardening with Alan Titchmarsh. (Regional details at Monday)
Another chance to see Grace Kennedy in her first television series. In this final programme she introduces her special guest from America Ben Vereen.
The last of four parts adapted from the novel by MEREDITH DANEMAN starring
4: Barbara returns to work with the ballet company - much to Jack's delight. George can only sit at home with the baby - and wait and members of the NORTHERN BALLET COMPANY
Script editor SALLY HEAD
Designer STANLEY MORRIS Producer COLIN SHINDLER Director PAUL CIAPPESSONI
with Peter Woods and the BBC's reporters and correspondents around the world Weekend Weather JIM BACON
from Crystal Palace
The Talbot International Games
The mid-season spectacular at Crystal Palace once again lives up to its enviable reputation with our four Gold medallists from Moscow, SEBASTIAN COE , STEVE OVETT , ALLAN WELLS and DALEY THOMPSON all scheduled to compete. From the USA 19-year-old CARL LEWIS , hailed as the new Jesse Owens , competes for the first time in Britain.
Commentators DAVID COLEMAN
RON PICKERING , STUART STOREY
Producer JOHN SHREWSBURY
starring and guest star
A Family Matter
The heavy mob is now leaning on Gary for £50,000. Thanks to Abbey, he can borrow the money - on condition that he asks for it personally. But he refuses because the man he has to ask is his brother, J. R. Ewing.
Written by DAVID PAULSEN
Directed by EWARD PARONE .
starring
Richard Attenborough
Terence Morgan , Colin Petersen
Tod Dawson is a 10-year-old with a mind of his own. His father is glad to off-load him onto a local schoolteacher, Stephen Leigh , while he goes abroad. He returns with an American wife and regains custody of the child, but his promise of a stable home is never realised and, instead, violence erupts.
Produced by JAMES LAWRIE
Screenplay and directed by WOLF RILLA Films: page 82