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A series of ten programmes
David Bellamy jumps into ponds to discover the many ways in which evolution took up the challenge of fresh water.
8: In the Swim
Wildlife magazine on Ceefax page 262
9-25 Pages from Ceefax

Contributors

Unknown:
David Bellamy

LALITA AHMED talks to SHAHEEN WEST-COMBE and SOPHIA RAHMAN about the activities of the Bangladesh Women's Association. PARMINDER KAUR BAKSHI talks to 11-year-old TANYA NIZAM who has written a book of poems.
Music is by ABDUL RAHIM FAREEDI and MOHAMMED ALI FAREEDI AND PARTY who sing a qawwali. Producer YOUSUF AZIZ
Executive producer ASHOK RAMPAL BBC Pebble Mill

Contributors

Talks:
Lalita Ahmed
Unknown:
Sophia Rahman
Talks:
Parminder Kaur Bakshi
Unknown:
Abdul Rahim Fareedi
Unknown:
Mohammed Ali Fareedi

A See-Saw programme by JOANNE AND MICHAEL COLE Gran Gliding
Narrated by PATRICIA HAYES
Jim visits his Gran and persuades her to come with him to fly his kite. But something else catches Gran's eye.

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Cole
Unknown:
Patricia Hayes

A See-Saw programme
Go motorbikes! Go police cars! Go Range Rover! The motorway police are going on patrol.
Voice LOLA YOUNG
Music MICHAEL OMER
Production assistant ROSEMARY DAVIES Producer MICHAEL COLE

Contributors

Unknown:
Rosemary Davies
Producer:
Michael Cole

Introduced by James Cameron
A series of films featuring the rediscovered work of amateur cameramen and 'home movie' makers of the 20s and 30s. At the end of 1939 most amateur cameramen put their cameras away for the next six years. Today's programme, the last in the present series, looks at Germany and Britain on the eve of World War II.
Series producer DAVID COLLISON Presented by KATHLEEN DERBY

Contributors

Introduced By:
James Cameron
Producer:
David Collison
Presented By:
Kathleen Derby

A series of 12 programmes by Bob Block

Traumatic transformation time! McWitch throws a wobbly and Ethel turns into a telephone. The Perkins are pestered by poultry, Nadia puts potions in the population's water and Claypole hatches a big egg!
(Repeat)

Book, Rentaghost Enterprises, £1.25 paperback, £5.95 hardback from booksellers

Contributors

Writer:
Bob Block
Incidental Music:
Jonathan Cohen
Producer:
Jeremy Swan
Director:
David Crichton
Timothy Claypole:
Michael Staniforth
Harold Meaker:
Edward Brayshaw
Ethel Meaker:
Ann Emery
Hazel the McWitch:
Molly Weir
Nadia Popov:
Sue Nicholls
Rose Perkins:
Hal Dyer
Arthur Perkins:
Jeffrey Segal
Lady in train:
Finola Keogh
and:
The Pantomime Horse

A serial in six parts by JEREMY BURNHAM
2: Frank has persuaded Mr Grieves to let Barry have some free tennis lessons. But Barry's problems are only beginning-he must join a club and try to find a sponsor - and he must practise with Lucy Roberts , and she has problems of her own.
Executive producer PAUL STONE Director ROGER SINGLETON-TURNER
+ Subtitles on Ceefax page 170

Contributors

Unknown:
Jeremy Burnham
Unknown:
Mr Grieves
Unknown:
Lucy Roberts
Producer:
Paul Stone
Director:
Roger Singleton-Turner
Barry Grieves:
Ian Barker
Frank Abbott:
Jeremy Burnham
Lucy Roberts:
Jane Pearson
Mr Grieves:
Stephen Yardley
Mrs Grieves:
Christine Hargreaves
Major Houghton-Jones:
Norman Bird
Mr Roper:
Barry Stokes
Mrs Roberts:
Karin MacCarthy
Wendy Roberts:
Alison Elliott

including
The News with tonight's Weather and Regional Magazines
Nick Ross, Sarah Kennedy and Sally Magnusson present news, views and topical features from Britain and around the world including national and international news read by Moira Stuart.
Sixty Minutes reporters travel far and wide to bring you the people and the places that are making the news, at home and abroad.
And contributions from The Special Correspondents, Sixty Minutes' own team of humorists, with some less serious observations on the day's events. Your countdown through Sixty Minutes
5.40 The News
5.54* Weather
5.55* Regional Magazines
6.38* Closing headlines
(For regional details see Monday)

Contributors

Unknown:
Sarah Kennedy
Unknown:
Sally Magnusson
Read By:
Moira Stuart.

starring
In Victorian England, Masterman and Joseph Finsbury are two old brothers who live next door to each other One will win a large legacy on the other's death Masterman wants the fortune for his grandson Joseph does not care, but his greedy nephews have plans
An unrivalled cast of British comic actors feature in this crazy comedy, full of wild chases bizarre deaths and very eccentric characters
Screenplay by LARRY GELBART and BURT SHEVELOVE based on the novel by R. L. STEVENSON and LLOYD OSBOURNE
Produced and directed by BRYAN FORBES Films: page 17

Contributors

Unknown:
Larry Gelbart
Unknown:
Burt Shevelove
Novel By:
R. L. Stevenson
Novel By:
Lloyd Osbourne
Directed By:
Bryan Forbes
Masterman:
John Mills
Michael:
Michael Caine
Joseph:
Ralph Richardson
Morris:
Peter Cook
John:
Dudley Moore
Julia:
Nanette Newman
Peacock the butler:
Wilfred Lawson
Dr Pratt:
Peter Sellers
Dr Slattery:
John Le Mesurier
Major Martha:
Cicely Courtneidge
Detective:
Tony Hancock
Mrs Hachett:
Irene Handl

written by JOHN WYNDHAM
The last episode of a six-part adaptation by DOUGLAS LIVINGSTONE starring with and Six years later in the Sussex farm-house, Bill and Jo find themselves cut off by growing numbers of triffids ...
Cast in order of appearance:
Music CHRISTOPHER GUNNING Producer DAVID MALONEY
Director KEN HANNAM

Contributors

Written By:
John Wyndham
Unknown:
Douglas Livingstone
Producer:
David Maloney
Director:
Ken Hannam
Bill Masen:
John Duttine
Jack Coker:
Maurice Colbourne
Jo:
Emma Relph
Susan:
Lorna Charles
David:
Dennis Gilmore
Alice:
Claire Ballard
Mary:
Jenny Lipman
Dennis:
Desmond Adams
Torrence:
Gary Olsen

In at the Deep End with Anthony Clare
Can divers work longer, harder and deeper by breathing hydrogen, a gas that has never yet been used for that purpose? What are the risks they will face? Explosion? Narcosis? Anaesthesia? Convulsions?
To find out for himself, diving doctor Maurice Cross joins an Anglo-French team in their compression chamber - where, if anything went wrong at maximum pressure it would take nine days to get them out.
Cameramen JOHN BECK. ALAIN TOCCO Film editor CHRISTINE GARNER Series editor MICK RHODES
Written and produced by ALEC NISBETT
* Subtitles on Ceefax page 170

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Clare
Unknown:
John Beck.
Editor:
Christine Garner
Editor:
Mick Rhodes
Produced By:
Alec Nisbett

Mary Decker - Superstar
A special report by KEVIN COSGROVE on the American girl whose looks and ability have made her one of the biggest attractions in world athletics. Champion of the world at 1500 and 3,000 metres, DECKER has learned to live with the adoration of the American public, who expect her to produce a gold medal performance at the Los Angeles Olympics.
Television presentation Boxing BOB DUNCAN
Greyhounds JOHNNIE WATHERSTON Producer ROGER MOODY Editor JOHN ROWUNSON
Harry Carpenter 's Videobook of Sport Vol 1, BBCV 5011 from retailers

Contributors

Introduced By:
Harry Carpenter
Unknown:
Albert Hall
Unknown:
Trevor Berbick
Commentator:
Desmond Lynam
Unknown:
Mary Decker
Unknown:
Kevin Cosgrove
Unknown:
Bob Duncan
Unknown:
Greyhounds Johnnie Watherston
Producer:
Roger Moody
Editor:
John Rowunson
Unknown:
Harry Carpenter

starring Stephanie Zimbalist and Pierce Brosnan Steele Trap
When a plastic surgeon subjects himself to the unkindest cut of all, Remington and Laura attempt to diagnose his case. Their investigations lead them to an island where the star is pom - as guests of a wealthy 'skin magazine' publisher.
Written by MICHAEL GLEASON Directed by SIDNEY HAYERS

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephanie Zimbalist
Unknown:
Pierce Brosnan
Written By:
Michael Gleason
Directed By:
Sidney Hayers
Laura Holt:
Stephanie Zimbalist
Remington Steele:
Pierce Brosnan
Randi:
Lynne Randall
Feldman:
Paul Hecht
Dominick:
Bruce Kirby

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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