6.45 The Acropolis of Athens
7.10 Engineering: Mechanical Properties
7.35 Evolution of Fishes
8.00 Education: Taking the Initiative
8.25 Sheffield: the Tertiary Debate

lain
Lauchlan. Elizabeth
Watts and Chloe Ashcroft say Hallo Again.
Music director RICHARD BROWN Director SHEILA FRASER Editor CYNTHIA FELGATE

The Early Church From its origins in first-century Palestine,
Christianity has developed into a faith practised in every corner of the world: a dream that must have seemed impossible when the gospels were written. How did the early Church evolve?
In the first of ten programmes, Rudolph Heinze , lecturer in Church history at Oak Hill Theological College, describes the society in which the Church began. Director MARK WADDINGTON Producer HELEN ALEXANDER
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An opportunity to join other viewers in a simple service of prayer and reflection.
Ann Easter joins Wilf and Hilary Fenton of the Catholic Renewal Movement in their home in Fulham, London.
Readings: Hebrews 2, vv 14-18 John 1, vv 14-23
Director MARK WADDINGTON
Series producer HELEN ALEXANDER

A wildlife quiz with Jeremy Cherfas and Sheila Anderson , Jenny Owen Peter Moore , Peter Ferns Director SARA FORD
Producer JOHN DOBSON BBC Bristol (R)

Your Life and Time
Everybody wants more of it and can't get enough of it. One international management guru has made himself a millionaire out of it - and it's not his to sell. He is Danish-born Claus Moller and the commodity is time. Business Matters went to Denmark to film Moller's unorthodox approach to management training. Producer FIONA PITCHER
Editor BRIAN DAVIES (R) (e)

First of ten programmes for people with learning difficulties.
Presented by Gary Bourlet and Peter Burgis
When Gary attended an adult-training centre there were few opportunities for trainees to make their own lives. But things are changing. The staff at Castlefield support
Bernadette Thomas in her work experience, Louise Daw and Mark Thomas now have activities in the community five days a week, and Mark Smith has progressed to a computer course at college. And Gary has moved on to present this programme and interview Sir Brian Rix , (pictured).
Film editor PAUL SINCLAIR
Studio director MARTYN SUKER Producer JOHN BROOKE (e) 0 INFO: page 76

Ten programmes with Chris Serle , Katia Dandoulaki 4: Meeting People
Consultant DAVID A. HARDY
Film editor RICHARD SIDWELL Producer TERRY DOYLE (R) (e)

Presented by Sue Edelson with the Go Go Boys
Whatever you're learning, you must be clear about why you are doing a course.
Assistant producer BARRY TOMALIN Producer JULIAN STENHOUSE (R) (e)
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Is sign language international? Is it mime? These questions and more are answered in this ten-part series about British Sign Language, or BSL.
Today's programme shows some important differences between sign language and spoken language.
Presented by Lorna Allsop with Clive Mason
Language advisor CLARK DENMARK Information on Ceefax page 189 (e) 0 INFO: page 76
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News, views and entertainment with sign language and subtitles
Presented by Clive Mason and Maureen Denmark Interpreted by John Lee Producer EDDIE MONTAGUE (e)

Q: How can hi-tech farming help the environment?
A: With a slurry digester.
Claire Powell reports on an award-winning project and the community of monks who are making money out of muck.
Producer ANNE BROWN BBC Pebble Mill

IAN MCCASKILL

with Vivian White
Starting with News Summary The weekly programme of lively discussion making the news with those in power and hearing the views of those who challenge them. Reporter RICHARD LINDLEY Producers
VANESSA DOWELL. PETER HILL Editor JAMES HOGAN

by Tony McHale and Gilly Fraser.
"Doctors! What use is doctors? Fill you full of pills and rubbish. Not like the old days when they had time to talk."
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continues a season of films to celebrate the 80th birthday of the distinguished British actor. Today with Ralph Richardson Michael Caine
Victorian England:
Masterman and Joseph Finsbury , two elderly brothers, live next door to each other. One of them will receive a large inheritance on the other's death. Masterman wants the fortune for his gauche grandson Michael, an ineffectual medical student. Joseph is too distracted to care, but his avaricious nephews Morris and John have other plans....
John Mills heads an anarchic comedy, full of wild chases, and 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
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A final feast of facts as Bill Oddie , Debbie Rix and Billy Butler present the last show in the present series. There's also a report from star guest, spy-writer Nigel West on how secret agents are recruited.
Designer STEPHEN BRADSHAW Studio director CHRIS SALT
Executive producer ALAN WALSH BBC North West

with Desmond Morris and Sarah Kennedy
Why are so many foxes moving into town? Which British dog has been shaped into 24 varieties? Which tiny horse, once thought to be extinct, is flourishing in Britain as a refugee from the Ayatollah's Iran?
Desmond and Sarah set off by barge to explore the animal life of Birmingham, the city that boasts more miles of canal than Venice. En route they meet the horse that can pull 45 tons with ease - and the cat fanciers who believe shows are for animals to enjoy just as much as humans.
Sarah returns to the classroom to take a lesson in overcoming her phobia over birds. Her teacher is a wise owl.
Research FIONA COUPER , POLLY PHILLIPS Director KATE KINNINMONT Producer IAN CHRISTIE Editor DAVID MARTIN BBC Scotland
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with Richard Whitmore Weather JOHN KETTLEY

from
Penrhyncoch Aled Jones visits the small village of Penrhyncoch in Mid Wales, and hears how the Welsh Plant Breeding
Station there helps to combat starvation in Africa. SALLY JENKINS tells him about the medicinal plants the Romans left behind them in the area. Children from the local school sing Hosanna, and the congregation in St John's parish church sing their songs of praise.
Immortal, invisible (Joanna); There is a green hill (Horsley); Great is thy faithfulness; Jesu. lover of my soul
(Aberystwyth): 0 thou who earnest from above (Hereford); Guide me. 0 thou great Jehovah (Cwm Rhondda); Jubilate (sung by MERCHED BRO DDAFYDD )
Conductor IFOR AP GWlLYM Organist DAVID FRANCIS Producer DAFYDD OWEN Editor STEPHEN WHITTLE
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Tom O'Connor puts A Question of Entertainment to celebrities of film, theatre, radio, television and music in the first of a brand-new family showbiz quiz. For the next 18 weeks, Tom keeps the peace between his regular team captains, Ken Dodd and Larry Grayson, who tonight are joined by Little and Large, Bernard Bresslaw and Linda Nolan to answer questions on some of the greatest and funniest moments from the world of entertainment.

BBC North West
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by JOHN SULLIVAN starring Ralph Bates In the first episode an unfamiliar face appears in the 1-2-1 Club. A new member needs sympathy and understanding as he reveals his past.
Designer JOHN ANDERSON Produced and directed by RAY BUTT (R)
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A series in ten episodes based on the Zoo Vet books by DAVID TAYLOR
1: Changing Places by JOHNNY BYRNE starring with and The year is 1971 and this series finds Donald Turner now firmly established as an international vet dealing with exotic species ranging from a orang-utan to a minah bird.
Produced by BILL SELLARS
Directed by ANDREW MORGAN (R)
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Richard Whitmore with the days's news from home and abroad Weather

Presented by Esther Rantzen Consumer advice, investigations, misprints, mishaps and real-life humour drawn from the letters you send each week.
With Gavin Campbell, Doc Cox, Adrian Mills, Grant Baynham
Write to: That's Life! BBCtv [address removed]
It is regretted that it is not possible to answer all your letters.
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written by PENNY CROFT starring Simon Cadell and Carol Royle
With impending fatherhood and a little help from Ben, Larry throws caution to the wind. and Title music written and sung by PENNY CROFT
Studio sound MARTIN DEANE Studio lighting GEOFF BEECH Designer GARRY FREEMAN Produced and directed by SUSAN BELBIN
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Ireland's Hidden People Dublin is celebrating its
1,000th birthday. The Irish are opening their doors and their hearts to the world. But hidden away from the celebrations, life in Ireland is harsh. One in five people is unemployed. Homelessness is on the increase as more and more Irish migrate to
Dublin. Poverty is writ large. In a profoundly Catholic country, renowned for sending missionaries to the Third World, the Irish are suddenly finding the poor are on their own doorstep. Everyman reports from
Ireland on the individual members of the Church who are responding in unexpected ways to the problems of Ireland's hidden people.
Film cameraman SEAMUS DEASY Film editor MIKE JACKSON
Producer CLAIRE WALMSLEY
Everyman editor JANE DRABBLE

Fifth of eight programmes on making music in a rock band. Guitar and Bass Synths Electronic Drums Presenters
Deirdre Cartwright (guitar) Alastair Gavin (keyboards) Geoff Nicholls (drums) and Henry Thomas (bass) explore the world of 'pitch to voltage', 'pitch to digital' and 'active fret' guitar and bass controllers; put the electronic drumkit through its paces; and explain how to use MIDI modes.
Also featured: A beginner's guide to FM programming - operators, carriers, algorithms. What does it all mean?
With comments from
Midge Ure , virtuoso guitarist Allan Holdsworth , and ex-Yes and King Crimson drummer Bill Bruford. Production assistant ANDREA RAWNSLEY
Produced by CHRIS LENT (R) (e)

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