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West Country nurseryman Dennis Cornish visits the nuns at Posbury St Francis, near Crediton, who pride themselves on being totally self-sufficient in both fruit and vegetables. Their produce feeds not only the community but several hundred visitors each year who seek a quiet retreat in their midst. Producer David Spires (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Dennis Cornish
Producer:
David Spires

A series about St Ignatius of Loyola. Fr Bill Hewett continues his introduction to Ignatian spiritual exercises, while the workshop looks at ways of working through bad times.
Booklet: £2.50, available from [address removed]

Contributors

Presenter:
Fr Bill Hewett
Director:
Ann Richardson
Producer:
Chris Loughlin

Penny Wearn's husband Richard is a hostage in Baghdad. She tells
'how her faith sustains her, and the Bishop of Oxford, the Rt Rev
Richard Harries , looks at the theme of 'exodus and exile'.
Reading: Psalm 137, vv 1-6. Director Alan Lee
Producer John Kirby

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Harries
Director:
Alan Lee
Producer:
John Kirby

French for beginners.
4: Hotel rooms, ice-creams and sandwiches, postcards and stamps. With these tourist essentials in mind, Carolle Rousseau and Patrick Simpson-Jones show how to get exactly what you want. Producer David Wilson (R)
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Contributors

Unknown:
Carolle Rousseau
Unknown:
Patrick Simpson-Jones
Producer:
David Wilson

Spanish for beginners.
4: Yolanda Vazquez shows how to ask directions and understand the replies, and looks at life in the beautiful old village of Santillana, one of northern Spain's big tourist attractions.
Producer David Wilson (R)
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Contributors

Unknown:
Yolanda Vazquez
Producer:
David Wilson

How the new European Single
Market might affect you in 1992. You and Your Money. With a special survey of opinion in the City and reports from the continent.
Presented by Alan Watson and Dick Taverne.
Series editor Christopher Capron
A Capron production for BBCtv (R)
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Contributors

Presented By:
Alan Watson
Presented By:
Dick Taverne.
Editor:
Christopher Capron

The second of three dramatised programmes about successful managing through meetings.
Meeting to Negotiate. Presented and written by Jack Gratus.
Producer Tony Roberts (R)
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Contributors

Written By:
Jack Gratus.
Producer:
Tony Roberts
Unknown:
Wood Lane
'Mac':
Bernard Gallagher
Clare Dundas:
Judy Riley
Antony Trent:
Terry McGinity
Mike Hennessey:
Roland Oliver
Bill Bracing:
Robert McLntosh
Bob Cooper:
Denis de Marne

In the first of eight programmes,
Maggie Philbin and other parents of young children show the best ways to help with reading and writing. (R) 0 ADVICE LINE: freefone 0[number removed]on Tuesday from 7.00pm to 9.00pm.
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Contributors

Unknown:
Maggie Philbin

The concerns and interests of the deaf community. A midwife from
Wythenshawe Maternity Hospital is concerned that deaf mothers are not getting the antenatal information they need and has started a project to change this. Presented in sign language by Maureen Denmark and Clive Mason. Interpreters: Brenda Mackay and John Lee.
Director/Producer Eddie Montague

Contributors

Unknown:
Maureen Denmark
Unknown:
Clive Mason.
Unknown:
Brenda MacKay
Unknown:
John Lee.
Producer:
Eddie Montague

John Craven reports from North Wales in the second of two programmes on predictions that by the year 2000, millions of acres of farmland in Britain will no longer be needed for the production of food. If the pundits have got it right, what is it going to mean to the public and to the farmers? Including at
12.55pm the weather for the week ahead with John Kettley. Editor Michael Fitzgerald

Contributors

Unknown:
John Craven
Unknown:
John Kettley.
Editor:
Michael Fitzgerald

With Moira Stuart.
Followed by On the Record
What's really going on behind the scenes of British politics? On the Record takes an in-depth look at the pressing issues of the week.
Presented by Jonathan Dimbleby with John Cole.
Editor Glenwyn Benson

Contributors

Unknown:
Moira Stuart.
Presented By:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
John Cole.
Editor:
Glenwyn Benson

Starring
Kenneth More , Lauren Bacall India, 1905: a remote province's rebellion prompts Captain Scott to rescue a young prince. However, escape lies across rebel territory.
Director J Lee Thompson
0 FILMS: pages 37-42
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Contributors

Unknown:
Kenneth More
Unknown:
Lauren Bacall
Unknown:
Lee Thompson
Captain Scott:
Kenneth More
Catherine Wyatt:
Lauren Bacall
Van Leyden:
Herbert Lorn
Bridie:
Wilfrid Hyde White
Gupta:
I Johar
Lady Windham:
Ursula Jeans
Peters:
Eugene Deckers
Sir John Windham:
Ian Hunter
Brigadier Ames:
Jack Gwillim
Rajah:
Frank Olegario

Long hair cut short: John Frieda helps one plucky viewer take the plunge. There's the scent of summer, leather jackets, sweater dresses, a profile of designer Pierre Cardin and if you want to walk round the world - what would you pack. Presented by Selina Scott , Jeff Banks and Caryn Franklin. Producer Clare Stride
Executive producer Roger Casstles
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Contributors

Unknown:
John Frieda
Designer:
Pierre Cardin
Presented By:
Selina Scott
Presented By:
Jeff Banks
Presented By:
Caryn Franklin.
Producer:
Roger Casstles

Devised and presented by Esther Rantzen with Michael Groth.
Today's guests are DJ Mike Smith and singer Philomena Begley , with television cook Glynn Christian. Director Phil Chilvers
Series producer Jane Elsdon-Dew

Contributors

Presented By:
Esther Rantzen
Unknown:
Michael Groth.
Unknown:
Mike Smith
Singer:
Philomena Begley
Unknown:
Glynn Christian.
Director:
Phil Chilvers
Producer:
Jane Elsdon-Dew

Carol Vorderman asks why animals are the size they are, and at London Zoo, the head storekeeper,
Ron Smith , introduces some of the ways that numbers crop up in his work. Director David McNab
Producer Jonathan Drori
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Contributors

Unknown:
Carol Vorderman
Introduces:
Ron Smith
Director:
David McNab
Producer:
Jonathan Drori

Pam Rhodes visits the village of Rostrevor in County Down, Northern Ireland.
Hymns: 0 Worship the King (Hanover); All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name
(Diadem); Bind Us Together Lord; Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty (Nicaea); St Patrick's Breastplate (Gartan); Dear Lord and Father of Mankind (Repton); Ar nAthair; Alleluya, Sing to Jesus (Hyfrydol).
Producer Maureen Gallagher Editor Roger Hutchings
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Contributors

Unknown:
Pam Rhodes
Producer:
Maureen Gallagher
Editor:
Roger Hutchings

Starring Bill Owen, Peter Sallis, Brian Wilde
and guest star Gorden Kaye

Compo realises that he must become a celebrity if he is going to impress Nora Batty.
(Ceefax subtitles)

Contributors

Writer:
Roy Clarke
Director/Producer:
Alan J W Bell
Compo:
Bill Owen
Clegg:
Peter Sallis
Foggy:
Brian Wilde
Maynard Lavery:
Gorden Kaye
Edie:
Thora Hird
Nora Batty:
Kathy Staff
Ivy:
Jane Freeman
Pearl:
Juliette Kaplan
Howard:
Robert Fyfe
Marina:
Jean Fergusson
Glenda:
Sarah Thomas
Wesley:
Gordon Wharmby

8: Avril and Laura receive news that could undermine their companies.
Episode written by Raymond Thompson Producer Tony Rowe
Director Marcus D F White
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Contributors

Written By:
Raymond Thompson
Producer:
Tony Rowe
Director:
Marcus D F White
Jan Howard:
Jan Harvey
Jack Rolfe:
Glyn Owen
Kate Harvey:
Dulcie Gray
Charles Frere:
Tony Anholt
Ken Masters:
Stephen Yardley
Avril Rolfe:
Susan Gilmore
Vanessa Andenberg:
Lana Morris
Gerald Urquhart:
Ivor Danvers
Bill Sayers:
Robert Vahey
Robert Hastings:
Paul Jerricho
Laura:
Wilde Kateo'Mara
Leo Howard:
Edward Highmore
Abby Hudson:
Cindy Shelley
Lynne Dupont:
Tracey Childs
Orrin Hudson:
Jeff Harding
Jenny Richards:
Charmian Gradwell
Tony Munro:
John Rhean

Much to the family's surprise,
Adrian has become successful. Written by Carla Lane.
Director/Producer John B Hobbs
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Contributors

Written By:
Carla Lane.
Adrian Boswell:
Jonathon Morris
First girl (Carmen):
Paula Baines
Second girl (Alice):
Michelle Bathgate
Third girl (Tracy):
Jeanette Hodgson
Billy Boswell:
Nick Conway
Mrs Boswell:
Jean Boht
Derek:
Peter Byrne
Joey Boswell:
Graham Bickley
Jack Boswell:
Victor McGuire
Leonora Campbell:
Deborah Grant
Aveline:
Melanie Hill
Grandad:
Kenneth Waller
Mr Boswell:
Ronald Forfar

A new BBC film starring Jean Anderson, Timothy West
A black comedy by Julian Mitchell about the perils of old age.

Molly Cowper is a wilful 80-year-old widow who firmly believes the world is there for her convenience. Her mild-mannered son Geoffrey does his best to help her keep her independence, but Molly keeps trampling on people.

Films: pages 37-42
(Ceefax subtitles)

Contributors

Writer:
Julian Mitchell
Producer:
Carol Parks
Director:
Martyn Friend
Molly Cowper:
Jean Anderson
Geoffrey Cowper:
Timothy West
Betty Trinder:
Nerys Hughes
Eileen Blackett:
Elizabeth Spriggs
Chris Trinder:
Timothy Davies
June Trinder:
Joanna Brookes
Young Chris:
Ben Porter
Richard:
Andrew Groves
Mr Towse:
Stephen Sherwood
Taxi driver:
Doc O'Brien

Back to the Doll's House. 'Mothers should be paid sufficiently to stay at home and look after their young children.' That is the view of a senior child psychotherapist, Nicki Model. Joan Bakewell investigates the claim that the best place for the 90s mother is in the home. Director Mark Phillips
Series producer Olga Edridge

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicki Model.
Unknown:
Joan Bakewell
Director:
Mark Phillips
Producer:
Olga Edridge

A series about the revolution in publishing.
The Persuasion Game. The latest desktop publishing software means that material can be produced faster and more cheaply than ever. Presented by Michael Bywater. Producer Mary Sprent
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Contributors

Presented By:
Michael Bywater.

Armagh's 'Flare' for Astronomy
Armagh Observatory in Northern Ireland is 200 years old.
Patrick Moore goes to Armagh on the occasion of the observatory's bicentenary and talks to the astronomers who are carrying out their researches there. Producer Pieter Morpurgo
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Contributors

Unknown:
Patrick Moore
Producer:
Pieter Morpurgo

BBC One London

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