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Fifty years ago, Halas and Batchelor released Animal Farm, Britain's first full-length animated feature film.
To celebrate this anniversary, Phill Jupitus has been finding out what makes our animators tick. Among the industry titans on display are Bob Godfrey, the inspiring force behind Roobarb and Custard and Britain's first Oscar winner in 1975; Aardman's co-founder Peter Lord who, with collaborator David Sproxton, began experimenting with plasticine on the kitchen table; and the Clangers-creator Oliver Postgate, who reveals the nifty Meccano motor that powers his all-conquering Bolex camera.

Contributors

Presenter:
Phill Jupitus
Contributor:
Bob Godfrey
Contributor:
Peter Lord
Contributor:
David Sproxton
Contributor:
Oliver Postgate
Producer:
Miles Warde

4/10. Stewart Henderson presents the problem-solving programme that helps to provide some answers to hose intriguing conundrums and puzzles from everyday life.
PHONE: [number removed] email questions.questions@bbc.co.uk Producer Eve Streeter

Contributors

Unknown:
Stewart Henderson

4/5. The Adventures of Rosie Applecheeks
A frustrated author finds unexpected success as a writer of children's books. But the books obstinate young heroine threatens to take over Meg Marshall's life. Read by Irene MacDougall. For details see Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Rosie Applecheeks
Unknown:
Meg Marshall
Read By:
Irene MacDougall.

For 40 years oceanographers in the United States have been exploring the deep oceans in Alvin -the first manned deep-sea submersible vehicle. After a long career Alvin is to retire and be replaced. Quentin Cooper is joined by Dr Bob Detrick and by Dr Bramley Murton to talk about the discoveries made in Alvin and to look to the future of Deep Submergence Vehicles. producer Pamela Rutherford

Contributors

Unknown:
Quentin Cooper
Unknown:
Dr Bob Detrick
Unknown:
Dr Bramley Murton

New series 1/4. Comedian and long-time Graham Norton collaborator Jo Caulfield gets beneath the surface of life's little irritations with a brand new mix of stand-up and sketches. This week Jo receives a wedding invitation from a friend - an event that strikes horror into the heart of her husband, Stuart. With Dave Mounfield , Vicki Pepperdine and Simon Greenall. Written by Jo Caulfield and Kevin Anderson. Producer Helen Williams

Contributors

Unknown:
Graham Norton
Unknown:
Jo Caulfield
Unknown:
Dave Mounfield
Unknown:
Vicki Pepperdine
Unknown:
Simon Greenall.
Written By:
Jo Caulfield
Written By:
Kevin Anderson.
Producer:
Helen Williams

Mark Lawson chairs the arts magazine programme and reports on a new authorised biography of Dirk Bogarde by John Coldstream. Producer Stephen Hughes

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Lawson
Unknown:
Dirk Bogarde
Unknown:
John Coldstream.
Producer:
Stephen Hughes

Ted is a feisty 87-year-old who is worried about the way society treats elderly people. He moved into a home to experience life in residential care at first hand and kept a secret audio diary of what happened to him there. Producer Sarah Lewthwaite

Contributors

Producer:
Sarah Lewthwaite

5/9. MsBoss. Foryears.womentryingtoclimbthe corporate ladder have been banging their head on the invisible "glass ceiling" that seems to stop them from getting to the top. Now Norway is about to use legislation to get women on company boards.
Peter Day asks whether it ought to happen here. Producer Sandra Kanthal Repeated on Sunday at 9.30pm

6/10. Every so often, geologically speaking, the polarity of the Earth's magnetic field reverses. The timing of these reversals is unpredictable but recent dramatic dips in the Earth's magnetism could signal the beginning of another switch - an event not seen on this planet for nearly a million years. This and more news and views from the scientific world with Geoff Watts.
Producer Anna Buckley

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoff Watts.
Producer:
Anna Buckley

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