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7.30 Mathematics '64: 8: Mathematics for Children
A series of twenty programmes reflecting new trends in mathematics and in the teaching of mathematics.
Must '15' always mean fifteen' for seven-year-olds? Multi-base arithmetic, set language, and motion geometry are among the classroom topics discussed in this week's programme.
Presented by Alan Tammadge.
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8.0 Revolution Round the Corner: 2: Machines for Tomorrow
A series of six programmes examining the social, economic, and technological implications of automation.
Introduced by Derek Cooper.

8.45 Materials for the Engineer: 8: Materials for the Nuclear Age
A series of nine programmes on the science of materials made in collaboration with the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London.
Principal speaker, Professor J. G. Ball

9.15 One Hundred Years of Marxism: 2: The Theory of Revolution
A series of nine programmes describing the development of Communist theory and practice from the time of Karl Marx to the present day.
Eric Hobsbawm, Reader in History at Birkbeck College, University of London, relates some of Karl Marx's most important ideas to the period of political and industrial change in which he lived.

Contributors

Presenter (Mathematics '64):
Alan Tammadge
Producer (Mathematics '64):
David Roseveare
Presenter (Revolution Round the Corner):
Derek Cooper
Editorial adviser (Revolution Round the Corner):
Michael Shanks
Film editor (Revolution Round the Corner):
Michael Rabiger
Assistant producer (Revolution Round the Corner):
Peter R. Smith
Assistant producer (Revolution Round the Corner):
Michael Barnes
Producer (Revolution Round the Corner):
Glyn Jones
Producer (Revolution Round the Corner):
Brenda Horsfield
Presenter (Materials for the Engineer):
Professor J. G. Ball
Music (Materials for the Engineer):
Derrick Mason
Film editor (Materials for the Engineer):
Peter Heffron
Script editor (Materials for the Engineer):
Michael Clarke
Director (Materials for the Engineer):
Kenneth Shepheard
Producer (Materials for the Engineer):
Michael Heckford
Presenter (One Hundred Years of Marxism):
Eric Hobsbawm
Designer (One Hundred Years of Marxism):
Norman James
Director (One Hundred Years of Marxism):
Julia Gaitskell
Producer (One Hundred Years of Marxism):
Brian Smale-Adams

A session of Dixieland Jazz with Alex Welsh and his Band.
Guest trumpet star, Henry 'Red' Allen Jr. one of the veterans of New Orleans Jazz
Introduced by Steve Race.
(Henry 'Red' Allen Jr. appears by arrangement with Harold Davison)
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Contributors

Musicians:
Alex Welsh and his Band
Trumpeter:
Henry 'Red' Allen Jr.
Presenter:
Steve Race
Producer:
Terry Henebery

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