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A series of twenty programmes reflecting new trends in mathematics and in the teaching of mathematics.

"The layman doesn't appreciate what a precise operation the take-off is. It doesn't start on the runway, it doesn't even start in the office where the preliminary calculations are made. It starts in the small back-rooms of the mathematicians..."
Presented by Alan Yates.

Contributors

Presenter:
Alan Yates
Producer:
David Roseveare

A series on engineering design.

The designer is a creative artist working in a scientific world. What exactly is involved in the creation of a new design?
With Malcolm McEwan, a leading engineering designer.
Introduced by Paddy Feeny.

Contributors

Presenter:
Paddy Feeny
Guest:
Malcolm McEwan
Film Cameraman:
Eugene Carr
Film Editor:
Michael Stoffer
Film Director:
Julian Cooper
Director:
Richard Thomas
Producer:
Jill Wood

A series of eight programmes which examine the links between mind and body in the light of modern psychiatric knowledge and practice.

Why does adolescence so often create problems for a child and its parents? What happens if we fail to become fully adult in our behaviour?
Introduced by The Director of the Department of Psychological Medicine, Guy's Hospital and by The Physician in Charge of the Department of Child Psychiatry, Guy's Hospital.

Contributors

Presenter:
Director of the Department of Psychological Medicine, Guy's Hospital [name uncredited]
Presenter:
Physician in Charge of the Department of Child Psychiatry, Guy's Hospital [name uncredited]
Designer:
Norman Vertigan
Producer:
John Drummond

A series of five programmes about the problems facing newly independent countries.
Introduced by Keith Kyle.

Throughout Africa there is an insistent urge to industrialise and to rival the developed nations. But the raw materials with which to do this are not plentiful, and most experts agree that the modernisation of agriculture must take precedence and that the main problem remains that of making two blades of grass grow where one grew before.
Including contributions from: Senator Josef P. Mathenge, Leader of Government Business, Kenya Senate; Duncan Ndegwa, Secretary to the Kenya Cabinet.

Contributors

Presenter:
Keith Kyle
Interviewee:
Josef P. Mathenge
Interviewee:
Duncan Ndegwa
Designer:
Alan Hunter-Craig
Film Editor:
Andrew Borthwick
Director:
Michael Ryan
Producer:
Ian Martin

Presenting from America The Woody Herman Orchestra recorded during a recent visit to Britain.
Introduced by Steve Race.
(The programme is presented by arrangement with Harold Davison)

Contributors

Musicians:
The Woody Herman Orchestra
Presenter:
Steve Race
Settings:
Michael Young
Producer:
Terry Henebery

BBC Two England

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