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Eight programmes looking at the sub-continent twenty years after Independence.

One Indian in six is not a Hindu. Nehru's solution to the problem of India's minorities was to try to create a secular state in which all Indians would be equal. How far did he succeed?
Written and introduced by Roderick MacFarquhar.

Contributors

Writer/Presenter:
Roderick MacFarquhar
Presented by:
Howard Smith
Producer:
Peter Dunkley

by Donald Bull.
Starring Ewen Solon
with James Grant and Callum Mill
Guest stars, John Welsh, Philip Bond, Declan Mulholland

One case leads to another, and Smith discovers the makings of a fraud that neither I.B. nor the police can do anything about - until someone gets hurt.

Contributors

Writer:
Donald Bull
Series devised by:
Pat Dunlop
Series devised by:
Alan Haire
Designer:
Archie Clark
Producer:
Gerard Glaister
Director:
David Andrews
White:
Philip Bond
Miss Elliot:
Mary Smail
Grayson:
Edmund Sulley
Locker:
John Welsh
Barman:
Robin Thomson
Barney McQuarry:
Declan Mulholland
Smith:
Ewen Solon
Ross McInnes:
James Grant
Luke Frazer:
Claire Nielson
Miss Toler:
Emma Chapman
Moseley:
Dudley Stuart White
Pug:
Kalman Glass
Jimmy:
William McCabe
Benson:
Douglas Cummings
Campbell:
Callum Mill
Milly McQuarry:
Moira Briody
Ramsay:
Jack Lambert
Stanton:
Norman Mitchell
Det.-Sgt. Godfrey:
David Kinnaird

Life ...in the animal world
Introduced by Dr. Desmond Morris.

About a quarter of the 4,237 living species of mammals have developed the ability to fly. One species is Man and the other 981 are all Bats.
This strange form of life has become of increasing interest in many fields of research. These are described and discussed by:
Dr. Colin Pennycuick, University of Bristol
Dr. Ade Pye, Institute of Laryngology and Otology
Dr. David Pye, University of London
Paul Racey, Wellcome Institute Zoological Society of London
and John Hooper, Devon Spelaeological Society

Contributors

Presenter:
Dr. Desmond Morris
Panellist:
Dr. Colin Pennycuick
Panellist:
Dr. Ade Pye
Panellist:
Dr. David Pye
Panellist:
Paul Racey
Panellist:
John Hooper
Producer:
Ronald Webster

A look at the world through European eyes.
Introduced this week by Derek Hart with the help of the cameras of the European television networks.

Contributors

Presenter:
Derek Hart
Associate Producer:
Geoffrey Baines
Producer:
Anthony Smith

Criticism, Discussion, Diversion with Michael Dean, Joan Bakewell, Tony Bilbow and tonight's guests also Philip Jenkinson with more film requests.
Letters to Philip Jenkinson should be addressed c/o Late Night Line-Up, [address removed]

Contributors

Presenter:
Michael Dean
Presenter:
Joan Bakewell
Presenter:
Tony Bilbow
Item presenter (Film Requests):
Philip Jenkinson

BBC Two England

About BBC Two

BBC Two is a lively channel of depth and substance, carrying a range of knowledge-building programming complemented by great drama, comedy and arts.

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