Five programmes on the interaction between man and computer

Computers have already been given voices. A more difficult task is to make a machine that will recognise human speech.
Introduced by Dr. Christopher Evans

Reporting: John Timpson, Peter Woods and the reporters and correspondents, at home and abroad, of BBC News.

Followed by The Weather

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A personal view
What do we care who rules the land
As long as we can plough our fields in peace
How much does this old Chinese poem reflect the feelings of people in Vietnam-both soldiers and civilians? Three journalists take a look at the day-to-day tasks that never make the headlines-the wearying business of simple survival.
Peter Arnett of Associated Press talks about the American soldier and his attitude to the war
Richard West, a freelance writer, visits a small village in the Mekong Delta
Mark Frankland, of the Observer, considers the capital, Saigon, with its precarious affluence and social disruption amidst the debris of war
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Dramatised by Hugo Charteris
First of a series of thirteen stories
[Starring] Norman Bird as Arthur Low, Gwen Cherrell as Joan Low, James Maxwell as Jack Almond, Hildegard Neil as Lady Kastellan, Richard Vernon as Lord Kastellan, Esmond Knight as Sir Montague Trafford

In a Chinese shanty town, up river from Singapore, an emaciated white man is found in appalling circumstances, dead from opium and starvation. The District Commissioner investigates, and finds two clues to the man's identity: a valuable gold cigarette case inscribed 'To J,' and a bundle of passionate love letters addressed to the wife of one of the most powerful men in the British Government...
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As a military victory even Joshua's horn-blowing pales in comparison with the crushing blow Israel delivered against the Arab nations in just six days.

Tonight Europa marks the second anniversary of the June war by showing the official Israeli version of how that victory was possible. It tells the full and dramatic story of how a 'handful of pilots' conquered the 'enemies' that surround her. Sensational propaganda or serious warning? Three hours when 'the walls came tumbling down' - three hours that shook the Arab world.
Introduced by Derek Hart

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The end of today in front of tomorrow with Michael Dean, Joan Bakewell, Tony Bilbow, Sheridan Morley and tonight's guests
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