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Dr Edward de Bono
How the mind works is one of the most intriguing unsolved puzzles of science. In this personal view, the deputy director of the Department of Investigative Medicine at Cambridge University suggests that the way we solve problems and form mental patterns gives many important clues to its mechanism.

Contributors

Presenter:
Dr Edward de Bono
Director:
Edward Milner
Producer:
Michael Garrod

Reporting the world tonight

John Timpson and Peter Woods
With Martin Bell, Michael Blakey, Michael Clayton, Tom Mangold, Michael Sullivan, David Tindall, Richard Whitmore and the correspondents, at home and abroad, of BBC News
and Weather
(Colour)

Contributors

Newsreader:
John Timpson
Newsreader:
Peter Woods
Reporter:
Martin Bell
Reporter:
Michael Blakey
Reporter:
Michael Clayton
Reporter:
Tom Mangold
Reporter:
Michael Sullivan
Reporter:
David Tindall
Reporter:
Richard Whitmore

Gordon Wilkins covers the world of motor sport
With Judith Jackson, Stirling Moss and Ken Tyrell

The 1969 Grand Prix season ended last week with Jackie Stewart as world champion. What accounts for the unbroken success of the British in motor racing? Can our motor racing schools take the credit? How much does it cost to get on to a circuit for the first time?
An outside broadcast from the Motor Racing Stables at Brands Hatch in Kent where more than 1,000 young drivers go into training every year to try and follow in the tracks of Hawthorn, Moss, Clark, and Stewart

(Colour)

Contributors

Presenter:
Gordon Wilkins
Reporter:
Judith Jackson
Interviewee:
Stirling Moss
Interviewee:
Ken Tyrell
Director:
Tony Salmon
Associate Producer:
John Mills
Producer:
Brian Robins

(The Second Breath)
Starring Lino Ventura
with Paul Meurisse, Raymond Pellegrin, Christine Fabrega

A complex yet captivating thriller in the style of Jean-Pierre Melville's most famous film Bob le Flambeur. Fascinated by the Hollywood thriller, Melville has been compared to Howard Hawks.

Contributors

Screenplay/Director:
Jean-Pierre Melville
Based on the novel by:
Jose Giovanni
Producer:
Charles Lumbroso
Producer:
Andre Labay
'Gus' Minda:
Lino Ventura
Inspector Blot:
Paul Meurisse
Paul Ricci:
Raymond Pellegrin
Manouche:
Christine Fabrega
Orloff:
Pierre Zimmer
Alban:
Michel Constantin
Jo Ricci:
Marcel Bozzufi
Inspector Fardiano:
Paul Frankeur
Antoine:
Denis Manuel
Pascal:
Pierre Grasset

David Holmes looks back over the past week in Parliament and introduces reports and big debates in both Houses, questions to Ministers, significant moves behind the scenes, and the effects of MPs' work inside and outside Westminster

(Colour)

Contributors

Presenter:
David Holmes
Editor:
John Danvers

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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