10.35 Social Sciences: 4: Networks and Systems
11.5 Science: 4: Forces, Fields and Energy
11.35 Mathematics: 4: Approximating Functions
12.5 Mathematics: Using the Computer Terminal (Type ASR 33)
(to 12.30)
The best of the week's news film from all over the world.
For the deaf and hard of hearing a commentary appears visually.
and Weather
Rowan and Martin invite you to a new series of their Laugh-In
This week's star guest Zero Mostel
Literally one of the 'biggest' American stars, Zero Mostel headlined on Broadway in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and was the original Fiddler on the Roof, which accounts for Russian/Jewish flavour tonight when Laugh-In Looks at the News.
With Arte Johnson, Ruth Buzzi, Henry Gibson, Gary Owens, Alan Sues, Lily Tomlin,
Dennis Allen, Johnny Brown, Ann Elder, Nancie Phillips, Barbara Sharma
A Schlatter/Friendly production for NBC
This film from France, La Vie en Mourcment, might have been called 'the running, jumping, and anything-but-standing-still film.'
The animal world has an infinite variety of methods of locomotion, from the mysterious creeping of an amoeba to the graceful leap of an impala.
Commentary spoken by Max Bellancourt
An Eolis Films, Paris/BBCtv Bristol production
Over 400 of the best drivers in Europe have spent a week at the wheel in a bid to get to Monte Carlo and win the best-known rally in the world of motor sport. What accounts for the prestige and publicity value of the 'Monte'? Why are the Scandinavians taking over an event which the British made famous? A Wheelbase film special covering the best of the action from this 3,000-mile battle in ice and snow.
(Monte magic: see page 13)
A film, made in the industrial city of Ahmedabad, North India, that looks at the activities of an unusual theatre school and centre of the performing arts -
The Darpana Academy of Dance, Drama, Music and Puppetry under its director Mrinalini Sarabhai with the Drama Group head Kailash Pandya and the Puppet Group director Meher Contractor and the Ras Mandal Folk Dancers
Dance: "We now have more than 200 girls and boys - there's even a Saturday babies' class".
Music: "The sitar class is the most popular".
Puppetry: "Often when we perform in the villages we're told "oh, you're casting an evil eye," but it's a very good form of mass communication - puppets can convey subtle things".
Drama: "We can never have long runs with serious plays... in India life is so serious".
Commentary spoken by Gareth Forwood
(Colour)
Tony Bilbow reviews 10 Rillington Place, set in Notting Hill at the time of the Christie murders, and talks to John Hurt, who plays Timothy Evans.
Philip Jenkinson shows more vintage film clips.
by N.J. Crisp
Starring Marius Goring
with Ann Morrish
and Victor Winding, Valerie Murray
Guest stars Anthony Bate, Ann Lynn, James Maxwell
After fifteen years of childless marriage, Ruth Fletcher has a son. But she has a problem which she takes to Jo Hardy: is it possible that her husband is not the father?
