Tissue, paper plates and string,
For making hats are just the thing
Story "Farmer Flinders' Hat" by Mabel Watts
How much do you need to know about the material you're using to handle it more efficiently? Examples: chalk, butter, concrete.
With Peter Woods
Weather
Conflict takes over when communications break down in this series of five programmes about situations that depend on good communications - work, family, school, politics, even diplomacy.
Unless there's an outbreak of violence, or scandal, or a wild experiment being tried, most schools are taken for granted. We all know what school is like. But for teachers, and for the pupils, it's a daily drama, no less difficult for being familiar. How can the teachers reach the 30 restless faces in front of them? How can the kids get through the day?
Maggie, the head of the English department at a large friendly comprehensive, tries different ways to approach her pupils. In the film she works with one fourth-year class - a lively, noisy bunch who secretly admit to wanting to learn.
The film-makers brought educational psychologist Dr Richard Suchman to talk to both teachers and pupils to see how differently they see the same class. The results surprised everyone.
A BBC-TV production in association with KCET-TV (Los Angeles)
More items of interest, information and investigation for collectors about collecting.
This week's subjects include:
A visit by Arthur Negus to Claverton Manor near Bath, the home of the American Museum in Britain. It houses the most comprehensive collection of Americana in Europe.
Some viewers' questions answered by James Norbury.
Introduced by Hugh Scully.
(from Bristol)
by Alun Owen
The first of six plays for BBC2 by contemporary authors
Starring Ian Hendry as Ben, Elizabeth Shepherd as Dawn, Timothy West as Ned, Rowena Cooper as Mary
with Maria Aitken as Adele, Susan Glanville as Sonya.
(Heard the one about...? page 12)
Richard Williams with the news, the views, the sounds of today's music.
In the studio Rick Nelson, Hookfoot and any guests who may drop in.
