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' Exploitation of oil will have a significant effect on the Scottish economy ... Scotland, if independent, could conceivably develop into a relatively wealthy oil state.' (Kilbrandon Report 1973)
Nobody doubts any more that oil is the instrument with which Scotland could break her Westminster ties. But is that what the Scots want? Isn'the preservation of a way of life and an environment more important?
Director TOM CORCORAN Producer PETER CARR

Contributors

Director:
Tom Corcoran
Producer:
Peter Carr

Greenland is the world's largest island. Traditionally its 50,000 inhabitants lived freely as hunters and fishermen. Then suddenly they were catapulted into another world. In 1953 they became a Danish province. This brought them modern housing, schools, new towns and a chance to get better jobs. But it also brought problems: an increase in crime, alcoholism, and a population explosion - of illegitimate children.
Danish and Swedish television report on a country straining to adapt to a new way of life. Introduced by DEREK HART
Producer MARYSE ADDISON

Contributors

Introduced By:
Derek Hart
Producer:
Maryse Addison

Another chance to see this personal view by J. Bronowski 5: Music of the Spheres
Mathematics is a way of describing the world that we see, hear and touch. In the olive groves of Samos, DR BRONOWSKI gives his own novel proof of Pythagoras' famous theorem and traces the spread of Greek ideas through the bustling bazaars of the Islamic empire to the fabulous courts of Moorish Spain and Renaissance Europe.
Producer DICK GILLING
Series editor ADRIAN MALONE
Fully illustrated book, available from. booksellers, price £4.75

Contributors

Unknown:
J. Bronowski
Producer:
Dick Gilling
Editor:
Adrian Malone

Chris Dunkley examines the world of television - the programmes, the people who create them and the opinions of the people who watch them.
Producer PHILIP SPEIGHT
Executive producer MIKE FENTIMAN

Contributors

Unknown:
Chris Dunkley
Producer:
Philip Speight
Producer:
Mike Fentiman

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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