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Every year 1,000 people are killed and 700,000 laid off as a result of injury at work.
The new Health and Safety Act gives every employer and employee new responsibilities. But will it make the workplace healthier and safer?
Presented by PETER PATERSON
Director ROBERT ALBURY Producer CHRIS JELLEY

Contributors

Presented By:
Peter Paterson
Director:
Robert Albury
Producer:
Chris Jelley

with Richard Kershaw
Every weekday evening an interview with a man or woman behind the headlines follows the News Summary
Preceded by Weather
Producer CHRISTOPHER capron

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Kershaw
Producer:
Christopher Capron

Keeper of the Wild
Mike Tomkies , successful reporter, biographer of Hollywood stars, became tired of the luxury flat, fast car, and commuting between four capitals. Ten years ago he took off for Canada to seek peace and solitude in the wilds. Today he lives alone and inaccessibly on a remote Scottish loch. Apart from a weekly boat trip to collect essentials and mail, he sees no human being from September to May.
This is not the story of a drop-out but of a writer and naturalist, adjusting to loneliness and danger, who studies plant and animal life around him to preserve their natural environment.
Although alone, he still hopes that one day a woman will appear at the door of his croft to share his life. An ex-dancer, Cordon Bleu cook, who likes gardening, with a degree in biology or veterinary science would do! '
Executive producer JENNIFER JEREMY Director COLIN MORRIS

Contributors

Unknown:
Mike Tomkies
Unknown:
Cordon Bleu
Producer:
Jennifer Jeremy
Director:
Colin Morris

A series about the warm-hearted family of pioneer stock - seven children, their parents and grand-parents - who struggle to survive during the Depression of the early 30s. starring
The Honeymoon
John takes Olivia away on their rather belated honeymoon-after 19 years of marriage.
Based on EARL HAMNER jR's autobiographical novel Spencer's Mountain Executive producer LEE RICH

Contributors

Unknown:
Earl Hamner
Producer:
Lee Rich
John-Boy:
Richard Thomas
Olivia Walton:
Michael Learned
John Walton:
Ralph Waite
Grandpa:
Will Geer
Grandma:
And Ellen Corby
Mary Ellen:
Judy Norton
Jason:
Jon Walmsley
Erin:
Mary Elizabeth McDonough
Ben:
Eric Scott
Jim-Bob:
David Harper
Elizabeth:
Kami Cotler

The Greatest Advance Since the Wheel?
Sixty years ago a Dutch scientist discovered a phenomenon that overturned the electrical rule book. By cooling certain metals to incredibly low temperatures he found they could continue to carry an electric current for ever, even when the power supply was switched off. Today, developments of these metals - called superconductors - have led to trains that fly, magnets that could depollute rivers and machines that promise cheaper power. One scientist has described superconductivity as 'beyond question the greatest technological innovation since the discovery of the wheel.'
So what lies behind all the excitement, and why, if superconductivity is so important, are we still waiting for the big breakthrough? Narrator FRANK GILLARD
... an object lesson in clarity
(FINANCIAL TIMES)
Editor PETER GOODCHILD
Producer GRAHAM MASSET

Contributors

Narrator:
Frank Gillard
Editor:
Peter Goodchild
Producer:
Graham Masset

by Brian Clark
Financial wizard L. K. Halpin is very, very dead. But his memory and his money linger on.
And the voices of Michael Boothe, Alan Cullen, Patricia Franklin, Michael Gover, David Hargreaves, Colin McCormack, Dorothy Vernon, Geoffrey Wearing

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Clark
Designer:
Cynthia Kljuco
Producer:
Frank Hatherley
Director:
Roy Battersby
Helen Ansty:
Judy Parfitt
Voice:
Michael Boothe
Voice:
Alan Cullen
Voice:
Patricia Franklin
Voice:
Michael Gover
Voice:
David Hargreaves
Voice:
Colin McCormack
Voice:
Dorothy Vernon
Voice:
Geoffrey Wearing

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