5.35 Open Forum: OUSA Today - and Tomorrow

6.0 The First Year of Life - On the Way

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The Royal Institution Annual Christmas Lectures to Young People. 5: Mars After Viking
In today's lecture Professor Carl Sagan brings his audience at the Royal Institution right up-to-date on the planet Mars by describing in detail what has been learnt from the brilliantly successful Viking project in 1976.

Presented by Michael Charlton and Richard Kershaw with David Sells
Newsreader Richard Baker

directed by Adrian Shepherd
The first of a series of four recitals of Renaissance and Baroque music to be given by Cantilena. Since their foundation in 1971, the group has become recognised as one of the finest and most exciting chamber ensembles in the country. Each week their special guest Henryk Szeryng plays and directs one of the Four Seasons by Vivaldi. J. L. Bach Suite in G
Pachelbel Canon
Widmann Shepherd's Dance Vivaldi Spring (The Seasons)
Sound RON ALLAN
Lighting ALAN HENDERSON Design GUTHRIE HUTTON Producer JAMES HUNTER BBC Scotland

A series of six programmes.
With Noel Edmonds and John Snagge, OBE.
How much has broadcasting changed in recent times? Radio 1 disc jockey Noel Edmonds shows us how he puts on a live two-hour programme every morning, while John Snagge, OBE, a famous radio voice from the past, remembers a very different BBC full of rigid discipline, where announcers were reprimanded for dressing badly, and the slightest criticism of the records being played led to disciplinary action. Noel Edmonds, however, plays records at the wrong speed if he doesn't like them, and enjoys telling risqué stories to his audience. "Radio should be fun," says Noel.

Sheepdog Championship Heat 2: England
Introduced by Phil Drabble and Eric Halsall
Competing this week are DAVID CARLTON with Tony CHRIS TODD With Tot
JOHN JAMES with Mirk
Producer PHILIP S. GILBERT

starring
The British Première of a distinguished international film version of DINO BUZZATTI 'S famous novel. Young Lt Drogo rides expectantly to his first military posting. At the fortress of Bastiano, he finds that only Colonel Nathanson, constantly tortured by wounds from another war, has ever seen active service. A desert of sand and stone stretches to the horizon. The enemy is invisible, and unknown.
Directed by VALERIO ZURLINI

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JULIAN GLOVER reads
Growing Up by MICHAEL BURN