Story: Monsieur Bussy the Celebrated Hamster Written by PASCALE CLAUDE-LAFONTAINE
Illustrated by ANNICK DELHUMEAU Presenters
Sarah Long , Don Spencer
Ten programmes about communicating through the spoken word. 5: Explain Yourself
Making yourself clear in giving street directions, describing things, or giving instructions is never easy. The programme gives a few suggestions about how to explain yourself better.
With SALLY WATTS
Commentary DENYS HAWTHORNE
Producer BERNARD ADAMS
(Details of correspondence course from [address removed]. The series will be shown again in April)
A series of ten programmes 5: All in the Game
Children's play is as varied and as serious to the child as the world of grown-up work is to the adult. Narrated by HUGH DAVID
There are likely to be few parents who will not recognise some situation, or note here and there a familiar parental twitch. (THE GUARDIAN) Film editor ERIC MIVAL
Producer EURFRON GWYNNE JONES
DAVID VINE introduces the last of five programmes about current trends and talking points in physical education in schools. The Future of PE a discussion between
DR VAUGHAN THOMAS , BARRY TAYLOR MARY THOMAS and JIMMY MUNN
Recorded at Dartford College of Education Adviser ALAN GIBBON
Videotape editors JOHN HAYDEN , RAY BURGESS Director IAN HAMILTON Producer JOHN DOBSON BBC Bristol
6.10 Maths at Second Level
6.35 Beginning M101
with sub-titles for the hard-of-hearing, followed by Weather on 2
The last of five programmes
DAVID MUNROW re-creates the music and myth of early instruments before an invited audience. With ALAN LUMSDEN and guests JOHN LEACH and RUDRANI BALAKRISHNAN
Written by DAVID MUNROW Produced by VICTOR POOLE
Series devised and directed by PAUL KRIWACZEK
Presented by Michael Charlton and Richard Kershaw with David Sells
China in Hong Kong A film report by Jim Biddulph on China's interests and activities in the British colony.
Newsreader Kenneth Kendall
Assistant editors
PETER IBBOTSON and GEORGE WALKEB Editor DAVID WITHEROW
from London's Talk of the Town with hosts Lennie Bennett and Jerry Stevens and guests
Peter Gordeno - from Burma
Valerie Masters - from England Bob Rosetti - from France
Johnny Hutch and The Halfwits - from England
ALYN AINSWORTH AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Lighting BILL JONES, Sound CHRIS HOLCOMDE Produced by ERNEST MAXIN
by DESMOND WILCOX
The characters we know from fiction who still live on today. Thirteen programmes which look at figures in an American landscape. 4: The First Lady
She is determined to set a style of her own. Rosalynn Carter , the farmer's wife from Georgia who now lives in the White House, intends to be remembered, first and foremost, as the President's Partner -' Jimmy's working partner ', she calls it.
In this exclusive documentary film Americans looks at ROSALYNN CARTER , as wife and mother in the White House, and goes with her as she travels abroad on behalf of the President to Puerto Rico and Mexico. For the first time she has allowed the Presidential family to be filmed in the private quarters at the White House. Mrs Carter reveals her present worries and her hopes for the future; and the problems of bringing up Amy. the most exposed ten-year-old in the world.
In the Oval Office, President Jimmy Carter talks frankly about his wife's new role and her qualities as a partner, friend-and critic.
Photography IAN STONE
Film recordist DICK MANTON Historical adviser
PROFESSOR MARCUS CUNLIFFE
Executive producer ADAM CLAPHAM Producer JOHN BIRD
by ELAINE MORGAN
A repeat showing of the widely acclaimed series in five parts. with Part 4
1904: the fame that has followed their Nobel Prize has almost prevented Pierre and Marie from continuing their research. Pierre's health has also been deteriorating and the reason is becoming clearer from the experiments that he himself is conducting.
Has the moving intensity of a finely written drama coupled with all the impact of a documentary.
(DAILY TELEGRAPH)
Incidental music CARL DAVIS Producer PETER GOODCHILD
Director JOHN GLENISTER
Highlights of a performance by the Tientsin Acrobatic Troupe from the People's Republic of China. Acrobats and jugglers have a long tradition in China. Some of the acts which are performed today were originated 2,000 years ago and many are developed from the popular folk games of feudal China. The Tientsin Acrobatic Troupe recently toured the world, bringing a combination of new and traditional acts to Western audiences.
Tonight's programme shows highlights from a performance they gave in Sweden.
A Swedish/Danish/Norwegian/Finnish co-production
The Embassy World Professional Darts Championships
The first of five nightly programmes.
This week the best 16 darts players in the world are competing for the individual professional title-and over £10,000 of prize money
Tonight England's ERIC BRISTOW , the No 1 seed, sets out to try to prove that he is world's best.
David Vine introduces highlights of this evening's first round matches from The Heart of the Midlands, Nottingham. Commentator
SID WADDELL
Producer NICK HUNTER BBC Manchester
Weather
A chance to develop your understanding of French by watching the same news seen by French television viewers earlier this evening on Télévision Française Un, and recorded via the Eurovision link.
This is an opportunity to gain a French perspective on world events, and an insight into today's main news stories inside France.
Production TERRY DOYLE