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A series of 20 programmes which aims to help mentally-handicapped people get more out of life.
16: Let's Go and Find a Hobby Presented by BRIAN RIX
Directed by CHRIS LONGLEY
Series producer GORDON CROTON

Contributors

Presented By:
Brian Rix
Directed By:
Chris Longley

Julius Caesar
JONATHAN DIMBLEBY offers his personal view of the play which he describes as a ' chillingly precise metaphor about power and politicians.'
Director BARBARA DERKOW
Producer VICTOR POOLE
The BBC Television Shakespeare, £1.35 per volume, from bookshops

Contributors

Unknown:
Julius Caesar
Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Director:
Barbara Derkow
Producer:
Victor Poole

A series of ten programmes 8: Buying a Dream ...
How can we sort the fact from the fantasy when we see advertisements for goods or services - including holiday brochures?
With ADRIENNE POSTA, NICKY HENSON Introduced by BRIAN REDHEAD
Legal interpreter DAVID TENCH of Consumers' Association.
Sketches by CHRIS MILLER. Production ANNA JACKSON and DAVID ALLEN
Book (same title), £2.30, from bookshops

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicky Henson
Introduced By:
Brian Redhead
Unknown:
David Tench
Unknown:
Chris Miller.
Unknown:
Anna Jackson
Unknown:
David Allen

A series of five programmes 3: School and Community
In the 20s and 30s Henry Morris established the famous Cambridge-shire Village Colleges. HARRY RÉE argues Morris's ideas are ' the way forward' for British education now.
Producer ROGER OWEN

Contributors

Unknown:
Henry Morris
Producer:
Roger Owen

A freewheeling adaptation of the Chinese classic.
The Traps of Love and Hate Kao Chiu feels threatened when the Emperor appoints Chai Chin , a member of an ancient Imperial family, to his court. But Kao knows that the young man is a friend of Lin Chung , and realises that by ordering Chai Chin to attack Liang Shan Po he can kill two birds with one stone.
Directed by YASUO FURIHATA
English adaptation by DAVID WEIR
Dubbing director MICHAEL BAKEWELL Produced by Nrv Tokyo

Contributors

Unknown:
Hate Kao Chiu
Unknown:
Chai Chin
Unknown:
Lin Chung
Unknown:
Chai Chin
Unknown:
Liang Shan
Directed By:
Yasuo Furihata
Unknown:
David Weir
Director:
Michael Bakewell
Lin Chung:
Atsuo Nakamura
Hu San-niang:
Sanae Tsuchida
Kao Chiu:
Kei Sato
Chai Chin:
Takahiro Tamura
Shih Chin:
Teruhiko Aoi
Chai Huan Chen:
Hyo Kitazawa

A series of ten programmes about postage stamps introduced by GWYN RICHARDS and JILL COCHRANE 8: What's it Worth?
Stamps have been used as a form of investment almost since the day that they first came on to the market, back in 1840. Some collectors have made a fortune. Others have come unstuck. In the Post looks at the world's stamp market.
Produced by JOHN PERCIVAL. BBC Bristol

Contributors

Introduced By:
Gwyn Richards
Introduced By:
Jill Cochrane
Produced By:
John Percival.

Six programmes starring
Lennie Bennett and Jerry Stevens with guest stars
The Three Degrees and George Carl
The Great Kovari
ALYN AINSWORTH AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Script editor DENNIS BERSON
Script DENNIS BERSON. PETER VINCENT, NEIL SHAND. TERRY RAVENSCROFT. BRAD ASHTON Additional material
LENNIE BENNETT , JERRY STEVENS
Costume designer LYNDA WOODFIELD Lighting JOHN MASON Sound KEITH HARLOW Designer
RICHARD MCMANAN-SMITH
Produced by ERNEST MAXIN

Contributors

Unknown:
Lennie Bennett
Unknown:
Jerry Stevens
Unknown:
George Carl
Editor:
Dennis Berson
Script:
Dennis Berson.
Script:
Peter Vincsnt.
Script:
Neil Shand.
Script:
Terry Ravenscroft.
Unknown:
Lennie Bennett
Unknown:
Jerry Stevens
Produced By:
Ernest Maxin

by John Cleese and Connie Booth
Starring John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Andrew Sachs and Connie Booth.

Contributors

Writer:
John Cleese
Writer:
Connie Booth
Music:
Dennis Wilson
Director:
Bob Spiers
Producer:
Douglas Argent
Basil Fawlty:
John Cleese
Sybil Fawlty:
Prunella Scales
Polly:
Connie Booth
Mr Johnson:
Nicky Henson
Dr Abbott:
Basil Henson
Mrs Abbott:
Elspet Gray
Raylene Miles:
Luan Peters
Manuel:
Andrew Sachs
Terry:
Brian Hall
Miss Tibbs:
Gilly Flower
Miss Gatsby:
Renee Roberts
Major Gowen:
Ballard Berkeley
Mrs Johnson:
Aimee Delamain
Girl friend:
Imogen Bickford-Smith

Fawlty Towers

Series 2

Episode 2: The Psychiatrist

Duration: 40 minutes

on BBC Two England

Classic sitcom about a disaster-prone hotelier. A medallion man, a pair of psychiatrists, a pretty Australian girl and a ladder cause Basil some embarrassment.

Contributors

Basil Fawlty:
John Cleese
Sybil Fawlty:
Prunella Scales
Polly Sherman:
Connie Booth
Miss Gatsby:
Renee Roberts
Raylene Miles:
Luan Peters
Major Gowan:
Ballard Berkley
Miss Tibbs:
Gilly Flower
Mr Johnson:
Nicky Henson
Dr Abbott:
Basil Henson
Mrs Abbott:
Elspet Gray
Director:
Bob Spiers

The Forever Fuel
When the oil and gas. wells finally run dry, what will power our cars. buses and aeroplanes? Surprisingly, the answer could be hydrogen. It promises abundant, clean energy for as far into the future as we can see.
But what are the snags? How will our cars carry all that gas? What about safety? In 1937. newsreels reported the spectacular crash of the airship Hindenberg as its hydrogen went up in flames. Hydrogen scientists now claim it is safer than petrol -and show us why. Narrator PAUL VAUGHAN
Film editor JOHN STOTHART Editor EDWARD GOLDWYN
Written and produced by ALEC NISBETT

Contributors

Narrator:
Paul Vaughan
Editor:
John Stothart
Editor:
Edward Goldwyn
Produced By:
Alec Nisbett

Other Writers Will Tell You Different....
Lifers in prison cages, comedians in Hollywood, adolescents in the East End and female androids on the edge of the galaxy have all been subjects for Glasgow play-wright Tom McGrath in a career which started only in 1976. Arena profiles an original new talent.
With extracts from The Hard Man and Mr Laurel and Mr Hardy.
The Moving Picture Mime Show
More like Tom and Jerry than Marcel Marceau , this highly unconventional group has attracted a cult following by combining traditional mime with their own fast-moving cartoon style.
Unusual, original and very funny.
(THE TIMES)
Directors TOM COTTER , TONY TYLEY Editor ALAN YENTOB

Contributors

Unknown:
Wright Tom McGrath
Unknown:
Marcel Marceau
Directors:
Tom Cotter
Directors:
Tony Tyley
Editor:
Alan Yentob

A series of eight programmes
Experiences of joy, sorrow, bereavement, doubt-or inner moments of truth that may defy rational explanation. In these programmes people are invited to give first-hand accounts of something that has real personal significance for them. 1: Borrowed Time
Kathryn Bunting is the victim of a tragic coincidence - both she and her husband contracted serious kidney diseases. Despite her husband's death and her illness, which means spending two days every week on a kidney machine, she lives a full life. Its richness is reflected in her paintings which are rapidly gaining recognition on both sides of the Atlantic.
Producer JOHN WILCOX
Series producer SHIRLEY DU BOULAY

Contributors

Unknown:
Kathryn Bunting
Producer:
John Wilcox
Producer:
Shirley du Boulay

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 Eurovision. Presented by CHANTAL CUER
Production PATRICK HARPUR, TONY ROBERTS

Contributors

Presented By:
Chantal Cuer
Unknown:
Patrick Harpur
Unknown:
Tony Roberts

BBC Two England

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