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A Pattern of Building Written and presented by Alec Clifton-Taylor
2: Richmond, North Yorkshire
' Shoes with heavy soles are what you'll need for seeing Richmond' says ALEC CLIFTON-TAYLOR , for the streets are like rocks, all local cobbles freely-gathered from the bed of the River Swale. Richmond was founded by the Normans 400 years before there was a Richmond in Surrey and their castle still dominates the town's clustered hillside homes. The town also has a delightful Georgian theatre, ' not perhaps the most comfortable in the country, but certainly the most authentic'. In a neighbouring park there is the unusual and rarely-seen Culloden Tower, built in 1747 in the Gothick style. Also in the Gothick style, but 100 years later, is Richmond's railway station, closed in 1963 but now a thriving garden centre.
Redoubtable Clifton-Taylor.... trenchant as usual. (SUNDAY TIMES) I guarantee you'll never look at a wall in quite the same way again. (OBSERVER) Executive producer BRUCE NORMAN Producer DENIS MORIARTY
Book (same title), £7.25, from bookshops

Contributors

Presented By:
Alec Clifton-Taylor
Unknown:
Alec Clifton-Taylor
Producer:
Bruce Norman
Producer:
Denis Moriarty

from the Woburn Golf and Country Club. The second programme of a new series in which Peter Alliss plays golf and talks with well-known people.
His guest this week is Andrew Barlow , who at the age of 29 became Britain's youngest heart-transplant patient last November.
Television presentation ALASTAIR SCOTT Producer DAVID KENNING

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Alliss
Unknown:
Andrew Barlow
Unknown:
Alastair Scott
Producer:
David Kenning

with Tony Soper
A series of seven guides to birds 5: Coot
' Bald as a coot? ' - not really, but you can see why coots are alleged to suffer from a receding hairline. In fact, coots are aggressive, can nest in appalling weather conditions, and produce some of the most comical youngsters in the bird world.
Photography MAURICE TIBBLES Film editor NORMAN BURGESS Producer DILYS BREESE BBC Bristol
(Bird of the Week, Friday 11.50 am, R4)

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Soper
Editor:
Norman Burgess
Producer:
Dilys Breese

starring
The Beau ..
An old flame comes courting Grandma.
Based on EARL HAMNER JR'S autobiographical novel .Spencer's Mountain Written by D. C. FONTANA and RICHARD FONTANA
Directed by GWEN ARNER

Contributors

Written By:
D. C. Fontana
Unknown:
Richard Fontana
Directed By:
Gwen Arner
Olivia Walton:
Michael Learned
John Walton:
Ralph Waite
Grandma:
Ellen Corby
Mary Ellen:
Judy Norton-Taylor
Jason:
Jon Waimsley
Erin:
Mary Elizabeth McDonough
Ben:
Eric Scott
Jim-Bob:
David W Harper
Elizabeth:
Kami Cotler

and her Band play Rhythm on 2 from the Royal Exchange Theatre,
Manchester Barbara and her band are joined by singer/songwriter Harvey Andrews
Sound BRIAN DEWAR
Producer KEN GRIFFIN

Contributors

Unknown:
Manchester Barbara
Songwriter:
Harvey Andrews
Songwriter:
Sound Brian Dewar
Producer:
Ken Griffin

The First Division? Presented by Eric Robson
How good is your local school? For an increasing number of parents, not good enough. They think that today's comprehensives are too large, that the teaching should be more traditional, and that the teachers should think more about the pupils, and less about their own pay and promotion. Also, they claim, nobody seems to give a hoot about discipline. The supporters of the state system say that most of the current criticism is ill-informed, and have facts to prove it.
But nevertheless, some parents are voting with their feet. Brass Tacks reports from Stockton on Tees, Northampton and Leicester on the build-up of grass roots pressure for new fee-paying schools. Can the state system thrive on a freedom for some to opt out, or should these new schools be positively discouraged?
Film editor DOROTHEA GAZIDIS Producer JUDI CONNOR Editor ALAN DOBSON BBC Manchester
If you've got a point of view let's hear it. All participating BBC local radio stations will have a plione-in continuing the Brass Tacks debate (details on local radio pape of RADIO TIMES). Alternatively, write to Brass Tacks - Return Call, BBCtv, Oxford Road, Manchester M60 1SJ. (Return Call next week will report back on what you think)

Contributors

Presented By:
Eric Robson
Editor:
Dorothea Gazidis
Editor:
Alan Dobson

The first of three films by Sid Perou that trace the story of rock climbing from its simple and accessible beginnings to the exclusive world of today's dedicated rock athlete.
In Search of New Summits
Leading Northern climbers in action show how the increasing use of technical aids eventually led back to the primitive contest between man and rock.
Film editor BRYAN JONES
Producer DOUGLAS B. SMITH

Contributors

Unknown:
Sid Perou
Producer:
Douglas B. Smith

Peter Snow, Teter Hobday , John Tusa and Charles Wheeler report and analyse the events of the day, with Newsnight's team.
Weather and sports news from Fran Morrison and David Davies
Producer JOHN HOLME Director ALEX SAWARD Assignment editors
GEORGE WALKER , JOHN MAHONET Deputy editor RONALD NEIL Editor GEORGE CAREY

Contributors

Unknown:
Teter Hobday
Unknown:
John Tusa
Unknown:
Charles Wheeler
Unknown:
Fran Morrison
Unknown:
David Davies
Producer:
John Holme
Director:
Alex Saward
Editors:
George Walker
Editors:
John Mahonet
Editor:
Ronald Neil
Editor:
George Carey

A series of 20 programmes
Learn a little Russian and look at daily life in the Soviet Union.
18: How do you feel? How Russians try to stay healthy, and what they do when they fall ill - a visit to a Soviet polyclinic.
And Goodbye, Summer: 13 Presented by TANYA FEIFER
GEORGE FEIFER , EDWARD OCHAGAVIA VOLODYA UKHIN , TATYANA VEDENEEVA With GALYA VENEVITINOVA
SLAVA BOGACHOV, GALYA MIKHELADZE SLAVA BARANOV, MARINA TROSHINA IRA SHILKINA
Drama script ALASTAIR BEATON Film editor RICHARD SIDWELL
Production assistant MARY SPRENT Producer TERRY DOYLE

Contributors

Presented By:
Tanya Feifer
Presented By:
George Feifer
Presented By:
Edward Ochagavia
Presented By:
Volodya Ukhin
Presented By:
Tatyana Vedeneeva
Script:
Alastair Beaton
Producer:
Terry Doyle

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