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A serial in 12 parts starring
Chapter 1: Dr Vulcan - Traitor
Wherein mysterious deaths and the theft of a top secret nuclear rocket by the sinister and shadowy Dr Vulcan force Jeff King into testing his untried secret rocket-propelled flying suit to prevent disaster.
Directed by FRED BRANNON : A REPUBLIC serial

Contributors

Unknown:
Jeff King
Directed By:
Fred Brannon
Professor Jeff King:
Tristram Coffin

Elegant egrets, dazzling bee-eaters, fabulous flamingos: some of the jewels of the Camargue-the wind-swept marshland of Provence. Narrator DOUGLAS LEACH
Photography RONALD EASTMAN
Presented by KEITH HOPKINS . BBC Bristol

Contributors

Narrator:
Douglas Leach
Presented By:
Keith Hopkins

The first of a series of five films which show artists making original prints. Norman Ackroyd takes his etching plates to the White Horse Hill, Uffington, and works directly on them. He then completes an etching back in his studio.
Film editor HOWARD SHARP Producer SUZANNE DAVIES

Contributors

Unknown:
Norman Ackroyd
Producer:
Suzanne Davies

Each night of the current series a different painting selected from thousands around the world that could be called great. Tonight's choice, included under the theme Adoration, is surely one of the most famous.
Botticelli (c 1446-1510) The Birth of Venus at The Uffizi, Florence in which the artist illustrates the ancient Greek myth that Aphrodite (or Venus) was born from the foam of the sea. In his picture, riding naked on a scallop-shell, the goddess is seen being blown gently towards the shore. Written and presented by Edwin Mullins
Directed by CHRISTOPHER MARTIN
(Tomorrow: Rigaud's ' Louis XIV *)

Contributors

Presented By:
Edwin Mullins
Directed By:
Christopher Martin

A series of six films about English communities where the past is still strongly reflected in the present. 1: Roman Road, Bow
Today Roman Road is one old street in a sea of modern blocks, but it's a street that bursts with life on market days. Petticoat Lane may attract the tourists, but Roman Road, the only other full-scale street market left in the East End, still draws the locals in search of value for money, and ex-locals in search of nostalgia.
And if the traders' Winter Shopping Festival is not quite the 150th Anniversary of the market as advertised, it can boast among its attractions HENRY COOPER , a mobile band, and a mammoth ' knees-up ' in the Town Hall.
Brian Trueman talks to traders and customers about why Roman Road survives.
Film cameraman DAVID JACKSON A
Film recordist
DENNIS CARTWRIGHT
Film editor PETER MARSH Producers
JOHN C. MILLER SID WADDELL
BBC Manchester
Book (same title), £7.45, from bookshops Woddis On ... : page 77

Contributors

Unknown:
Henry Cooper
Talks:
Brian Trueman
Unknown:
David Jackson
Unknown:
Dennis Cartwright
Unknown:
John C. Miller
Unknown:
Sid Waddell

The first of her new series of six programmes
with Billy Preston
Special guests Alfred Marks Wayne Sleep and GEOFF RICHER'S FIRST EDITION
Written by SPIKE MULLINS TERRY RAVENSCROFT
Choreography GEOFFREY RICHER
Musical director RONNIE HAZLEHURST
Vocal backing JEAN GILBERT LINDA JARDIM , VICTY SILVA
Costume designer VERITY LEWIS
Sound LEN SHOREY
Lighting BILL MILLAR
Designer GARY PRITCHARD
Producer STANLEY APPEL
Points of View (record REB 408, cassette ZCF 408) from record shops

Contributors

Unknown:
Billy Preston
Unknown:
Alfred Marks
Unknown:
Wayne Sleep
Written By:
Spike Mullins
Written By:
Terry Ravenscroft
Director:
Ronnie Hazlehurst
Unknown:
Jean Gilbert
Unknown:
Linda Jardim
Designer:
Verity Lewis
Unknown:
Gary Pritchard
Producer:
Stanley Appel

A series of seven programmes 3: The Death List written by ANTONY JAY and JONATHAN LYNN , starring
Paul Eddington , Nigel Hawthorne with Derek Fowlds
Film cameraman REG POPE Film scund RON BLIGHT
Film editor ALASTAIR MACKAY Designer TONY BURROUGH
Producer PETER WHITMORE
Sub-titles on Ceefax page 270

Contributors

Written By:
Antony Jay
Written By:
Jonathan Lynn
Unknown:
Paul Eddington
Unknown:
Nigel Hawthorne
Unknown:
Derek Fowlds
Editor:
Alastair MacKay
Designer:
Tony Burrough
Producer:
Peter Whitmore
Jim Hacker, MP:
Paul Eddington
Sir Humphrey Appleby:
Nigel Hawthorne
Bernard Woolley:
Derek Fowlds
Cmdr Forrest:
Graeme Garden
Annie Hacker:
Diana Hoddinott
Walter Fowler:
Ivor Roberts
COLIN MCCORMACK,:
Michael Keating
Head waiter:
Jay Neill

Yes, Minister

Series 2

Episode 3: The Death List

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two England

Political sitcom. The minister is shocked to discover that his department is responsible for supplying all of the government's electronic surveillance equipment.

Contributors

Jim Hacker MP:
Paul Eddington
Sir Humphrey Appleby:
Nigel Hawthorne
Bernard Woolley:
Derek Fowlds
Commander Forrest:
Graeme Garden
Annie Hacker:
Diana Hoddinott
Walter Fowler:
Ivor Roberts
Bodyguard:
Colin McCormack
Constable Ross:
Michael Keating
Bodyguard:
Jay Neill
Writer:
Antony Jay

Gentlemen, Lift Your Skirts
The Formula One racing car is not really a car at all-it's an aerodynamic projectile on wheels. The most obvious feature of these ' wing ' cars is a device called a skirt, that seals aerodynamic suction beneath the car, sticking it to the road. British designers have developed the skirt to a point where their cars are faster than the more powerful factory cars. The tiny Williams team from Didcot won every championship last year with their skirted car. Now the Paris-based ruling body of the sport has banned the skirt and thrown this new technology into disarray. Horizon spent the winter with Williams and their World Champion driver Alan Jones. What is the essence of a modern racing car? How can they improve the performance for 1981 - with skirts lifted?
Narrator MARTIN JARVIS
Film editor JOHN LEE
Editor SIMON CAMPBELL-JONES
Written and produced by PATRICK ude *

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Jones.
Narrator:
Martin Jarvis
Editor:
John Lee
Editor:
Simon Campbell-Jones
Produced By:
Patrick Ude

The oddities and inconsistencies of life come under the wicked and mischievous scrutiny of Baby Grand, Wales's foremost fun band. Special guest
Andy Fairweather Low
Choreographer STUART HOPPS
Sound PETER HUNT , DES BENNETT Designer JULIAN WILLIAMS Directed by avril PRICE
Produced by DAVID RICHARDS
Baby Grand Song Factory on Radio 2 on Thursday at 10.15* pm BBC Cymru/Wales

Contributors

Unknown:
Stuart Hopps
Unknown:
Peter Hunt
Designer:
Julian Williams
Directed By:
Avril Price
Produced By:
David Richards

Tonight's news from one of Europe's French-speaking countries.
Introduced by MARIANNE LAWRENCE
Directed by PATRICK HARPUR Produced by SUSAN PATON

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marianne Lawrence
Directed By:
Patrick Harpur
Produced By:
Susan Paton

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