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Five programmes with a new step-by-step method for beginners. 1: Making Contact
DEREK HORWOOD shows a group of complete beginners how to learn to make good contact with the ball on the ground strokes and volleys, as a first step in learning the five basic strokes.
Producer PETER RAMSDEN
Book name title), £3.60, from 15 May from bookshops

Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Horwood
Producer:
Peter Ramsden

Nine programmes on the science behind gardening, presented by Alan Hibbert
3: One Parent Families
The very first Bramley apple tree grew from a seed planted in 1815. It still flourishes but cannot breed true - so how has the variety spread throughout the world?
Film editor HUGH TASMAN
Produced by BRYN brooks , RON BLOOMFIELD Book (same title), 19.50, from bookshops (Gardeners' World is on Friday at 8.0 pm)

Contributors

Presented By:
Alan Hibbert
Produced By:
Bryn Brooks

The first of ten programmes in which Arthur Negus revisits places for which he has a special affection, with a companion who shares his enjoyment of old and beautiful things in their proper setting.
He begins at Stratfield Saye, Berkshire, where the library has hardly changed since the first Duke of Wellington was given the house by a grateful nation after the Battle of Waterloo.
Arthur's companion is Hugh Scully , himself an admirer of the first duke.
Lighting JACK BELASCO Director ROY CHAPMAN Producer JOHN DOBSON
Series producer ROBIN DRAKE BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Hugh Scully
Unknown:
Jack Belasco
Director:
Roy Chapman
Producer:
John Dobson
Producer:
Robin Drake

Paul Daniels in the first of six programmes entertains in his own unusual fashion and introduces guests with remarkable skills.
The man with the super-power memory, Harry Lorayne
The young, award-winning mime magician, Vito Lupo with the PAUL DANIELS MAGIC SET
Choreography NORMAN MAEN Musical director KEN JONES
Programme associate ALI BONGO Director JOHN HUGHES
Produced by JOHN FISHER

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Daniels
Unknown:
Harry Lorayne
Unknown:
Vito Lupo
Unknown:
Paul Daniels
Director:
John Hughes
Produced By:
John Fisher

A seven-part series tracing the origins of our species, presented by Richard Leakey
2: One Small Step ...
Recently RICHARD LEAKEY 'S mother, Mary, made perhaps the most remarkable discovery of her distinguished career. Close to Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania she unearthed the oldest human footprints in the world. Made nearly four million years ago, they are the earliest evidence we have of that crucial shift from four legs to two - something that forever set us apart from other animals.
Controversy rages over the nature of these ancient upright creatures. Are some 31 million-year-old fossils found in Ethiopia - including the famous skeleton ' Lucy ' - the ancestors of all later humans? Is Lucy an evolutionary dead end? Could our origins lie elsewhere, and even deeper, in the past?
Film cameraman ALEC CURTIS Film editor KEITH RAVEN
Graphic designer PETER CLAYTON Research JANE CALLANDER
Producer PETER SPRY-LEVERTON Series producer GRAHAM MASSEY
(An edited version of this series is printed weekly in THE LISTENER)

Contributors

Presented By:
Richard Leakey
Unknown:
Richard Leakey
Editor:
Keith Raven
Designer:
Peter Clayton
Producer:
Graham Massey

Eight personal accounts describing experiences which have changed people's lives. 3: Freed for Life
Rita Nightingale's search for the good life in the Far East ended in disaster. Despite protesting her innocence, she was sentenced to 20 years in a Bangkok prison for drug smuggling. Life in prison nearly broke her spirit until a chance meeting with an English visitor led her to discover new strength as a ' born again' Christian.
Director FAY DICKEY
Producer JOHN WILCOX

Contributors

Director:
Fay Dickey
Producer:
John Wilcox

Peter Snow, Charles Wheeler John Tusa and Peter Hobday with news, weather and sport from LINDA ALEXANDER and DAVID ICKE.
Producer JOHN HOLME
Directors ALEX SAWARD and JOHN WILKINSON Assignment editors GEORGE WALKER and JOHN MAHONEY. Editor GEORGE CAREY

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Wheeler
Unknown:
John Tusa
Unknown:
Peter Hobday
Unknown:
Linda Alexander
Unknown:
David Icke.
Producer:
John Holme
Directors:
Alex Saward
Directors:
John Wilkinson
Editors:
George Walker
Editors:
John Mahoney.
Editor:
George Carey

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