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A series of eight documentary films featuring practising supervisors in industry and commerce. 5: The Need to Know
This film looks at the problems of communication in the workplace. How much or how little should a supervisor tell his or her colleagues? What do they need to know? Do the timing and the choice of means affect the message?
Assistant producer SALLY KIRKWOOD Producer ROBERT CLAMP
Notes for the series available by sending a large sae to: Supervisors, [address removed]

Contributors

Producer:
Sally Kirkwood

Introduced by Hilary Henson
Throwing hoops over pegs is difficult enough, but could you design, build and operate an automatic hoopla machine? That is the problem facing teams from KONTRON
ELECTROLAB, LIFE SCIENCE RESEARCH and icl.
Counting the score, guest judge Gordon Higginson , Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Durham University, and principal judge Heinz Wolff.
Assistant producer CAROLINE VAN DER BRUL Studio director BRIAN DAVIES Producer PETER BRUCE
Theme music on single (RESL 65), from record shops

Contributors

Introduced By:
Hilary Henson
Unknown:
Gordon Higginson
Unknown:
Heinz Wolff.
Producer:
Caroline van Der
Director:
Brian Davies
Producer:
Peter Bruce

The Cameramen 1939-45
A series of six programmes 3: Normandy Landing
By the time the Allies invaded Europe in June 1944, the British Army had trained and equipped its own band of tough, independent cameramen. Commanding Officer Hugh Stewart remembers the kind of men who were selected and the training they were given.
Desmond O'Neill was one of the Sergeant Cameramen who landed on D-Day. Wounded late in the morning, he was evacuated back to England. He brought his dramatic film with him and it was the first to be shown in the newsreels of the fighting on the British-held beaches.
Researcher JAMES BARKER Producer TOM CONWAY

Contributors

Unknown:
Hugh Stewart
Unknown:
Desmond O'Neill
Unknown:
James Barker
Producer:
Tom Conway

How much can one man do to revitalise a depressed area? In 1963 the Prime Minister Harold Macmillan , appointed Lord Hailsham to a new post - Minister for the North East. His job was to get the unemployment figures down, and at the same time, to try to give the people there more faith in themselves. Today the area is still depressed, and the idea has never been repeated.
Eric Robson asks Lord Hailsham, whether with hindsight, this was a sensible way for the government to tackle the problem.
Researcher ADAIRE OSBALDESTON Director PAUL LOOSLEY
Producer ALAN DOBSON. BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Harold MacMillan
Unknown:
Eric Robson
Unknown:
Adaire Osbaldeston
Director:
Paul Loosley
Producer:
Alan Dobson.

The third of nine programmes in which two teams of theatrical people compete in a lighthearted battle of wits covering all aspects of theatre under the watchful eye of resident questionmaster Alfred Marks.
This week: Roger Rees
Felicity Kendal , Ronald Harwood v Irene Handl , Peter Gill Eleanor Bron
Devised by ROSEMARY WILTON Director HELEN MORTON Producer PETER BUTLER

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Rees
Unknown:
Felicity Kendal
Unknown:
Ronald Harwood
Unknown:
Irene Handl
Unknown:
Peter Gill
Unknown:
Eleanor Bron
Unknown:
Rosemary Wilton
Director:
Helen Morton
Producer:
Peter Butler

Eight different sounds of country music from Bluegrass to Cajun are featured in this final programme from The Snape Maltings.
With Pete are three top American instrumentalists
Jim Rooney (banjo)
Bill Keith (guitar) and Pete Rowan (mandolin)
Musical director GRAHAM COOPER Director RICK GARDNER Producer DOUGLAS HESPE

Contributors

Unknown:
Jim Rooney
Guitar:
Bill Keith
Guitar:
Pete Rowan
Director:
Graham Cooper
Director:
Rick Gardner
Producer:
Douglas Hespe

A series in 13 episodes 4: Colin by EWART ALEXANDER starring Patrick Stewart
Colin, a young labourer, suffers an acute breakdown. His mother is determined to care for him alone. Is her love enough? Can Roebuck offer any alternative if, as he suspects, Colin is schizophrenic?
Music by DARYL RUNSWICK Designer JON PUSEY
Script editor KERRY CRABBE Producer RUTH BOSWELL
Directed by RICHARD STROUD
Theme music on single (RESL 89), from record shops

Contributors

Unknown:
Ewart Alexander
Unknown:
Patrick Stewart
Music By:
Daryl Runswick
Designer:
Jon Pusey
Producer:
Ruth Boswell
Directed By:
Richard Stroud
Dr Edward Roebuck:
Patrick Stewart
Colin Gilbert:
Dominic Guard
Mrs Gilbert:
Barbara Lott
Nigel:
Preston Lockwood
Kayreen:
Floella Benjamin
Beti:
Johanna Kirby
Geoffrey:
Dafydd Havard
Dr Alan Henty:
John Francis
Dr Barstow:
Michael Godley
Fred Tarkey:
Stuart Fox
Nurse Barry Donovan:
Michael Melia
Sister Barbara Bowley:
Yvonne Brewster
Ray:
Frank Mughan
Ted:
John Mulcahy
Mrs Cobb:
Brigid MacKay
Newsreader:
Corbet Woodall

Introduced by Judith Jackson
Back-ache Driving: thousands of motorists suffer as a result of poor car seat design. Dr Bernard Watkin highlights some of the common faults.
Six Months On: the Metro and Escort are not now the cars they were when launched last year. Judith Jackson outlines some of the significant changes.
Ted Clements , Senior Examiner of the Institute of Advanced Motorists, demonstrates good driving techniques.
Back to the Drawing Board: owners tell Frank Page of design faults in their cars.
What's New: with Su Baker
Director PHILIP FRANKLIN
Executive producer DEREK SMITH BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Introduced By:
Judith Jackson
Design:
Dr Bernard Watkin
Unknown:
Judith Jackson
Unknown:
Ted Clements
Unknown:
Frank Page
Unknown:
Su Baker
Director:
Philip Franklin
Producer:
Derek Smith

takes a look at the contemporary rock scene with Anne Nightingale and David Hepworth
In the studio this week John Cooper Clarke Eurythmics with films, album tracks, interviews, news and reviews.
Director TOM CORCORAN
Producer MICHAEL APPLETON
Music from the series (record BELP 017, cassette ZCF 017), from record shops

Contributors

Unknown:
Anne Nightingale
Unknown:
David Hepworth
Unknown:
John Cooper Clarke
Director:
Tom Corcoran
Producer:
Michael Appleton

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