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The aim of this magazine programme for Asian women is to provide advice and information on matters of interest to them.
It also includes demonstrations on: how to make items of everyday use at home, sewing and cooking, a story for children and an item of popular music.
Producer ASHOK RAMPAL
Directed by KRISHAN GOULD BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Producer:
Ashok Rampal
Directed By:
Krishan Gould

Four races on the second day, combined with the Royal Drive and the fashion scene, make Royal Ascot a colourful social occasion.
2.30 The Jersey Stakes (Group 3. 7f)
3.5 The Queen Mary Stakes (Group 2. 5f)
3.45 The Royal Hunt Cup (Handicap. 1m)
Can trainer MICHAEL STOUTE land the prize with well-handicapped Atlantic Boy? Or will JOHN SUT-CLIFFE stage a repeat of last year's successful gamble with Tender Heart?
4.20 The Coronation Stakes (Group 2. Old Mile)
A fascinating re-match between the 1,000 guineas first and second, Fairy Footsteps and Tolmi, two brilliant fillies.
Introduced by JULIAN WILSON
Commentators PETER O'SULLEVAN JIMMY LINDLEY and JOHN HANMER
Fashions described by EVE POLLARD
TV presentation RICHARD TILLING

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Stoute
Introduced By:
Julian Wilson
Commentators:
Peter O'Sullevan
Commentators:
Jimmy Lindley
Commentators:
John Hanmer
Unknown:
Eve Pollard
Unknown:
Richard Tilling

' One year I went as a giraffe and another time I went as a Christmas tree, covered in glass balls. I was elected Oddball of the Year on that occasion.'
Gertrude Shilling , the doyenne of Ascot, models the latest creation designed by her son, David, whilst he explains the unlikely sources of his inspiration.
Producer ALAN YENTOB
Director NIGEL FINCH

Contributors

Unknown:
Gertrude Shilling
Producer:
Alan Yentob
Director:
Nigel Finch

The last of eight programmes
A review of the past week's television in which
Ludovic Kennedy discusses RICHARD LEAKEY 'S seven-part series The Making of Mankind (BBC2), which traces our development from ape-like creatures on the African savannah three million years ago into the most powerful and dangerous animal that has ever been. It is a story about what makes us human and from which we can predict our chances of survival.
Director TONY TYLEY
Producer JOHN ARCHER

Contributors

Unknown:
Ludovic Kennedy
Unknown:
Richard Leakey
Director:
Tony Tyley
Producer:
John Archer

The Emperor's New Clothes
Beethoven's Fifth Piano Concerto, known as the ' Emperor', sounds very different in modern performances compared with those of Beethoven's time. Orchestral instruments and layouts have changed and many misunderstandings have arisen through 19th-century editorial attitudes.
Kenneth van Barthold shows how and why performance styles have changed, and, with the London Classical Players and using period instruments, performs two movements of the ' Emperor ' as they might have sounded in Beethoven's time, with and Lighting FRED WRIGHT Sound ANTHONY PHILPOT Producer DAVID BUCKTON

Contributors

Unknown:
Kenneth van Barthold
Unknown:
Fred Wright
Unknown:
Anthony Philpot
Producer:
David Buckton
conductor:
Roger Norrington
concert master:
John Holloway

A play in two parts by NICK MCCARTY with 1: This Living Hand
A tough, aggressive boy from a broken family studies to become a surgeon in the days when limbs were sawn off without anaesthetic. Gradually he becomes aware of a power more devastating than a clenched fist, more piercing than a surgeon's knife.
Cast in order of appearance
Editorial consultant ROBERT GITTINGS Music by ANTHONY ISAAC
Costume designer JOYCE MORTLOCK Make-up artist JENNY SHIRCORE Designer RICHARD HENRY
Producer CAROL ROBERTSON Director JAMES ORMEROD
(Part 2 is on Friday at 9.0 pm)
(A review in Kaleidoscope on Radio 4 tomorrow at 9.40 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick McCarty
Unknown:
Robert Gittings
Music By:
Anthony Isaac
Designer:
Joyce Mortlock
Artist:
Jenny Shircore
Designer:
Richard Henry
Producer:
Carol Robertson
Director:
James Ormerod
John Keats:
Gerard Murphy
Frances Keats:
Victoria Fenton
Mrs Jennings:
Madoline Thomas
Young John:
David John
Young George:
Lawrence Wenlock
Young Tom:
Andrew Brooks
Young Fanny:
Claire O'Sullivan
Charles Cowden Clarke:
Shaughan Seymour
John Cowden Clarke:
David Beale
Richard Abbey:
John Quarmby
Thomas Hammond:
Terence Conoley
Woman in labour:
Jenni Iiinkes
Tom Keats:
Christopher Lillicrap
George Keats:
Sean Mathias
Girl at the Jubilee:
Emma Scott
Fanny Keats:
Sarah Prince
Sir Astley Cooper:
James Greene
Henry Stephens:
Simon Needs
Mary Frogley:
Lindy Alexander
Felton Matthew:
Paul Lavers
Matthew's sisters:
Jenny O'Grady
Matthew's sisters:
Sally Baxter
Adams, a patient:
Robert Vahey
Lucas, the surgeon:
Hal Jeayes
Leigh Hunt:
Jonathan Burn
Haydon MICHAEL:
N Harbour
Shelley:
Peter Wilson

Highlights of the second day's racing which featured the Royal Hunt Cup Introduced by JULIAN WILSON
With PETER O'SULLEVAN
JIMMY LINDLEY and JOHN HANMER

Contributors

Introduced By:
Julian Wilson
Unknown:
Peter O'Sullevan
Unknown:
Jimmy Lindley
Unknown:
John Hanmer

PETER SNOW, CHARLES WHEELER , JOHN TUSA and PETER HOBDAY present an informed account of what's happening in the world; special reports from the BBC's correspondents at home and abroad, investigations by Newsnight's own team of reporters into what's going on behind the headlines; the latest news and weather forecast from LINDA ALEXANDER , plus the evening's sports results from DAVID icke.
Producer JOHN HOLME Directors
ALEX SAWARD and JOHN WILKINSON Assignment editors
GEORGE WALKER and JOHN MAHONEY Deputy editor DAVID DICKINSON Editor GEORGE CAREY

Contributors

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

The fifth in a series of seven major interviews with leading British politicians. Robert McKenzie talks to
The Rt Hon David Steel , mp about his political philosophy and beliefs.
How were his ideas formed? What events and people influenced and changed them? And what is their relevance to Britain now and in the future?
Producer JAMES HOGAN
Executive producer PETER IBBOTSON

Contributors

Talks:
Robert McKenzie
Unknown:
David Steel
Producer:
James Hogan
Producer:
Peter Ibbotson

BBC Two England

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BBC Two is a lively channel of depth and substance, carrying a range of knowledge-building programming complemented by great drama, comedy and arts.

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More