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Story: The Wind and the Moon by GEORGE MACDONALD Presenters
Lucie Skeaping , Ben Bazell
Book, Play School Ready to Play, £1.50; Play School, Hello (record REC 425, cassette ZCM 425); Play On (record REC 332, cassette ZCM 332); Bang on a Drum songs from Play School and Play Away (record REC 242, cassette MRMC 004) from retailers

Contributors

Unknown:
George MacDonald
Unknown:
Lucie Skeaping
Unknown:
Ben Bazell

The first of eight programmes This week: Ely Arthur Negus is joined by Angela Rippon and they go on the road with a team of Britain's leading experts. They meet the public informally and discuss treasured possessions brought along for their assessment. (The opinions expressed concerning age and value may no longer be completely accurate as the series was recorded in summer 1979)
Director ROY CHAPMAN Producer ROBIN DRAKE
BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Angela Rippon
Director:
Roy Chapman
Producer:
Robin Drake

A series of eight programmes made from material shot by home movie-makers in the 1920s and 30s. They are all about the British-how they saw themselves and how they saw others. 1: Milestones
This first programme looks at the favourite targets of all home movie-makers - those early milestones of life ... birth, adolescence, courtship and marriage. Written and narrated by JOHN JULIUS NORWICH
Film editor DAVID WYATT
Producer MARGARET MCCALL

Contributors

Unknown:
John Julius Norwich
Producer:
Margaret McCall

Another chance to view a series of eight films about Britain before the Norman Conquest , written and presented by Michael Wood
The first programme deals with the revolt in AD60 of Queen Boudica of the Iceni against the Roman invaders of Britain.
Recent archaeological discoveries provide new and sometimes grisly evidence of the trail of terror left by Boudica's liberation army.
Compulsively watchable (THE TIMES) Producer DEREK TOWERS
BBC Manchester
Book, in Search of the Dark Ages, £8.95, from retailers

Contributors

Unknown:
Norman Conquest
Presented By:
Michael Wood

A series in 18 episodes Part 3 by SANDY WELCH
The approach of a compulsory medical check gives rise to some anxious moments for both older and younger pupils.
Series devised by PHIL REDMOND Executive producer ANNA HOME Director CHRISTINE SECOMBE

Contributors

Unknown:
Sandy Welch
Director:
Christine Secombe
Grange Hill pupils: Pamela Cartwright:
Rene Alpekstein
Grange Hill pupils: Alan Humphries:
George Armstrong
Grange Hill pupils:Julia Farley:
Sarah Attwood
Grange Hill pupils: Duane Orpington.:
Mark Michael Green Baxter Bishop
Grange Hill pupils: Michael Green.:
Mark Bishop
Grange Hill pupils: Clare Scott:
Paula Ann Bland
Grange Hill pupils: Anita Unsworth:
Joanne Boakes
Grange Hill pupils: Tucker Jenkins:
Todd Carty
Grange Hill pupils: Salina:
Dawn Chandra
Grange Hill pupils: Richard Marks:
David Doyle
Grange Hill pupils: Trisha Yates:
Michelle Herbert
Grange Hill pupils: Pogo Patterson:
Peter Moran
Grange Hill pupils: Matthew Cartwright:
Nicholas Pandolfi
Susi McMahon:
Linda Slater
Suzanne Ross:
Susan Tully
Mr Thomson:
Timothy Bateson
Miss Peterson:
Cheryl Branker
Mrs Orpington:
Deirdre Costello
Miss Mooney:
Lucinda Gane
Doctor ,:
Lee Hudson
Mrs Scott:
Jennifer Piercey
Sports teacher:
Frederick Warder
Nurse:
Dorothy Wojtulewicz
Mr Sutcliffe:
James Wynn

The story of a warm-hearted family of pioneer stock - surviving the Depression years of the 30s and facing the war years of the 4Qs. starring
The first of 24 programmes The Home Front: part 1
Olivia returns home to war on her doorstep as John is threatened by one of the mountain folk.
Based on EARL HAMNER jr's autobiographical novel Spencer's Mountain Written by ROD PETERSON and CLAIRE WHITAKER Directed by HARRY HARRIS

Contributors

Written By:
Rod Peterson
Unknown:
Claire Whitaker
Directed By:
Harry Harris
Olivia Walton:
Michael Learned
John Walton:
Ralph Waite
Mary Ellen:
Judy Norton-Taylor
Jason:
Jon Walmsley
Erin:
Mary Elizabeth McDonough
Ben:
Eric Scott
Jim-Bob:
David W Harper
Elizabeth:
Kami Cotler

Young children, future champions, compete alongside the world's greatest cross-country ski racers in the Nordic Ski Championships at Lahti, Finland. The intricate and poetic skills of the racers, as they accept one of the most difficult challenges of their sport, reflect their dedication.
Produced by HARVEY EDWARDS

Contributors

Produced By:
Harvey Edwards

AnatolyKarpov (World Champion) v
Viktor Korchnoi (Challenger)
Two of the fiercest competitors in chess clash for the world title. Presenting exclusive coverage of the match, with up-to-the-minute news, interviews and a report on the best game of the week. First player to win six games is declared World Champion. Presented by Jeremy James
Expert analysis WILLIAM HARTSTON Producer ROBERT TONER

Contributors

Unknown:
Viktor Korchnoi
Presented By:
Jeremy James
Producer:
Robert Toner

from the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu
Introduced by William Woollard
In -the first of seven programmes
Top Gear takes a look at the development of the motor car during the past 100 years while Frank Page anticipates the innovators of tomorrow's cars by looking at some of today's concept cars.
Stewart Woodcock tells the story of a classic car - the Aston Martin - and Sue Baker takes a long, hard drive in the new Vauxhall Cavalier.
Director PHILIP FRANKLIN
Executive producer DEREK SMITH

Contributors

Introduced By:
William Woollard
Unknown:
Frank Page
Unknown:
Stewart Woodcock
Unknown:
Sue Baker
Director:
Philip Franklin
Producer:
Derek Smith

Live from London's Greenwood Theatre - television's most unpredictable half-hour.
There's music, conversation, and as always, star-studded entertainment.
Director RON ISTED
Produced by TOM GUTTERIDGE
(Russell Harty from Manchester on Thursday at 8.30 pm)

Contributors

Produced By:
Tom Gutteridge
Produced By:
Russell Harty

by Carla Lane
First of six programmes starring Geoffrey Palmer and Nina Thomas
with Caroline Blakiston, Barbara Flynn

Leo Bannister is 50 and has separated from his wife - all he wants now is to live a quiet life. But Liz, a 24-year-old, has squatted in his life with other ideas.

Contributors

Writer:
Carla Lane
Sound:
Richard Chamberlain
Lighting:
Bert Postlethwaite
Designer:
Gloria Clayton
Producer:
Sydney Lotterby
Leo:
Geoffrey Palmer
Liz:
Nina Thomas
Alice:
Caroline Blakiston
Shirley:
Barbara Flynn
Mrs Carrol:
Marjorie Lawrence
Jane:
Hetty Baynes
Mrs Healey:
Annette Badland
Hospital sister:
Carolyn Lyster
Second hospital sister:
Eliza Hunt
Justin:
Tony London

The first of six programmes A Shadow on the Lung
Narrated by ROBERT WINSTON
Every two years Evelyn Chapman visits a mass screening unit for a chest X-ray. After this year's visit she was called in for further tests. There was a shadow on her lung....
Film cameraman DEREK BANKS Film recordist JULIAN BALDWIN Film editor GEOFFREY BOTTERILL Producer FIONA HOLMES
Series editor DAVID PATERSON

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Winston
Unknown:
Evelyn Chapman
Unknown:
Julian Baldwin
Editor:
Geoffrey Botterill
Producer:
Fiona Holmes
Editor:
David Paterson

PETER SNOW, JOHN TUSA , PETER HOBDAY and DONALD MACCORMICK present an informed account of what's happening in the world; investigations by Newsnight's own team of reporters into what's going .on; the news and weather from LOUISE BATCHELOR and MARGARET HOUNSELL , plus the evening's sports results from DAVID ICKE.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Tusa
Unknown:
Peter Hobday
Unknown:
Donald MacCormick
Unknown:
Louise Batchelor
Unknown:
Margaret Hounsell
Unknown:
David Icke.

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