Story: Mr Patelli 's Shop by ANNE REAY
Guest storyteller Carmen Munroe Presenters
Chloe Ashcroft , Dev Sagoo
The fourth of eight programmes This week: Oldham
Arthur Negus is joined by Angela Rippon and a team of Britain's
.leading experts...
The result Is a programme filled with surprises and excitement as people discover the truth about objects that have sometimes been gathering dust for years. Perhaps the biggest surprise is that there are more 'finds' than disappointments. The opinions expressed in the programme concerning age and value may no longer be completely accurate as the series was recorded in the summer of 1979. Directsr ROY CLAPMAN
Producer ROBIN DRAKE. BBC Bristol (Ftru shown on BBC1) -
A series of eight programmes drawn from 1920s-30s home movies 4: Sport
This programme looks fondly at the British and their games. Is sport important? Do we play to win? Must we always' 'play up, play up, play the game '? Written and narrated by JOHN JULIUS NORWICH
Film editor DAVID WYATT '
Producer MARGARET MCCALL '
The fourth in a series of eight films about England before the Norman Conquest , written and presented by Michael Wood .
Appropriately, the story of Alfred's' decisive struggle against the Vik, ings begins - deep under London - in Churchill's Cabinet War Room. Here, the strategy of Alfred's final campaign unfolds on the maps of a Dark Age Western Front.
This is the story of an extraordinary ninth-century King of Wessjex who saved the essentials of English culture when it seemed all would be swept away. '
Enthralling series of films ... Extremely stirring (THE DAILY TELEGRAPH) Producer DEREK TOWERS
BBC Manchester
Part 9 by Margaret Simpson
There is a rumour that Mrs McClusky is planning to re-introduce school uniforms.
The Diploma
John Walton is accused of falsifying his army records and Mary Ellen takes over as District Nurse.
Based on EARL HAMNER JR'S autobiographical novel Spencer's Mountain
.Written by KATHLEEN HITE
Directed by GWE'N ARNER
with subtitles for the hard-of-hearing, followed by Weather
Five programmes about the education system. Is it fair to everyone? Does it provide equality of opportunity? 1: Class
' Whether or not you do well at education, whether or not you go to university, depends to a large extent on your social and famUy background - on your class' argues Eric Midwinter , writer and educationist. He explains why middle-class children are at an advantage, and suggests some ways in which the chances of working-class children can be improved. -
He defends his argument against the criticisms of Lord Vaizey, Professor of Economics at Brunei University and Stuart MacLure, Editor, of The Times Educatiahal Supplement. Introduced by Patrick Nuttgens
Producer ROGER OWEN
Introduced by William Woollard The 1981 Lombard RAC Rally
Top Gear sets out to cover some of the most exciting action on this year's Rally and in particular the progress of TONY POND in the Dealer Team Vauxhall Chevette and MIKE JACKSON ,'the one-armed rally driver, in a Ford Escort.
Director PHILIP FRANKL !N
Executive producer DEREK SMITH BBC Birmingham
Live from London's Greenwood Theatre including tonight
The Pointer Sisters
Director RON ISTED
Assistant producer CHRIS RILEY Produced by TOM GUTTERIDGE.
by Carla Lane
Starring Geoffrey Palmer and Nina Thomas
with Caroline Blakiston, Barbara Flynn
Leo's dilemma widens when his daughters bring their problems home, and Liz, feeling left out, finds a new companion.
Narrated by Robert Winston
Leukaemia
At the end of last year James Beard suffered an attack of leukaemia. He was treated with massive doses of drugs and survived.
But it may be only a reprieve. In nine cases out of ten his type of leukaemia strikes again, often worse than before. The only way his doctors can offer him a better chance of long term survival is by a bone marrow transplant.
Film editor ROLAND TONGUB
Producer FIONA HOLMES
Series editor DAVID PATERSON
PETER SNOW, JOHN Tl'SA, PETER HOBDAY and DONALD MACCORMICK present an informed account of what's happening in the world; special reports from the BBC's correspondents at home and abroad; the latest news and weather forecast from LOUISE BATCHELOR plus the evening's sports results from DAVID ICKE.
