A magazine for Asian women
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Twelve explorations with Professor W. G. Hoskins
2: The Lake District - Conquest of the Mountains
The Lake District, a magnificent wilderness of mountains, tarns and fells, appears almost untouched by man. But man influence on the landscape is everywhere older than we think, and PROFESSOR HOSKINS claims the lakes are no exception.
Professor Hoskins, with stunning film, makes the land give up the secrets of itvarain as a detective tmaht dust for
,'ngerprints. (TilE LISTENER) Film cameraman NAT crosby
Producer PETER JONES :s
The Cameramen 1939-45
A series of six programmes 2- Ronnie Noble
Ronnie Noble was a young cameraman with Universal News. The story of his war is like a boy's adventure book. He filmed the fighting in France, Syria and the Western Desert. He was taken prisoner, escaped, joined the French Resistance and finished the war filming in the Far East.
Researcher JAMES BARKER producer TOM CONWAY
The Sumerian Voyage of Thor Heyerdahl
A series of four programmes
As soon as Tigris enters the Shatt-al-Arab, the wide waterway that leads to the Arab Gulf, she's immediately in trouble. The Gulf is one of the most dangerous and congested waterways in the world. There are hidden reefs, oil derricks litter the sea-bed and giant oil tankers take two miles to stop. What are the chances of a primitive reed boat surviving collision with any of these?
"A real triumph" (Evening Standard) "An adventure that nobody will willingly miss" (Birmingham Post)
(Rpt)
In the first of four films about music and memory, George Melly recalls the song that changed his life, and the circumstances under which he heard it.
Producer TONY staveacr* BBC Bristol
6: The Juggernaut Strikes
(Part 7 next Monday)
A serial in 13 parts
A thousand years ago, in China, the souls of 108 knights were reborn to fight the tyranny and corruption of the government. They lived by their wits and their swords in the marshy lands of the water margins of Lian Shan Po. Their leader was Lin Chung and their exploits became legendary...
English adaptation by David Weir
English version directed by Michael Bakewell for World Wide Sound London
Produced by NTV, Tokyo
with subtitles for the hard-of-hearing, followed by Weather
At a concert recorded at the Assembly Rooms, Bath, the Beaux Arts Trio plays Schubert Piano Trio in e flat (D 929)
ISIDORE COHEN (violin)
BERNARD GREENHOUSE (cello) MENAHEM PRESSLER (piano)
Directed by BARRIE GAVIN A landseer film
The Embassy
World Professional Championship
The Quarter-finals
Eight players remain from an original field of 32. The first two quarter-finals are played this evening, each match best of seven sets, each set best of five legs.
The award-winning film series
Starring Alan Alda as Hawkeye, Mike Farrell as B.J. Hunnicutt
with Harry Morgan as Colonel Potter, Loretta Swit as Hotlips, David Ogden Stiers as Charles, Jamie Farr as Klinger, William Christopher as Fr. Mulcahy
Right now there's a cease-fire, but there are still casualties. The Padre decides to write a Korean war song. Hawkeye and Hunnicutt are fighting a personal battle. And the Colonel is painting a self-portrait using Klinger as his model. In fact - as Klinger's s letter to his uncle says - life in the 4077th is as crazy as always.
Theme music on BBC Comedy Themes (record REH 387, cassette ZCR 387), from retailers
by Iris Murdoch
Dramatised in four parts by Reg Gadney
Dora married her husband for his good taste and his flat in Knightsbridge. She left him because she was afraid of him. Six months later she decides to return for the same reason.
Coping with Cancer
What would you do if the doctor advised you that you had only months to live? A young woman decided to ring her local radio station and ask other listeners to help. It happened at BBC Radio Nottingham - and the self-help show tells what this led to. Perhaps the same could happen in your town? Some BBC Local Radio stations will continue the debate from tomorrow - you are invited to ring your local station and take part on-air.
Presenter Jeni Barnett also shows how, in Northern Ireland, mums who felt isolated got together to run a mother and toddler group for the whole Portrush community.
A COMMUNITY PROGRAMME UNIT production For information, or if you have ideas for the show, write to Grapevine, BBCtv, London W12 8QT
PETER SNOW, JOHN TUSA , 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, investigations by Newsnight's own team of reporters into what's going on behind the headlines; the latest news and weather from LOUISE BATCHELOR and MARGARET HOUNSELL , plus sports results from DAVID ICKE.
Producer JOHN HOLME
Directors ALEX SAWARD , JOHN WILKINSON Assignment editors
CLIVE SYDDALL , JOHN MAHONEY
Deputy editor DAVID DICKINSON Editor RON NEIL
The Embassy World Professional Championship
Peter Purves introduces further coverage of the quarter-finals from Jollees Club, Stoke-on-Trent.