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6.25 Beyond the Eye. 6.50 Minimum Cost Flows. 7.15 Earth Materials: 3. 7.40 The Nature of Chemistry. 8.5 Structure of Lysozyme. 8.30 Rocks and Magnets. 3.55 Turning it Round. 9.20 M101/5A Tutor Marked Assignments. 9.45 Data in the Computer. 10.10 Mining. 10.35 Drugs: The Industry and the Regulators. 11.0 Enzyme Structure and Function. 11.25 Computing at the Royal Bank of Scotland. 11.50 Deep-sea Drilling. 12.15 Changing the Record. 12.40 Cells and Organisms. 1.5 Isotopes in Geology. 1.30 Energy to Go Round.

Following on their technological successes of the last 30 years, the Japanese are now aiming to dominate the technologies of the 80s, 90s and beyond. Among their targets : intelligent computers, fusion power and space.

But that will mean Japan will have to do fundamental research for the first time. And they're worried about it. "Horizon" examines the problems of Japanese creativity and asks: could they finally be overreaching themselves?

Contributors

Narrator:
Peter Wilson
"Horizon" Editor:
Graham Massey
Written and Produced by:
Jeremy Taylor

with John Amis featuring
Yehudi Menuhln rehearsing and conducting
Beethoven's ' Eroica ' Symphony with the London Symphony Orchestra leader MICHAEL DAVIS
From the Barbican's new concert hall, home of the LSO, comes a new style of musical presentation. In the second of three informal Sunday afternoon concerts with young people especially in mind, JOHN AMIS talks about Beethoven's ' Eroica ' Symphony and interviews today's conductor YEHUDI MENUHIN
Lighting HUBERT CARTWHICHT Sound VIC GODRICH
Producer HUMPHREY BURTON
These Lecture Concerts are sponsored by the Ladbroke Group

Contributors

Unknown:
John Amis
Unknown:
Yehudi Menuhln
Leader:
Michael Davis
Talks:
John Amis
Conductor:
Yehudi Menuhin
Producer:
Humphrey Burton

France v Ireland Wales v Scotland
NIGEL STARMER-SMITH introduces highlights of yesterday's matches.
If Triple Crown Champions Ireland win in Paris they have totally reversed the Championship table of last year with Grand Slam Champions France taking over as wooden spoonists and Ireland gaining the Grand Slam for the first time since 1948. With Ollie Campbell in fine form, the much reorganised French start as underdogs.
Wales have their 14-year unbeaten home record in the Championship at stake against Scotland who last won in Cardiff in 1962. Commentator in Cardiff
BILL MCLAREN
Television presentation
FRENCH TELEVISION and DEWI GRIFFITHS Series producer HUW JONES

Contributors

Introduces:
Nigel Starmer-Smith
Unknown:
Ollie Campbell
Unknown:
Dewi Griffiths
Producer:
Huw Jones

Presented by Brian Widlake and Valerie Singleton Britain's most popular business and financial magazine reporting from far and near on money large and small. Featuring this week: Selling Soccer
The soccer business is in debt to the tune of £25 million. Last month Hull City went into receivership and more clubs are likely to follow. Nick Clarke examines how football club finances could be reorganised, and meets the marketing men who are coming up with surprising new ways of selling the game.
Plus Moneymaker: making the most of your savings.
Producer ROB BEYNON
Deputy editor ANDREW CLAYTON Editor DAVID LLOYD
0 MONEY MAKER: page 93

Contributors

Presented By:
Brian Widlake
Unknown:
Nick Clarke
Producer:
Rob Beynon
Editor:
Andrew Clayton
Editor:
David Lloyd

Big Business in Bees Written and narrated Dy Anthony Smith rhere are ' wild' bees :hat spend the win;er in air-conditioned :omfort, that travel in mobile homes and take a shower before work. Others need the protection of armed patrols for their underground nesting sites. In the United States, pollination is big business and bees are best - certainly for the alfalfa crop, where billions of dollars are at stake.
Film editor COLIN CRADOCK Producer NED KELLY
Series editors PETER JONES , ANTHONY ISAACS BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Dy Anthony Smith
Editor:
Colin Cradock
Producer:
Ned Kelly
Editors:
Peter Jones
Editors:
Anthony Isaacs

Owain Arwel Hughes conducts and introduces the music of Berlioz, Borodin, Elgar, Hoist, Roberton, Rossini and Saint-Saens. with Bernadette Greevy
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA leader BARRY GRIFFITHS ROYAL CHORAL SOCIETY chorus-master JOHN ALLEY
An outside broadcast from the Fairfield Halls, Croydon Produced by JOHN VERNON

Contributors

Unknown:
Owain Arwel Hughes
Unknown:
Bernadette Greevy
Leader:
Barry Griffiths
Produced By:
John Vernon

featuring motor racing's Formula One World Championship The Brazilian Grand Prix
The dust appears to have settled again after yet another round of political rows between motor sport's rival factions. Competition resumes today on the Jacarepagua circuit in Rio de Janeiro - World Champion NELSON PIQUET has still to taste success in front of his fanatical home crowd but Championship runner-up CARLOS REUTEMANN from Argentina has an enviable record on Brazilian soil with three victories in the last five seasons.
Commentators MURRAY WALKER and JAMES HUNT
TV presentation: BRAZILIAN TV SERVICE Producer JIM RESIDE
Editor HAROLD ANDERSON

Contributors

Unknown:
Nelson Piquet
Unknown:
Carlos Reute
Commentators:
Murray Walker
Commentators:
James Hunt
Editor:
Harold Anderson

continues the season of feature films portraying the darker side of American power politics, starring
Who controls America? Who killed America's most popular post-war President? These are the theme and plot respectively of this brilliant and controversial thriller, based on a novel by the author of The Manchurian Candidate. A story of intrigue and murder is linked with the political theme, as young Nick Kegan becomes involved in solving the mystery of his brother's assassination and finds himself at the mercy of the most powerful man in America - his father.
Produced by FRED CARUSO
Based on the novel by RICHARD CONDON
Written and directed by WILLIAM RICHERT (First showing on British television) Films: page 22

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Kegan
Produced By:
Fred Caruso
Novel By:
Richard Condon
Directed By:
William Richert
Nick Kegan:
Jeff Bridges
Pa Kegan:
John Huston
John Cerruti:
Anthony Perkins
Z K Dawson:
Sterling Hayden
Joe Diamond:
Eli Wallach
Emma Kegan:
Dorothy Malone
Frank Mayo:
Tomas Milian
Yvette Malone:
Belinda Bauer
Gameboy Baker:
Ralph Meeker
Keith:
Toshiro Mifune
Keifetz and:
Richard Boone
Elizabeth Taylor in a:
Guest Role
Captain of TK:
Donald Moffat
Miles Garner:
David Spielberg
Captain Heller No 1:
Brad Dexter
Ray Doty:
Michael Thoma
Captain Heller No 2:
Ed Madsen

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