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In a special holiday edition, LALITA AHMED talks tO GURMINDER about her career as a fashion designer and shows one of her creations. There is music by BRUPINDER, who sings a modern gazal; KALYANI GHOSH sings a Bengali song and SANJAY KAPIL sings his own composition in English.
Producer ASHOK RAMPAL
Directed by KRISIIAN GOULD BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Talks:
Lalita Ahmed
Producer:
Ashok Rampal
Directed By:
Krisiian Gould

A Community in Search of Itself
The mining valleys of Wales have always provided a close sense of identity and community. How can this identity be maintained on a new housing estate?
Producer DAVID THOMPSON
A BBC/Open University production

Contributors

Producer:
David Thompson

The Hometown
An animated film using needle-work as a medium, which charmingly evokes a girl's nostalgia for her hometown.
Music and direction by BETTINA MATZKUHN for the NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA (First showing on British television)

Contributors

Unknown:
Bettina Matzkuhn

The last of three programmes on the marine world. Feast or Famine
Introduced by Tony Soper
A modern purse net could easily engulf St Paul 's Cathedral. It can take hundreds of tons of fish in one swallow and is just one of the high technology tools used by fishermen hunting for the dwindling resources around our coasts. The vast shoals of herring have all but gone from the North Sea; the new bonanza is the silver mackerel to the west of Britain. But are they doomed to follow the herring's decline?
Film cameramen DAVID PEAT. CHARLES LAGUS Produced by NEIL CLEMINSON BBC Bristol

Contributors

Introduced By:
Tony Soper
Unknown:
St Paul
Produced By:
Neil Cleminson

with Isla St Clair and Desmond Lynam Today's Exchange Rates: what it will cost you abroad for everything from petrol to postcards.
Traffic Jam of the Week: where it's going to be and how to avoid it. Holiday Weather: Jim Bacon sticks his neck out.
Producer ROGER MACDONALD
Executive producer ALAN DOBSON

Contributors

Unknown:
Desmond Lynam
Unknown:
Jim Bacon
Producer:
Roger MacDonald
Producer:
Alan Dobson

Syon House
Hannah Gordon is Arthur Negus 's guest in this, the second of eight programmes.
The interior of Syon House is a tribute to the talent of Robert Adam as both designer and architect. The magnificence and theatrical panache of some of his schemes contrast with the cool restraint of others.
Lighting JACK BELASCO
Director BRIAN HAWKINS
Producer ROBIN DRAKE. BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Hannah Gordon
Unknown:
Arthur Negus
Unknown:
Robert Adam
Unknown:
Jack Belasco
Director:
Brian Hawkins
Producer:
Robin Drake.

According to Susie Orbach it is. She claims that as a result of her bestselling book, thousands of women have stopped being compulsive eaters and thrown away their diet sheets.

According to Weight Watchers, fat is not a feminist issue; fatness is the same problem for men and women and dieting is the best way to cope with it.

Susie Orbach, with Clair Chapman and Katina Noble of the Spare Tyre Theatre Group, meet Weight Watchers from the Midlands and North in the Grand Hotel, Manchester, to argue their case.

Chairman Nick Ross

Contributors

Chairman:
Nick Ross
Speaker:
Susie Orbach
Speaker:
Clair Chapman
Speaker:
Katina Noble
Producer:
Tom Conway
Producer:
Hugh Purcell

Robin Ray presents a movie quiz, which he devised and wrote. This week's contestants are an accounts clerk from Derbyshire, a journalist from London, a duty officer from Heathrow Airport and an actor from London.
Tonight's areas chosen by contestants are: Film Music; Films of Rita Hayworth ; Musicals of the 50s; Films of the 70s.
Designer CHRIS EDWARDS Directed by PAUL LOOSLEY Produced by JOHN BUTTERY

Contributors

Unknown:
Robin Ray
Unknown:
Rita Hayworth
Designer:
Chris Edwards
Directed By:
Paul Loosley
Produced By:
John Buttery

BBC2 invitation pairs Crown Green Bowling Tournament Second quarter-final
Gene Bardon and Roy Nicholson v Jim Shorthouse , Chris Hardwick Tonight the defending champions, Gene Bardon and Roy Nicholson , enter the contest expecting a tremendous tussle from the classy Derbyshire pair, Jim Shorthouse and 21-year-old Chris Hardwick. Introduced by RICHARD DUCKENFIELD from the Waterloo Hotel, Blackpool Commentator HARRY RIGBY
Producer BRIAN ROGERS

Contributors

Unknown:
Gene Bardon
Unknown:
Roy Nicholson
Unknown:
Jim Shorthouse
Unknown:
Chris Hardwick
Unknown:
Gene Bardon
Unknown:
Roy Nicholson
Unknown:
Jim Shorthouse
Unknown:
Chris Hardwick.
Introduced By:
Richard Duckenfield
Commentator:
Harry Rigby
Producer:
Brian Rogers

Jimmy Perry presents variety acts of the 1930s and 40s, including Charles Coburn , Max Miller
Henry Hall and Leslie Hutchinson
Recorded at the Television Theatre. London (Part 4 tomorrow at 10.15 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jimmy Perry
Unknown:
Charles Coburn
Unknown:
Max Miller
Unknown:
Henry Hall
Unknown:
Leslie Hutchinson

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