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A magazine programme for Asian women .providing advice and information on matters of interest to them. It also includes demonstrations on how to make useful items of everyday use at home, sewing and cooking, a story for children and an item of popular music.
Producer ASHOK RAMPAL BBC Pebble Mill Gharbar. Asian Unit. BBC. Pebble Mill
Road. Birmingham B3 7QQ. Is ithe address to write to.

Contributors

Producer:
Ashok Rampal

Palladio created in 16th-century Italy a type of villa which has inspired architects ever since. This programme shows how he drew his inspiration from the ruins of ancient Rome and how he adapted these ideas to the practical needs of his Venetian patrons, whether for pleasure or for work.
Producer NICK LEVINSON
A BBc/Open University production

Contributors

Producer:
Nick Levinson

The classic cliffhanger serial in 15 chapters, starring Kay Aldridge as Nyoka
Chapter 3: Devil's Crucible
In which the traitor Torrini passes on to the venomous Vultura the transcription of the Papyrus and Larry and Nyoka are trapped by Vultura's henchman Cassib on the edge of fiery, bubbling volcanic craters.
(For cast see Monday page 37)
(Chapter 4 tomorrow at 5.40 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Kay Aldridge

To See or Not to See
What does your inner self look like? Actually he looks just like you, only smaller and more scared. Czech animator BRETISLAV pojar shows how you can stare down your worst fears if you only wear the right glasses. Produced by the NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA

Anatomy of a Volcano
The eruption of Mount St Helens on 18 May 1980 was the scientific event of the year. This is its story, told largely from the point of view of the scientists who flocked to the north west USA at the first stirring of the volcano. They found themselves not just studying a geological event, but witnessing a catastrophe. Narrator RAY MOORE
Marvellous photography ... a unique close-up of both nature and scientists under pressure.
Editor SIMON CAMPBELL-JONES
Written and produced by STUART HARRIS

Contributors

Narrator:
Ray Moore
Editor:
Simon Campbell-Jones
Produced By:
Stuart Harris

The first of seven programmes Bob Bell 's Maxi Racer Condor
Every sailor has an individual dream of the perfect boat. For Bob Bell it's the 80.ft long ocean racer Condor. Bob Fisher traces the return of interest in big boat racing after a lapse of 40 years, from sunny Sardinian seas to the grey waters of the Solent, and watches Condor join her big sisters in the Seahorse Maxi Regatta.
Producer JEREMY PALLANT BBC Pebble Mill

Contributors

Unknown:
Bob Bell
Unknown:
Bob Bell
Unknown:
Bob Fisher
Unknown:
Maxi Regatta.
Producer:
Jeremy Pallant

Presented by Dr Edward de Bono
A series of ten programmes about improving your thinking skills. 1: Thinking is a Skill
DR DE BONO shows that thinking, rather like cooking, is a skill Which can be improved by attention and practice. One deliberate tool Which can be used is called' PMI' Which involves examining in sequence the Plus, Minus and Interesting points of an idea. Director CAROLINE PICK Producer PETER RIDING
Book (same title) £3.75 from booksellers from 16 September
Woddis On ... page 77

Contributors

Presented By:
Dr Edward de Bono

This week's theme: The Land
Constable (1776-1837) Salisbury Cathedral - Private collection

This was the last of many hauntingly beautiful sketches and paintings Constable made of Salisbury Cathedral. He worked on it for years. During a bout of rheumatic fever, he propped the picture up against the foot of his bed. In the end he was satisfied... At last,' he wrote, 'I have got the Great Salisbury into the condition I wish to see it'.

(Tomorrow at 7.25: Holman Hunt - I The Hireling Shepherd')
Book, Great Paintings, £22.95 from booksellers

Contributors

Writer/Narrator:
Sir Hugh Casson
Director:
Kenneth Corden

Introduced by Ray Moore from Cheltenham Ladies' College
During the summer RAY MOORE has visited four of the music centres and colleges which provided some of the young musicians who appeared at the last season of Schools Prom.
The first of four programmes features the talented youngsters from
Cheltenham Ladies' College Choir conductor
DOROTHY DICKINSON
Hastings Junior Early Music Group conductor
ROSEMARY FLEET
Elliott Jazz Workshop
Klrklccs Youth Orchestra conductor
NICHOLAS SMITH with special guest soloist Clare McFarlane (violin) and international guests from Germany Turkheim Schoolband
Director DEREK JEWELL
Producer LARRY WESTLAND
Television presentation by KEN GRIFFIN
(Organised by The Times in conjunction with Commercial Union Assurance)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Ray Moore
Unknown:
Ray Moore
Conductor:
Nicholas Smith
Violin:
Clare McFarlane
Director:
Derek Jewell
Presentation By:
Ken Griffin

TheFinal
Robin Ray puts the questions to the four contestants who have reached this final programme via postal and telephone quizzes elimination bouts, and the heats and semi-finals of the series.
In this last chance to win the title they have specifically chosen: The Films of Elia Kazan ' B ' Movies
Val Lewton and his Films Cartoon Characterisations
Devised and written by ROBIN RAY
Film research by MALCOLM ILLINGWORTH Designer CHRIS EDWARDS Directed by PAUL LOOSLEY Produced by JOHN BUTTERY

Contributors

Unknown:
Robin Ray
Unknown:
Elia Kazan
Unknown:
Val Lewton
Written By:
Robin Ray
Unknown:
Malcolm Illingworth
Designer:
Chris Edwards
Directed By:
Paul Loosley
Produced By:
John Buttery

BBC2 invitation pairs Crown Green bowling tournament Second Semi-final Brian Duncan and Norman Fletcher v
Mike Leach and Vernon Lee .
This match is certain to produce a feast of spectacular bowling, with the charismatic pair Mike Leach and Vernon ' Badger' Lee pitting their skills against the favourites for the title, Brian Duncan and Norman Fletcher. The pace will be fast and highly entertaining, but who is going to crack first?
Introduced by RICHARD DUCKENFIELD from the Waterloo Hotel, Blackpool. Commentator HARRY rigbk
Producer BRIAN ROGERS

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Duncan
Unknown:
Norman Fletcher
Unknown:
Mike Leach
Unknown:
Vernon Lee
Unknown:
Mike Leach
Unknown:
Brian Duncan
Unknown:
Norman Fletcher.
Introduced By:
Richard Duckenfield
Producer:
Brian Rogers

For the last in the present series the inimitable George Melly together with John Chilton 's Feetwarmers performs on stage at The Hexagon, Reading, numbers that include the haunting ' Michigan water' and Johnnie Mercer 's ' Goody goody', and is joined by his special guest Georgie Fame for a tribute to Hoagy Carmichael. featuring
JOHN CHILTON (trumpet) BRUCE BOARDMAN (piano) BARRY DILLON (bass)
CHUCK SMITH (drums) x Sound BARRIE HAWES
Lighting JOHN STERLING Designer STEPHEN SCOTT Producer SIMON BETTS

Contributors

Unknown:
John Chilton
Unknown:
Johnnie Mercer
Unknown:
Georgie Fame
Unknown:
Hoagy Carmichael.
Unknown:
John Chilton
Piano:
Bruce Boardman
Bass:
Barry Dillon
Bass:
Chuck Smith
Unknown:
Barrie Hawes
Unknown:
John Sterling
Designer:
Stephen Scott
Producer:
Simon Betts

Despite the achievements of the modern movement, the majority of between-the-wars architecture remained traditional. This programme contrasts the classical tradition and the Scandinavian municipal style with the new buildings in the modern style which were appearing in the 30s.
Producer MIRIAM RAPP
A BBC/Open University production

Contributors

Producer:
Miriam Rapp

BBC Two England

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