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What Did I Do?
Improved teaching methods in the classroom can often result from the teacher standing back and examining his or her own performance. In particular, it may prove useful to find ways of measuring whether a teacher's intended aims are in fact achieved. Two groups of teachers are seen in this programme, using different methods to identify class achievement.
Producer ROGER PENFOUND
A BBC/Open University production

Contributors

Producer:
Roger Penfound

A classic cliffhanger serial in 12 exciting chapters starring
Chapter 1: Disaster at Sea
Terry Kent , Coast Guard hero, discovers that Boroff, a half-mad munitions inventor, has contracted to supply a foreign power with his deadly disintegrating gas. Will he succeed? Tune in tomorrow for the next thrilling episode.

Contributors

Unknown:
Terry Kent
Terry Kent:
Ralph Byrd
Boroff:
Bela Lugosi
Jean Norman:
Maxine Doyle

An Australian series in nine parts adapted from the autobiographical novels by ALAN MARSHALL starring Lewis Fitz-Gerald 8: Boots, Boots, Boots!
Working as a part-time accountant in a boot factory, Alan meets his first love, Biddy. Horror at the tragedy of one of their friends, however, drastically affects their relationship.
Screenplay by ROGER SIMPSON Produced by JOHN GAUCI
Directed by DOUGLAS SHARP . An AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING COMMISSION production

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Marshall
Unknown:
Lewis Fitz-Gerald
Unknown:
Roger Simpson
Produced By:
John Gauci
Directed By:
Douglas Sharp
Alan Marshall:
Lewis Fitz-Gerald
Biddy:
Marilyn O'Donnell
Fulsham:
Frank Wilson
Miss Claws:
Sandy Gore
Mr Clynes:
David Hursthouse
Miss Trueman:
Helen Noonan
Leila Hales:
Kirstie Grant
Mrs Hales:
Billie Hammerberg
Mabel:
Sigrid Thornton
Sadie:
Joanne Barker
Robinson:
Les James
Correll:
Robin Cumming

Sally James, Paul Coia and Bob Langley launch a new series of open-air programmes with a lively mix of music and conversation. Their guests in the Six Fifty-five Courtyard today include international flautist James Galway and two of Britain's most exciting young comedy talents, Emma Thompson and Christopher Barrie.

Contributors

Presenter:
Sally James
Presenter:
Paul Coia
Presenter:
Bob Langley
Guest:
James Galway
Guest:
Emma Thompson
Guest:
Christopher Barrie
Editor:
Peter Hercombe

The last of four films featuring some of the pioneers of the folk song revival.
Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger
The post-war revival of folk music owes much of its political and social awareness to the work of this talented and uncompromising couple. Ewan's repertoire comes largely from his Scottish roots while Peggy sings the music of her native North America. In the final programme they look at traditional music in the modern world. Filmed at the Singer's Club, London.
Film cameraman BERNARD HEDGES
Executive producer Philip DONNELLAN
Compiled and edited by ANDREW JOHNSTON BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Ewan MacColl
Unknown:
Peggy Seeger
Unknown:
Bernard Hedges
Producer:
Philip Donnellan
Edited By:
Andrew Johnston

between Frank Muir
Victoria Glendinning , Timothy West and Arthur Marshall
Sue Cook , Michael Jayston Referee Robert Robinson
Devised by MARK GOODSON , BILL TODMAN Directed by JOHN BISHOP Producer PAUL CIANI

Contributors

Unknown:
Frank Muir
Unknown:
Victoria Glendinning
Unknown:
Timothy West
Unknown:
Arthur Marshall
Unknown:
Sue Cook
Unknown:
Michael Jayston
Unknown:
Robert Robinson
Unknown:
Mark Goodson
Unknown:
Bill Todman
Directed By:
John Bishop
Producer:
Paul Ciani

The last of four programmes looking at the world of dance through the eyes of dancers.
Geraldine and Jane-Anne
The Desert Inn, Las Vegas, Is feeling the financial pinch. The top stars are too expensive. In an effort to entertain more economically they plan to stage a ' French ' revue. The President of the Desert Inn auditions dancers at the YWCA in London. Two girls, Geraldine and Jane-Anne, take up the offer of a 15-month contract to work in ' the entertainment capital of the world'.
The film follows the fortunes of the dancers in a show which proves to have a chequered past and a chancy future.
Film editor ANDREW WILLSMORE
Written and produced by RICHARD DENTON

Contributors

Produced By:
Richard Denton

The Russian writer and Nobel prize winner in conversation during his recent visit to London with broadcaster and journalist Malcolm Muggeridge.
The possibility of nuclear war, survival of Christianity in Russia, the fate of the Western world-Alexander Solzhenitsyn reflects on these mighty themes; he talks also about Stalin and his current heir Andropov, about the prophetic insight of Dostoevsky and about his own life in the USA.
Film cameraman PHILIP BONHAM-CARTER Film editor PETER HARRIS
Producer JONATHAN STEDALL

Contributors

Unknown:
Malcolm Muggeridge.
Unknown:
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Unknown:
Philip Bonham-Carter
Editor:
Peter Harris
Producer:
Jonathan Stedall

John Tusa , Peter Snow and Donald MacCormick , with Joan Bakewell and Linda Alexander , present the reports and interviews that matter with the analysis that counts.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Tusa
Unknown:
Peter Snow
Unknown:
Donald MacCormick
Unknown:
Joan Bakewell
Unknown:
Linda Alexander

11.45 The Athabasca Glacier
This glacier In the Canadian Rockies Is one of the few major Ice-sheets found outside the Arctic Circle. and Its accessibility has provided local geologists with a chance to study its surface features.
12.10 Rathbone Street Change
Many of us learn on the streets. ' Magic Lantern '. a community arts group. showhowtheyusestreeteducationto develop self-confidence.

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