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The Waterloo: The 1983 Greenall Whitley Bowling Handicap
This is the 75th Waterloo Handicap - 2,048 players started out weeks ago on the long trail to today, finals day.
The winner will receive 12,000 and the most prestigious title in Crown Green Bowling.
Richard Duckenfield introduces highlights of the semi-finals and live coverage of the final. Commentator HARRY RIGBY
Producer nick hunter

Contributors

Unknown:
Greenall Whitley
Introduces:
Richard Duckenfield
Commentator:
Harry Rigby

Football Association Coaching: Tactics, Skills
13: Goalkeeping (1) Coach MIKE KELLY
Player PETER shilton
And supporting match action showing the close relationship between coaching, practice and performance.
Producer BOB Abrahams

Contributors

Unknown:
Mike Kelly
Producer:
Bob Abrahams

The second of eight programmes presented by Robin Denselow who looks at the week's most interesting events in contemporary music - single and album releases, books, videos, films, concerts and news.
Director PHILIP chilvers Producer JILL SINCLAIR

Contributors

Presented By:
Robin Denselow
Director:
Philip Chilvers
Producer:
Jill Sinclair

The third of seven programmes Zambezi Express with Michael Wood
Cape Town to the Victoria Falls-still the most romantic railway journey in Africa. It follows Cecil Rhodes 's route north to the Zambezi. And in December 1979, that meant a journey into war.
Series producer ROGER LAUcirroN
Series researcher ADAIRE OSBALDESTON Producer BRIAN james
BBC Manchester
* Subtitles on Ceefax page 270

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Wood
Unknown:
Cecil Rhodes

Rescued from the Nile
Eleven years ago Chronicle began recording the rescue of the last and most Important Egyptian temple from the swirling waters of the Aswan High Dam.
The first of the monuments rescued was the celebrated Abu Simbel. The Ptolemaic temples of Isis and Trajan's Kiosk, dating from 350 BC, and built on the now submerged island of Philae, are the last Each stone has been catalogued and moved to dry land for renovation. Now they have been reassembled on an exact replica of their original site.
The British people contributed to the venture through the proceeds of the Tutankhamun exhibition, and Royal Navy divers helped dismantle the stonework. The task is now complete and the temples can be seen as intended - as the ' Pearl of Egypt
Introduced by Erik de Mauny
Producer JULIA cave
Series producer bruce norman

Contributors

Introduced By:
Erik de Mauny
Producer:
Julia Cave

The Unipart
British Professional
< Championship from The Coatham Bowl, Redcar. Peter Purves introduces the last two matches in the second round. In the first, No 6 Seed BOBBY dazzler ' GEORGE is expected to meet the ' ambassador of darts, former World Champion and captain of Wales LEIGHTON REES, should they both survive difficult first-round matches.
Commentators sm WADDELL and TONY GREEN
Producer* keith Phillips , uixt adley

Contributors

Producer:
Keith Phillips

A serial in six episodes by Jim Allen
After demob, a restless Joe Henshaw returns to Collyhurst. The Kilbride family is in trouble - Martin is still in Strangeways, Martha is badly in debt and Irene has disappeared. Joe sets out to find her.

Contributors

Writer:
Jim Allen
Studio Lighting:
Dave Sydenham
Studio Sound:
John Howell
Designer:
Raymond Cusick
Producer:
Colin Tucker
Director:
Tom Clegg
Joe Henshaw:
David Threlfall
Old man:
Tom Harrison
Old woman:
Marion Smith
Spiv:
John Tordoff
Billy Eccles:
Bill Dean
Jim Larkin:
James Ellis
Kitty Henshaw:
Brenda Fricker
Martin Kilbride:
Tony Westrope
Irene Kilbride:
Gilly Coman
GI:
Guy Gregory
Martha Kilbride:
Rita May
Fred Pawsey:
Peter Kerrigan
Sarah Goldman:
Goldman Hutchison
George:
Mark Hudson
Barman:
Harry Webster
Nawy:
Noel Murphy
Peggy Henshaw:
Karen Meagher
Rita Kilbride:
Grace Allen
Nun:
Ann Apis

John Tusa and Vincent Hanna with a full report from the Liberal Assembly in Harrogate; With DONALD MACCORMICK and LINDA ALEXANDER in London to assess the news at home and abroad.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Tusa
Unknown:
Vincent Hanna
Unknown:
Donald MacCormick
Unknown:
Linda Alexander

12.10PlasticsunderPressure.
What are the relative properties of a ' pop ' bottle with a life of a few months compared with those of plastic gas pipes with a life of at least 50 years?
12.35 Instrumentation in Train Development.
An outside broadcast from British Rail's Derby works.

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