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8.55 Orchestra. 5: Modern
9.26 Maths Counts by JOHN TULLY 8: How to Find Venus
Second left under the motorway - just where is Venus going?
Series producer DAVID ROSEVEARE Director DEREK LONGHURST
9.48 Mathscore One. 8: What Next? Stacking cans, shaking hands and the sequence 1,3,6,10 ...
10.10 Look and Read
10.35 Japan: The Crowded Islands Factory: the everyday life of an assembly-line worker and his family.
11.0 Watch. Robin Hood: (2) (For full details see Wednesday at 2.1)
11.17 Walrus. What's it Gonna Be? by GERRY HUXMAN 3: Dip, Dip, Dip
Producer MORTON SURGUY
11.40 English Resource Units 11-13 3: Rhyme and Reason: MUSICAL YOUTH pop group discuss writing lyrics and poet JOHN DAVIES discusses writing poetry. Are there any similarities? Series producer JUDITH MILES
12.3 pm Bellamy's New World
A series of eight films: Oklahoma OK! Presenter DR DAVID BELLAMY * Subtitles on Ceefax page 270
12.35 Inside Japan
Ten films on contemporary Japan. 5: Foundation Stones
1.5 Maths Help. Probability
1.19 Science Topics
1.40 Let's See - Your Health
2: What's Good for Me? FIONA BLACK and TONY HOLLIS take a look at what they eat and why.
2.0 You and Me. JENI BARNETT finds it hard to comfort Cosmo when Dibs goes missing. An introduction to the number ten and Winklet Goes to School. Graphic design MIRA CHOHAN Producer RICHARD CALLANAN
2.15 British Social History
The Man Who Made the Labour Party The story of Keir Hardie

Contributors

Unknown:
John Tully
Producer:
David Roseveare
Director:
Derek Longhurst
Unknown:
Gerry Huxman
Producer:
Morton Surguy
Unknown:
John Davies
Producer:
Judith Miles
Presenter:
Dr David Bellamy
Presenter:
Tony Hollis
Unknown:
Jeni Barnett
Producer:
Richard Callanan
Unknown:
Keir Hardie
Bert Drummond:
Roy Kinnear
Wendy Austin:
Sarah James
Steve Austin:
Nick Orchard
Dave Harper:
Leo Wringer
Mr Morgan:
Robin Meredith
Lynn:
Karen Frawley
Mrs Deakin:
Coral Atkins
Mr Deakin:
Roger Walker
Debbie:
Melissa Wilson
Riding teacher:
Carole Snape
Art master:
Tim Charrington
Mr Paine:
Reg Pritchard

The last of six parts narrated by Andrew Sachs. Living Together
Why do honey bees commit suicide in defence of their hive and most naked mole rats give up breeding?
Research in a Norwegian barnyard, a Siamese jungle and an Israeli desert help to reveal the reasons for social behaviour.
Produced and directed by MIKE SALISBURY Series producerJOHN SPARKS BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Sachs.
Directed By:
Mike Salisbury
Producer:
John Sparks

A series of nine programmes
Episode 6 by JANE HOLLOWOOD
The morning after the night before ...
Producer DAVID HARGREAVES
Director MARGIE BARBOUR

Contributors

Unknown:
Jane Hollowood
Producer:
David Hargreaves
Director:
Margie Barbour
Tucker Jenkins:
Todd Carty
Tommy Watson:
Paul McCarthy
Alan Humphries:
George Armstrong
Allison Powell:
Gillian Freedman
Michelle Passmore:
Elaine Lordan
Mr Humphries:
Peter Childs
Mr McPhee:
Alex McAvoy
Mrs Jenkins:
Hilary Crane
Wallpaper assistant:
Paul Angelis
Felicity:
Melanie Gibson
Gatecrasher:
Robert Hamilton

Five films introduced by Duncan Carse. 3: Big Game Safari (1932)
The pioneer husband-and-wife camera team of Martin and Osa Johnson film and record the wealth of wildlife Africa, to complete the first sound movie made entirely in Africa. Narrator MARTIN JOHNSON
Film editor KEN BERRY
Producer RICHARD Robinson

Contributors

Introduced By:
Duncan Carse.
Narrator:
Martin Johnson
Editor:
Ken Berry
Producer:
Richard Robinson

The bully and coward of Tom Brown's Rugby schooldays, Harry Flashman, is now a much-decorated Captain of the Queen's Hussars. Escaping from a police raid on a house of dubious repute. Flashman encounters the notorious adventuress Lola Montez and soon finds himself an unwitting pawn in Bismarck's plans to unite Germany.
Screenplay by GEORGE MACDONALD FRASER based on his own novel
Produced by DAVID V. PICKER , DENIS O'DELL Directed by RICHARD LESTER. Films: p 17

Contributors

Unknown:
George MacDonald Fraser
Produced By:
David V. Picker
Produced By:
Denis O'Dell
Directed By:
Richard Lester.
Captain Harry Flashman:
Starring Malcolm McDowell
Rudi von Starnberg:
Alan Bates
Lola Montez:
Florinda Bolkan
Otto von Bismarck:
Oliver Reed
Duchess of Strakenz:
Britt Ekland
De Gautet:
With Tom Bell
Sapten:
Joss Ackland
Kraftstein:
Lionel Jeffries
Mr Greig:
Alastair Sim
Headmaster:
Michael Hordern
Eric Hansen:
Christopher Cazenove

starring Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones with Brenda Blethyn Hugh Burden
James Faulkner Andrew Francis
Annabel Leventon Annette Lynton Raymond Mason
Phil Nice and Tony Robinson
This is your only chance to discover what the Pope really gets up to at home, how the French Resistance resisted and the secret of Roger Moore 's success.
Script editor JIMMY MULVILLE Lighting director GEOFF SHAW Costume RICHARD WINTER Designers
RICHARD BRACKENBURY and TAIN RAWNSLEY Produced and directed by MARTIN SHARDLOW

Contributors

Unknown:
Mel Smith
Unknown:
Griff Rhys Jones
Unknown:
Brenda Blethyn
Unknown:
Hugh Burden
Unknown:
James Faulkner
Unknown:
Andrew Francis
Unknown:
Annabel Leventon
Unknown:
Annette Lynton
Unknown:
Raymond Mason
Unknown:
Phil Nice
Unknown:
Tony Robinson
Unknown:
Roger Moore
Editor:
Jimmy Mulville
Director:
Geoff Shaw
Director:
Tain Rawnsley
Directed By:
Martin Shardlow

Narrated by Robert Winston
Frank Willis has had a stroke. Luckily he's recovered well. But the main arteries supplying his brain are almost completely blocked off. To improve the blood flow - and reduce the risk of a fatal stroke - he'll need meticulous surgery.
Film editor ROBIN IMRAY
Producer HENRY CAMPION
Series editor DAVID PATERSON

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Winston
Unknown:
Frank Willis
Producer:
Henry Campion
Editor:
David Paterson

John Tusa , Peter Snow and Donald MacCormick with Maureen Carter and Bridget Kendall present the reports and interviews that matter with the analysis that counts.
Producers PETER BELL ,
JOHN MORRELL , DAVE STANFORD Directors JOHN WILKINSON
GLEN DAVIS , CHRIS FOX Assignment editors
NICK GUTHRIE , HELEN JENKINS Deputy editor PAUL NORRIS Editor DAVID DICKINSON

Contributors

Unknown:
John Tusa
Unknown:
Peter Snow
Unknown:
Donald MacCormick
Unknown:
Maureen Carter
Unknown:
Bridget Kendall
Producers:
Peter Bell
Unknown:
John Morrell
Unknown:
Dave Stanford
Directors:
John Wilkinson
Unknown:
Glen Davis
Unknown:
Chris Fox
Unknown:
Nick Guthrie
Unknown:
Helen Jenkins
Editor:
Paul Norris
Editor:
David Dickinson

11.30 Personality and Learning: Helping 1 W Set in a first-year class in a comprehensive school, this film looks at how educational psychology can throw light on the pupils' work.
11.55 Oceanography: An Introduction
Oceanography, our study of the oceans, is a relatively new science. This programme builds up a picture of how the range of traditional science is being brought to bear on this new frontier.

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