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9.0 Shakespeare in Perspective Selection: King Lear
Professor Frank Kermode's view on the purpose of tragedy.

9.26 Twentieth-Century History: 1: Make Germany Pay.
How the treaty of Versailles affected Germany in the 1920s.

9.48 Mathscore Two: 1: Take it Away
Exactly how do you subtract 42 from 67? And what does one million of something look like?

10.10 Look and Read: Badger Girl: 2: Stripey the Badger
Debbie has befriended Stripey the badger. But can a badger be a pet? And shouldn't the children tell Mrs Rudge about him?
Written by ANDREW DAVIES
With MARGO GUNN, ASHIEK MADHVANI, JUNE MARLOW, JULIA MILLBANK, NICK ORCHARD, KIERON O'SHEA , CHARLES Collingwood and KATIE HEBB
Assistant producer ROGER FRY
Producer SUSAN PATON

10.35 Update USA 1: Great Lakes City
Cleveland, on the shores of Lake Erie and one of the original capitals of industrial America, is struggling with the problems of decline as investment for new industry seeks out more profitable locations in the south and west of the USA.
Producer LEN BROWN

11.0 Watch: Captain Cook: 2: Tahiti

11.17 English: 11-13: 1: Alone: Autobiography
You needn't be famous to write yours!
Producer JUDITH MILES

11.40 Job Bank: Technicians in Industry

12.0 New series: Une annee chez les Francais: 1: La reine du Beaujolais
New French-language versions of the Year of the French series for advanced level students.
Harvest time in Fleurie, one of the best wine-producing villages in Beaujolais, is seen through the eyes of 83-year-old Marguerite Chabert.
Producer of French adaptation CAROLINE GODLEY

12.30 Life Power: 2: The Chemistry of Life
A series of programmes surveying biotechnology
The difference between man-made and living chemistry.

1.0 Maths Help: 2: Percentages
For adults studying maths to O level.

1.15 Science Topics: Darwin and Evolution
Observations on living things are explained by evolution according to natural selection.
Series producer PETER BRATT

1.38 Let's See: Take Care 2: Watch How You Go
How children at a primary school in Scotland learn the basic skills of cycling.
Presenter JOHN CRAWFORD Producer PETER WHITEFORD

2.0 You and Me
A series for 4- and 5-year-olds
Gary is in a terrible temper but all turns out well for Cosmo and Dibs. The number four is introduced.
Book: New Blue Shoes by Eve Rice.
Producer RICHARD CALLANAN
[Photo caption] Gary Wilmot is in the market today - with Cosmo (and Dibs) BBC2, 2.0 pm You and Me

2.15 Near and Far: Bricks
How are bricks made and how do they affect those rural areas where the clay is quarried?
Producer ROBIN GWYN

2.40 Junior Craft, Design and Technology: Up and Down the Hill: Downhill

Contributors

Unknown:
Professor Frank Kermode
Written By:
Andrew Davies
Unknown:
Margo Gunn
Unknown:
Kieron O'Shea
Unknown:
Charles Collingwood
Unknown:
Katie Hebb
Producer:
Susan Paton
Producer:
Len Brown
Unknown:
Marguerite Chabert
Unknown:
Caroline Godley
Producer:
Peter Bratt
Unknown:
Gary Wilmot
Presenter:
John Crawford
Producer:
Peter Whiteford
Producer:
Richard Callanan
Producer:
Robin Gwyn

The Unipart
British Professional Championship
For those of you who couldn't stay up late last night, a chance to see the best of the second-round matches played yesterday evening.
Introduced by TONY GUBBA Producer KEITH Phillips

Contributors

Introduced By:
Tony Gubba
Producer:
Keith Phillips

one of television's most popular private eyes The Family Hour
About to set off for a carefree day's fishing, Jim and Rocky are landed with an appealing 9-year-old girl looking for her father. It's hardly surprising that they are hooked but there are some very deadly predators also after the bait.
Written by GORDON DAWSON Directed by WILLIAM WARD

Contributors

Written By:
Gordon Dawson
Directed By:
William Ward
Jim Rockford:
James Garner
Joseph (Rocky) Rockford:
Noah Beery
Lt Becker:
Joe Santos
Angel:
Stuart Margolin
Marin Rose Gaily:
Km Richards
Stu Gaily:
Burt Young
Pittson:
Paul Koslo
Al Jollett:
Ken Swofford

Lee's Team v Jerry's Team for the Marley Trophy
This week's match features: Ludovic Kennedy and Lee Trevino v
Terry Wogan and Jerry Pate Ludovic Kennedy - broadcaster, author and journalist, makes his debut in these series. Terry Wogan , whose brand of witty repartee and humour has made him one of the outstanding names in entertainment, makes a return appearance.
Peter Alliss commentates and talks with the players over nine selected holes on the beautiful Queen's Course at
Gleneagles Hotel in Scotland. Television presentation RICHARD TILLING
Producer DAVID KENNING

Contributors

Unknown:
Ludovic Kennedy
Unknown:
Terry Wogan
Unknown:
Jerry Pate
Unknown:
Ludovic Kennedy
Unknown:
Terry Wogan
Unknown:
Peter Alliss
Unknown:
Richard Tilling
Producer:
David Kenning

The Riddle of Sleep
Narrated by Anthony Clare
Do you have trouble getting to sleep at night? Spare a thought for Leslie Gamble. He claims he hasn't slept for 11 years.
On the other hand
Joyce Hannon always feels incredibly tired. Many times a day she simply falls asleep whatever she happens to be doing. Joyce has narcolepsy - a quarter of a million Americans have it - but the odds are you won't have heard of it, because the world of sleep is shrouded in ignorance. Yet it's a world in which we spend a third of our lives.
Series editor MICK RHODES Producer JON PALFREMAN

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Clare
Unknown:
Leslie Gamble.
Unknown:
Joyce Hannon
Editor:
Mick Rhodes
Producer:
Jon Palfreman

concludes BBC2's series of comedies from writer-director Mel Brooks
Starring Mel Brooks, Marty Feldman, Dom De Luise

Film director Mel Funn emerges from oblivion with an unspeakably brilliant idea to save Big Picture Studios from a takeover: a lavish silent movie starring Hollywood's leading lights. But the devious businessmen at Engulf and Devour have other plans.... Can Funn make a comeback? Will the studio be rescued? Is slapstick dead? Mel Brooks gives the answers and proves a man of surprisingly few words in this hilarious romp through the conventions of silent cinema.
(First showing on British television)
Films: page 29
(Ceefax subtitles)

Contributors

Writer/Director:
Mel Brooks
Writer:
Ron Clark
Writer:
Rudy de Luca
Writer:
Barry Levinson
Producer:
Michael Hertzberg
Mel Funn:
Mel Brooks
Marty Eggs:
Marty Feldman
Dom Bell:
Dom de Luise
Vilma Kaplan:
Bernadette Peters
Studio chief:
Sid Caesar
Engulf:
Harold Gould
Devour:
Ron Carey
Pregnant lady:
Carol Arthur
Newsvendor:
Liam Dunn
Maitre d':
Fritz Feld
Studio gate guard:
Chuck McCann
Nurse:
Valerie Curtis
Secretary:
Yvonne Wilder
Himself:
Burt Reynolds
Himself:
James Caan
Herself:
Liza Minnelli
Herself:
Anne Bancroft
Himself:
Marcel Marceau
Himself:
Paul Newman

The Unipart
British Professional Championship from The Coatham Bowl, Redcar
Three more second-round matches are played this evening in the fourth British Professional Championship. Seeded to play this evening are JOCKY WILSON , KEITH DELLER and DAVE WHITCOMBE.
Introduced by TONY GUBBA Commentator
SID WADDELL and TONY GREEN Directors
MIKE ADLEY. KEITH MACKENZIE Producer KEITH PHILLIPS

Contributors

Unknown:
Jocky Wilson
Unknown:
Keith Deller
Unknown:
Dave Whitcombe.
Introduced By:
Tony Gubba
Commentator:
Sid Waddell
Unknown:
Mike Adley.
Unknown:
Keith MacKenzie
Producer:
Keith Phillips

John Tusa , Peter Snow and Donald MacCormick with Olivia O'Leary and Jenni Murray present the reports and interviews that matter with the analysis that counts.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Tusa
Unknown:
Peter Snow
Unknown:
Donald MacCormick
Unknown:
Olivia O'Leary
Unknown:
Jenni Murray

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