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9.0 Shakespeare in Perspective A Midsummer Night's Dream ROY STRONG visits Hatfield
House to introduce the play which he believes was written to celebrate an aristocratic marriage and flatter a Virgin Queen.
9.26 Maths Counts by JOHN TULLY. Orders is Orders Numbers count, they measure, but they also keep things in order - provided you use the right kind of number.
9.48 Mathscore One 2: A Good Turn
Football, tennis, wallpapering and an elderly couple all throw light on angles.
Producer DAVID ROSEVEARE
10.10 Look and Read Badger Girl
5: Lost on the Moor
'More ponies stolen', reads the newspaper headline. But who are the crooks, Barker and Deal.... or the Badgermen? Writer ANDREW DAVIES with MARGO GUNN , JOHN HOLLIS , ASHIEK MADHVAN1, JUNE MARLOW, JAMES MARSTON , JULIA MILLBANK, NICK
ORCHARD, KIERON O'SHEA , WILLIAM SQUIRE , CHARLES COLLINGWOOD , KATIE HEBB , GARY WATSON.
Assistant producer ROGER FRY Producer SUSAN PATON
10.35 Geography Casebook: Britain. Upland Country
To the visitor, the uplands of North Wales may look peaceful enough, but there are severe strains on the look and life of the area.
11.0 Watch
Captain Cook. 5: The Arctic
(For full details Wednesday at 2.0 pm)
11.17 Walrus. Houw too Spel neil MERCER demonstrates three kinds of spelling mistake. With LAN BAMFORTH and JEAN TREND
Producer MORTON SURGUY
11.40 Job Bank
The Leisure Business
12.0 Year of the French
3: The Enterprising Bourgeois Armistice Day ceremony in Lille - the flags come from LUC DOUBLET'S family firm.
Grandfather reminisces about the Great War at the family's celebration lunch.
Producer JONATHAN GILl
12.30 Life Power
The Productive Cell
How technologists are working to create the right environments for growing large quantities of living cells under commercial conditions.
1.0 Maths Help
For adults studying maths to O-level, this series offers help with common difficulties. 5: Angles
1.15 Science Topics. Catalysis 'No catalysts, then no chemistry, then no life'. Series producer PETER BRATT
1.38 Let's See: Farming 2: Milk and Beef
Dairy farming and beef farming both involve looking after cattle, but the methods they use are very different. Presenter MARY RIGGANS Director PETER LEGGE
Producer MARIANNE BAIRD BBC Scotland
2.0 You and Me
Cosmo is jealous of the attention Dibs gets from Mr B. We count down from 6 to zero. Book: On My Way to School by CEUA BERRIDGE ,
With MICHAEL BALFOUR
Producer RICHARD CALLANAN
2.15 British Social History Shame by DAVID COOK
A play about the Workhouse Act of 1834 starring
VICTORIA FAIRBROTHER and OLIVER COTTON
2.40 Junior Craft, Design and Technology
Up and Down the Hill
Teacher's Programme 3.
Introducing more craft skills. Producer DAVID TAFT
(A companion programme for pupils will be broadcast on Friday at 11.0)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Tully.
Producer:
David Roseveare
Unknown:
Andrew Davies
Unknown:
Margo Gunn
Unknown:
John Hollis
Unknown:
James Marston
Unknown:
Kieron O'Shea
Unknown:
William Squire
Unknown:
Charles Collingwood
Unknown:
Katie Hebb
Unknown:
Gary Watson.
Producer:
Roger Fry
Producer:
Susan Paton
Producer:
Jonathan Gill
Producer:
Peter Bratt
Presenter:
Mary Riggans
Director:
Peter Legge
Producer:
Marianne Baird
Unknown:
Ceua Berridge
Unknown:
Michael Balfour
Producer:
Richard Callanan
Unknown:
David Cook
Unknown:
Victoria Fairbrother

Barbecue Four
The sparks fly at the Ewings' annual barbecue when Miss
Ellie and Clayton Farlow make a startling announcement. The news puts J.R. off his food, but he doesn't lose his appetite for revenge against Cliff Barnes. Katherine goes to Rome on a dig into Jenna's past and solves the mystery of Charlie's father. Written by ARTHUR BERNARD LEWIS Directed by LEONARD KATZMAN (For cast see Monday)
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Contributors

Unknown:
Clayton Farlow
Unknown:
Cliff Barnes.
Written By:
Arthur Bernard Lewis
Directed By:
Leonard Katzman

A Forty Minutes documentary Two thousand 18-year-olds are about to enter Liverpool
University. They stand on the threshold of adulthood, and an adventure that is exhilarating, daunting, confusing, stimulating and exciting. It is a particularly taxing time for Gillian Wake , who is blind. Executive producer ROGER MILLS
Producer MICHAEL WALDMAN

Contributors

Unknown:
Gillian Wake
Producer:
Michael Waldman

A series of four programmes 1: Spoonful of Sugar?
'The only reason for the YTS is keeping the dole figures down....'
'It's just to condition the young people....'
The Youth Training Scheme has been promoted as a new
'permanent bridge from school to work', but has provoked much criticism.
Seventeen-year old Sheila Hope has sampled the first year of the Scheme. In this programme she meets trainees and others involved in YTS who reveal some of the realities behind the glossy packaging.
Produced by TONY MATTHEWS Directed by SUE DAVIDSON
A free 16 Up leaflet on the YTS is available in return for a large sae (21p) from [address removed]
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Contributors

Unknown:
Sheila Hope
Produced By:
Tony Matthews

starring James Garner as Jim Rockford So Help Me God Jim receives a surprise summons to appear before the Grand Jury and is subjected to bullying by US Attorney
Bevins. Resenting the unfair treatment, Rockford is cited for contempt and a duel develops which has an unexpected denouement.
Written by JUANITA BARTLETT
Directed by JEANNOT SZWARC

Contributors

Written By:
Juanita Bartlett
Directed By:
Jeannot Szwarc
Rocky Rockford:
Noah Beery
Beth Davenport:
Gretchen Corbett
Det Becker:
Joe Santos
US Attorney Bevins:
William Daniels
Foreman Rohrs:
Jason Wingreen
Henshaw:
Sandy Ward
Carl:
Robert Ray
Angel:
Stuart Margolin

From the heart of beautiful downtown Burbank,
Dan Rowan and Dick Martin return to sock it to the 60s. Looking it up in their Funk and Wagnell's are tonight's guest stars Sonny and Cher Bono and, of course, the Laugh-in regulars.
Executive producer GEORGE SCHLATTER
Director MARK WARREN

Contributors

Unknown:
Dan Rowan
Unknown:
Dick Martin
Unknown:
Cher Bono
Producer:
George Schlatter
Director:
Mark Warren

The Sunbeam Mixed Masters The first of two nostalgic nights of tennis featuring a group of players who between them have won 52 Wimbledon titles.
Among the stars of yesteryear are Rod Laver , arguably one of the greatest players of all time who won the Grand Slam twice, Billie Jean King , winner of 20 Wimbledon titles - a record unlikely to be matched, and Ken RosewaU , affectionately known as 'Muscles', who never won a Wimbledon singles but won all the other major tournaments.
Introduced by Desmond Lynam Commentator DAN MASKELL
JOHN BARRETT , GERALD WILUAMS Producer JOHNNIE WATHERSTON

Contributors

Unknown:
Rod Laver
Unknown:
Billie Jean King
Unknown:
Ken Rosewau
Introduced By:
Desmond Lynam
Commentator:
Dan Maskell
Unknown:
John Barrett
Unknown:
Gerald Wiluams
Producer:
Johnnie Watherston

Princess Alexandra, President of the World Wildlife Fund UK, gives a Golden Panda award for the best recent wildlife film, during live coverage of a gala evening at the Colston Hall, Bristol.
This event is the climax of Wildscreen 84, a worldwide festival of nature films and television programmes, organised by the World
Wildlife Fund, with the help of the BBC and Central
Independent Television, with Bristol and West Building Society.
The festival jury, led by Sir
Peter Scott , has spent the last four days selecting winners from a total entry of 127 from 23 countries. Craft awards and a special Conservation Award will also be presented tonight. Richard Baker will introduce extracts from up to 30 of the best films.
Designer SALLY HULKE Engineering manager GEOFF STAFFORD
Director MARTYN SUKER Producer JOHN DOBSON BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Scott
Unknown:
Richard Baker
Designer:
Sally Hulke
Unknown:
Geoff Stafford
Director:
Martyn Suker
Producer:
John Dobson

starring
Perry King
Sylvester Stallone
It's 1957, in Brooklyn, New York. Chico,
Stanley, Butchey and Wimpy are still at high school but fairly unhappy about it. They form a club called the 'Lords' of which they are the only members. Fighting, playing pool and dating the local girls are their main activities. But nothing lasts for ever....
Screenplay by STEPHEN F. VERONA
GAYLE GLECKER and MARTIN DAVIDSON Produced by STEPHEN F. VERONA Directed by STEPHEN F. VERONA and MARTIN DAVIDSON
(First showing on British television)
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Contributors

Unknown:
Perry King
Unknown:
Sylvester Stallone
Unknown:
Stephen F. Verona
Unknown:
Gayle Glecker
Unknown:
Martin Davidson
Unknown:
Martin Davidson
Chico Tyrell:
Perry King
Stanley Rosiello:
Sylvester Stallone
Butchey Weinstein:
Henry Winkler
Wimpy Murgalo:
Paul MacE
Jane Bradshaw:
Susan Blakely
Frannie Malincanico:
Maria Smith
Annie Yuckamenelli:
Renee Paris
Crazy Cohen:
Paul Jabara
Mike Mambo:
Bruce Reed
Arnie Levine:
Frank Stiefel
Mr Birnbaum:
Martin Davidson
Eddie:
Joe Stern
Mrs Tyrell:
Ruth Klinger
Miss Molina:
Joan Neuman
Mr Rosiello:
Dolph Sweet

John Tusa , Peter Snow and Donald MacCormick with Ian Smith and Paul Barry
Producers HOWARD ANDERSON JANA BENNETT. ELLIE UPDALE Directors
JOHN WILKINSON , CHRIS FOX Assignment editors
NICK GUTHRIE , MIKE ROBINSON Deputy editor PAUL NORRIS Editor DAVID DICKINSON

Contributors

Unknown:
John Tusa
Unknown:
Peter Snow
Unknown:
Donald MacCormick
Unknown:
Ian Smith
Unknown:
Paul Barry
Producers:
Howard Anderson
Producers:
Jana Bennett.
Unknown:
John Wilkinson
Unknown:
Nick Guthrie
Unknown:
Mike Robinson
Editor:
Paul Norris
Editor:
David Dickinson

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