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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 aristrocratic marriage and flatter a virgin queen.

9.26 Maths Counts: Orders is Orders
by John Tully
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.

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?
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

11.17 Walrus: Houw too Spel
Neil Mercer demonstrates three kinds of spelling mistake. With Ian 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.

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: 5: Angles
For adults studying maths to 0-level, this series offers help with common difficulties.

1.15 Science Topics: Catalysis
'No catalysts, then no chemistry, then no life'.

1.38 Let's See: 3: Hill Farming
Poor soil and harsh weather mean that hill farms have to concentrate on only those animals and crops that can survive such conditions. Presenter Michael Scott
Director PETER LEGGE
Producer MARIANNE BAIRD

2.0 You and Me: Dressing Up
A series for 4- and 5-year-olds
Pik-sen Lim and the Chen family celebrate a festival and tell us a traditional Chinese story in English.
Producer JUDITH MILES

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 and developing the technology needed to go uphill.
(A companion programme for pupils, Uphill, will be shown on Friday at 11.0)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Tully
Producer:
Susan Paton
Unknown:
Walrus Houw
Unknown:
Neil Mercer
Unknown:
Ian Bamforth
Presenter:
Michael Scott
Director:
Peter Legge
Producer:
Marianne Baird
Unknown:
Pik-Sen Lim
Unknown:
David Cook
Unknown:
Victoria Fairbrother

Twelve Mile Limit
J.R. continues to feed information to Cliff on the sly, but his less subtle methods with Edgar Randolph almost result in tragedy. Clayton expresses doubts to Ray about the future, while Mark places his in Pam's hands. Marilee gets her rocks off, but demands the geological reports on the offshore tracts.... Written by DAVID PAULSEN Directed by PATRICK DUFFY (For cast see Monday)
(Continued tomorrow at 3.0 pm)
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Contributors

Unknown:
Edgar Randolph
Written By:
David Paulsen
Directed By:
Patrick Duffy

From the heart of beautiful downtown Burbank Dan Rowan and Dick Martin present an extravaganza of lunacy with guest stars Sid Caesar, Peter Sellers and Zsa Zsa Gabor

Contributors

Comedian:
Dan Rowan
Comedian:
Dick Martin
Guest:
Sid Caesar
Guest:
Peter Sellers
Guest:
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Director:
Mark Warren
Executive Producer:
George Schlatter

Starring James Garner as Jim Rockford

Angel, of all people, gets married and even Jim gets quite sentimental serving as best man. Before the honeymoon is over, however, the trouble starts.
(Rpt)

Contributors

Writer:
David Chase
Director:
Meta Rosenberg
Jim Rockford:
James Garner
Angel:
Stuart Margolin
Rocky Rockford:
Noah Beery
Becker:
Joe Santos
Azie:
Avery Schreiber
Regine Boyajian:
Elayne Heilviel
Chechik:
James Wainwright
Bobby:
Rudy Ramos
Leo:
John Durren
Lt Chapman:
James Luisi
Beth:
Gretchen Corbett
Jerryl:
Gerald Hackney

with Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Andy Kershaw including a live studio session from the Violent Femmes.

Interviews and live performances from AC/DC, Van Halen and other stars of the Monsters of Rock festival.

Video Vote - call [number removed] after 7.30 to request one of the best new videos.

Hindsight - a classic recording from the Whistle Test archives.

Richard Skinner's run-down of the new charts out today.

Feature: page 25

Contributors

Presenter:
Mark Ellen
Presenter:
David Hepworth
Presenter:
Andy Kershaw
Musicians:
Violent Femmes
Musicians:
null AC/DC
Musicians:
Van Halen
Presenter:
Richard Skinner
Producer:
Trevor Dann
Producer:
John Burrowes
Director:
Tom Corcoran
Editor:
Michael Appleton

William Woollard and the Top Gear team return with a review of highlights from the British International Motor Show. There's a detailed look at the new Scimitar sports car and at Reliant, the company that makes it.
Sue Baker travels the roads of Southern Ireland in Vauxhall's latest Astra, while, just a stone's throw away from the Motor Show, William Woollard gets to see some of the hundreds of bikes on display in Britain's first National
Motorcycle Museum, which opened at the weekend. And if you think regular checks on your tyres with your own tyre pressure gauge or pump keep you safe, beware. Chris Goffey reports on an investigation that reveals serious inaccuracies in many gauges on sale in Britain.
BBC Pebble Mill
FEATURE: page 3

Contributors

Presenter:
William Woollard
Reporter:
Sue Baker
Reporter:
Chris Goffey
Producer:
Philip Franklin
Executive Producer:
Dennis Adams

Continuing the story of a hazardous submarine mission. The U-boat has attacked a British convoy, but has itself come under fire. To escape the new British sonar tracking device, the captain orders his submarine to a record depth - subjecting his crew and his boat to agonising strain.
(Part 4 tomorrow at 9.30 pm)

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