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9.0 Tele-Journal
(Shown last night on BBC2)

9.26 Maths Counts by JOHN TULLY
6: Bear the Percentage
Bert buys bears but the percentage bites Bert.
Director DEREK LONGHURST
Series producer DAVID ROSEVEARE

9.48 Mathscore One 6: A Cover Up
To measure an amount of surface, ELAINE DONELLY and ROGER SLOMAN first investigate tessellations.

10.10 Look and Read Fair Ground!
1: Trouble in the Tea Leaves The eastern fair comes to town and Ozzie Watson is thrilled - but some people don't share his enthusiasm ... by CHRISTOPHER RUSSELL Producer SUE WEEKS

10.35 Geography Casebook: Britain: Farming: East and West
The first of five new programmes looks at 'agri-business' in East Anglia and traditional dairy farming in Northern Ireland.
Narrator SALLY MAGNUSSON Producer DAVID SCOTT COWAN Series producer LEN BROWN

11.0 Watch: Egypt: The Nile

11.17 Walrus
What Should I Do? Jumbo and the Tin by TONY PARKER
His dad found a pen but Jumbo's find was much worse than that.
With TIMMY MALLETT, CHARLES IMBER, DAVID GARLICK, MMOLOKI CHRYSTIE, ANGELA CLEMENTS, EDWARD CAST, BRENDA KEMPNER and JAMES IMBER
Producer MORTON SURGUY

11.40 Job Bank: Skills in Their Hands

12.0 Year of the French: 6: The High speed Railwayman
Philippe Coriat - guard on the TGV, the world's fastest train.
Producer JONATHAN GILI

12.30 pm Inside Japan
Ten films on contemporary Japan.
1: The Chrysanthemum People The village

1.0 Maths Help 11
For adults studying maths to O-level, offering help with common difficulties. 1: Volumes I
Maths Help parts 1 and 2, £3.95 each from booksellers

1.15 Science Topics
Light, Electrons and the Atom The relationship between electronic energy levels and the emission or absorption of energy.
Producer MARY FOURT

1.38 Let's See: Scottish Childhoods: 1: At Work
Children at school in Scotland 100 years ago faced a strict regime, but their home life often involved them in even more hard work! With IRENE SUNTERS, HELEN BLACKWOOD, MICHAEL QUIGLEY and ISOBEL GARDNER
Presenter TRICIA SCOTT
Script by HECTOR MACMILLAN Producer MARIANNE BAIRD

2.0 You and Me
A series for 4- and 5-year-olds
Who is the strange lady who visits Dibs's stall? Maths on the farm: counting sheep and lambs. Story: Lend me Your Wings by JOHN AGARD Illustrations by CATHERINE BRIGHTON
Presenter INDIRA joshi
Producer RICHARD CALLANAN

2.15-2.35 British Social History The Cholera's Coming
1831: the desperate measures taken in the north of England as the dreaded disease spreads.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Tully
Director:
Derek Longhurst
Producer:
David Roseveare
Unknown:
Elaine Donelly
Unknown:
Roger Sloman
Unknown:
Ozzie Watson
Unknown:
Christopher Russell
Producer:
Sue Weeks
Narrator:
Sally Magnusson
Producer:
David Scott Cowan
Producer:
Len Brown
Unknown:
Tony Parker
Unknown:
Timmy Mallett
Unknown:
Charles Imber.
Unknown:
Garuck Mmoloki Chrystie
Unknown:
Angela Clements
Unknown:
Edward Cast
Unknown:
Brenda Kempner
Unknown:
James Imber
Producer:
Morton Surguy
Unknown:
Railwayman Philippe
Producer:
Jonathan Gili
Producer:
Mary Fourt
Unknown:
Irene Sunters
Unknown:
Helen Blackwood.
Unknown:
Michael Quigley
Unknown:
Isobel Gardner
Presenter:
Tricia Scott
Script By:
Hector MacMillan
Producer:
Marianne Baird
Unknown:
John Agard
Illustrations By:
Catherine Brighton
Presenter:
Indira Joshi
Producer:
Richard Callanan

Starring Leif Erickson as Big John, Cameron Mitchell as Buck, Mark Slade as Billy Blue, Linda Cristal as Victoria, Henry Darrow as Manolito
and Denver Pyle as General Warren, Alan Bergmann as Prosecutor Major Anderson

Two fathers in a desperate battle of words, each to vindicate his son - one with all the force of the US. Cavalry behind him, the other only his unshakeable faith.
(Repeat)

Contributors

Writer:
Mel Goldberg
Director:
Leon Benson
Big John:
Leif Erickson
Buck:
Cameron Mitchell
Billy Blue:
Mark Slade
Victoria:
Linda Cristal
Manolito:
Henry Darrow
General Warren:
Denver Pyle
Prosecutor Major Anderson:
Alan Bergmann

He is probably the most controversial churchman in Britain today. He has challenged fundamental aspects of the Christian faith: from the Virgin birth to the Resurrection. His critics say his views fall little short of heresy. He has put the Church of England firmly into the political arena by criticising Ian MacGregor and condemning the government for its lack of compassion. Tonight
The Bishop of Durham, The Right Rev David Jenkins , is Open to Question.
Presented by Hilary O'Neill and Michael MacFarlane Producer DAVID ROSS
Executive producer DAVID MARTIN

Contributors

Unknown:
Ian MacGregor
Unknown:
David Jenkins
Presented By:
Hilary O'Neill
Presented By:
Michael MacFarlane
Producer:
David Ross
Producer:
David Martin

Mark Ellen , Andy Kershaw and David Hepworth introduce live music from the Cocteau Twins (their first television appearance for a year) and Floy Joy. Also a much-requested archive clip of John Otway , and the Video Vote (call [number removed]after 7.30).
John Peel makes a rare visit to Radio l's studios in Maida Vale, London to watch a session for his own programme. Richard Skinner surveys the new charts. Producers
TREVOR DANN and JOHN BURROWES Director TOM CORCORAN
Editor MICHAEL APPLETON Top 40 on Ceefax page 264

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Ellen
Unknown:
Andy Kershaw
Unknown:
David Hepworth
Unknown:
Floy Joy.
Unknown:
John Otway
Unknown:
John Peel
Unknown:
Richard Skinner
Unknown:
Trevor Dann
Unknown:
John Burrowes
Director:
Tom Corcoran
Editor:
Michael Appleton

Presented by Chris Kelly , with food specialist and cook Michael Barry , and drinks expert Jill Goolden. Can you come up with a really good two-course meal for under a pound - and all cooked on a single ring? Then there are potatoes - some are better boilers or mashers than others, some make better chips or crisper roasters. Which is which? Lastly drinks ... as always Food and Drink will be looking for the best value.
Just some of the stories in this week's blend of the topical, the exotic, and the best value in the world of food and drink.
Director JILL DAWSON
Producer PETER BAZALGETTE

Contributors

Presented By:
Chris Kelly
Unknown:
Michael Barry
Unknown:
Jill Goolden.
Director:
Jill Dawson
Producer:
Peter Bazalgette

Introduced by David Icke
BBC2's international snooker tournament, inaugurated in 1969, again features two of the world's leading professionals in a one-frame knockout for the Pot Black trophy.
Former world champion
Cliff Thorburn of Canada takes on England's David Taylor.
Commentator TED LOWE Referee JOHN WILLIAMS Producer JOHN G. SMITH BBC Pebble Mill

Contributors

Introduced By:
David Icke
Unknown:
Cliff Thorburn
Unknown:
David Taylor.
Commentator:
Ted Lowe
Commentator:
Referee John Williams
Producer:
John G. Smith

In a series of five stories based on true cases, lawyer Ian Kennedy explores the ethical dilemmas that confront doctors.
2:
Christine Baby Christine is 12 weeks premature. She weighs 21b; if she lives, she has a substantial chance of mental and physical handicap.
Should she be allowed to die by stopping intensive care, or should she receive every possible medical aid? And who should decide?
Film editor LAN FARR
Film director IAN DUNCAN
Producer DEBORAH CADBURY Executive producer DAVID PATERSON

Contributors

Unknown:
Ian Kennedy
Unknown:
Christine Baby Christine
Director:
Ian Duncan
Producer:
Deborah Cadbury
Producer:
David Paterson
Mrs Quinn:
Helen Duvall
Mr Quinn:
Lawrence Mullin

The light and serious sides of Mike Harding are side-by-side as he sings his own
Franglais song 'Les trotters de Paris' and then reflects on the death of his own father in the Second World War in 'Bomber's moon'. Director JOHN ROONEY Producer ROD TAYLOR
BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Mike Harding
Director:
John Rooney

John Tusa , Peter Snow and Donald MacCormick with Jenni Murray and Ian Smith present reports and interviews with analysis.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Tusa
Unknown:
Peter Snow
Unknown:
Donald MacCormick
Unknown:
Jenni Murray
Unknown:
Ian Smith

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