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9.15 Higher Education: 2: Polys and Colleges - What Sort of Course?
The degree you take at a polytechnic (or a college or institute of higher education) is likely to be in a more practical subject than at university, but its standard is the same.

9.38 Going to Work: Life and Social Skills: Working it Out: 2: At Work
by Bill Lyons
Gary faces problems at work, while Steve continues to look for work as well as looking after the baby.

10.0 You and Me
A series for 4- and 5-year-olds
Meet Charu Bala Chokshi with Cosmo and Dibs in the market. The number 6 is introduced.
Story: "The Gingerbread Man"

10.15 Music Time: 7: Harmony
Singing and playing music in two- and three-part harmony. A synthesiser is demonstrated and the violins play some Hungarian gypsy music.
Presented by Jonathan Cohen and Helen Spiers, with Laurie Lewis and Peter Thomas (violins) and children from Weald First School.

10.38 Twentieth-Century History: The Road to Berlin 1943-45
The defeat of Germany and the problems of post-war Europe.

11.0 Zig Zag: Roads: 1: Britons and Romans
How did ancient roads start being used? What clues are there that point to the reasons travellers used them? Are Roman roads always straight? Tony Aitken investigates.
(Ceefax Subtitles)

11.23 Des Ie debut: 2: Ordering Things; Choosing Things; Buying a Ticket
Face-to-face French-a resource series to support the teaching of basic skills in French.

11.42 General Studies: The Baby Trade: 2
A film report by Margaret Jay on surrogate motherhood in Britain and the emotional and legal problems involved in it; followed by a studio discussion.

12.10 pm Lifegames: 3: The Powers that Be
Steve Blacknell finds out what bureaucracy is, and how it affects you. How do you cope with it, and where can you get advice?

12.40 Plants in Action: 7: Who Needs Soil?

1.5 Rockschool: 8: Overlap of Styles

1.30 Pages from Ceefax

1.38 Scotland this Century: 7: The Pleasures of the People
Cliff Hanley traces the development of popular entertainment in Scotland.

2.0 Words and Pictures: Miss Jump the Jockey
Vicky and Charlie watch their jockey friend ride in a steeplechase, and in today's story Josie Jump gets her chance to ride in a big race.

2.18 The History Trail: The New Machines
The Industrial Revolution began with cotton. A look at how and why it started and the men and machines that made it happen.

2.40 The Music Arcade: 7: Folk Tunes and the Violin
Music from Ireland and China with the fiddle and its Chinese counterpart, the er-du.

Contributors

Narrator (Higher Education):
Libby Purves
Producer (Higher Education):
Rosanna Hibbert
Writer (Going to Work):
Bill Lyons
Presenter (You and Me):
Charu Bala Chokshi
Producer (You and Me):
Richard Callanan
Presenter (Music Time):
Jonathan Cohen
Presenter (Music Time):
Helen Speirs
Violinist (Music Time):
Laurie Lewis
Violinist (Music Time):
Peter Thomas
Producer (Music Time):
Elizabeth Bennett
Presenter (Zig Zag):
Tony Aitken
Presenter (General Studies):
Margaret Jay
Producer (General Studies):
Mike Dutfield
Presenter (Lifegames):
Steve Blacknell
Producer (Lifegames):
Tony Matthews
Director (Lifegames):
Paul Simons
Presenter (Scotland this Century):
Cliff Hanley
Producer (Scotland this Century):
Peter Whiteford
Presenter (Words and Pictures):
Vicky Ireland
Producer (Words and Pictures):
Moyra Gambleton
Producer (The History Trail):
Alan Ereira

The Arun's Turned Us Soft Capable of 21 knots, with a range of several hundred miles, the Humber lifeboat can go out in all weathers.
It's highly manoeuvrable and, according to its skipper, can take anything the sea can throw at it. Written and narrated by Brian Thompson Produced by JOHN GAU
Directed by PAUL BERRIFF

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Thompson
Produced By:
John Gau
Directed By:
Paul Berriff

also starring
Herbert Marshall James Stephenson In one of her most celebrated roles, Bette Davis stars in this classic version of a Somerset Maugham story. The tropical peace of a Singapore night is shattered by gunfire, and a man lies dead at a woman's feet. Her story is that he tried to attack her; the truth, it transpires is a little different.
Screenplay by HOWARD KOCH Based on the play by W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM
Directed by WILLIAM WYLER
• FILMS: page 20

Contributors

Unknown:
Herbert Marshall
Unknown:
James Stephenson
Unknown:
Bette Davis
Play By:
Howard Koch
Directed By:
William Wyler
Leslie Crosbie:
Bette Davis
Robert Crosbie:
Herbert Marshall
Howard Joyce:
James Stephenson
Dorothy Joyce:
Frieda Inescort
Mrs Hammond:
Gale Sondergaard
John Withers:
Bruce Lester
Adele Ainsworth:
Elizabeth Earl
Prescott:
Cecil Kellaway

with Geoffrey Smith Primulas
From the delicate native primrose to the magnificent Asiatic primulas, this is a group of plants well worth growing in the garden.
Geoffrey Smith shows how you can sow your own seed, which has the added excitement that you might produce an entirely new variety. He also visits gardens all over the country to get ideas on the best ways to plant them.
Film editor PETER RINGSTED Producer ERICA GRIFFITHS

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoffrey Smith
Unknown:
Geoffrey Smith
Producer:
Erica Griffiths

3: Lemony Chicken
Madhur Jaffrey demonstrates the delicately flavoured lemony chicken with fresh coriander; spiced basmati rice; and a simple apple, peach and apricot chutney. Assistant producer JENNY STEVENS Producer JENNY ROGERS

Contributors

Unknown:
Madhur Jaffrey
Producer:
Jenny Stevens
Producer:
Jenny Rogers

What Einstein Never Knew Albert Einstein dreamt of discovering a fundamental law which would explain all the phenomena of nature.
He died without finding the answer.
Today physics may be approaching that ultimate goal. Tanks of water buried over a third of a mile underground, observations of the limits of the universe-and a letter which Einstein received in 1919 -may hold the vital clues. They reveal a multi-dimensional universe, richer and stranger than previously imagined, taking us back to the very beginnings of time itself. Narrator Paul Vaughan Film editor PETER CLARKE
Horizon editor GRAHAM MASSEY Written and produced by JAMES BURGE , ANDREW MILLINGTON

Contributors

Unknown:
Albert Einstein
Narrator:
Paul Vaughan
Editor:
Peter Clarke
Editor:
Graham Massey
Produced By:
James Burge

Bob Monkhouse presents another international comedy showcase. This week with the cockney humour of Mike Reid , the outrageous style of Duncan NorveUe and from America, the subtle and satirical improvisational skills of Monteith and Rand, returning after their great success in the last series. Featuring
THE HARRY STONEHAM BAND Programme associate NEIL SHAND Script associate DENNIS BERSON Sound LEN SHOREY
Lighting ERIC WALLIS
Designer VICTOR MEREDITH Director GEOFF MILES
Produced by JOHN FISHER

Contributors

Unknown:
Bob Monkhouse
Unknown:
Mike Reid
Unknown:
Duncan Norveue
Unknown:
Dennis Berson
Unknown:
Eric Wallis
Designer:
Victor Meredith
Director:
Geoff Miles
Produced By:
John Fisher

Marcel Came
Arena this week presents a profile of the man many would consider the greatest living French film director. It introduces a BBC2 season of five of the masterpieces he made with the poet and scriptwriter Jacques Prevert during a decade of collaboration, running from 1936. They gave us such films as Quai des brumes, Le jour se lève, and - best loved of all -Les enfants du paradis. Voted the best
French film of all time in 1979, this remarkable film still plays to packed houses. In this first interview on British television, Carne gives a vivid account of his memorable career With additional contributions from Michele Morgan ,
Jean-Pierre Aumont , Georges Franju and Jean-Louis Barrault.
Introduced by Gavin Millar Film editor SUE NEW
Producer DAVID CHESHIRE Executive producers
LESLIE MEGAHEY , ALAN YENTOB • FEATURE: page 74

Contributors

Unknown:
Marcel Came
Scriptwriter:
Jacques Prevert
Unknown:
Michele Morgan
Unknown:
Jean-Pierre Aumont
Unknown:
Georges Franju
Unknown:
Jean-Louis Barrault.
Introduced By:
Gavin Millar
Unknown:
Leslie Megahey
Unknown:
Alan Yentob

John Tusa , Peter Snow and Donald MacCormick with Jenni Murray and Ian Smith
Producers HOWARD ANDERSON
JANA BENNETT , DAVE STANFORD Directors
JOHN WILKINSON , CHRIS FOX Assignment editors
NICK GUTHRIE , MIKE ROBINSON Deputy editor JOHN MAHONEY Editor DAVID DICKINSON

Contributors

Unknown:
John Tusa
Unknown:
Peter Snow
Unknown:
Donald MacCormick
Unknown:
Jenni Murray
Unknown:
Ian Smith
Producers:
Howard Anderson
Unknown:
Jana Bennett
Unknown:
John Wilkinson
Unknown:
Nick Guthrie
Unknown:
Mike Robinson
Editor:
John Mahoney
Editor:
David Dickinson

The last of eight programmes See the news as others see it and brush up your French at the same time.
Tonight's bulletin comes from Radio-Télévision Luxembourg.
Presented by Chantal Cuer Director PAUL L. WHITE Producer TERRY DOYLE

Contributors

Producer:
Terry Doyle

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