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6.50 Urban Development: Planning

7.40 A Trunk Road Appraisal

8.5 Raising Sons and Daughters

8.30 Computing in Community Health

8.55 Maths Methods: Line Integrals

9.20 Inner City Story: 4

9.45 Maths: Modelling, Drugs

10.10 Pure Maths: Non-Euclidean Geometry

10.35 Statistics: Estimation

11.0 The Shape of Cars to Come

11.25 Museum of Modern Art, New York

11.50 Plants: Problems with Water

12.15 Psychology: Production Systems

12.40 The Curriculum: Sailing on Course

1.5 Titian: Three Paintings

1.30 Sugar Production in Kenya

Introduced by Steve Rider
Cycling from Leicester National Track Championships
As if yesterday wasn't enough, the winners are back in the hot seat, laying their overnight success on some cannily picked class men; DEAN WOODS and GARY NEIWAND to name but two. Commentators TONY GUBBA and HUGH PORTER
Cricket
John Player Special League Tempest and pestilence permitting
Commentators
JIM LAKER and PETER WALKER
Swimming from Sofia
European Championships The week at a stroke - mouthfuls of medals. Commentators ALAN WEEKS and HAMILTON BLAND
Athletics
Track and field banter from DAVID MOORCROFT and BRENDAN FOSTER With the Europa Cup coming up next weekend, liberally laced with action of the very finest.
Programme timings will be screened on the hour and half hour, where appropriate TV presentation
Cycling FRED VINER Cricket BOB DUNCAN
Swimming BT (BULGARIA) Athletics VIVIEN KENT
Assistant editor Grandstand BRIAN BARWICK
Producer Grandstand MARTIN HOPKINS
Editor Grandstand JOHN PHILIPS

Contributors

Introduced By:
Steve Rider
Commentators:
Tony Gubba
Commentators:
Peter Walker
Unknown:
David Moorcroft
Unknown:
Brian Barwick

Inspiration, Vocation, or Inheritance? The drive to become an actor is examined, in this third compilation of actors' stories. Some memorable First Nights are relived, some superstitions aired. with Jenny Agutter
Jane Asher , Richard Briers
Eleanor Bron , Ken Campbell Michael Gough , Roy Kinnear Maureen Lipman Anna Massey
Ron Moody , Leslie Phillips Anton Rodgers
Robert Stephens Editors
MIKE SPAREY. CHRIS WADE Producer TONY STAVEACRE BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenny Agutter
Unknown:
Jane Asher
Unknown:
Richard Briers
Unknown:
Eleanor Bron
Unknown:
Ken Campbell
Unknown:
Michael Gough
Unknown:
Roy Kinnear
Unknown:
Maureen Lipman
Unknown:
Anna Massey
Unknown:
Ron Moody
Unknown:
Leslie Phillips
Unknown:
Anton Rodgers
Unknown:
Robert Stephens
Editors:
Mike Sparey.

BBC2 Invitation Pairs Crown Green Bowling Tournament
Third quarter-final
This evening's match sees two pairings who have previously reached the latter stages of Top Crown bidding to go one better. But who will be disappointed this year? Alan Green and Ivor Williams , the two Welshmen who made it to last year's semi-final, take on the much-favoured 1982 runners-up from Lancashire,
Brian Duncan and Norman Fletcher - the men considered to be the No 1 pairing in the game. Introduced by Richard Duckenfield from the GEC Club, Stretford, Manchester.
Commentator HARRY RIGBY Producer KEITH PHILLIPS BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Green
Unknown:
Ivor Williams
Unknown:
Brian Duncan
Unknown:
Norman Fletcher
Introduced By:
Richard Duckenfield
Commentator:
Harry Rigby
Producer:
Keith Phillips

Introduced by Robert Robinson with Mary McCarthy Salman Rushdie Robert McCrum Alison Hennegan
Another edition of the literary quiz (without prizes, buzzers or bells) in which the four contestants try to identify passages read to them by Richard Griffiths and air their likes and dislikes of the books and writers in question. Designer MARTIN CHILDS
Assistant producer YABA BADOE Director TONY TYLEY
Executive producer PHILIP SPEIGHT Producer CHRIS MOHR

Contributors

Introduced By:
Robert Robinson
Unknown:
Mary McCarthy
Unknown:
Salman Rushdie
Unknown:
Robert McCrum
Unknown:
Alison Hennegan
Unknown:
Richard Griffiths
Designer:
Martin Childs
Director:
Tony Tyley
Producer:
Philip Speight
Producer:
Chris Mohr

continues a season featuring the popular Hollywood star, also starring David Niven
Lesley-Anne Down
A fast-moving comedy caper starring Reynolds as an international jewel thief, the one man who has successfully eluded a retiring Scotland Yard inspector with one last trick up his sleeve. The bait: a 30 million-dollar shipment of uncut diamonds from Hatton Garden to
Amsterdam.
Screenplay by FRANCIS BURNS
Based on Touch the Lion 's Paw by DEREK LAMBERT
Produced by DAVID MERRICK Directed by DON SIEGEL 0 FILMS: page 16

Contributors

Unknown:
David Niven
Unknown:
Francis Burns
Unknown:
Derek Lambert
Produced By:
David Merrick
Directed By:
Don Siegel
Jack Rhodes:
Burt Reynolds
Gillian Bromley:
Lesley. Anne Down
Chief Inspector Cyril Willis:
David Niven
Nigel Lawton:
Timothy West
Ernst Mueller:
Patrick Magee
Ferguson:
Al Matthews
Sheila:
Susan Littler
Inspector Vanderveld:
Joss Ackland
Mrs Willis:
Isobel Dean
De Gooyer:
Wolf Kahler
Pilbrow:
Andrew Ray
Ronnie Taylor:
Julian Holloway
Maxwell Levy:
Douglas Wilmer
Tobin:
Geoffrey Russell
Captain Small:
Ronald Hines

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