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9.20 Let's Go - Series 1: Let's Go and Keep Fit
Ten programmes for moderately handicapped young adults, presented by Brian Rix
(R)

9.35 Encounter: France: Spare Time
Visit a French TV station, help in a butcher's shop, watch a cycle race with a journalist - or join a youth group.
(R)

9.52 Mathscore One: 2: A Good Turn
Football, tennis, wallpapering and an elderly couple all throw light on angles.
(R)

10.15 Look and Read: Dark Towers: 5: The Old Coach House
by Andrew Davies
A reading series for 7- to 9-year-olds based around a humorous ghost story in ten episodes.
(R)

10.38 Update USA: 3: Farming Country
Grain mountains are piling up and farmers are feeling the pinch as changes in US foreign policy and farm financing take their toll.
(R)

11.0 Watch: Clay
(For details see tomorrow at 2.0 pm)

11.17 Walrus: After Four: 3
by Cathy Pellicer
Get used to writing it down, so you can scan it, remember it, plan it, and check you've got it right too.
(R)

11.39 Science Topics: Catalysis
'No catalysts, then no chemistry, then no life.'
(R)

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.
(R)

12.30 pm Deutsch direkt!: 5
A series of 20 programmes for beginners in German.
In East Friesland, close to the Dutch border, the national drink is tea. See how it's blended in Leer, while in Greetsiel, in Poppinga's Alte Backerei, it is served - mit Kandiszucker und Sahne.
Presented by Hanni Vanhaiden
(Complementary radio programme on Sunday Radio 4 VHF at 5.30 pm, repeated next Saturday at 4.30 pm)
Book £5.95, three cassettes £3.75 each, and Notes for Teachers £3.25 from booksellers or BBC Publications

12.55 Switch On to English (1): 5: Asking Someone to Do Something for You
Key aspects of spoken and written English are taught using extracts from popular television series as reinforcement.
Presented by Floella Benjamin
(R)

1.20 Encounter: Spain: Spare Time
A teenage disco, a pelota match and the Valladolid local radio station. Youth groups - and a romeria in Plasencia.
(R)

1.38 Let's See: Flowers and Fruits of the Earth: 2: Nuts and Berries
Fruits come in a wide variety of forms but one thing is constant - they always hold the seeds of the plant and are designed to help spread those seeds.
(R)

2.0 You and Me
A series for 4- and 5-year-olds
Jeni Barnett finds it hard to comfort Cosmo when Dibs goes missing. Introducing the number 10. Read the book Winklet Goes to School.
(R)

2.15 History 11-13: The Middle Ages: The Church
The role of the Church, seen through the eyes of contemporary pilgrims.
(R)

2.40 Exploring Science: Forces and Movement
Top athletes start out as ordinary people. What makes them different is their mastery over forces and their control over their own bodies.
(R)

Contributors

Presenter (Let's Go):
Brian Rix
Producer (Mathscore One):
David Roseveare
Writer (Look and Read):
Andrew Davies
Producer (Update USA):
Len Brown
Writer (Walrus):
Cathy Pellicer
Series Producer (Science Topics):
Peter Bratt
Subject (Year of the French):
Luc Doublet
Producer (Year of the French):
Jonathan Gili
Presenter (Deutsch direkt!):
Hanni Vanhaiden
Director (Deutsch direkt!):
Marion Allinson
Producer (Deutsch direkt!):
Maddalena Fagandini
Presenter (Switch On to English):
Floella Benjamin
Presenter (Let's See):
Michael Scott
Producer (Let's See):
Marianne Baird
Presenter (You and Me):
Jeni Barnett
Presenter (History 11-13):
Richard Burrows
Producer (History 11-13):
Jill Sheppard

The Rothmans Grand Prix
DAVID VINE introduces further coverage of the matches involving Tony Knowles , Ray Edmonds ,
Doug Mountjoy and John Campbell from The Hexagon, Reading. Commentators
TED LOWE. JACK KARNEHM
CLIVE EVERTON Summarisers
JIM MEADOWCROFT , JOHN VIRGO
WILLIE THORNE
Television presentation
KEITH PHILLIPS , MIKE ADLEY Producer KEITH MACKENZIE
Executive producer NICK HUNTER

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Knowles
Unknown:
Ray Edmonds
Unknown:
Doug Mountjoy
Unknown:
John Campbell
Unknown:
Jack Karnehm
Unknown:
Clive Everton
Unknown:
Jim Meadowcroft
Unknown:
John Virgo
Unknown:
Willie Thorne
Unknown:
Keith Phillips
Unknown:
Mike Adley
Producer:
Keith MacKenzie
Producer:
Nick Hunter

A new series in nine parts Episode 1 by DAVID ANGUS
Tucker goes to a wedding and meets more than friendly relations. At home a shock is waiting....
Devised byPHIL REDMOND Produced and directed by DARROL BLAKE

Contributors

Unknown:
David Angus
Unknown:
Phil Redmond
Directed By:
Darrol Blake
Tucker Jenkins:
Todd Carty
Mrs Jenkins:
Hilary Crane
Natalia Gordon:
Amanda Waring
Rhona Jenkins:
Joanne Palmer
Jackie:
Frances Ruffelle
Madge Cooper:
Jo Warne
Bernie:
Charlie Hawkins
Nigel:
Brad Clayton
Florist:
Ron Copsey
Brian:
Howard Selfe
Photographer:
John Leeson
Mr Cooper:
Desmond Barrit
Joey:
John Wadmore
Best man:
Sean Gascoine

Has public confidence in the police been shaken by events in Brixton, Handsworth and Tottenham? Can our police forces no longer cope with crime? Is the drugs explosion beyond their control?
James Anderton is Chief Constable of Greater Manchester and Vice-
President of the Association of Chief Police Officers.
Leslie Curtis is Chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales. Tonight they face the questions of young people from all over Britain.
Presented by John Nicolson Research POLLY Phillips Director JUSTIN c. ADAMS Producers
DAVID MARTIN . CHARLES NAIRN

Contributors

Presented By:
John Nicolson
Unknown:
Polly Phillips
Director:
Justin C. Adams
Unknown:
David Martin
Unknown:
Charles Nairn

Whistle Test chats to Roger Daltrey.
Richard Skinner reviews today's charts.
Andy Kershaw is live on location with the audience at The Blue Note club in Derby for music from top indie band The Woodentops.
On film - are today's items of rock 'n' roll junk tomorrow's antiques? Mark Ellen investigates the memorabilia business.
Plus details of the Whistle Test video competition.
Hindsight - The Who from 1973.
The Video Vote - call [number removed].
Producers TREVOR DANN. JOHN BURROWES
Director DAVID G. CROFT
Editor MICHAEL APPLETON

Contributors

Unknown:
Gary Moore
Unknown:
David Hepworth
Unknown:
Roger Daltrey.
Unknown:
Richard Skinner
Unknown:
Andy Kershaw
Unknown:
Trevor Dann.
Unknown:
John Burrowes
Director:
David G. Croft
Editor:
Michael Appleton

The Rothmans Grand Prix
Steve Davis and Alex Higgins should ensure a full house at The Hexagon tonight, as they play their separate matches. Davis has yet to win the Championship, and presumably will be all the more determined when he plays Danny Fowler , who turned professional last season.'The Hurricane' has a really tough match against
Neal Foulds , who memorably beat the Irishman 10-9 in the 1984 World Championship. DAVID VINE introduces coverage of both matches.

Contributors

Unknown:
Steve Davis
Unknown:
Alex Higgins
Unknown:
Danny Fowler
Unknown:
Neal Foulds

Last of the present series Next year, Austin Rover unveil their latest executive saloon car, code-named Project XX. Much of its success, or otherwise, will depend on its penetration into the lucrative US market where Austin Rover have been absent for a number of years. William Woollard visits Canley in Coventry to see the preparations for this important launch, and to find out what the future holds in terms of design and further collaboration with Honda.
Frank Page tries out an interesting newcomer to the British motoring scene, the Bitter SC two-door coupe, and Peter Burgess explains your rights, and what to do if the second-hand car you bought is not what it seemed. Producer BRIAN STRACHAN
Executive producer DENNIS ADAMS BBC Pebble Mill
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Contributors

Unknown:
William Woollard
Unknown:
Frank Page
Unknown:
Peter Burgess
Producer:
Brian Strachan
Producer:
Dennis Adams

Last of a six-part comedy series written by PETER J. HAMMOND starring John Duttine Lorraine Chase Brian Murphy
The grand reopening of Stutterton Stop. AnseU makes a tonic - and Mrs Kelly is in need of one!
Designer NIGEL CURZON
Produced and directed by JOHN B. HOBBS

Contributors

Written By:
Peter J. Hammond
Unknown:
John Duttine
Unknown:
Lorraine Chase
Unknown:
Brian Murphy
Unknown:
Mrs Kelly
Designer:
Nigel Curzon
Directed By:
John B. Hobbs
Mister Drake:
John Duttine
Angie:
Lorraine Chase
Ansell:
Brian Murphy
Tommy:
Patric Turner
Maurice:
Tony Millan
Mrs Kelly:
Cyd Hayman
Pennyjohn:
Greg Doran
Landlord:
Brian Coburn
Old John:
Michael Bilton
Ernie:
Edward Highmore

Prison
Probation isn't just about keeping people out of prison. It's about caring for them through a prison sentence and about preparing them while they're still inside for life 'on the out'.
The film shows the enormous strains that the overcrowded prison system puts on both individual prisoners and their families and how the probation service copes with their problems.
Assistant producer WAYNE MOCKETT Editor DAVID BARRETT
Executive producer JOHN SHEARER Director cameraman RICHARD LEITERMAN
Producer STEVE TIMMINS

Contributors

Producer:
Wayne Mockett
Editor:
David Barrett
Producer:
John Shearer
Unknown:
Richard Leiterman
Producer:
Steve Timmins

John Tusa , Peter Snow Donald MacCormick and Olivia O'Leary with Jenni Murray
Ian Smith and David Davies present the reports and interviews that matter with the analysis that counts.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Tusa
Unknown:
Peter Snow
Unknown:
Donald MacCormick
Unknown:
Olivia O'Leary
Unknown:
Jenni Murray
Unknown:
Ian Smith
Unknown:
David Davies

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