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Introduced by Nigel Starmer-Smith
Bedford v Broughton Park
A second-round match in the John Player Special Cup, with both clubs trying to find the form which would give them a good cup run. Also news and views of the rest of the weekend's rugby.
Series producer HUW JONES

International Snooker
The Rothmans Grand Prix The Final: frames 1-8
On paper DENNIS TAYLOR (the holder) and STEVE DAVIS were due for a repeat of the showpiece World Final last season. With well over 100 entrants for this Grand Prix title perhaps that was too much to expect.
With one table now the centre of attention from the many-sided full house, there will be tragedy and triumph in this afternoon's frames.
DAVID VINE charts the course of the match.
Commentators TED LOWE
JACK KARNEHM , CLIVE EVERTON Summarisers
JIM MEADOWCROFT , JOHN VIRGO
WILLIE THORNE
International Tennis
The Pretty Polly Classic
BARRY DAVIES reports on the final from The Brighton Centre

Contributors

Unknown:
Dennis Taylor
Unknown:
Steve Davis
Commentators:
Ted Lowe
Unknown:
Jack Karnehm
Unknown:
Clive Everton
Unknown:
Jim Meadowcroft
Unknown:
John Virgo
Unknown:
Willie Thorne
Unknown:
Polly Classic
Unknown:
Barry Davies

The fifth in a series of six piano concertos played by artists the same age as Mozart was when he wrote them.
Tonight the Concerto in c (K 503) is played by Peter Donohoe with the BBC Scottish Symphony
Orchestra under its principal conductor Jerzy Maksymiuk. The series is presented by Jane Glover.
Sound RON ALLAN
Lighting DAVID OGLE
Designer GUTHRIE HUTTON Producer MIKE NEWMAN BBC Scotland

Contributors

Played By:
Peter Donohoe
Conductor:
Jerzy Maksymiuk.
Presented By:
Jane Glover.
Designer:
Guthrie Hutton
Producer:
Mike Newman

The weekly analysis of issues and ideas presented by Bryan Magee.
This week child psychiatrist Dr Robin Skynner , anthropologist Professor
Jean La Fontaine and author Christina Hardyment discuss: What do adults want from children?
Researcher MARK HARRISON Studio director IAN PAUL
Producer AMANDA THEUNISSEN BBC Bristol

Contributors

Presented By:
Bryan Magee.
Unknown:
Dr Robin Skynner
Unknown:
Jean La Fontaine
Unknown:
Christina Hardyment
Unknown:
Mark Harrison
Director:
Ian Paul
Producer:
Amanda Theunissen

Brian Widlake and Valerie Singleton present Britain's most popular financial and business programme.
With LUKE CASEY, NICK CLARKE and MARK ROGERSON The Gift's Game: why employees work harder for no more money and The Bike Show:
Birmingham celebrates 75 years of the motorbike and laments the passing of an industry.
Studio director DON HARLEY Producer MICHAEL SCHOOLEY Editor MICHAEL HOGAN

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Widlake
Unknown:
Valerie Singleton
Unknown:
Nick Clarke
Unknown:
Mark Rogerson
Director:
Don Harley
Producer:
Michael Schooley
Editor:
Michael Hogan

The Flight of the Whooping Crane
Whooping cranes are among the rarest birds in the world; barely 150 survive. Twice each year they make a perilous journey of 2,500 miles, from the Gulf of Mexico to their nesting-grounds in Canada and back again.
One spring a family of whoopers were pursued the length of the continent. By car and plane, three men were trying to follow the cranes on migration for the first time. If they succeeded, the knowledge gained would help to save the cranes.
Elsewhere in North America, equally elaborate and often bizarre measures are being taken to help the whooping crane on its long flight back from the brink of extinction. Narrator Barry Paine Produced for the National Geographic Society/WQED
Pittsburgh by DAVID F. OYSTER BBCtv presentation by PELHAM ALDRICH-BLAKE
Series editor PETER JONES BBC Bristol

Contributors

Narrator:
Barry Paine
Unknown:
David F. Oyster

... to meet the mind behind the Liver Birds, Butterflies, Solo, Leaving, Mistress and / Woke Up One Morning - Liverpool-born Carla Lane
Researchers JENNY RIVAROLA , SUSIE TAYLOR
Assistant producer MICHELE BURGESS Executive producer KEN STEPHINSON

Contributors

Unknown:
Carla Lane
Unknown:
Researchers Jenny Rivarola
Unknown:
Susie Taylor
Producer:
Michele Burgess
Producer:
Ken Stephinson

or The Union of Hypocrites by MIKHAIL BULGAKOV in a new version by DUSTY HUGHES
Introduced by ANTONY SHER Bulgakov's writing gives a vivid picture of the demeaning nature of tyranny: Moliere is seen at the beginning as an imposing, confident theatre director, playfully wooing his mistress; but we watch him disintegrate before our eyes.
Music composed by JOHN WOOLF Royal Shakespeare Company production designed by RALPH KOLTAI
Lighting director JOHN TREAYS Television presentation RICHARD BRAMALL
Television design by CECILIA BRERETON
Producer CEDRIC MESSINA Director BILL ALEXANDER

Contributors

Unknown:
Mikhail Bulgakov
Introduced By:
Antony Sher
Composed By:
John Woolf
Designed By:
Ralph Koltai
Unknown:
Cecilia Brereton
Producer:
Cedric Messina
Director:
Bill Alexander
Bulgakov/Moliere:
Antony Sher
Voice of Stalin/Charron:
David Bradley
Madeleine:
Penelope Beaumont
Du Croisy/Marquis de Lessac/Brother Fidelity:
David Shaw-Parker
Mariette Rivalle/Unknown woman ..............:
Katy Behean
Actor/Cabalist:
Simon Clark
Bouton:
David Troughton
Prompter/Guard:
Michael Fitzgerald
Charlatan/Fr Bartholomew/ Brother Strength:
George Parsons
Lagrande:
Christopher Bowen
Armande:
Sara Mair-Thomas
One Eye:
Malcolm Storry
Moirron:
Chris Hunter
King Louis XTV/Cabalist:
John Carlisle
Honest cobbler:
Brian Parr
Rene:
Sylvia Coleridge

The Rothmans Grand Prix The Final (conclusion): frames 9-19
Eleven frames to go, E80,000 at stake. These are the simple statistics for the evening that will be sure to guarantee a full house and some dramatic and competitive snooker.
DAVID VINE sets the scene and introduces the final session from The Hexagon, Reading. Television presentation
KEITH PHILUPS. MIKE ADLEY Producer KEITH MACKENZIE
Executive producer NICK HUNTER

Contributors

Unknown:
Keith Philups.
Unknown:
Mike Adley
Producer:
Keith MacKenzie
Producer:
Nick Hunter

BBC Two England

About BBC Two

BBC Two is a lively channel of depth and substance, carrying a range of knowledge-building programming complemented by great drama, comedy and arts.

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