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9.15 Job Bank: Behind the Scenes
A brief look at a range of unseen jobs in a department store.
(R)

9.38 Going to Work: Local College
Leaving school with little exam success isn't the end of the world.
(R)

10.0 You and Me: Baa Baa Black Sheep
A series for 4- and 5-year-olds
Catriona, Sarah and Toby help David Aston look for some black sheep and find a weaver.
(R)

10.15 Music Time: 7: The Regular Beat
Listen to music and sounds that have a regular beat. A heart machine helps the children to see and hear their own beat.
Presented by Jonathan Cohen and Helen Speirs with Terry Drummond (guitar), David Rose (bass) and Paul Abberley (drums)
(R)

10.38 History File: Britain Alone
The fall of Europe to Nazi Germany was unexpected.
(R)

11.0 Zig Zag: Computers in Schools
The microcomputer can help children to look back into the past as well as forward into the future. Paul Coia and Sheelagh Gilbey see how one school uses their micro to complete a project.
(R)

11.22 Thinkabout: Keeping Warm
The boiler's broken down.
Frank and Sally find out why, while the children discover that newspaper coats can keep out the cold!

11.40 General Studies: Alternative Ways of Healing
The second part of this film looks at osteopathy and hypnosis.
(R)

12.10 pm Whatever Happened to Britain?: 7: A Tale of Trade and Industry
Britain after 1945
(R)

12.40 Technical Studies: 7: Dye and Investment Casting
(R)

1.5-1.30 Marketing in Action: Opening Principles
Research of potential customers lays the foundation for the launch of a new chain of fashion stores.
A BBC/Open University production

1.38 Casebook Scotland: 7: Opening Up the Highlands
The development of the A9 has made the Highlands more accessible, but it has also led to conflicts of interest. Muriel Gray investigates on the A9 Roadshow.

2.0 Words and Pictures: Run, Rabbit, Run
Mr Rabbit helps a little girl to decide on a present for her mother's birthday.
(R)

2.18 English 11-13: 4: Play on Words
Scripting from improvisation
(R)

2.40 Childcare and Parenthood: 2: A New Arrival
Parents-to-be consider the impact a baby may have on their lives.
(R)

Contributors

Producer (Job Bank):
Peter Bratt
Producer (Going to Work):
Peter M. Evans
Presenter (You and Me):
David Aston
Presenter (Music Time):
Jonathan Cohen
Presenter (Music Time):
Helen Speirs
Guitarist (Music Time):
Terry Drummond
Bassist (Music Time):
David Rose
Drummer (Music Time):
Paul Abberley
Producer (Music Time):
Elizabeth Bennett
Presenter (Zig Zag):
Paul Coia
Presenter (Zig Zag):
Sheelagh Gilbey
Producer (Zig Zag):
Tom Stanier
Producer (Thinkabout):
Derek Longhurst
Frank:
Jim Dunk
Sally:
Vicky Licorish
Narrator (General Studies):
Nick Ross
Producer (General Studies):
Bruce Jamson
Producer (Marketing in Action):
Roger Penfound
Presenter (Casebook Scotland):
Muriel Gray
Director (Casebook Scotland):
Kate Kinninmont
Series Producer (English 11-13):
Judith Miles
Producer (Childcare and Parenthood):
Diane Morgan

Every primary and secondary school in Britain has a computer. No other country can make that boast. In
March the Government is axing the Microelectronics
Education Programme (MEP), its replacement,
Microcomputer Support Unit, will have half the budget.
This programme comes from a secondary school in Berkshire and examines the role of computers in schools. Lesley Judd asks why the Government is cutting back school software.
Ian McNaught-Davis discovers how chalk and talk is giving way to bits and bytes. Fred Harris goes for a ride on a computer bus.
Director TERRY MARSH
Series editor DAVID ALLEN

Contributors

Unknown:
Lesley Judd
Unknown:
Ian McNaught-Davis
Unknown:
Fred Harris
Director:
Terry Marsh
Editor:
David Allen

Continuing a season of films featuring SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE 'S famous detective, starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson.
A number of defenceless young women have fallen victim to a vicious murderer who stalks the streets of London. Scotland Yard appear totally baffled, although Sherlock Holmes senses there is a brilliant but brutal intellect behind the killings. The finger of suspicion points to one man - Professor Moriarty!
Screenplay by BERTRAM MILLHAUSER Directed by ROY WILLIAM NEILL
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Contributors

Unknown:
Arthur Conan Doyle
Unknown:
Sherlock Holmes
Unknown:
Bertram Millhauser
Directed By:
Roy William Neill
Sherlock Holmes:
Basil Rathbone
Dr Watson:
Nigel Bruce
Lydia:
Hillary Brooke
Professor Moriarty:
Henry Daniell
Fenwick:
Paul Cavanagh
Inspector Gregson:
Matthew Boulton
Maude:
Eve Amber
Onslow:
Frederick Worlock
Williams:
Tom Bryson
Crandon:
Sally Shepherd
Mrs Hudson:
Mary Gordon

Where the public sets the agenda
The Bomb on Trial
'Can nuclear weapons be used without committing crimes against peace, crimes against humanity and war crimes?' 'If not, is it legal to possess and deploy them?'
'Are the military and political leaders of the nuclear powers above the law?'
Key questions for the Nuclear Warfare Tribunal which was convened in London earlier this year by Lawyers for Nuclear Disarmament because of growing concern among international legal authorities.
The witnesses came from all over the world and were examined and cross-examined by professional advocates before an eminent tribunal of judges, including three Nobel Prize winners, chaired by the international jurist Sean MacBride. Videotape editor STEVE KNATTRESS
Executive producer TONY LARYEA Producer GAVIN BUTTON
Made by LAWYERS FOR NUCLEAR
DISARMAMENT with the help of the COMMUNITY PROGRAMME UNIT
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Contributors

Unknown:
Sean MacBride.
Editor:
Steve Knattress
Producer:
Tony Laryea
Producer:
Gavin Button

by David Nobbs
Starring Leonard Rossiter and Pauline Yates
with John Barron

When Reginald Perrin set out for work on Tuesday morning, he had no intention of calling his mother-in-law a hippopotamus. But he did, and from then on everything began to change.
(R)
Special movie-length video BBCV/B 7012 from retailers

Contributors

Writer:
David Nobbs
Designer:
Graham Oakley
Producer:
John Howard Davies
Reginald Perrin:
Leonard Rossiter
Elizabeth Perrin:
Pauline Yates
C.J.:
John Barron
Joan Greengross:
Sue Nicholls
Doc Morrissey:
John Horsley
Tony Webster:
Trevor Adams
Morris Coates:
Roland MacLeod
David Harris-Jones:
Bruce Bould
Esther Pigeon:
Jacki Piper
Peter Cartwright:
Terence Conoley
Ron Napier:
Norman Mitchell
Waiter:
Ray Marioni

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Two England

Popular 1970s sitcom about a middle-class, middle-aged rebel. Why is Reggie referring to his mother-in-law as a hippopotamus? Show more

An original screenplay in six parts by TROY KENNEDY MARTIN
2:Into the Shadows
'Your daughter was some sort of terrorist, wasn't she?'
People in high places, with disturbing revelations about Emma's past, seem keen to cash in on Craven's unofficial activities in London - for undisclosed purposes of their own. A night on the town,
American style, with Darius Jedburgh , has momentous implications.
Music by ERIC CLAPTON with MICHAEL KAMEN Film editor ARDAN FISHER Dubbing mixer ROB JAMES
Costume designer DENVER HALL Photography ANDREW DUNN
Produced by MICHAEL WEARING Directed by MARTIN CAMPBELL * CEEFAX SUBTITLES

Contributors

Unknown:
Troy Kennedy Martin
Unknown:
Darius Jedburgh
Music By:
Eric Clapton
Unknown:
Michael Kamen
Editor:
Ardan Fisher
Unknown:
Rob James
Unknown:
Andrew Dunn
Produced By:
Michael Wearing
Directed By:
Martin Campbell
Ronald Craven:
Bob Peck
Darius Jedburgh:
Joe Don Baker
Pendleton:
Charles Kay
Harcourt:
Ian McNeice
Emma Craven:
Joanne Whalley
Terry Shields:
Tim McLnnemy
ROSS:
John Woodv1ne
Jones:
David Fleeshman
Elham:
Paul Humpoletz
Dingle:
Bill Stewart
Desk sergeant:
Robert Hickson
Carlisle:
Anthony Douse
Merryweather:
Joel Cutrara
Kelly:
Mac McDonald
Ellen:
Lesley Burt
TV interviewer:
Sue Cook
Shadow:
Jay Roberts

Edge of Darkness

Series 1

Episode 2: Into the Shadows

Duration: 50 minutes

on BBC Two England

Classic 80s thriller serial. Craven goes to London to find out more about his daughter's murder, and begins to realise the full extent of her political involvement. Show more

John Tusa , Peter Snow Donald MacCormick and Olivia O'Leary with Jenni Murray , Ian Smith On the eve of the announcement of the Turner Prize for services to art, Joan Bakewell talks to
Howard Hodgkin , shortlisted for the second year running. Producers JANA BENNETT
MKE ROBINSON , TIM GARDAM MARK THOMPSON
Directors JOHN WILKINSON. CHRIS FOX Assignment editors
NICK GUTHRIE , COLIN STANBRIDGE Deputy editor TIM ORCHARD Editor RICHARD TAIT

Contributors

Unknown:
John Tusa
Unknown:
Peter Snow
Unknown:
Donald MacCormick
Unknown:
Olivia O'Leary
Unknown:
Jenni Murray
Unknown:
Ian Smith
Talks:
Joan Bakewell
Unknown:
Howard Hodgkin
Producers:
Jana Bennett
Unknown:
Mke Robinson
Unknown:
Tim Gardam
Unknown:
Mark Thompson
Directors:
John Wilkinson.
Unknown:
Nick Guthrie
Editor:
Tim Orchard
Editor:
Richard Tait

A series of 26 programmes
See the news as others see it, and brush up your French at the same time.
Tonight's bulletin comes from Radio Television Luxembourg and there's also a round-up of today's main stories around Europe.
Presented by Chantal Cuer

(to 23.55)

Contributors

Presenter:
Chantal Cuer
Director:
Philip Dolling
Producer:
Bernard Adams
Series Producer:
Terry Doyle

BBC Two England

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