Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 279,803 playable programmes from the BBC

9.25 Mind How You Go: 8: Dark, Wet and Icy
Ten programmes about road accident prevention presented by Jimmy Savile OBE.
(R)

9.38 Science Workshop: Stability (2)
Why it's safe on top of a double decker, toys that won't lie down, and why tall cranes don't topple.
(R)

10.0 You and Me: I'm a Little Teapot
A series for 4- and 5-year-olds
Jennifer Wilson takes Tessa, Jane, Stuart and Adam to visit a pottery and they return with some creative ideas.
(R)

10.15 Maths Counts: 4: A Table in Time
by John Tully
Sex on British Rail? Not quite! But SX enables Wendy to get Steven out of trouble.
(R)

10.38 Maths Topics: Statistics: 3
Data reduction: measures of central tendency and of spread.
(R)

11.0 Words and Pictures: Fishing

11.17 Let's See: Up in the Mountains: 2: Highland Fairy Myths and Legends

11.40 Scene: What's it Like to be Old?

12.10 pm On the Rocks: 8: Potential Energy
Ten programmes about the evolution of the landscape around us.
Coal and Oil Deposits
(R)

12.35 Swim: 8: Springboard Diving
A series for swimmers and non-swimmers of all ages - with the accent on recreation rather than competition.
(R)
(A change from details published in the Schools Annual Timetable)

1.0 Maths Help: 8: Equations
A series for adults studying maths to O-level, offering help with common difficulties.
(R)

1.15 Job Bank: Technical Jobs in Television

1.38 Home Ground: Communications: 4: Post-haste!
The post is a very important part of the communications network. It enables us to send letters and printed material anywhere in the world. How does the Post Office organise this?
BBC Wales

2.0 Watch: Horns
James and Louise look at horns of all kinds. Children from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama introduce the brass instruments of the orchestra and there is a film of some young children visiting the zoo to study animals with horns. There's also the wolfs theme from Peter and the Wolf. Presented by Louise Hall-Taylor and James Earl Adair

2.18 Walrus: After Four: 4
by Cathy Pellicer
Different dialects can be confusing, so when you're writing it's best to use language which is 'sort of a bit posh'.
(R)

2.40 Zig Zag: DIY Puppetry

Contributors

Presenter (Mind How You Go):
Jimmy Savile
Presenter (You and Me):
Jennifer Wilson
Writer (Maths Counts):
John Tully
Presenter (Home Ground):
Vera Ding
Producer (Home Ground):
Christine Truran
Presenter (Watch):
Louise Hall-Taylor
Presenter (Watch):
James Earl Adair
Producer (Watch):
Julie Callanan
Series Producer (Watch):
David Taft
Writer (Walrus):
Cathy Pellicer
Producer (Walrus):
Morton Surguy

An antidote to the stately home and pot plant type of gardening programmes.
Here's the series specially for the amateur who enjoys vegetable growing; perhaps keeping livestock on the patch; and, when good enough, growing for the exhibition bench.
Director ALAN FARRINGTON Producer ERIC ROBSON
An information leaflet to accompany this series can be obtained by sending a large sae to:
[address removed]

Contributors

Director:
Alan Farrington
Producer:
Eric Robson

starring
Louis Gossett Jr
Cleavon Little
Leroy 'Satchel' Paige was bom into poverty - in Mobile, Alabama - in 1906. In 1971 he was inducted into America's
Baseball Hall of Fame and had become a living legend. This biopic tells the story of Paige's rise to fame and his fight against racial prejudice to become the first black player with the major league, Cleveland Indians.
Screenplay by ROB RUBIN
Produced by STANLEY RUBIN Directed by RICHARD COLLA
(First showing on British television) 0 FILMS: page 27

Contributors

Unknown:
Rob Rubin
Produced By:
Stanley Rubin
Directed By:
Richard Colla
Leroy 'Satchel'Paige:
Louis Gossett Jr
Robert Thompson:
Cleavon Little
Lahoma Brown:
Beverly Todd
Josh Gibson:
Ernie Barnes
J L Wilkinson:
Jim Davis
Mama Paige:
Tommie Stewart
Carl Roberts:
Hal Williams
Cool Papa Bell:
Clifton Davis
Chuffy Russal:
Ossie Davis
Jake Wells:
John Beradino
Mr Andrews:
J R Horne
Sugar Boy Porter:
Donnie Walker
Bartender:
Donald Blakely
Ramona:
Candy Ann Brown
Darlene:
Gloria Gifford
Chester:
Leopoldo Mandeville
Dizzy Dean:
Earle Willoughby
Mrs Parker:
Coija Lafayette
Young Satchel:
Milton Stafford

The famous fairy story of the princess who is cursed by the evil Carabosse, and falls asleep for 100 years.
(First broadcast on BBC Schools Television)

Record or cassette, The Sleeping Beauty (Tchaikovsky), BBC 3003 stereo
Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty (dramatic highlights), REGL 418/ZCF 418
The Magic of Dance, REP 363/ZCH 363 from retailers

Contributors

Narration:
Helen Speirs
Music:
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Animation:
Bura and Hardwick
Puppets and direction:
Alan Platt
Producer:
Elizabeth Bennett

Crime, corruption, conflicts at home and work - all contribute to the growing caseload of Britain's courts. In the studio David Jessel and Sue Cook question the victims and villains, lawmakers and enforcers.
Out on the street, on lawful and unlawful occasions, is reporter Ed Boyle
This week: Victimisation?
Two students take part in a demonstration quelled by the police. They complain about police conduct and then frightening, intimidating events disturb their lives ... Director PIETER MORPURGO
Series producer HUGH PURCELL

Contributors

Unknown:
David Jessel
Unknown:
Sue Cook
Reporter:
Ed Boyle
Director:
Pieter Morpurgo
Producer:
Hugh Purcell

Serving
The Fellows' butler, the cellarman and the catering staff are the people who make the college run as smoothly as possible in the hectic preparations for a magnificent college feast - with its nine courses and eight different wines.
And a rowdy Saturday night tests porter IVAN PAGE'S powers of diplomacy. The students might be infuriating but for the bedmakers, known as 'bedders', they can be an amusing source of intimate gossip ...
Despite low pay, there are compensations, such as the subsidised staff outing to Boulogne and staff party - the one day of the year when roles are reversed. The President and Fellows serve them in the splendid Old Hall.
Photography ALEX HANSEN Sound JOHN PRITCHARD Film editor LIZ TENNENT
Commentary ROGER MILLS
Assistant producer IMOGEN SUTTON Producer MICHAEL WALDMAN

Contributors

Producer:
Imogen Sutton
Producer:
Michael Waldman

continues a major season of films new to television tonight starring
Wendy Hughes Norman Kaye
Following the death of his mother, Peter Thompson decides that life ought to hold more than an empty house and a dachshund. He decides to sport 50 dollars on an introduction via a lonely hearts club. To his surprise and delight his first intro is to the attractive Patricia. But Peter soon finds that the course of true love never runs smooth ...
This movie blends humour and romance in its story of two people for whom love often means having to say you're sorry.
Screenplay by PAUL cox and JOHN CLARKE
Produced by JOHN B. MURRAY Directed by PAUL cox
(First showing on British television)
0 FILMS: page 27

Contributors

Unknown:
Wendy Hughes
Unknown:
Norman Kaye
Unknown:
Peter Thompson
Play By:
Paul Cox
Unknown:
John Clarke
Produced By:
John B. Murray
Directed By:
Paul Cox
Patricia:
Wendy Hughes
Peter:
Norman Kaye
George:
Jon Finlayson
Pamela:
Julia Blake
Bruce:
Jonathan Hardy
Patricia's mother:
Irene Inescort
Patricia's father:
Vic Gordon
Peter's father:
Ted Grove-Rogers
Wig salesman:
Ronald Falk
Detective:
Chris Haywood
Sally Gordon:
Diana Greentree
Pshychiatrist:
Margaret Steven
Rosemarie:
Kris McQuade
Priest:
Laurie Dobson

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.

Appears in

About this data

This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More