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9.52 A-Level Studies: Statistics: 1: Sampling and Probability
What is the probability that a drunken driver will not fail a roadside test?
Can it be estimated?
(R) (E)

10.15 Science Workshop: Analysing (B)
(E)

10.38 History File: The Motor Car
David Bellamy, with the aid of much archive film never before seen on television, traces the impact of the car on society, starting from the days when the only thing that stood outside the suburban house to polish was a monkey-puzzle tree.
(R) (E)

11.0 Thinkabout: Cold as Ice
The fridge is broken! Brad and Mia find out the best way to stop their lollipops melting.
(E)

11.18 Child Care and Parenthood: 1: Where I'm At
Getting in touch with your own early childhood is a good way of approaching the study of young children. And if you've forgotten, your mother or grandmother may jog your memory.
(R) (E)

11.40 Scene: Scene in Northern Ireland
(For full details see tomorrow at 12.32 pm) (R) (E)

12.12 pm Dicho y hecho: Talking about yourself; feeling ill; saying you're sorry.
Basic skills in Spanish
(R) (E)

12.30 Excuse My French
For absolute beginners in French, these programmes demonstrate that communicating in another language can be fun and rewarding.
(R) (E)
Book, £5.25; two cassettes, £3.74 each; teachers' notes £1.50; including postage and packing to [address removed]. Enclose 9" x 5" sae. Cheques payable to BSS

12.45 Science Topics: Waves
Sound is used as an example of waves and their general properties.
(R) (E)

1.5 A vous la France
For beginners in French, a multi-media course (based on recordings and film sequences made with a wide variety of French people) which aims to teach enough French to handle practical situations and make social contact.
(R) (E)

1.38 Homeground: Made in Wales: 3: Wheels of Fortune
Manufacturing needs resources; raw materials, energy, a workforce and communications. Stephen Botcher examines these needs, looking in particular at plastics and steel.
(R) (E)

2.0 Watch: Clothes: Getting Ready for Winter
(E)

2.15 Music Time: Street Music
(E)

Contributors

Producer (A-Level Studies:
Statistics:): David Roseveare
Presenter (History File):
David Bellamy
Producer (History File):
Alan Ereira
Producer (Child Care and Parenthood):
John Chapple
Series Producer (Science Topics):
Peter Bratt
Presenter (Homeground):
Stephen Botcher
Producer (Homeground):
Derek Trimby

The CIS Insurance
United Kingdom Indoor
Singles Bowls Championship The last two second-round matches are played this afternoon. Last year's beaten finalist JOHN WATSON will be hoping to be on the rink to progress through to the final again this year.
His opponent could be ROD MCCUTCHEON,young contender for honours in the near future, if they both succeed in the first round.
The other match is difficult to predict, but it will depend on the first-round matches involving PIP BRANFIELD (England), DAVID CORKILL
(Ireland), JIM mutr (Scotland) and Yorkshire crown-green star BOB HTTCHIN.
Introduced by DAVID ICKE Commentators
DAVID RHYS JONES
JIMMY DAVIDSON Summarisers
MAL HUGHES , DAVID MCGILL Television presentation
KEITH PHILLIPS , KEITH MACKENZIE PETER HAYWARD
Executive producer NICK HUNTER including at

Contributors

Unknown:
John Watson
Unknown:
David Corkill
Unknown:
Bob Httchin.
Introduced By:
David Icke
Unknown:
David Rhys Jones
Unknown:
Jimmy Davidson
Unknown:
Mal Hughes
Unknown:
Keith Phillips
Unknown:
Keith MacKenzie
Unknown:
Peter Hayward
Producer:
Nick Hunter

Chairman Eamonn Andrews Panel Isobel Barnett Gilbert Harding
Barbara Kelly , Cyril Fletcher and a mystery guest celebrity Directed by RICHARD EVANS
Produced by JOHN WARRINGTON Devised by MARK GOODSON and BILL TODMAN Televised by arrangement with CBS and MAURICE WINNICK

Contributors

Unknown:
Eamonn Andrews
Unknown:
Isobel Barnett
Unknown:
Gilbert Harding
Unknown:
Barbara Kelly
Unknown:
Cyril Fletcher
Directed By:
Richard Evans
Produced By:
John Warrington
Unknown:
Mark Goodson
Unknown:
Maurice Winnick

by Troy Kennedy Martin
Starring James Ellis, Douglas Fielding
with Frank Windsor, John Phillips, Allan O'Keefe, Paul Stewart

It's like old times for Bert Lynch - he's out in a car and in the thick of it. There's this resilient, motherless boy, a strange defence adviser from the army, a dangerous gas leak, a corrupt police officer... and then there's this local worker-poet, back from Holland, tanked up and loaded...

Contributors

Writer:
Troy Kennedy Martin
Producer:
Ron Craddock
Director:
John McGrath
Ferris:
Tony Haygarth
Philpot:
Gavin Richards
Sgt Chubb:
Paul Stewart
Insp Lynch:
James Ellis
Det Supt Boley:
Alun Armstrong
Det Chief Supt Watt:
Frank Windsor
Danny:
Michael Gordon
Charlie:
Chris Darwin
Red William:
Philip Jackson
Maggie:
Christine Hargreaves
Maguire:
Neville Smith
Sgt Quilley:
Douglas Fielding
PC Render:
Allan O'Keefe
Bus driver:
Robert Putt
Girl at hostel:
Julia North
Big John:
Del Henney
Jim:
Tom Georgeson
Tank Top:
Kevin Lloyd
McGlin:
Colm Meaney
Terry:
John Gordon
Chief Constable:
John Phillips

A ballet by MICHAEL FOKINE Music IGOR STRAVINSKY Original designs
NATALIA GONTCHAROVA
This Russian fairy-tale ballet was commissioned by Serge Diaghilev for the second visit of his Ballet Russes to Paris in 1910. The production was an instant success and the score has become one of Stravinsky's most popular. This television version, directed by MARGARET DALE , is based on the Royal Ballet's production that was revived to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Diaghilev's death in 1954. and ARTISTS OF
THE ROYAL BALLET
ORCHESTRA OF
THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE leader CHARLES TAYLOR conducted by John Lanchbery
The Royal Ballet production revived by SERGE GRIGORIEV
LUBOV TCHERNICHEVA. Designed for television by KEITH NORMAN Producer MARGARET DALE

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Fokine
Music:
Igor Stravinsky
Unknown:
Serge Diaghilev
Directed By:
Margaret Dale
Leader:
Charles Taylor
Conducted By:
John Lanchbery
Unknown:
Serge Grigoriev
Unknown:
Lubov Tchernicheva.
Television By:
Keith Norman
Producer:
Margaret Dale
Firebird:
Nadia Nerina
Ivan Tsarevitch:
Ronald Hynd
Kostchei:
Frankun White
Princess:
Deanne Bergsma

by DENNIS POTTER
This extraordinary tale of seven West Country children idling away the summer in 1943 won the BAFTA Award for the best play in 1979. Music composed by MARC WILKINSON Produced by KENlTH TRODD Directed by BRIAN GIBSON

Contributors

Unknown:
Dennis Potter
Composed By:
Marc Wilkinson
Produced By:
Kenlth Trodd
Directed By:
Brian Gibson
Willie:
Colin Welland
Peter:
McHael Elphick
John:
Robin Ellis
Raymond:
John Bird
Angela:
Helen Mirren
Audrey:
Janine Duvitski
Donald Duck:
C0lin Jeavons

Analysis and comment on the day's major events presented by Peter Snow
Donald MacCormick and Nick Worrall with the interviews that matter.
And the day's news from home and abroad with Ian Smith , Nick Clarke GillNevill and Chris Lowe Producers
TIM GARDAM. MARK THOMPSON DIANA MORTON. JOHN BRIDCUT Directors CHRIS FOX
JOHN WILKINSON. JAMES GOULD Assignment editors
NICK GUTHRIE. ADRIAN MILNE Deputy editor TIM ORCHARD Editor RICHARD TATT

Contributors

Presented By:
Peter Snow
Presented By:
Donald MacCormick
Presented By:
Nick Worrall
Unknown:
Ian Smith
Unknown:
Nick Clarke
Unknown:
Chris Lowe
Producers:
Tim Gardam.
Unknown:
Thompson Diana Morton.
Unknown:
John Bridcut
Directors:
Chris Fox
Unknown:
John Wilkinson.
Unknown:
Nick Guthrie.
Unknown:
Adrian Milne

Every night from 1964 until 1972 this celebrated and controversial series presented a daily review of television and the contemporary arts. Now, 14 years on, the programme returns, for this week only, with four of the original presenters: Joan Bakewell
Denis Tuohy , Michael Dean and Tony Bilbow
Each evening they and their guests celebrate BBC Television's golden anniversary and give a critical view of life on and off 'the box' in 1986.

Contributors

Presenters:
Joan Bakewell
Unknown:
Denis Tuohy
Unknown:
Michael Dean
Unknown:
Tony Bilbow

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