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with Janet Ellis, Peter Duncan and Mark Curry

If you always miss a Monday or Thursday Blue Peter, now's your chance to catch up!
Don't miss the first omnibus edition, with the Famous Three - not forgetting Bonnie and Willow.

Contributors

Presenter:
Janet Ellis
Presenter:
Peter Duncan
Presenter:
Mark Curry
Assistant Editor:
Lewis Bronze
Editor:
Biddy Baxter

by VIVIEN ALCOCK
Dramatised in four parts by JULIA JONES
2: Kate cannot bear the idea that Rosie might be her missing sister, Emma. Only Rosie's mother knows the truth, but she has vanished.
Executive producer PAUL STONE Director MARILYN FOX

Contributors

Producer:
Paul Stone
Director:
Marilyn Fox
Kate Seton:
Joanna Joseph
Rosie:
Shelley Measures
Anthony Seton:
Michael N. Harbour
Margaret Seton:
Victoria Fairbrother
Elizabeth Wait:
Jo Kendall
Mrs Trapp:
Toni Palmer

Starring John Mills, Sylvia Syms, Mark Lester

The moving story of a mute boy and his love for a white colt set in the wilds of Dartmoor.
Ten-year-old Philip Ransome has not spoken since the age of 3. He leads a lonely, isolated existence preferring the company of the wild animals of the moor to his parents. One day he chances upon a beautiful colt and forms a relationship which will change everyone's lives.

Films: page 26

Contributors

Screenplay/From his novel "The White Colt":
David Rook
Producer:
John Danischewsky
Director:
Richard C. Sarafian
Moorman:
John Mills
Mr Ransome:
Gordon Jackson
Mrs Ransome:
Sylvia Syms
Philip Ransome:
Mark Lester
Reg:
Bernard Miles
Diana:
Fiona Fullerton

Introduced by Nigel Starmer-Smith
Bill McLaren commentates on this Borders match between two of the top Scottish club sides, which could be the hardest test of the season for Hawick if they are to retain the title which they have held for the last three years. Highlights of this match, plus news and views of the rest of the weekend's rugby.

Contributors

Presenter:
Nigel Starmer-Smith
Commentator:
Bill McLaren
Series Producer:
Huw Jones

Today sees the climax of this prestigious nine-day tournament when 28 top flat green and four of crown green's star performers set out to share a total prize stake of £28,600 with £7,000 to the winner. This afternoon, the first four sets of a marathon nine-set match are played on this beautiful portable rink at the Guild
Hall, Preston. Jim Baker from Ireland was the victor last year, but in the running for today's title of UK Champion could be Terry Sullivan, 1984 UK and 1985 World title holder, the master himself David Bryant, and current World Indoor Singles and Pairs champion Terry Allcock.
The scene is set by David Icke
Commentators DAVID RHYS JONES, JIMMY DAVIDSON
Television presentation KEITH PHILLIPS, KEITH MACKENZIE, PETER HAYWARD
Executive producer NICK HUNTER

Contributors

Unknown:
Terry Sullivan
Unknown:
David Bryant
Unknown:
Terry Allcock.
Unknown:
David Icke
Unknown:
David Rhys Jones
Unknown:
Jimmy Davidson
Unknown:
Keith Phillips
Unknown:
Keith MacKenzie
Unknown:
Peter Hayward
Producer:
Nick Hunter

On a tiny site in Kensington in the backyard of the Royal College of Music a small and exquisitely crafted new opera house has been built. It's called the Britten Theatre after one of the college's most distinguished past students - Benjamin Britten. Last
Wednesday HM The Queen and HRH The Prince of Wales attended the opening gala performance given by past and present students.
This programme traces the background story of the theatre that has been designed by a team headed by SIR HUGH CASSON and features excerpts from the gala evening.
Operatic arias are sung by Anne Evans and Valerie Masterson (sopranos)
Sarah Walker
(mezzo-soprano) and Stafford Dean (bass)
Part of the third act of Britten's 'A Midsummer
Night's Dream' is performed by college students.
Royal College of Music Orchestra conducted by James Lockhart Commentary by MICHAEL BERKELEY Film editor ROY FRY
OB lighting GEOFF RATHBONE OB sound GRAHAM HAINES Associate producer JONATHAN FULFORD
Producer KENNETH CORDEN

Contributors

Unknown:
Benjamin Britten.
Unknown:
Sir Hugh Casson
Sung By:
Anne Evans
Sopranos:
Valerie Masterson
Mezzo-Soprano:
Sarah Walker
Bass:
Stafford Dean
Conducted By:
James Lockhart
Commentary By:
Michael Berkeley
Editor:
Roy Fry
Unknown:
Geoff Rathbone
Unknown:
Graham Haines
Producer:
Jonathan Fulford
Producer:
Kenneth Corden

This week Michael Ignatieff and his guests
Malcolm Bradbury ,
Professor of American
Studies, UEA; Robert Hunter
Director of European Studies, Georgetown University; and David Reynolds , lecturer in international relations, Cambridge, discuss the Special
Relationship: let's call the whole thing off.
Researcher HILARY HODGSON
Studio director MARK HARRISON Producer AMANDA THEUNISSEN BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Ignatieff
Unknown:
Malcolm Bradbury
Unknown:
Robert Hunter
Unknown:
David Reynolds
Unknown:
Hilary Hodgson
Director:
Mark Harrison
Producer:
Amanda Theunissen

Brian Widlake and Valerie Singleton present Britain's most popular financial and business programme. With Paul Burden, Tom Maddocks and Mark Rogerson reporting from home and abroad on your money - and other people's.
Books: The Money Makers, Six Portraits of Power in Industry, £3.95; The Small Business Guide, £6.50; Whatever Happened to Britain? £9.95 hardback, £4.95 paperback, from booksellers

Contributors

Presenter:
Brian Widlake
Presenter:
Valerie Singleton
Reporter:
Paul Burden
Reporter:
Tom Maddocks
Reporter:
Mark Rogerson
Studio Director:
Kathy Gee
Editor:
Jonathan Crane

Ludovic Kennedy presents his selection of the week's TV and discusses: Open Air
(BBC1), First Among Equals (Granada) and Strangers
Abroad (Channel Four) with Clement Freud , mp; writer
Beverly Anderson ; and Jean La Fontaine, President of the Royal Anthropological Institute.
Studio director NICHOLAS BARKER Producer CHARLES MILLER
(Shortened version tomorrow 5.15)

Contributors

Unknown:
Ludovic Kennedy
Unknown:
Clement Freud
Unknown:
Beverly Anderson
Director:
Nicholas Barker
Producer:
Charles Miller

'In the past 50 years I can't think of anything that television has done so well.... as natural history.' (DESMOND MORRIS ) The animals had to be cuddly, loveable and, if possible, do party tricks under the studio lights. Then they were shunted back home to the zoos.
That was in the beginning; the programmes were simple - and immensely popular.
'Animal television' has come a long way since then. Desmond Morris , who presented one of those early
'zoo' series, traces the history of changing attitudes and techniques - from, for example, those of Armand and Michaela Denis , where the humans were the stars, to mega-series like Life on Earth; from clockwork cameras to infra-red photography.
Apart from gathering together some of the most stunning natural history film of the past 50 years (from both BBC and ITV), the programme also includes the views and stories of programme makers, producers and such pioneers as Peter Scott and David Attenborough.
Film editor DAVID B. THOMSON
Assistant producer IMOGEN SUTTON Producer SUE BOURNE

Contributors

Unknown:
Desmond Morris
Unknown:
Desmond Morris
Unknown:
Michaela Denis
Unknown:
Peter Scott
Unknown:
David Attenborough.
Editor:
David B. Thomson
Producer:
Imogen Sutton
Producer:
Sue Bourne

Seven films on the love-lives of people round the world. 5: The Limits of Fidelity
Does stable marriage depend on sexual fidelity? What happens when one partner breaks the agreement?
Married couples in Japan,
Kenya, Egypt, and California talk about the limits they impose on each other's love-lives.
In Japan a husband assures
Lovelaw that his wife accepts his sexual 'play', and his wife gives her view of the matter; in Kenya meet a husband, his wife, and his mistress; in Egypt learn why practically no-one is unfaithful; and two Californian couples explain how they can be sexually unfaithful while remaining emotionally committed to each other.
Assistant producers
ANGELA KAYE .MUKTI JAIN
Producer WILLIAM NICHOLSON
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Contributors

Unknown:
Angela Kaye
Unknown:
Mukti Jain
Producer:
William Nicholson

The CIS Insurance
United Kingdom Indoor
Singles Bowls Championship The Final (conclusion)
The final five sets of this tournament are played this evening and this year's victor will be presented with the UK trophy. Summarisers
MAL HUGHES and DAVID MCGILL

Contributors

Unknown:
Mal Hughes
Unknown:
David McGill

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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