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9.35 Treffpunkt Osterreich: Auf dem Bauernhof/Schifahren auf dem Dachstein
A language resource programme.
What is it like to ski in high summer, to live in the mountains and help on a farm?
(R) (E)

9.52: Look, Look and Look Again: If You Go Down to the Woods...
Classes in Clwyd and London both find that living things in their environment can inspire exciting art projects.
(R) (E)

10.15 Look and Read: Badger Girl: Mick's Map
From Mick's map, the children know where the crooks are keeping the ponies. But maybe they made a mistake and sent the police to the wrong place!
Written by Andrew Davies
With Margo Gunn, John Hollis, Ashiek Madhvani, James Marston, Julia Millbank, Nick Orchard, Kieron O'Shea, William Squire, Charles Collingwood, Katie Hebb, Gary Watson
(R) (E)

10.38 Investigating Science: Made to Measure
A look at the importance of measurements in science: why they need to be precise and unambiguous, and why they need to be based on internationally-agreed standards. 'If you cannot measure it,' said Lord Kelvin, 'then it is not science.'
(E)

11.0 Watch: Clothes: Wet and Dry
Who wore the first 'mac'? Why does water flow off a duck's back?
The story of Charles Macintosh, the inventor of the 'mac'. James and Jaye look at some ways in which people and water birds protect themselves against the wet.
Presented by James Earl Adair and Jaye Griffiths
(E)

11.17 Now and Then: The Rise and Fall of King Coal
A child's-eye view of the history of the coal-mining industry in South Wales, with children from Pare Primary School in the Rhondda.
(E)

11.40 Wondermaths: Programme 7
Stella has a problem hanging Hudson's picture and solves it by making a net.
(E)

11.57 MI 10: Mathematical Investigations
13: Folds
Fold a piece of paper in half. Fold that in half. And again... forever?
14: The Right Shape
Why is the so-called golden rectangle such a popular shape?
(R) (E)

12.18 pm Maths Counts: Drawing the Line
Can figures lie? Wendy finds out the hard way.
With Roy Kinnear, Sarah James, Nick Orchard, Leo Wringer, William Wilde, Pam St Clement
(R) (E)

12.40 Politics of Pressure: 2: Behind Closed Doors
Five programmes about the art of political lobbying.
Lobbying MPs and peers; hiring parliamentary consultants. Should such activities be made public? Private Members' bills: the recent battle between the Consumers' Association and the Law Society over conveyancing. Julian Critchley, MP, and Austin Mitchell, MP, are on the receiving end.
(E)

1.5 Telejournal
(E)

1.38 Walrus - Guess What?: The Truth?
What do you think David will do? Your answer depends on what sort of person you think he is. Michael Rosen and the team have their own ideas, but do you agree? Clues presented by David Freeman.
(R) (E)

Contributors

Producer (Treffpunkt Osterreich):
Susan Paton
Producer (Look, Look and Look Again):
Edward Hayward
Writer (Look and Read):
Andrew Davies
Assistant producer (Look and Read):
Roger Fry
Producer (Look and Read):
Susan Paton
Jane Miles:
Margo Gunn
Barker:
John Hollis
Kiran:
Ashiek Madhvani
Deal:
James Marston
Debbie:
Julia Millbank
Mick Rudge:
Nick Orchard
Norman:
Kieron O'Shea
The Badgerman:
William Squire
Wordy (voice):
Charles Collingwood
Wordy (puppeteer):
Katie Hebb
Narrator:
Gary Watson
Producer (Investigating Science):
Caroline Godley
Series Producer (Investigating Science):
Robin Gwyn
Presenter (Watch):
James Earl Adair
Presenter (Watch):
Jaye Griffiths
Producer (Watch):
Julie Callanan
Series Producer (Watch):
Julia Drum
Film Editor (Now and Then):
Hugh Tasman
Radiophonic Music (Now and Then):
Roger Limb
Producer (Now and Then):
Pat Farrington
Writer (Wondermaths):
Colin Davis
Consultant (Wondermaths):
John Sharpe
Producer (Wondermaths):
David Scott Cowan
Zak:
Christopher Lillicrap
Stella:
Sita Ramamurthy
Voice of Hudson:
Jonathan Izard
Presenter (MI 10:
Mathematical Investigations): Hilary Clough
Film Editor (MI 10:
Mathematical Investigations): John Billingham
Producer (MI 10:
Mathematical Investigations): Robin Mudge
Director (Maths Counts):
Derek Longhurst
Series Producer (Maths Counts):
David Roseveare
[Actor]:
Roy Kinnear
[Actress]:
Sarah James
[Actor]:
Nick Orchard
[Actor]:
Leo Wringer
[Actor]:
William Wilde
[Actress]:
Pam St Clement
Devised by (Politics of Pressure):
Malcolm Davies
Subject (Politics of Pressure):
Julian Critchley
Subject (Politics of Pressure):
Austin Mitchell
Narrator (Politics of Pressure):
Moira Stuart
Director (Politics of Pressure):
Chris Lent
Producer (Politics of Pressure):
Tony Roberts
Presenter (Walrus):
Michael Rosen
Clues presented by (Walrus):
David Freeman
Producer (Walrus):
Morton Surguy

A series for 4- and 5-year-olds.
Gary is in a terrible temper but all turns out well for Cosmo and Dibs.
Introducing the number four. Book: "New Blue Shoes" by Eve Rice
(R) (E)

Contributors

Presenter:
Gary Wilmot
Cosmo:
Frances Kay
Dibs:
Francis Wright
Author (New Blue Shoes):
Eve Rice
Producer:
Richard Callanan

In a famous poem of 1914, Thomas Hardy, witnessing the great mobilisation of that fateful year, wrote movingly of 'men who march away', to all the uncertainties and dubious glories of war. This programme is about 'men who came back'. Twenty-one former soldiers from five nations - Britain, America, Australia, Germany and Israel - describe their experiences in as many major wars.

Contributors

Producer:
Malcolm Brown
Production assistant:
Jill Dales
Film editor:
Clive Overlander

Thirty minutes of conversation, music and entertainment in the company of Pamela
Armstrong. Today she meets the children of extraordinary talent. They're totally dedicated, and work long hours but the rewards can be enormous. A must for those Mrs Worthingtons ignoring that well-meant advice about children and the stage.

After tasting the first scallops of the season in Bridport,
Keith Floyd was inspired to suggest that this Dorset market town should form a festival for this delicious seafood, and he cooks the humble but tasty sprat as well as the noble sea-bass. Film editor DAVID SHARP
Producer DAVID PRITCHARD BBC South West (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Keith Floyd
Editor:
David Sharp
Producer:
David Pritchard

Winner of last year's coveted Regional Programme Award from the Royal Television Society.
Every year an estimated 3,000 swans are poisoned to death by anglers' lead weights. The programme tells of one man's desperate struggle to save some of these injured and dying swans. Since the film was first shown, the Government has announced that from next year it will ban the supply of most lead weights used by anglers. Narrator Ian Holm
Film cameraman RICHARD COMRIE Film editor MIKE STOKES Producer DICK MEADOWS

Contributors

Narrator:
Ian Holm
Unknown:
Richard Comrie
Editor:
Mike Stokes
Producer:
Dick Meadows

Introduced by Ray Moore from the Wolverhampton Music School
Earlier this year Ray Moore visited some of the schools and music colleges that provided the young musical talent for last season's
Schools Prom. In this short series of four programmes, he speaks to the teachers, tutors and young musicians who came to the Royal Albert Hall in London for the concerts last autumn, and watches them in rehearsal in their schools and colleges. In this programme, groups from the Midlands are featured:
The Wolverhampton Concert Band
The King Edward VI College, Stourbridge, Flute Quartet and Electrodance and the Academy of St Philip's, Birmingham
IProducer KEN GRIFFIN
(The Schools Prom is organised by Music for Youth in association with The Rank Organisation and Commercial Union Assurance)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Ray Moore
Unknown:
Ray Moore
Unknown:
Ken Griffin

Clogs and cobbles perhaps that's all the visitor expects of Bradford. But in fact, it's a modern city surrounded by stunning countryside and all set to become the tourist centre of Yorkshire.
Associate producer JONATHAN KING Production PETER HAMILTON BBC Manchester

Contributors

Producer:
Jonathan King
Unknown:
Peter Hamilton

by Chris Ellis
Who is worst off: Joanne's mother, whose boss can't keep his hands off - or elderly teacher Mr James who is being pushed out of his job - or young Joanne who can't get a job at all? When they get together, Mr James's farewell dinner doesn't exactly run to plan.
With Marion Bailey, Geoffrey Bayldon, Marcus D'Amico, Geoffrey Leesley, Elaine Lordan, Michael Roberts
(First shown in the teenager's series Scene)

Contributors

Writer:
Chris Ellis
Producer:
Roger Tonge
[Actress]:
Marion Bailey
[Actor]:
Geoffrey Bayldon
[Actor]:
Marcus D'Amico
[Actor]:
Geoffrey Leesley
[Actress]:
Elaine Lordan
[Actor]:
Michael Roberts

A Medieval Affair
The Domesday Book was completed 900 years ago but it says little about the daily worries and concerns of the people whose land and animals are recorded in so much detail.
Tonight Peter France and Dr Christopher Dyer of the University of Birmingham evoke something of the real lives of those people at the Weald and Downland Open
Air Museum in Sussex. They are helped by three films:
Christopher Andrew learns from England rugby star
Mark Bailey about the social and economic impact of the rabbit;
Patricia Morison explains some of the ways open to men and women of those times to cure their illness and complaints;
Norman Stone investigates why there has never been another Domesday Book - a register of just who owns this green and pleasant land. He has uncovered a story of centuries of privacy, secrecy and vested interests which has left England as the only country in Europe without a public and accessible register of land ownership. Produced by CHRIS MOHR
MARGARET WINDHAM HEFFERNAN
NIKKI STOCKLEY. ANTONIA BENEDEK Editor ROY DAVIES

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter France
Unknown:
Dr Christopher Dyer
Unknown:
Christopher Andrew
Unknown:
Mark Bailey
Unknown:
Patricia Morison
Unknown:
Norman Stone
Produced By:
Chris Mohr
Produced By:
Margaret Windham Heffernan
Produced By:
Nikki Stockley.
Produced By:
Antonia Benedek
Editor:
Roy Davies

Presented by Chris Kelly Michael Barry and Jill Goolden
Week by week ... food news, investigations, challenges, tests, tastings and, of course, the craftiest cooking.
Top Chef Challenge ... With just E25 Michael Quinn cooks a week's meals for a couple of old age pensioners. And he must only use fresh food. Are They Getting There?
British Rail's new tea and coffee are put to the test.
Not Quite Like Mum Makes
... crafty recipes for apple pie and apple dumplings follow a special report by Germaine Greer about people's shameful neglect of apples. Film directors
DEBORAH PERKIN. IMOGEN SUTTON Studio director JEREMY MILLS Producer PETER BAZALGETTE
0 FEATURE: page 99

Contributors

Presented By:
Chris Kelly
Presented By:
Michael Barry
Presented By:
Jill Goolden
Unknown:
Michael Quinn
Unknown:
Germaine Greer
Unknown:
Deborah Perkin.
Unknown:
Imogen Sutton
Producer:
Peter Bazalgette

starring
Gene Hackman Susan Clark
Hired by a former
Hollywood starlet to find her daughter,
Harry Moseby - football star, turned detective - heads for Florida, where he finds the promiscuous teenager. Gradually, Moseby gets involved in the family's complicated and unhappy relationships - and an illegal smuggling activity. A witty and topical screenplay lifts the film above the level of the conventional thriller and allows Hackman to give one of his finest performances as the disillusioned detective.
Screenplay by ALAN SHARP
Produced by ROBERT M. SHERMAN Directed by ARTHUR PENN 0 FILMS: page 26

Contributors

Unknown:
Gene Hackman
Unknown:
Susan Clark
Unknown:
Harry Moseby
Play By:
Alan Sharp
Produced By:
Robert M. Sherman
Directed By:
Arthur Penn
Harry Moseby:
Gene Hackman
Ellen:
Susan Clark
Paula:
Jennifer Warren
Ziegler:
Edward Binns
Marty Heller:
Harris Yuun
Nick:
Kenneth Mars
Arlene Iverson:
Janet Ward
Quentin:
James Woods
Marv Ellman:
Anthony Costello
Tom Iverson:
John Crawford
Delly Grastner:
Melanie Griffith
Charles:
Ben Archibeck

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
Gill NevUl and Chris Lowe

Contributors

Presented By:
Peter Snow
Presented By:
Donald MacCormick
Presented By:
Nick Worrall
Unknown:
Ian Smith
Unknown:
Nick Clarke
Unknown:
Gill Nevul
Unknown:
Chris Lowe

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