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9.30 Casebook Scotland: Decisions! Decisions!
Choosing your career path at the end of the fourth year.
(R) (e)

9.52 Look and Read: Dark Towers: 1: Dark Towers in Danger
(e)

10.15 Around Scotland: Scottish Inventions: 1: Pedal Power
The Dumfriesshire blacksmith Kirkpatrick Macmillan could never have imagined how his experimental, pedal-driven, two-wheeled vehicle would eventually develop.
(e)

10.38 Geography Casebook: Britain Inner City: 1
The first of two programmes about the fluctuating fortunes of Glasgow - from Victorian boom to the present day.
(R) (e)

11.00 Storytime: The King, the Mice and the Cheese
(e)

11.18 Wondermaths: Programme 1 (e)

11.35 Let's See: Where I Live: 1: In the Town
(e)

12.00 English File: The Northern 50s
During the 1950s the literary face of Britain changed dramatically. A new generation of writers was making its voice heard. The setting was the northern town or city, and the language was the language of the streets.
(R) (e)

12.35pm Scene: Just Deserts
by Chris Ellis
What does an unemployed, 17-year-old girl have in common with an elderly teacher who is being pushed into early retirement?
(e)

1.05 Encounter: Austria: Mountain Rescue
(e)

Contributors

Producer (Casebook Scotland):
Robert Clark
Presenter (Around Scotland):
John Carmichael
Producer (Around Scotland):
Marianne Baird
Producer (Geography Casebook):
Len Brown
Producer (English File):
Diane Morgan
Writer (Scene):
Chris Ellis
Producer (Scene):
Roger Tonge

A See-Saw programme
It's a windy day in Greendale and Pat has a job steering his van.
(R)

1 38 Walrus: Work it Out: Where Are We?
Four young people and Michael Rosen start to read a book They work out what it seems to be about and think about what comes next.
Dramatised excerpts written by Jan Needle
Taking part Jenny Luckraft, Michael Shuttleworth, Jack Carr, Helen Barnaby
(R) (e)

Contributors

Presenter (Walrus):
Michael Rosen
Writer (Walrus):
Jan Needle
Narrator (Walrus):
Pattie Coldwell
Producer (Walrus):
Morton Surguy
[Actress]:
Jenny Luckraft
[Actor]:
Michael Shuttleworth
[Actor]:
Jack Carr
[Actress]:
Helen Barnaby

A series for 4- and 5-year-olds
When Dibs breaks a lamp he makes Cosmo promise not to tell Harry. Dressing-up song: "What if you were a witch?" by Jill Murphy
(R) (e)

Contributors

Presenter:
Harry Towb
Author (What if you were a witch?):
Jill Murphy
Animation:
Peter Lang
Studio Director:
Clare Elstow

On the eve of Britain's richest day's racing, BBC television covers four races on the Leonard Cheshire Foundation Charity Day.
2.30 The Havelet Leasing Stakes (Handicap, ljm)
3.05 The WillianrHill Golden Spurs (Handicap. 5f)
3.40 The Taylor Woodrow Team Charity Stakes (Handicap. 1m)
Introduced by JULIAN WILSON including at
2.55 News and Weather
3.55-4.00 News and Weather Regional News and Weather

Contributors

Unknown:
Taylor Woodrow
Introduced By:
Julian Wilson

Racing from Ascot
4.15 The Ewar Stud Farms Stakes for Apprentices (Handicap. ljm)
Introduced by JULIAN WILSON Commentators
PETER O'SULLEVAN
JIMMY LINDLEY
JOHN HANMER
Producer FRED VINER
Championship Darts The Unipart British
Professional Championship from Redcar
Highlights of yesterday evening's matches are introduced by TONY GUBBA Producer KEITH PHILLIPS

Contributors

Introduced By:
Julian Wilson
Unknown:
Peter O'Sullevan
Unknown:
Jimmy Lindley
Unknown:
John Hanmer
Producer:
Fred Viner
Introduced By:
Tony Gubba
Producer:
Keith Phillips

The Cumbria Way, stretching 70 miles between Ulverston and Carlisle, passes through some of the most beautiful scenery in the north west. Devised by enthusiasts shortly after the county's creation in the mid-70s, it is still one of the lesser-known long-distance foothpaths.
Colin Philpott took a week out to walk it encountering a lot of Cumbrian characters on the way.
Assistant producer
AMANDA WINCKWORTH
Executive producer STEVE IRELAND

Contributors

Unknown:
Colin Philpott
Unknown:
Amanda Winckworth
Producer:
Steve Ireland

Presented by Chris Kelly Doing battle are resident cooks Michael Barry and Michael Smith drinks experts Jill Goolden and Oz Clarke with special guests actress Nerys Hughes and actor Daniel Hill
Producer JEREMY MILLS Series producer
PETER BAZALGETTE (R)
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Contributors

Presented By:
Chris Kelly
Unknown:
Michael Barry
Unknown:
Michael Smith
Unknown:
Jill Goolden
Unknown:
Oz Clarke
Unknown:
Nerys Hughes
Unknown:
Daniel Hill
Producer:
Jeremy Mills
Unknown:
Peter Bazalgette

continues a season of films featuring
EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS 'S jungle hero.
Tonight starring Bruce Bennett
Frank Baker
In search of a French airman lost in the wilds of Guatemala, Tarzan joins an expedition to the City of the Lost Goddess. In the jungle are clues to the whereabouts of the gems of ancient Mayan rulers. and Jiggs
Nkima, the chimp
Screenplay by CHARLES ROYAL Directed by EDWARD KULL and W. F. MCGAUGH
• FILMS: page 26

Contributors

Unknown:
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Unknown:
Bruce Bennett
Unknown:
Frank Baker
Play By:
Charles Royal
Directed By:
Edward Kull
Unknown:
W. F. McGaugh
Tarzan:
Bruce Bennett
Major Martling:
Frank Baker
Alice Martling:
Dale Walsh
Gordon Hamilton:
Harry Ernest
George:
Lewis Sargent
Ula Vale:
Ula Holt
Raglan:
Don Castello

The Finals (part 1)
Out of nearly 100 entries from 24 different countries, six final competitors now battle it out for the title of first-prize winner of this world-famous musical event. In tonight's programme, live from Leeds Town Hall, three of them will each play a complete concerto to a distinguished international jury headed by the chairman and co-founder of the competition
Fanny Waterman. The other three finalists will do the same tomorrow. Presented by Michael Berkeley and Jane Glover
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra led by FELIX KOK conducted by Simon Rattle LightingHENRY BURDIN Sound NEIL MURRAY
Assistant producer KRISS RUSMANIS Executive producer KENNETH CORDEN
Directed by RON ISTED
(In association with Harveys of Bristol)
(Part 2 of the Finals will be shown tomorrow at 6.55pm)
A simultaneous broadcast with BBC Radio 3.
Viewers who can receive a stereo radio signal may wish to turn off TV sound and position their speakers on either side of the screen, but a few feet away. Stereo headphones provide a suitable alternative.

Contributors

Unknown:
Fanny Waterman.
Presented By:
Michael Berkeley
Presented By:
Jane Glover
Unknown:
Felix Kok
Conducted By:
Simon Rattle
Unknown:
Henry Burdin
Unknown:
Neil Murray
Producer:
Kriss Rusmanis
Producer:
Kenneth Corden
Directed By:
Ron Isted

by BERNARD FARRELL and GRAHAM REID starring Dan Gordon Colum Convey
Hilary Reynolds Maeve Germaine in Money Matters
Music KEN HOWARD
Lighting director RON BRISTOW Designer JAMES GRANT
Produced and directed by SYDNEY LOTTERBY

Contributors

Unknown:
Bernard Farrell
Unknown:
Graham Reid
Unknown:
Dan Gordon
Unknown:
Hilary Reynolds
Unknown:
Maeve Germaine
Director:
Ron Bristow
Designer:
James Grant
Directed By:
Sydney Lotterby
Tom:
Dan Gordon
Alex:
Colum Convey
Roisin:
Hilary Reynolds
Septa:
Maeve Germaine
Soup:
Louis Rolston
Bootlace:
Walter McMonagle
Barman:
George Shane
Skinhead:
B J Hogg

Peter Ustinov presents a personal and entertaining view of Russia's tumultuous history, in six parts. 2: Peter the Great and Catherine the Great Peter the Great revolutionised 17th-century Russia, ruthlessly imposing western technology and customs on the reluctant boyars. He founded the Russian navy and built the 'Venice of the North'. St
Petersburg - now renamed in honour of another revolutionary - Lenin.
Peter Ustinov also looks at the life and legacy of the flamboyant Catherine the Great, who surrounded herself with foreign architects and artists.
Written by PETER USTINOV
Directed by JOHN MCGREEVY Produced by JOHN MCGREEVY and VICTOR SOLNICKI A crv production

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Ustinov
Written By:
Peter Ustinov
Directed By:
John McGreevy
Produced By:
John McGreevy
Produced By:
Victor Solnicki
Peter the Great:
Evgeny Telycheev
Catherine the Great:
Valentina Azovskaya

The Unipart British
Professional Championship from Redcar
TONY GUBBA introduces highlights of this evening's matches direct from Redcar. Commentators
SID WADDELL , TONY GREEN Television presentation
MIKE ADLEY. PETER HAYWARD Producer KEITH PHILLIPS

Contributors

Introduces:
Tony Gubba
Unknown:
Sid Waddell
Unknown:
Tony Green
Unknown:
Mike Adley.
Unknown:
Peter Hayward
Producer:
Keith Phillips

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