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9.15 Job Bank: Working with the Elderly and Handicapped
They can be difficult - so why do young people want to work with them?
(R) (e)

9.38 Lifeschool: Going to Work: Leaving Home
by Michael Robartes
Problems in bedsitter-land and the thrills and spills of shared accommodation.
With David Kelly, Clark Flanagan, Lisa Geoghan, Mark Ellington, Linus Staples and Natalie Abbott.
(R) (e)

10.00 You and Me
A series for 4- and 5-year-olds.
Cosmo and Dibs are back in the market with Gary Wilmot.
There are new words 'Open', 'Closed' to learn and just like Humpty Dumpty, Dibs's teddy can't be mended.
(R) (e)

10.15 Music Time: The Sounds of Words
(For details see Thursday 1.38pm) (R) (e)

10.40 Thinkabout: Noodles in the Air
It's Sally's birthday. Jim and the children make her a surprise meal. They find out how noodles are made and cry over cut onions.
(R) (e)

11.00 Zig Zag: The Saga of Gunnar Goldhair: 2: The Monster of Jorvik
(For details see Wednesday 1.38pm) (R) (e)

11.20 English Time: Buddy: 3: Blue Suede Shoes
by Nigel Hinton
Starring Roger Daltrey as Terry
Buddy finds out about the Beast - but just what sort of work Dad does at night remains a worrying mystery. At least Buddy persuades him to come to Parents' Day, but is horrified when Dad turns up in his best Teddy Boy outfit. There's still no news of Mum, until, one evening...
With Wayne Goddard, Kay Stonham, Duncan Preston, Norman Bird, Lorraine Plummer, Dennis Victory, Ena Cabayo, Lloyd Anderson
(R) (e)

11.45 Bible Lands: Masada
(R) (e)

12.08pm History File: Twentieth-Century History: Stalin and the Modernisation of Russia
(R) (e)

12.30 General Studies: Protest Songs
Why is the most popular music today in the form of love songs? How does this square with the views of propagandists down the ages, who have felt that music was a powerful tool of persuasion? The programme includes performances by Billie Holliday and Red Wedge member Billy Bragg.
(R) (e)

1.00 Science in Action: Sixth Sense
Beyond the limits of the naked eye with infra-red light and ultrasonic sound
(R) (e)

Contributors

Producer (Job Bank):
Jill Glindon Reed
Writer (Lifeschool):
Michael Robartes
Producer (Lifeschool):
Judith Miles
Series Producer (Lifeschool):
Paul Mitchell
[Actor]:
David Kelly
[Actor]:
Clark Flanagan
[Actress]:
Lisa Geoghan
[Actor]:
Mark Ellington
[Actor]:
Linus Staples
[Actress]:
Natalie Abbott
Presenter (You and Me):
Gary Wilmot
Cosmo:
Frances Kay
Dibs:
Francis Wright
Film director (You and Me):
David Painter
Producer (You and Me):
Richard Callanan
Producer (Thinkabout):
Derek Longhurst
Frank:
Jim Dunk
Sally:
Vicky Licorish
Writer (Buddy):
Nigel Hinton
Photography (Buddy):
John Goodyer
Produced and directed by (Buddy):
Roger Tonge
Terry:
Roger Daltrey
Buddy:
Wayne Goddard
Carol:
Kay Stonham
Beast:
Duncan Preston
Mr Normington:
Norman Bird
Charmian:
Lorraine Plummer
Julius:
Dennis Victory
Mrs Rybeero:
Ena Cabayo
Mr Rybeero:
Lloyd Anderson
Producer (History File):
John Chapple
Producer (History File):
Paul Mitchell
Singer (General Studies):
Billie Holliday
Singer (General Studies):
Billy Bragg
Narrator (General Studies):
Mel Smith
Producer (General Studies):
Edward Hayward
Presenter (Science in Action):
Kjartan Poskitt
Presenter (Science in Action):
Terry Marsh
Series Producer (Science in Action):
Robin Mudge

A See-Saw programme
(R)

1.38 Near and Far: Now and Then: Life in the 17th Century: The Gunpowder Plot
In 1605 a group of Catholic gentlemen plotted to blow up King James I during the State Opening of Parliament.
(R) (e)

Contributors

Music (Near and Far):
David Chilton
Film Editor (Near and Far):
Susan Imrie
Producer (Near and Far):
Nicholas Whines

Try to spot some nursery rhyme characters hidden in a picture book and listen to the sad tale of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf", amusingly illustrated by Tony Ross.
(R) (e)

2.17 Songs of Praise
(Ceefax subtitles)

Contributors

Presenter (Words and Pictures):
Vicky Ireland
Illustrator (The Boy Who Cried Wolf) (Words and Pictures):
Tony Ross
Animation (Words and Pictures):
Alan Rogers
Animation (Words and Pictures):
Peter Lang
Producer (Words and Pictures):
Moyra Gambleton

Weather followed by World Gymnastics Championships from Rotterdam
In the past few days,
RON PICKERING and ALAN WEEKS have seen 14 gold medals awarded. They'll remind viewers how they were won, how some were lost and how new standards of excellence were set.
TV presentation NOS, Netherlands Producers JOHNNIE WATHERSTON and GRAHAM FRY

Contributors

Unknown:
Ron Pickering
Producers:
Johnnie Watherston
Producers:
Graham Fry

with Judi Spiers
Save time, effort and above all, money. Make a cosy wrap to ward off winter chills, and filling meals for inner warmth. Find out how to build up your savings and how to cut the cost of being ill.
Series producer ERICA GRIFFITHS (e)

Contributors

Unknown:
Judi Spiers
Producer:
Erica Griffiths

The return of the romantic serial in 16 parts based on the novels by WINSTON GRAHAM Part 1 by JACK PULMAN Ross returns home to
Cornwall to inherit a house, land, two idle copper mines and to marry Elizabeth. But Ross had been reported dead, and others have laid claim to the house, the mines - and Elizabeth.
Producer MORRIS BARRY
Director CHRISTOPHER BARRY

Contributors

Unknown:
Jack Pulman
Producer:
Morris Barry
Director:
Christopher Barry
Ross Poldark:
Robin Ellis
Woman:
Zelah Clarke
Reverend Johns:
Eric Dodson
Ellen:
Tilly Tremayne
Mr Pearce:
John Baskcomb
Charles Poldark:
Frank Middlemass
Mrs Tabb:
Sheelah Wilcocks
Francis Poldark:
Clive Francis
Verity Poldark:
Norma Streader
Prudie:
Mary Wimbush
Jud:
Paul Curran
Elizabeth:
Jill Townsend
Mrs Chynoweth:
Ruth Trouncer
Nicholas:
Nicholas Selby

The last in a season featuring the famous sleuth
Tonight starring Hugh Sinclair Jean Gillie
When a man is killed on the Saint's doorstep and he is suspected of the crime, the Saint swings into action, and a further series of adventures ensues before he can foil the plans of a gold-smuggling gang.
Screenplay by LESLIE ARLISS and WOLFGANG WILHELM
Produced by WILLIAM SISTROM Directed by PAUL STEIN
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Contributors

Unknown:
Hugh Sinclair
Unknown:
Jean Gillie
Unknown:
Leslie Arliss
Unknown:
Wolfgang Wilhelm
Produced By:
William Sistrom
Directed By:
Paul Stein
Simon Templar:
Hugh Sinclair
Pat Holmes:
Jean Gillie
Insp Teal:
Gordon McLeod
Sidmarsh:
Clifford Evans
Horace:
Wylie Watson
Bently:
Dennis Arundell
Bittle:
Charles Victor
Aunt Agatha:
Louise Hampton
Merridon:
John Salew
PC:
Arthur Humbling
Mrs Jones:
Amy Verness
Mr Jones:
Claude Bailey

England v West Indies from Jaipur, India
TONY GUBBA introduces highlights of England's fifth group match, the second time against the West Indies.
There's also news and results of all the other matches. Commentators in India
TONY LEWIS
RAY ILLINGWORTH
JACK BANNISTER
Television presentation DDI, India Producer KEITH MACKENZIE -

Contributors

Introduces:
Tony Gubba
Unknown:
Tony Lewis
Unknown:
Ray Illingworth
Unknown:
Jack Bannister
Producer:
Keith MacKenzie

John says 'Bon!'
'French food is nothing but a lot of sauce....'So said Sheffield council driver, John Wilcock. Could
Britain's leading chef, the self-taught Raymond Blanc , change his mind? Viewers of Food and Drink have already seen highlights of Blanc's attempts to seduce Wilcock's palate. Now John Wilcock gives his own view of French restaurant food, cafe snacks and Madame Blanc 's home cooking. The turning point is her joint of pork, stuffed with prunes and roasted in Armagnac. Photography REX MAIDMENT and PHILIP BONHAM CARTER Sound PATRICK QUIRKE
Assistant producer LAURA GAVSHON Film editor STEFAN RONOWICZ Producer DAVID PEARSON
('Food and Drink' returns tomorrow on BBC2 at 8. OOpm)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Wilcock.
Unknown:
Raymond Blanc
Unknown:
John Wilcock
Unknown:
Madame Blanc
Unknown:
Philip Bonham
Unknown:
Patrick Quirke
Producer:
Laura Gavshon
Editor:
Stefan Ronowicz
Producer:
David Pearson

Shakespeare's famous line-up newly explored, expanded and amended for the 1980s. The last of seven documentary films written and presented by Ron Eyre.
A Different Kind of Adventure ... second childishness and mere oblivion ...
The cat-like tread of the over-80s; cheating the clock, arresting the hour glass, ducking the scythe. The closing overs of a long test and the push towards a century, as achieved by the 100-year old thp
Rev Albert Humphrey. Researcher DEBORAH HILL FOX Photography MIKE FOX
Sound recordist FRASER BARBER Film editor ANDREW JOHNSTON Directed by JONATHAN STEDALL
* CEEFAX SUBTITLES

Contributors

Presented By:
Ron Eyre.
Unknown:
Albert Humphrey.
Editor:
Andrew Johnston
Directed By:
Jonathan Stedall

starring
Treat
Williams Laura Dem
At 15 Connie knows she is attractive, but is not sure how to cope with her budding sexuality. One fateful afternoon when she is alone, the handsome Arnold calls.
Produced by MARTIN ROSEN Directed by JOYCE CHOPRA Written by TOM COLE Based on a story by JOYCE CAROL OATES
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Contributors

Unknown:
Williams Laura Dem
Produced By:
Martin Rosen
Directed By:
Joyce Chopra
Written By:
Tom Cole
Story By:
Joyce Carol Oates
Arnold:
Treat Williams
Connie:
Laura Dern
Katherine:
Mary Kay Place
Laura:
Margaret Welch
Jill:
Sarah Inglis
Harry:
Levon Helm
June:
Elizabeth Berridge
Ellie:
Geoff Hoyle
Jeff:
Willian Ragsdale
Eddie:
David Berridge

with Chantal Cuer
This season's new-style programme still gives old-style help with brushing up your French. Chantal reviews the week, as covered by the papers and by RTBF, Belgium's public service channel.
(Shown again next Sunday on BBC1)
(to 23.50)

Contributors

Presenter:
Chantal Cuer
Director:
Mark Lucas
Assistant Producer:
Daniella Dangoor
Series Producer:
Bernard Adams

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