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9.20 Inset Science
The second in a new series designed to help science departments to discuss and implement ideas about the demands of the secondary science curriculum, including GCSE and Balanced Science. Presented by Terry Marsh
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9.52 Making History: The Middle Ages: The Castle
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10.15 Look and Read: Geordie Racer: Down in the Cellars
Spuggy has managed to surprise his family with his sponsorship idea - meanwhile a surprise of a different kind awaits the children in the gloomy cellars of Seaton Delaval Hall.
with Leon Armstrong, Lien Lu, Lesley Casey, Charles Collingwood, Mary Edwards, Katie Hebb, Derek Griffiths, Michael Heath, Brian Hogg, Colin Marsh, Rachael MacKay, Madelaine Newton, Fred Pearson, Peter Rowell, Julie Stevens Kevin Whately and Bungo
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10.38 Investigating Science
A: What Can Matter Be?
Throughout history there have been many attempts to explain the nature of matter. This case study outlines some of the most significant steps that have led to today's accepted theory.
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followed by B: A Model of Behaviour
Can the process of modelling be applied to explain aspects of animal behaviour in practical humans? What are the rules behind our territorial feelings?
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11.00 Watch: Noises in the Night
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11.18 Wondermaths: 12
The Investigator's antenna breaks away and Zak and Stella try to replace it. But how big should it be? A scale model helps their investigation.
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11.35 Information World: 2: The Big Search
Five programmes about information technology
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12.00 Maths Topics: Data Representation
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12.20pm Gli Italiani: 1: La Baggia di Claudio
Italy today seen through the lives of five Italians
An Italian version of last Tuesday's programme
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12.50 Espana Viva
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Contributors

Presenter (Inset Science):
Terry Marsh
Producer (Inset Science):
Michael Coyle
Producer (Making History):
Jill Sheppard
Writer (Look and Read):
Christopher Russell
Producer (Look and Read):
Sue Weeks
[Actor]:
Leon Armstrong
[Actress]:
Lien Lu
[Actress]:
Lesley Casey
Wordy (voice):
Charles Collingwood
[Actress]:
Mary Edwards
Wordy (puppeteer):
Katie Hebb
[Actor]:
Derek Griffiths
[Actor]:
Michael Heath
[Actor]:
Brian Hogg
[Actor]:
Colin Marsh
[Actress]:
Rachael MacKay
[Actress]:
Madelaine Newton
[Actor]:
Fred Pearson
[Actor]:
Peter Rowell
[Actress]:
Julie Stevens
[Actor]:
Kevin Whately
Himself:
null Bungo
Narrator (Investigating Science:
What Can Matter Be?): Mac Andrews
Producer (Investigating Science):
Robin Gwyn
Presenter (Investigating Science:
A Model of Behaviour): Fred Harris
Writer (Wondermaths):
Colin Davis
Series consultant (Wondermaths):
John Sharpe
Producer (Wondermaths):
David Scott Cowan
Zak:
Christopher Lillicrap
Stella:
Sita Ramamurthy
Hudson's voice:
Jonathan Izzard
Presenter (Information World):
Carol Leader
Producer (Information World):
Roger Fry
Producer (Maths Topics):
Peter Bratt
Series producer (Gli Italiani):
Jeremy Bennett
Producer (Gli Italiani):
Richard Denton

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1.38 Dragon Trail: 1: The Spider-Brushers
A true story of a Welsh servant girl who worked in a Montgomeryshire mansion during the middle of the last century. After being mistreated by the mistress of the house, 12-year-old Fanny steals two shawls and an umbrella and runs away. Some days later she is caught, found guilty of theft and sent to Australia.
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Contributors

Presenter (Gillian Elisa):
Gillian Elisa
Series Producer (Dragon Trail):
Sian Owen
Producer (Dragon Trail):
Angela Williams
Fanny Bennett:
Lisa Roberts
Sara Tomos:
Iola Evans
Moses Roberts:
Huw Jenkins
Lady Vaughan-Parry:
Bethan Jones
William:
Cadfan Roberts
Lisi Owen:
Iona Banks

A series for 4- and 5-year-olds
Signs and symbols: Picnic
Book: "Nabeel Makes a Present" by Mary Dickinson and Yasmin Sheikh, illustrated by Charlotte Firmin
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Contributors

Presenter (You and Me):
Jeni Barnett
Cosmo:
Frances Kay
Dibs:
Francis Wright
Author (Nabeel Makes a Present) (You and Me):
Mary Dickinson
Author (Nabeel Makes a Present) (You and Me):
Yasmin Sheikh
Illustrator (Nabeel Makes a Present) (You and Me):
Charlotte Firmin
Producer (You and Me):
Nicci Crowther

For Sandy Lyle 1985 will be the year he remembers for the rest of his life. Sandy relives that moment on the 18th green at Royal St
George's when his third shot reduced him to his knees.
Interviewer Gordon Hewitt Producer MIKE ABBOTT

Contributors

Unknown:
Sandy Lyle
Interviewer:
Gordon Hewitt
Producer:
Mike Abbott

Weather followed by Sir Thomas Sopwith - 100 Years
Presenter Raymond Baxter Sir Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith, yachtsman, powerboat racer and pilot - born 18 January 1888 - was a leading pioneer of flight and one of the premier aeroplane constructors of the century, from the Sopwith three-seater tractor bi-plane of 1912 to the Hawker harrier of today.
In celebration of his 100th birthday, the aircraft industry held a lunch in his honour yesterday at the Brooklands racing circuit clubhouse.
Interviews and speeches from those who worked with, and who know. Sir Thomas provide an insight into a founding father of the British aircraft industry.
Lighting JOHN WIGGINS ' Sound PAUL CUNLIFFE
Television presentation DAVID PICKTHALL

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Thomas Sopwith
Presenter:
Raymond Baxter
Presenter:
Sir Thomas Octave Murdoch
Unknown:
John Wiggins
Unknown:
David Pickthall

The Royal Army Veterinary Corps Centre at Melton Mowbray is the basic training camp for the Army's 2,000 dogs and 600 horses.
Reporter Dennis McCarthy has been to see how the four-legged recruits face up to their 'square bashing'. Film editor RICHARD PARFITT Producer MIKE DERBY

Contributors

Reporter:
Dennis McCarthy
Editor:
Richard Parfitt
Producer:
Mike Derby

Third of nine programmes
Gerald Harrison introduces a series of twice-weekly concerts featuring the champion bands who appeared in the last BBC2 Brass Band Competition. Today the featured bands are: The Ever Ready Band conducted by Major Peter Parkes
The CWS (Glasgow) Band conducted by Anthony Swainson and from Wales,
The Pare and Dare Band conducted by Denzil Stephens
Daytime viewers are invited to write in to request their favourite pieces of music from the series - these will be featured again in the spring. Recorded on location at the Assembly Rooms, Derby. Lighting JOHN ALLINSON Sound NEIL MURRAY
Designer ANDY DIMOND Producer KEN GRIFFIN

Contributors

Introduces:
Gerald Harrison
Conducted By:
Major Peter Parkes
Conducted By:
Anthony Swainson
Conducted By:
Denzil Stephens
Unknown:
John Allinson
Unknown:
Sound Neil Murray
Designer:
Andy Dimond
Producer:
Ken Griffin

continuing a season of screen adaptations of famous children's stories.
Today starring Anne Shirley
Middle-aged brother and sister Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert need to adopt a young boy to work on their farm. Mistakenly, the orphanage sends them freckle-faced Anne Shirley , a talkative child, full of lively and romantic notions. Matthew finds the girl enchanting, but Marilla is far from pleased.
Written by SAM MINTZ Adapted from the novel by L. M. MONTGOMERY
Produced by KENNETH MACGOWAN Directed by GEORGE NICHOLLS JR
0 FILMS: page 15

Contributors

Unknown:
Anne Shirley
Unknown:
Marilla Cuthbert
Unknown:
Anne Shirley
Written By:
Sam Mintz
Novel By:
L. M. Montgomery
Produced By:
Kenneth MacGowan
Directed By:
George Nicholls
Anne Shirley:
Anne Shirley
Gilbert Btythe:
Tom Brown
Matthew:
O P Heggie
Marilla:
Helen Westley
Mrs Darry:
Sara Haden
Mr Phillips:
Murray Kinnell
Diana:
Gertrude Messinger
Mrs Blewett's daughter:
June Preston
Dr Tatum:
Charley Grapewin
Mrs Blewett:
Hilda Vaughn

with Carlos Riera and Yolanda Vazquez
What's been happening in Spain over the past week, plus an interview with Nickolas Grace, star of a Spanish television series about the life and death of the poet Federico Garcia Lorca.
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Contributors

Presenter:
Carlos Riera
Presenter:
Yolanda Vazquez
Interviewee:
Nickolas Grace
Research:
Cristina Lago
Director:
Nick Davies
Producer:
Bernard Adams

by BOB BLACK starring
Moonlighting
When Willie decides to become a comedy writer nobody takes him seriously, but undaunted he proves that his jokes are absolutely nothing to laugh at.
Music by DAVID MCNIVEN Designer IAN MCDONALD Director RON BAIN
Producer COLIN GILBERT

Contributors

Music By:
David McNiven
Designer:
Ian McDonald
Director:
Ron Bain
Producer:
Colin Gilbert
Willie Melvin:
Gerard Kelly
Dicky Rainbow:
Kenneth Cope
Chancer:
Andy Gray
Mum:
Jan Wilson
Janice:
Elaine Collins
Brian:
Jonathan Watson
Mr McLelland:
Dave Amderson
Tam:
Iain McColl
Richard:
John Hannibal
Alice:
Julla Dow
Club manager:
Bill Barclay

Presented by Chris Kelly Michael Barry and Jill Goolden No Additives!
Food and Drink viewers have been sending in misleading food labels - 'no this, no added that, naturally the other' they proclaim. Many will be outlawed by new rules. Fry-up!
Catering student Denise Perkins and restaurateur
Antonio Carluccio continue their gastronomic tour of Italy. This week, a narrow escape from a live squid, and a Mediterranean fry-up. Perfect Preserves!
The craftiest tips on making mouthwatering marmalade. Film directors JEREMY MILLS and KEVIN HULL
Producer PETER BAZALGETTE
For factsheet send a cheque or postal order for 60p (payable to BSS) to: [address removed]
0 RECIPE TIMES: page 85

Contributors

Presented By:
Chris Kelly
Presented By:
Michael Barry
Presented By:
Jill Goolden
Unknown:
Denise Perkins
Unknown:
Antonio Carluccio
Unknown:
Kevin Hull
Producer:
Peter Bazalgette

starring
Richard Thomas
Rosanna Arquette Dennis Quaid
Bill, an idealistic
VISTA worker, arrives on assignment in a poverty-stricken rural area.
There he encounters Belinda, an attractive young woman whom everyone believes to be retarded. Gradually he communicates with her through sign language. But when a district nurse falls in love with Bill, her jealous boyfriend decides to revenge himself upon Belinda ...
Screenplay by SUE MILBURN based on the play by ELMER HARRIS Produced by STANLEY BASS Directed by ANTHONY PAGE
(First showing on British Television) 0 FILMS: page 15

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Thomas
Unknown:
Rosanna Arquette
Unknown:
Dennis Quaid
Play By:
Sue Milburn
Play By:
Elmer Harris
Produced By:
Stanley Bass
Directed By:
Anthony Page
Bill Richmond:
Richard Thomas
Belinda McAdam:
Rosanna Arquette
Kyle Hager:
Dennis Quaid
Julie Sayles:
Candy Clark
John McAdam:
Roberts Blossom
Aggie:
Fran Ryan

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