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9.43 France - Francais: Chloe
It's to fete de la musique and anyone who plays an instrument is welcome on the streets today. Chloe brings her drums and talks about the music she and her friends prefer.
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10.00 You and Me
A series for 4- and 5-year-olds
Jeni doesn't think that Cosmo and Dibs can help her with a difficult task, but a strange dream changes her mind. A group of children visit the animals at a city farm.
Song: "Nellie the Elephant"
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10.15 Science Workshop: Dissolving (A)
(R) (e)

10.38 Let's See: Travelling Days: 3: By Boat
Travel in Scotland today and in the past. The part played by water through the ages in getting around Scotland.
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11.00 Words and Pictures: Peace at Last
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11.18 Tutorial Topics: Owning Up - Parts 1 and 2
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11.40 Science in Action: Bumper to Bumper
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12.05pm Job Bank: Moving House
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12.28 Lifeschool: Going to Work: Pressures at Work
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12.50 The Money Makers: 2: Japan's Super Salesman
(R) (e)

Contributors

Producer (France - Francais):
Susan Paton
Presenter (You and Me):
Jeni Barnett
Cosmo:
Frances Kay
Dibs:
Francis Wright
Producer (You and Me):
Nicci Crowther
Producer (Science Workshop):
Michael Coyle
Presenter (Let's See):
Jan Batchelor
Producer (Let's See):
Peter Legge
Film Editor (The Money Makers):
Alex Richardson
Producer (The Money Makers):
Brian Davies

A See-Saw programme
(R)

1.38 Zig Zag: Norman Rule
What was it like to be a Saxon peasant? How did William impose his laws on them? Why did he compile the Doomsday book? Bishop Odo answers some of these questions before vanishing back into the mists of time.
(R) (e)

Contributors

Presenter (Zig Zag):
Sheelagh Gilbey
Producer (Zig Zag):
Tom Stanier
Bishop Odo:
Arthur Hewlett

Weather followed by International Snooker
The Benson and Hedges Masters
NEAL FOULDS V JOHN PARROTT Today sees the last two first-round matches being played over nine frames. This afternoon brings together two of the younger players in the Masters.
John Parrott (13) making his debut in the event, plays Neal Foulds who's world ranking position has climbed from 13th to third after his excellent performances during the 1986/7 season. DAVID ICKE introduces coverage from Wembley Conference Centre.
Commentators TED LOWE
JACK KARNEHM , CLIVE EVERTON Summarisers JOHN SPENCER
JOHN VIRGO , EDDIE CHARLTON Television presentation
WENDY SHEPPARD. PETER HAYWARD Producer KEITH MACKENZIE

Contributors

Unknown:
Neal Foulds
Unknown:
John Parrott
Unknown:
John Parrott
Introduces:
David Icke
Commentators:
Ted Lowe
Unknown:
Jack Karnehm
Unknown:
Clive Everton
Unknown:
John Spencer
Unknown:
John Virgo
Unknown:
Eddie Charlton
Unknown:
Wendy Sheppard.
Unknown:
Peter Hayward
Producer:
Keith MacKenzie

[Starring] Dirk Bogarde
...continues a season of films starring one of Britain's most accomplished screen actors. Today with Jean Simmons.
Paris 1889. Victoria Barton and her brother arrive for the Great Exhibition. But during the night, Johnny mysteriously disappears and the hotel owners claim he - and his room - never existed. In desperation, Victoria turns for help to the handsome young painter George Hathaway. This richly atmospheric film was one of Bogarde's earliest successes and established him as one of Britain's leading actors.
FILMS: page 17

Contributors

Screenplay:
Hugh Mills
Screenplay:
Anthony Thorne
Producer:
Betty E. Box
Director:
Terence Fisher
Director:
Anthony Darnborough
George Hathaway:
Dirk Bogarde
Victoria Barton:
Jean Simmons
Johnny:
David Tomlinson
Narcisse:
Marcel Foncin
Mme Herve:
Cathleen Nesbitt
Rhoda O'Donovan:
Honor Blackman
Mrs O'Donovan:
Betty Warren
Day porter:
Eugene Deckers
British Consul:
Felix Aylmer
Dr Hart:
André Morell

The Nights belong to the Novelist The first of two programmes to celebrate the Australian Bicentennial.
A respectable elderly lady sits up in bed typing a manuscript. Next to her under the blanket is a naked Young man. She is wearing a lampshade on her head....
Bookmark, in the week chosen to commemorate the 'first fleet's' landing in Australia, is a Picture of the extraordinary world of Elizabeth Jolley , a writer who came to the country 30 years ago. Jolley has published ten books in the last ten years. Among them, the novel Milk and Honey, winner of the 1985 Premier's Literary Award.
But she has spent most of her life as an unpublished novelist. Director CHRISTINA WILCOX
Executive producer NIGEL WILLIAMS 9 INFO: page 79

Contributors

Unknown:
Elizabeth Jolley
Director:
Christina Wilcox
Producer:
Nigel Williams

[Starrin] Alan Alda as Hawkeye, Mike Farrell as BJ, Harry Morgan as Col Potter, Loretta Swit as Hot Lips, Larry Linville as Major Burns, Gary Burghoff as Radar, Jamie Farr as Klinger

Col Potter is pleased to receive a glass of tomato juice for breakfast - his favourite drink. Eager to provide his mentor with a regular supply, Radar sets in motion a bizarre chain of events.
(R)

Contributors

Writer:
Larry Gelbart
Writer/Director:
Gene Reynolds
Hawkeye:
Alan Alda
BJ:
Mike Farrell
Col Potter:
Harry Morgan
Hot Lips:
Loretta Swit
Maj Burns:
Larry Linville
Radar:
Gary Burghoff
Klinger:
Jamie Farr

Fourth of a six-part serial by GERARD MACDONALD
Gordon Lochhead and David Postgate are now locked in battle. And Sarah Copeland finds that love and friendship are by no means guarantees of trust....
Make-up designer JILL HAGGER Designer MARK SEVANT
Script editor RUTH BAUMGARTEN Producer RUTH BOSWELL Director BRIAN FARNHAM
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Contributors

Unknown:
Gerard MacDonald
Designer:
Jill Hagger
Designer:
Mark Sevant
Editor:
Ruth Baumgarten
Producer:
Ruth Boswell
Director:
Brian Farnham
Sarah Copeland:
Penny Downie
David Postgate:
Jeremy Clyde
Stephen Hallam:
David Cardy
Nick Faulds:
Steven Mann
Alessandra:
Alison Doody
Gordon Lochhead:
Gary Waldhorn
Geoffrey Talbot:
Tony Mathews
Francis Salk:
Thomas Wheatley
Helen Marriott:
Kate Lynn-Evans
Carol:
Camille Coduri
Jane:
Diana Blackburn
Dusty Willis:
Andrew Baker
Kim Greenbank:
Charlotte Coleman
Dee Vincent:
Caroline Lee Johnson
Mike Sutherland:
Fraser Downie
Brian Hesketh:
David Monico
Vernon Waugh:
Brian Coburn
Sally Byfleet:
Rebecca Pidgeon
Linda Prentice:
Josie Lawrence
Paul Copeland:
Miles Anderson

visits South Wales
In the last of this series of short musical trips, Barbara visits a mine from which coal no longer comes; but the spirit of the valleys is still to be found in this land of coracles, choirs, Dylan Thomas , and legends of Merlin the Wizard Musical director IAN LYNN Sound ANTHONY PHILPOT and BRIAN ROBINSON Lighting JOHN KING
Producer DAVE FERROTTET

Contributors

Unknown:
Dylan Thomas
Director:
Ian Lynn
Director:
Sound Anthony Philpot
Director:
Brian Robinson
Unknown:
John King
Producer:
Dave Ferrottet

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