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9.35 Des le debut: Saying You're Sorry
Face-to-face French
Likes and dislikes, preference
(R) (e)

9.52 Making History: The Middle Ages: The Town
(Shown on Tuesday at 9.52am) (e)

10.15 Science Workshop: Dissolving (B)
(Shown yesterday at 10.15am) (e)

10.38 The Brunel Experience: A Watery Grave: 3
(Shown on Tuesday at 10.38am) (e)

11.00 Thinkabout: Sound Effects
(Shown on Monday at 10.40am) (e)

11.15 Near and Far: Now and Then: A History of the Kitchen: 2
(Shown on Monday at 1.38pm) (e)

11.35 Scene: Getting In
(e)

12.05pm Science Topics: The Periodic Table
(R) (e)

12.25 General Studies: Music: Music Clues
(R) (e)

12.50 Inset Science: Programme 4
(Shown on Tuesday at 9.20am) (e)

Contributors

Series Producer (Science Topics):
Peter Bratt
Producer (General Studies):
Bruce Jamson

A See-Saw programme (R)

1.38 Music Time: Musical Patterns
Presenters Jonathan Cohen and Helen Spiers with Keith Bragg (flute), Rodney Stewart (double bass)
(Shown on Monday at 10.15am) (e)

Contributors

Presenter (Music Time):
Jonathan Cohen
Presenter (Music Time):
Helen Spiers
Flautist (Music Time):
Keith Bragg
Double bassist (Music Time):
Rodney Stewart
Producer (Music Time):
Elizabeth Bennett

'Kung Hey Fatt Choy'! James and Louise celebrate Chinese New Year in London and Manchester. James goes into school to learn some Chinese writing and a New Year song, while Louise is taken by 7-year-old Anna Chan and her family to see a spectacular New Year street festival. Presented by Louise Hall-Taylor and James Earl Adair
(R) (e)
Video, Festivals 2: (Eid, Diwali, Chinese New Year, Carnival) available to schools, price £29.90. For details phone [number removed]

Contributors

Presenter (Watch):
Louise Hall-Taylor
Presenter (Watch):
James Earl Adair
Guest (Watch):
Anna Chan
Animation (Watch):
Richard Taylor
Producer (Watch):
Julie Callanan
Series Producer (Watch):
David Taft

with Angela Huth
Why is it that as a nation we have such a rotten reputation as dressers?
Margaret Thatcher , Selina Scott , a probation officer, a bubbly society hostess and a housewife are just some of the extraordinary and ordinary women who unlock their wardrobes and tell all. Producer RUTH JACKSON
Series editor EDWARD MIRZOEFF (First shown in '40 Minutes
* CEEFAX SUBTITLES

Contributors

Unknown:
Angela Huth
Unknown:
Margaret Thatcher
Unknown:
Selina Scott
Producer:
Ruth Jackson
Editor:
Edward Mirzoeff

Weather followed by Indoor Hockey
The Lada British Cities
Championship from the Alexandra Pavilion
STEVE RIDER introduces highlights of the semi-finals in a game where the emphasis is on speed and skill. Commentators
NIGEL STARMER-SMITH with JAMES DUTHIE
Producer ALAN GRIFFITHS
(The final tomorrow afternoon on BBC2 in 'Sport on Friday

Contributors

Unknown:
Alexandra Pavilion
Unknown:
Nigel Starmer-Smith
Unknown:
James Duthie
Producer:
Alan Griffiths

CAT - ContestAnTs CreATing CATchwords - that's what the programme is all about. With Paul Coia

Today's contestants are David Smith, Margot Montgomery and Geoffrey Perks

Contributors

Presenter:
Paul Coia
Contestant:
David Smith
Contestant:
Margot Montgomery
Contestant:
Geoffrey Perks

with Angela Rippon
A tour of the West Country Burnham-on-Sea, Berrow and Brean
A lighthouse that looks like a bathing hut on stilts, a wreck that is revealed twice a day by the tides, sculptures from
Whitehall Palace and a fort once used by weapons boffins are some of the discoveries made by Angela as she explores this stretch of the Somerset coast. She also makes an attempt at tooling leather and, with justified anxiety, tries some yachting on the sands.
Editor ROBIN INGER
Producer PAUL SMITH

Contributors

Unknown:
Angela Rippon
Editor:
Robin Inger
Producer:
Paul Smith

Gerald Harrison introduces a series of twice-weekly concerts featuring the champion bands who appeared in the last BBC2 brass band competition.
This sixth concert welcomes back The Desford Colliery Dowty Band conducted by Howard SneU and the CWS (Glasgow) Band conducted by Anthony Swainson from The Assembly Rooms, Derby
Did you have a favourite piece of music from either the Desford or CWS Band? Drop a line to Best of Brass and they'll try to include it in their next series.

Contributors

Introduces:
Gerald Harrison
Conducted By:
Howard Sneu
Conducted By:
Anthony Swainson

Australia v England
Australia's birthday party continues with this 50-over match under the lights in Melbourne, where England will be looking for revenge after their World Cup Final defeat by Allan Border 's men in Calcutta in November. Highlights introduced by RICHIE BENAUD
Television presentation CHANNEL 9, Australia

Contributors

Unknown:
Allan Border
Introduced By:
Richie Benaud

Jill Neville and her guests, including Anthony Howard and Sebastian Faulks , talk to Edmund White about his novel The Beautiful Room is Empty. They also discuss
Reagan's America by GARRY WILLS and a haunting tale of mystery and obsession, The House on Moon Lake, by Italian writer FRANCESCA DURANTI.
Researcher CHRIS WILSON
Executive producer NIGEL WILLIAMS Producer ROSEMARY BOWEN-JONES Book details on Ceefax page 289

Contributors

Unknown:
Jill Neville
Unknown:
Anthony Howard
Unknown:
Sebastian Faulks
Unknown:
Edmund White
Unknown:
Garry Wills
Unknown:
Francesca Duranti.
Unknown:
Chris Wilson
Producer:
Nigel Williams

with Linda Alexander and Martin Young
The 1986 Education Act prescribes a greatly increased role for governors in the running of maintained schools. Their responsibilities include selecting staff and having a say in the curriculum and the management of finance. This programme looks at the experiences of a number of parent governors and at the twin problems of parent apathy and the lack of a national programme of governor training. Producer TONY ROBERTS Editor PETER RIDING (e)

Contributors

Unknown:
Linda Alexander
Unknown:
Martin Young
Producer:
Tony Roberts

with David Jessel and Sue Cook
Is it murder or mercy when doctors put an end to the lives of suffering patients?
The law says it's a crime, but doctors and anguished relatives secretly break the law out of compassion. In
Holland the authorities allow death to be medically assisted. Could it, should it, happen here?
Film director VIRGINIA BELL
Studio director PIETER MORPURGO Producer ALAN BOOKBINDER

Contributors

Unknown:
David Jessel
Director:
Pieter Morpurgo
Producer:
Alan Bookbinder

The Hermit Kingdom Written and narrated by David Jessel
At the end of the Second
World War, the Allies divided Korea into two, splitting one nation and one culture across the 38th parallel. It has become the tightest, most impenetrable frontier in the world today. The Western press is excluded. Cameraman
Erik Durschmied was granted an unprecedented opportunity to film life in North Korea - a rare look behind this communist curtain.
The people of North Korea live in self-imposed isolation, suspicious of foreign intervention. On the streets of the capital, Pyongyang, you see no cars, no bicycles, few people, only statues of the Great Leader ... the expert in everything.... the towering and legendary figure of Kim II Sung.
Videotape editor JOHN PAROUSSI Producer WENDY STURGESS
NEW SERIES

Contributors

Unknown:
David Jessel
Unknown:
Erik Durschmied
Editor:
John Paroussi
Producer:
Wendy Sturgess

by DAVID NOBBS starring Peter Blake and Malcolm Storry with Arbel Jones and Elizabeth Mickery
Aubrey drives a load of 'Doggy Dins' dog food from Carmarthen to Hull, and Dan drives a load of 'Bona Fido' dog food from Hull to Carmarthen. They soon find - or rather don't find - that they have more in common than they think.
Film cameraman ALAN STEVENS Studio lighting TERRY BRETT Studio sound LEN SHOREY
Designer ANDREW HOWE DAVIES Produced and directed by ALAN J.W. BELL
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Contributors

Unknown:
David Nobbs
Unknown:
Peter Blake
Unknown:
Malcolm Storry
Unknown:
Arbel Jones
Unknown:
Elizabeth Mickery
Unknown:
Alan Stevens
Unknown:
Terry Brett
Aubrey:
Peter Blake
Dan:
Malcolm Storry
Sally:
Rachel Stuart
George:
Colin Fay
Helen:
Elizabeth Mickery
Gwyneth:
Arbel Jones
Singer:
Sarah Frances
DJ:
Michael Cule

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Warning: this may cause acute amusement. If affected, do not drive, operate heavy machinery or mutilate domestic pets while watching this programme. Some scenes may include explicit 'jokes', and are not suitable for anyone of a 'thick-as-two-planks' disposition.
Featuring Rory Bremner with Sara Crowe , John Dowie Steve Steen , Jim Sweeney Written by BARRY CRYER JOHN DOWIE , GUY
JENKIN STEVE PUNT, PETE SINCLAIR
STEVE STEEN and JIM SWEENEY Script associate JOHN LANGDON Music by SIMON BRINT. STEVE BROWN Director MARCUS MORTIMER Producer BILL WILSON (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Rory Bremner
Unknown:
Sara Crowe
Unknown:
John Dowie
Unknown:
Steve Steen
Unknown:
Jim Sweeney
Written By:
Barry Cryer
Written By:
John Dowie
Unknown:
Jenkin Steve
Unknown:
Pete Sinclair
Unknown:
Steve Steen
Unknown:
Jim Sweeney
Unknown:
John Langdon
Music By:
Simon Brint.
Music By:
Steve Brown
Director:
Marcus Mortimer

The last word on world events analysed by Peter Snow and Donald MacCormick with international reports by David Sells, Charles Wheeler, Gavin Esler and Julian O'Halloran

Contributors

Presenter:
Peter Snow
Presenter:
Donald MacCormick
Reporter:
David Sells
Reporter:
Charles Wheeler
Reporter:
Gavin Esler
Reporter:
Julian O'Halloran
Assignment Editor:
Nigel Chapman
Assignment Editor:
Nick Guthrie
Deputy Editor:
Mike Robinson
Editor:
John Morrison

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