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6.50 Living with Technology: Sound in View
7.15 Probability and Statistics
7.40 The English Landscape Garden
8.05 Changing Britain: The Multinational
8.30 Physics: Energy to Go Round
8.55 Maths: Multiplying Matrices
9.20 Innovation and Coal
9.45 Arts: Narrative
10.10 Education: Can You Hear Me?
10.35 Maths: Tutor-Marked Assignments
11.00 Farming: Organic or Conventional
11.25 Science: Drifting Continents
11.50 Maths: Differential Equations
12.15 Biology: Enzyme Structure and Function
12.40 Crust and Mantle of the Earth

Purple Warrior: Limited War Second of two programmes Two days after
Exercise Purple Warrior lands on 'Kaig', Orange attacks the Task Force with bombs and Exocets. But the weather is beginning to close in, making all amphibious movements unpredictable ... Narrator Paul Vaughan
Written and produced by ALEC NISBETT Horizon editor ROBIN BRIGHTWELL
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Contributors

Narrator:
Paul Vaughan
Produced By:
Alec Nisbett
Editor:
Robin Brightwell

Wales v France
British Coal International England v Ireland
Save and Prosper International Introduced by Nigel Starmer-Smith with Chris Rea Wales have already won the Triple Crown and now have the final hurdle against France to win their first
Grand Slam for ten years. Team captain Bleddyn Bowen and his talented backs know that they have to improve on their performance against Ireland to take the title against the French side who were second in last year's World Cup. Commentators in Cardiff
BILL MCLAREN .EDDIE BUTLER Commentators in Twickenham
NIGEL STARMER-SMITH
BILL BEAUMONT. TONY WARD Producer DEWI GRIFFITHS
Series producer HUW JONES
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Contributors

Introduced By:
Nigel Starmer-Smith
Unknown:
Chris Rea Wales
Unknown:
Bleddyn Bowen
Unknown:
Bill McLaren
Unknown:
Eddie Butler
Unknown:
Nigel Starmer-Smith
Unknown:
Bill Beaumont.
Producer:
Dewi Griffiths

by W. S GILBERT and ARTHUR SULLIVAN starring
Joel Grey
Geoffrey Chard Alfred Marks
Elizabeth Bainbridge with the Ambrosian Opera Chorus and the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Faris
Condemned to die at the Tower of London, Colonel Fairfax prepares to marry
Elsie - with the agreement of her sweetheart, jester Jack Point - in order that his estate will not be left to a villainous relative. But should Fairfax be so sure of death?
Directed by DAVE HEATHER Produced by JUDITH DE PAUL A BRENT WALKER production

Contributors

Unknown:
W. S Gilbert
Unknown:
Arthur Sullivan
Unknown:
Joel Grey
Unknown:
Geoffrey Chard
Unknown:
Alfred Marks
Unknown:
Elizabeth Bainbridge
Conducted By:
Alexander Faris
Unknown:
Jack Point
Directed By:
Dave Heather
Produced By:
Judith de Paul
Produced By:
A Brent Walker
Jack Point:
Joel Grey
Wilfred Shadbolt:
Alfred Marks
Elsie Maynard:
Elizabeth Gale
Colonel Fairfax:
Davtd Fflllman
Dame Carruthers:
Elizabeth Bainbridge
Sir Richard:
Peter Savidge
Sgt Meryll:
Geoffrey Chard
Leonard:
Michael Bulman
Phoebe Meryll:
Claire Powell
Kate:
Beryl Korman

Winner of the 1984 Oscar for best documentary short, this is an impressionistic record of one of the classes given by the Robledos, who come once a year from Europe to teach flamenco dancing to the National Ballet School of Canada.
Directed by CYNTHIA SCOTT Produced by the National Film Board of Canada (R)

Contributors

Directed By:
Cynthia Scott

When Lili Boulanger died in Paris in 1918, the French musical establishment mourned her as one of the greatest composers of her generation. Today her music goes largely unperformed and her success has been superceded by that of her sister, the renowned composition teacher Nadia Boulanger.
Yet in her time Lili caused a sensation - becoming the first woman to win the prestigious Prix de Rome for composition. Anna Massey reveals the story behind this frail girl who left a powerful collection of works when she died at the age of 24. The portrait culminates in a performance of her most profound work, "Du fond de l'abime" by the New London Chamber Choir,
London Sinfonietta led by Nona Liddell conducted by James Wood
Linda Hirst (mezzo-soprano) Martyn Hill (tenor)
BBC Scotland

Contributors

Presenter:
Anna Massey
Singers:
New London Chamber Choir
Musicians:
London Sinfonietta
Leader:
Nona Liddell
Conducted By:
James Wood
Mezzo-Soprano:
Linda Hirst
Tenor:
Martyn Hill
Sound:
Vic Godrich
Lighting:
Dennis Butcher
Series Editor:
Keith Alexander
Producer:
Hilary Boulding

Brian Widlake and Valerie Singleton present Britain's most popular financial and business programme.
With Paul Burden Francine Stock David Calder and Henry Harington reporting from home and abroad.
Studio director SUE TURBETT Editor JONATHAN CRANE

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Widlake
Unknown:
Valerie Singleton
Unknown:
Henry Harington

An old friend and a new face are welcomed this week, as Jimmy Tarbuck , a regular guest on the series, and fellow comedian
Tom O'Connor join the resident professionals Lee Trevino and Sandy Lyle , for the Whyte and Mackay Scotch Trophy.
Jimmy is no stranger to the public on the golf course, competing - and winning - in pro-ams all around the country in aid of charity.
Tom, the ex-schoolteacher turned entertainer, is a member at Royal Ascot and plays to a handicap of eight. Peter Alliss watches the battle unfold over nine selected holes of the Ailsa Course at the Turnberry Hotel.
Assistant producers
DEREK MARTIN , MURRAY NEEDHAM Television presentation
ALASTAIR SCOTT. FRED VINER Executive producer JOHN SHREWSBURY

Contributors

Unknown:
Jimmy Tarbuck
Unknown:
Tom O'Connor
Unknown:
Lee Trevino
Unknown:
Sandy Lyle
Unknown:
Peter Alliss
Unknown:
Derek Martin
Unknown:
Alastair Scott.
Unknown:
Fred Viner

An eight-part series which explores the exceptional range of new discoveries in the world of history and archaeology under water. 3: Prehistoric Man
Narrated by Tim Pigott-Smith
From the lochs of Scotland, and the lakes of Switzerland to the flooded cave systems of Florida, the search for prehistoric man is under way on a global scale.
There are over 350 man-made islands, or crannogs, in Scotland alone. Teams of divers are now working their way into the heart of these Bronze Age dwellings. In Switzerland, diving under the ice, archaeologists are revealing the foundations of prehistoric villages: sophisticated communities, where people specialised in pottery and bronze.
In a 250-foot-deep sink hole in Florida, a diver discovered human remains. When the skull was brought to the surface, the brain was still intact. It was radiocarbon dated at 11,000 years old.
Underwater archaeology is helping to rewrite history books and changing views of prehistoric man. BBC dive team: Film cameramen
JOHN BECK. BRIAN MARDEN-JONES Sound DAVE BRABANTS
Film editor LOIS DRINKWATER Series editor BRUCE NORMAN Written and produced by DEREK TOWERS
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Contributors

Unknown:
Tim Pigott-Smith
Unknown:
John Beck.
Editor:
Lois Drinkwater
Editor:
Bruce Norman

with Ludovic Kennedy Alan Whicker reviews Holiday 88 (BBC1)
Linda Agran reviews Bookie (ITV) and Waldemar Januszczak reviews Ten Great Writers: Franz Kafka (Channel 4).
Melanie McSadydan looks at the job opportunities open to television presenters in commercials and corporate videos.

Contributors

Unknown:
Ludovic Kennedy
Unknown:
Alan Whicker
Unknown:
Linda Agran
Unknown:
Waldemar Januszczak
Unknown:
Franz Kafka
Unknown:
Melanie McSadydan

Programme two of the series in which Eartha Kitt introduces vintage performances from some of the greatest black artists of the 20th century, all filmed in 1955 before the notoriously tough audience of Harlem's world-famous Apollo Theatre. Tonight's show includes jazz classics from the Duke Ellington Orchestra and the Count Basie Band; rock 'n' roll from male vocal group the Clovers and female screamer Ruth Brown ; dazzling dance routines from the Three Businessmen of Rhythm; and, with a great version of one of his biggest hits, Okie-She-Mokie-She-Pop, that incomparable blues belter, Big Joe Turner.
Cameraman JOHN MCGLASHAN Sound MICHAEL SPENCER Film editor DAVID KITSON
Producer HELEN GALLACHER

Contributors

Introduces:
Eartha Kitt
Unknown:
Duke Ellington Orchestra
Unknown:
Ruth Brown
Unknown:
Joe Turner.
Unknown:
John McGlashan
Unknown:
Michael Spencer
Editor:
David Kitson
Producer:
Helen Gallacher

by Marjorie Wallace
The story of identical twins June and Jennifer Gibbons made a remarkable impact on both viewers and press alike when first shown. Why have the twins refused to speak to adults throughout their lives? How did these girls with their power to puzzle and infuriate the world, come to be committed to Broadmoor at the age of 19? Drawing on the millions of words in their highly perceptive diaries, the twins' story is told through their own eyes. Their writings reveal that, behind the outer wall of silence, the twins are locked into a life-and-death struggle for individual identity.
"One of the most original programmes to appear for a long time" (Times)
"...a profoundly affecting film" (City Limits)
FILMS: page 16

Contributors

Writer:
Marjorie Wallace
Additional Music:
Nicholas Carr
Producer:
Martin Thompson
Director:
Jon Amiel
June Gibbons:
Shirley Parker
Jennifer Gibbons:
Sharon Parker
Young June:
Juliette Toney
Young Jennifer:
Jillian Toney
Gloria Gibbons:
Ena Cabayo
Aubrey Gibbons:
Ruddy L Davis
Greta:
Beverley Martin
Rosie:
Natasha Dixon
Wayne:
Marcus D'Amico
Carl:
David Blackburn
Tim Thomas:
Ifan Huw Dafydd
Cathy:
Madeline Adams
Helen:
Sandra Voe
Dr Evan Davies:
J.O. Roberts
Dr Hamilton:
Tony Robinson
Psychiatrist:
Richard Pescud
Anthony Evans:
Peter Penry Jones
John Diehl:
Anthony Morse
Judge:
John Savident
Clerk of the Court:
Clyde Pollitt
Michael Jones:
Alun Brinley
Officer Kyle:
Di Botcher
Officer Whiteley:
Annest William
Dr Rees:
Gareth Gwyn-Jones
Teacher:
Anwen Williams
Guider:
Margarite Richards
Lt Kennedy:
Ted Maynard

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