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9.30 A-level Studies: Biology Mechanisms of Change (1)
Author FRANCIS HITCHING gives his personal view of the current theories of evolution.
Series producer PETER BRATT (R) (e)

9.50 Pages from Ceefax

10.38 Micro Mindstretchers: Art and Design: The Progress Report (4)
Presented by CAROL VORDERMAN
Visit Crown Wood Primary School to see how they use their microcomputer to design personal logos which can be made into book covers, birthday cards or even printed on T-shirts. Producer GEORGE AUCKLAND (e)

11.00 Thinkabout. Holiday Afloat
Sally and the children go for a holiday on a narrowboat.
(Details on Monday at 10.40am) (e)

11.15 Near and Far: Now and Then: Life at Sea in the 16th Century
The Secrets of the 'Mary Rose' (e)

11.35 Scene: Who Will My Parents Be?
(R) (e)

12.05pm Timmy and Vicki: 1: Timmy's Story
by JOHN CHALLEN
The first episode of a two-part play about two young teenagers going through their first serious relationship. This week, the story from Timmy's point of view. Next week at the same time, the story through Vicki's eyes.
Film cameraman HENRY FARRAR Producer LEN BROWN (R) (e)

12.25 Seventeen 6: Noorany
(Shown on Monday at 12 30pm) (e)

12.50 Inset. Home Economics
The challenge of GCSE
(Shown on Tuesday at 9.20am) (e)

Contributors

Unknown:
Francis Hitching
Producer:
Peter Bratt
Presented By:
Carol Vorderman
Unknown:
Afloot Sally
Unknown:
Mary Rose
Unknown:
John Challen
Unknown:
Henry Farrar
Producer:
Len Brown

Surprises
Floella Benjamin
Story: The Special Event by PETER BONNICI
Illustrations by LISA KOPPER Storyteller Saeed Jaffrey
Musical director RICHARD BROWN Producer SHEILA FRASER Executive producer
CYNTHIA FELGATE (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Floella Benjamin
Illustrations By:
Lisa Kopper
Illustrations By:
Storyteller Saeed Jaffrey
Director:
Richard Brown
Producer:
Sheila Fraser
Unknown:
Cynthia Felgate

The Gamelan
The children perform their own gamelan music and join a Javanese gamelan playing gong-chimes, metallophones, gongs and drums.
Presenters Jonathan Cohen and Helen Speirs
Children from HENRY
FAWCETT JUNIOR SCHOOL Gamelan SEKAR PETAK from
YORK UNIVERSITY MUSIC DEPARTMENT Director NEIL SORREL
Producer ELIZABETH BENNETT
(e)

Contributors

Presenters:
Jonathan Cohen
Presenters:
Helen Speirs
Producer:
Elizabeth Bennett

Weather followed by Watch
Conservation: Bees and Honey Louise visits a school where the children keep bees and honey is made and extracted from the honeycomb.
Presenter Louise Hall-Taylor Producer JULIE CALLANAN Series producer DAVID TAFT

Contributors

Unknown:
Honey Louise
Presenter:
Louise Hall-Taylor
Producer:
Julie Callanan
Producer:
David Taft
Timmy:
Perry Wilson
Actor:
Vicki Samanthavinnell
Whitey:
David Scaffardi
Sue:
Cheryl Miller
Timmy's mother:
Vilma Hollingberry
Timmy's grandmother:
Anthea Holloway
Timmy's brother:
Andrew Paul
PE teacher:
Martin Cochrane

Stella Artois Championships from Queen's Club, London Current Wimbledon
Champion PAT CASH and former Wimbledon
Champions JIMMY CONNORS and BORIS BECKER all start their grass court build-up here this week as this tournament celebrates its tenth anniversary with one of the strongest entries ever.
Commentators
DAN MASKELL , JOHN BARRETT
GERALD WILLIAMS. MARK COX including at
3.00 News and Weather

Contributors

Unknown:
Stella Artois
Unknown:
Jimmy Connors
Unknown:
Boris Becker
Unknown:
Dan Maskell
Unknown:
John Barrett
Unknown:
Gerald Williams.

Whale of a Tangle
In 1979, 30 whales died and three million dollars were lost in wrecked nets and lost catches off the Atlantic coast of Canada. David Attenborough reports from Newfoundland on the causes and the attempts that were made to find a solution.
Photography MARTIN SAUNDERS Written and produced by RICHARD BROCK BBC Bristol (R)
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Contributors

Unknown:
David Attenborough
Unknown:
Martin Saunders
Produced By:
Richard Brock

HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh are present at Horse Guards Parade for a musical evening provided by the Massed Bands of the Royal Marines, principal Director of Music, RM Lt Col G.A.C. Hoskins, OBE, MVO, ARAM, RM
Commentator Eric Robson
Engineering managers JOHN LIVINGSTONE , MAURICE CARMAN Sound supervisor VIC GODRICH Producer MICHAEL BEGG

Contributors

Unknown:
Lt Col G. A. C. Hoskins
Commentator:
Eric Robson
Unknown:
John Livingstone
Unknown:
Maurice Carman
Unknown:
Vic Godrich
Producer:
Michael Begg

A duel of words and wit between Frank Muir Joanna Lumley
Alan Titchmarsh and Arthur Marshall
Lyn Seymour , John Dunn Referee Robert Robinson Devised by mark GOODSON Produced and directed by PAUL CIANI

Contributors

Unknown:
Frank Muir
Unknown:
Joanna Lumley
Unknown:
Alan Titchmarsh
Unknown:
Arthur Marshall
Unknown:
Lyn Seymour
Directed By:
Paul Ciani

The Village.... and When Men Move It
For most young people an Operation Raleigh expedition is a chance to live and work with remote communities all over the world. For a few, it provides an opportunity to make a film. Tonight's film, the second in a series of six, is made by a team from the National Film School.
The children of Puelo, a remote village in southern
Chile, can't understand why a team of 11 'Ingleses' has come half-way round the world to dismantle their school and move it three miles up the road.
At first the 'Ingleses' aren't too clear either.
Their story is told by a young engineer on London's
Underground; for him and his friends there comes a fulfilment they've not experienced before.... Filmed by MOLLY DINEEN and ARIEL PILUSO
Series producer BELINDA ALLEN
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Contributors

Unknown:
Molly Dineen
Unknown:
Ariel Piluso
Producer:
Belinda Allen

From Atomic Power to Zoos A hard look at the world around us with Michael Buerk and reporters John Howard and Linda MitcheU
Hares, foxes, mink and deer - every year thousands are killed legally and openly in the name of sport. But what motivates the hunters? And do their opponents - the saboteurs - flirt with lawbreaking?
Nature spent a weekend with a young hunter and a young saboteur examining views on either side of Britain's most controversial pastime. What is the connection between a Mediterranean palm tree, the Vietnam War, and a serene English butterfly farm?
The answer is in this week's episode of Nature. Studio director
ANDY BATTEN FOSTER
Producer AMANDA THEUNISSEN Editor PETER SALMON BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Reporters:
John Howard
Reporters:
Linda Mitcheu
Unknown:
Andy Batten
Producer:
Amanda Theunissen
Editor:
Peter Salmon

6: Thousands of Satisfied Costumiers
The last of a new series, culminating in the first episode of our increasingly popular series, Teach Yourself Hebrew. starring Rory Bremner with Sara Crowe Steve Steen
Jim Sweeney
Written by RORY BREMNER
DAVE COHEN. ANGUS DEAYTON JOHN LANGDON. PETE SINCLAIR STEVE STEEN. JIM SWEENEY Script associates
JOHN LANGDON. BARRY CRYER Music by SIMON BRINT , ROWLAND RIVRON STEVE BROWN
Make-up designer HELEN BARRETT Lighting director TERRY BRETT Designer ROBERT COVE
Series producer BILL WILSON Produced and directed by MARCUS MORTIMER

Contributors

Unknown:
Rory Bremner
Unknown:
Sara Crowe
Unknown:
Steve Steen
Unknown:
Jim Sweeney
Written By:
Rory Bremner
Written By:
Dave Cohen.
Written By:
Angus Deayton
Written By:
John Langdon.
Written By:
Pete Sinclair
Written By:
Steve Steen.
Written By:
Jim Sweeney
Unknown:
John Langdon.
Unknown:
Barry Cryer
Music By:
Simon Brint
Music By:
Rowland Rivron
Music By:
Steve Brown
Designer:
Helen Barrett
Director:
Terry Brett
Designer:
Robert Cove
Producer:
Bill Wilson
Directed By:
Marcus Mortimer

Josef Skvorecky
Czechoslovakian Novelist The tragi-comic novels of Josef Skvorecky have brought him world-wide acclaim.
He has lived under every conceivable political system. In one lifetime he has witnessed and written about the Nazi occupation of 1940, the Stalinist clampdown of the 1950s, the optimism of the Prague Spring and the final moment of disillusionment and exile in 1968. In this film he remembers the extraordinary chequered pattern of his life, and returns also to one of his first loves, the bass saxophone. Sound recordist BRUCE GALLAWAY Cameraman COLIN WALDECK Film editor MARK DAY Executive producer DIANA LASHMORE Director PAUL LEE
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Contributors

Unknown:
Josef Skvorecky
Unknown:
Josef Skvorecky
Unknown:
Bruce Gallaway
Unknown:
Cameraman Colin Waldeck
Producer:
Diana Lashmore
Director:
Paul Lee

The treasure of the Russian
Orthodox Church, 1,000 years old this week, is the celebration of the Liturgy. Orthodox believers regard the splendour of the worship, as a foretaste of heaven on earth.
Tonight's celebration comes from the Moscow Church of the Resurrection. The celebrant is
Metropolitan Pitirim of Volokolamsk, assisted by one of Russia's finest church choirs.
Sound MIKE SAVAGE
Photography JIM PEIRSON
VT Editor STEVE KNATTRESS Producer SIMON HAMMOND

Contributors

Editor:
Steve Knattress
Producer:
Simon Hammond

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