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9.40am
New Series Lifeschool
Going to Work Is There Hope around the Corner?
'You can't get a job without a home, but you can't get a home without a job.' Paul and Damian have just arrived in London for the first time with high hopes of finding work. What problems affect them and what support can they expect in their quest?
Narrator
JEAN WARREN
Producer MIKE DICK Series producer
PAUL MITCHELL (e)
10.05am You and Me
A series for 4- and 5-year-olds. Cosmo and Dibs look for
Sheila's four bangles. Henry the Kangaroo goes to the post office. Adam goes ten-pin bowling.
Song: Five Little Speckled Frogs
Presenter SHEILA CHITNIS Film director ADRIAN MILLS
Producer NICCI CROWTHER (R) (e)
10.18 Music Time Footsteps
On their walk to school the children listen to a variety of sounds, including the regular beat of their footsteps. A drum computer accompanies the song. Presented by JONATHAN COHEN and HELEN SPEARS
Produced and directed by ELIZABETH BENNETT (R) (e)
10.40am Thinkabout Face to Face
It's Sally's first day at the flats. What will Frank, the caretaker, be like?
Producer PAT FARRINGTON
Series producer DEREK LONGHURST (R) (e)
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Contributors

Narrator:
Jean Warren
Producer:
Mike Dick
Unknown:
Paul Mitchell
Presenter:
Sheila Chitnis
Director:
Adrian Mills
Producer:
Nicci Crowther
Presented By:
Jonathan Cohen
Presented By:
Helen Spears
Unknown:
Elizabeth Bennett
Producer:
Pat Farrington
Producer:
Derek Longhurst
COSmO:
Frances Kay
DibS:
Francis Wright
Frank:
Jim Dunk
Sally:
Vicky Licorish

10.58am Zig Zag Into Space
PAUL COIA and SHEELAGH GILBEY turn their attention to the early days of space travel.
Producer DAVID MELDRUM (R) (e)
11.20am New Series Into Music
1: Wildlife - The Otter
The movements of the otter suggest sounds which are put together to make up a piece of music.
Presented by ROB CURLING and SEETA INDIRANI with DUKE DOBBING (flute) MARK PEARSON (guitar)
Sound supervisor LANCE ANDREWS Produced and directed by ELIZABETH BENNETT
11.40am MI 10
Pascal's Triangle (1)
Routes on a square grid Gears
Bicycles, cars and the Great Westminster Clock.
Presenter HILARY CLOUGH
Animation STEWART HARLY FILMS Film editor JOHN BILLINGHAM
Producer DAVID ROSEVEARE (R) (e)
12.00 France Français Des Jeunes en Provence
Is French easier to learn than English? Le College d'Apt invites you to an English lesson to judge for yourself.
Producer SUSAN PATON (R) (e)
12.15pm History File British Social History
The Ladies of Langham Place The movement for women's rights took shape in the 1850s when the Langham Place Circle began campaigning to improve the position of married women, and secure better educational and employment opportunities for women - and ultimately the vote.
Written by LESLIE GLAZIER Narrator KEN BONES
Producer JILL SHEPPARD (R) (e)
12.35pm General Studies Bias in the News?
For over ten years the Glasgow Media Group has been finding evidence of bias in television news. GREG PHILO of Glasgow
University has been invited to select extracts from news coverage of the miners' strike to support his case. ALASTAIR HETHERINGTON , Professor of Media Studies at Stirling University, presents an opposing view. Chairing the discussion is NICK ROSS
Producer BRUCE JAMSON (R) (e)
1.00pm Science in Action Sporting Chance
Having a go yourself is the theme of this Hands on Science series. This week, explore the physics of pedal power, find out how to make a bike go faster and marvel at human-powered vehicles.
Presented by KJARTAN POSKITT and TERRY MARSH
Assistant producer CLARE ELSTOW Producer ROBIN MUDGE (R) (e)

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Coia
Unknown:
Sheelagh Gilbey
Producer:
David Meldrum
Presented By:
Rob Curling
Presented By:
Seeta Indirani
Flute:
Duke Dobbing
Guitar:
Mark Pearson
Unknown:
Lance Andrews
Directed By:
Elizabeth Bennett
Presenter:
Hilary Clough
Unknown:
Animation Stewart Harly
Editor:
John Billingham
Producer:
David Roseveare
Producer:
Susan Paton
Written By:
Leslie Glazier
Narrator:
Ken Bones
Producer:
Jill Sheppard
Unknown:
Greg Philo
Unknown:
Alastair Hetherington
Unknown:
Nick Ross
Producer:
Bruce Jamson
Presented By:
Kjartan Poskitt
Unknown:
Terry Marsh
Producer:
Clare Elstow
Producer:
Robin Mudge

by PETER FIRMIN
Tom and Jo make a pretend zoo and Pinny and Victor have an adventurous ride. Read by Matilda Thorpe Story and pictures by PETER FIRMIN Music by AR LOG
Directed and animated by OLIVER POSTGATE (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Firmin
Read By:
Matilda Thorpe
Unknown:
Peter Firmin
Music By:
Ar Log
Unknown:
Oliver Postgate

A See-Saw programme with Brian Cant.
Polly the Parrot from Peter's Pet Shop parades on her perch by the piano. Perhaps you can point out some bric-a-brac that begins with 'P'. (R)

Contributors

Shopkeeper:
Brian Cant
Designer:
Mary Penley-Edwards
Producer:
Nick Wilson

The Age of Wood Windmills made use of many different types of wood: oak for the framework and great central post; hornbeam for cogs; fibrous elm for the brakes and springy ash for the ring which raised the sacks of corn.
Producer NICK WHINES (R) (e)

Contributors

Unknown:
Wood Windmills

Weather followed by Words and Pictures
Wicked Wolf
There's no fooling Shirley Sharpeyes. When the wolf gets in and tries to disguise himself as a doormat, Shirley is quick to spot him and send him packing.
Presented by Vicky Ireland Puppets ALAN PLATT
Animation BURA AND HARDWICK Producer MOYRA GAMBLETON (R) (e)

Contributors

Unknown:
Shirley Sharpeyes.
Presented By:
Vicky Ireland
Presented By:
Puppets Alan Platt
Producer:
Moyra Gambleton
Elizabeth Garrett:
Annabelle Apsion
Emily Faithful:
Sheelagh Day
Bessie Rayner Parkes:
Mary Keegan
Maria Rye:
Maggie Mullarkey
Barbara Bodichon:
Kate Saunders
Jessie Boucherett:
Alwyne Taylor
Esther Smyth:
Amanda Walker
Emily Davies:
Rosalind Wilson

Live coverage of the SDP Conference in Torquay. Today's events include a major speech by the SDP leader, The Rt Hon Dr David Owen mp, and key debates on Defence and Reform of the House of Lords.
Commentators
DAVID DIMBLEBY and VIVIAN WHITE Editor JAMES HOGAN including at
3.00pm News and Weather
3.50 pm News and Weather Regional News and Weather

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr David Owen
Commentators:
David Dimbleby
Editor:
James Hogan

The fourth in a series of five original inquiries into the truth behind famous mysteries and popular stories. Investigated by Bob Symes.
The Doomsday Prophecies The End of the World shall come
In nineteen hundred and ninety-one.
So runs the final prophecy of the Yorkshire wise-woman, Mother Shipton. Her fellow seer, St Malachi. puts
Doomsday as close as the reign of the next pope but one; Nostradamus specifically says July, 1999.
Could the prophets be right? Producer ROBIN BOOTLE (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Bob Symes.
Unknown:
Mother Shipton.
Unknown:
St Malachi.

A series of four programmes 3: The Rough Bounds of Knoydart
Jimmie Macgregor gets his boots on and does some real walking in one of the remotest parts of Scotland. He visits Loch Nevis and Loch Hourn and stays a night in a bothy. Then he follows the Prince's route northwards through
Glen Moriston and Glen Affric to Glen Cannich. And on the way he finds another of Charlie's caves.
Producer DENNIS DICK
Last programme on Friday at 5.00pm)
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Contributors

Unknown:
Jimmie MacGregor
Unknown:
Loch Nevis
Unknown:
Loch Hourn
Unknown:
Glen Moriston
Unknown:
Glen Affric
Unknown:
Glen Cannich.
Producer:
Dennis Dick

Series following a lively group of students from various backgrounds in the inner-city neighbourhood of Degrassi Street, Toronto. The Best Laid Plans
Stephanie asks Wheels out on a date, but overheard conversations lead both of them to imply to their friends that they'll 'do something'.
6.25pm
Behind the Beat
Second of five programmes. Behind the Beat gives you soul with Angela Winbush and Ron Isley and gets def with Run DMC, and KRS-1 lays down his philosophy. See Public Enemy in a rare live performance of Rebel without a Pause and examine the controversy surrounding the film Colors. Also, interviews with former Prince associate Morris Day, new songstress
Mica Paris, plus Respect Due with Jimi Hendrix. Producer TERRY JERVIS
Series producer SHARON ALI BBC Pebble Mill (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Angela Winbush
Unknown:
Ron Isley
Unknown:
Jimi Hendrix.
Producer:
Terry Jervis

In the SDP Conference Day studio in Torquay,
Sir Robin Day interviews the politicians who have been at the centre of today's events. The day's controversies are examined and illuminated. And today's big debates are followed by the day's major interview.
Editor JAMES HOGAN

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Robin Day
Editor:
James Hogan

Third of five programmes The Best Years of Your Life
Retirement is still thought of as the gateway to old age. In reality millions of people are retiring early and can look forward to 20 or 30 years without paid work. Michael O'Donnell investigates the concept of retirement and the rewards for a lifetime's work. Produced by DAVlD WILLIAMS and VICKI MOORE (e)

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael O'Donnell
Produced By:
Davld Williams
Produced By:
Vicki Moore

The second programme in a 12-part series on the history of aviation.
Narrated by Anthony Quayle The Aeroplane Goes to War Shortly after man first achieved powered flight, his new invention was harnessed for battle. The First World War was to be a catalyst for the development of the aeroplane. It added a whole new dimension to warfare - air power.
It also gave birth to a new generation of heroes, the fighter aces. Men like Baron Manfred von Richthofen, Mick Mannock and Rene Fonck. The First World War taught the military the necessity of air power and for the next 30 years the major powers developed the aeroplane into a sophisticated killing machine. By 1939, the lessons of the First World War were about to be re-learnt, for Britain in particular. The aeroplane was to fight perhaps the most important battle of the war - the Battle of Britain.
Film editor MIKE DUXBURY
Series producer IVAN KENDALL Executive producer JOHN GAU Producer CHRIS POWELL BBC Pebble Mill
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Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Quayle
Unknown:
Mick Mannock
Unknown:
Rene Fonck.
Editor:
Mike Duxbury
Producer:
Ivan Kendall
Producer:
John Gau
Producer:
Chris Powell

starring
Cosia Dobrowolska
Ivar Kants
1949: Nina, seeking refuge from war-ravaged Europe, arrives in Australia with a ship full of displaced persons. Instead of a brave new world, the new
Australians find themeselves in Silver City, a spartan transit camp run by unsympathetic bureaucrats. Nina finds consolation in an affair with a married man. Silver City, co-scripted by Booker Prize winner Thomas Keneally , is an assured film debut by Sophia Turkiewicz , and is partly based on her own experiences as an immigrant to Australia.
Screenplay by SOPHIA TURKIEWICZ and THOMAS KENEALLY Produced by JOAN LONG
Directed by SOPHIA TURKIEWICZ
(First showing on British television)
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Contributors

Unknown:
Cosia Dobrowolska
Unknown:
Ivar Kants
Unknown:
Thomas Keneally
Unknown:
Sophia Turkiewicz
Unknown:
Sophia Turkiewicz
Unknown:
Thomas Keneally
Produced By:
Joan Long
Directed By:
Sophia Turkiewicz
Nina:
Cosia Dobrowolska
Julian:
Ivar Kants
Anna:
Anna Jemison
Viktor:
Steve Bisley
Helena:
Debra Lawrance
Mrs Bronowska:
Ewa Brok
Young Daniel:
Joel Cohen
Mr Roy:
Tim McKenzie
Max:
Dennis Miller
Dorothy:
Annie Byron
Stefan:
Steve Jacobs
Ella:
Halina Abramowicz
Priest:
Joseph Drewntak
Arthur Calwell, Minister for Immigration:
Ron Blanchard

with Peter Snow and Donald MacCormick Directors JOHN WILKINSON VICTOR MELLANEY
Deputy editor MIKE ROBINSON Editor JOHN MORRISON

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Snow
Unknown:
Donald MacCormick
Directors:
John Wilkinson
Directors:
Victor Mellaney
Editor:
Mike Robinson
Editor:
John Morrison

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