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9.30am Inset. Science
The third in a series designed to help science departments to discuss and implement ideas about secondary science. Presented by TERRY MARSH
Producer MICHAEL COYLE (R) (e)

10.00am Diez Temas 8: Las vacaciones
'The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.' Wet or fine, what does Salamanca offer visitors? ANTONIO is your guide. Directed by LUIS ESPAN producer SUSAN PATON (e)

10.15am Look and Read: Ground - A Piece of Cake!
Captain Cutlass gives Ozzie a vital clue - but will he find Rachel?
Written by CHRISTOPHER RUSSELL Producer SUE WEEKS (R) (e)

10.40am Technology and Design: Packaging
The first of three programmes featuring problem-solving m the real world of technology and design. This programme considers the function of packaging using a case study from the pottery industry and an open-ended school-based problem involving Easter eggs.
Producer ROBIN GWYN (R) (e)

11.00am Watch: Then and Now: Work
(R) (e)

11.18am Logo: Sub and Super
Using window frames, traffic lights and Frere Jacques, the Logokids show procedures made from sub-procedures while Timmy Mallett starts a computer adventure,
Producer MORTON SURGUY (R) (e)

11.35am Who - Me?: Independence
Kim is physically disabled.Will she be allowed to go to the disco with her sister Sandra?
Film editor ALASTAIR MACKAY
Producer NlCCI CROWTHER (e)

12.00 A-level Statistics: Simulation
How can we usefully mimic random events on a computer?
Producer DAVID ROSEVEARE (R) (e)

12.20pm Science Topics: Energy Transfer Devices
Some of the alternative ways of producing energy.
Series producer PETER BRATF (R) (e)

12.40pm Maths at Work: 3
Young people use GCSE maths at work.
Producer ROGER FRY (R) (e)

1.00pm Deutsch direkt!: 18
Mittenwald, on the Austrian border, is famous for its violin-makers and its special carnival. Presented by HANNI VANHAIDEN
Film director GILL BARNES
Producer MADDALENA FAGANDINI (R) (e)

Contributors

Presented By:
Terry Marsh
Producer:
Michael Coyle
Directed By:
Luis Espan
Producer:
Susan Paton
Written By:
Christopher Russell
Producer:
Sue Weeks
Producer:
Robin Gwyn
Producer:
Frere Jacques
Editor:
Alastair MacKay
Producer:
David Roseveare
Producer:
Peter Bratf
Presented By:
Hanni Vanhaiden
Director:
Gill Barnes
Producer:
Maddalena Fagandini

4: Turning the Soil Glyn Rogers farms
Kennixstone on the Gower Peninsula as did his father and grandfather before him. He remembers the years when horses, not tractors, ploughed the land. Producer SLÁN OWEN (e)

Contributors

Unknown:
Glyn Rogers

Weather followed by You and Me
Dibs and Cosmo look for a suitable box for Gary's dog.
Henry the kangaroo looks for the wheelchair symbol and meets Georgina. Matthew fetches fruit and vegetables for his parents' shop.
Presenter Gary Wilmot Film director SUE ARON
Producer NICCI CROWTHER (R) (e)

Contributors

Unknown:
Georgina. Matthew
Presenter:
Gary Wilmot
Director:
Sue Aron
Producer:
Nicci Crowther
Cosmo:
Frances Kay
Dibs:
Francis Wright

Peter Seabrook continues his journey around New
Zealand's famous gardens. Twelve miles from
Christchurch on South Island is the garden of Mrs Simpson - a labour of love built in the foundations of an old farm. Producer RUSS MORASH BBC presentation by DENIS W. GARTSIDE
A WGBH TV Boston production BBC Pebble Mill (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Seabrook
Unknown:
Mrs Simpson

Weather followed by Chronicle
Tomb of the Lost King
In 1977, a Greek archaeologist announced that he had found a series of rich and mysterious Royal Tombs buried in the shadow of Mount Olympus. Behind that statement lay a story of detective work which finally led Manolis Andronicos not only to the Royal Tombs but to the lost city of Aegae.
What startled archaeologists was his claim that one of the tombs belonged to Philip of Macedon - one of the most famous of all Greek warriors. Narrated by Andrew Faulds. Written and produced by ROY DAVIES Editor BRUCE NORMAN
A GREEK TELEVISION production with BBCtv (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Manolis Andronicos
Unknown:
Andrew Faulds.
Produced By:
Roy Davies
Editor:
Bruce Norman

The first of three daily programmes. Spring Term
Ebrington is a village in the Cotswolds. Its school has been saved from closure by a unique experiment. It has been 'federated' with another primary school in nearby
Chipping Camden, and now shares the staff and facilities of the bigger school. (R)

for the Fiat Trophy
The veterans' tournament on Spain's Costa Brava has reached the semi-final stage in the singles competition.
The first of those semi-finals is today.
Introduced by John Barrett Commentator DAN MASKELL Tennis director RICHARD TILLING Producer GARY FRANSES
A TRANS WORLD INTERNATIONAL production for BBCtv

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Barrett
Commentator:
Dan Maskell
Director:
Richard Tilling
Producer:
Gary Franses

starring
Lou Costello Bud Abbott.
A bedtime story for a troublesome child turns into another comic escapade for Bud and Lou as they enter the colourful world of fairy tales in a bumbling attempt to rescue the princess and defeat the giant, accompanied by songs and laughter all the way.
Screenplay by NAT CURTIS
Produced by ALEX GOTTLIEB Directed by JEAN YARBROUGH (Colour/black and white) 0 FILMS: page 16

Contributors

Unknown:
Lou Costello
Unknown:
Bud Abbott.
Play By:
Nat Curtis
Produced By:
Alex Gottlieb
Directed By:
Jean Yarbrough
Jack:
Lou Costello
Dink:
Bud Abbott
Giant:
Buddy Baer
Giant's housekeeper:
Dorothy Ford
Princess Eloise:
Shayecogan
Prince Arthur:
James Alexander
Jack's mother:
Barbara Brown
Donald:
David Stollery
King:
William Farnum

Birmingham Town Hall is this evening's venue for international operatic tenor Dennis O'Neill. The Welsh mezzo-soprano Eirian James and the City of Birmingham Organist Thomas Trotter are his guests in a programme of popular music conducted by Andrew Greenwood , with the BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra, associate leader
BARRY HASKEY.
Sound GEOFF ATKINS
Lighting LEN STEPHENS Designer STEVE TALBOT Executive producer
HUW TREGELLES WILUAMS
Production HUW BRIAN WILLIAMS BBC Wales

Contributors

Tenor:
Dennis O'Neill.
Mezzo-Soprano:
Eirian James
Organist:
Thomas Trotter
Conducted By:
Andrew Greenwood
Leader:
Barry Haskey.
Designer:
Steve Talbot
Unknown:
Brian Williams

On Earth to Make the Numbers Up
Two years ago, Harry Malkin was working down the pit.
Now his magnificent charcoal sketches of life underground have been exhibited at the Royal Festival Hall in London. This was made possible by the work of the Yorkshire Art Circus which wants to take the snobbery out of art and give local people a voice in recording their own history. Ringmaster Ian Clayton. a local writer, takes a grand tour of the Circus to see the work of ordinary people who are not simply 'on Earth to make the numbers up'. Film cameramen
DAVE WMTSON. IAN CHURCHILL
Sound recording ANDY GLENDINNING Executive producer TONY LARYEA Producer RAY HOUGH
Open Space is the series where the public can make programmes under their own editorial control helped by the Community Programme Unit. 0 ROGER WODDIS : page 72

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Malkin
Unknown:
Ian Clayton.
Unknown:
Dave Wmtson.
Unknown:
Roger Woddis

Presented by Chris Kelly ,
Michael Barry , Jill Goolden. Oil Strike: which oils and fats are good for us? New research suggests we've gone overboard about polyunsaturated oils and neglected others.
Vegetarian Victuals: last week eight French chefs leamt how to cook vegetarian food. This week their food is put to the test by practising vegetarians. Fireman Holiday: London fireman and amateur cook Keith Watt eats with an Italian fire crew. They ignite his taste buds, and those of his guide Antonio Carluccio , with a fish lunch. Film directors WILFRED
EMMANUEL-JONES, JEREMY MILLS Studio director PHIL cmLVERS Producer PETER BAZALGETTE A BAZAL production for BBCtv
0 FACTSHEET: send a 60p cheque or PO (payable to BSS) to: [address removed] (Details on Ceefax page 288)

Contributors

Presented By:
Chris Kelly
Presented By:
Michael Barry
Presented By:
Jill Goolden.
Unknown:
Keith Watt
Unknown:
Antonio Carluccio
Producer:
Peter Bazalgette

Starring
with

They have stared longingly across the office, they have snatched moments of passion - but is it time for Viola to find out if Agnes rhymes in her sleep? A lonely assignment has Bert considering his love life; is he destined to stand for ever on the wet tarmac or will he get the girl and the Frequent Flyer coupons out of Casablanca?
Soapsuds: page 14

Contributors

Writer:
Jeff Reno
Writer:
Ron Osborn
Director:
Artie Mandelberg
Maddie Hayes:
Cybill Shepherd
David Addison:
Bruce Willis
Ms Dipesto:
Allyce Beasley
Bert Viola:
Curtis Armstrong
MacGillicuddy:
Jack Blessing

Moving home is among the most stressful of life's experiences; from the price boom of last summer to the rising mortgage rates and falling prices of today, these films chart six house sales - the anxiety, thrills, disappointments and delights. 4: Truly the Stuff Dreams Are Made Of
Last summer, house prices in the Yorkshire Dales rose on average by 50 per cent as Southerners cashed in on the housing boom and paid record prices for Dales property. For Anne and Jack Brough , moving down from Durham, the search for a dream cottage rapidly turned into a nightmare. Photography
MIKE FOX. JOHN WARWICK Film editor LIZ THOYTS
Executive producer DAVID PEARSON Producer BERNARD HALL BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Jack Brough
Unknown:
Mike Fox.
Producer:
David Pearson

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