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Slapton Ley, a natural freshwater lake, is one of the south west's most important nature reserves - a Perfect place to find a variety of wildlife - including the grass snake.
Written and narrated by DAVID BEAN Directed and photographed by LAURIE EMBERSON (R)

The Open University continues its special preview of programmes looking at education today.
Exploring Educational Issues The Trouble with Science Depressingly, science subjects are still often seen as 'boy's subjects', reducing their appeal to every new generation of girls.
Producer MEG SHEFFIELD (R)
(The next programme is at 12.30pm)

starring
Two old college buddies search for a pirate's fabled treasure.
Screenplay by ROD TAYLOR Produced by SAM MANNERS Directed by HENRY LEVIN
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Contributors

Play By:
Rod Taylor
Produced By:
Sam Manners
Directed By:
Henry Levin
Marion:
Rod Taylor
Stack:
Stuart Whitman
Landers:
Jeremy Kemp
Ursula:
Elke Sommer
Meat Cleaver Stuart:
Keenan Wynn

No Date for the Doctor
Dr Mary Flowers joins a dating agency, only to have one of its male employees make a lewd proposition to her. Can she reclaim her subscription fee?
A Piercing Experience
A woman buys earrings that she has not been allowed to try on for 'health reasons'. They do not fit. The jeweller refuses to take them back. Is he liable?
Judge Wapner gives a decision.
Host: Doug Llewlyn (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Mary Flowers
Unknown:
Judge Wapner
Unknown:
Doug Llewlyn

Weather followed by Peter Ustinov 's
Russia
Seeds of Dissent
In the mid-19th century
Britain and France provoked the Crimean War. The British had an inadequate map; the French had two watercolours. The Russian tsars also had to combat conspiracies at home. Peter Ustinov visits the Crimea, takes the waters in Siberia and chats with Lenin and Dostoevsky.
Written by PETER USTINOV
Produced by JOHN MCGREEVY and VICTOR SOLNICKI A CTV production (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Ustinov
Unknown:
Peter Ustinov
Written By:
Peter Ustinov
Produced By:
John McGreevy
Produced By:
Victor Solnicki

- starring
When Bandle and Popday are assigned to the Home Guard, their involvement with a beautiful spy leads to marital and military misunderstandings.
Screenplay by VERNON SYLVAINE. BERNERD MAINWARING and LAWRENCE HUNTINGDON from the play by VERNON SYLVAINE
Produced by WARWICK WARD
Directed by LAWRENCE HUNTINGDON
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Contributors

Unknown:
Vernon Sylvaine.
Unknown:
Bernerd Mainwaring
Unknown:
Lawrence Huntingdon
Play By:
Vernon Sylvaine
Produced By:
Warwick Ward
Directed By:
Lawrence Huntingdon
Wilmer Popday:
Robertson Hare
Alfred Bandle:
Alfred Drayton
Frankie Delane:
Polly Ward
Karen:
Joyce Heron

with A lively and tuneful musical in which the young Judy Garland plays the stagestruck daughter of a madcap theatrical family.
Aided by the family servants she determines to prove her talent - with unexpected consequences....
Screenplay by FLORENCE RYERSON and EDGAR ALLAN WOOLF from their story
Produced by HARRY RAPF
Directed by EDWIN L . MARIN
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Contributors

Unknown:
Judy Garland
Unknown:
Florence Ryerson
Unknown:
Edgar Allan Woolf
Produced By:
Harry Rapf
Directed By:
Edwin L . Marin
Ricky Saboni:
Allan Jones
Olga Chekaloff:
Fanny Brice
Hillary Bellaire:
Reginald Owen
Diana Bellaire:
Billie Burke
Jerrold:
Reginald Gardiner
Sylvia:
Lynne Carver
Hillary's secretary:
Helen Troy
John Fleming:
Monty Woolley

A series of12 films in which a walled garden is restored, as it was 100 years ago. 4: April
Using modern equipment,
Peter Thoday demonstrates the effectiveness of hotbeds in advancing young plants, while at the bottom of the garden a beehive is introduced.
Harry Dodson uncovers seakale shoots the colour of carved ivory.
Music by PAUL READE
Film editor DAVID BARRETT Producer KEITH SHEATHER BBC Bristol (R)
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Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Thoday
Unknown:
Harry Dodson
Music By:
Paul Reade
Editor:
David Barrett
Producer:
Keith Sheather

A series of natural history films from around the world. The Mud-Loving Muskrat
Prized for its fur, the muskrat was introduced to Europe and Asia in the early part of the century. It adapted so well to its new environment that it has become the most widely distributed fur animal in the world today.
This film from Finland follows the life of the muskrat just as the ice melts in the spring, and reveals its remarkable lifestyle. Produced by KARL SOVERI Presented for BBCtv by GEORGEINGER BBC Bristol
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Contributors

Produced By:
Karl Soveri

On Death introduced by Chantal Cuer.
Would you like to choose your own coffin? Is a cemetery the right place to build a restaurant? Why paint a mausoleum pink?
Tonight's film, Necropolis, is a haunting, sometimes wry look at death and the rituals that surround it.
In the villages of Sicily, customs are strictly adhered to, while in Rome, traditional burial grounds have given way to hi-tech cemeteries. The film also visits the Italian-speaking region of Switzerland, where the rites of mourning, unchanged for centuries, have been challenged by the modern world.
Assistant producer SARA GREEN
Series producer PATRICIA HOULIHAN (e)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Chantal Cuer.

Presented by Penny Junor with reports from
John Thirlwell , John Kettley and Matthew Collins.
The weekly magazine with essential holiday information.
Resort Report: Legoland and surrounding area of Denmark. Basic facts, best and worst points, plus what it's actually like for a holiday. UK Mini Guide: Inverness and Loch Ness.
A detailed look at the area, with all the things worth seeing and doing.
The last-minute bargains, your holiday moans, tips for the independent traveller and your holiday weather prospects.
Executive producer ALAN DOBSON Producer JUUE K. BRADSHAW BBC North West
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Contributors

Unknown:
John Thirlwell
Unknown:
John Kettley
Unknown:
Matthew Collins.
Producer:
Alan Dobson

Through South East Asia with Jack Pizzey.
Post-Colonial Waltz
Tonight, in the first of six programmes from South East Asia, Jack Pizzey examines the colonial legacy of an area where the cultural, religious and political influences of East and West jostle for supremacy.
Pizzey visits the former
British colonies of Malaysia and Singapore and meets a Vietnamese officer who successfully fought both the French and the Americans. Written by JACK PIZZEY
Produced and directed by HUGH PIPER
A PHILLIP EMANUEL production for BBCtv
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Contributors

Unknown:
Jack Pizzey.
Unknown:
Jack Pizzey
Written By:
Jack Pizzey
Directed By:
Hugh Piper
Directed By:
A Phillip Emanuel

with Peter Snow and Donald MacCormick. Reporters Paul Burden, Nick Clarke,
David Coss, Olenka Frenkiel, Margaret Gilmore, Wesley Kerr, Peter Marshall, Julian O'Halloran, Rupert Segar, David Sells, Sarah Spiller, Francine Stock, Janet Trewin, Charles Wheeler.

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Snow
Unknown:
Donald MacCormick.
Unknown:
Paul Burden
Unknown:
Nick Clarke
Unknown:
David Coss
Unknown:
Olenka Frenkiel
Unknown:
Margaret Gilmore
Unknown:
Wesley Kerr
Unknown:
Peter Marshall
Unknown:
Julian O'Halloran
Unknown:
Rupert Segar
Unknown:
David Sells
Unknown:
Sarah Spiller
Unknown:
Francine Stock
Unknown:
Janet Trewin
Unknown:
Charles Wheeler.

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