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Drummers
The children from Robert
Browning Primary School make up rhythm patterns.
Presenters: Jonathan Cohen and Helen Speirs.
Timpani: Sarah Thomas. Drums: Will Hill,
Produced by ELIZABETH BENNETT (e)

Contributors

Presenters:
Jonathan Cohen
Presenters:
Helen Speirs.
Unknown:
Sarah Thomas.
Produced By:
Elizabeth Bennett

British Social History
The Ladies of Langham Place by Leslie Glazer.
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, to secure better educational and employment opportunities for women - and ultimately, the vote. (R) (e)

Contributors

Unknown:
Leslie Glazer.

South Africa - a Peaceful Way Out?
F.W. de Klerk has promised the country a five-year programme of reforms. Is this good news or is it too little too late to satisfy the needs of the 85 per cent of South
Africans who are non-white?
Presenter: Rob Curling. Producer LEN BROWN (e)

Contributors

Unknown:
F.W. de Klerk
Producer:
Len Brown

An increasing number of BBC programmes are now available on video cassette. In this week's programme, Neil Mullarkey looks at some of the most popular titles, including the enormously successful Watch with Mother.

Contributors

Presenter:
Neil Mullarkey
Director:
Michael Whelan

The first programme of a six-part series in which the distinguished novelist and playwright Beryl Bainbridge , with the help of families from both the north and south, examines the concept of a nation divided.
1: The Coglans of Hastings
Most of the men in the family are fishermen who prosper in an industry which somehow survives in both the north and south.
Producer JAMES DEWAR BBC West (R)
3.50pm News and Weather
Regional News and Weather

Contributors

Unknown:
Beryl Bainbridge

Anagram: Real Kid.
Clue: Irish Place name. Answer: see today's programme!
Join contestants from all over Britain as they pit their wits and verbal skills against Bryan the computer and his sets of letters, while host
Paul Coia ensures fair play.

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Coia

David Jenkins , Bishop of Durham, stunned his congregation in 1984 when he challenged the traditional
Christian belief in the Virgin Birth and the Resurrection. In 1989 he tells
John Humphrys that he still has doubts as he stands at the bottom of the pulpit steps. Producer JOHN WILCOX BBC Pebble Mill

Contributors

Unknown:
David Jenkins
Unknown:
John Humphrys
Producer:
John Wilcox

starring and High above the Atlantic, a routine flight to New York is the setting for this tense drama, as one man's avenging passion threatens the lives of all on board.
Produced by STEVEN PALLOS
Directed by C. RAKER ENDFIELD
•BARRY NORMAN : page 22

Contributors

Produced By:
Steven Pallos
Directed By:
C. Raker
Unknown:
Barry Norman
Ernist Tilley:
Richard Attenborough
Captain Bardow:
Stanley Baker
Mrs Satterly:
Hermione Baddeley
Otis:
Bernard Braden
Angelica:
Diane Cilento
Edwina:
Barbara Kelly
Dr Bergstein:
David Kossoff
Pam:
Virginia Maskell
Binky:
Harry Secombe
Inez:
Elizabeth Sellars
Emma:
Sybil Thorndike
Carol:
Mai Zetterling
Billy Forrester:
Marty Wilde
Mulliner:
Patrick Allen
George:
Paul Carpenter

This week's programme features a report on hearing damage from loud music. Soul superstar Issac Hayes steps out of the 70s, and Papa Wemba sheds light on the serious style of Parisian Africans. All this plus the usual mix of dance, fashion and the latest videos. Executive producer JENNY COWAN Series producer TERRY JERVIS BBC Pebble Mill

Contributors

Unknown:
Issac Hayes
Unknown:
Papa Wemba
Producer:
Jenny Cowan
Producer:
Terry Jervis

Krishna
Consciousness Tonight Hazel O'Connor explains why she feels the world would be a better place if people remembered the name of God, and how
Krishna consciousness has changed her life. Young
Krishna devotee Damadara Das talks frankly to a group of young people who discuss and question his belief. Producer BILL HILARY Executive producer
JANET STREET PORTER
BBC Northern Ireland (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Hazel O'Connor
Talks:
Damadara Das
Unknown:
Janet Street Porter

Yasser Arafat is the sixth subject in a series of face-to-face interviews with Ludovic Kennedy.
Chairman of the Palestine
Liberation Organisation for the last 20 years, he has been active in the movement since 1948 when he fought as a young officer in the Arab/Israeli war.
Why did he first become involved in the Palestinian cause? Is he a devout
Muslim? How did he become a millionaire?
Why does he never spend more than two nights under the same roof?
Yasser Arafat reveals all, or some, in an intimate portrait.
Director PIETER MORPURGO Producer LINDA CLEEVE
•CEEFAX SUBTITLES

Contributors

Unknown:
Yasser Arafat
Unknown:
Ludovic Kennedy.

Health and Beauty Off the Peg The third programme of this six-part series about the social history of dress looks at the various influences which changed the way women looked in the 1920s and 1930s.
Consultant LOU TAYLOR
Producer SUZANNE DAVIES (e)
•CEEFAX SUBTITLES

Contributors

Unknown:
Lou Taylor
Producer:
Suzanne Davies

starring and A young man, covered in blood, begs to use the phone in film star
Claudia's mansion. She becomes suspicious when he reveals himself to be her devoted fan.
Screenplay by KRZYSZTOF SANUSSI and EDWARD ZEBROWSKI
Produced by REGINA ZIEGLER
Directed by KRZYSZTOF SANUSSI
(First showing on British television) •FILMS: page 22

Contributors

Unknown:
Krzysztof Sanussi
Unknown:
Edward Zebrowski
Produced By:
Regina Ziegler
Directed By:
Krzysztof Sanussi
Claudia:
Leslie Caron
the young man:
Daniel Webb
Marianne:
Leslie Malton

The topical arts and media programme reports on people and performances. This week's presenters are Sarah Dunant. Tracey MacLeod and Michael Ignatieff. Producer JAMIE MUIR
Executive producer KEVIN LOADER Editor MICHAEL JACKSON

Contributors

Unknown:
Sarah Dunant.
Unknown:
Tracey MacLeod
Unknown:
Michael Ignatieff.
Producer:
Jamie Muir
Editor:
Michael Jackson

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