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Links: Protecting the Environment
Something in the Air
The 'Nefos' (smog) of Athens reached crisis level in July 1988 when thousands of people were hospitalised and 400 died. Athens teenagers investigate the causes and possible solutions and share views with teenagers in Smethwick, West Midlands, where there is also air pollution.
Producer ANDY WALKER (e)

Contributors

Producer:
Andy Walker

The Orchestra
Children from Canonbury Junior School listen to orchestral music by Grieg and Leroy Anderson.
Presenters: Jonathan Cohen and Helen Spiers with the Guildhall School of Music and Drama Junior Department Symphony Orchestra, led by: Fiona D'Souza conducted by: Frederick Applewhite
Produced by ELIZABETH BENNETT (e)

Contributors

Unknown:
Leroy Anderson.
Presenters:
Jonathan Cohen
Presenters:
Helen Spiers
Unknown:
Fiona D'Souza
Conducted By:
Frederick Applewhite
Produced By:
Elizabeth Bennett

Hungarian Link-Up
Glasnost penetrates the classrooms of Budapest and London as the children of Thornhill Primary School link up with Varosmajor School and find out how
Hungarian children spend a typical day. They also hear the story of the first bridge in Budapest and how its
Scottish designer got very wet on opening day. Producer TOM STANIER (e)

Contributors

Producer:
Tom Stanier

Eastern Europe the End of an Empire?
Will the mass exodus of tens of thousands of East
Germans to the West lead to the break-up of the Soviet empire?
Presenter: Rob Curling. Producer DAVID MELDRUM (e)

Contributors

Producer:
David Meldrum

The Queen's Speech Debate
Live coverage from the House of Commons of the fifth day of the Queen's Speech debate. Presented by Vivian White , with commentary by Brian Curtois.
Before the debate,
Christopher Jones with the last of his reports on how Parliament works: today, the influence of the backbenchers.
Producers JAMES LEATON GRAY
COLIN MARTIN and ANDREA HERTZ

Contributors

Presented By:
Vivian White
Commentary By:
Brian Curtois.
Unknown:
Christopher Jones
Unknown:
Leaton Gray
Unknown:
Colin Martin

Stormseal United Kingdom Championship
The remaining seven frames of the afternoon session from the Guild Hall, Preston.
Introduced by David Vine. Commentators: Ted Lowe
Jack Karnehm and Clive Everton.

Contributors

Introduced By:
David Vine.
Commentators:
Ted Lowe
Unknown:
Jack Karnehm

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
American superstar
Steve Young explains why there is more to life than American football and why he has become a Mormon, or member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
Saints, along with stars like the Osmonds. In an honest and sometimes heated debate, six young people discuss the subject with believer Kevin Johnson. ProducerBILL HILARY Executive producer
JANET STREET PORTER
BBC Northern Ireland (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jesus Christ
Unknown:
Steve Young
Unknown:
Jesus Christ
Unknown:
Kevin Johnson.
Producer:
Bill Hilary
Unknown:
Janet Street Porter

Ziggy Marley , son of reggae legend
Bob Marley , dubs it up in performance; the Blow Monkeys speak frankly about why they feature other artists on their records; and Adamski tells the inside story on the acid house raves.
Plus the usual mix of dance and funky sounds.
Executive producer JENNY COWAN Series producer TERRY JERVIS BBC Pebble Mill

Contributors

Unknown:
Ziggy Marley
Unknown:
Bob Marley
Producer:
Jenny Cowan
Producer:
Terry Jervis

Shepherd's Chinese Challenge Richard Shepherd is the chef at London's fashionable
Langan's Brasserie, which he co-owns with film star
Michael Caine. After a busy evening in his own restaurant, he loves to escape for a quiet Chinese meal. But he'd never cooked Chinese food ... until Food and Drink challenged him to become a skivvy in the kitchens of Manchester's Yang Sing restaurant. It is a baptism of fire - literally. e FOOD: page 95
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Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Shepherd
Unknown:
Michael Caine.

The fifth programme in a six-part series. Fashion for All
In the 50s and 60s British ready-to-wear developed in leaps and bounds. Fashion, once controlled by the middle-aged in the 50s, was taken over by the newly-affluent young.
Series producer SUZANNE DAVIES Producer ROBERT ALBURY (e)
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Contributors

Producer:
Suzanne Davies
Producer:
Robert Albury

Starring and Behind the glamour and power of the White
House lie secret pains for
Betty Ford, the First Lady. Known for her candour and courage in confronting breast cancer, Mrs Ford is about to face her most difficult challenge when her addiction to alcohol and prescription drugs threatens her life, family and happiness.
This moving true story of how one woman overcame impossible odds and created the famous clinic to help others won a Golden Globe Award for Gena Rowlands.
Produced by MARK M. WOLPER Directed by DAVID GREENE
(First showing on British television) • FILMS: page 22
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Contributors

Unknown:
Gena Rowlands.
Produced By:
Mark M. Wolper
Directed By:
David Greene
Betty Ford:
Gena Rowlands
Gerald Ford:
Josef Sommer
Susan:
Nana Woods
Gayle:
Laura Leigh Hughes
Mike:
Daniel McDonald
Steve:
Brian McNamara
Jack:
Bradley Whitford
Jan:
Concetta Tomei
Diane:
Joan McMurtrey
Dr Lukash:
Kenneth Tigar

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