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Starring and The exciting adventures of Sir Francis Drake as he sails the seven seas in pursuit of the Spanish and their treasure, culminating in a spectacular climax with the defeat of the Spanish Armada. Screenplay by FILIPPO SANJUST Produced by PAOLO MOFFA Directed by RUDOLPH MATE
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Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Francis Drake
Play By:
Filippo Sanjust
Produced By:
Paolo Moffa
Directed By:
Rudolph Mate
Sir Francis Drake:
Rod Taylor
Malcolm Marsh:
Keith Michell
Queen Elizabeth I:
Irene Worth

Roger Mendelsohn and his wife have chosen to make their home in the Yukon on the edge of the Arctic Circle. They have had to learn the skills they need to survive in one of the harshest but most beautiful lands in the world. Now their peaceful pioneer life style is under threat.... Producer ANDREE MOLYNEUX
(First shoum in 'World About Us')

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Mendelsohn
Producer:
Andree Molyneux

It's Green Claws's birthday. With Nick Mercer and Stella Goodier.
Claws family stories SONYA DANN Script by URSULA JONES Illustrations JANE GEDYE
Producer CHRISTINE HEWITT (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Mercer
Unknown:
Stella Goodier.
Script By:
Ursula Jones
Script By:
Illustrations Jane Gedye
Producer:
Christine Hewitt

5: Reading the Landscape
Within a few yards of the M1 service station at Watford Gap there is a Roman road and an 18th-century canal.
Guided by Christopher Taylor, Fred Housego finds that the landscape holds many clues to a rich and varied past. (R)

Contributors

Presenter:
Fred Housego
Guide:
Christopher Taylor

Introduced by David Icke.
Badminton
Carlsberg Commonwealth Cup From Bath Sports and Leisure Centre.
Key members of England's team for Auckland are expected to contest the men's and ladies' singles finals. Reigning Commonwealth champions Steve Baddeley and Helen Troke are keen to gain a psychological advantage before the games. Commentator: Barry Davies.
International
Show Jumping
From Olympia, featuring Cognac Courvoisier Two Horse Stakes
Each rider has two horses in this event. Not unusual except that both are brought into the arena together and then ridden one after the other.
Commentators:
Raymond Brooks-Ward and Stephen Hadley.
Studio director SHARON LENCE Producer PHILIP BERNIE
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Contributors

Introduced By:
David Icke.
Unknown:
Steve Baddeley
Unknown:
Helen Troke
Commentator:
Barry Davies.
Unknown:
Raymond Brooks-Ward
Unknown:
Stephen Hadley.
Director:
Sharon Lence
Producer:
Philip Bernie

Actor Ian McKellen has raised more than half a million pounds to help
AIDS sufferers in Britain.
Joan Bakewell talks to him about the decision to make his personal life public by saying he was gay and his campaigning work on behalf of homosexuals and the British theatre.

Contributors

Unknown:
Ian McKellen
Talks:
Joan Bakewell

The education magazine.
It's the end of term at King
Street Junior and Miss Lewis
(Marlene Siddaway ) is deep in Nativity play rehearsals.
Christmas is a time for giving — but when children raise money in school do they really know what it's for?
End of term reports on: Mr McGregor , teacher shortage and student loans.
With Jackie Spreckley and Jill Cochrane.
King Street Junior written by JIM ELDRIDGE
Series producer BERNARD ADAMS
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Contributors

Unknown:
Marlene Siddaway
Unknown:
Mr McGregor
Unknown:
Jackie Spreckley
Unknown:
Jill Cochrane.
Written By:
Jim Eldridge
Producer:
Bernard Adams

Starring and Meet JOE - the J-type Omega Elemental. Genetically created and possessing superior strength and abilities, the army expects him to be the ultimate soldier.
However, they have a problem - JOE refuses to kill ...
Screenplay by NICHOLAS COREA
Produced by STEPHEN P. CALDWELL Directed by RON SATLOF
(First showing on British television)
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Contributors

Play By:
Nicholas Corea
Produced By:
Stephen P. Caldwell
Directed By:
Ron Satlof
Michael Rourke:
Terence Knox
JOE:
Gary Kaspar
Colonel Fleming:
William Lucking
Dr Lena Grant:
Gail Edwards

The Education Revolution: Can the Schools Take the Strain?
Britain's schools are undergoing their biggest shake-up since the Butler Act of 1944. As schools begin implementing the National Curriculum, teachers claim the reforms are so ill-conceived and badly organised that many of them have decided to leave education altogether. What's more, from next April schools will begin to run their own budgets and compete for pupils. The Government says that will make them more efficient; headteachers are worried they will be forced to put business before education. Is the speed and scope of change jeopardising the chances of success?
Presented by Peter Taylor with Mike Baker.
Producer DAI RICHARDS Editor NIGEL CHAPMAN

Contributors

Presented By:
Peter Taylor
Unknown:
Mike Baker.
Producer:
Dai Richards
Editor:
Nigel Chapman

The Beach Resorts of Central Florida
What are resorts like Daytona Beach and Clearwater Beach really like? Which has the better coast - the Atlantic or the Gulf of Mexico? Which is the best month to go? And how much do things cost? Presented by Penny Junor with John Kettley.
Producer JUl.IE K BRADSHAW
Executive producer ALAN DOBSON (Details on Ceefax page 619)
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Contributors

Unknown:
John Kettley.
Producer:
Alan Dobson

Family Planning By Tony Haase. Pete McCarthy and Rebecca Stevens. Middleford police officers become enmeshed in an ugly web of domestic disputes as their personal lives are dragged kicking and screaming into the station. Starring Robin Driscoll ,
Tony Haase. Pete McCarthy , Rebecca Stevens , and Paul Brooke as Sarge.
Production JAMIK RIX and JOHN KILBY

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Haase.
Unknown:
Pete McCarthy
Unknown:
Rebecca Stevens.
Unknown:
Robin Driscoll
Unknown:
Tony Haase.
Unknown:
Pete McCarthy
Unknown:
Rebecca Stevens
Unknown:
Paul Brooke
Unknown:
Jamik Rix
Unknown:
John Kilby

Silver Tracks
With songwriter Billy Bragg and broadcaster/ Andy Kershaw.
Even today the 17th-century silver routes of Bolivia are perilous. From the cyanide-weeping rocks of the Potosi mines, along a trail strewn with strange myths, customs and cultures, Andy and Billy trace a route to Chile and the seaport of Arica. Crossing this spectacular Andean landscape they meet the remote high-altitude Indians. As they witness the passion of ritual and the panoply of fiesta Billy responds in song, offering his own kind of music to a deeply moved but uncomprehending community.
Photography JOHN ELSE
Director MICHAEL HOULDEY
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Contributors

Songwriter:
Billy Bragg
Unknown:
Andy Kershaw.
Director:
Michael Houldey

With Jeremy Paxman.
International reports by: Julian O'Halloran ,
David Sells and Charles Wheeler. Deputy editors KEITH BOWERS and EAMONN MATTHEWS Editor JOHN MORRISON

Contributors

Unknown:
Jeremy Paxman.
Unknown:
Julian O'Halloran
Unknown:
David Sells
Unknown:
Charles Wheeler.
Editors:
Keith Bowers
Editors:
Eamonn Matthews
Editor:
John Morrison

Starring and Shigeyuki's laziness keeps him towards the bottom of his class. Anxious for his son to make good progress, Numata hires a tutor. Shigeyuki's grades improve and he learns to cope with school bullies but the tutor has a very strange effect on the rest of the family. Yoshimitsu Morita made his name in comedy films. The Family Game, with its mixing of social comment and black humour, is his first international success.
Written and directed by YOSHIMITSU MORITA
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Contributors

Unknown:
Yoshimitsu Morita
Directed By:
Yoshimitsu Morita
Tutor:
Yusaku Matsuda
Kosuke Numata:
Juzo Kami
Chikako:
Saoei Yuki
Shinichi:
Junichi Tsujita
Shigeyuki:
Ichtrota Mtyagawa

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