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Introduced by Simon Parkin and Andi Peters and starting with
The Playbus stops today at The Why Bird Stop
Where Simon needs to sew a button on - but Why has filed the sewing basket.
Puppeteer:
Fiona Beynon Brown.

Contributors

Introduced By:
Simon Parkin
Introduced By:
Andi Peters
Unknown:
Fiona Beynon Brown.

Why are our eyes different colours? Who first made ice-cream? And Jo meets an elephant. With Simon Davies, Diane-Louise Jordan and Jo Korna.
(First shown on BBC1)
Questions to: Corners, BBCtv, [address removed]

Contributors

Presenter:
Simon Davies
Presenter:
Diane-Louise Jordan
Presenter:
Jo Korna
Director:
Steve Hocking
Producer:
Alison Stewart

Marie and Suzanne go to the same school in Northern
Ireland. Marie is a Catholic and Suzanne is a Protestant.
Their friendship is threatened after a petrol bomb.
This is a drama acted by the Pupils from a real school in Belfast.
Producer AB ROORLIGA BILDER (R)

Hi-Tech
Share some chips with Five Star in 1986. See the electronic brain from 1949, and check out some hi-tech fashion in this last programme of the series. If you've saved those cellophane sweet wrappers - red and greeny-blue work best - you can watch the children's poll in 3D.
Executive producer ERIC ROWAN Producer ROY MILANI

Contributors

Producer:
Roy Milani

Christopher Jones presents the week's best speeches, most telling moments and wittiest asides. A look at the politicians at work in the House of Commons, the House of Lords, and the Committee Rooms.
Then, how the decisions will affect different parts of the country.
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Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Jones

Sue MacGregor presents a political programme for the south and east. A weekly look at the work of the area's
MPs and at how what they do helps shape the world beyond Westminster.
Reports from David Brewer and Terry Dignan.
Regional producer VINCENT DOWD Network editor LYDIA HOWARD

Contributors

Unknown:
David Brewer
Unknown:
Terry Dignan.
Editor:
Lydia Howard

With Isobel Ward, Simon Bames and Chris Davies.
Including singer Bobbi Style. (Withsubtitlesandsignlanguage) (Shoum last Wednesday)
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Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Bames
Unknown:
Chris Davies.
Singer:
Bobbi Style.

He's Playing Our Song Five guests gather for a weekend at the luxurious
Ettington Park Hotel. The tunes they request of pianist Barrington Brown have the power to unlock their secrets. Producer JOANNA CLINTON DAVIS
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Contributors

Pianist:
Barrington Brown
Producer:
Joanna Clinton Davis

Starring John Mills.
The story of Scott's last
Antarctic expedition is one of unsurpassed courage and bitter tragedy. This film version of the events of 1909-12 is one of the most distinguished productions of Ealing Studios, while
Vaughan Williams 's score is among the finest music ever composed for the screen.
Screenplay by WALTER MEADE and IVOR MONTAGU
Produced by MICHAEL BALCON Directed by CHARLES FREND
W FILMS: page 19
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Contributors

Unknown:
Vaughan Williams
Unknown:
Walter Meade
Unknown:
Ivor Montagu
Produced By:
Michael Balcon
Directed By:
Charles Frend
Captain R F Scott, RN:
John Mills
Captain L E G Oates:
Derek Bond
Dr E A Wilson:
Harold Warrender
Kathleen Scott:
Diana Churchill
Oriana Wilson:
Anne Firth
Lt H R Bowers, RIM:
Reginald Beckwith
PO (Taff) Evans, RN:
James Robertson Justice
Lt E R G R (Teddy) Evans, RN:
Kenneth More

Featuring
Bath v Harlequins Wasps v Gloucester
It's the Third Round of the Pilkington Cup and the draw has produced what should have been the semi-final line-up as these four sides are currently jostling for the top of Division One. Earlier in the season Harlequins lost at home to Bath, and Wasps beat Gloucester with ease, but these matches are different - it's the cup!
Introduced by Chris Rea. Commentator:
Nigel Starmer-Smith . Executive producer
JOHNNIE WATHERSTON

Contributors

Introduced By:
Chris Rea.
Unknown:
Nigel Starmer-Smith
Unknown:
Johnnie Watherston

Featuring the Men's Downhill from Wengen, Switzerland. The next scheduled stop on the World Cup tour is the home of the Lauberhom downhill. It's the longest race of the season and one of the most demanding.
Introduced by David Vine. Producer MARK WILKIN
Executive producer JIM RESIDE

Contributors

Introduced By:
David Vine.
Producer:
Mark Wilkin

As the downturn in the economy bites, the Money Programme looks at how small businesses are coping. What are their strategies for survival? How useful are the Government Enterprise schemes in difficult times?
How helpful are their lenders, particularly the high street banks? Whatever advice and investment is available can
Britain's small businesses survive 1990?
Robin Aitken reports.
Deputy editor ALAN GRIFFITHS Editor DAVID NISSAN

Contributors

Unknown:
Robin Aitken
Editor:
Alan Griffiths

Haida Gwai - Islands of the People
Canada's wild and beautiful
Queen Charlotte Islands are the traditional homeland of the Haida Indians where salmon crowd the rivers, black bears and bald eagles patrol the remote shores. Haida narrator May Russ reveals her peoples' special relationship with their natural surroundings and tells of the struggle to save the virgin forests from destruction by logging companies.
Produced by JEFF GOODMAN and MIKE SALISBURY BBC Bristol
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Contributors

Produced By:
Jeff Goodman

A series by Michael Palin and Terry Jones.
Tomkinson's Schooldays Set in the frontier days of British education, when upper lips were stiff with cold and corporal punishment was an A-level. A savage, searing indictment of something or other.
Starring Michael Palin with Terry Jones.
Special guests: Gwen Watford and Ian Ogilvy with John Wentworth , Sarah Grazebrook and Chai Lee.
Narrated by Dick Graham. Designer MARTIN COLLINS Director TERRY HUGHES (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Palin
Unknown:
Terry Jones.
Unknown:
Michael Palin
Unknown:
Terry Jones.
Unknown:
Gwen Watford
Unknown:
Ian Ogilvy
Unknown:
John Wentworth
Unknown:
Sarah Grazebrook
Unknown:
Chai Lee.
Unknown:
Dick Graham.
Designer:
Martin Collins
Director:
Terry Hughes

A six-part documentary series by Anthony Sampson.
2: The Power of the Yen
Since 1945, the Japanese have gone from a defeated imperial nation to a financial superpower. Today, the value of land in Tokyo alone is worth more than that of the whole of the United States.
But what are the Japanese doing with their new-found wealth? Anthony Sampson shows how brilliantly the Japanese have succeeded in transforming their aggressive energies from military to commercial achievements.
Will financial power be an adequate substitute for military might?
Cameraman PETER GREENHALGH Series producer .MICK CSAKY
An AntelopetCsaky production for BBCtv

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Sampson.
Unknown:
Anthony Sampson
Unknown:
Peter Greenhalgh

Clive's guests include: black American poet, author and songwriter, Maya Angelou ; comic actor, John Sessions ; and author of A Clockwork
Orange, Anthony Burgess. Producer ELAINE BEDELL
Director DOMINIC BRIGSTOCKE

Contributors

Songwriter:
Maya Angelou
Unknown:
John Sessions
Unknown:
Anthony Burgess.
Producer:
Elaine Bedell
Director:
Dominic Brigstocke

A new BBC film written by Leigh Jackson
Starring Paul McGann
with Phoebe Nicholls, Adrian Dunbar, Arkie Whiteley and Alfred Molina.

Nothing seems to go right for Colin, no matter how he tries. No one is offering him writing work, and his marriage is disintegrating. Why can't he be smooth and confident as he imagines other men to be?

Feature: page 16
Films: page 19
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Contributors

Writer:
Leigh Jackson
Music:
Hal Lindes
Film Editor:
Julian Miller
Designer:
Roger Cann
Lighting Cameraman:
Kevin Rowley
Producer:
Susi Hush
Director:
Colin Gregg
Sarah:
Phoebe Nicholls
Colin:
Paul McGann
George:
Sam Preston
Denise:
Caroline Guthrie
Mary:
Arkie Whiteley
John:
Adrian Dunbar
Italian:
Alfred Molina
Girl in restaurant:
Simone Parfaitt
Max:
Max Stafford-Clark
Actor:
Danny Webb
Ned:
Rupert Holliday Evans
Agent:
Liz Smith
Sarah's assistant:
Katherine Best
Ken:
Ian Redford
Bennett:
Tony Slattery
Sandie:
Michele Wade
Penny:
Fiona Victory
Jane:
Emma D'Inverno
Gerry:
Ric Wadsworth
Airline girl:
Janet Behan
Greek woman:
Anna Sawa
Greek woman:
Georgia Clarke
Guard:
Ruddy L. Davis
Dutchman:
Frederik de Groot
Dutch woman:
Martina Berne
Everly:
Olivier Pierre
Floyd:
Hal Lindes
Receptionist:
Denise Margetts

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