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The gardens: listen out for tunes with jumps, steps and repeated notes, sing the Moaning Blues and hear the sounds of a woodwind quartet. The children in the Tuileries come to life.
Presenters: Jonathan Cohen and Helen Speirs with Duke Dobing (flute) Keith Marshal (oboe)
Prudence Whittaker (clarinet) Nicola Wingrove (bassoon). Animation Bura and Hardwick Puppets Alan Platt
Director Clare Elstow
Producer Elizabeth Bennett

Contributors

Presenters:
Jonathan Cohen
Presenters:
Helen Speirs
Bassoon:
Nicola Wingrove
Producer:
Elizabeth Bennett

Timmy Mallett and Anjuu Misra look at how religions often help their followers to understand something about moral choices. Jules and the Rules tells of a boy who has to face a decision. There is a retelling of an ancient Muslim story and a visit to a Jewish home and school.
Assistant producer Mike Dick Producer John Forrest

Contributors

Unknown:
Timmy Mallett
Unknown:
Anjuu Misra
Producer:
Mike Dick
Producer:
John Forrest

9: Dilly Bellingham tries out a robotic fashion mannequin in Tokyo and visits pneumatic rock stars in London. Why is taking a picture of a rubbish skip as difficult as a falcon in flight? To help with this, Mat Irvine and Dilly explore the world of model engineering. Assistant producer Derek Butler Series producer Robin Mudge

Contributors

Producer:
Derek Butler
Producer:
Robin Mudge

Weather followed by The Yellow River
Different religions and philosophies have taken root along the river.
Written and narrated by Stephen Jessel.
Producer Viviana Woodruff
An NHK production in association with BBCtv (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Jessel.
Producer:
Viviana Woodruff

The wages of ten million British workers fall below the Council of Europe's
'decency threshold'. But low pay also means long hours, unsafe conditions and rip-offs by unscrupulous employers. So what protection is there? The programme talks to hairdressers, office cleaners and farm workers and offers advice on claiming benefits to supplement low income. Presented by Hugh Scully and Helen Madden. Editor Chris Lent
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Contributors

Presented By:
Hugh Scully
Presented By:
Helen Madden.

Starring
Joan Blondell
Dick Powell
Mind-boggling Busby
Berkeley dance routines and a toe-tapping score which includes I Only Have Eyes for You are just two of the many delights in this spectacular 30s musical.
Choreographer Busby Berkeley Director Ray Enright
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Contributors

Unknown:
Joan Blondell
Unknown:
Dick Powell
Unknown:
Busby Berkeley
Director:
Ray Enright
Mabel Anderson:
Joan Blondell
Jimmy Higgens:
Dick Powell
Barbara Hemingway:
Ruby Keeler
Mathilda Hemingway:
Zasu Pitts

Fitting Images 'You can't judge a book by its cover' - but all the evidence suggests that is precisely what people do; they make judgments based on the way others look. For Dennis Nye , Kathy Burke and Nicky Read , looks have played a significant part in their lives.
Series producer Roger Tonge Producer Julie Callanan (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Dennis Nye
Unknown:
Kathy Burke
Unknown:
Nicky Read
Producer:
Roger Tonge
Producer:
Julie Callanan

Steven Isserlis , the world-famous cellist, gives the last of five Master
Classes to former entrants in the BBC competition.
Katherine Hunka (violin), Rachel Roberts (viola) and String Young Musician of the Year winner in 1988, Paul Watkins (cello).
The music is by Beethoven, Faure and Shostakovich. Sound Harold Barnes Director Peter Maniura
Master Classes given in association with Lloyds Bank.

Contributors

Unknown:
Steven Isserlis
Violin:
Katherine Hunka
Viola:
Rachel Roberts
Cello:
Paul Watkins
Unknown:
Harold Barnes
Director:
Peter Maniura

The Britannic Greenhouse
The fiercest storms for more than a century, the warmest winters and summers since records began: everyone is blaming global warming.
Scientists are out measuring roadside grass, bottling greenfly, staining plant roots, counting fish food, pushing rubber tubes into peat bogs and watching mushrooms grow. They're beginning to foresee how wildlife, landscape and nature responds to the changing climate and discover that nature may already be speeding up the greenhouse effect beyond our control.
Writer/Producer John Lynch Editor Robin Brightwell
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Contributors

Producer:
John Lynch
Editor:
Robin Brightwell

The second of a two-part film starring
Tommy Lee Jones Christine Lahti
Rosanna Arquette
Shortly after the murder of motel manager Bennie Bushnell , a witness identifies Gary Gilmore as the killer. At the trial the jury vote for the death penalty. In Utah State
Prison, Gary demands that the sentence be carried out. while the world's press descends.
Screenplay by Norman Mailer , based on his book
Producer and director Lawrence Schiller
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Contributors

Unknown:
Tommy Lee Jones
Unknown:
Christine Lahti
Unknown:
Rosanna Arquette
Unknown:
Bennie Bushnell
Unknown:
Gary Gilmore
Unknown:
Norman Mailer
Director:
Lawrence Schiller
Gary Gilmore:
Tommy Lee Jones
Brenda Nicol:
Christine Lahti
Nicole Baker:
Rosanna Arquette
Vern Damico:
Eli Wallach
Lt Nielsen:
Ranee Howard
Ron Stranger:
John Chappeli
Craig Snyder:
Ray Girardin
Mikal Gilmore:
Grant Gottschall

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