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10.25 Cats' Eyes (ages 5-7) Light and Sound 9232323 10.40 Look and Read (ages 7-9+) Geordie Racer
11.00 Zig Zag (ages 8-10) Food and Farming 3259656 11.20 English Time (ages 11-14) 8820007 11.40
Mathsphere Special (ages 12-16) Area and Volume 9643878 12.00 Paintingthe World (ages 16+) Neil MacGregor at the National Gallery

Contributors

Unknown:
Neil MacGregor

A true-life drama set in Vietnam based on actress Ina Balin 's sown attempt, with a friend, to evacuate orphans from Saigon in 1975. With
Shirley Jones , Ina Balin and Beulah Quo.
Director John Llewellyn Moxey 1980) * FILM REVIEWS pages 39-42
Includingat
3.00 News and Weather Subtitled (news)

Contributors

Unknown:
Ina Balin
Unknown:
Shirley Jones
Unknown:
Ina Balin
Director:
John Llewellyn Moxey

Anotherchance to see the series in which Dr David Cook of Green College, Oxford, talks to people who have made life-changing or heartbreaking decisions. In this programme he talks to Jane Ward who decided at the age of 58 that she wanted to bear and bring up a child. She had to go abroad forthis controversial procedure, which failed.
She explains why she took the decision to go ahead, and why she intends to continue seekingtreatment.
Producer Norman Mson ; First shown on BBC North West Last programme, Friday at 5.40pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr David Cook
Unknown:
Jane Ward
Producer:
Norman Mson

Bones of Contention
In the basements and back rooms of museums across the US lie hidden reminders of genocide - the bones of tens of thousands of Native Americans.
For scientists the collections represent a unique source of knowledge, but for the Native Americans they hold the living spirit of their relatives. This film examines the successful campaign to ensure that the bones are returned for reburial, and explores the chagrin felt by scientists at the imminent loss of their specimens.
Written and produced by Danielle Peck and Alex Seaborne ; Series editor John Lynch ; Repeated next Saturday Stereo TRANSCRIPT: please send a cheque for £2.00. payable to BSS, to [address removed].

Contributors

Produced By:
Danielle Peck
Produced By:
Alex Seaborne
Editor:
John Lynch

Second of a four-part drama.
After Claire's kidnap by Diamond and his team, Elizabeth flies out to Los Angeles to meet her daughterfor the first time in two years. However, the FBI are in pursuit. See today's choices.
Written by Michael Eaton ; Producer Elaine Steel
Director Maurice Phillips Stereo Subtitled...
Followed by In the National Trust Beatrix Potter 's Hill Top , in Cumbria.

Contributors

Written By:
Michael Eaton
Producer:
Elaine Steel
Director:
Maurice Phillips
Unknown:
Beatrix Potter
Unknown:
Hill Top
Diamond:
James Earl Jones
Elizabeth Palmore:
Prunella Scales
Rev Timothy Palmore:
David Warner
Claire Palmore:
Jodhi May
Stephen Palmore:
Michael Maloney
Cornelius Van Damm:
Donald Pleasence
Brother Nahum:
David Rasche
Piers Dearbourne:
William Chubb
Father Mercy:
Ric Young
Carl Maynard:
Sean Harris
Daniel:
Ricky Dean Logan
Samuel Gamston:
Colin Farrell
William Gimble:
Alex Norton
Sherry Rossen:
Debora Weston
Brandon:
Gavin Harrison
Scut:
Tim Ransom
Sidnee:
Billie Neal
Agent Santamaria:
Joe Minjares
Agent Sung:
Lily Mariye
Geoffrey:
Colin Bower

Anthony Blunt, the scholar who became a spy, spent much of his career studying
French painter Nicholas Poussin. On this Late Show special, colleagues of Blunt assess what the art critic's view of the painter revealed about himself. See today's choices.

Contributors

Producer:
Roger Parsons
Series Editor:
Michael Poole

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