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9.00 Winning B - Competitive Advantage
Advice for small businesses.
VIDEO PACK: for details of a training manual and two 90-minute videos call [number removed] during office hours, or see Ceefax page 625.

9.30 Over the Moon: Life in 1953 - at Home
(ages 5-7) Stereo

9.45 Words and Pictures
(ages 5-7)

10.25 Look and Read (ages 7-9+)

10.45 Science Zone (ages 9-1 1): Changes in Materials

11.05 Space Ark (ages 7-11): Changes in Materials

11.15 See You, See Me (ages 7-9): See France: Bon Voyage
(Stereo)

11.30 English File (ages 14-17): Language and Gender

12.00 TV6 (ages 16+)

Introduced by Helen Rollason.
Bobsleigh World Championship action from Winterberg, Germany, where Britain has medal hopes in the four-man event.
Rugby Union A look ahead to the penultimate weekend in the Five Nations' championship.
Figure Skating A preview of next week's World Championships in Birmingham. Producer Paul McNamara ; Editor Peter Allden
Stereo.................................................
Includingat
3.00 News and Weather subtitled (news)
3.50 News and Weather subtitled (news)
Regional News; Weather

Contributors

Introduced By:
Helen Rollason.
Producer:
Paul McNamara
Editor:
Peter Allden

Six-part Animated 2 series of popular operas, sung in English.

The first part of Wagner's Ring Cycle gets the sword-and-sorcery treatment in this cartoon version, complete with giants, dragons and Rhine maidens. The tale is set in the mythic past when mighty Wotan first built Valhalla as a home for the Teutonic gods.
Sung by Phillip Joll, Penelope Walker, Janice Watson, Paul Charles Clarke, Peter Sidhorn, John Connell, Stephen Richardson, Julie Gossage. With the orchestra of the Welsh National Opera.

(Subtitled)

Contributors

Sung By:
Phillip Joll
Sung By:
Penelope Walker
Sung By:
Janice Watson
Sung By:
Paul Charles Clarke
Sung By:
Peter Sidhorn
Sung By:
John Connell
Sung By:
Stephen Richardson
Unknown:
Julie Gossage
Director:
Graham Ralph
Producer:
John Cary

Second of six programmes for everyone who has a camera or enjoys looking at pictures, presented by professional photographers Andy Earl and Lana Wong. This week documentary photographer Anna Fox attends a traditional white wedding and gets the informal photos the bride and groom really want. Advertising photographerTim Flach shows how he achieves his stunning animal portraits as he takes some shots of a Siberian tiger. Lana Wong talks to a photograph collector and finds out what photographs are really worth. Plus
Andy Earl sets up a cheap darkroom.
SerieseditorClareBrigstocke Stereo ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET: send a cheque for £4.50, payable to BBC Education, to: [address removed]. See also Ceefax page 625.

Contributors

Unknown:
Andy Earl
Unknown:
Lana Wong.
Unknown:
Anna Fox
Talks:
Lana Wong
Unknown:
Andy Earl

The Masai Mara. For generations the Masai warriors of southern Kenya have lived in harmony with the wild animals on their lands. Clive Anderson finds out why changes in the Masai's way of life have made them want to drive the wildlife out. See today's choices. Director/Producer Paul Sommers
John Peel : page 11

Contributors

Unknown:
Masai Mara.
Unknown:
Clive Anderson
Producer:
Paul Sommers
Unknown:
John Peel

The Big Healeys. The Austin Healey was the stylish British sports car of the 50s and 60s. But, as Quentin Willson discovers, what is now regarded as a design classic was actually hard to drive. Director David Wheeler ; Producer John Wilcox
Followed by Video Nation Shorts

Contributors

Unknown:
Quentin Willson
Director:
David Wheeler
Producer:
John Wilcox

Comedy chat show starring comedian Caroline Hook who interviews celebrity guests in the guise of agony aunt Mrs Merton. Music by Hooky and the Boys. Director Dominic Brigstocke ; Producer Peter Kessler

Contributors

Unknown:
Caroline Hook
Unknown:
Mrs Merton.
Director:
Dominic Brigstocke
Producer:
Peter Kessler

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