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The programme offering the public a chance to tackle politicians on current issues. Presented today by Bernard Ingham.
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Contributors

Presenter:
Bernard Ingham

Today, how do you tell children the facts of death? With Esther Rantzen.
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Contributors

Presenter:
Esther Rantzen

Documentary series focusing on issues of concern to the Asian community.

During the Second World War, 2.5 million Indians fought for Britain in Europe, yet 50 years later there are fewer than 1,500 Asians in the British armed forces. East investigates why young Asians aren't joining up in greater numbers, and compares the views of those reluctant to enlist with those who have, from a top RAF pilot to an Army communications expert.

Contributors

Producer:
John Das
Series Producer:
Mike Finlason

Joanne was convicted of burglary and sentenced to two years - in a men's prison. A transsexual who had not yet had surgery, she had lived as a woman for ten years and was undergoing hormone treatment. But early into her sentence Joanne was dropped from the list for a sex-change operation and offered no alternative treatment.
Joanne and those who champion her cause talk about her fight to complete her transformation into a woman.
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Contributors

Producer:
Vyv Simson

The guide to the countryside returns.
Tonight Ray Mears shows how to light a fire with his bootlace, geologist Richard Fortey traces the volcanic upheavals that shaped the Pembrokeshire coast, and David Stafford looks at the wild animal lurking within the domestic cow. Plus Lindsay Cannon reports on a revival of the ancient art of bodging, or making furniture from green wood, and fishingtips with Mr Crabtree.
Producer Kathryn Moore ; Series producer
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Contributors

Unknown:
Ray Mears
Unknown:
Richard Fortey
Unknown:
David Stafford
Unknown:
Lindsay Cannon
Unknown:
Mr Crabtree.
Producer:
Kathryn Moore

Writers and performers Richard Herring and Stewart Lee present the fifth of a six-part comedy series. Tonight they look at the theory of relativity, a happy cult and the naked greed of a driving instructor. With Peter Baynham.
Directors Steve Bendelack and John L Spencer
Producer Sarah Smith CONTRIBUTIONS: via E-mail on fist.of.fun@bbc.co.uk or write to: Fist of Fun. Room 330 1. TV Centre. Wood Lane , LondonW12 7RJ.
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Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Herring
Unknown:
Stewart Lee
Unknown:
Peter Baynham.
Directors:
Steve Bendelack
Directors:
John L Spencer
Producer:
Sarah Smith
Unknown:
Wood Lane

In the second of a four-part series examining society's changing attitudes to the eating of meat, Derek Cooper looks at another aspect of the switch from red to white meat. Beef consumption is down 40 percent since 1971, while people now eat 80 per cent more chicken than they did then. But according to new evidence, eating poultry may carry unexpected health risks. The greatest cause for concern is the use of antibiotics within the poultry industry - drug resistance in chicken meat could, if transferred to humans, lessen the power of antibiotics to combat disease.
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Contributors

Presenter:
Derek Cooper
Producer:
Julian Mercer
Executive Producer:
Grant Mansfield

The must-have car of the 80s is now viewed as a classic.
Quentin Willson profiles the Mark 1 Volkswagen Golf GTi.
See today's choices.
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Contributors

Presenter:
Quentin Willson
Producer:
Richard Pearson
Series Producer:
Jon Bentley

One year after the election of Nelson Mandela as president, this Late Show special visits South Africa to discover how political change has affected the nation's culture.

Sarah Dunant interviews several South African artists, including Nobel Prize-winning novelist Nadine Gordimer and writer and activist Albie Sachs to discuss the pressure they feel under to suppress their anger with the past.

Contributors

Interviewer:
Sarah Dunant
Interviewee:
Nadine Gordimer
Interviewee:
Albie Sachs
Producer:
Simon Chu
Series Editor:
Michael Poole

BBC Two England

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