Listings
10.15 LOOK AND READ: Dark Towers by Andrew Davies
A reading series for 7-to 9-year-olds based on a humorous ghost story in ten episodes.
10: The Last Laugh
Producer Sue Weeks
(R) (e)
10.38 INVESTIGATING SCIENCE: And the Forecast Is....
How observation, measurements and the recognition of patterns in the ever-changing atmosphere provide the basis for predicting the weather.
Narrator Mac Andrews
Producer Robin Gwyn
followed by:Red Sky at Night?
Clouds, sky signs and the behaviour of flowers and animals have provided a rich variety of weather lore. How reliable are such sayings? Presenter Fred Harris
Series producer Robin Gwyn
(R) (e)
11.00 WATCH Peter and the Wolf
(R) (e)
11.18 WONDERMATHS 10
The spaceship investigator enters the Sea of Reflections and Stella, Zak and Hudson investigate some tricky mirror problems before they arrive at planet Earth.
Written by Colin Davis
Programme advisor John Sharpe
Series producer David Scott Cowan
(R) (e)
11.35 MI 10: Mathematical Investigations: Patterns
Repeat it, slide it, give it a half-drop, even multiply it with mirrors.
followed by: Time Graph
How to show movement on a still picture? A bouncing ball and a car journey provide the raw material; music notation provides a clue.
Presenter Hilary Clough
Animation Stewart Hardy Films
Film editor John Billingham
Producer David Roseveare
(R) (e)
12.00 MATHS TOPICS Statistics (5)
Probability (II): the 0-1 scale; manipulating probabilities; randomised response method.
Producer Peter Bratt
(R) (e)
12.20pm TEXTILE STUDIES Clothes Talk
Roy, Joanne, Kirsty, Narinder and Jason choose a design brief - an outfit for a party - and follow through their ideas. They model the outfits before a panel of fashion buyers, journalists, pop artists and an audience of textile students.
Presented by Keith Chegwin
Producer John Chapple
(R) (e)
12.50 MICRO FILE 2
A compilation of items from the recent information technology series Micro Live.
The Generation Game.
(R) (e)
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1.20 CHOCK-A-BLOCK
A See-Saw programme with Fred Harris
Snake: Today it's the Chock-a-bloke who puts the block into Chock-a-Block's block slot and rocks the Rock-a-blocks to find words that ring Chock-a-Block's rhyme chime.
Music: Peter Gosling
Designer: Mary Penley-Edwards
Director: Michael Cole
(R) (e)
1.38 HOMEGROUND Communications
5: On the Air
What was life like before the days of telecommunications? A look at the development of radio and television and at the wonders of satellite broadcasting.
Presented by Vera Ding
Produced by Christine Truran
(R) (e)
2.00 News, Weather
followed by: YOU AND ME
A series for 4 and 5-year olds. Cosmo and Dibs seek a good name for a new toy. Lena introduces her family who are travellers and live with her in a 'trailer'.
Song: Knicky, Knicky, Knacky, Noo
Film director Sue Aron
Studio director Nicci Crowther
(R) (e)
Contributors
Unknown:
Andrew
Davies
Producer:
Robin
Gwyn
Written By:
Colin
Davis
Unknown:
John
Sharpe
Producer:
David Scott
Cowan
Presenter:
Hilary
Clough
Producer:
Peter
Bratt
Presented By:
Keith
Chegwin
Producer:
John
Chapple
Unknown:
Fred
Harris
Unknown:
Gosling Designer
Mary
Director:
Michael
Cole
Presented By:
Vera
Ding
Produced By:
Christine
Truran
Zak:
Christopher
Lillicrxp
Stella:
Sita
Ramamurthy
Hudson's voice .:
Jonathan
Izard
Cosmo:
Frances
Kay
Dibs:
Francis
Wright
Discovering Patchwork - Piecing Together
2: The Rocking Horse
Among traditional toys,
Victorian rocking horses have always been a favourite, but they are mostly handcrafted, very expensive and ornate. Richard Blizzard takes the basic design and simplifies it so that even a beginner can make one. It may not be a thoroughbred, but it will perform well in heavy going and you won't need to be the Aga Khan to own it.
Location director CHRIS SALT
Studio director PHILIP THICKETT Producer MARY CLYNE
Contributors
Unknown:
Richard
Blizzard
Unknown:
Aga
Khan
Director:
Philip
Thickett
Producer:
Mary
Clyne
Weather followed by The Spirit of Carnival Narrated by Elizabeth Bell
The twin carnivals of Rio and Trinidad are two of the most glorious festivals to be celebrated in modern times. The Portuguese took the entrudo, a ritual last fling before Lent, to Brazil. The French took Mardi Gras to
Trinidad.
Today carnival lives on as a magnificent spectacle of fantasy and illusion. Producer BOB SAUNDERS
Series editor ANTHONY ISAACS
Contributors
Unknown:
Elizabeth
Bell
Producer:
Bob
Saunders
Editor:
Anthony
Isaacs
Regional News and Weather
Desmond Lynam takes pleasure in inviting his guests to unlock the film and video vaults with their personal memories of past television moments. Today's guest is Irene Handl whose choice includes Vanity Fair,
In Sickness and in Health and Howards' Way.
Producer PHIL CHILVERS
Contributors
Unknown:
Desmond
Lynam
Unknown:
Irene
Handl
Producer:
Phil
Chilvers
First of two programmes Dedication and Discipline
Are you prepared to sing solo in front of 300 other children? To dance in flimsy costume in Oldham marketplace when it's snowing? To join a cast of hundreds in the musical Bugsy Malone ?
Children, from the age of 8 to 18, who answer 'yes' to these questions, join Oldham Theatre Workshop and discover that the director, David Johnson , believes firmly in discipline. Financed by Oldham
Education Department, the workshop is strictly amateur, but it aims to equal the highest professional standards. You don't have to pay to join. All that is required is limitless energy, maximum effort and total dedication.
Producer TONY BROUGHTON
Contributors
Musical:
Bugsy
Malone
Director:
David
Johnson
Producer:
Tony
Broughton
Frank Muir and John Amis challenge
Denis Norden and Ian Wallace over questions set by Steve Race
TV presentation DOUGLAS HESPE (R)
Contributors
Unknown:
Frank
Muir
Unknown:
John
Amis
Unknown:
Denis
Norden
Unknown:
Ian
Wallace
Unknown:
Steve
Race
Unknown:
Douglas
Hespe
Nottingham
Tonight the world's fastest rock show comes from
Nottingham, steeped in the legend of Robin Hood , but with more strings to its bow than all the merry men put together. Biggests and bests abound here, from bowling alleys and bicycle factories to craftsmen and cricketers.
Presenters Tony Baker and Jenny Powell pack in enough chart action, pop videos and powerplays to shake the foundations of the castle.
Associate producer JONATHAN KING Production PETER HAMILTON BBC North West
Contributors
Unknown:
Robin
Hood
Presenters:
Tony
Baker
Presenters:
Jenny
Powell
Winnie Ewing became Scotland's first woman Scottish National MP 20 years ago. She is now a Euro MP, but the SNP has still to persuade the Scottish electorate that an independent Scotland is desirable. Tonight 'Madame Ecosse' faces a sceptical audience of young people.
Presented by John Nicholson
BBC Scotland
Contributors
Subject:
Winnie
Ewing
Presenter:
John
Nicholson
Researcher:
Mark
Hagen
Director:
Dennis
Cosgrove
Producer:
Stewart
Lamont
Sampling, Chord Voicings and Vocal Harmonies
Deirdre Cartwright (guitar) Alastair Gavin (keyboards) Geoff Nicholls (drums) and Henry Thomas (bass) show there's more to sampling than stealing other people's sounds; how to modify and extend chords; and explain vocal harmony ideas.
Comments from Tony Banks Police guitarist Andy Summers
West Coast producer
David Pack and former
Doobie Brothers vocalist Michael McDonald
Film editior MICHAEL CLEFEUILLE Production assistant
ADELE RAWNSLEY
Produced by CHRIS LENT (e)
Contributors
Guitar:
Deirdre
Cartwright
Guitar:
Alastair
Gavin
Unknown:
Geoff
Nicholls
Bass:
Henry
Thomas
Unknown:
David
Pack
Unknown:
Michael
McDonald
Unknown:
Michael
Clefeuille
Unknown:
Adele
Rawnsley
Produced By:
Chris
Lent
Presented by Chris Kelly
Michael Barry , Jill Goolden Roast beef: it's the easiest thing to get wrong. Tonight's show offers tips on roasting, carving, the best cuts and perfect 'Yorkshires'.
You want a glass of wine but what's left in the bottle soon goes off. We test a range of solutions.
Is convenience food destroying the family meal and therefore the family? A report on what the microwave and the TV dinner are doing to our lives. Film director CHRISTOPHER TERRILL Studio director JEREMY MILLS Producer PETER BAZALGETTE
For fact sheet send a cheque or postal order for 60p (made payable to BSS) to: [address removed]
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Contributors
Presented By:
Chris
Kelly
Presented By:
Michael
Barry
Presented By:
Jill
Goolden
Director:
Christopher
Terrill
Producer:
Peter
Bazalgette
Taking Care
A baby is injured, a parent is accused - a family is torn apart. Who is to be believed, professionals or parents? In the current climate of concern about child abuse, what rights do parents have when children are taken from them? Gerry Northam reports on three families broken up by law 'in the best interests' of their children. Researcher SUSIE TAYLOR Producer CLAIRE LEWIS
Brass Tacks editor COLIN CAMERON BBC North West
Ring [number removed]for a chance to contribute to next week's debate on the rights of parents and children.
Lines are open until 11.00pm tonight.
Contributors
Unknown:
Gerry
Northam
Unknown:
Susie
Taylor
Producer:
Claire
Lewis
Editor:
Colin
Cameron
Cincinnati, Ohio
Introduced by Jonathan King Sport is very big here - the head of the local baseball team has become a national hero. The conglomerate
Procter and Gamble is based here in a building locals call 'Dolly Parton Towers' for obvious reasons. Veterans Crosby, Stills and Nash are in town for a concert. Produced and directed by GORDON ELSBURY
Contributors
Introduced By:
Jonathan
King
Directed By:
Gordon
Elsbury
The Marble Hunter
(Charles Fellows 1799-1860)
David Drew retraces Charles Fellows 's journey of discovery through Turkey. This wealthy young
Englishman with a passion for classical Greek art and architecture crossed the country in 1838 in search of the lost cities of the ancient world - cities referred to in ancient literature but never before seen by Europeans. He was to discover 13 spectacular sites in all.
Voice of Fellows Robin Ellis Photography JOHN ADDERLEY Film editor PETER BARBER
Series producer BRUCE NORMAN
Producer ROBERT MARSHALL
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Contributors
Unknown:
David
Drew
Unknown:
Charles
Fellows
Editor:
Peter
Barber
Producer:
Bruce
Norman
Producer:
Robert
Marshall
The last word on world events analysed by Peter Snow ,
Donald MacCormick , Adam Raphael
Contributors
Unknown:
Peter
Snow
Unknown:
Donald
MacCormick
Unknown:
Adam
Raphael
A new realism is sweeping the sentimentality out of country music.
Andy Kershaw visits Nashville to listen to some of the young writers and performers whose work revives the traditional values of the white man's blues. Starring
The O'Kanes, Randy Travis. Nanci Griffiths , Lyle Lovett and T. Graham Brown
Featuring Dwight Yoakam. The Judds and Steve Earle Produced and directed by TREVOR DANN
● FEATURE : page 16
Contributors
Unknown:
Andy
Kershaw
Unknown:
Randy
Travis.
Unknown:
Nanci
Griffiths
Unknown:
Lyle
Lovett
Unknown:
T. Graham
Brown
Unknown:
Dwight
Yoakam.
Unknown:
Steve
Earle
