For the very young
Maria Bird brings Andy to play with your small children and invites them to join in the songs and games.
Audrey Atterbury and Molly Gibson pull the strings
Gladys Whitred sings the songs
BBC film
(to 11.00)

gydag Owen Edwards
Topical items introduced by Owen Edwards in Welsh.
(Crystal Palace, Sutton Coldfield, Holme Moss)

A visit to Cardiff Arms Park for some of today's play.

Stories about a family of wooden dolls who live on a farm.
BBC film
(to 13.50)

Further commentary.
(to 16.00)

A thrilling film series about the adventures of two dare-devil parachutists.
Ted becomes involved with the discovery of an ancient Aztec mask.

Written by Philip O'Connor.
A second chance to see this film about a group of children who organise an impromptu circus in a deserted farmyard.
Commentary spoken by Vanessa Redgrave.

News and views from London and the South-East.
Introduced by Michael Aspel.
Followed by The Weather

by T.C. Thomas.
A last look at life in a railway signalbox somewhere in rural Wales.

Davy Jones searches his opponent's cupboard and finds the skeleton.
(First shown on BBC Wales, April 2)

Introduced by Cliff Michelmore
with Derek Hart, Alan Whicker, Fyfe Robertson, Trevor Philpott, Kenneth Allsop, Macdonald Hastings, Christopher Brasher, Julian Pettifer, Brian Redhead.

At precisely seven o'clock this evening that bouncy little tune that goes 'rum-tum-tum-tiddley, tiddley-um-te-tum' will be sounding out for the 1,596th time to introduce another edition of Tonight. And by the time Cliff Michelmore says 'Goodnight and the next Tonight will be tomorrow night' the total number of people interviewed on the show will have risen to 6,387 - roughly the population of Bodmin, Cornwall. Not that they all come from Bodmin, of course; for example, the gentleman who made his own set of false teeth out of concrete certainly didn't.
According to one unofficial estimate, Fyfe Robertson will have posed the question 'but do ye rreally like doing this?,' for the 472nd time, and Cliff will have been interrupted by the telephone for the 1,647th time.
The total amount of film which the programme will have exposed will add up to just under 563 miles. If made up into one reel this would be enough to form the base for a rather small gasometer, while if it were laid out in a single continuous strip it would stretch from Lime Grove Studios in London to a point just short of Stavanger, Norway.
Besides the strange and wonderful assortment of people who have appeared on Tonight, the programme has also featured a variety of animals. These have included the tankful of tropical fish once used as part of the set (all but one of which perished on duty in a studio accident), elephants, horses, various breeds of monkey, birds talkative and otherwise, dogs, cats, and kangaroos. It has been calculated that if all these non-human Tonight guests were assembled in one place they would stock a somewhat curious zoo approximately one-third the size of Whipsnade.

A series by Hazel Adair and Peter Ling.

Iris tries to keep a secret, and Farrow comes up against the law.

Written by Ronald Wolfe and Ronald Chesney.
[Starring] Thora Hird and Freddie Frinton
(Thora Hird and Freddie Frinton are appearing in "The Best Laid Schemes" at the Pier Theatre, Bournemouth)

A new film series starring Nick Adams as Nick Alexander and John Larkin as Mark Grainger.
With Special guest star, Charlie Ruggles and Robert Simon

Newspaperman Nick Alexander covers his first political convention and a story he writes threatens to upset the plans of certain politicians.

Born May 18, 1872
A birthday tribute narrated by Robert Bolt.
Contributors: Sir Julian and Lady Huxley, Leonard Woolf, Miles Malleson, A. J. Ayer
Lord Boothby, Michael Foot, MP.

The story of a great romantic of the theatre, told through songs and dances from his shows, with tributes by many of his friends.
Introduced by Hugh David.
With Ben Travers, Isabel Jeans and Fred W. Allen on film
In the studio: Patricia Clark, Elaine Delmar, John Wakefield, John Lawrenson
The Hubert Williams Singers, The Sybil Marks-Dancers
BBC Welsh Orchestra
Leader, Philip Whiteway
Conductor, Rae Jenkins
(First transmission on February 9)

followed by The Weather

Programmes for parents about children.
A BBC Educational broadcast
First shown on Sunday