from The Cenotaph, Whitehall.
1914-1918: 1939-1945
Outside Broadcast cameras join in the act of remembrance of the dead of two World Wars.
Scene described by Richard Dimbleby.
(to 11.35)
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1914-1918: 1939-1945
Outside Broadcast cameras join in the act of remembrance of the dead of two World Wars.
Scene described by Richard Dimbleby.
(to 11.35)
John Bevan yn cyflwyno rhai pigion o raglenni'r wythnos
Cynhyrchiad Uned Heddiw
Welsh topical magazine.
Ten programmes about prehistoric man's first steps in technology.
The most important revolution in the home of prehistoric man and woman came through the discovery of pottery and weaving. An account of the materials used, how they were turned into cloth, what clothes were worn, and how the first pots were made is given and demonstrated by Nicholas Thomas, Keeper, Department of Archaeology, Birmingham City Museum, Henry Hodges, Lecturer in Conservation of Archaeological Materials, Institute of Archaeology, University of London.
A BBC Educational broadcast
A series of ten programmes.
Introduced by a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of the University of London.
This programme describes what happens to the mother during labour and childbirth. Film is used to show a normal birth and a Caesarian birth. There is also film illustrating different attitudes in other parts of the world towards the birth of a baby.
A BBC Educational broadcast
A series of lectures on the modern approach to the transmission of information by Professor Colin Cherry.
An Outside Broadcast from the Royal College of Surgeons
A BBC Educational broadcast
(to 13.45)
A series of six programmes in which Michael Barratt takes an outsider's look at Britain's biggest industry.
From the Midlands
followed by the Weather Situation for farmers and growers
2.55 West is West
The West that most people know is Hollywood's West. Recently a BBC camera crew spent three months in Wyoming and Montana-'the high country'-filming the real West as it is today and, in lonely valleys where the relics are still undisturbed, the West as it must have been in the days of the pioneers.
Photographs filmed by Pearce Studios
An Adventure presentation
First transmission on April 25
3.25 Mahalia Jackson Sings
accompanied by Mildred Falls (piano), Edward Robinson (organ), Rupert Nurse (bass), Fitzroy Coleman (guitar).
First transmission on September 5
3.55 The World of Tonight
Introduced this week by Fyfe Robertson.
The world and its events as the Tonight team reported them last week.
by Alan Plater
A second showing of "Family Reunion"
When Danny Sullivan, boisterous and irresponsible, returns to Newtown, Z Victor Two is alerted. When he goes into the used-car business there is trouble.
by Alexandre Dumas.
Dramatised in twelve episodes by Anthony Steven.
Edmond acquires an unexpected ally and sets sail for far-off places.
Written by Robert Gray.
with Jimmy Thompson as Asst. General, P.P.C.T.V.
From the North of England
Fifty years after the outbreak of the first World War and twenty-five years after the outbreak of the second, the manner of remembrance of the dead of both still remains virtually unchanged. How meaningful, especially for younger generations, is it all now? Has the time come for a new look at the whole thing?
Geoffrey Wheeler questions members of the public in Hyde Park on the morning of this Remembrance Sunday and later in the studio talks to The Bishop of Birmingham, Canon Edward Carpenter, Rear Admiral Sir Anthony Buzzard
Photographs by courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and the Imperial War Museum
Rupert Davies tells the story of Henri Dunant founder of the Red Cross.
First transmission on February 23
from Beechgrove Parish Church, Aberdeen.
with choirs from the western City Churches, Robert Gordon's College, St. Margaret's School for Girls
Introduced by Murdoch McPherson.
says Michael Bentine
echoed by Clive Dunn and Leon Thau, Joe Gibbons
endorsed by John Mulgrew, Syd Deller, Sydney Dobson, Derek Martin, John Pollock, Freddie Powell, Andre Cameron
and Deryck Guyler
Devised and written by Michael Bentine and John Law.
Eaten, worked, exploited, honoured and enjoyed ...
What part have horses played in man's history? What has the horse done for man? What has man done to the horse?
Commentary spoken by Paul Rogers.
and written by A. C. H. Smith
Music composed and conducted by Sidney Sager and played by a section of the BBC Northern Orchestra
First transmission on August 4
First transmission at 6.15 p.m.