Presented by Gordon Severn.
Previously shown in March 1964
Repeated Wed. and Thurs., 9.10 a.m.
(to 9.35)
Introduced by Eric Simms.
Along the river bank the alder trees are now covered in catkins, and in the marsh by the river lapwing, snipe, and other birds may be seen feeding.
BBC film for Schools
Previously shown in March 1963
Repeated on Friday at 11.35 a.m.
(to 9.58)
Animals that spend much of their lives in water often show special adaptations. Gerd Sommerhoff describes how some of these animals are able to breathe and move under water.
For Schools
Previously shown in March 1964
Repeated on Wednesday at 11.35 a.m.
(to 10.20)
A sociology series.
How is society changing? The final programme looks at some developments in communication and technology. How will these affect our family life, our leisure, our work, our environment? What are the prospects for life in A.D. 2000?
BBC film
Repeated on Wed. and Thurs. at 10.23 a.m. and on Wed. at 2.30 p.m.
(to 10.43)
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)
Unscientific exploitation of the land creates many problems and may even result in vast areas of desert. Conservation is concerned not only with the preservation of man's heritage of nature but with the best possible use of the world's natural resources in providing food and living space for expanding population.
Introduced by James Cragg, Director of the Nature Conservancy Research Station at Merlewood.
BBC film for Schools
Repeated on Wednesday at 12.0
(to 11.30)
For children of seven to nine.
Introduced by Tom Gibbs.
Looking at Birds: 2
with Eric Ennion.
King Arthur: 2 - The Giant
Written by June Grimble.
The traditional story, retold in pictures.
For Schools
Repeated on Thursday at 9.38 a.m.
(to 11.55)
gydag Owen Edwards.
Topical items introduced by Owen Edwards in Welsh.
(Crystal Palace, Sutton Coldfield, Holme Moss)
For the very young
Stories about a family of wooden dolls who live on a farm.
Audrey Atterbury and Molly Gibson pull the strings
(to 13.45)
Written by Norman Longmate.
Although not entirely an unmixed blessing, the creation of the popular press certainly extended the mental horizon of millions of people.
For Schools
First shown in November 1962
Repeated on Wednesday at 11.5 a.m.
(to 14.25)
Introduced by Ray Alan.
assisted, interrupted, and generally thwarted by Tich and Quackers with Sandra Chalmers.
A programme of comedy and puzzles.
The last in the present fortnightly series introduced by Johnny Morris with Keith Shackleton.
Animals in the wild, animals in the zoo, animals near your home: a magazine illustrating their own kind of magic.
From the West
News and views from London and the South-East.
Introduced by Richard Baker.
followed by The Weather
The panel tries to identify well-known personalities in a game of question, answer, deduction, and intuition.
The Panel: Drusilla Beyfus, Ted Moult, Alistair Sampson
Chairman, Terence Brady
Introduced by Cliff Michelmore.
with Alan Whicker, Fyfe Robertson, Trevor Philpott, Kenneth Allsop, Macdonald Hastings, Christopher Brasher, Julian Pettifer, Cathal O'Shannon, Magnus Magnusson.
A serial by Hazel Adair and Peter Ling.
Bridget gets more involved, and David puts Alan and Mitch in an awkward situation.
by Marty Feldman and Barry Took.
Starring Hugh Griffith and Felix Aylmer
with Hazel Hughes, Ronnie Barker, Judith Furse
and Patrick Newell, Alex McAvoy, Lara Lloyd, Eugenie Castle
in which Danny Kaye and his special guests Eileen Farrell, Louis Jourdan, Carl Ballantine entertain to the music of Paul Weston and his Orchestra with The Tony Charmoli Dancers, Earl Brown and his Singers.
First transmission on BBC-2, June 15, 1964
See page 31
A report by Trevor Philpott.
In America there are today three times as many people over seventy-five as there were at the end of the second world war. How do these 'senior citizens' live through the long years of retirement in the richest society in the world?
A Tonight presentation
See page 31
with Jonathan Miller
Dobcross
Henry Livings, the young English playwright, left London to live in Dobcross, a small workaday village near Oldham. His friends there work in the local mills and dyeworks and it is out of this background of northern industrialism that he has written plays like Big Soft Nellie and Eh?
Leicester Tower
James Stirling and James Gowan, two British architects, built the new Department of Engineering at Leicester University. They discuss with Professor Parkes, Head of the Department, and John Donat how the building and Leicester's first tower came into being.
Western Native Township
Julian Beinart, a South African expert in town planning, shows the startling decorations on the walls of the houses in the township and talks about what this 'writing on the wall' means to the Africans who live there.
See page 31
followed by The Weather
A course in human biology.
Has man reached the end of the evolutionary road or is he capable of further progress? If man is continuing to evolve what are the forces shaping his future and what are the changes in him likely to be? Can he direct his own progress? These are some of the questions to be raised in the programme.
John Maynard Smith, University College, London
A BBC Educational broadcast
Repeated next Saturday at 11.45 a.m.