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The Ancient Greeks were among the first people to ask the question 'what is water?' but a satisfactory answer was not forthcoming for more than 2,000 years. In today's programme Gerd Sommerhoff explores the nature of water in the light of present-day ideas.
For Schools
Previously shown in March 1964

Repeated on Wednesday at 11.35 a.m.
(to 10.20)

Contributors

Presenter:
Gerd Sommerhoff
Producer:
Geoffrey Hall

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)

Contributors

Narrator/Script, music, and settings:
Maria Bird
Puppeteer:
Audrey Atterbury
Puppeteer:
Molly Gibson
Singer:
Gladys Whitred

In this programme some of the questions raised in previous programmes of the series are discussed by: Professor W. S. Bullough, Professor Charles Coulson, F.R.S., Professor W. T. Williams, Professor John Yudkin.
For Schools

Repeated on Wednesday at 12.0
(to 11.30)

Contributors

Panellist:
Professor W. S. Bullough
Panellist:
Professor Charles Coulson
Panellist:
Professor W. T. Williams
Panellist:
Professor John Yudkin
Producer:
F. R. Elwell

For children of seven to nine.
Introduced by Tom Gibbs.

Looking at Birds: 3
with Eric Ennion.

King Arthur: 3 - The Lady of the Lake
Written by June Grimble.

The traditional story, retold in pictures.

For Schools
Repeated on Thursday at 9.38 a.m.
(to 11.55)

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Gibbs
Designer:
Stuart Walker
Producer:
Claire Chovil
Item presenter (Looking at Birds):
Eric Ennion
Film directed by (Looking at Birds):
Eric Simms
Cameraman (Looking at Birds):
Edgar Best
Writer (King Arthur):
June Grimble
Drawn by (King Arthur):
Sheila Perry
Designer (King Arthur):
Romek Marber
Narrator (King Arthur):
Richard Hurndall
Film editor (King Arthur):
Michael Dunk

Introduced by Ray Alan.
assisted, interrupted, and generally thwarted by Tich and Quackers with Sandra Chalmers.
A programme of comedy and puzzles.

Contributors

Presenter/Ventriloquist/Comedy material by:
Ray Alan
Item presenter:
Sandra Chalmers
Music:
Jimmy Leach
Drawings:
Tony Hart
Research:
Honor Kibblewhite
Devised and produced by:
Michael Westmore

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

Contributors

Panellist:
Drusilla Beyfus
Panellist:
Ted Moult
Panellist:
Alistair Sampson
Chairman:
Terence Brady
Designer:
Luciana Arrighi
Director:
Michael Goodwin
Producer:
John Irwin

Introduced by Cliff Michelmore.
with Alan Whicker, Fyfe Robertson, Trevor Philpott, Kenneth Allsop, Macdonald Hastings, Christopher Brasher, Julian Pettifer, Cathal O'Shannon, Magnus Magnusson.

Contributors

Presenter:
Cliff Michelmore
Reporter:
Alan Whicker
Reporter:
Fyfe Robertson
Reporter:
Trevor Philpott
Reporter:
Kenneth Allsop
Reporter:
Macdonald Hastings
Reporter:
Christopher Brasher
Reporter:
Julian Pettifer
Reporter:
Cathal O'Shannon
Reporter:
Magnus Magnusson
Associate producer:
Kenneth Corden
Associate producer:
Anthony Smith
Associate producer:
Frank Dale
Assistant editor:
John Lloyd
Editor:
Derrick Amoore

A serial by Hazel Adair and Peter Ling.

Elliot Morrow and Mrs. Chater find they have more in common than they thought.

Contributors

Series creator:
Hazel Adair
Series creator:
Peter Ling
Script:
Bob Stuart
Story editor:
Donald Tosh
Designer:
Barry Cox
Producer:
Morris Barry
Director:
Hugh David
Paula:
Judy Franklin
Keith Warrington:
Raymond Clarke
Mrs. Chater:
Beryl Cooke
Doug:
Lawrence James
Mitch:
Diana Beevers
Tessa:
Bridget Armstrong
Ben:
Bill Kerr
Ian:
Ronald Allen
Camilla:
Carmen Silvera
Anne:
Jennifer Wilson
Guy Lamartine:
Scott Forbes
Elliot:
Maurice Browning
Alan:
Basil Moss
Terry:
Jimmy Ray
Harry:
Lionel Murton
Gussie:
Frances Bennett

Written by Marty Feldman and Barry Took.
Starring Hugh Griffith and Felix Aylmer
with Hazel Hughes, Warren Mitchell, Christopher Hodge

Contributors

Writer:
Marty Feldman
Writer:
Barry Took
Music composed and conducted by:
Max Harris
Film cameraman:
Tony Leggo
Film editor:
Jim Latham
Designer:
Peter Seddon
Producer:
James Gilbert
Luther Flannery:
Hugh Griffith
Gascoigne Quilt:
Felix Aylmer
Luther's daughter:
Hazel Hughes
[Actor]:
Warren Mitchell
[Actor]:
Christopher Hodge

in which Danny Kaye and his special guests Art Carney, Rod Serling entertain to the music of Paul Weston and his Orchestra with The Tony Charmoli Dancers.
(First transmission on BBC-2, July 20, 1964)

Contributors

Presenter:
Danny Kaye
Comedian/guest:
Art Carney
Author/guest:
Rod Serling
Musicians:
Paul Weston and his Orchestra
Dancers:
The Tony Charmoli Dancers
Director:
Robert Scheerer

Charles de Gaulle, General of France, President of the Fifth Republic seen against the turbulent background of his times.
"France is my destiny for ever" (1900)
"For me, the terrible thing is to feel so alone, always alone" (1940)
"France cannot be France without greatness" (1954)
A film programme of seventy years of history including the memories of:
In France:
Paul Reynaud, Prime Minister of France, 1940
General Pierre Billotte, Emmanuel d'Astier de la Vigerie, Georges Cattaui
In England:
Viscount Chandos, D.S.O., M.C., Michel Saint-Denis, Duncan Grinnell-Milne
(This programme includes material first shown on June 5, 1962)

Contributors

Interviewee:
Paul Reynaud
Interviewee:
General Pierre Billotte
Interviewee:
Georges Cattaui
Interviewee:
Viscount Chandos
Interviewee:
Michel Saint-Denis
Interviewee:
Duncan Grinnell-Milne
Historian and adviser:
Dr. David Thomson (Master of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge)
Commentary:
Robert Kee
Film Editor:
Keith Latham
Compiled and produced by:
Malcolm Brown
Compiled and produced by:
Philip Donnellan

Walter Susskind conducting the New Philharmonia Orchestra (Leader, Hugh Bean) and as soloist in Mozart's Piano Concerto in D minor (K.466).
The programme ends with Dvorak's Overture: Carnival
Before an invited audience in the Fairfield Hall, Croydon.

Contributors

Orchestra conductor/pianist:
Walter Susskind
Musicians:
The New Philharmonia Orchestra
[Orchestra] leader:
Hugh Bean
Presented by:
Walter Todds

BBC One London

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BBC One is a TV channel that started broadcasting on the 20th April 1964. It replaced BBC Television.

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