For the very young
Stories about a family of wooden dolls who live on a farm.
Audrey Atterbury and Molly Gibson pull the strings
BBC film
a beginners' alfabet
A series of five programme for teachers in Primary Schools, introducing the Initial Teaching Alphabet in the general context of learning to read and write.
With Michael Smee, Caroline Nicholson
and three teachers: Morah Goulding, Joyce Holden, Teresa Leigh
Repeated this afternoon at 4.35
(to 11.30)
A visit to the Scarborough Cricket Festival to see in action the team chosen by readers of Radio Times.
Organised by the International Cavaliers Cricket Club in association with Rothmans of Pall Mall Ltd.
A programme for children at home.
First shown on BBC-2 this morning
(to 14.00)
A further visit to Scarborough.
On BBC-2 from 4.30
(to 16.15)
First shown this morning
Rolf Harris introduces this week's guests Michael Bailey, The Bedlams and Paddy Joyce.
(Bert Hayes is appearing at Butlin's Hotels, Cliftonville)
A series of old silent comedy films.
Featuring Harry Langdon
with Sarah Ward
A weekly look at criticism and comments from younger viewers.
Letters for inclusion in these programmes should be addressed to: Junior Points of View, [address removed]
News and views from London and the South-East.
Introduced by Corbet Woodall.
Followed by The Weather
A regular feature serving gardeners in Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and England.
A specialist edition for rose lovers.
Percy Thrower meets two amateur rosarians, each of whom grows about 1,500 rose bushes in his suburban garden - Bob Bowman of Belfast and Archie Dick of Glasgow.
Film sequences include: amateur hybridising: new and well-proven varieties: the 'arrival' of black spot in the British Isles: budding roses
From the Midlands
A film series based on Sir Winston Churchill's Memoirs of World War II.
In Washington, Churchill and Roosevelt plan the Second Front in Africa in spite of the fall of Tobruk. Churchill visits Stalin in Moscow and convinces him that an attack on the 'soft belly of the crocodile', through Italy, will be the best way to relieve German pressure on the Russian front. The complete victory of the Desert Rats at El Alamein paves the way for Operation Torch-the landing of the Anglo-American Expeditionary Force at Casablanca, Oran, and Algiers.
(Repeat)
A serial by William Fairchild
(See page 49)
Created by A.J. Cronin.
Starring Andrew Cruickshank, Barbara Mullen
with Bill Simpson as Dr. Finlay
(Repeat)
Told by Alexander John.
A journey of exploration in a little-known region beyond the Himalayan giants Annapurna and Dhaulagiri, where men live permanently 14,000 feet above sea level, where water boils before it is hot enough to cook, and yaks are the only means of transport.
See page 49
by George Moore
Dramatised by Harry Green
Peggy and William's marriage has ended in divorce. Esther has had her baby boy and after much hardship has found a good place with Miss Rice. She has promised to marry the dependable Fred Parsons when William re-enters her life.
Recorded in the BBC's Glasgow studio
(First shown on BBC-2)
with Robert Robinson
A quick look at criticism and comments from viewers.
Poetry and Jazz
Introduced by Spike Milligan.
with Adelaide Hall, The Five Worthies, Steve Benbow, Peter Redgrove, John Betjeman.
(First shown on BBC-2)
(Spike Milligan is appearing in "Son of Oblomov" at the Comedy Theatre, London)
A series of nine programmes on maternity and baby care.
Introduced by a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of the University of London.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of having a baby at home? A midwife and a General Practitioner give their opinions.
Should a husband be with his wife when their baby is born? Three fathers argue it out.
(Repeat)
including a report on the Trades Union Congress at Brighton.
