from the Pavilion at the Eisteddfod.
The ceremony is described by Emyr Jenkins.
(to 10.15)
A programme for children at home.
In the story chair, Julian d'Albie
(Also on BBC-2)
During August you can see repeats of some of the best Play School programmes of the year.
This week Carol and Eric delve into the past. How did people dress, travel, and work? How did they light their houses and write their letters?
Thursday's picturebook is 'Lucy and Tom's Day' by Shirley Hughes, and Julian D'Albie's three stories are: 'Farmer Cake and Farmer Rake', 'The Frog that Couldn't Swim', and 'Byard's Leap'.
(to 11.25)
Periods of the morning's play on the second day of the match, direct from the St. Helen's Cricket Ground, Swansea.
(to 13.40)
A further visit to St. Helen's.
(to 16.15)
with Margaret Rutherford
The best stories improve by being told again. So for the next four weeks Jackanory will be giving you the chance to see some favourite storytellers and their stories for the second time. This week it's Margaret Rutherford and the country stories and pictures of Beatrix Potter. As it happens, it is just a hundred years since Beatrix Potter was born.
Today's story: The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
(Repeat)
A look at some of the men who risk their lives for others.
A student pilot and an experienced test pilot each find themselves in trouble in the air and have to be rescued.
Introduced by Tim Gudgin.
by Arthur Quiller-Couch.
Dramatised in six episodes by Bob Stuart.
Captain Coffin, alarmed to encounter an old messmate, makes plans to leave Falmouth.
From the West
(Repeat)
The adventures of the boy detective and his dog.
Tin Tin finds himself a prisoner in the cellars of Hudson Manor.
News and views from London and the South-East.
Introduced by Richard Baker.
Followed by The Weather
John Betjeman and Arthur Negus visit the great houses of England.
From the West
Story by Brian Hayles, creator of the series.
Dr Newkes has sprung two surprises.
From the Midlands
Written by Johnny Speight.
Starring Warren Mitchell, Anthony Booth, Dandy Nichols and Una Stubbs
with Sydney Bromley, Kenneth Fortescue, Victor Platt, Jerold Wells, Felicity Brown
A film by Robert Cundy.
Written by Harry Hastings and Robert Cundy.
Robert Cundy investigates an ancient mystery of the fabulous civilisation which flourished a thousand years ago in Mexico. Then their stupendous cities were deserted. Is there a connection between the Mayas and the wild Lacandon Indians now fighting for their survival in the Mexican rain forest... human guinea pigs for nuclear scientists?
See page 19
A film series of courtroom dramas.
Starring E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed
When a young agnostic claims exemption from military service, saying that he is a conscientious objector, his motives are questioned, and he has to stand trial.
The first of six new programmes recorded recently from the stage of the BBC Television Theatre in London.
(Kenneth McKellar is appearing in "Show-time" at the North Pier Pavilion, Blackpool)
See page 19
Round the clock and round the world with up-to-the-minute coverage of what matters today.
Introduced by Kenneth Allsop.
Round 24 hours with Ian Trethowan, Robin Day, Robert McKenzie
Round 24,000 miles with Fyfe Robertson, Julian Pettifer, Michael Barratt, Michael Parkinson
and the Twenty-Four Hours correspondents
Written by Emile de Harven.
Follow Up Your French in a twenty-five episode thriller serial.
A flight to Geneva, but Trail 7 calls for help.
With Monique Messine as Catherine Leger, Michel Forain as Jean Dacier
and Gisele Grimm, Gerard Buhr
(First shown on BBC-2)
(Repeated next Sunday at 11.30 a.m.)
