9.38-9.53 Merry-Go-Round
(Shown on Monday)

10.0-10.20 Science Session
(Shown on Wednesday)

11.0-11.15 Watch!
(Shown on Tuesday)

The whole of the first morning's play direct from Old Trafford, Manchester.
With Hall, Griffith, Nurse, and Kanhai missing there is a new look about the West Indies this year, and England-on paper at any rate-must be favourites to win the series. However, in Gibbs, Butcher, Lloyd, and Hendriks, the West Indies have a nucleus of world-class players, and in the incomparable Gary Sobers they have a captain who can inspire any team to make nonsense of the odds against them.

For the very young

Bert Foord
(to 13.53)

Introduced by Ronald Lacey
with pupils from the High School of Art, Manchester

(Repeated on Friday)

Lawn Tennis: The Davis Cup: Third Round: Great Britain v. West Germany from The Edgbaston Priory Club, Birmingham

and Cricket: England v. The West Indies: First Test Match
Further coverage from Old Trafford
(On BBC-2 from 4.30)

A programme for children under five

(Shown at 11.0 a.m. on BBC-2)

by E. Nesbit
with Margaret Tyzack

with Valerie Singleton, John Noakes, Peter Purves

The Thursday film this week is from Spain

Don Fabian explains the extraordinary properties of the magnetic dust which he has discovered in the town of Canas del Rey.
Story told by Duncan Carse

English version written and told by Eric Thompson.

Bert Foord

Robert Robinson looks back on November 1951 when Mr. Churchill chose ministers for his new government; Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh visited the United States; the Springboks rugby team trounced Scotland; and Marjorie Anderson reported on a new phenomenon - the supermarket.

The final overs and highlights of the first day's play

Tom and Jerry playing Cat and Mouse in a selection from the world-famous award-winning cartoon films.

Texas Tom ...is a silly hill-billy!

Either The Girls of Romford County High School Or The Girls of Torquay Grammar School v. The Boys of Chatham House Grammar School, Ramsgate

The Harkers enjoy an evening of digging. Burroughs shows the strength of his hand. Amelia and Malcolm play an important darts match.

From the Midlands

A new look at Britain's best-sellers
Discs - Stars - News from this week's Top Twenty
Introduced tonight by Pete Murray
Top of the Pops Orchestra
Directed by Johnny Pearson

by Hugh Forbes
Starring Thora Hird, Robert Keegan, James Grout and Henry Knowles

When a lorry full of workmen crashes into a Furness cafe, Tom Danby attempts a rescue but ends up in hospital himself. Sarah considers him a hero; so do Kingston and the rest of Furness - all except Will Tarrant. Will holds that the accident need never have happened in the first place and accuses even Tom of inexperience and incompetence. Sarah takes the warpath - but could Will be right after all?

with Robert Dougall
followed by The Weather

from Montevideo
Highlights of the third match of the world champions' tour of South America

Out of the mergers and take-overs which hit the headlines every week emerges a new breed of chief executive.
Christopher Brasher interviews one of the youngest of this new breed

Jim Slater was a successful executive-deputy sales director of Leyland-when he decided to start up on his own. He had already turned £2,000 worth of savings into £50,000 by studying 'special situations' on the Stock Exchange. With this money he bought a substantial interest in a public company, changed its name to Slater, Walker Securities Ltd., and launched himself on a new career as one of the highest-flying entrepreneurs in the City. Now, just five years later, with a personal fortune valued at £3-million he has interests in Australia and South Africa, health foods and metal windows, unit trusts and timber. How did he build up and how does he control such a diverse group?

What matters in the news and out of it

The voice of Aleksandr Blok
with Paul Daneman
The greatest modern Russian poet, Blok (1880-1921) was both a Christian and a supporter of the Bolsheviks. His convictions-held through the most tumultuous events of history and the suspicion of both sides-gave his life and work a dramatic tension and an often prophetic vision.

Eight programmes on career opportunities for young adults

What are the prospects for young adults in industry? What opportunities do they have to start with? What sort of work is available to them?
Introduced by Paddy Feeny with Percy Walton Secretary, Institute of Youth Employment Officers
First shown on BBC-2

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