First shown on BBC Wales
(Crystal Palace, Wenvoe West, Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield)
(to 13.25)

For the very young

George Luce
(to 13.53)

by John Rowe Townsend
with Colin Welland

When the grown-ups walk out on them, it is obvious that the Thompson children will have to do a moonlight 'flit' from No. 40 Orchid Grove. So they set up home in 'Gumble's Yard' - but they are not the only occupants of this deserted wharf building by the canal. When packing cases appear and mysteriously disappear, their adventure really begins!

(From the North)

This film won't tell you how to fly, or where to learn; but it does show you why you may want to, and it shows a little of the magic of what it feels like to be-a pilot.
What happens when you 'overcook' it? A nasty accident-unless you're lucky, unless you're skilled and your reactions are fast. Then, afterwards, it may deserve no more than a laconic 'no problem really'! Between one and the other is a hair's breadth. The incident you'll see in today's programme was not specially staged. It was just-well, simply 'overcooking' it!
There is a magic about flying.
Ask a dozen pilots what it is, and there will be twelve different answers. The airline crew may say 'it's just a job, a demanding one,' but you can also see them glance up at the Tiger Moth turning lazy circles in the sky.
And upside down In the Tiger perhaps is an airline captain with thousands of flying hours already behind him, or a weekend flyer with barely a hundred. Both are finding that magic.
Written and directed by Patrick Dowling

A film series based on the well-known story of the famous castaway.

Robinson remembers the day he left home and travelled to Hull to seek a ship.

English version written and told by Eric Thompson.

George Luce

with Michael Aspel
A look at the film world this week - films, in the cinema and on television, film-makers, talking and working, and stars and stories from the film industry

6.0-6.20 Local News and Weather
(Rowridge, Brighton, Oxford, Peterborough, Manningtree, Cambridge)

A new Safari
[Starring] Marshall Thompson as Dr. Marsh Tracy, Cheryl Miller as Paula Tracy and Ross Hagen as Bart Jason
Hedley Mattingly, Hari Rhodes
and Erin Moran as Jenny Jones
aided and abetted by Clarence and Judy

Judy the chimp's life is in the balance when the lure of fame and fortune is weighed against friendship.

by Charlotte and Denis Plimmer
Starring John Slater, Derek Waring
with Paul Angelis, Douglas Fielding, Bernard Holley

The seed of suicide is in all of us... so when an innocent old woman becomes involved with the police... and becomes irrational, is this a warning light?

by Richard Waring
Starring Wendy Craig as Jennifer Corner and Ronald Hines as Henry Corner
with Priscilla Morgan as Liz, Charlotte Mitchell as Mary

The Corner home has always been a fairly crumbling mansion, but of late it has begun to crumble in earnest. Jennifer, however, loves her home and muffles all criticisms. At least, she does until she visits a friend in a new flat and learns the advantages of modern living...

People, places, and problems that matter most to Britain and the world
Introduced by Robin Day
with Panorama reporters Michael Charlton, David Dimbleby, Richard Kershaw, Robert MacNeil, James Mossman, Julian Pettifer

by David Weir
[Starring] Robert Hardy, Geoffrey Keen, Ray Barrett, Philip Latham, Jayne Sofiano, Deborah Stanford
Guest stars, Martin Miller, Dora Reisser

Alec Stewart is holidaying in Israel, in a bid to put the horror of his stay in an Algerian jail behind him. Incredibly, he hits another load of trouble and this time it's not only his reputation that is threatened, but his whole future.
This week's episode explores the war-torn Arab-Israeli border troubles and demonstrates the very delicate way in which both sides have now to be handled by big business in order to protect their interests.

Dora Reisser appears again as millionairess Ghislaine Foss and Bruce Boa returns as Bill Douglas - Zenith's 'Alec Stewart.' The part of Dr. Israel Berg is played by distinguished character actor Martin Miller.

Recalling a forgotten era of gay jazz tunes with outrageous titles and dances to match featuring Joan Sterndale Bennett, Doreen Hermitage, Pat Hughes, Linda McGill, Eleanor McCready, Julia Sutton, Jenny Wren, Denis Martin, Brian Blades,
David Ellen, Peter Greenwell, John Griffin, Don Vernon, Charles Yates
The above artists appear by arrangement with the Players Theatre, London
The Trad Lads
Guest artist, Hugh Paddick
BBC Northern Dance Orchestra
Conducted by Bernard Herrmann

with Kenneth Allsop and Michael Barratt, Robert McKenzie, Vincent Kane
with on-the-spot reports by Fyfe Robertson, David Lomax, Philip Tibenham, Denis Tuohy, Linda Blandford

A Made in Britain special
"...we roared down the circuit once, and then he said: That will do, got out, and said: You go and make it."
These words sounded the start of a revolution - the mini revolution. The two men in the dialogue were Sir Leonard Lord, then head of B.M.C., and Alec Issigonis his designer - now Sir Alec.
It is ten years since the birth of the mini whose chunky boxiness and twisted-round engine made it seem an ugly non-starter to the sceptics.
Now - two million minis later - the chunkiness has become charming; the transverse engine a commonplace. Abroad more minis have been sold than any other British car; on rally courses the mini ruled the sixties.

A beginner's course in folk guitar with John Pearse

Learning two more chords-C and D7-and the Basic Right-Hand Scratch.
For details of booklets and record see page 43

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