At the Kennington Oval this morning England and New Zealand begin the last cricket clash in their current series. BBC-tv brings you the whole of this morning's play
For the very young
The plant tells Pippin and Tog the story of a silly quarrel and how it was settled.
Jack Scott
O dan y Mor a'i Donnau
Children's programme
First shown on BBC Wales
(Crystal Palace, Wenvoe West, Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield)
(to 14.15)
A further visit to The Oval
(On BBC-2 in colour from 4.30)
(to 16.15)
A programme for children under five
(Shown at 11.0 a.m. on BBC-2)
with Gilbert Wynne
The Thursday film this week is from Yugoslavia.
Uncle Dimitri entertains a prospective client who is not a favourite with Julia.
by E. Nesbit
Dramatised in seven parts by Denis Constanduros
It was Peter's birthday and Father had to leave with two mysterious callers. Mother and the children have left their house in London for a small cottage in the country without Father.
English version written and told by Eric Thompson.
Jack Scott
Robert Robinson looks back on the events, politics, sport, and entertainment of August 1952.
Thirty-one people die in the Lynmouth floods. Col. Llewellyn and Foxhunter help Britain win an Olympic gold medal. Anthony Eden marries Clarissa Churchill. Ex-King Farouk begins exile on Capri.
6.0-6.15 Local News and Weather
(Rowridge, Brighton, Oxford, Peterborough, Manningtree, Cambridge)
This listing contains language that some may find offensive.
The new auction game
Auctioneer, Peter Wilson Chairman of Sotheby's asks
What am I bid?
Top men and women buyers compete against each other in a contest of saleroom skill and expert knowledge.
A game for laymen played by experts chaired by expert layman Ted Moult
Under the hammer,
Treasures of great value, Goods and chattels and the odd 'surprise' lot
The Council meets to discuss the redevelopment of Angleton. Arnold Tripp makes a rare journey to London. Gran has an offer for the house.
From the Midlands
A new look at Britain's best-sellers
Discs - Stars - News from this week's Top Twenty
Introduced tonight by Alan Freeman
Top of the Pops Orchestra
Directed by Johnny Pearson
with Kenneth Kendall
followed by The Weather
Written by Ron Dunn and John Simpson
Dr. Steve Wojeck a tough, hard-hitting big-city coroner who fights for what he believes in.
A new film series from Canada starring John Vernon.
A drunken driver knocks down a pedestrian who dies. Probing the tragedy Wojeck finds that these two people represent the problems of alcoholism from the level of a businessman's social drinking to the despairing finality of Skid Row.
Introduced by Harry Carpenter
Recalling historic sporting occasions and great champions in their moment of glory
featuring:
Tennis
1954 - Drobny wins the Wimbledon Men's Singles title at his eleventh attempt
Cricket
1964 - Freddie Trueman makes a come-back to get his 300th test wicket
Boxing
1959 - Terry Downes regains his British title from John McCormack
Studio: Terry Downes
Steeplechasing
1964 - Fifth time lucky for Team Spirit in the Grand National
What matters in the news and out of it 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
Some aspects of the contemporary discussion about God
John Horgan, A. S. Worrall, Dr. Liam Barbour question The Rev. John Macquarrie, Professor of Systematic Theology, Union Theological Seminary, New York
A course in drawing and observation
A group of pots and pans gives us the problem of drawing curves and cylinders seen from different viewpoints.
Ian Simpson invites you to join the studio group and make your own drawing
(First shown on BBC-2)
