Presented and produced by Mahendra Kaul
(from Birmingham: repeated on Wednesday at 12.25 pm)

The Engineering Programme

Arthur Garratt and David Shute investigate the work of the Numerical Control Advisory and Demonstration Service based at PERA

For beginners in Italian
With Bianca Maria Corbella, Yole Marinelli, Luigi Basagaluppi, Alberto Colzi
(Books and records: see page 13)

John and Linda Leason, a young married couple who've just got a house, ask... about buying equipment for their kitchen.

Introduced by Brian Jackson
(Book: see page 13)

Higher grain prices may well force livestock farmers to take a closer look at alternative farm-grown feeds. A report on some of the feeding trials at the Grassland Research Institute, Hurley.
(from Birmingham)

Weather for farmers

Ideas, opportunities, and developments for everybody interested - including parents, teachers, and students.
Introduced by Alan Little

Paper-making is now the sixth largest industry in Britain.

Another look at the stars of the silent comedy screen
Introduced by Michael Bentine from the National Film Theatre London

The two great producers of silent comedy films were Hal Roach and Mack Sennett. This week's comedians - Stan Laurel, Charlie Chase, and Billy Bevan - were just three of their many stars.
(A BBCtv production in association with Mitchell Monkhouse Associates and Raymond Rohauer)

Joan Crawford examines the legend
Greta Garbo is ageless. Though Hollywood's greatest star has retired from the screen, her spell has lost none of its power. Her films are rediscovered by each new generation. And the woman herself has become a living legend, a mysterious stranger 'wanting to be alone.' No star fell in love as often as Garbo did on the screen; but was she herself happy? 'I live in a corner. I am typically alone. I wish it could be otherwise, but it cannot.' This second showing of the widely acclaimed programme on the art and life of Greta Garbo introduces a Garbo season on BBC1, beginning a week today.
Extracts by courtesy of MGM include: Camille, Ninotchka, Queen Christina, Marie Waleska, Two Faced Woman, Flesh and the Devil
Written by Alexander Walker

by Louisa M. Alcott
A new dramatisation in nine parts from "Little Women" and "Good Wives" by Denis Constanduros and Alistair Bell
(The most famous sisters in literature: see page 11)

from Old and Boston Parish Church, Duns
Introduced by David Steel
with choirs from the local schools and churches, with a section of the Berwickshire County Orchestra and Singers
BBC Scotland

by Owen Holder
Created by A. J. Cronin
Starring Andrew Cruickshank as Dr Cameron, Barbara Mullen as Janet, Bill Simpson as Dr Finlay
and introducing Maureen Jack as Dorrity

When her father dies, Dorrity is left alone in a bothy in the hills. Dr Cameron feels sorry for the girl and invites her to stay in Arden House. And then the trouble begins.

Starring Leo Genn, David Tomlinson, Anthony Steel

This classic escape story of World War II became a best-seller before being filmed - and set the pattern for many similar films.
(This Week's Films: see page 9)

with Richard Baker
and Weather

On the 25th Anniversary of the United Nations, Omnibus presents this special performance of Beethoven's Symphony No 9, in D minor, recorded yesterday at the UN headquarters in New York.

Martina Arroyo (soprano), Irina Arkhipova (mezzo-soprano), Helge Brilioth (tenor), Hans Sotin (bass)
The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Rutgers University Choir
Conductor Zubin Mehta

A series of live conversations on the issues of the week
Each Sunday Robert Robinson is joined by three people. They are men and women of distinction in widely differing fields. They hold strong views on the topics of today - and tomorrow.

Among those taking part tonight are John Kenneth Galbraith, economist, author of The Affluent Society, and former US Ambassador to India, and Hugh Trevor-Roper, Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford.