'The social hardship factor' - the new catch-phrase in the railways' age-old problem of trying to trim down a 19th-century network to suit 20th-century traffic.
Introduced by Robert Hewison

Contributors

Presenter:: Robert Hewison
Producer:: Len Brown

Source: Radio Times

14:25

Closedown

BBC One

Thu 27^th May 1971, 14:25 on BBC One London

Source: Radio Times

16:20

Play School

BBC One

Thu 27^th May 1971, 16:20 on BBC One London

A programme for children under 5

Source: Radio Times

16:40

Jackanory: The Griffin and the Minor Cannon

BBC One

Thu 27^th May 1971, 16:40 on BBC One London

by Frank Stockton
Illustrated by Maurice Sendak
With John Stride
Today: The Griffin and the Minor Cannon

Contributors

Author:: Frank Stockton
Illustrator:: Maurice Sendak
Storyteller:: John Stride

Source: Radio Times

16:55

Blue Peter

BBC One

Thu 27^th May 1971, 16:55 on BBC One London

with Valerie Singleton, John Noakes, Peter Purves

Contributors

Presenter:: Valerie Singleton
Presenter:: John Noakes
Presenter:: Peter Purves
Producer:: Rosemary Gill
Editor:: Biddy Baxter

Source: Radio Times

17:20

Desert Crusader: 13: The Sailor from Genoa

BBC One

Thu 27^th May 1971, 17:20 on BBC One London

An exciting series about the adventures of Thibaud, the Knight who always fights for justice and truth.

Contributors

Director:: Henri Colpi
Thibaud:: Andre Lawrence
Blanchot:: Raymond Meunier
Berse:: Jean Barrez
The Innkeeper:: Roger Desmare
King Foulque:: Steve Eckardt
Ulrich:: Jean-Jose Fleury
The Captain:: Guy Fox
The Queen:: Marie See
Margrave:: Tristan Severe

Source: Radio Times

17:44

Hector's House

BBC One

Thu 27^th May 1971, 17:44 on BBC One London

The adventures of Hector the Dog, Zaza the Cat, and next-door neighbour Mrs Kiki Frog.

Source: Radio Times

17:50

National News and Weather

BBC One

Thu 27^th May 1971, 17:50 on BBC One London

Source: Radio Times

18:00

Nationwide

BBC One

Thu 27^th May 1971, 18:00 on BBC One London

The news, features, opinions of the country at large, and Your Region Tonight in particular (including Regional Weather) co-ordinated by Michael Barratt

Contributors

Presenter:: Michael Barratt
Editor:: Michael Bunce

Source: Radio Times

19:05

Top of the Pops

BBC One

Thu 27^th May 1971, 19:05 on BBC One London

introduced by Tony Blackburn
in the LP Spot Osibisa
Top of the Pops Orchestra
Pan's People

Contributors

Presenter:: Tony Blackburn
Musicians (The LP Spot):: null Osibisa
Musicians:: Top of the Pops Orchestra
Musical Director:: Johnny Pearson
Dancers:: Pan's People
Choreography:: Flick Colby
Sound:: Richard Chamberlain
Production:: Mel Cornish

Source: Radio Times

20:10

Z Cars: Cars

BBC One

Thu 27^th May 1971, 20:10 on BBC One London

by Bill Barron
Starring James Ellis, Derek Waring
with Ian Cullen, Douglas Fielding and Jack Carr

For the 'mobile' police, everything can happen on one tour of duty. And it does...

(Colour)

Contributors

Writer:: Bill Barron
Script Editor:: Tony Holland
Designer:: Barrie Dobbins
Producer:: Ron Craddock
Director:: Michael Hart
Det-Con Scatliff:: Geoffrey Hayes
PC Covill:: Jack Carr
Sgt Lynch:: James Ellis
PC Bowman:: John Swindells
PC Quilley:: Douglas Fielding
Det-Insp Goss:: Derek Waring
PC Skinner:: Ian Cullen
BD Girl:: Jennie Goossens
Lad on scooter:: Colin Pilditch
Mr Trim:: Peter Miles
Mrs Trim:: Josephine Crawford
PC Render:: Allan O'Keefe
Norwegian:: Janos Kurucz
Councillor Hawkins:: Athol Coats

Source: Radio Times

21:00

The Nine O'Clock News

BBC One

Thu 27^th May 1971, 21:00 on BBC One London

Presented by Robert Dougall
Weather

Contributors

Newsreader:: Robert Dougall

Source: Radio Times

21:20

Play for Today: The Man in the Sidecar

BBC One

Thu 27^th May 1971, 21:20 on BBC One London

by Simon Gray
with Gemma Jones as Edith, James Laurenson as Gerald and David Collings as Tommy

A famous and successful woman novelist is in the middle of a book about a woman enjoying the self-destruction of her husband's self-respect. The situation is paralleled in her own home.

Contributors

Writer:: Simon Gray
Designer:: Stuart Walker
Script Editor:: Ann Scott
Producer:: Graeme McDonald
Director:: James MacTaggart
Edith:: Gemma Jones
Gerald:: James Laurenson
Tommy:: David Collings
Mrs Merchant:: Sheila Beckett
Helen:: Yvonne Gilan
David:: Geoffrey Matthews
Dr Slocum:: Walter Horsbrugh
Giles:: Jonathan Lawson

Source: Radio Times

22:35

24 Hours

BBC One

Thu 27^th May 1971, 22:35 on BBC One London

Presented all this week by David Dimbleby with the latest news in pictures and with on-the-spot reports by Bernard Falk, Max Hastings, James Hogg, David Lomax, Tom Mangold, Barrie Penrose and David Taylor

Contributors

Presenter:: David Dimbleby
Reporter:: Bernard Falk
Reporter:: Max Hastings
Reporter:: James Hogg
Reporter:: David Lomax
Reporter:: Tom Mangold
Reporter:: Barrie Penrose
Reporter:: David Taylor
Producer of the Week:: Gordon Watts
Editor:: Anthony Smith

Source: Radio Times

23:20

Within These Four Walls: 5

BBC One

Thu 27^th May 1971, 23:20 on BBC One London

A series of programmes in which scientists and scholars give their own interpretation of some landmarks in the history of science and technology preserved in our great museum collections.

Russell Robinson gives Peter Bennet Stone a personal view of the Armouries of the Tower of London.