with Shiv Kumar Sharma, Jyoti Kamath, S.D. Batish, Tarveen Mehra
Produced and presented by Mahendra Kaul
(from Birmingham: reptd Wed 12.25)

John Cherrington reports
(from Birmingham)

Weather for farmers

Getting on for half a million tons of scrap metal were exported last year-and with the easing of Government restrictions, this year's total is expected to be considerably higher.

Half a million tons of snow travelling at up to 200 mph. From the Andes to the Alps, ever since man made his home beneath the mountain, avalanches have meant danger. This film looks at avalanches from their beautiful beginning in the snow crystal to their terrible effect on life.

(from Manchester)

appeals for Television for the Deaf a special Fund administered by the Royal National Institute for the Deaf to provide television sets for old and lonely deaf people. There is a long waiting-list.
Donations, preferably by crossed PO or cheque, to: [address removed]

Stories in the Bible told with pictures

Hymns selected from last year's Songs of Praise programmes from churches and chapels throughout Britain.
Introduced by Barbara Mullen

Let us with a gladsome mind (Monkland)
Come down O Love (Down Ampney)
Firmly I believe and truly (Alton)
How sweet the Name (St Peter)
Judas and Mary
What a Friend we have in Jesus (What a friend)
Now thank we all our God (Nun Danket)

from the All England Show Jumping Course Hickstead, Sussex
featuring today
The British Jumping Derby - The Blue Riband of World Jumping
Holder: 'Mattie Brown': Harvey Smith, GB
The world's most illustrious show-jumpers in one of the world's great competitions.
Just under a mile in length and incorporating all of Hickstead's feature obstacles, including the fearsome Derby bank, it has produced only 12 clear rounds in 11 years. Three of these have been achieved by the diminutive 'Stroller' and Marion Mould.
Introduced by David Vine

(Hickstead: where the gods come down to earth: see page 11)

Starring Rock Hudson, Burl Ives
with Gena Rowlands, Geoffrey Keen

A young government doctor, played by Rock Hudson, accepts an assignment in the depths of Java providing he can work with the world's greatest authority on leprosy.

Dr Jansen, played by Burl Ives, has lived the life of a recluse for many years and finds the sudden arrival of a younger and more intellectually active man a disturbing challenge. Their conflict of personalities is the basis of this fascinating drama based on Jan de Hartog's bestseller.
(This Week's Films: page 9)