Produced and presented by Mahendra Kaul
(from Birmingham)
Rept: Wed. 12.30 (not N Ireland)
An invitation to learn French with Max Bellancourt
A series of 30 programmes
(Repeated next Saturday at 10.0 am)
(Books 27 1/2p, records £1.05: see page 66)
A 25-part course in Italian for beginners and near-beginners
introduced by Marisa Dillon-Weston
with Margherita Guzzinati, Isa Miranda, Giancarlo Pannese and Jessica Cloudesley
(Repeated Wed 12.5 pm, Sat 10.30 am)
Book 65p, records £1.30: see page 66
(Colour)
from Emsworth Parish Church, Hampshire.
An informal service which helps children from the local Day and Sunday Schools to realise that worship can be enjoyable - through their own participation.
Service conducted by the Rector, The Rev David J.F. Partridge
A series of 10 programmes
What's it like as lab technician?
(Booklet 35p: see page 66)
Ten programmes for Industry
Arthur Garratt visits Parsons of Newcastle to see how they design big electric generators, and discusses management techniques.
A series of five programmes
Joseph Rykwert looks at the work of Boullee, visionary architect of the ideal, and his pupil Durand.
(The True Style: Study on 3, Fridays, 6.30)
Introduced by Philip Wrixon
The Barker Report, published this week, makes revolutionary proposals on the future for Agricultural and Horticultural Marketing.
(from Birmingham)
Weather for Farmers
Welsh slate is once again being exported.
A series of 10 programmes
(Repeated on Thursday 9 Nov at 3.15)
(Booklet 30p: see page 66)
(Colour)
and Weather
Legends, fables and fairy tales brought to life by a band of travelling players
Today's stories: The Wind and the Sun; Lucky John; Tiny Little Woman
(A series recorded in Canada)
(Colour)
Michael Aspel introduces your television requests
In the studio: Tim Rice who wrote the lyrics for Jesus Christ Superstar
Send your requests to: Ask Aspel, [address removed]
Introduced by Brian Matthew
From Ayrshire, Scotland
The Dalmellington Band
Conducted by Allan Street
Jim Graham (euphonium) and the 'Young Bandsman of the Week' Sandy Pollock
(In Radio Times dated 9 November there will be a form for you to vote for 'The Young Bandsman of the Future.')
(Colour)
Starring Laurence Olivier, Greer Garson, Mary Boland, Edmund Gwenn, Edna May Oliver, Maureen O'Sullivan
Aldous Huxley's adaptation of Jane Austen's famous romance and comedy of manners.
(This Week's Films: page 9)
by Arthur Morrison
dramatised in seven parts by P.J. Hammond
On the death of his mother, Stephen goes to live with his grandfather, who owns a public house in Wapping.
(Colour)
Introduced by Cliff Michelmore
A studio audience talks to Britain's most controversial architect
Repeated on Wednesday at 2.55
(To meet next week's guest, Rt Hon William Whitelaw, MP, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, send your questions on a postcard with address and telephone number to 'A Chance to Meet,' [address removed] to arrive before Thursday.)
appeal on behalf of the restoration of the Churches of Romney Marsh.
These churches, which are architecturally and historically important, as well as active centres of spiritual life, are in need of repairs beyond the means of the local population.
Donations, preferably by crossed PO or cheque, to: Malcolm Muggeridge, [address removed]
from St Martin's Parish Church, Dorking Ralph
Vaughan Williams, composer and musical editor of The English Hymnal, was born on 12 October 1872. This programme from Dorking, where he lived for many years, celebrates the centenary of his birth.
Introduced by Geoffrey Wheeler
by Alun Richards
starring Peter Gilmore, Anne Stallybrass
with Philip Bond, Michael Billington, Howard Lang, Jessica Benton
James and Albert are responsible for bringing yellow fever into Liverpool. They are shocked to learn that the enquiry into the outbreak will be headed by Albert's father...
(Colour)
Tonight's film from the cinema's hall of fame stars Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard, Valli
The famous zither music of Anton Karas sets the mood of decay and corruption in post-war Vienna. Graham Greene's story tells of Holly Martins, a young writer who arrives to work for a former friend, Harry Lime. But Harry Lime, it seems, is dead... or is he?
(This Week's Films: page 9)
with Kenneth Kendall
and Weather
Mai Zetterling's new film explores the genius and suffering of Vincent Van Gogh, reflecting the painter's obsession with the Provencal landscape.
Michael Gough, who plays Van Gogh, is seen coming to terms with the challenge of playing a man very unlike himself.
All the dialogue and commentary for the film is drawn from the letters of Van Gogh to his brother Theo, apart from the testimony of four other artists who were in France when the film was made.
Written by David Hughes
('We lived Van Gogh': pages 8 and 9)
(Colour)