Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 281,534 playable programmes from the BBC

9.38 Science Session: The Electronic Image
Television science and practice, including a behind-the-scenes look at Grandstand.
Introduced by Michael Parkinson

10.0 Look and Read: The Boy from Space: 9

10.25-10.45 Let's Look at Wales: Cardiff Docks
Presented by Derek Boote
(For Schools in Wales)

11.0 Music Time

11.25 Scene: Shop Around

Contributors

Presenter (Science Session):
Michael Parkinson
Producer (Science Session):
Peter Baker
Presenter (Let's Look at Wales):
Derek Boote
Producer (Let's Look at Wales):
J. Mervyn Williams

Using remarkable close-up photography, this film by Peter Parks looks at the world of plankton.
Commentary by Hugh Falkus
(from Bristol; first shown on BBC2)

Contributors

Filmmaker:
Peter Parks
Narrator:
Hugh Falkus
Producer:
Christopher Parsons

A programme for children under 5
Story: "Box on a Hill Top" by Kota Taniuchi and Peggy Blakeley

(Shown at 11.0 am on BBC2)
(Colour)

Contributors

Author (Box on a Hill Top):
Kota Taniuchi
Author (Box on a Hill Top):
Peggy Blakeley
Presenter:
Carol Chell
Presenter:
Derek Griffiths
Pianist:
Peter Gosling
Designer:
Barbara Gosnold
Director:
Richard Greening
Producer:
Peter Ridsdale Scott
Executive Producer:
Cynthia Felgate

by Marilyn Fox and Peter Campbell

The Village Witch has taken to cooking people in her oven; no one's safe - not even American tourists!

(Next week: "The Path of Gold" with Michael Jayston, and "Jackanory Playhouse: The Wednesday Wand")
(Colour)

Contributors

Writer/Director:
Marilyn Fox
Writer:
Peter Campbell
Designer:
Paul Munting
Executive Producer:
Anna Home
The Witch:
Miriam Margolyes
The Wizard:
Gordon Clyde
The Mayor:
Martin Wyldeck
The Vicar:
Stephen Thorne
American Tourist:
David Healy
Secretary:
Rosalind Elliot

with Look North, South Today, Look East, Midlands Today, Points West and Spotlight South West bringing you news and views in your region tonight (including Regional Weather)
Presented by Michael Barratt, Frank Bough and Bob Wellings
(Regional details as Monday)

Contributors

Presenter:
Michael Barratt
Presenter:
Frank Bough
Presenter:
Bob Wellings
Reporter:
Brian Ash
Reporter:
James Hogg
Reporter:
Lynn Lewis
Reporter:
David Lomax
Reporter:
Jack Pizzey
Reporter:
Philip Tibenham
Editor:
Michael Bunce

by Sophocles
Translated by E.F. Watling
A Play of the Month presentation
Starring Ian Holm, Sheila Allen, Alan Webb, Anthony Bate, Sydney Tafler and George Coulouris

Oedipus's personal and political tragedies unfold together in this modern interpretation of a Greek play.

Contributors

Author:
null Sophocles
Translated by:
E.F. Watling
Music composed and conducted by:
Herbert Chappell
Costume:
Betty Aldiss
Script Editor:
Nicholas Lom
Designer:
Tony Abbott
Producer:
Cedric Messina
Director:
Alan Bridges
Oedipus:
Ian Holm
Jocasta:
Sheila Allen
Teiresias:
Alan Webb
Creon:
Anthony Bate
Prime Minister:
Sydney Tafler
Shepherd:
George Coulouris
Ambassador from Corinth:
Alan Rowe
Archbishop:
Alfred Hoffman
Priest:
Peter Elliott
Priest:
Edward Kelsey
Priest:
Andreas Markos
Soldier:
Paul Alexis
Soldier:
Ahmed Khalil
Soldier:
Philip Ryan
Lady Secretary:
Patricia Moore
Cabinet Secretary:
Lionel Ngakane
Naval Officer:
Colin Rix
Antigone:
Ana Leah
Eteocles:
Andrew Dowling
Ismene:
Michelle Foster
Polynices:
Adrian Cox

[Starring] Marlene Dietrich
with Clive Brook, Anna May Wong, Warner Oland, Eugene Pallette

A motley collection of passengers, among them the notorious Shanghai Lily and her former lover, British Army doctor Captain Harvey, board the famous 'Shanghai Express' on the last stage of its journey through a country torn by revolution.
(This Week's Films: page 13)

Contributors

Screenplay:
Jules Furthman
Based on a story by:
Harry Hervey
Director:
Joseph von Sternberg
Shanghai Lily:
Marlene Dietrich
Captain Harvey:
Clive Brook
Hui Fei:
Anna May Wong
Henry Chang:
Warner Oland
Sam Salt:
Eugene Pallette
Mr Carmichael:
Lawrence Grant
Mrs Haggerty:
Louise Closser Hale
Eric Baum:
Gustav von Seyffertitz
Major Leonard:
Emile Chautard

BBC One London

About BBC One

BBC One is a TV channel that started broadcasting on the 20th April 1964. It replaced BBC Television.

Appears in

About this data

This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More

About this data

This data is drawn from the data stream that informs BBC's iPlayer and Sounds. The information shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was/is subject to change and may not be accurate. More