9.38 Countdown: Lucky Jim
10.0 Merry-go-Round
The story of 'The Red Balloon'.
(Colour)
10.23 Maths Workshop: Stage 1: Pattern and Shape
A series for 4- and 5-year-olds and adults watching with them.
Introduced by David Ashton.
Book (same title) 20p, from bookshops
11.0 British Social History: The Shadow of the Workhouse
11.22 Music Time: Programme 1
11.45 New Horizons: Man in his Place - A Man's Life
In Durham coal mines dominated both landscape and people.
Such a Practical Religion
They don't go to doctors, they don't smoke or drink - but there's more than that to being a Christian Scientist. It is a way of life and one of its most crucial beliefs is that sin and disease are unreal.
Weatherman Michael Fish
2.2 Words and Pictures: Sam on Boffs' Island: (1)
2.20 Tout Compris: En ville, Au garage, Au marche
After 14 days adrift the survivors of the torpedoed Jason rejoice that rescue is at hand - but as the Navy appears over the horizon they spot the periscope of a lurking U-boat and realise their life-boat is being used as bait.
Photographed by JACK CARDIFF
Written and directed by PAT JACKSON Produced by the CROWN FILM UNIT This Week's Films: page 21
Story : Professor Twill's Travels written and illustrated by BOB GUMPERTZ
Presenters this week
Toni Arthur , Don Spencer
with Anthony Quayle
Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by ROBERT C. O'BRIEN
Mrs Frisby is a widowed field-mouse with a young family. When her youngest son becomes ill, Mrs Frisby finds herself involved in an incredible adventure.
Today: The Sickness of Timothy Frisby
with John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Expedition - Thailand
John, Peter and Lesley meet the two fastest swordsmen in Thailand and visit the Meo Tribe in their remote mountain village.
Blue Peter Eleventh Book, 70p, from bookshops
Speed Buggy is taking part in a dangerous mountain race when he finds himself affected by a powerful ray gun.
with Peter Woods; Weather
News, interviews and analysis from your region tonight, including local weather
Presented by Michael Barratt, Frank Bough, Bob Wellings and Sue Lawley
Reporters Bernard Falk, James Hogg, Christopher Rainbow, Patrick Stenson, John Swinfield, Philip Tibenham, Martin Young
by Nick McCarty
Starring James Ellis, John Slater, Ian Cullen
with John Challis and Michael Stirrup
Joe Skinner questions a lad about breaking into a cigarette machine - it soon becomes apparent that he is after more than a confession.
The programme that brings you the most interesting stories and the issues you want to know more about. With reporters
Michael Charlton , Richard Kershaw Richard Lindley , Robert MacNeil Julian Pettifer , Denis Tuohy
Assistant editor DAVID HARRISON Editor FRANK SMITH
with Richard Baker and Peter Woods; Weather
Starring Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Shirley Knight, Ed Begley, Rip Torn
An explosive situation develops when a small-time Hollywood gigolo returns to his home town with his latest conquest - a fading, drug-taking film actress.
Written and directed by Richard BROOKS
This Week's Films: page 21
Regional News
Weatherman
It's estimated that 130-million worth of British antiques make their way abroad each year. So the antique exporter tours the auctions and sale-rooms buying exclusively for foreign customers.
Presented and produced by Gavin Hewitt
(Repeated next Sunday)
