(to 12.00)
Overweight is sometimes a sign of ill health and usually a cause of discomfort and inconvenience. Joan Robins deals with some popular misconceptions and self deceptions among healthy women and recommends ways of reducing weight
Medical Adviser: Dr. David Edwards of University College Hospital, London
Recipe of the week:
Fish in Tomato
4 fillets of plaice or other white fish 4 large firm tomatoes 2 ozs. mushrooms
1 medium-sized onion Parsley
Salt and pepper
1/8 oz. margarine for greasing dish
Cut the tops off tomatoes and scoop out centre. Boil onion in water, chop up finely and mix with the chopped tomato, mushroom and parsley, season well. Spread mixture on fillets of plaice, roll up neatly and 'stuff into the tomato cases. Put the tomatoes into a slightly greased dish and pile any mixture over round the tomatoes. Cover with a greaseproof paper and cook in a moderate oven, Mark 5, for 25 minutes. Serve with freshly cooked spinach and raw watercress.
(Joan Robins)
The game of billiards is the subject of this short film which includes some spectacular trick shots.
A programme for the very young
Maria Bird brings Andy to play with your small children and invites them to join in songs and games.
Gladys Whitred sings the songs
Audrey Atterbury pulls the strings
(to 15.55)
Mrs. A.I. Butler shows you some of the dolls from her collection.
A Zoo Film.
A serial in eight parts, adapted for television from the book by E. Nesbit and produced by Dorothea Brooking.
The action of the play takes place in the year 1906.
(to 18.00)
Tomorrow the figure of Richard Dimbleby takes its place among famous stars of the entertainment world in the BBC studio at Madame Tussauds. Tonight viewers go behind the scenes to show you how this figure was made; and to introduce Richard Dimbleby to 'himself' for the first time.
(Quattro Passi fra le Nuvole) with Gino Cervi and Adriana Benetti.
An Italian feature film with Italian dialogue and English sub-titles
(Monday's edition repeated)
(sound only)
