Douglas Fairbanks, Senior in the concluding sequence of one of the early silent films that brought him fame.
[Starring] George Burns and Gracie Allen in the film The Honest Safecracker
For the Very Young
Some stories about a family of wooden dolls who live on a farm.
(A BBC Television Film)
(to 16.00)
In Northern Ireland many of the farms are worked entirely by the families who live on them. This is the filmed story of the life of Will Forsythe and his wife, Joyce, their two boys Wilson and Robert, not forgetting little Marian and the dog on their farm in County Antrim.
Written and produced by Harry Govan.
Made by the Northern Ireland Film Unit
Jess Yates introduces news and views from filmland.
Film extracts include scenes from "Action of the Tiger" and "High Flight."
Featured in this Battle of Britain Week are the Trumpeters and Band of the 296th (Stoke Newington) Squadron Air Training Corps (by permission of the Commanding Officer, Squadron-Leader L.V.M. Price) and pilots from the No. 43 Fighter Squadron Royal Air Force (by permission of the Station Commander)
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Another story told by Alicia.
Look around with Cliff Michelmore.
Sport - Music - Politics - People
Cinema - Theatre - Travel
with Derek Hart, Geoffrey Johnson Smith and this week, Rory McEwen
Guest singer, Shani Wallis
Edmundo Ros and his Orchestra take you to Cuba - the land of the rumba, mambo, and cha-cha-cha
with dances by Binnick and Brock
Guest artist: A mystery recording star
and Disc Jockeys including Sam Costa, Pete Murray and David Jacobs who test their musical knowledge with a panel of viewers.
asks Lionel Hale.
Susan Chitty, Norris McWhirter, Marshall Pugh and Sylvia Cheeseman try to find the answers in 'The Newsreel Game'.
From the 1998th performance of Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap.
From the Ambassadors Theatre, London.
Introduced by Richard Attenborough.
(By arrangement with Peter Saunders and Romulus Films)
With this performance "The Mousetrap" becomes the longest running straight play in the history of the British theatre. The record was previously held by "Blithe Spirit."
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The finals of some of the sprint events in the Amateur Swimming Association National Championships.
From the Derby Baths, Blackpool.
People who make the news face questions from the people who write the news.
by William Makepeace Thackeray
Adapted for television in six weekly instalments by Constance Cox and Ian Dallas
[Starring] Joyce Redman and Alan Badel
The action takes place in and around Brussels: at the Duchess of Richmond's Ball, in Amelia's hotel, in Becky's lodgings, and on the battlefield near Waterloo.
Time, 1815
(A BBC telerecording of the broadcast on January 18)
with Bertice Reading and Joe Harriott.
followed by Weather and Close Down
