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A weekly agricultural magazine for those who live by the land.
Introduced by John Cherrington.
Farming in New Zealand: John Cherrington introduces a film made during his recent visit to Taranaki where he visited both sheep and dairy farms.
Farm Visit: George Sigsworth visits the farm of Clyde Higgs at Hatton Rock, near Stratford upon-Avon.
From the BBC's Midland television studio
(to 13.05)
Bwrw golwg dros bynciau'r dydd mewn sgwrs a ffilm - a chyfle i gwrdd a rhai sy'n amlwg yn y newyddion.
(Wenvoe, Blaen-Plwyf, Holme Moss, and Sutton Coldfield only)
(to 13.30)
Introduced by Christopher Chataway.
(The subject of next week's Spotlight will be announced during this week's programme)
For the Very Young
David Enders tells the story.
Sam Williams and Elizabeth Williams make the pictures
(A BBC television film)
About the Home
The Season's Best
Frances Perry shows this month's best value in flowers, fruit, and vegetables.
My Friend Sheltie
A monthly feature in which Stanley Dangerfield, Chief Steward of Cruft's, reports on the progress of his Shetland Sheepdog and suggests other animals which make attractive pets.
Introduced by Joan Gilbert.
3.15 Our Miss Pemberton: 28 - Facing the Facts
Written by Sheila Hodgson.
A story of life today in a small town.
(Kim Grant is appearing in "The Boy Friend" at Wyndham's Theatre, London; Jane Hilary in "Summer of the Seventeenth Doll" at the Palace Theatre, Leicester)
(to 15.30)
The exciting adventures of the famous Western Stagecoach Service
with Dale Robertson as Jim Hardie, the Wells Fargo special investigator.
There have been too many successful Indian raids on the Service's outlying stations. A dropped gun suggests to Jim Hardie that the man behind them is employed by the Company itself; he proves his theory at the risk of his life!
Introduced by Denis Compton.
A fortnightly series presenting news and views from the world of sport.
Including
Tips from the Top: 3 - High Jumping with Thelma Hopkins
A new series in which Geoff Dyson, chief national coach to the Amateur Athletic Association, shows you the way to better performances in athletics.
Henry Zeisel invites you to come Around the World in Music with Eddie Lacey at the piano, Stanianova and his guitar, Steve Norbert and his accordion.
Guest artist, Trefor Jones
(Henry Zeisel is appearing at the Cafe Royal, London; Trefor Jones in "Grab Me a Gondola" at the Lyric Theatre, London)
On transmitters serving the areas:
6.10 News for Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the English Regions
News from Wales: 6.15-6.20
starring George Burns and Gracie Allen in the film Politeness Never Pays
Look around with Geoffrey Johnson Smith.
Sport-Music-People
Cinema-Theatre-Argument
with Derek Hart, Macdonald Hastings and this week, Nancy Whiskey, Alex McEwen
where Billy Cotton and his Band appear with Vanessa Lee, Alan Breeze, Kathie Kay, The High-Lights, The Leslie Roberts Silhouettes and some of their friends from show business.
Grand Final of the competition organised by the News Chronicle.
Film from 'Candid Cameras' shows the different schemes put forward by the four finalists before they are called upon to account for the £100 they have had to spend in seven days, and to face the final examination. The one judged most capable of getting ahead will win £5,000.
Judges: Sir Frederic Hooper, The Viscountess Lewisham, The Earl of Halsbury,
George Woodcock
Chairman, Peter West
From the Carlton Rooms, Maida Vale
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by John Gay
New England, September 1885 - A time when the vast fishing fleets set sail for the Grand Banks off Newfoundland. A time of the 'flake yards', of hand salting, of spit cod drying in the sun. A time, too, of the small fleets, the smacks, and the little cat-boats that rolled and pitched off-shore... that depended upon the seasonal fish run... upon the Will of God.
From the BBC's studio in Scotland
In Ancient Babylon it was against the law for doctors to attempt to treat hopeless cases. Today medicine accepts a wider responsibility, but the tragic implications remain. There is a way of handling such problems which doctors and patients can work out together. with A Consultant Psychiatrist, A doctor who is himself suffering from an incurable disease and The Lord Bishop of Durham the Rt. Rev. M. H. Harland.
Chris Barber's Jazz Band with Ottilie Patterson and Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry America's foremost blues singers who are on their first visit to Europe.
