From paddle-boats to pendulums and gear wheels to gyroscopes we find things moving in circles. Why does the shape of the circle dominate so much of our work and our play from factory to fairground?
Introduced by Colin Ronan.
(BBC telerecording of last Monday's broadcast)
(to 11.45)
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)
The artist would find it difficult to express his ideas without line and tone. This programme shows how exciting these may be to us as well as to the artist.
Introduced by Donald Holms.
For the Very Young
Audrey Atterbury and Molly Gibson pull the strings
(A BBC television film)
The first day of the October Meeting
3.0 The Brocas Stakes (Handicap) for three-year-olds and upwards over the Swinley Course of one mile and a half
3.30 The Duke of Edinburgh Stakes for two-year-olds over six furlongs
4.0 The Sandwich Stakes for two-year-olds over six furlongs
Clive Graham identifies the horses and jockeys in the Parade Ring before each race.
(to 16.05)
The adventures of a Boxer puppy.
Drawn by Tim and told by Sylvia Peters.
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Adaptation by Joy Harington
[Starring] Bernard Miles
with Valentine Dyall and Richard Palmer
(A BBC telerecording of the broadcast on November 10, 1957)
A film in which Rena Stratford and the England Team help you to improve your game.
Written and directed by Bill Latto.
(A Town and Country Production)
On transmitters serving the areas:
6.10 News for Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the English Regions
News from Wales: 6.15-6.20
Seasonal work in garden and greenhouse shown by Percy Thrower.
Planting hardy primulas and auriculas; Cuttings of privet and other shrubs for making a hedge; Potting calceolarias; Anemones-Treated Bulbs
Broccoli
Winter flowers and produce from the South-West with anemones for general garden planting shown by H. W. Abbiss of Truro, Cornwall.
From the BBC's Midland television studio
Look around with Cliff Michelmore.
Sport - Music - People
Cinema - Theatre - Argument
with Derek Hart, Geoffrey Johnson Smith and this week, Cy Grant and Noel Harrison
In tonight's telerecording Perry Como welcomes
Star Guests: Vivian Blaine, Thelma Ritter, Tommy Sands and Don Wilson
with The Mitchell Ayres Orchestra, The Ray Charles Singers, The Louis Da Pron Dancers.
Written by Goodman Ace, Morton Green and George Foster and Jay Burton.
Written by Gavin Blakeney and Anthony Stevens.
The adventures and mis-adventures of a Naval Helicopter Crew.
(The BBC acknowledges with gratitude the co-operation of the Captains, Officers, and Crews of H.M.S. Ark Royal, Albion, Cavendish, and the Lee-on-Solent, Culdrose, and Hal-Far, Malta, Royal Naval Air Stations.)
Raymond Glendenning introduces Hall of Fame
Tonight: Jack Dempsey v. Louis 'Angel' Firpo
See Dempsey in the fight of the century.
See page 4
The novel by Frank Tilsley
Adapted as a serial in eight episodes by Constance Cox
[Starring] William Lucas, Anna Turner
The action takes place in the village of Tollerton Clough and the adjoining town of Newton, Lancashire. Time: 1934.
During the past twelve months many European cities have been holding their film festivals, at which films from countries as far apart as Japan and Sweden, Argentina, and India have been shown. At the London Film Festival, from October 6-14, the British Film Institute is presenting many of these films at the National Film Theatre
Guy Rolfe introduces excerpts from some of the films and talks to visiting personalities.
Cyril Osborne, M.P. among The West Indians who challenge his support for Restricted Immigration.
From the West Indian Student Centre, London
Kenneth Harris and Robert Kee report from the headquarters hotel of the Conservative Party in Blackpool.
Film from the Conference Hall
Interviews-Discussion-Comment
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