Philip McAllen introduces the first in a series of programmes about statistics, and the people who collect and interpret them.
(A BBC recording of last Monday's programme)
(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)
This programme shows how lettering in its everyday uses may be dramatic and decorative as well as informative.
Introduced by Colin Forbes.
The second day of the Liverpool Autumn Meeting
2.45 The Becher Steeplechase
for five-year-olds and upwards over two miles and about five furlongs of the Grand National Course
3.15 The Liverpool Autumn Cup
for three-year-olds and upwards over 1 mile, 2 furlongs, and 170 yards
3.45 The Stewards' Handicap
for three-year-olds and upwards over six furlongs
Commentators, Peter O'Sullevan and Peter Bromley with Clive Graham in the paddock
For the Very Young
Stories about a family of wooden dolls who live on a farm.
Audrey Atterbury and Molly Gibson pull the strings
(A BBC television film)
(to 16.10)
The adventures of a Boxer puppy.
Drawn by Tim and told by Sylvia Peters.
Bruce Campbell introduces
The Month of November
What to look for and how to find it.
The Countryside Beneath
What makes hills and valleys? What lies hidden in the rocks below your feet? Emlyn Evans uses a hammer to find buried treasure.
Beachcombing and Birding
Tony Soper spends a day by the sea searching the beach and mud-flats with the help of his camera.
From the BBC's West of England studio
by C. E. Webber.
The exciting wartime adventure
Based on the novel by Ian Serraillier.
(A BBC recording of the broadcast on December 15, 1957)
On transmitters serving the areas:
6.10 News for Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the English Regions
News from Wales 6.15-6.20
Pruning an old apple tree; Peach and Morello cherry fan-trained for the small garden
Planting new blackcurrant, gooseberry, and raspberry shown by Percy Thrower.
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 recording
Perry Como welcomes Star Guests
Ralph Bellamy, Eydie Gorme, Robin Luke Gretchen Wyler, Jule Styne
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.
David Nixon says 'It's Magic' and introduces a thirty-minute mixture of mystery and music with Jac Olten, Ken Brooke, Sheila Holt, Bette Shawe, Michael Darbyshire and a panel of well-known guests to see fair play.
Raymond Glendenning introduces Hall of Fame
The Sportsview Unit recalls the world's greatest sports stars in action.
Tonight: Nel Tarleton
See the former British Feather-weight Champion, Nel Tarleton, known to all Merseyside as 'Nella', in some of his greatest fights.
by Charles Dickens
Adapted for television in twelve parts by Freda Lingstrom
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The work and play of a Black Country Man
The industrial Black Country has always been a stronghold of character, hard work, and rugged amusements.
Typical of it is Joe Mallen, foreman of a team which hand-forges heavy iron chain-the traditional craft of Cradley Heath, Staffordshire.
Local advice from Phil Drabble.
Music played by John Cole (harmonica), James Beaumont (drums)
Written and produced by Philip Donnellan
On Fridays the House of Commons rises early for the weekend. This gives Members of Parliament a chance to visit their constituencies and to meet the people they represent, to hear their problems and to answer their questions.
Tonight:
Simon Mahon, M.P. Member (Labour) for Bootle, John Woollam, M.P. Member (Conservative) for Liverpool, West Derby answer questions put to them without notice by some of their constituents in the BBC's North of England studios.
John Beavan is in the chair
Starring Phil Silvers as Sergeant Bilko.
Bilko is to be the best man at a wedding but is ordered to give the new recruits their basic training. He is more than lucky to get away with both assignments.
Viewers whose sets are tuned to Rowridge will see 'View of the South West' - a weekly magazine-from 10.45-11.10
by Norman Blake.
In which Bernard Braden is seen in the main role and heard as all the other characters presents tonight...
(Produced on film by Henry Caldwell Productions Ltd.)
followed by Weather and Close Down
