Statistics sometimes seem to be a mass of unrelated facts and figures. Today Philip McAllen introduces the second programme in a series about statistics, the people who collect and interpret them, and the diagrams that are used to show conclusions.
(BBC recording 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)
Introduced by Michael Ayrton.
For the Very Young
Stories about a family of wooden dolls who live on a farm.
(BBC television film)
3.0 The Mickleton Handicap Steeplechase over two miles and a half
3.30 The Southern Handicap Hurdle Race over two miles and 125 yards
Peter Bromley identifies the horses and jockeys in the paddock before each race.
Tony Preston gives racing results.
Order of racing is subject to alteration
(to 15.40 app.)
The boys of a town in the West of America play at cowboys. In this film you can see how an old cowhand organises a real rodeo for them.
by C.E. Webber.
The exciting wartime adventure
Based on the novel by Ian Serraillier.
Mars is a strange world; with its deserts, its icy poles, and its two dwarf moons it is quite unlike our own Earth. At present it is better placed for observation than will be the case for the next ten years; Patrick Moore tells you what to look for-and what astronomers hope to find out during the next few weeks.
This month's guest is Philip Syrett, who tells you the sort of answer that has so far been found to the fascinating question-'Is there life on Mars?'.
On transmitters serving the areas:
6.10 News for Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the English Regions
News from Wales: 6.15-6.20
The National Rose Society
Film at the Trial Grounds, St. Albans of Ernest Baines (Superintendent) and his staff
Pruning rambler roses; Digging new beds; Planting new bushes; Showing new roses in bloom
Percy Thrower introduces and shows seasonal garden and greenhouse work.
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, Rory and Alex McEwen
In tonight's recording Perry Como welcomes star guests David Wayne, Lena Horne, Janice Paige, Jimmy McHugh.
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 Fred Kaps, Joe Stuthard, Sheila Holt 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:
Captain George Eyston
The story of one of Britain's most famous speed kings.
by Charles Dickens
Adapted for television in twelve episodes by Freda Lingstrom
In which 'Society' takes a hand and a waterman is suspected of murder.
(David McCallum appears by arrangement with the Rank Organisation)
Robert Reid makes a Second Inquiry into some of Britain's social problems in 1958.
Made in Birmingham by the BBC's Midland film unit
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:
James Hoy, M.P., Member (Labour) for Edinburgh, Leith and Michael Hutchison, M.P., Member (Conservative) for Edinburgh, South answer questions put to them without notice by some of their constituents.
John Beavan is in the chair
Starring Phil Silvers as Sergeant Bilko.
To Bilko's alarm his girl-friend becomes marriage-minded. He thinks he can put her off by introducing her to the Sowicis. They rise to the occasion, but not in the way he expects.
(Viewers whose sets are tuned to Rowridge will see 'View of the South West' - a weekly magazine - from 10.45-11.10)
followed by Weather and Close Down
