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The human ear enables us to distinguish between sounds of different pitch and sounds of different intensity. In today's programme Professor W. S. Bullough shows how the ear is able to receive vibrations through the air and translate these into messages which can then be sent on to the brain.

Contributors

Presenter:
Professor W. S. Bullough
Producer:
F. R. Elwell

Eamonn Andrews opens Playbox
helped by Tony Hart.
Including:

The Six Clue Challenge: 5: The Eyes of Truth
by Vere Lorrimer.
where you can try your hand at being a detective.
with Ivan Owen as Inspector Bruce, Owen Berry as George Brindle.

and
The Inter-Regional Quiz Championship
in which children from all over the country take part.

Contributors

Presenter:
Eamonn Andrews
Co-presenter:
Tony Hart
Producer:
Gerald Wiltshire
Writer (The Six Clue Challenge):
Vere Lorrimer
Inspector Bruce:
Ivan Owen
George Brindle:
Owen Berry

Peter West introduces Good Companions, the programme of pets for people with pets.
Stanley Dangerfield shows
The Greyhound, The Whippet and the Italian Greyhound
Special Items:
Grooming Your Dog and Cats with Kit Wilson
A weekly series edited by Stanley Dangerfield

Contributors

Presenter:
Peter West
Co-presenter/editor:
Stanley Dangerfield
Item presenter (Grooming Your Dogs and Cats):
Kit Wilson
Producer:
Humphrey Fisher

Look around with Cliff Michelmore.
Sport - Music - People
Cinema - Theatre - Argument
with Derek Hart, Geoffrey Johnson Smith and this week, Rory and Alex McEwen

Contributors

Presenter:
Cliff Michelmore
Reporter:
Derek Hart
Reporter:
Geoffrey Johnson Smith
Singer/guitarist:
Rory McEwen
Singer/guitarist:
Alex McEwen
Producer:
Donald Baverstock

Alan Melville takes you from A-Z through the world of entertainment
This week's programme deals with the Letter 'D' and is produced by Bryan Sears.
Artists include:
Diana Dors and Dickie Dawson, Florence Desmond (BBC recording), Zena Dare in a specially filmed interview, Lonnie Donegan, Johnny Dankworth and his Orchestra
and From Denmark: Making their first British television appearance - Nina and Frederik specially filmed in Copenhagen for this programme.
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Contributors

Presenter/script:
Alan Melville
Producer:
Bryan Sears
Performer:
Diana Dors
Performer:
Dickie Dawson
Comedienne:
Florence Desmond
Interviewee:
Zena Dare
Singer:
Lonnie Donegan
Musicians:
Johnny Dankworth and his Orchestra
Singers:
Nina and Frederik
Research:
Therese McHugh
Based on an idea by:
Wolf Mankowitz
Choreography:
Beryl Kaye
Orchestra directed by:
Eric Robinson

Peter Dimmock introduces Sportsview
Television's weekly sports magazine brings you:
Amateur Boxing: London v. The Army
Outside Broadcast cameras are at the twelfth match of the series in which London leads the Army by six matches to four with one drawn.
Direct from the Seymour Hall, London

Professional Boxing: Joe Bygraves v. Zora Folley
A Sportsview film special of this week's big fight.
There is a second edition of Sportsview at 10.15

Contributors

Presenter:
Peter Dimmock
Commentator (Amateur Boxing):
Harry Carpenter
Presented for television by (Amateur Boxing):
Peter Webber
Boxer (Professional Boxing):
Joe Bygraves
Boxer (Professional Boxing):
Zora Folley

in which a panel of experts is challenged to identify a number of unusual objects.
Tonight's experts: Captain Taprell Dorling, D.S.O., B.N., First Officer V. A. McBride, W.R.N.S. (H.M.S. Condor), George Millar, D.S.O., M.O.
Tonight's Challengers: The National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
Chairman, Glyn Daniel, Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge University
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Contributors

Expert:
Captain Taprell Dorling
Expert:
First Officer V. A. McBride
Expert:
George Millar
Chairman:
Glyn Daniel
Presented by:
Brian Branston

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