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)
For the Very Young
Stories about a family of wooden dolls who live on a farm.
Audrey Atterbury and Molly Gibson pull the strings
(BBC television film)
(to 14.45)
Another play by S. G. Hulme Beaman.
Settings by Andrew Brownfoot from illustrations by S. G. Hulme Beaman
(BBC recording)
A story on film. When two American boys go for a picnic, they discover that 'your treasure is where you find it'.
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Vast numbers of tiny bodies move round the Sun. When they enter the earth's air, they destroy themselves in the luminous streaks which we call "shooting stars." December is one of the best times for seeing these visitors from space. Patrick Moore tells you about them and shows how to plot their paths against the constellations. He also introduces the winner of the "Observation Diary" competition.
A programme of traditional carols, presented by the boys of Chetham's Hospital School, Manchester.
Items arranged by Gerald Littlewood their conductor
(BBC recording)
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On transmitters serving the areas:
6.10 News for Scotland, Northern Ireland and the English Regions
News from Wales: 6.15-6.20
Home-grown produce from garden and allotment shown by Percy Thrower.
Holly - Mistletoe - Cobs
Walnuts - Filberts
Shrubs and Flowers for the Christmas vases shown by Francis Hanger, Curator of the Royal Horticultural Society's Gardens at Wisley.
From the BBC's Midland television studio
(BBC recording)
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 and 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.
An interlude with music by Noel Coward.
[Starring] Charlie Chester and Eleanor Summerfield
(Charlie Chester appears by arrangement with Emile Littler)
Raymond Glendenning introduces Hall of Fame
The Sportsview Unit recalls the world's greatest sports stars in action.
Tonight: Two-Ton Tony Galento
The million-to-one chance which almost comes off-Galento becomes the first man to floor heavyweight champion Joe Louis in a world title fight.
by Charles Dickens
Adapted for television in twelve parts by Freda Lingstrom
Field-Marshal Montgomery on Command in Battle
Illustrated by six campaigns from Alamein to Luneburg Heath.
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From the BBC's West of England studios
(Next Friday: 3: The Invasion of Sicily and Italy)
On Fridays the House of Common 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:
Robert Jenkins, J.P., M.P. Member (Conservative) for Dulwich, W.T. Williams, M.P., Member (Labour and Co-operative) for Barons Court answer questions put to them without notice by some of their constituents in the BBC's Television Studios in London.
John Beavan is in the chair
Canon Roy McKay, Head of BBC Religious Broadcasting, looks ahead at some of the religious programmes to be televised over Christmas.
Starring Phil Silvers as Sergeant Bilko.
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
