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With the naked eye we can see a few of the stars in our own galaxy. The giant optical and radio telescopes have given us a picture of the universe consisting of an enormous number of galaxies separated by immense distances, and travelling at fantastic speeds.
Introduced by Donald Holms.
(Repeated next Tuesday at 11.20 a.m.)

Contributors

Presenter:
Donald Holms
Illustrator:
Alfred Wurmser
Adviser:
Colin Ronan
Producer:
Donald Grattan

A weekly miscellany of people and events.
Introduced by David Jacobs.

Including

In the Shadow of the Big Top
Some circus people talk to Joan Gilbert.

The 'Au Pair' Problem
Marshall Pugh, some foreign girls, and their employers.

Faces from the Past
John Witty at Westminster Abbey.
(BBC film)

And Linda Parker with her guitar.

(to 15.30)

Contributors

Presenter:
David Jacobs
Item presenter (In Shadow of the Big Top):
Joan Gilbert
Item presenter (The 'Au Pair' Problem):
Marshall Pugh
Item presenter (Faces from the Past):
John Witty
Guitarist:
Linda Parker
Director:
Brenda Horsfield
Producer:
Lorna Pegram

Angelika Hofer, a German girl, spent a holiday in Moscow where, at the age of fifteen, she made a film about the people she met and the places she visited.
Today she has come to the studios from Germany to show this film.
Introduced by Derek Bond.
See Junior Radio Times

Contributors

Filmmaker/guest:
Angelika Hofer
Presenter:
Derek Bond
Presented by:
Clive Parkhurst

Look around with Cliff Michelmore, Derek Hart, Cy Grant and the travelling reporters including Alan Whicker, Fyfe Robertson.

Contributors

Presenter:
Cliff Michelmore
Reporter:
Derek Hart
Singer/guitarist:
Cy Grant
Reporter:
Alan Whicker
Reporter:
Fyfe Robertson
Associate producer:
Alasdair Milne
Associate producer:
Antony Jay
Associate producer:
Gordon Watkins
Editor:
Donald Baverstock

Starring Charlie Chester assisted by Eric 'Jeeves' Grier, Rita Wardle, The Salici Puppets, Frank Davison, The Tallgirls and Woolf Phillips and his Orchestra.
the Pot Luck Sequences

(Rita Wardle is appearing at the Metropolitan Irish Music-Hall, Edgware Road, London; Woolf Phillips at the Pigalle Restaurant, London)

Contributors

Presenter/Comedian:
Charlie Chester
Comedian:
Eric 'Jeeves' Grier
Singer:
Rita Wardle
Pianist/Musical Associate:
Frank Davison
Dancers:
The Tallgirls
Musicians:
Woolf Phillips and his Orchestra
Dance direction:
Jack Billings
Charlie Chester's script by:
Bernard Botting
Charlie Chester's script by:
Charles Hart
Production:
Richard Afton

A film drama with Jack Kelly, Nan Leslie and Robert Horton.

Young Dr. Mitchell finds it difficult to overcome the distrust and suspicion he meets when he returns to practise in his home town and tries to introduce some of his new-fangled medical notions.

Contributors

Director:
Paul Stewart
Parris:
Jack Kelly
Randy:
Nan Leslie
Drake:
Robert Horton
Eloise:
Peggy Webber
Dr. Tower:
Victor Jory
Mark:
Russell Johnson

Peter Dimmock introduces Sportsview
Action... News... Personalities in a weekly sports magazine for the family.

Tonight's action films include:
International Boxing: Davey Moore, Featherweight Champion of the World v. Bobby Neill, Featherweight Champion of Great Britain
Exclusive film of last night's big fight at the Empire Pool, Wembley.

Contributors

Presenter:
Peter Dimmock
Boxer:
Davey Moore
Boxer:
Bobby Neill
Associate editor:
Ronnie Noble
Presented by:
Bryan Cowgill
Editor:
Paul Fox

The fourth of a series of six programmes.
Aidan Crawley introduces speakers from different countries in Western Europe who talk about some of the fundamental challenges facing Europe now and in the future.

In Germany: Claus Jacobi
In France: Anne-Marie Nizza
In Britain: L. C. Taylor
Presented with the assistance of the Television Services of Europe
(BBC recording)

Contributors

Presenter:
Aidan Crawley
Speaker (Germany):
Claus Jacobi
Speaker (Germany):
Anne-Marie Nizza
Speaker (Britain):
L. C. Taylor
Producer:
Derek Holroyd

Presenting Alyn Ainsworth and the BBC Northern Dance Orchestra in thirty minutes of music in an informal manner with songs by Sheila Buxton and Roberto Cardinali and Norman George with his violin.
Introduced by Roger Moffat.
From the BBC's North of England television studio

Contributors

Musicians:
Alyn Ainsworth and the BBC Northern Dance Orchestra
Singer:
Sheila Buxton
Singer:
Roberto Cardinali
Violinist:
Norman George
Presenter:
Roger Moffat
Producer:
Barney Colehan

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