Man cannot survive extremes of temperature and pressure. This, in itself, provides a good reason for exploring the atmosphere, and finding out how the pressure and temperature vary, and how the immense movements of the air come about.
Introduced by Arthur Garratt.
(BBC recording, first shown on December 2)
(to 11.45)
Newyddion y Dydd ynghyd a sgwrs ar ddatblygiadau ym myd y gwyddonydd a'r meddyg.
(News, with a talk on developments in the scientific and medical world)
(Wenvoe, Blaen-Plwyf, Holme Moss and Sutton Coldfield only)
(to 13.15)
(See top of page and page 5)
The annual University match from Twickenham, televised by courtesy of the Rugby Football Union
Commentator, Peter West
Assisted by Cliff Morgan
with interviews by Brian Johnston
Opened by McDonald Hobley.
A collection of presents from 1s. 0d. to £1.0.0. chosen for their friends and relations by: Betty Astell, Ruth Corby, Ruth Drew, Ailsa Garland and Richard Murdoch.
Guest Cook, Beatrice Hayes shows how to decorate a Christmas cake and gives some suggestions for Christmas table decorations.
Maria Bird brings Andy to play with your small children and invites them to join in songs and games.
(BBC film)
(to 16.45)
A Rubovian legend by Gordon Murray.
Presented by The BBC Puppet Company
(BBC film)
See Junior Radio Times
Ion Trant shows how to feed and take care of animals in wintertime.
to the music of Victor Silvester's Ballroom Orchestra directed by Victor Silvester Jnr. from the Carlton Rooms, Maida Vale with demonstrations by Stan Dudley and Christine Norton and The Frank and Peggy Spencer Formation Team.
See Junior Radio Times
On transmitters serving the areas:
6.10 News for Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the English Regions
News from Wales: 6.15-6.20
Some cashiered soldiers seeking revenge on the Army authorities cause havoc in the town, and order has to be restored by the Fifth Cavalry.
Look around with Cliff Michelmore, Alan Whicker, Derek Hart, Fyfe Robertson, Tim Parkes.
Written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden.
A weekly school report.
[Starring] Professor Jimmy Edwards
with Arthur Howard
A play for television by Ada F. Kay
[Starring] Tony Britton
with Olive McFarland and Gladys Boot
The action takes place in a London Square. Time: the present
From the BBC's North of England television studio
(BBC recording)
(Tony Britton appears by permission of British Lion Films)
See page 4
A world-wide report on Scientific Research.
See panel
(The BBC would like especially to acknowledge the help of Will Burtin and the Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan, and Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd., Manchester, for their help in the preparation of this programme)
(BBC recording)
Introduced by Karel Reisz.
'...an experimental film is one which attempts to revitalise or enlarge the scope of the cinema as a means of expression....'
Including extracts from:
'D.O.M.' (Poland); 'The Visit' (Great Britain); 'Concerto for Sub-Machine Gun' (Yugoslavia); 'We Shall Never Die' (Israel); 'The Savage Eye' (U.S.A.); 'Lourdes' (France).
