Kenneth Mather, F.R.S., Professor of Genetics at the University of Birmingham, explains the processes of cell division and shows how hereditary factors are passed from one generation to another in the material of the chromosomes.
(to 11.45)
Newyddion y Dydd ynghyd a Trafod
Holi ac ateb ar faterion y dydd
(Daily news and current affairs)
(Wenvoe, Blaen-Plwyf, Holme Moss and Sutton Coldfield only)
(to 13.20)
Filmed and introduced by Dick Bagnall-Oakeley.
Many different kinds of bird visit Britain in the autumn. Some, like the curlew sandpiper and the grey phalarope, are passage migrants which only call in on their way southwards from the far north. Others, like the redwing, spend the whole winter with us.
For the Very Young
Pages turned by Patricia Driscoll.
(BBC film)
Members of the National Union of Townswomen's Guilds put questions to Lady James of Rusholme, The Rev. Canon W. Garlick and Mark Carlisle.
In the chair, Doreen Stephens, Editor, Women's Programmes, Television.
From Belle Vue, Manchester
From the BBC's Midland television studios
(to 15.30)
A visitor from Outer Space with Ray Alan.
Vera McKechnie introduces Your Monday Magazine.
Collectors' Corner: Historical model trains
Steve Benbow
Pewter Relief Modelling with Zita Dundas,
Anna Myers (piano)
Tom Margerison, Ph.D., Scientific Editor, The New Scientist.
On transmitters serving the areas.
6.10 News for Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the English Regions
News from Wales: 6.15-6.20
An unusual story of the insect world of Africa, in which a butterfly, a spider, and an army of ants play the principal parts.
Look around with Cliff Michelmore, Derek Hart, Alan Whicker, Fyfe Robertson and including John Morgan, Polly Elwes and Cy Grant.
Eamonn Andrews says 'This Is Your Life' to ?
A new film series starring Philip Carey as the Private Eye created by Raymond Chandler.
Marlowe agrees to protect the pretty daughter of an ex-racketeer. When his charge is kidnapped he has a lot to answer for.
The Window on the World
Every Monday Panorama cameras focus on People - Places - Problems that make news.
Introduced by Richard Dimbleby with the Panorama team of commentators.
Written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden.
A weekly school report.
[Starring] Professor Jimmy Edwards
with Arthur Howard
for the BBC Inter-Regional Dancing Contest
(Organised by Mecca Dancing)
Peter West introduces the seventh heat in the nation-wide amateur ballroom dancing contest between twelve regions for the BBC Television Award and Formation Team Cup.
West Midlands
From the Casino, Birmingham with Billy Walker and his Band.
Compere, Leslie Dunn
v.
West Scotland
From the Locarno, Glasgow with Benny Daniels and his Orchestra.
Compere, Bill Jack
Before a panel of judges nominated by members of the Official Board of Ballroom Dancing Ltd., including the Welsh Alliance
followed by Weather and Close Down
