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by Professor W.S. Bullough.
The early amphibians had to return to water to lay their eggs, but the reptiles that followed them were less dependent on water since their shelled eggs could be laid on dry land. Reptiles became adapted to very many different ways of life-many were especially suited for life in desert conditions, some returned to the water, and others developed wing membranes and became the first vertebrates to conquer the air.

Contributors

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

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

British Fashion Fortnight
Frederick Starke, Chairman of the Fashion Group of London.

Countess Jowitt and her scrapbooks

Pictures in Pieces
A filmed visit to Bob Williamson's mosaic workshop in Chelsea.

and a story from Fenton Bresler

(to 15.30)

Contributors

Presenter:
David Jacobs
Item presenter (British Fashion Fortnight):
Frederick Starke
Guest:
Countess Jowitt
Subject (Pictures in Pieces):
Bob Williamson
Storyteller:
Fenton Bresler
Director:
Margaret Smith
Producer:
Lorna Pegram

A film from Sweden made by Arne Sucksdorff.
Through his classroom window, a Swedish boy watches the icicles melt and dreams of the days when his great-grandfather herded the reindeer into spring pastures.
Commentary spoken by Deryck Guyler.

Contributors

Director:
Arne Sucksdorff
Narrator:
Deryck Guyler
Presented by:
Peggy Miller

Trevor Thompson and Jennifer Quick, two children from the Yorkshire Residential School for the Deaf, visit the Lord Mayor of York, Alderman R. Stavers OIoman, M.B.E., J.P., who is himself a missioner for the deaf, and see some of the work he does.
A BBC film made in collaboration with The National Institute for the Deaf

Contributors

Subject:
Trevor Thompson
Subject:
Jennifer Quick
Subject:
Alderman R. Stavers
Script:
Roy Cole
Script spoken by:
Phillip Robinson
Film Cameraman:
Bryan Langley
Film Editor:
Kathleen Smith
Director:
Ursula Eason

BBC TV Outside Broadcasts Lookout
with Geoffrey Wheeler, who with the Roving Eye of Television sends his story of the day direct from location somewhere in the West of England.

Contributors

Presenter:
Geoffrey Wheeler
Production:
Peter Bale
Editor:
Peter Webber
Editor:
Derek Burrell-Davis

Look around with Cliff Michelmore, Derek Hart, Alan Whicker, Fyfe Robertson and including John Morgan, Polly Elwes and Alex McEwen.

Contributors

Presenter:
Cliff Michelmore
Reporter:
Derek Hart
Reporter:
Alan Whicker
Reporter:
Fyfe Robertson
Reporter:
John Morgan
Reporter:
Polly Elwes
Singer/guitarist:
Alex McEwen
Associate producer:
Alasdair Milne
Associate producer:
Antony Jay
Associate producer:
Gordon Watkins
Editor:
Donald Baverstock

Starring Perry Como
with Lena Horne, Corbett Monica, The Mitchell Ayres Orchestra, The Ray Charles Singers, The Louis da Pron Dancers.
Written by Herbert Baker, Billy Friedberg, and Will Glickman.
(NBC recording)

Contributors

Singer/presenter:
Perry Como
Singer:
Lena Horne
Comedian:
Corbett Monica
Musicians:
The Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
Singers:
The Ray Charles Singers
Dancers:
The Louis da Pron Dancers
Produced for NBC by:
Clark Jones
Writer:
Herbert Baker
Writer:
Billy Friedberg
Writer:
Will Glickman
Edited for BBC Television by:
Richard Barclay

Peter Dimmock introduces Sportsview
Action-News-Personalities in a weekly sports magazine for the family.
Tonight's sports include:
Football: The F.A. Cup
A preview of Saturday's Fifth Round matches.
Cricket: West Indies v. England
A news report on the Third Test Match.

Contributors

Presenter:
Peter Dimmock
Associate editor:
Ronnie Noble
Presented by:
Bryan Cowgill
Editor:
Paul Fox

A new comedy by Ronald Millar.
[Starring] Anna Neagle, Jane Baxter, John Robinson
Televised direct from the Strand Theatre, London

Contributors

Writer:
Ronald Millar
Designer:
Hutchinson Scott
Director:
Harold French
Presented for television by:
John Vernon
Stella Felby:
Anna Neagle
Dinah Felby:
Tracey Lloyd
Jane Loring:
Jane Baxter
Henry Brandon Brasher:
Gordon Tanner
Nanny:
Beatrice Varley
Roger Felby:
John Robinson

Patrick Moore talks about the remote and slow-moving planet which was discovered in 1781. Uranus is sixty-four times as large as the earth, and has 65,000 days in its year, which is eighty-four times as long as ours.

Contributors

Presenter:
Patrick Moore
Animations:
Alfred Wurmser
Director:
Peter Bennet Stone
Producer:
Paul Johnstone

In the last Lifeline programme a professional medium undertook a remarkable experiment with an unknown subject.
Tonight the powers of the medium are discussed by A Consultant Psychiatrist, A Medium, Chan Canasta, A member of the Society for Psychical Research, A Research Psychologist.

Contributors

Panellist:
A Consultant Psychiatrist [name uncredited]
Panellist:
A Medium [name uncredited]
Panellist:
Chan Canasta
Panellist:
A member of the Society for Psychical Research [name uncredited]
Panellist:
A Research Psychologist [name uncredited] Producer: Hugh Burnett

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