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Introduced by a doctor.
Each person in Britain consumes about forty gallons of water a day: water that is used in homes, schools, offices, and in industry. The purification of water on such a scale sets problems that science can help to solve.
This programme traces the story of a glass of water from a river source through storage, purification, and distribution, to the kitchen tap.

Contributors

Presenter:
A doctor [name uncredited]
Studio animations:
Alfred Wurmser
Producer:
Geoffrey Hall

This is an age of synthetics. For centuries all textiles and fabrics were made from four natural products, wool, flax, cotton, and silk. Now, science has given us wonderful new fibres with greater strength and advantages.
This programme shows some of these fibres being made and demonstrates their uses.
Introduced by Arthur Garratt.

Contributors

Presenter:
Arthur Garratt
Producer:
Clive Parkhurst

by Charles Dickens.
Adapted for television in thirteen parts by P.D. Cummins.

Mr. Jaggers informs Pip he will have a generous allowance from his benefactor till he comes of age. He settles in happily with Herbert Pocket who introduces him to Startop and the detestable Bentley Drummle. Herbert tells him Miss Havisham was deserted by a scoundrel on her wedding day. Pip soon becomes a fashionable young gentleman, and the bills begin to roll in. One evening he sees Mr. Jaggers's strange house-keeper, Molly.

Contributors

Author:
Charles Dickens
Adapted for television by:
P.D Cummins
Designer:
Richard Henry
Film Cameraman:
Leonard Newson
Film Editor:
Ron de Mattos
Producer:
Dorothea Brooking
Pip:
Dinsdale Landen
Mr Wemmick:
Ronald Ibbs
Mr Jaggers:
Keneth Thornett
The Aged Parent:
Frederick Victor
Herbert Pocket:
Colin Jeavons
Page:
Jacky Chissick
Joe Gargery:
Michael Gwynn
Orlick:
Richard Warner
Miss Havisham:
Marjory Hawtrey
Estella:
Helen Lindsay

Look around with Cliff Michelmore, Derek Hart, Alan Whicker, Fyfe Robertson and including John Morgan, Cy Grant.

Contributors

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

The exciting adventures of the famous Western Stagecoach Service.
[Starring] Dale Robertson
Jim Hardie, acting as bodyguard to a man carrying $30,000 in jewels, needs to watch his fellow stagecoach travellers very closely indeed through the long journey, for such a fortune can be a big incentive to a dishonest passenger.

Contributors

Jim Hardie:
Dale Robertson

Michael Wynne-Willson invites you to measure your sense of humour against
Ted Ray, Nancy Spain, Barry Took, Digby Wolfe to a brand new cartoon contest devised by Frank Wayne and Mace Neufeld.

Contributors

Presenter:
Michael Wynne-Willson
Panellist:
Ted Ray
Panellist:
Nancy Spain
Panellist:
Barry Took
Panellist:
Digby Wolfe
Devised by:
Frank Wayne
Devised by:
Mace Neufeld
Designer:
Roger Andrews
Producer:
Ned Sherrin

Introduced by Peter Dimmock features the big events of the week.

Association Football: England v. Yugoslavia
A recording of this afternoon's International match at Wembley.

Boxing: George Barnes (Champion, from Australia) v. Brian Curvis (Challenger, from Wales)
The Welterweight Championship of the British Empire
An exclusive film of this week's title fight at Swansea.

Sportsview Looks Ahead To...: The Rugby League Challenge Cup Final
A preview of Saturday's match between Hull and Wakefield.

Contributors

Presenter:
Peter Dimmock
Commentator (Association Football):
Kenneth Wolstenholme
Boxer:
George Barnes
Boxer:
Brian Curvis
Commentator (Boxing):
Harry Carpenter
Commentator (Sportsview Looks Ahead To...):
Eddie Waring
Associate Editor:
Ronnie Noble
Presented by:
Bryan Cowgill
Editor:
Paul Fox

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
Presented by:
Peter Bennet Stone

A programme about amateur films and film makers.
Introduced by Alex Macintosh with scenes from 'Amelia and the Angel', 'Watch the Birdie', 'Coming Shortly', 'Short Spell', 'Diary of an Unknown Soldier', 'This Park is Beautiful'.

10.15-10.45 View
A magazine of the South and West.
(Rowridge)

Contributors

Presenter:
Alex MacIntosh
Script:
Derek Hill
Producer:
Richard Evans

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More