Burst pipes are one of the hazards of winter. They are caused by an unusual property of freezing water which Gerd Sommerhoff investigates in today's programme.
(to 10.25)
A programme about a rural area where physical geography plays an important part in shaping the methods of farming.
Introduced by Geoffrey Johnson Smith, M.P.
BBC film for Schools
Repeated on Friday at 2.5 p.m.
(to 11.25)
by Professor Michael Abercrombie, F.R.S.
Each new individual formed as a result of sexual reproduction is an extremely delicate organism in its early stages, and, especially in higher animals, the problems of adjustment to the physical world are considerable.
(to 11.55)
News in Welsh.
(Wenvoe, Blaen-Plwyf, Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield)
Cylchgrawn i'r Henoed
' Cyfle i gwrdd a chymeriadau
A chlywed rhai o'r hen ganiadau'
Y cyflwyno gan, Enirys Cleaver
Y cyr'hyrchu gan IFOR REES
A magazine for the older folk.
(Wenvoe, Blaen-Plwyf, Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield)
(to 13.20)
Introduced by Peter West.
In this programme you meet some girls training to become hairdressers.
BBC programme for Schools
For the Very Young
Pages turned by Patricia Driscoll.
BBC film
A light-hearted diversion introduced by McDonald Hobley.
The Guests, The Mudlarks, The Amazing Margoes, The Donald Purchase Quintet
Quizzicalities
A quiz to test local knowledge.
from the Midlands
(to 15.30)
A magazine programme for younger viewers.
Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
The Story of the Fire Engine: Part 3
Mister Q is the pony and friend of a small boy. He has a fall which is witnessed by Chuck and P.T. The veterinary surgeon says that Mister Q is very ill and takes him away. The boy is inconsolable until Chuck and P.T. come to the rescue.
Last shown in April 1960
Sam Williams shows you how to make this fascinating game, with which you and your friends can have many hours of fun.
A news magazine for South-East England.
News from the South
(Rowridge)
Another chance to see this journey by David Attenborough to the islands and atolls of the South Seas.
Look around with Cliff Michelmore, Derek Hart, Alan Whicker, Fyfe Robertson, Trevor Philpott with Robin Hall, Jimmie Macgregor.
says Eamonn Andrews to ?
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.
A new film series starring Raymond Burr as the famous lawyer investigator created by Erle Stanley Gardner.
with Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman, Ray Collins
A lovely young heiress stands in danger of losing both her inheritance and her husband.
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 Scotland
From the Palais Ballroom, Dennistoun with Murray Campbell and his Orchestra.
Compere, Bill Jack
v.
North London
From the Lyceum Ballroom, Strand with Johnny Howard and his Orchestra.
Compere, Judith Chalmers
Before a panel of judges nominated by members of the Official Board of Ballroom Dancing Ltd., including the Welsh Alliance
Patrick Moore talks with W.M. Baxter, Secretary of the British Astronomical Association, about the mysterious dark areas, many thousands of miles across, on the sun's surface, known as sunspots.
Besides discussing whether these affect the weather, they also consider the effect of solar flares on future manned space-travel. Particles emitted from these may turn out to be one of the worst hazards of all.
