When water falls on to an oily surface it heaps up into large rounded drops. Raindrops falling through the air assume a more or less spherical shape. In today's programme Gerd Sommerhoff explains how the 'skin' formed on the surface of water can be of importance in everyday life.
for Schools
First shown on February 13
(to 10.25)
A voyage to the White Sea in a Hull trawler, the St. Dominic, filmed with the co-operation of its owner, skipper, and crew.
Introduced by Geoffrey Johnson Smith, M.P.
BBC film for Schools
First shown on February 13
(to 11.25)
by Professor W.S. Bullough.
Terrestrial vertebrates, such as man himself, have to contend with a much more hostile physical environment than did their early ancestors in the sea, and their main defence against the outside world is a tough and efficient barrier-the skin.
for Schools
First shown on February 13
(to 11.55)
News in Welsh.
(Wenvoe, Blaen-Plwyf, Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield)
Cylchgrawn i'r Henoed
T cyflwyno gan Emrys Cleaver Y cynhyrchu gan IFOR REES
A magazine for the older folk.
(Wenvoe, Blaen-Plwyf, Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield)
(to 13.20)
Introduced by Peter West.
A look at some of the different aspects of life in an office.
BBC programme for Schools
First shown on February 13
BBC film
A light-hearted diversion introduced by McDonald Hobley.
The Guests, Peter Gilmore, Lennie Gibson, The Donald Purchese Quintet
Quizzicalities
A quiz to test local knowledge.
From the Midlands
(to 15.30)
A magazine programme for younger viewers.
Introduced by Leila Williams.
Including
Coins in Your Pocket: 4: Sovereigns and Bank Notes
A talk by R. J. Martin.
and
Packi's Balloon Adventures: 2: South America
Written and drawn by Tony Hart.
A film series telling the story of people whose work involve physical danger.
Ferdinand Bickel is an expert on explosives. He has to plan his blasts to minimise the danger to human life. This exciting film shows a detonation project from the painstaking preparation to the actual explosion.
looks at what goes on in the world around us.
A news magazine for South-East England.
News from the South
(Rowridge)
Introduced by Peter Scott with Philippa Scott.
The research station at Simla in Trinidad was the second stopping place at which Peter Scott and Tony Soper called on their journey to the Galapagos Islands.
Last shown in September 1959
Look around with Cliff Michelmore, Derek Hart, Alan Whicker, Fyfe Robertson,
Trevor Philpott with Cy Grant.
says Eamonn Andrews to ?
The Window on the World
Panorama cameras focus on People-Places-Problems that make news.
Introduced by Richard Dimbleby with the Panorama team of commentators.
Starring Raymond Burr as the famous lawyer investigator created by Erle Stanley Gardner.
With Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman, Ray Collins
A wife seeks Mason's help to regain the affection of her faithless husband. But what starts as a matrimonial problem becomes a case of murder.
(Fourteenth Year)
Featuring Victor Silvester and his Ballroom Orchestra from the Carlton Rooms, Maida Vale.
Demonstrations by Benny Tolmeyer and Sylvia Sylve, Ken Bateman and Blanche Ingle, The Maurice Jay Formation Team from Wood Green and presenting the first Semi-Final of the 1960/61 Competition for the Television Dancing Club Trophies.
Victor Silvester's Dancing Lesson assisted by Christine Norton
Hostess, Rosalie Ashley
Stefan Askenase plays nine Preludes by Chopin.
followed by Weather and Close Down
