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Ten programmes showing how the atoms and molecules of the physicist make up our everyday world.

In the fourth of his lectures on The Nature of Things given at the Royal Institution Sir Lawrence Bragg, F.R.S., demonstrates how the special properties of metals are due to the arrangement of the atoms in crystals.
First shown on December 3, 1959

Contributors

Presenter:
Sir Lawrence Bragg
Producer:
Philip Daly
'Science on Saturday' is compiled and arranged by:
James McCloy

A second viewing of a film series in which a variety of contemporary artists define the intentions of their work.

An illustrator and engraver by reputation, the artist shows a life-long devotion to painting and, in particular, a love for the life of a village in France.
Music for guitar by Freddie Phillips
(to 11.00)

Contributors

Subject:
Anthony Gross
Photographed by:
David Prosser
Film editor:
James Colina
Guitarist:
Freddie Phillips
Producer:
John Read

Rhaglen wythnosol y plant yn cyfiwyno
Dinras y Cerddor
Ymweliadi a Salzburg, yng nghwmni NAN WILLIAMS a JAMES
WILLIAMS Cawn weld cartref Mozart, a chlywed am yr wyl Gerdd sy'n denu pobl 0 bob rhan o'r byd i'r Ilecyn prydferth hwn yn Awstna
Y cyfarwyddo gan EVELYN Williams
Children's Television
(Wenvoe, Blaen-Plwyf, Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield)

Contributors

Unknown:
Nan Williams
Unknown:
Williams Cawn

(See panel)
Details of next week's 'Grandstand' are shown on page 59

Introduced by Alan Weeks
Featuring The Davis Cup

Today's Timetable

Racing direct from Ascot Heath
2.0 Albemarle Stakes (over five furlongs)
2.30 Erroll Stakes Cover five furlongs)
3.10 Fern Hill Stakes (over 1 mile)
3.40 Churchill Stakes (over 1½ miles)
Commentators Peter O'Sullevan and Clive Graham
Television Presentation DENNIS MONGER

from 2.35
Lawn Tennis
direct from Birmingham The Davis Cup
Third Round
Great Britain v. South Africa
Commentators Dan Maskell and Peter West
Television Presentation PHILIP LEWIS -

from 2.45
Swimming
direct from Newport South Wales v. West of England
Commentator Harry Walker
Television Presentation SELWYN RODERICK

2.5 4.45
Sports Results and News Service Cricket Scoreboard Cricket and Racing Summaries

Presented by A. P. Wilkinson
Programme Editor Ronnie Noble

(While it is hoped to keep to the above timings, they may be changed by events)

by Frank Richards.
With Gerald Campion as Billy Bunter and Jack Melford as Mr. Quelch.

Contributors

Writer:
Frank Richards
Film cameraman:
Bill Munn
Film editor:
Larry Toft
Designer:
Susan Spence
Producer:
Clive Parkhurst
Billy Bunter:
Gerald Campion
Bob Cherry:
Jeremy Bulloch
Frank Nugent:
Michael Tennant
Harry Wharton:
Julian Yardley
Johnny Bull:
Gregory Warwick
Hurree Singh:
Hugh Ward
Lord Mauleverer:
Malcolm Gerard
Mr Quelch:
Jack Melford
First Sailor:
Patrick Scanlon
Second Sailor:
Michael Earl
Waiter:
Ivan Owen

The latest in popular records.
This week's panel includes: Alma Cogan, Nelson Riddle, Lonnie Donegan
In the chair, David Jacobs

Contributors

Chairman:
David Jacobs
Panellist:
Alma Cogan
Panellist:
Nelson Riddle
Panellist:
Lonnie Donegan
Devised by:
Peter Potter
Presentation:
Bill Cotton, Jnr.

A Western film drama starring Robert Wagner, Debra Paget, Charles Drake.

The son of an outlaw faces conflicting loyalties when he has to choose between his father's gang and the law.

Contributors

Director:
Lewis Allen
Wade Connors:
Robert Wagner
Mary Conners:
Debra Paget
Macauley:
Charles Drake

A series of crime stories by Michael Gilbert.
[Starring] Brian Wilde, Kenneth MacKintosh
with Arnold Bell and Ian MacNaughton
Music composed by Ron Grainer and played by the Ron Grainer Sextet

Superintendent Halcro is looking for Mailler, the German who has developed a photographic process for printing perfect forgeries of English bank notes. When undercover man C.17 7 is framed by the gang who are forcing Mailler to work for them, Halcro is back where he started.....

Contributors

Writer:
Michael Gilbert
Research:
Maurice Cowan
Music composed by:
Ron Grainer
[Music] played by:
The Ron Grainer Sextet
Designer:
Donald Brewer
Producer:
Michael Bakewell
Assistant Commissioner:
James Raglan
Chief Supt Maw:
Kenneth Mackintosh
Det Supt Halcro:
Brian Wilde
Jock:
Ian MacNaughton
Tommy:
Maxwell Shaw
Mailler:
Otto Diamant
Arthur:
Arnold Bell
Davis:
Jack Smethurst
Lennie:
Toke Townley
Det Sgt Morris:
Edward Kelsey
Sam:
Walter Randall

Starring Ken Dodd
With The Niberco Brothers, Dennis Spicer, Ken Barnes, Joan Hurley, Rex Rashley,
Alec Bregonzi, Michael Guest, Alice Esmie-Bell, John Caesier, Patrick Scanlan, Katie Cashfield, Dawn Escott, Alec Foster, George Crowther, Neil Robinson, John Simpson, Douglas Chadwick and Pauline Chadwick, The Bryan Ryman Dancers.
The augmented BBC Northern Dance Orchestra
conducted by Tommy Watt

Contributors

Comedian/script:
Ken Dodd
Magicians:
The Niberco Brothers
Ventriloquist:
Dennis Spicer
Performer:
Ken Barnes
Performer:
Joan Hurley
Performer:
Rex Rashley
Performer:
Alec Bregonzi
Performer:
Michael Guest
Performer:
Alice Esmie-Bell
Performer:
John Caesar
Performer:
Patrick Scanlan
Performer:
Katie Cashfield
Performer:
Dawn Escott
Performer:
Alec Foster
Performer:
George Crowther
Performer:
Neil Robinson
Performer:
John Simpson
Performer:
Douglas Chadwick
Performer:
Pauline Chadwick
Dancers:
The Bryan Ryman Dancers
Musicians:
The augmented BBC Northern Dance Orchestra
Orchestra conducted by:
Tommy Watt
Orchestrations:
Alan Roper
Script:
Eddie Braben
Dance direction:
Bryan Ryman
Designer:
Bruce Angrave
Producer:
Barney Colehan

A film series starring Raymond Burr as the famous lawyer investigator created by Erle Stanley Gardner.
With Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman, Ray Collins

Perry Mason and Paul Drake conduct an investigation to establish the identity of a teenage girl suffering from amnesia. A race against time-because she is number one suspect in a murder case.

Contributors

Character created by:
Erle Stanley Gardner
Perry Mason:
Raymond Burr
Della Street:
Barbara Hale
Paul Drake:
William Hopper
Hamilton Burger:
William Talman
Lt. Tragg:
Ray Collins

A crime series from the novels of Georges Simenon.
Dramatised by Roger East from the novel "Maigret's Mistake".

Starring Rupert Davies as Inspector Maigret with Ewen Solon as Lucas
Guest star, John Robinson
with Annabel Maule, Peggy Thorpe-Bates, Valerie White
A BBC recording produced in association with Winwell Productions Ltd

Professor Gouin is a brilliant surgeon. but as Maigret says, 'He just doesn't understand what makes people tick'. Caught in the drama of murder, he finds that love at least cannot be diagnosed.
(First shown on December 26, 1960)

Contributors

Author:
Georges Simenon
Dramatised by:
Roger East
Director/Executive Producer:
Andrew Osborn
Designer:
Eileen Diss
Music composed by:
Ron Grainer
Film Cameraman:
John Ray
Film Editor:
Ian Callaway
Script Editor:
Giles Cooper
Associate:
Bill Luckwell
Dr Lanvin:
Dennis Edwards
Professor Gouin:
John Robinson
Sister:
Kathleen Saintsbury
Dr Lucile Decaux:
Annabel Maule
Inspector Maigret:
Rupert Davies
Madame Maigret:
Helen Shingler
Lucas:
Ewen Solon
Desiree Brault:
Ilona Ference
Madame Cornet:
Totti Truman Taylor
Louis:
George Betton
Pierre Eyraud:
Eric Thompson
Dr Paul:
John Salew
Germaine Gouin:
Peggy Thorpe-Bates
Antoinette Ollevier:
Valerie White

Max Jaffa invites you to join The Trio:
Max Jaffa (violin), Reginald Kilbey (cello) Jack Byfield (piano) and The Linden Singers.
Conductor, Ian Humphris

Contributors

Presenter/violinist:
Max Jaffa
Cellist:
Reginald Kilbey
Pianist:
Jack Byfield
Singers:
The Linden Singers
Conductor:
Ian Humphris
Presented by:
Patricia Foy

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