BBC film for Schools
(First shown on Tuesday)
(to 10.25)
by Sophocles.
For Schools
(First shown on Tuesday)
(to 11.35)
How the efforts of the Trade Unions and the action of governments have combined to improve working conditions.
Written by Norman Longmate.
Introduced by Windsor Davies.
for Schools
(to 12.00)
News in Welsh.
(Wenvoe, Blaen-Plwyf, Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield)
Edrych ar y byd a'i bethau
Cwrdd a phobl
Ymweld a lleoedd
Ymdrin a phynciau yng nghwmni Owen Edwards
Rhaglen ddyddiot dan ofal Nan Davies, Ifor Rees, Jack Williams
Today: a topical magazine.
(Wenvoe, Blaen-Plwyf, Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield)
A mid-week miscellany.
Introduced by David Jacobs.
including
Robert Reid and the Roving Eye cameras investigating Londoners' eating habits.
Rita Tushingham introducing a scene from 'A Taste of Honey'
Three Homeless Animals
Looking for new owners.
and Dame Edith Sitwell talking to Marghanita Laski about her personal approach to clothes.
The first vertebrates of which there is any fossil record for are the fishes. In the story of evolution, the most important features they developed were lobed fins and lungs for breathing air.
Introduced by Professor W.S. Bullough.
for Schools
First shown in February 1960
For the very young
Audrey Atterbury and Molly Gibson pull the strings
Gladys Whitred sings the songs
Peter Hawkins speaks the voices
Maria Bird writes the songs and music
BBC film
(to 14.45)
A film series about the animals who live along the banks of a Canadian river.
In this episode the Hamster encounters a river mist for the first time and is rescued by Roderick the Rat.
Commentary spoken by Johnny Morris.
Last shown in July 1960
A series of film stories about imaginary space adventures.
When one of the members of the crew is taken critically ill on a journey in space, desperate measures have to be taken.
A recording of the last twenty minutes of last night's great competition for novice horses that have qualified from twelve Regional Finals, held at the Empire Pool and Sports Arena, Wembley.
A news magazine for South-East England followed by The Weather.
News from the South, and Weather
(Rowridge)
Introduced by David Attenborough.
The first programme in a new weekly series of "News from the Zoos."
Television presentation by Jakov Trainin by courtesy of the Soviet Television Service
Recorded in Moscow by the BBC
Look around with Cliff Michelmore, Derek Hart, Alan Whicker, Fyfe Robertson, Trevor Philpott, Kenneth Allsop, Macdonald Hastings and Cy Grant.
Thrills and excitement of the Big Top as the travelling circus rolls across the new frontiers of the West.
A new film series starring Chill Wills, John Derek and Richard Jaeckel
with Guest star Dan Duryea
An Indian tells Col. Casey of a buffalo herd which would provide the starving circus with fresh meat. But he does not tell Casey that the herd belongs to the Commanches and to kill any of the buffalo would spark off an Indian war.
Introduced by Peter Dimmock.
Featuring:
Show Jumping from the Horse of the Year Show at Wembley.
Motor Cycling: The International 6-Day Trial from Llandrindod Wells.
Riders from twenty nations compete over 1,200 miles of road and rough country in mid-Wales.
A film comedy series.
Starring Jack Benny
with Don Wilson
It's Don Wilson's twenty-seventh anniversary on the show, and Jack recalls the days when they first met.
Denis Mitchell takes his camera to the small American town of Princeton, Kentucky.
The final stages of this competition televised direct from the Empire Pool and Sports Arena, Wembley.
Competitors are faced with big fences over this course. Those with clear rounds jump off over a shorter course, the fences being raised and enlarged until the winner is decided.
Kenneth Harris and Robert Kee report on the third day.
From the special BBC television studio in the Headquarters Hotel of the Conference in Blackpool with recordings made during the day.
Evening Prayers conducted by the Rev. George Appleton.
