Gerd Sommerhoff does some experiments to show that air is a mixture of gases, each of which is valuable in our everyday life.
for Schools
(to 10.25)
What shall we do with our money? A programme about the varying fortunes of a pay-packet.
Written and introduced by Hugh David.
for Schools
(to 11.25)
The term 'thinking' tends to give the impression that there is a particular process to discover. In fact, many complex factors may be involved.
Introduced by Dr. Robert Audley.
for Schools
(to 11.55)
News in Welsh.
(Wenvoe, Blaen-Plwyf, Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield)
EdryiCh ar y byd a'i bethau
Cwrdd a phobl
Ymweld a Heoedd Ymdrin a phynciau yng nghwmni Owen Edwards
Rhaglen ddyddiol dan ofal Nan Davies, Ifor Rees, Jack Williams
Today: a topical magazine.
(Wenvoe, Blaen-Plwyf, Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield)
A Monday meeting for people with opinion.
Including Drusilla Beyfus, Erskine Childers, Andrew Gardner, Sam Pollock, Shirley Williams.
Introduced by Peter West.
How does the Agricultural Apprenticeship Scheme operate? Lawrence, a trainee on a farm in the Midlands, describes how he came into the scheme and what the work is like.
BBC film for Schools
For the very young
Pages turned by Patricia Driscoll.
BBC film
(to 14.45)
for younger viewers
Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
Including
Blue Peter Alphabet: C for Cooking
Packi's Adventures
Written and drawn by Tony Hart.
Blue Peter Third Birthday Surprise
A film series telling the story of people whose work involves physical danger.
After training an octopus to shake hands, a porpoise to play ball, and a shark to feed from his hand, David Brown, an English marine vet in California, succeeds in taming a whale to the point where he can ride upon his back.
Last shown in March
looks at what goes on in the world around us.
A news magazine for South-East England followed by The Weather.
News from the South, and Weather
(Rowridge)
with Robert Robinson
A quick look at points from the week's post.
A film series based on Sir Winston Churchill's Memoirs of World War II.
With the Allies again on European soil, the invaluable support of the Underground Armies is intensified. From the London headquarters of the Special Operations Executive, specialty trained men and women are sent out; and from France, Yugoslavia, Greece, and Czechoslovakia come reports of sabotage to enemy communication, punished with savage reprisals. And the whole Polish underground-the largest in Europe-fights the heroic battle of Warsaw for sixty-three days while the Russians deliberately withhold their help and support.
(Previously shown in June)
Look around with Cliff Michelmore, Derek Hart, Alan Whicker, Fyfe Robertson, Trevor Philpott, Macdonald Hastings and Jenny Johnson.
says Eamonn Andrews to ?
Written by Sid Green and Dick Hills.
Starring Sidney James
with Sydney Tafler
and featuring Edwin Apps, Gerald Rowland, Hugh Lloyd, Margaret Flint, Pamela Manson, Kathleen Heath, Betty Cardno, Sheila Beckett, Dorothy Blythe, Joyce Hemson.
The Window on the World
Panorama cameras focus on People - Places - Problems that make news.
Introduced by Richard Dimbleby.
Including tonight: China 1961
A first-hand report by Field-Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein K.G., G.C.B., D.S.O. who has just returned from an extensive tour of Communist China.
And reports from Panorama's regular beam of commentators Robin Day, Robert Kee, Ludovic Kennedy, John Morgan, James Mossman.
by Iain MacCormick.
Starring Katherine Kath and Paul Carpenter
From the Midlands
At three o'clock in the morning Johnny Carey is alone in a bar in Paris, grumbling that the night life is not as exciting as it used to be. At five past three he meets Giselle...
Fourteenth Year
Featuring Victor Silvester and his Ballroom Orchestra from the Carlton Rooms, Maida Vale.
Demonstrations by Peter Eggleton and Brenda Winslade, Peter Varley and Diana Talbot, The Doreen and Dennis Murphy Formation Team and presenting the 2nd heat of the 1961-62 competition for the Television Dancing Club Trophies.
Hostess Rosalie Ashley
followed by The Weather Man and Close Down
