A day in the life of the Chinese crew who work on one of the hundreds of fishtraps, or Kelongs, found in the warm and shallow waters off the coast of Singapore.
BBC film for Schools
First shown on Tuesday
(to 10.25)
by Anton Chekhov.
English version by Eric Bentley.
for Schools
First shown on Tuesday
(to 11.35)
Written by Norman Longmate.
How the people of Britain gained the right to elect their government.
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 Ileoedd Ymdrin a phynciau yng ngrhwmni OWEN EDWARDS Rhaglen ddyddiol dan ofal NAN DAVIES,IFOR REES JACK WILLIAMS
(Wenvoe, Blaen-Plwyf, Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield)
goes to Oxford
An outside broadcast direct from Christ Church in the first week of a new academic year.
Introduced by Robert Kee.
The early amphibians had to return to water to lay their eggs, but the reptiles that followed them were less dependent on water since their shelled eggs could be laid on dry land. Reptiles became adapted to many different ways of life.
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 series of films about the animals who live along the banks of a Canadian river.
Hammy is unjustly accused of stealing Mrs. Hen's eggs, but with the help of the Guinea Pig and Roderick the Rat he is able to find the real culprit.
Commentary spoken by Johnny Morris.
A series of film stories about imaginary space adventures.
An important mission to collect scientific data on the moon starts its return journey and then contact is lost. Can Colonel McCauley find the ship before it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere at too dangerous a speed?
(Last shown in August)
[NB series title listed in Radio Times as "Men in Space"]
In this film old motor cars, carefully preserved and cherished, take part in the annual London to Brighton Run and a special race at Silverstone.
A news magazine for South-East England followed by The Weather.
News from the South and Weather
(Rowridge)
Introduced by James Fisher.
A visit to Denmark's Aquarium at Charlottenlund on the outskirts of the city. Here you can follow a story of marine life from the primitive sea anemones to the more advanced land-going turtles.
Presented in co-operation with an Outside Broadcast Team of the Danish Television Service
From the West
Look around with Cliff Michelmore, Derek Hart, Alan Whicker, Fyfe Robertson, Trevor Philpott, Kenneth Allsop, Macdonald Hastings and Jenny Johnson.
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 Eddie Albert
Casey is injured in trying to save some circus horses from slipping down a ravine, and the situation becomes serious when Tony, riding ahead to find a doctor, is held hostage by a desperate outlaw.
Introduced by Peter Dimmock.
featuring
Heavyweight Boxing: Brian London, Blackpool ex-British and European champion v. Eddie Machen, U.S.A.
A film report of last night's top-of-the-bill fight at Wembley.
A new weekly thriller in six parts by Ted Willis and Edward J. Mason.
Starring William Lucas and Betty McDowall
Old-Time Music-Hall from the stage of the Famous City Varieties, Leeds.
Proprietor, Harry Joseph
presenting
Gladys Morgan with Joan and Frank Laurie, Bert Hollman, The Gaunt Brothers,
Barbara Law, Ken Wilson, The Amazing Yoxanis.
Chairman, Leonard Sachs
See page 39
Highlights of the European Amateur Latin-American Ballroom Dancing contest held in the Deutschland Halle, Berlin.
Programme edited by Barrie Edgar over the Eurovision link by courtesy of the German Television Service
10.0-10.30 View of the South and West
(Rowridge)
Daniel Jenkins author of Equality and Excellence 'New hope for tired Radicals' (Daily Herald) discusses his contentious new book with R. H. S. Grossman, M.P., Walter James, Peter Kirk, M.P.
Chairman, John Thompson, Editor of Time and Tide
followed by The Weather Man and Close Down
