BBC film for Schools
Previously shown on Tuesday
(to 10.25)
by Anton Chekhov.
English version by Eric Bentley.
for Schools
Previously shown on Tuesday
(to 11.35)
How the people of Britain gained the right to elect their government.
Written by Norman Longmate.
Introduced by Windsor Davies.
for Schools
First shown on October 18
(to 12.00)
News in Welsh.
(Wenvoe, Blaen-Plwyf, Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield)
Edrych ar y byd a'i bethau
Today: a topical magazine.
(Wenvoe, Blaen-Plwyf, Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield)
A mid-week miscellany.
Introduced by David Jacobs.
Including
Bertrand Russell
Maggie Fitzgibbon with a number from 'Do Re Mi'
Nancy Spain and Clement Freud talking about food and a portrait on film of A House that Died.
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 very many different ways of life.
Introduced by Professor W. S. Bullough.
for Schools
First shown in February 1960
Direct from the Empire Stadium, Wembley.
BBC Television Outside Broadcast cameras bring you the whole of this World Cup qualifying match which England must win or draw to ensure a place in the World Cup competition of 1962 in South America.
An edited recording of the match will be shown in Sportsview Special tonight at 10.40
(to 16.15)
Audrey Atterbury and Molly Gibson pull the strings
BBC film
A series of films about the animals who live along the banks of a Canadian river.
Roderick the Rat teaches the Hamster how to fish and is rather surprised by his friend's catch.
Commentary spoken by Johnny Morris.
A series of-film stories about imaginary space adventures.
A new method of re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere is being tried out. Has it been tested, enough to try manned flight?
Last shown in August 1961
When the ice breaks up in the spring the rivers are freed and the logs flow down to the great cutting-mills.
A National Film Board of Canada film
A news magazine for South-East England followed by The Weather.
News from the South and Weather
(Rowridge)
Introduced by James Fisher.
One of the most beautiful zoos in the world, Lisbon has a specialised collection of animals from Brazil and from Angola.
Filmed by the Portuguese Television Service
From the West
Look around with Derek Hart, Alan Whicker, Fyfe Robertson, Trevor Philpott, Kenneth Allsop, Macdonald Hastings and Robin Hall, Jimmie Macgregor.
Thrills and excitement of the Big Top as the Travelling Circus rolls across the new frontier of the West.
A film series starring Chill Wills, John Derek and Richard Jaeckel
with Guest star Elizabeth Montgomery
When Tony finds a strange and beautiful woman hiding in a circus tent, the gypsy's prophecy seems to have come true. But the gypsy did not foretell the trouble that the woman brought with her.
Introduced by Peter Dimmock invites you to choose the Sportsview Personality of 1961.
Tonight's programme launches this year's nation-wide poll for the annual award presented to the outstanding sportsman or sportswoman of the year.
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Football: England v. Portugal
News from today's World Cup match.
A new weekly thriller in six parts by Ted Willis and Edward J. Mason.
Starring William Lucas and Betty McDowall
with Anthony Newlands, David Davies, Meredith Edwards
Det.-Inspector Mitchell and his wife Ann are on holiday in Austria. A murdered man is found in their hotel bathroom. Inspector Weidig of the Austrian police asks Mitch to assist investigations, which lead to a nearby mountain Health and Nature Camp.
A relay from The Hague Ice Rink of this evening's gala ice skating exhibition to mark the tenth anniversary of the opening of the Dutch Television Service (N.T.S.).
Demonstrations given by some of the leading European skaters.
Presented by the Dutch Television Service
A selection of comedy cartoons from Yugoslavia.
At the Photographer's or How to force a smile and watch the birdie
The Small Train
Steam v. Diesel in a race against time and retirement.
The Mouth-organ
One man's music is another man's misery.
10.10-10.40 View-of South and West
(Rowridge)
Introduced by Kenneth Wolstenholme.
Edited version of this afternoon's vital match at Wembley that should decide which country will go forward to the final round of the World Cup in Chile in May 1962.
Evening Prayers conducted by the Rev. A. C. Bridge.
