BBC film for Schools
First shown on Tuesday
(to 10.25)
for Schools
First shown on Tuesday
(to 11.35)
The cloth cap arrives at Westminster.
Written by Norman Longmate.
Introduced by Windsor Davies.
(to 12.00)
News in Welsh.
(Wenvoe, Blaen-Plwyf, Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield)
Edrych ar y byd a'l bethau
Owrdd a phobl
Ymwe.ld a lleoedd Ymdrin a phynciau yng ngliwmni Owen Edwards
Rhag-len ddyddtiol 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.
and including
Baroness Summerskill of Kenwood
Johnny Morris
and
Three Homeless Animals
While the reptiles were still at their most numerous, two completely new groups of vertebrates were developing. One group grew feathers instead of scales, and became birds; the other developed into mammals.
Introduced by Professor W. S. Bullough.
for Schools
First shown in February 1960
Repeated on Thursday at 11.5 a.m.
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
(to 14.45)
A Russian ballet film
A Prince of the steppes is bewitched by a fatal enchantress but is saved by the love of a peasant girl, Morning Star.
Danced by the Khirgiz Statz Opera Company
A news magazine for South-East England followed by The Weather.
News from the South and Weather
(Rowridge)
Introduced by James Fisher.
Many of the domestic animals of Hungary are dying out. This zoo specialises in their preservation and in breeding young animals from other parts of the world.
Filmed by the Hungarian Television Service
From the West
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 frontier of the West.
A film series starring Chill Wills, John Derek and Richard Jaeckel
with Guest stars Barbara Rush, Brian Keith
Introduced by Peter Dimmock.
featuring
World Championship Boxing: John Caldwell (Belfast) v. Alphonse Halimi (France)
An edited report of last night's fight at Wembley for the Bantamweight Championship of the World.
Football: Feyenoord v. Tottenham Hotspur
News from tonight's European Cup match in Rotterdam.
A new weekly thriller in six parts by Ted Willis and Edward J. Mason.
Starring William Lucas and Betty McDowall with Anthony Newlands, Meredith Edwards, David Davies
On holiday in Austria, Detective-Inspector Mitchell and his wife Ann become involved in a murder Case. Assisting Inspector Weidig of the Austrian police, investigations lead Mitch to a mysterious organisation at a nearby health and nature camp run by Dr. Mylanos.
The pictures and sounds of the day arranged to recall the events and mood of a memorable year.
Additional commentary spoken by Dudley Rolph with the recorded voices of
Sir Frank Whittle K.B.E., C.B., F.R.S.: 'By the end of 1936 I was confident I had the answer... the first jet engine'.
Leslie Thomas: 'For the League of Nations 1936 was the crucial testing point'.
Jessie Matthews: 'It was boom, time in the British cinema. British musicals were at their peak'.
Frank Owen: 'In Fleet Street we knew of the King's friendship with an American lady but we regarded it entirely as his private life'.
C. Day Lewis: 'To my generation in Europe the Spanish Civil War was the turning point of our lives'.
BBC Film Unit
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Features edited reports on tonight's two big football matches.
Scottish League v. Italian League
at Hampden Park.
Feyenoord v. Tottenham Hotspur
in the European Cup
From Rotterdam.
Presented by the Sportsview Unit
10.10-10.40 View of the South and West
10.40-11.10 Sportsview Special from London
(Rowridge)
presents a filmed interview with C. H. Dodd the distinguished biblical theologian, who was recently made a Companion of Honour to mark his work as General Director of the New English Bible.
Introduced by John Thompson, Editor of Time and Tide.
Last shown in July