Wallflowers are amongst the most common of our spring flowers. In this programme Gerd Sommerhoff describes some interesting aspects of these plants that are, perhaps, taken too much for granted.
for Schools
(to 10.25)
The first of four programmes describing how our natural scenery has been formed.
Introduced by Michael Wayte.
for Schools
(to 11.25)
Four programmes on young people in France today presented in French.
What are the intellectual, religious, and political enthusiasms of French students nowadays-and how much are they politically or socially active?
Introduced by Henri Appia.
BBC programme for Sixth Forms
(to 11.55)
News in Welsh.
(Wenvoe, Blaen-Plwyf, Llandrindod Wells, Llanddona, Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield, Crystal Palace)
Edrych ar y byd a'l bethau
Today: a topical magazine.
(Wenvoe, Blaen-Plwyf, Llandrindod Wells, Llanddona, Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield, Crystal Palace)
Conversation, Comment, Controversy from people with opinions.
Including Edward Blishen, Erskine Childers, Shirley Williams.
Seven million young people in Great Britain spend about £1,000 million a year. What do they buy and how much choice do they have?
Introduced by Alan Little.
for Schools
For the very young
Pages turned by Patricia Driscoll.
BBC film
(to 14.45)
All Aboard with Christopher Trace and Anita West in a magazine programme for younger viewers.
A detective adventure.
Written and produced by Rex Tucker.
with Toke Townley, Anthony Jacobs
Pinkey Paley, Mr. Parbottle's assistant, breaks into the house where the sinister Mr. Manalik is holding Zuhra, his niece, as a prisoner. And Mr. Parbottle and the Inspector do not know where young Pinkey has gone!
Film sequences at Ham House by courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum
From the North
BBC recording
A news magazine for South-East England followed by The Weather.
Local News and Weather
(Rowridge, Brighton, Manningtree)
against the general knowledge and I.Q. questions put to you by Gwynneth Tighe and Kenneth Kendall.
Please address all correspondence to: Pit Your Wits, [address removed]
with Robert Robinson
A quick look at points from the week's post.
Next edition: Wednesday at 9.55
Letters for inclusion in these programmes should be addressed to: Points of View, [address removed]
Look around with Cliff Michelmore, Derek Hart, Alan Whicker, Fyfe Robertson, Trevor Philpott, Macdonald Hastings, Polly Elwes.
Alan Weeks introduces thirty minutes of new discs, interpreted on ice by your favourite skaters from the past Hot Ice series.
A serial in six episodes by Josephine Tey.
Dramatised by Constance Cox.
Starring Rosalie Crutchley, Michael Aldridge, Veronica Turleigh
with Peggy Thorpe-Bates, Gladys Boot, Leslie French, Jack May
The Sharpes have denied Betty Kane's accusation, but their denial is unsupported, while Betty's description of the house and its contents is accurate in every particular. Robert Blair, the country solicitor acting for the Sharpes, has no belief in their innocence.
The Window on the World
Panorama cameras focus on People-Places-Problems that make news.
Introduced by Richard Dimbleby with reports from Panorama's regular team of commentators Robin Day, Robert Kee, Ludovic Kennedy, John Morgan, James Mossman.
by Margot Bennett.
A programme of Old-Time Dancing from Hammersmith Town Hall, London.
with Sidney Bowman and his Orchestra
and featuring The Marine Fourstep, The Veleta, The Royal Empress Tango, The Milbrook Foxtrot, The Military Twostep, The Last Waltz.
Demonstrations by Harold Hulley and Doreen Edwards, Charles and Barbara Hale,
Jack McConachie and the London-Scottish Dancers
Master of Ceremonies, Jack Crossley
Introduced by Sonia Roy.
followed by The Weather; Close Down