The church in the village is an old one and is built of honey-coloured limestone. Today: a visit to a local quarry to show how the limestone is removed for building.
Introduced by Eric Slmms.
BBC film for Schools
(to 10.00)
Compressed air has many modern applications. Today Gerd Sommerhoff discovers some of them and shows the surprising strength of air under pressure.
for Schools
First shown in September 1961
(to 10.25)
A series of programmes on Engineering Science for Technical Colleges begins next week. This programme shows something of the aims and methods of the new series and should be of particular interest to lecturers in Technical Colleges and Colleges at Further Education.
(to 10.55)
BBC film for Schools
Previously shown on Monday
(to 11.25)
After the rice is harvested, the villagers of this monsoon land are able, during the dry season, to spin and weave intricate patterned cloth at which they excel, using methods which have not changed over the centuries.
Introduced by Derek Cooper.
for Schools
(to 11.55)
News in Welsh.
(Welsh transmitters and Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield, Crystal Palace)
Today: a topical magazine.
(Welsh transmitters and Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield, Crystal Palace)
Around and About the Home with Richard Waring.
including:
Fanny Cradock cooking a meal in fifteen minutes
Fashion in Jewellery
Gadgets or Elbow Grease?
Gardening: Autumn Flowers
The Experts: Rosemary McRobert, Stephen Garrett, Geoffrey Smith, Eirlys Roberts
Written and produced by Ronald Eyre.
Introduced by James Grout.
The play begun last week is completed and is followed by scenes in which different authors work on the same human situation separated only by time and place.
The Lever
From
The Hostage by Brendan Behan
From
Henry V by Shakespeare
for Schools
For the very young
Maria Bird brings Andy to play with your small children and invites them to join in the songs and games.
Audrey Atterbury and Molly Gibson pull the strings
Gladys Whitred sings the songs
BBC film
(to 14.50)
by Gordon Murray.
Another showing of Chickweed Wine
Presented by the BBC Puppet Theatre
BBC film
Introduced by Peter Scott with Walter Flesher.
A second showing of a day in the life of a hedgehog.
Young William Ashburner introduces his tame hedgehog to Peter Scott.
Film sequences by Christopher Mylne, Director Cameraman of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
From the West
A daily presentation of news and views from London and the South-East.
Introduced by Richard Baker.
followed by The Weather
Pit Your Wits 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]
Look around with Cliff Michelmore, Derek Hart, Alan Whicker, Fyfe Robertson,
Trevor Philpott, Kenneth Allsop, Macdonald Hastings and Robin Hall, Jimmie Macgregor.
A series by Hazel Adair and Peter Ling.
Throughout a tense day, visitors keep arriving at the office-bringing their own share of problems. Ian takes on a new secretary, and Joanne uncovers a secret.
by Alan Simpson and Ray Galton.
A second showing of: Visiting Day
Starring Bernard Cribbins, Betty Marsden, Wilfrid Brambell
with Hugh Lloyd, Priscilla Morgan, Molly Weir, Harold Goodwin, Margaret Flint, David Gregory
A Western film series.
Starring Ty Hardin as the roving cowboy adventurer.
Bronco faces a desperate situation when he comes into conflict with a gang of ruthless outlaws.
A vivid and individual portrait, in pictures and music without commentary, of a day in the life of the people all over the United States who are building the Atlas rockets that provide the gateway to space.
Peter Davalle talks about some films in which well-known stars have appeared in unusual roles.
Including scenes from Yield to the Night, Julius Caesar, We're No Angels, From Here to Eternity on the Beach, The Entertainer, Never Let Go!, The Music Man
Films by courtesy of Warner Pathe, Paramount, M-G-M, Columbia, United Artists, British Lion/Bryanston, Rank
Tonight at Portman Road the English and Maltese Football League champions meet in the second leg of this qualifying round for the European Cup.
In this edited version Kenneth Wolstenholme reports the highlights of the game.
Presented by the Sportsview Unit
followed by The Weather; Close Down
