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 11.00)
What sort of programmes does BBC television provide for younger children? The series for primary schools includes Signpost and A Year in the Country, both designed to stimulate activity and widen interests and horizons.
12.15 Signpost: The Fifteenth Century: Fighting Men
Hugh Ross Williamson introduces a knight and an archer and explains how they fought at the Battle of Agincourt.
Previously shown in November 1962
12.35 A Year in the Country: The Coming of Spring
Frogs croaking and spawning in the pond, rooks building their nests, and bees collecting pollen from early flowers are among the signs that spring is arriving.
Introduced by Eric Simms.
Previously shown in March
(to 12.55)
News in Welsh.
(Welsh transmitters and Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield, Crystal Palace)
Edrychwn ymhell ac yn agos Drwy ffilm a thrwy drafod
Daw Cymru a'r byd i'r aelwyd I'ch difyrru
Wrth eich cinio
Y cyflwynydd, OWEN EDWARDS Y cynhyrchu. Ifor
REES MYRFYN OWEN , GERAINT JONES Y golygydd, NAN DAVIES
(Welsh transmitters and Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield, Crystal Palace)
Keep in touch with likely people and lively ideas in the arts entertainment and the world at large with David Jacobs.
(to 14.00)
The story of Elias the Shrimpfisher.
A film from Norway in two parts.
An unusual visitor comes to a lonely island in southern Norway and makes friends with the boy and girl who live there.
Commentary spoken by Wensley Pithey.
Barrie Edgar tells you about the history of Juvenile Drama plays, explains how a script is used, and demonstrates how to set about giving a performance.
Douglas Heap talks about sound effects and how to make them.
Finally, Barrie and Douglas, assisted by Jenny Pennell, show you a performance in the Hobbies Club model theatre.
A daily presentation of news and views from London and the South-East.
Introduced by Richard Baker.
followed by The Weather
A country-style get-together.
with Steve Benbow, The Barry Sisters, The Ian Campbell Folk Group, The Stanwix Dancers, The John Peel Dancers.
Music by Billy Miller and the Cheviot Ranters
Your host, Roger Moffat
From the North
Look around with Cliff Michelmore, Derek Hart, Alan Whicker, Fyfe Robertson, Trevor Philpott, Kenneth Allsop, Macdonald Hastings, Julian Pettifer, Brian Redhead and The Countrymen.
County Grammar School for Boys, Woking v. Boys of the Royal Belfast Academical Institution
A nation-wide general knowledge contest between schools.
by Keith Dewhurst.
There are two young constables in each car, ready to deal with trouble as it happens.
Only when the birds have flown does Z Victor One get called to the Atlantic Hotel; so Chief Inspector Barlow has to set snares.
Introduced by Peter Dimmock.
presenting News-Action-Personalities
Tonight's edition includes:
Soccer: The Team Who Shocked a Continent
A close-up of Dundee, the Scottish champions, who have reached the Semi-finals of the European Cup.
Greyhound Racing
The second heat of the £3,000 Greyhound Television Trophy of 1963 from Monmore Green Stadium Wolverhampton.
This is a new surgical technique where electronic devices, pacemakers, are sewn into the body to control the beating of the heart in patients whose normal heart-beat is affected by disease.
From St. George's Hospital, London.
Last programme in the present series
A film drama.
Starring Everett Sloane
Seller, a wealthy arrogant man, encourages his spoilt son Tommy to scorn the ordinary rules of good behaviour. But when the boy deliberately tries to wreck the career of a schoolmaster he dislikes, Seller is forced to re-examine his own standard of values.
Around and About the Home with John Anthony.
First shown on Tuesday
10.15-10.45 Arena: a debate-Building societies have no taste in building and no faith in society
(Rowridge, Brighton)
10.15-10.45 Scan: life in the Midlands introduced by Michael Barratt.
(Oxford, Peterborough, Manningtree)
Patrick Moore talks about the exploding star or nova in the constellation of Hercules which was recently discovered by an amateur astronomer in Sweden, and discusses the sequence of events which leads to these tremendous celestial catastrophes.
Cyfres yn trafod y gwahaniaethau rhwng y gwahanol enwadau
Yn siarad dros yr enwad
Y Prifathro Gwilym Bowyer Y cynhyrchu gan Aled Vaughan
(Welsh transmitters and Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield, Crystal Palace)
(to 23.47)
