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The Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert use lions to hunt their game.
The earliest known tapestry was found in an Egyptian tomb of the period 1400 B.C. and is made of linen.
Donal Donnelly with some young people and top experts probe facts and fancies of all kinds.

Contributors

Presenter:
Donal Donnelly
Designer:
Stuart Durant
Research:
Nadine Wood
Film editor:
Alan Martin
Director:
Patrick Dowling
Producer:
John Irwin

A general knowledge contest between
The Residents
Olive Stephens, Edward Moult, Reginald Webster
and A Team from Northern Ireland
Elizabeth Stuart, Philip Bell, George Johnston
Chairman, Franklin Engelmann
From the Midlands

Contributors

Panellist (The Residents):
Olive Stephens
Panellist (The Residents):
Edward Moult
Panellist (The Residents):
Reginald Webster
Panellist (Team from Northern Ireland):
Elizabeth Stuart
Panellist (Team from Northern Ireland):
Philip Bell
Panellist (Team from Northern Ireland):
George Johnston
Chairman:
Franklin Engelmann
Questions arranged and compiled by:
John P. Wynn
Presented by:
Kenneth Milne-Buckley

Famous personalities speak frankly about their favourite sport.
This evening:
Professor A. J. Ayer and Tommy Steele talk about Football with David Coleman
Their guest is Danny Blanchflower
Viewers also hear from Jimmy Armfield Captain of England.
Film excerpts include the famous Hungarians of 1953 and a study of crowd behaviour
Tommy Steele is in 'Half a Sixpence' at the Cambridge Theatre, London

Contributors

Panellist:
Professor A. J. Ayer
Panellist:
Tommy Steele
Presenter:
David Coleman
Guest:
Danny Blanchflower
Speaker:
Jimmy Armfield
Film editor:
Alan Tetzner
Director:
Philip Thompson
Producer:
Leslie Kettley

Look with Peter Scott at the Aristocrats of the Air
Written and directed by Jeffery Boswall.

The birds of prey are the hunters of the sky. They have the keenest sight and fastest flight in all nature. How do they fit into the wildlife jigsaw?; Does man give them a square deal?
From the West

Contributors

Presenter:
Peter Scott
Writer/director:
Jeffery Boswall
Editor:
Jim Tobin

Written by Ted Willis.
Stories of a London taxi driver.
Starring Sid James
with Bill Owen, Vanda Godsell
(Robert Bridges is in 'Oliver!' at the New Theatre, London)

Contributors

Writer:
Ted Willis
Designer:
Frederick Knapman
Director:
Robin Nash
Producer:
Michael Mills
Sid Stone:
Sid James
Terry Mills:
Ray Brooks
Wally Farnes:
Eddie Leslie
Dave Jackson:
Anthony Paul
Harry Hawkins:
Ronnie Mayer
Fred Cuddell:
Bill Owen
Andy Martin:
Joe Ritchie
Tubby Weston:
Robert Bridges
Scotty Mclvor:
Peter Sinclair
Harry Mason:
Artro Morris
Jim Mascot:
Charles Lamb
Manny Goldstein:
Joseph Behrmann
Businessman:
John Lawrence
Digger:
Ronald Chudley
Sister:
Joan Hooley
P.C. Trent:
Paul Dawkins
Mrs Mascot:
Gladys Henson
Jock Wilson:
Eric Woodburn
Dougie:
John Bryning
Madeleine:
Vanda Godsell
Geordie:
Lee Richardson

by Alan Simpson and Ray Galton.
A second showing of Sixty-Five Today
Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert, Harry H. Corbett as Harold
featuring Frank Thornton, Richard Caldicot
with Michael Bird, Anthony Chinn, Myo Toon, Peter Ching, Aman Tokyo

Contributors

Writer:
Alan Simpson
Writer:
Ray Galton
Incidental music:
Ron Grainer
Designer:
Roger Andrews
Producer:
Duncan Wood
Albert:
Wilfrid Brambell
Harold:
Harry H. Corbett
Barman:
Frank Thornton
Man in Restaurant:
Richard Caldicot
Man in Bar:
Michael Bird
Head Waiter:
Anthony Chinn
Third Waiter:
Myo Toon
Second Waiter:
Peter Ching
Wine Waiter:
Aman Tokyo

Call sign of International Air Security
A film series.
Produced by MGM-TV in association with the BBC

Garnett goes to West Germany to investigate a report from an ex-Luftwaffe General that planes are landing at a disused airfield. Is the General imagining things, or is there really a mystery to be solved?

Contributors

Teleplay by:
Lewis Davidson
Teleplay by:
Michael Pertwee
Producer:
Lawrence P. Bachmann
Director:
Pennington Richards
Associate producer:
Aida Young
Alan Garnett:
Nigel Patrick
Jimmy Delaney:
Bill Smith
General:
Gerard Heinz
Frau Sanger:
Marie Burke
Karl:
Michael Ripper
Jakob:
Carl Duering

invites you to join him and his guests Le Duo Ofarim, Lenny the Lion with Terry Hall
accompanied by The Cliff Adam Singers

Contributors

Singer:
Kenneth McKellar
Singers:
Le Duo Ofarim
Ventriloquist/guest:
Terry Hall
Singers:
The Cliff Adam Singers
[The Orchestra] leader:
David McCallum
[The Orchestra] conducted by:
Eric Robinson
Orchestrations:
Roland Shaw
Orchestrations:
Dennis Wilson
Orchestrations:
Bob Sharples
Choreography:
Bruce McClure
Special material:
John Law
Designer:
Stanley Dorfman
Production:
Yvonne Littlewood

Nikita Khrushchev, 1963: 'The artist's talent should be wholly dedicated to the struggle of the people for the building of Communism'
Russian Revolutionary Leader, 1923: 'There is only the undying fidelity of the artist to his own internal Me'
New painting, poems, music, and film material from the Soviet Union highlight the forty year conflict between art and the party line with contributions from Jack Lindsay, Ronald Hingley, Stanley Mitchell and Stephen Spender.
A Monitor presentation

10.20-10.50 Triple Take: a journalist, a psychiatrist, and a sociologist meet Mary Bray, headmistress.
(Rowridge, Brighton)

Contributors

Speaker:
Jack Lindsay
Speaker:
Ronald Hingley
Speaker:
Stanley Mitchell
Speaker:
Stephen Spender
Script:
Norman James
Panellist (Triple Take):
A journalist [name uncredited]
Panellist (Triple Take):
A psychiatrist [name uncredited]
Panellist (Triple Take):
A sociologist [name uncredited]
Panellist (Triple Take):
Mary Bray

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More