Presented by Gordon Severn.
(to 9.35)
A science series for primary schools.
Fibres from an animal - how they are spun and how they are used for making carpets for covering the floors of our homes.
Introduced by Stanley MacKenzie.
For Schools
(to 10.00)
What causes sound waves and how fast do they travel through the air? Gerd Sommerhoff uses a yacht race starting gun to measure the speed of sound.
For Schools
First shown in Oct. 1961
(to 10.22)
For the very young
BBC film
(to 11.00)
BBC film for Schools
Previously shown on Monday
(to 11.25)
The Snowy Mountains hydro-electric scheme in south-eastern Australia is a very large one, embracing an area of nearly 3,000 square miles. Two out of every three men on construction work are 'New Australians', migrants of the post-war period.
Introduced by Trader Faulkner.
For Schools
(to 11.55)
News in Welsh.
(Welsh transmitters, Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield, Crystal Palace)
Today: a Welsh topical magazine.
(Welsh transmitters, Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield, Crystal Palace)
For the very young
Stories about a family of wooden dolls who live on a farm.
BBC film
(to 13.45)
by Ugo Betti.
translated by Henry Reed.
Adapted and produced by Ronald Eyre.
with introductory material presented by James Grout.
For Schools
(to 14.35)
The story by Arthur Ransome.
Dramatised as a film serial in six episodes by Anthony Steven and C.E. Webber.
Captain Flint's treasure is discovered and the Swallows and Amazons spend their last night together by the camp fire on Wildcat Island.
A Windsor Films Production for BBC Television
Amidst the rubble of war-torn London archaeologists discovered in 1954 a temple of Mithras
Not all molluscs have shells
Kenneth Kendall with some young people and top experts probe facts and fancies of all kinds.
A daily presentation of news and views from London and the South-East.
Introduced by Corbet Woodall.
followed by The Weather
A series by Hazel Adair and Peter Ling.
Mrs. Chater shows courage; Bruce questions the future of Gussie and Doug.
Introduced by Cliff Michelmore.
with Derek Hart, Alan Whicker, Fyfe Robertson, Trevor Philpott, Kenneth Allsop, Macdonald Hastings, Christopher Brasher, Julian Pettifer, Brian Redhead.
Written by Dave Freeman.
Benny Hill in the second of a new series of situation comedies.
This week: The Taxidermist
featuring Dermot Kelly
with Patricia Hayes, Len Lowe
and special guest, Graham Stark
See page 31
Intruders are Jack Douglas, Joe Gibbons, Len Lowe, Danny O'Dea, Janet Ball,
Gloria Paul, Felicity Page, Shirley Ambrose, Mavis Ascott, Anna Leroy, Barbara French, Madge Brindley, Della Young, Ronnie Curran, Ian Garry, Alex Morrow, Gordon Wales and The George Mitchell Singers.
Dramatised by Elaine Morgan from the novel "Maigret a peur".
A crime series from the novels of Georges Simenon.
Starring Rupert Davies as Chief Inspector Maigret
with Ewen Solon as Lucas
and Helen Shingler as Madame Maigret
Guest stars: Edward Chapman, Alan Wheatley, Margaret Rawlings
with Alan Rowe, Norman Scace
A BBC-tv production
See page 31
Devised and written by Ronald Wolfe and Ronald Chesney.
A second showing of Mistaken Tax
Starring Peter Jones, Miriam Karlin, Reg Varney
and Barbara Windsor, Amanda Reiss
with Patricia Denys, Wanda Ventham, Stella Tanner, Carmel Cryan
and featuring John Warner, Pamela Cundell
Claudio Arrau playing Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor
with the London Philharmonic Orchestra
Leader, Henry Datyner
Conducted by George Hurst
before an invited audience
The programme also includes Beethoven's Overture, Egmont
Sir William Walton conducting a programme of his own music, with Lina Lama (viola) and the London Symphony Orchestra: October 15
Robin Day and Ian Trethowan present a Gallery preview of the Conference starting tomorrow.
From the special BBC-tv studio at Blackpool
The latest news with the focus on the main stories of the day.
followed by The Weather
A course in human biology beginning with the machinery of the body.
The cellular structure of the body.
A BBC Educational broadcast
(Previously shown on Sunday)
(See pages 6 and 7)
