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Most homes have a cold-water tank in the loft, a hot-water tank on the first floor, and a boiler on the ground floor. Gerd Sommerhoff describes the scientific principles which determine the lay-out of the domestic hot-water system and explains how the water circulates within it.
For Schools
Previously shown in January 1963
Repeated on Wednesday at 11.35 a.m.
(to 10.22)

Contributors

Presenter:
Gerd Sommerhoff
Producer:
Geoffrey Hall

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 11.00)

Contributors

Narrator/Script, music, and settings:
Maria Bird
Puppeteer:
Audrey Atterbury
Puppeteer:
Molly Gibson
Singer:
Gladys Whitred

For children of seven to nine.
Introduced by Tom Gibbs.

Port Holiday
Script by Barbara Willard.
Two children begin to explore the port at Shoreham with their cousin.

Words and Pictures
An experiment in the use of words.

For Schools
Repeated on Thursday at 9.40 a.m.
(to 11.55)

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Gibbs
Film cameraman:
John McGlashan
Film editor:
Robert Hill
Producer:
Claire Chovil
Script:
Barbara Willard
Marejke:
Antonia Moss
Piet:
Kaplan Kaye
Laurens:
Edward Fox

Owen Edwards yn cyflwyno pynciau'r dydd yng Nghymru gyda
Harri Gwynn a John Bevan , Cyfarwyddwyr,
GERAINT S. JONES a WILLIAM
AARON Cynhyrchwyr.
Ifor REES a JOHN ROBERTS WILLIAMS
Golygydd. NAN DAVIES
Today: a topical magazine.
(Welsh transmitters and Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield, Crystal Palace)

Contributors

Unknown:
Owen Edwards
Unknown:
Harri Gwynn
Unknown:
John Bevan
Unknown:
Geraint S. Jones
Unknown:
Aaron Cynhyrchwyr.
Unknown:
John Roberts Williams
Unknown:
Golygydd. Nan Davies

What are the most basic things which we in Britain fail to realise fully about the United States? On arrival in New York the producer put this question to two Americans and two people from Britain.
BBC film for Schools
Previously shown in January 1962
Repeated on Wednesday at 11.5 a.m.
(to 14.25)

Contributors

Cameraman:
Hannen Foss
Sound recordist:
Bill Searle
Film editor:
John Walker
Producer/interviewer:
Tim Slessor

Films from home and abroad.
including:
Father, Son, and Donkey
Should the father ride the donkey? Or his son? Or should they both walk?
Commentary spoken by Vera McKechnie.

The Kibbutz Story
Rammi sets out to discover who has damaged the grove of young trees, and finds a very strange culprit.
Commentary spoken by Gary Watson.

White Harvest
Children as well as grown-ups depend for their living on the sea, sun, and wind, as they work on the salt-flats of Istria.
Commentary spoken by Antony Bilbow.

Contributors

Narrator (Father, Son and Donkey):
Vera McKechnie
Narrator (The Kibbutz Story):
Gary Watson
Narrator (White Harvest):
Antony Bilbow
Presented by:
Peggy Miller

featuring Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazz Band
with Valerie Masters, Nigel Pegram
From the Midlands
(Nigel Pegram appears by arrangement with the Blue Angel, London)

Contributors

Musicians:
Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazz Band
Singer:
Valerie Masters
Performer:
Nigel Pegram
Continuity:
Nicholas Lynn
Continuity:
Mike Sharland
Designer:
Margaret Peacock
Producer:
Colin Charman

Introduced by Cliff Michelmore.
with Derek Hart, Alan Whicker, Fyfe Robertson, Trevor Philpott, Kenneth Allsop, Macdonald Hastings, Christopher Brasher, Julian Pettifer, Brian Redhead.

Contributors

Presenter:
Cliff Michelmore
Reporter:
Derek Hart
Reporter:
Alan Whicker
Reporter:
Fyfe Robertson
Reporter:
Trevor Philpott
Reporter:
Kenneth Allsop
Reporter:
Macdonald Hastings
Reporter:
Christopher Brasher
Reporter:
Julian Pettifer
Reporter:
Brian Redhead
Associate producer:
Jack Gold
Associate producer:
Derrick Amoore
Associate producer:
Kevin Billington
Associate producer:
John Lloyd
Associate producer:
Kenneth Corden
Assistant editor:
Elizabeth Cowley
Editor:
Peter Batty

A series by Hazel Adair and Peter Ling.

Ian Harmon arbitrates, and David acquires an unexpected lodger.

Contributors

Series creator:
Hazel Adair
Series creator:
Peter Ling
Script:
N. J. Crisp
Designer:
Julia Trevelyan Oman
Costume supervisor:
Ena Nickalls
Producer:
Morris Barry
Director:
John Gorrie
Russell Corrigan:
Shane Rimmer
Edmund Bruce:
Robert Flemyng
Mrs Chater:
Beryl Cooke
Barry:
Robin Hawdon
Mitch:
Diana Beevers
Tim Gray:
Scot Finch
Sheila Boxall:
Joanna Vogel
Ben:
Bill Kerr
Adrian:
Robert Desmond
Mr Hill:
Jeffrey Segal
Ian:
Ronald Allen
Janet:
Christine Pollon
David:
Vincent Ball
Doug:
Lawrence James
Vivien:
Patricia Haines
Stan:
Johnny Wade
Iris:
Louise Dunn
Camilla:
Carmen Silvera

A film of an extraordinary flight from Switzerland into Italy.
Described by one of the balloon pilots, Anthony Smith.
An Adventure presentation
See facing page

Contributors

Narrator/pilot:
Anthony Smith
Filmed by:
Douglas Botting
Filmed by:
Butch Calderwood
Filmed by:
John Earle
Filmed by:
John Tiley
Sound mixer:
Bob Saunders
Film editor:
Roy Fry
Director/producer:
Brian Branston

presents the Philharmonia Orchestra
Conducted by Sir Adrian Boult
with Janos Starker as soloist in Schumann's Cello Concerto
The programme also includes Overture: Tam O'Shanter by Malcolm Arnold and Elgar's Introduction and Allegro for Strings
Before an invited audience in the Fairfield Hall, Croydon

Contributors

Musicians:
The Philharmonia Orchestra
[Orchestra] conducted by:
Sir Adrian Boult
Cellist/soloist:
Janos Starker
Composer (Overture:
Tam O'Shanter): Malcolm Arnold
Presented for television by:
Antony Craxton

BBC Television

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