Presented by Gordon Severn.
Repeated on Wednesday and Thursday at 9.10 a.m.
(to 9.35)
What is soil made of? How to analyse the soil in your own garden.
Introduced by Eric Hobbis.
For Schools
Repeated on Friday at 11.35 a.m.
(to 10.00)
Water has severe limitations as a cleanser, for it is a remarkable fact that there are many things which it cannot effectively wet. In this programme Gerd Sommerhoff explains how detergents, including soap, facilitate wetting and so make cleansing easier.
For Schools
Previously shown in February 1963
Repeated on Wednesday at 11.35 a.m.
(to 10.22)
For the very young
Maria Bird brings Andy to play with your small children.
Audrey Atterbury and Molly Gibson pull the strings
Gladys Whitred sings the songs
BBC film
(to 11.00)
BBC film for Schools
Previously shown on Monday
(to 11.25)
For children of seven to nine.
Flying Your Car
A story about the car ferry service from Southend Airport.
Describing People
A close look at four passengers from one of the planes. Where do they come from? Where are they going?
For Schools
Repeated on Thursday at 9.40 a.m.
(to 11.55)
For the very young
Stories about a family of wooden dolls who live on a farm.
Audrey Atterbury and Molly Gibson pull the strings
BBC film
(to 13.45)
'In its natural state, a desert.... nowadays the richest farmland in the United States'. The film explains how such a complete transition has been made in the Valley.
BBC film for Schools
Previously shown in February 1962
Repeated on Wednesday at 11.5 a.m.
(to 14.25)
by Oliver Postgate.
A second chance to see the adventures of Noggin, Prince of the Nogs told in two parts.
A large sealed jar floats into the harbour of the Northlands. Who knows where it came from or what it contains?
Told by Ronnie Stevens and Oliver Postgate.
The oldest known clock in the world is in Salisbury Cathedral
According to the strict rules of Victorian etiquette it was improper to offer a cigar to an ecclesiastic over the rank of curate
Kenneth Kendall and top experts, with some young friends, probe facts and fancies of all kinds.
A daily presentation of news and views from London and the South-East.
Introduced by Ronald Allison.
followed by The Weather
It's Rolf Harris
with The Searchers, Pip Hinton, The Square Pegs
Introduced by Cliff Michelmore
with Derek Hart, Alan Whicker, Fyfe Robertson, Trevor Philpott, Kenneth Allsop, Macdonald Hastings, Christopher Brasher, Julian Pettifer, Brian Redhead.
A series by Hazel Adair and Peter Ling.
Problem time for all members of the fiction office. Alison's interview has a surprise ending.
Introduced by Pat Boone.
and starring Lee Marvin, Ricardo Montalban
A veteran Marine who cannot forget that he was trained to kill dares to sit in judgment on his fellow men.
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Stephen Black talks to four of the world's leading mathematicians about themselves and the fascination they find in their subject.
Professor P.J. Hilton, Cornell University, U.S.A.
Professor W.K. Hayman, F.R.S. Imperial College, London
Dr. M.J. Lighthill, F.R.S. Director, Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough
Professor R.S. Scorer, Imperial College, London
Commentary spoken by John Anthony.
BBC-tv Science and Features presentation
See page 27
A ballet based on the play La Lecon by Eugene Ionesco.
A Danish Television production
The Professor's pupil does not come up to his demanding standards, so he kills her. She is not his first victim, nor his last. This ballet was the prize-winning Danish entry for the 1963 Italia Prize.
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The late news with the focus on the main stories of the day.
followed by The Weather
A course in human biology.
How the picture on the retina of the eye is translated into signals to the brain.
Dr. W.A.H. Rushton, F.R.S.
BBC-tv Science and Features presentation
A BBC Educational broadcast
(Previously shown on Sunday)