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)
For the very young
Vera McKechnie turns the pages.
BBC film
(to 13.45)
What sort of programmes does BBC Television provide for younger children at school?
Series for primary schools include Merry-go-Round and Signpost.
1.46 Merry-Go-Round
A series for children of seven to nine years old which is designed to widen horizons and to stimulate creative work of all sorts, including writing.
Part 1: Port Holiday: 5
The end of the holiday.
Part 2: A Smuggler's Song
by Rudyard Kipling.
Previously shown in February
2.6 Signpost: Village in the Mountains
Written and produced by F. R. Elwell.
A series designed for children of nine to eleven years old, designed to increase their awareness of a rapidly widening world.
Today's programme is a preview of a group of programmes, specially shot in Switzerland for School Television, which will be shown to schools later this year.
Life in the forests and mountains surrounding a Swiss village seen through the eyes of children who live there.
Commentary spoken by Stanley MacKenzie.
(to 14.26)
3.0 Senior Service Handicap Steeplechase
over 3 miles
3.30 The Magicoal Stakes
over 1 1/4 miles
4.0 The Gnome Cup
over 7 furlongs straight course
4.30 Calor Gas Steeplechase
over 2 miles and 160 yards
(to 16.40)
Tich is joined by Professor Billy McComb, Tony Hart, Puppet Time with Frank and Maisie Mumford and The Cresters
Introduced by Ray Alan.
A weekly series introduced by Johnny Morris with Tony Soper.
A magazine of stories about animals, sometimes in the wild, sometimes in the home, and sometimes in the zoo-but always magical.
From the West
A daily presentation of news and views from London and the South-East.
Introduced by Corbet Woodall.
followed by The Weather
A new look at Britain's best-sellers.
Discs - Stars - News from this week's Top Twenty.
Introduced tonight by Peter Murray.
Introduced by Cliff Michelmore.
with Derek Hart, Alan Whicker, Fyfe Robertson, Trevor Philpott, Kenneth Allsop, Macdonald Hastings, Christopher Brasher, Julian Pettifer, Brian Redhead.
A film series starring Michael Rennie as Harry Lime.
The discovery of the score of a tenth symphony by Beethoven would be a glittering prize for someone - so bright in fact that even Harry Lime might well be dazzled.
A BBC film release
7.35-8.0 The Gauntlet Game
A light-hearted contest between Falmouth and Stroud.
(Rowridge, Brighton)
by Robert Barr.
There are two young constables in each car, ready to deal with trouble as it happens.
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Peter Dimmock introduces the 424th edition.
Tonight:
Looking back ten years to the first four-minute mile with Roger Bannister.
Also featuring
The Sportsview Greyhound Television Trophy: first heat
direct from Kings Heath, Birmingham.
International Football: Scotland v. England
A preview of next Saturday's match at Hampden Park.
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Labour Front Bench spokesmen answer questions put by people from different parts of Britain.
A Party Political Broadcast on behalf of the Labour Party.
by Jean Anouilh.
Translated by Christopher Fry.
[Starring] Keith Michell, Sarah Miles and Martita Hunt
with Jill Dixon, Peter Sallis, Newton Blick, Jill Melford
(Keith Michell appears by permission of the Rank Organisation; Newton Blick by permission of the Governors of the Royal Shakespeare Company)
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followed by The Weather
Unexpected aspects of an eminent Victorian.
The writings of Charles Kingsley read by William Devlin and introduced by Robert MacLeod.
From a Victorian country rectory Charles Kingsley watched the coming of the modern world. How he reacted to it and became involved in it is a story unknown to those for whom he is just the author of The Water Babies.
