A programme for children at home.
(to 11.30)
Poetry and Jazz
Introduced by Spike Milligan.
with Joy Marshall, The Five Worthies, Steve Benbow, Dannie Abse, Laurie Lee.
Spike Milligan is appearing in 'Son of Oblomov' at the Comedy Theatre, London
Written and directed by David Dimbleby.
In the last few years there has been a gentle revolution in the Republic of Ireland, but a revolution as important as the violence of 1916 and the 'troubles'. A new self-assured Ireland is emerging from a bitter and sometimes sentimental past. The first moves towards a rapprochement with Northern Ireland are a symbol of Ireland's determination to face reality.
Tonight Enquiry examines the painful process of turning Ireland into a modern European state.
by George Eliot.
A second chance to see this dramatisation in four parts by Rosemary Anne Sisson.
First transmission on Sunday
See page 15
A serial in six episodes written by John Chapman.
Starring Peter Jones, Nicholas Parsons, Eleanor Summerfield
with Christine Finn, Fabia Drake, John G. Heller
In the course of their adventures following the discovery of a corpse on the night train to Surbiton, Matthew and Guy visit a night club, where Stella Craine, niece of the murdered man Martinez, gives them a document left to her by him. On their return home, a member of the gang breaks in...
Burl Ives introduces The Hollywood Palace
A series of top-line Variety entertainment from the U.S.A.
This week's stars include: Burl Ives, Ann Miller, Rih Aruso, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, Anna Moffo and The Baranton Sisters.
A programme recorded In America
See page 39
followed by The Weather
Round off the day with Denis Tuohy, Michael Dean, Nicholas Tresilian and tonight's guests.