A programme for children at home.
(to 11.30)
Preference and prejudice towards books and writers.
Introduced by Robert Robinson
with Bernardine Bishop, John Betjeman, Anthony Burgess, Cyril Connolly.
Written and presented by Eric Merriman.
A sort of television show!
Starring June Whitfield and Gwendolyn Watts, Tony Tanner and Joe Melia
Guest artists, Clauda and Iris
featuring Peter Vernon and Ronnie Brody
A comedy film series.
Starring John McGiver as Walter Burnley, the complaints manager of a large department store.
Walter takes up golf and finds a $10,000 'prize' in his new golf bag.
by Stendhal.
A second chance to see this dramatisation in five parts by Michael Barry.
(First transmission on Sunday)
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The Early Bird satellite links two schools on either side of the Atlantic. Teachers and children from Birmingham in England meet teachers and children in Boston, Massachusetts.
A joint production with National Educational Television of the United States.
Reporters -
Boston: David Dimbleby for the BBC
Birmingham: John Fitch for N.E.T.
Presenting the veteran New Orleans clarinettist George Lewis with Mr. Acker Bilk's Paramount Jazz Band and Beryl Bryden.
Introduced by Humphrey Lyttelton.
(George Lewis appears by arrangement with Harold Davison)
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followed by The Weather
Round off the day with Denis Tuohy, Michael Dean, Nicholas Tresilian, Joan Bakewell and tonight's guests.
