A programme for children at home.
(to 11.30)
Preference and prejudice towards books and writers.
Introduced by Robert Robinson.
with Margaret Forster, Anthony Burgess, John Gross, Angus Wilson.
Written and presented by Eric Merriman.
A sort of television show!
Starring June Whitfield and Gwendolyn Watts, Tony Tanner and Joe Melia
Guest artists, William Mervyn and Barbara Couper
featuring Ronnie Stevens
A comedy film series.
Starring John McGiver as Walter Burnley, the complaints manager of a large department store.
Walter masquerades as General in an attempt to learn why Lynn Hall's soldier fiance has called off their wedding.
by Stendhal.
A second chance to see this dramatisation in five parts by Michael Barry.
The love affair of Julien and Louise has been interrupted by an anonymous letter. Julien has left the de Renal household and entered the seminary at Besancon.
First transmission on Sunday
A review of the sciences.
Introduced by Colin Riach.
The programme includes:
The Long Slide
When a rubber tyre rolls fast on a wet surface it may rise on a film of water and begin to 'aquaplane'. Scientists are studying this fact which creates a real hazard to aircraft passengers and fast drivers.
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Men with Gills
A new membrane developed in America holds forth the prospect of men being able to live under water.
with Dr. Norman Dibelius.
from East Berlin
Simon Smith reports from the Werner Seelenbinder Hall on the highlights of today's quarter-final bouts from Europe's premier amateur boxing tournament.
Presented by the East German Television Service
Introduced by Alan Weeks.
Semi-finals: Friday at 9.15, BBC-1
followed by The Weather
Round off the day with Denis Tuohy, Michael Dean, Nicholas Tresilian, Joan Bakewell and tonight's guests.
