A programme for children at home.
In the story chair, Nancy Quayle

(to 11.25)

Written by Geoffrey Bownas.
Introduced by Derek Cooper.

The nineteenth-century American who started Japan's education system gave his pupils the motto: 'Boys, be ambitious'. They were. The average Tokyo citizen reads five daily newspapers, and Japan has one of the highest literacy rates in the world. There are more than 500 universities in Japan, so that it is not uncommon to find bank clerks with doctorates in economics. But is it anything more than a mania for paper qualifications?

In which Danny Kaye and his special guests Howard Morris, Pat Carroll, Joe and Eddie entertain to the music of Paul Weston and his Orchestra with Joyce Van Patten, The Clinger Sisters, The Tony Charmoli Dancers and The Earl Brown Singers.

Tales from the last frontier of the great American West.
Starring James Drury as The Virginian

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Gordon Wilkins covers the world of American motoring.

The 1966 Detroit sedans and convertibles are on parade at the United States Airforce Base at Bent-waters in Suffolk.
Judith Jackson and Robin Richards question the qualities of the American car and interrogate U.S. servicemen who drive them in Britain.

Ian Trethowan looks back over the past week in Parliament and introduces reports on big debates in both Houses, questions to Ministers, significant moves behind the scenes, and the effects of M.P.s' work inside and outside Westminster.
With Hardiman Scott, David Holmes.

followed by The Weather

A weekly supplement reflecting the world of television with Denis Tuohy and tonight's guests.