Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 277,945 playable programmes from the BBC

for the deaf and hard of hearing
A look at the news of the week with film from all over the world and a commentary that can be seen as well as heard.

Contributors

Presenter:
Michael De Morgan
Translator:
Joan Turner
Producer:
Bill Northwood

A review of the sciences.
Introduced by Colin Riach.

The Dolphins that Joined the Navy
American Navy scientists are engaged in an intensive programme of research on the most intelligent and friendly of sea creatures, the dolphin, and in particular on its almost uncanny powers of navigation.
Tonight's film includes scenes showing researchers trying to speak directly to these animals and dolphins talking to each other through underwater telephones.

A Theory of the Earth
The eminent Canadian geologist, Professor Tuzo Wilson, explains his new 'Froth on the Broth' theory of the structure of the earth to David Wilson before his recent lecture to the Royal Geological Society.

Contributors

Presenter:
Colin Riach
Interviewee (A Theory of the Earth):
Professor Tuzo Wilson
Interviewer (A Theory of the Earth):
David Wilson
Director:
Adrian Malone
Presented by:
Dick Gilling
Executive producer:
Gordon Rattray Taylor

A series of weekly programmes presenting music in the folk idiom from many parts of the world.
This week, from America: Carolyn Hester
Accompanied by Ivor Mairants, Brian Brocklehurst, Geoff Lofts
See page 13

Contributors

Singer:
Carolyn Hester
Guitarist:
Ivor Mairants
Double-bass:
Brian Brocklehurst
Drummer:
Geoff Lofts
Producer:
Michael Hurll

Stay up a little longer with Denis Tuohy, Joan Bakewell, Michael Dean.
and watch
Plunder
A weekly raid on the archives of BBC television
This week's edition includes:

Lady Astor from
Fighting for the Vote (1957)

Rene Clair on love

Peter Brook on Musique Concrete
Monitor (1958)

Lord Mancroft and Tommy Trinder speaking at a dinner in honour of Stanley Matthews (1956)

Contributors

Presenter:
Denis Tuohy
Presenter:
Joan Bakewell
Presenter:
Michael Dean
Interviewee (Plunder:
Fighting for the Vote): Lady Astor
Speaker (Plunder):
Rene Clair
Item presenter (Plunder:
Monitor): Peter Brook
Speaker (Plunder:
Stanley Matthews): Lord Mancroft
Speaker (Plunder:
Stanley Matthews): Tommy Trinder

BBC Two England

About BBC Two

BBC Two is a lively channel of depth and substance, carrying a range of knowledge-building programming complemented by great drama, comedy and arts.

Appears in

About this data

This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More