A programme for children at home.
In the story chair, H. E. Todd
(to 11.25)

Glyn Daniel describes one of the most exciting events in the history of archaeology, the decipherment of hieroglyphic and cuneiform writing and the discovery of the Sumerian, Minoan, Indus Valley, and Shang civilisations.
First shown on BBC-1

The crazy comedy.
Starring Dick Powell, Franchot Tone, Mary Martin
with Victor Moore

with The George Mitchell Choir

(Dai Francis is appearing in "The Black and White Minstrel Show" at the Victoria Palace, London)

A weekly programme which focuses on people and the situations which shape their lives.
This week: A Roof Over Your Head
Twenty-five million of us live in houses that do not belong to us, pay a landlord, obey his rules. Council flats, private houses, rooms for rent: a headache for local government, new legislation for Parliament. Misery for some tenants. Crooked profits for some landlords.
In a four-part enquiry Man Alive looks each month at the world of the landlord, the tenant, the area where they confront each other, and the alternative-buying a home of your own.

presenting American multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef
with The Stan Tracey Trio
Introduced by Humphrey Lyttelton.

followed by The Weather

A last look around the world of television.
Comments, Criticism, Discussion
with Denis Tuohy, Joan Bakewell, Michael Dean and tonight's guests.