A programme for children at home.
Presenters this week, Miranda Connell, Brian Cant
In the story chair, Gerald Young

Hats for cowboys and Indians, Hats for down the mine. Tall ones, short ones.
Some with plumage fine
That's part of the poem which starts Play School every day this week. Miranda Connell makes different shaped hats for the toys today, and on Friday Brian Cant shows why miners wear special helmets.
Gerald Young returns with three new stories: 'Yellowy-White and the Ducks', 'The Peacock and the Pig', and 'A Strange Way to Catch Fish'. The picturebook on Thursday is Mrs. Popplecorn by Nils Werner, illustrated by Bernard Binder-Stassfurt.
(to 11.25)

An introduction to Molecular Biology by Dr. John Kendrew, F.R.S.
(First shown on BBC-1)

The composer Michael Tippett, in the production gallery of the Riverside 1 studio,
with the television director Walter Todds, supervises the television presentation of his Concerto for double string orchestra, played in rehearsal and performance by the strings of the London Symphony Orchestra
Leader, Erich Gruenberg
The conductor Colin Davis
Introduced and produced by Humphrey Burton

Written by Evan Hunter.
A series of outstanding film dramas.
This week starring Robert Ryan, Leslie Nielsen

A man suspected of a brutal attack is released, but the husband of the woman who had identified him organises a vigilante committee - with tragic results.

by Ray Jenkins.
A series of six interlinked plays and documentaries about the Pursuit of Happiness.

Is material well-being as near as one can get to a working idea of happiness? If it is, should it be pursued at the expense of all else?
"Priorities - 'mate' - priorities!"

followed by The Weather

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