A programme for children at home.
Presenters this week, Carol Chell, Brian Cant
(to 11.25)
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A programme for children at home.
Presenters this week, Carol Chell, Brian Cant
(to 11.25)
Characteristic forms of English art discussed by Basil Taylor
Hunting and horse-racing were popular sports in the eighteenth century, and painters provided a vivid record of 'The Meet' and The Kill to hang beside portraits of famous horses. But one man transformed the character of sporting art-the most famous painter of the horse, George Stubbs.
A duel of words and wit between Patrick Campbell with Elizabeth Tyrrell, Antony Wysard and Kenneth Williams with Wendy Hall, Gordon Jackson.
Referee, Joe Melia
Gordon Wilkins covers the world of motoring.
When spokesmen for all the driving schools in Britain hold their national conference the day after tomorrow they will debate a scheme to control the standard of driving instruction. Would official licensing of driving schools be in the public interest? Do motorists favour a 'closed shop' for instructors? Do teaching methods need to improve?
A thriller in six parts by John Roddick.
Starring John Carson, Glyn Houston
with Angela Scoular, John Barron, Judy Parfitt, Brian Wilde and Frederick Jaeger
The mystery surrounding Lisa Martin's death is heightened when Kathy Sheridan finds that all records and photographs of Lisa are missing from the office of the local paper.
(Shown on Saturday)
opens the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London and attends the Inaugural Concert.
Recorded on Wednesday before an invited audience
English Chamber Orchestra
Leader, Emanuel Hurwitz
Conducted by Benjamin Britten, Sir Arthur Bliss
Heather Harper (soprano), Josephine Veasey (mezzo-soprano), James Bowman (counter-tenor), Peter Pears (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), George Malcolm (harpsichord), Osian Ellis (harp), Ralph Downes (organ), Ambrosian Singers
Introduced by Richard Baker.
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.
including
Pick of the Month
Joan Bakewell and Michael Dean choose and introduce highlights from some of the programmes seen on BBC-2 during February.