A programme for children at home.
Today's story is called 'Circus' by Dick Bruna
(to 11.20)
by Professor Richard Gregory.
The Royal Institution, London Annual Christmas Lectures to Young People
Lecture Six probes into man's greatest dream-a machine that can see and think -the Robot of Science Fiction. Some of the most advanced work on this fascinating subject will be revealed. Sunglasses will be wanted again when the three-dimensional pendulum is explained. (Colour)
Introduced by Peter Fowler.
The World Tonight
Reporting: John Timpson and Peter Woods
with Martin Bell, Michael Blakey, Michael Clayton, Tom Mangold, Brian Saxton, David Tindall, Richard Whitmore and the correspondents, at home and abroad, of BBC News.
Life ...in the animal world
Surrounded by suspicion and superstition, the corvidae-rooks, crows, jays, magpies, ravens, and the like - have been treated harshly by Man. But are they the villains we make them out to be? Is it possible that we have overlooked their high intelligence which could well place them at the summit of avian evolution?
Ido Bossema, University of Amsterdam; Dr. Harvey Crose, University of Oxford; Derek Goodwin, British Museum (Natural History); Dr. R. K. Murton, M.A.F.F., Worplesdon; Walter Schmid, Basel Zoo speak...
In Defence of Crows
Introduced by Kenneth Allsop.
from the South and West
(Colour)
A contest between teams from
Bournemouth
Eric Knight, Molly Harding John Wallace
and
Sheffield
Trevor Hiles, Winifred Pickering, Reginald Hudson
Introduced by Derek Hart. (Colour)
Achievement... Happiness... Tragedy... Stress...
A weekly programme which focuses on people and the situations which shape their lives.
Reporters: Jim Douglas Henry, Angela Huth, Jeremy James, John Percival, Trevor Philpott, Desmond Wilcox, Harold Williamson
(Colour)
An Italian film with English sub-titles.
Starring Michele Cossu
A Sardinian peasant turns to banditry when his sheep die of thirst.
A last look around the daily scene with Michael Dean, Joan Bakewell, Tony Bilbow, Brian King and Sheridan Morley.
Speech is human, silence is divine (Carlyle)
(Colour)
