A programme for children at home.
In the story chair, Diana Melly
Today's story is called 'The Pin Board'
(to 11.20)
Among the most dramatic sculptures of Africa are the dance-masks. This programme describes their use and meaning in various religious ceremonies.
Introduced by Raymond Kunene.
The World Tonight
Reporting: John Timpson, 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.
Gordon Wilkins covers the motoring story of the week.
What makes the Monte Carlo Rally the most famous event of its kind in the world? What keeps a driver at the wheel for a week on a 200-1 chance of winning the £1,000 first Prize from Prince Rainier and Princess Grace of Monaco? Why have the British been the Rally's strongest supporters ever since it began fifty-seven years ago?
Maxwell Boyd, Robin Richards, Stuart Turner, and Tom Wisdom look for the answer among the top crews who survive six days and nights of snow and ice to reach the sunshine of the French Riviera.
(Colour)
The decisions made; the battles fought; the power gained; the money made in the world of business and industry.
The High Chaparral ...is the bid of a family seeking roots in the newly won West
...is the threat to the new settlers from Mexicans and Indians
...and spells adventure in the Arizona territory of 1870
Billy Blue meets some unusual characters and as a result finds himself the victim of dangerous circumstances.
(Colour)
by Henry James
A second chance to see this dramatisation in six parts by Jack Pulman
Starring Richard Chamberlain as Ralph Touchett
Isabel has accompanied her aunt to Florence where she has met Gilbert Osmond. Encouraged by his friend Madame Merle, he is planning to marry Isabel for her fortune.
(Shown on Saturday)
(Colour)
