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A programme for children at home.
Presenters this week Marla Landi, Johnny Ball
In the story chair, H.E. Todd who tells his own story "The Magic Dustbin"

Today is Whit Monday, and the toys go to the fair with Marla and Johnny. On Tuesday Play School goes out, this time to mess about in boats on the river. Through the windows on Thursday Marla shows us what it's like to go for a ride through the streets of Rome, and on Friday some of the many pictures that have been sent to Play School are on the picture board.
(to 11.20)

Contributors

Presenter:
Marla Landi
Presenter:
Johnny Ball
Storyteller:
H.E. Todd

Programmes for parents of secondary school children.

A child's success at school depends on the support and encouragement he gets from his parents. How easy is it for parents to talk to teachers?
Introduced by John Norman.

(from the South and West)
(Shown on Sunday on BBC-1)

Contributors

Presenter:
John Norman
Director:
George Inger
Producer:
Eileen Molony

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.
(Colour)

Contributors

Newsreader:
John Timpson
Newsreader:
Peter Woods
Reporter:
Martin Bell
Reporter:
Michael Blakey
Reporter:
Michael Clayton
Reporter:
Tom Mangold
Reporter:
Brian Saxton
Reporter:
David Tindall
Reporter:
Richard Whitmore

Starring Marty Feldman
co-starring John Junkin, Tim Brooke-Taylor
with Roland MacLeod

(Colour)

Contributors

Writer:
Marty Feldman
Designer:
Robert Berk
Designer:
Roger Murray-Leach
Costumes:
Prue Handley
Producer:
Dennis Main Wilson
Comedian:
Marty Feldman
[Actor]:
John Junkin
[Actor]:
Tim Brooke-Taylor
[Actor]:
Roland MacLeod

The hundred years around the turn of the sixteenth-seventeenth century saw the brilliant beginnings of modern India.
Robert Erskine traces the story of Mughal India from the ascetic benevolence of Akbar the Great to the sumptuous and criminal extravagance of the Emperor Shah Jehan which culminated in the building of the Taj Mahal.
(Colour)

Contributors

Writer/Presenter:
Robert Erskine
Producer:
Adrian Malone

by William Shakespeare
Adapted for television by John Barton
(See below and page 26)
(Colour)

[Photo caption] Lynn Farleigh as Helena

Royal Shakespeare Company
in All's Well That Ends Well
by William Shakespeare
At 9.0

This play used to be regarded as one of Shakespeare's 'problem' works. But this production by the Royal Shakespeare Company is changing all that. It received extremely good reviews both at Stratford and London's Aldwych Theatre. And when the company took it to Moscow, Helsinki and Paris they received standing ovations. The central character of "All's Well That Ends Well" is Helena, an orphan at the French Court who is in love with Bertram, Count of Rousillon. He has no time for her - but Helena is a very determined girl.

Contributors

Author:
William Shakespeare
Adapted for television by/For the Royal Shakespeare Company - Director:
John Barton
For the Royal Shakespeare Company - Music composed by:
Derek Oldfield
For the Royal Shakespeare Company - Settings and costumes:
Timothy O'Brien
For the Royal Shakespeare Company - Costumes in collaboration with:
Tazeena Firth
For the BBC - Make up:
Janet Musgrove
For the BBC - Sound:
Gordon Mackie
For the BBC - Lighting:
Robert Wright
For the BBC - Designer:
Susan Spence
For the BBC - Producer:
Ronald Travers
For the BBC - Director:
Claude Whatham
The Countess of Rousillon:
Catherine Lacey
Bertram, her son:
Ian Richardson
The Lord Lafeu:
Brewster Mason
Helena, the Countess's ward:
Lynn Farleigh
Captain Parolles, a follower of Bertram:
Clive Swift
Servant to Bertram:
Alton Kumalo
King of France:
Sebastian Shaw
Gentlemen, attendant upon the King:
William Eedle
Gentlemen, attendant upon the King:
Peter Rocca
Gentlemen, attendant upon the King:
Tom Georgeson
Rinaldo, steward to the Countess:
Hector Ross
Lavache, a clown:
Ian Hogg
First suitor:
Colin McCormack
Second suitor:
Matthew Roberton
Third suitor:
James Vallon
Fourth suitor:
Dallas Adams
Lord Dumain, the elder:
Daniel Moynihan
Lord Dumain, the younger:
Philip Hinton
The Duke of Florence:
David Ashford
Morgan, a soldier:
David Bailie
Widow:
Elizabeth Spriggs
Mariana, her neighbour:
Natalie Kent
Diana, her daughter:
Caroline Hunt
Second soldier:
Don Henderson
Attendants and soldiers:
Don Henderson
Attendants and soldiers:
Oscar James
Attendants and soldiers:
David Kincaid
Attendants and soldiers:
Gerald McNally
Musician:
Gordon Bennett
Musician:
Gareth Richards
Musician:
Robin Weatherall
Musician:
Robert Pritchard
Musician:
Edward Watson

A last look around the daily scene with Michael Dean, Joan Bakewell, Tony Bilbow, Brian King, Sheridan Morley.
"We have so much of the thing" (Matthew Arnold)

(Colour)

Contributors

Presenter:
Michael Dean
Presenter:
Joan Bakewell
Presenter:
Tony Bilbow
Presenter:
Sheridan Morley

BBC Two England

About BBC Two

BBC Two is a lively channel of depth and substance, carrying a range of knowledge-building programming complemented by great drama, comedy and arts.

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More