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A programme for children at home.
Presenters this week, Carole Ward, Lionel Morton
In the story chair, Myrtle Richardson
Today's story is called "Ponder and the Lettuce Seeds" by Barbara Softly

Lionel and Carole make a 'ping-pong bird' out of things from the Useful Box today. On Tuesday Play School has another day out, the last for this season. It will be a visit to an airfield to see some flying and the toys are going too. On Wednesday Carole makes some butterflies, and on Friday a boat out of half an orange.
(to 11.20)

Contributors

Presenter:
Carole Ward
Presenter:
Lionel Morton
Storyteller:
Myrtle Richardson
Author (Ponder and the Lettuce Seeds):
Barbara Softly

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

Princess Grace of Monaco acts as guide on a musical tour of Monte Carlo-C'est La Rose.
Former film star Grace Kelly introduces the glamorous sights and sounds of the legendary Principality and the stars who appear at its world-famous Casino.
Including Terry-Thomas, Gilbert Becaud, Francoise Hardy and David Winters and his Dancers
A Wolper production
(Colour)

Contributors

Presenter:
Princess Grace of Monaco [Grace Kelly]
Comedian:
null Terry-Thomas
Singer:
Gilbert Becaud
Singer:
Francoise Hardy
Dancers:
David Winters and his Dancers
Director:
Michael Pfleghar
Producer:
Roger Gimbel
Music arranged by:
Jerry Fielding

Filmed at the famous Newport Jazz Festival, U.SA. with more than fifty top jazz musicians, instrumentalists, and vocalists, including:
Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk, Jack Teagarden, Anita O'Day, Dinah Washington, Mahalia Jackson, Gerry Mulligan, Big Maybelle, George Shearing Quintet, Chico Hamilton Quintet, Jimmy Giuffre Trio
plus the music of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Hoagy Carmichael

This impression of the Newport Jazz Festival presents some of the most remarkable scenes and sounds of jazz ever filmed.
(Colour)

Contributors

Singer/Trumpeter:
Louis Armstrong
Pianist:
Thelonious Monk
Trombonist/Singer:
Jack Teagarden
Singer:
Anita O'Day
Singer/Pianist:
Dinah Washington
Singer:
Mahalia Jackson
Musician:
Gerry Mulligan
Singer:
Big Maybelle
Musicians:
George Shearing Quintet
Musicians:
Chico Hamilton Quintet
Musicians:
Jimmy Giuffre Trio
Pianist:
Count Basie
Pianist:
Duke Ellington
Singer:
Hoagy Carmichael
Director:
Bert Stern

Written by Robert Erskine.
The Indian city of Jaipur is a fairy-tale city of palaces and cupolas and fantastical forts and astronomical instruments 100 feet high.
Robert Erskine tells the story of the three Maharajahs of the fierce Rajput tribes-the soldier, the politician, and the scholar who built this delicate pink city in the green hills of Rajasthan.
(Colour)

Contributors

Presenter/Writer:
Robert Erskine
Producer:
Adrian Malone

A last look around the daily scene.
With Michael Dean, Joan Bakewell, Tony Bilbow, Brian King, Sheridan Morley.

(Colour)

Contributors

Presenter:
Michael Dean
Presenter:
Joan Bakewell
Presenter:
Tony Bilbow
Presenter:
Brian King
Presenter:
Sheridan Morley
Editor:
Rowan Ayers

BBC Two England

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