A programme for children at home.
Today's story is called "Mr. Josh Jolly" by Joyce Tomsett.
(to 11.20)
When Roosevelt led America into the war against Germany and Japan, he changed his country's role in the world more than any President has done before or since. Out of his policies arose America's present commitment as a world power.
Written and introduced by Esmond Wright.
(First shown on BBC-1)
[Repeat]
The World Tonight
Reporting: John Timpson, Peter Woods and the reporters and correspondents, at home and abroad, of BBC News with a special report in colour from Gerald Priestland and Charles Wheeler at the Republican Convention in Miami.
Followed by The Weather
(Colour)
by Desmond Lowden
[Starring] Donald Pleasence as J.G., Nigel Davenport as Robert Larkin and Sarah Brackett as the Secretary
"A taut, plausible playlet." (Daily Mail)
It is 1973. J.G. is a powerful figure working for a television news agency. Robert is a young man who has reached the top of his profession early and is content to free-lance and enjoy a quiet family life in the country. However, J.G. wants Robert to work for him and, what is more, is determined to obtain his services.
(Colour)
The first in a series of programmes in which European television crosses the frontiers of the more remote areas of the world to report on those countries which for reasons of distance or politics still remain relatively unknown.
From Moscow to Siberia.
Teenagers in Moscow...
Muslems in Samarkand...
Pioneers in Siberia...
Written and directed by Olrik Breckoff for WDR Cologne.
(Colour)
A selection of musical milestones from the golden days of the silver screen.
Tonight: the 1953 production Tonight We Sing
Starring Ezio Pinza as Feodor Chaliapin, Roberta Peters as Elsa Valdine, Tamara Toumanova as Anna Pavlova, Anne Bancroft as Emma Hurok, Isaac Stern as Eugene Ysaye, Byron Palmer as Gregory Lawrence, David Wayne as S. Hurok
and the voice of Jan Peerce
The story of the impresario Sol Hurok and the many famous musical stars who appeared under his management.
(Colour)
(Colour)
A last look around the daily scene with Michael Dean, Joan Bakewell, Tony Bilbow, Brian King, Sheridan Morley.
(Colour)
