A programme for children at home.
Today's story: "Piano in a Field" by Anna Lynham and Peter Lewis.
(Next week's picturebooks are: "The Magic Suit" and "Alex Flycycle" by Elizabeth and Gerald Rose.)
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(to 11.20)

The World Tonight
Reporting: John Timpson, Peter Woods and the reporters and correspondents, at home and abroad, of BBC News
followed by The Weather
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Introduced by Di Fisher
with Michael Frostick, Frank Manolson and Peter West.

More people than ever before are leaving money for the welfare of domestic animals. In all, legacies for the care of dogs and cats in Britain now amount to about £2-million a year. What explains the growth in this kind of bequest?
A report from the R.S.P.C.A. Hospital at Islington, which has been built with a legacy of £100,000 from the will of the late Sir Harold Harmsworth.
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by N.J. Crisp
Starring Marius Goring
with Ann Morrish
and Victor Winding, Michael Farnsworth
Guest stars, David Langton, Clive Swift

When a safe is blown and the job has all the trademarks of a known criminal it seems reasonable for the police to pull in that man for questioning. Fleming finds himself in this position but in pulling two men in for the crime he seems to forget that he needs concrete information that will pin the crime on them both. With Hardy working for the other side, Fleming gets into deeper and deeper water.
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Television's new Ice Show
Introduced by Ray Alan
featuring Raphael, Finn Jon, Reg Park, Michel and Carol, Sally Ross
The Ice Cabaret Dancers, The Fred Tomlinson Singers
Programme presented in association with Tom Arnold and Gerald Palmer
(Finn Jon is appearing at Raymond's Revue bar, London)
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A cartoon character from Hungary who is always at the receiving end when mishaps, misadventures, and mischief are around.
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Adapted by Barry Took and Neil Shand from the "Beachcomber" column of the Daily Express.
Starring Spike Milligan
with Hattie Jacques
and featuring George Benson, Clive Dunn, Patricia Hayes, Julian Orchard, Leon Thau, Frank Thornton
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Late Night Line-Up's selection of some of the interesting and amusing moments from programmes seen on BBC-2 during August.
Introduced by Sheridan Morley.
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