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A programme for children at home
Presenters this week, Miranda Connell, Colin Jeavons
Today's story: "The Outside Cat" by Jane Thayer

Does the television set you watch ever go wrong and make strange noises and funny patterns? Miranda has trouble getting her television to work today and the toys have a surprise.
(to 11.20)

Contributors

Presenter:
Miranda Connell
Presenter:
Colin Jeavons
Author (The Outside Cat):
Jane Thayer

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
followed by The Weather
(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

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

Escaping from a wrecked stage-coach after it has been attacked by bandits, Victoria saves a man's life - only to find that the sole purpose of his journey is to kill her husband.

(Colour)

Contributors

Big John:
Leif Erickson
Buck:
Cameron Mitchell
Billy Blue:
Mark Slade
Manolito:
Henry Darrow
Victoria:
Linda Cristal
Forrest:
Kevin McCarthy
Macklin:
Jack Elam
Molinero:
Jorge Russek
Pablo:
David Renard
Bayliss:
Ted Jordan

A bottle of tablets left in an apparently safe place-a small boy who finds them and swallows forty of the tablets...
Tonight's programme tells this story and shows how the casualty and emergency teams of a London hospital fought for nearly forty-eight hours to save the child's life.
In the studio, a specialist talks about some of the commonest poisons and the consultant physician gives some simple rules for dealing with a child who has taken poison.

(Colour)

Contributors

Speaker:
A specialist [name uncredited]
Presenter:
The consultant physician [name uncredited]
Director:
Alan Grimley
Producer:
Ian Curtis

Written by Marty Feldman and Barry Took
co-starring John Junkin, Tim Brooke-Taylor
with Roland MacLeod, Mary Miller
(Colour)

Contributors

Writer:
Marty Feldman
Writer:
Barry Took
Designer:
Judy Steele
Designer:
Don Taylor
Director:
Roger Race
Comedian:
Marty Feldman
[Actor]:
John Junkin
[Actor]:
Tim Brooke-Taylor
[Actor]:
Roland MacLeod
[Actress]:
Mary Miller

by Charlotte and Denis Plimmer

Cast in order of appearance: Michael Gwynn as Thomas Glover, Willie Jonah as
Biafran Corporal, Glyn Houston as Father Ignatius, Zakes Mokae as Colonel Okpara, Elizabeth Bell as Doctor Mary Ivens, Hilary Minster as Schneider
See page 31
(Colour)

Contributors

Writer:
Charlotte Plimmer
Writer:
Denis Plimmer
Script Editor:
Derek Hoddinott
Designer:
John Burrowes
Producer:
Innes Lloyd
Director:
Philip Dudley
Thomas Glover:
Michael Gwynn
Biafran Corporal:
Willie Jonah
Father Ignatius:
Glyn Houston
Colonel Okpara:
Zakes Mokae
Doctor Mary Ivens:
Elizabeth Bell
Schneider:
Hilary Minster

by Malcolm Muggeridge

A dialogue with the Devil, choosing the disciples, the Sermon on the Mount, the miracles: the film describes the main part of Christ's life up to the final entry into Jerusalem 'that killest the prophets.'
"...some of the most beautiful images I have ever seen on a screen." (The Universe)

(Colour)

Contributors

Presenter:
Malcolm Muggeridge
Film Cameraman:
Dick Bush
Film Editor:
Noel Chanan
Producer:
Christopher Martin

The end of today in front of tomorrow with Michael Dean, Joan Bakewell, Tony Bilbow, Brian King, Sheridan Morley and tonight's guests
(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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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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