A programme for children at home
Today's story: 'The Mouse who wanted to Play the Balalaika' by John Birmingham
Repeated on BBC-1 and BBC Wales at 4.20 p.m.
(Colour)
(to 11.20)
As temperatures approach absolute zero, strange phenomena appear which give insights into the fundamental laws of matter.
Introduced by Brian King
The World Tonight
Reporting: John Timpson, Peter Woods and the reporters and correspondents, at home and abroad, of BBC News
followed by The Weather
(Colour)
by Vincent Tilsley
[Starring] Iain Cuthbertson, Michael Gambon, Joseph Brady, Edith MacArthur
Guest star, James Cairncross
Religion is in turmoil and men turn to darker gods. On the Scottish border witchcraft is rife. So when a neighbour's cattle catch plague, accusing fingers point-and a charge is laid against Gavin's younger sister, the child Grizel. Cessford has to try her, little knowing how hard it is to make the charge of witchcraft stick.
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A film series introduced by Bernard Venables
Dry fly fishing on the River Kennet in Berkshire in April
(Colour)
by Isaac Asimov
Dramatised by David Campton
Robot R.B. 34, straight off the assembly line, is to be demonstrated to the Press to quieten public apprehension about possible danger from the growing number of robots. But R.B. 34 has a fault. It is telepathic: somehow it has been programmed to read minds, secret schemes, desires, and all. And who - even in a robot factory - is without his secrets?
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This week and every week television in this country brings us the stories and issues that concern us-the argument, the evidence, the examination. We listen and we watch-sometimes we switch off or over-and then we make up our minds. But nearly all the coverage is seen through our eyes. Elsewhere the same process goes on-but there the view may be quite different.
This week the Commonwealth Prime Ministers have met to discuss their future. If Biafra is the powder, Canada may well prove to be the fuse. Tonight in Europa Canadian television answers the question-how important is the Commonwealth today? And Europa asks the question-does Britain's future in fact lie in Europe?
Introduced this week by Derek Hart
(Colour)
with Michael Dean, Joan Bakewell, Tony Bilbow, Brian King, Sheridan Morley and tonight's guests
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