A programme for children at home
Today: "Who Will Marry the Princess?" from "Sunbeams and Raindrops" by Jo Kalmyn translated by Marion Powell
(Repeated on BBC-1 and BBC Wales at 4.20 p.m.)
(to 11.20)
Ten programmes about Europe's discovery of the outside world
The Portuguese set out to find the gold of Guinea and the kingdom of Prester John. They discovered the sea-route to India.
Reporting: John Timpson, Peter Woods and the reporters and correspondents of BBC News.
Followed by The Weather
(Colour)
by Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln
Starring Marius Goring
with Ann Morrish
and Victor Winding, Michael Farnsworth, Valerie Murray
Guest stars: Peter Barkworth, Timothy Bateson, Jean Marsh, Glyn Owen
A smashed lock, a bloodstained jacket, a drifting boat... and a takeover bid. Dr. Hardy accepts a case which takes him out of his own exact world of scientific evidence and into the speculative world of finance. And yet, even in strange waters, with the aid of a few bright feathers and silk thread he solves the mystery of a disappearing man.
(Colour)
Fanny Cradock shows how even the most economical dishes can be made to look appetising and attractive.
Recipes demonstrated in these programmes are published as a booklet, price 2s. 6d. from booksellers, or 3s. 3d. by post from BBC Publications, [address removed].
(Colour)
A personal view by Kenneth Clark
'The rococo style has a place in civilisation. Serious-minded people may call it shallow and corrupt; well, the founders of the American constitution, who were far from frivolous, thought fit to mention the pursuit of happiness as a proper aim for mankind, and if ever this aim has been given visible form it is in rococo architecture - the pursuit of happiness and - the pursuit of love.'
In this programme Sir Kenneth Clark reflects on the nature of eighteenth-century music, the music of Bach, Handel, Haydn, and Mozart, and on the way that some of its qualities-the melodious flow, the complex symmetry-are reflected in the best of the rococo architecture-the pilgrimage churches and palaces of Bavaria.
(Shown on Sunday)
The narrative of this programme will be printed in 'The Listener' of April 24
(Colour)
Presenting a series of feature films, reflecting some of the finest work of many of France's most famous and talented directors and artists
This week: La Regle du Jeu
Starring Nora Gregor, Marcel Dalio
with Jean Renoir as Octave
Jean Renoir's classic satire on pre-1939 French society and its decadence.
David Holmes looks back over the past week in Parliament and introduces reports and big debates in both Houses, questions to Ministers, significant moves behind the scenes, and the effect of M.P.s' work inside and outside Westminster.
(Colour)
(Colour)
followed by Late Night Line-Up
The end of today in front of tomorrow with Michael Dean, Joan Bakewell, Tony Bilbow, Sheridan Morley and tonight's guests
(Colour)
