A programme for children at home
Today's story: "Merrylegs" by P. Gorman
(Repeated on BBC-1 and BBC Wales at 4.20 p.m.)
(Colour)
(to 11.20)
Five programmes on the problems of the mid-life period
Unlike adolescence or old age, middle age is hard to pin down. Is there any pattern at all in the kind of problems people encounter then?
Reporting: John Timpson, Peter Woods and the reporters and correspondents, at home and abroad, of BBC News.
Followed by The Weather
(Colour)
A duel of words and wit between
The Resident Gentlemen:
Kenneth Williams, Denis Norden, Michael Trubshawe
and The Challenging Ladies:
Barbara Kelly, Joan Bakewell, Caroline Dowdeswell
Referee, Robert Robinson
(Colour)
Looking at the news and the men behind the news in the world of money
Introduced by Brian Widlake, John Tusa
with Graham Turner, Peter Ross
(Colour)
by Charlotte and Denis Plimmer
with Patrick Barr as The Rt. Hon. Anthony Croft, M.P., David Langton as General Sir Shafto Lawrence, David Collings as Lord Charles Lyster
The scene: London, some time In the future. The streets are deserted; the country is at a standstill. The Coalition government is crumbling, the newly formed National Party, headed by Lord Charles Lyster, thirsting for power. Croft, a Right-wing M.P., is caught in the middle. Will he compromise?
(Colour)
by Compton MacKenzie
A second chance to see this dramatisation in six parts by Ray Lawler
Miss Carthew and Captain Ross are now married. Michael and Alan's exploits while brass rubbing have been forgotten, and Stella's proficiency at the piano continues to increase.
(Shown on Saturday)
(Colour)
(Colour)
The end of today in front of tomorrow with Michael Dean, Joan Bakewell, Tony Bilbow, Sheridan Morley and tonight's guests
(Colour)
