A programme for children at home
Today's story: "Orchestra of the Sea" by Yuzo Otsuka
Translated by Michael Bond
Illustrated by Toshiko Maruki
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(to 11.20)

First Inflight pictures in colour as the astronauts approach the moon
Report by James Burke and Patrick Moore from the Apollo Space Studio
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(to 13.00)

The World Tonight
Reporting: John Timpson, Peter Woods
and for Apollo 11 news Reginald Turnell, David Wilson
followed by The Weather
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by John Pennington
Starring Marius Goring
with Ann Morrish
and Victor Winding, Michael Farnsworth, Valerie Murray
Guest stars, Anthony Valentine Kenneth Farrington, John Collin, John Bailey

Dr. John Hardy, as an Expert Witness in a murder trial, is personally involved in tracing a ruthless psychotic killer who is employed by the accused in an attempt to suborn witnesses. Dr. Hardy is determined to give his evidence, but the police, realising the dangers, have taken the precaution of issuing firearms to protect his life.
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by Fanny Cradock
A series in which Fanny Cradock takes viewers through the stages of party giving, with alternative menus and help in table setting and decoration. Johnnie Cradock shows the appropriate wines.

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Leading astronomers in Australia, Britain, Holland, Puerto Rico, and the United States take part in a mammoth examination of the universe we inhabit.
Introduced by Magnus Magnusson and Ian Roxburgh

Never before, in the thousands of years for which men have wondered about the meaning of what goes on in the sky, has there been so dramatic a period of discovery as this. Astronomers have detected events of breathtaking violence which seem to defy the known forces of nature.
It's now thought likely that some stars are so utterly crushed that the earth, on the same scale would be reduced to a mere hundred yards across. Indeed, it may be that matter is being squeezed out of existence and vanishing from our universe altogether, leaving behind only a black hole of gravity, like the grin of the Cheshire Cat.
There is strange new evidence, too, on the origin of our entire universe. For the first time astronomers are on the brink of establishing its history and fate.
Written by Nigel Calder
Commentary read by John Stockbridge

"It is well worth watching" (The Times)
"The trip that was out of this world" (Daily Mirror)
"If you were lucky enough to see the programme you may never forget it" (Washington Post)
"Perhaps the most distinguished science film of the decade" (Boston Globe)
"The most fascinating colour programme on the revolution in astronomy" (New York Daily News)

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(Continued)
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David Holmes looks back over the past week in Parliament
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The end of today in front of tomorrow
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(Also on BBC-1)
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