Today's story is 'The Cuckoo Who Forgot' by Julia Michaels
Presenters this week Toni Arthur, Lionel Morton

(Repeated on BBC1 at 4.15 pm)
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The first of four films on community action - how to start a community newspaper.

with Richard Whitmore; Weather

A Western starring Maureen O'Hara, Macdonald Carey

James Bowie, designer of the famous knife, tries to help the Comanches to hold their hard-won land against a ruthless gang of greedy outlaws who have discovered that the Indian territory is rich in silver.
Written by Oscar Brodney and Lewis Meltzer

For centuries the survival of Venice, built as it is on mudflats at the edge of the stormy Adriatic, has symbolised the triumph of man over nature; but within 20 or 30 years it could be lost forever.

The story of this tragedy is perhaps all too well known, but what is new is that for the first time scientists have begun to understand why Venice is sinking, and how they can stop the floods that threaten it. This scientific story is a fascinating one, as it pieces together evidence in climatology, geology, hydrodynamics and Venetian history.

Yet all the time working against Venice is the port of Marghera. Built in the 1920s paradoxically to solve the unemployment problems of the ailing city, it is now contributing to the destruction of Venice in a multitude of ways. Constant strikes and political pressures paralyse Venice and intrigues inside the Town Hall prevent effective action. Through all these problems, can Venice survive?

"...lucid, informative film..." (Daily Telegraph)
"A fascinating story of the fight to save this historic city..." (Evening Standard)

Match your musical wits tonight against Joyce Grenfell, Bernard Levin, Robin Ray
Guest Malcolm Williamson
Chairman Joseph Cooper

by Don Shaw

'Nobody beats me, Mackenna... not the officers, not the flames of hell, not even God.'
"A tough play with a lot of truth in it" (Sunday Times)
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