Starring Glynis Johns, Donald Sinden, Anne Crawford, Margaret Rutherford

When an amorous mermaid decides she would like to try life ashore she not surprisingly causes havoc among the locals.
(Radio Times People: page 5; This Week's Films: page 9)

The annual match Great Britain v USA from the All England Club, Wimbledon
Further action from the No 1 Court at Wimbledon, featuring the best lady players of Great Britain and the USA.

In this the last of the present series, Television Doctor examines a few of the many Old Wives' Tales

There is a new militancy among schoolchildren. What's it all about?

David Holmes on the political scene

and Weather

The Cambria was the last coasting barge in Europe still working under sail alone. She carried anything you cared to put into her hold, from coal to cattle cake.
Her skipper Bob Roberts has never served in a ship with an engine, and never intends to. He's preserved his way of working and endeavours to preserve the charm and traditions of Pinmill, the Suffolk hamlet in which he lives.

"One of the most endearing amateur orators I have seen on the box is Bob Roberts, the barge skipper." (Maurice Wiggin: The Sunday Times)
"...Bob Roberts is a television collector's piece... He's the sort of fellow I could listen to for hours over a pint of beer and not mind much about the beer." (Eastern Daily Press)

Presented by Rene Cutforth

On 23 March 1929 the U.S. Coastguard sank the British schooner 'I'm Alone' in the Gulf of Mexico. They suspected her of rum-running. The U.S. authorities, condemned by international opinion, needed proof that the 'I'm Alone' was working for an American gang. To find it they called in Mrs Friedman, America's top code-breaker.
Taking part in the programme are Mrs Friedman and the Coastguard who sank the 'I'm Alone'.

This week: The MJQ
John Lewis (piano), Milt Jackson (vibraharp), Percy Heath (bass), Connie Kay (drums)

(The MJQ appear by arrangement with Harold Davison)

Introduced by David Blackmore

Have you booked your pet into its holiday home? How well will it be looked after while you are away? Will you come back to a happy healthy animal or a wreck?

by Mary McMinnies
A second chance to see this dramatisation in five parts by Ray Lawler

In 1951 Milly Purdoe, wife of a member of a British Mission, arrived with her family to live for the first time in a country behind the Iron Curtain.

and Weather

Sheridan Morley reviews recent releases including Bleak Moments and previews The Red Tent and I Am a Dancer, a documentary about Rudolf Nureyev.
Philip Jenkinson looks at vintage jazz in the movies.

Starring Brian Donlevy and Jack Warner
with Margia Dean and Richard Wordsworth

Hammer's first horror success was based on Nigel Kneale's celebrated television serial.
(This Week's Films: page 9)
(The blob that won the Queen's Award: page 12)