Live coverage of the final session of the Liberal Party Assembly in Margate.
11.40* Speech by Rt Hon Jeremy Thorpe, MP, Leader of the Liberal Party
Starring Roddy McDowall, Preston Foster, Rita Johnson
A story of a young boy's love and devotion for an unpredictable yearling colt, with Roddy McDowall as the shy and sensitive Ken who finds that patience and a little faith bring their own rewards.
Narrated by Anthony Smith
Three intrepid aeronauts take off in a balloon from the grounds of Blenheim Palace. As they float over the English countryside in their antique craft they tell the dramatic, odd and sometimes hilarious story of ballooning - and of the men who have drifted in these gay silken bubbles at the mercy of the winds in the magic of free flight.
"(A) lively history in a series which includes many of the most enterprising and beautifully photographed documentaries on television" (Daily Telegraph)
A worldwide investigation into current research on the Brain and human nature
Introduced by Magnus Magnusson. Narrated by Marius Goring
The human brain is the most subtle of all the works of nature, an end product of thousands of millions of years of evolution. But can it yet understand itself? Can human mental powers be explained in terms of the machinery inside our heads? This programme shows that in many laboratories around the world an attempt has now begun.
(Book £2.25: see page 66)
The second programme of a trilogy. 30 September: The Restless Earth
and the final Conference Report
David Holmes reporting from the Liberal Party Assembly at Margate
Weather
with Anthony Hopkins, Morag Hood
On Thursday Tolstoy's great epic novel comes to life: the process of dramatisation began some three years ago and over the next 20 weeks will emerge as drama which only television could realise.
For the actors and technicians who have experienced the spell of this great story it's been an epic in fact as well as fiction. An experience they recall tonight.
(Making War and Peace: cover story, pp 58-62. A Radio Times Special guide to the serial available next Thursday, 28 September, from newsagents price 25p)
by H. G. Wells
A second chance to see this dramatisation in four parts by Alun Richards
After a few months of marriage Mr Lewisham finds that financial difficulties cause trouble with his wife, and the pursuit of his ideals becomes difficult.
Starring Ian McKellen
with Faith Brook, John Woodvine, Susan Fleetwood, James Cairncross
Ian McKellen's virtuoso performance, brimming over with passion, fire and fury, is the focal point of the Prospect Theatre Company's production of Hamlet.
The special production for television retains the excitement of the stage production which was warmly received by audiences both at home and in five countries abroad.
Based on Robert Chetwyn's stage production.
Original stage production by arrangement with Prospect Theatre Co.
and Weather
Starring Broderick Crawford, Richard Conte, Anne Bancroft
Lupo, head of an international crime syndicate, is impressed by the style and efficiency of Nick Magellan, an ambitious young assassin, and hires him as his bodyguard. But Lupo's days as a big-time crook are numbered...
(This Week's Films: page 11)
