All rich nations give aid to poor, under-developed countries. But do aid programmes really alleviate the poverty of nations?
Paul Griffiths reports how Indonesia spends her ã10-million of British aid.
Presented by Brian Widlake
(Colour)
Is the world ready for an edible spoon? Or a self-raising bowler hat? Or, perhaps, a pair of braces for escape from burning buildings? Just some of the eccentric inventions patented in the last 100 years and revealed in today's programme.
Presented by Kenneth Robinson.
(Colour) [Repeat]
A digest of the news of the week plus a visual commentary for those who cannot hear
with Michael De Morgan
(Colour)
(Colour)
A Quiz for Christmas Eve in which you are invited to compete against: Jimmy Savile OBE, Tania Mallett, The Rev David Martin.
Questionmaster Brian Redhead
with an audience of schoolchildren.
(Colour)
A Personal History of the United States in 13 parts written and narrated by Alistair Cooke
One American immigrant had no choice over his destiny: he was the black, the slave, and throughout the USA he is still at the bottom of the social ladder. In the towns and plantations of the Old South, Alistair Cooke considers the causes of the Civil War.
(Rptd: Monday, 11.0 pm. This series is currently printed in The Listener)
(Colour)
A Christmas Eve edition of this musical quiz
Chairman Joseph Cooper
with Joyce Grenfell, Bernard Levin, Robin Ray
Guest Clifford Curzon
(Colour)
A play for Christmas by John King
The story of a young and unmarried pregnant girl, who comes home for Christmas, and of her developing relationship with a young man she meets.
(from Bristol)
(Colour)
An entertainment with words and music by Spike Milligan
with John Bluthal, Arthur Mullard, Fanny Carby, Alan Clare, Julia Breck, Sadie Corre, John Antrobus, Reuben Martin, Katie Allan, Karen Sirett
(Colour)
A film written by Alan Bennett
It is a Sunday in 1911. In Halifax a group of cyclists leave the soot and smoke behind and go off to the country for the day...
with James Cameron, Kenny Everett, William Rushton, John Wells
(Colour)
Weather
(Colour)
Starring John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara
with Barry Fitzgerald, Victor McLaglen
Sean Thornton returns to his native Galway to settle down in peace and quiet after making good in America. But there are many trials and tribulations awaiting him - culminating in a marathon fight up hill and down dale with the whole village joining in, and ending, inevitably, in the pub!
(Christmas Films: pages 17-19)
(Colour)
