"Grandfather's Pennyfarthing" by Peter Wiltshire

Are teachers well placed to break into the cycle of deprivation?
Introduced by Alan Little
Book 70p: see page 82

Introduced by Dr Alan Charig

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Introduced by Cliff Michelmore
The Pirelli Calendar tonight celebrates its tenth birthday. What explains its success as the most popular pin-up in the motor trade and does it sell tyres? Judith Jackson asks the questions.
A new British three-wheeler is announced today. Maxwell Boyd drives the car at Goodwood and tests its claim to be safe, cheap and easy to run.
On present plans, private motorists will pay higher tolls through the Channel tunnel than train passengers or trucks. Will this force drivers to continue to use ships and hovercraft instead? Barrie Gill reports.

for the BBC2 Trophy
Three times winners of the Trophy, Castleford, one of the great names in Rugby League, will have their work cut out tonight.

In 1958 a mine disaster at Springhill, Nova Scotia, trapped men 13,000 ft below the surface.
This dramatic reconstruction is a tribute to the extraordinary courage, ingenuity and stamina of those who survived. It begins with the banter of the miners as they make their way to the coal face, followed by the rumblings, the subsidence and a nightmare which lasted for days.

A Canadian film, written, produced and directed by Ron Kelly

Bob Harris with the news, views and sounds of today's music.
Billy Preston, Kevin Coyne plus album tracks, films and guests.

Presented by David Holmes with Peter Dorling
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