A programme about current developments in science, industry, and commerce and their relation to opportunities for careers

New man-made fibres, new treatments for natural fibres like cotton and wool, coupled with a fresh outlook in design are all bringing a new look to the textile industry. Geoffrey Martland, helped by on-the-spot recordings made in mills, laboratories, and showrooms, introduces some of the more recent developments.
(BBC recording)

A series in which historians and archaeologists build up a picture of the personalities, ideas, and achievements of the English people during the centuries before the Norman invasion

Speakers:
Maurice Barley, F.S.A., Tutor in History and Local Studies, Nottingham University Extra-Mural Department
Brian Hope-Taylor, Archaeological Consultant to the Ministry of Works
H.P.R. Finberg, F.S.A. Head of the Department of Local History, Leicester

The speakers discuss the social structure of Anglo-Saxon England from the concept of kingship to the existence of slavery. They describe what is known about life in the villages and great halls, and refer in particular to the recent excavations of a seventh-century royal township at Yeavering, Northumberland.