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Newyddion y Dydd ynghyd a Trafod
Holi ac ateb ar faterion y dydd
(News of the day, and discussion on current affairs)
(Wenvoe, Blaen-Plwyf, Holme Moss and Sutton Coldfield only)
(to 13.20)
The sun is simply one of the thousands of stars in space. It is much smaller and cooler than many of them, but because of its nearness to us it governs our very existence.
Introduced by Donald Holms.
Repeated next Tuesday at 11.20 a.m.
Contributors
Presenter:
Donald
Holms
Adviser:
Colin
Ronan
Illustrator:
Alfred
Wurmser
Producer:
Donald
Grattan
For the Very Young
Audrey Atterbury and Molly Gibson pull the strings
Gladys Whitred sings the songs
Peter Hawkins speaks the voices
Maria Bird writes the songs and music
(BBC film)
Contributors
Puppeteer:
Audrey
Atterbury
Puppeteer:
Molly
Gibson
Singer:
Gladys
Whitred
Voices:
Peter
Hawkins
Songwriter/music:
Maria
Bird
A weekly miscellany of people and events.
Introduced by David Jacobs.
Down to the Sea Again
Robert Reid takes a riverboat to Margate.
(BBC film)
The Duchess of Bedford on wedding wear for boys
The Eternal Quest
A filmed visit to England's first Beauty Farm.
And a story from J. B. Boothroyd.
(to 15.30)
Contributors
Presenter:
David
Jacobs
Item presenter (Down to the Sea Again):
Robert
Reid
Item presenter:
The Duchess of Bedford [name
uncredited]
Storyteller:
J. B.
Boothroyd
Director:
Richard
Gilbert
Producer:
Lorna
Pegram
by Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate.
A cartoon film, in six episodes, of the adventures of the Prince of the Nogs in the land of the midnight sun.
Contributors
Drawings:
Peter
Firmin
Writer/narrator:
Oliver
Postgate
A magazine programme for railway enthusiasts with John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse.
Introduced by Bill Hartley.
This month's edition includes:
'Can you guess?'; Midland Compound No. 1000 runs again; Narrow Gauge in the Dolomites; Spotters' Notebook
From the BBC's Midland television studio
See Junior Radio Times
Contributors
Presenter:
Bill
Hartley
Devised and filmed by:
John
Adams
Devised and filmed by:
Patrick
Whitehouse
Producer:
Graham
Gauld
Forging an iron road across America and learning the new-fangled English sport of 'box fighting' keeps the men fully occupied until a gun-slinging gambler turns up. Then the Major has to play an unexpected hand.
Contributors
Major Bart McClelland:
Jeff
Morrow
Billy Kincald:
Judd
Pratt
On transmitters serving the areas
6.10 News for Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the English Regions
News from Wales: 6.15-6.20
Pupils of Cathays High School for Girls and Cathays High School for Boys, Cardiff, discuss the subject 'A woman's place is in the home.'
In the chair, Hywel Davies
(BBC recording previously shown last November)
Contributors
Chairman:
Hywel
Davies
Producer:
Ifan O.
Williams
Sir Mortimer Wheeler takes you on a Hellenic Cruise
In the second programme of this series, previously shown last year, the Hellenic Travellers' Club visit the treasures of Istanbul and the Islands of the Eastern Mediterranean.
Contributors
Presenter/narrator:
Sir Mortimer
Wheeler
Photographed by:
John A. S.
Turner
Film editor:
Sheila S.
Tomlinson
Producer:
Stephen
Hearst
sings with the Trio to entertain you with a short programme of their favourite songs.
Contributors
Singer:
Malcolm
Mitchell
Presented by:
Kenneth
Milne-Buckley
A light comedy series set in Sam Callahan's restaurant.
[Starring] Eddie Byrne and Betty McDowall
With Paul Whitsun-Jones, Hugh Lloyd, Dennis Thorne, Robert Bevens, Gwendolyn Watts, Rowena Torrance.
Contributors
Script:
Lee
Loeb
Incidental music composed by:
Bruce
Campbell
Settings:
Frederick
Knapman
Film cameraman for the series:
Ronnie
Shears
Film editor:
Ken
Bilton
Producer:
Harry
Carlisle
Sam Callahan:
Eddie
Byrne
Hetty Callahan:
Betty
McDowall
Mario:
Paul
Whitsun-Jones
Archie:
Hugh
Lloyd
[Actor]:
Dennis
Thorne
[Actor]:
Robert
Bevens
[Actress]:
Gwendolyn
Watts
[Actress]:
Rowena
Torrance
The exciting adventures of the famous Western Stagecoach Service.
[Starring] Dale Robertson
The new equipment for Clay Allison's saloon is hi-jacked by his rivals. He has only one motive-revenge, and one remedy - his gun.
Contributors
Jim Hardie:
Dale
Robertson
Peter Dimmock introduces Sportsview
featuring
International Athletics: London v. Stockholm
direct from the White City Stadium, London
British, Swedish, and International stars from Russia, Germany, and Finland compete in the floodlit match organised by the Association of London Athletics Clubs in conjunction with the Evening News.
Tonight's action films include:
Tips from the Top: Riding
with Pat Smythe.
Contributors
Presenter:
Peter
Dimmock
Commentator (International Athletics):
Kenneth
Wolstenholme
Commentator (International Athletics):
Norris
McWhirter
Item presenter (Tips from the Top):
Pat
Smythe
Associate editor:
Ronnie
Noble
Presented by:
Bryan
Cowgill
Editor:
Paul
Fox
The second of a series of six programmes.
Aidan Crawley introduces speakers from different countries in Western Europe who talk about some of the fundamental challenges facing Europe today and in the future.
In Italy: Signorina Nina Ruffini, Professor Dino Origlia
In France: Mademoiselle Charlotte Fabre-Luce
In Britain: John Wain, The Rev. Dominic de Grunne
Presented with the assistance of the Television Services of Europe
(BBC recording)
Contributors
Presenter:
Aidan
Crawley
Speaker (Italy):
Signorina Nina
Ruffini
Speaker (Italy):
Professor Dino
Origlia
Speaker (France):
Mademoiselle Charlotte
Fabre-Luce
Speaker (Britain):
John
Wain
Speaker (Britain):
The Rev. Dominic de
Grunne
Producer:
Derek
Holroyde
The second showing of the first of two films by Claude Arthaud and Francois Hebert-Stevens.
Three years ago two young French archaeologists set out to explore and film the sacred Buddhist Caves of Northern China. They approached them from Central Asia, filming on the way the strange Soviet city of Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia, and penetrating into China across the Great Wall.
Contributors
Filmmaker/archaeologist:
Claude
Arthaud
Filmmaker/archaeologist:
Francois
Hebert-Stevens
Narrator:
David
Attenborough
Editor:
Robert
Walter
Presented by:
Malcolm
Brown
What are memories without souvenirs? Four people are reminded, in different ways, of a holiday spent in Switzerland.
A film narrated by Bill Taylor.
Contributors
Narrator:
Bill
Taylor
Presented by:
Harry
Lowe
Evening prayers conducted by The Rev. E. J. Parkinson.
Followed by Weather and Close Down
Contributors
Conductor:
The Rev. E. J.
Parkinson