For the Very Young
Maria Bird brings Andy to play with your children and invites them to join in songs and games.
Audrey Atterbury and Molly Gibson pull the strings
Gladys Whitred sings the songs
(A BBC television film)
A contrast between life on the prairies and in the 'hard rock' country of the North.
Introduced by Jerry Stovin.
Family Affairs
Decay in Children's Teeth: 2
Professor Alexander MacGregor
Married to a Trawler Skipper
A husband and wife talk about their life at home, and show film to illustrate a skipper's life at sea.
Introduced by Gwen Farrow.
Tell Me, Doctor
Dr. Winifred de Kok discusses viewers' letters.
Letters should be sent to: Dr. Winifred de Kok, [address removed]
(to 15.15)
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
A serial in five parts adapted for television by Josephine Smith Wright
(Laidman Browne and Madge Brindley are appearing in "A Dead Secret" at the Piccadilly Theatre, London)
Introduced by Peter Scott.
Peter Scott continues his travels in search of wildfowl with a visit to New Guinea, where he leads an expedition to find the rare Salvadori's duck. Some of the local insects, the birds of paradise, and the endearing tree kangaroos can also be seen.
(A BBC telerecording of the broadcast on August 26)
On transmitters serving the areas:
6.10 News for Scotland, Northern Ireland, and BBC Regions
News for Wales: 6.15-6.20
Look around with Cliff Michelmore.
Sport - Music - Politics - People
Cinema-Theatre-Travel
with Derek Hart, Geoffrey Johnson Smith and this week, Sheila Buxton, Cy Grant.
[Starring] Joan Davis in the film series I Married Joan
How can Joan stop a jealous wife from suing her for alienating her husband's affections? The answer is a room full of husbands.
Written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden.
A weekly school report.
[Starring] Professor Jimmy Edwards
by Robert Kemp.
The action takes place in the lodging of Professor Meldrum of King's College, Aberdeen University.
From the BBC's Scottish television studios, Glasgow.
Introduced by Eric Robinson.
[featuring] Alicia Markova and Anneliese Rothenberger
with Kabi Laretei, The Trio Aravah, William McAlpine and Jean Allister, Elizabeth Boyd, Joan Bramhall, Ursula Connors, Ellen Dales, Nora Ogonovsky, Bowles Bevan, Llewelyn John, John Mitchinson, George Macpherson, David Oddie, Brendan O'Dowda, Vernon Williams.
London Philharmonic Orchestra
(Leader, Henry Datyner)
(William McAlpine appears by permission of Sadler's Wells Opera Company)
A pictorial impression on film, with typical calypsos, of the diverse peoples and territories of the British Caribbean.
Commentary spoken by Ernest Eytle.
A report for Television introduced by Christopher Chataway, with filmed extracts of speeches and interviews and discussion from Brighton.
followed by Weather and Close Down