For Schools
(to 10.25)
A programme about a region where natural resources have played a major role in the development of heavy industries.
Introduced by Geoffrey Johnson Smith, M.P.
BBC film for Schools
(to 11.25)
In this series scientists consider biological adaptation in five different ways.
Today Dr. James Beament talks about insects to illustrate how varied adaptation can be. The programme contains unique film of a tropical midge adapted for desiccation allowing it to survive conditions lethal to most living organisms.
For Schools
(to 11.55)
News in Welsh.
(Welsh transmitters and Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield, Crystal Palace)
Edrychwn ymhell ac yn agos Drwy ffilm a thrwy drafod
Daw Cymru a'r byd i'r aelwyd I'ch difyrru
Wrth eich cinio
Y cyflwynydd, OWEN EDWARDS Y cynhyrchu, Ifor REES
MYRFYN OWEN , GERAINT JONES
Y golygydd, NAN DAVIES
Today: a topical magazine.
(Welsh transmitters and Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield, Crystal Palace)
Spontaneous Comment; Controversy; Conversation on issues of the day with Erskine Childers.
Introduced by Peter West.
Some people would like to work for themselves, but do not know how to begin. The Schools Film Unit goes to Worcestershire to find out more about two young people who set up in business on their own.
BBC programme for Schools
For the very young
Pages turned by Patricia Driscoll.
BBC film
(to 14.45)
Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers.
including
Ballet for Athletes
David Blair, Premier Danseur of the Royal Ballet, assisted by David Morse, shows why dancers have to be fine athletes and how their exercises can help football, high jumping, hurdling, and all kinds of sport.
and
The Swapping Song
David Blair and David Morse appear by permission of the General Administrator, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Ltd.
A second chance to see these six adventures.
Starring Richard Hearne (Mr. Pastry)
with Barbara Hicks as Miss Print
Mr. Pastry's labour-saving idea for the House of Tomorrow leads to plenty of trouble in the Home of Today.
A daily presentation of news and views from London and the South-East.
Introduced by Richard Baker.
followed by The Weather
The adventures of the famous Western Stagecoach Service.
Starring Dale Robertson
Arriving to attend the wedding of an old friend, Jim Hardie is shocked to learn that he has been drowned in an accident. But strange events lead Jim to suspect that his friend's death was anything but accidental.
Look around with Cliff Michelmore, Derek Hart, Alan Whicker, Fyfe Robertson, Trevor Philpott, Macdonald Hastings, Julian Pettifer, Brian Redhead and Robin Hall, Jimmie Macgregor.
Chairman, Eamonn Andrews
Panel: Isobel Barnett, Barbara Kelly, David Nixon, Gerald Nabarro, M.P. and a mystery guest celebrity.
Televised by arrangement with C.B.S.
A comedy film series of family life with never a dull moment.
Starring Lucille Ball
with Vivian Vance, Dick Martin, Candy Moore, Jimmy Garrett, Ralph Hart
With all the self-assurance in the world...
Lucy puts up a TV aerial
...and comes down to earth with a bump!
The Window on the World
Panorama cameras look at People - Places - Problems that make news.
Introduced by Richard Dimbleby with reports from Panorama's regular team of commentators Robin Day, Roderick MacFarquhar, John Morgan, James Mossman.
with Robert Robinson
A quick look at points from the week's post.
Letters for inclusion in these programmes should be addressed to Points of View, [address removed]
by Reginald Rose.
with John Carson, Rosalie Crutchley
From the Midlands
at the Lyceum Ballroom, London where Peter West and Judith Chalmers introduce
The Grand Finals of the National Ballroom Queen Contest.
Organised by Mecca Dancing
Demonstrations by World Ballroom Dancing Champions Bill and Bobbie Irvine and Former British Old-Time Champions Maurice Fletcher and Fay Burrows.
An Inter-Regional Contest in Bossa Nova, Rock and Roll Madison, and Twist
Formation Team Challenge Match between The James Stevenson Team and The Russell-Vale School Team
The Herald Trumpeters of the Royal Artillery by permission of the Officers R.A.
Dancing to the music of Cyril Stapleton and his Orchestra