Aired: 1/1/1961
The planning and progress of work on the new road scheme and underpass at Hyde Prak Corner and Marble Arch.
Aired: 1/8/1961
Deals with the aircraft carrier "Hermes".
Aired: 1/15/1961
Sidney James commentating on fleas and elephants in the circus.
Aired: 1/22/1961
Survey of the revolution in farm machinery which leads to automated farming, enabling a farmer to operate his farm almost single-handed.
Aired: 1/29/1961
Looks at the production and testing of guns and their use on moors, ranges and in the various shooting sports.
Aired: 2/5/1961
The various uses of mid-air refuelling.
Aired: 2/12/1961
The sport of rally car driving.
Aired: 2/19/1961
The film covers the training, both above and below the surface of the sea with aqualung divers.
Aired: 2/26/1961
The building of Brazil’s new capital city - Brasilia.
Aired: 3/5/1961
Deals with the working of the Stock Exchange.
Aired: 3/12/1961
All sorts of people of all ages have succumbed to the fascination of the brass band. In this film brass bands and the human and mechanical components that go to make them come under the spotlight.
Aired: 3/19/1961
In this film the world of shellfish, from the delicate tasting oyster to the humbler but, many people say, no less succulent tasting mussel, is examined.
Aired: 3/26/1961
A look at various pets.
Aired: 4/2/1961
A look at what British skiers are doing, both at Glencoe in the Scottish Highlands, and at Murren, where the British Championships provide almost as many thrills, if not such high speeds as...
Aired: 4/9/1961
Deals with the growing strength of women’s periodicals.
Aired: 4/16/1961
Shows the organisation, training methods and work done by the Fire Brigade in London.
Aired: 4/23/1961
Deals with storms, floods and erosions along Britain’s coastline and how they are combated.
Aired: 4/30/1961
The recreational and educational pursuit of painting.
Aired: 5/7/1961
The Women’s Royal Naval Service was formed as a wartime service by more than 1,000 recruits each year
Aired: 5/14/1961
Tension created by pressure of modern life. Methods of relieving these tensions, pep pills. The work of the Institute of Directors and a castle in N. Wales where executives can relax
Aired: 5/21/1961
Models made from match sticks.
Aired: 5/28/1961
A look at various ways of slimming.
Aired: 6/4/1961
Light-hearted miscellany covering the problems of parking cars in London, the eight-storey mechanical park in the City, car-breaking and compulsory testing
Aired: 6/11/1961
A look at various survival techniques with Peter Whittingham and [sic] RAF survival expert and Jock Wishart.
Aired: 6/18/1961
The manufacture and the uses of ice.
Aired: 6/25/1961
The manufacture of matresses.
Aired: 7/2/1961
The hotel industry in Britain.
Aired: 7/9/1961
Tells the story of Spalding, Lincolnshire, Britain’s Tulip Town.
Aired: 7/16/1961
Deals with circumstances and situations where "muscles" still count: in the Army, in wrestling, weight lifting,
Aired: 7/23/1961
Made with the co-operation of the Registrar-General, shows how the recent ten-year census was carried out.
Aired: 7/30/1961
The development of Japan and especially Tokyo.
Aired: 8/6/1961
A look at various sights, - in London, the Manchester Whitweek walks, liners, pet shop windows and holes!.
Aired: 8/13/1961
The thrills, the toughness and the urgency that go to make up the training of some of Britain’s finest fighting men.
Aired: 8/20/1961
English folk dancing including the Hobby Horse dance and the Furry dance.
Aired: 8/27/1961
The men and women with ideas and how they go about getting them legally accepted.
Aired: 9/3/1961
SEATO (South East Asia Treaty Organisation) in Thailand.
Aired: 9/10/1961
Inside the control tower of London Airport, and shows the talk-down procedure for an incoming Comet arriving in a fog.
Aired: 9/17/1961
The competitive world of League football.
Aired: 9/24/1961
The sport of rowing.
Aired: 10/1/1961
The holiday rush to the seaside in Britain during August.
Aired: 10/8/1961
Deals with the movements and the fishing of salmon.
Aired: 10/15/1961
Shows the work of the gramophone record industry, from the birth of an idea to the finished disc, with Norrie Paramour, A&R manager.
Aired: 10/22/1961
Demonstrates some thrilling occupations, including a steel erector, a quarry blastman, steeple jacks and riding the wall of death.
Aired: 10/29/1961
Deals with the divided Berlin and the recent incidents on the East-West border.
Aired: 11/5/1961
Deals with the men’s fashion industry.
Aired: 11/12/1961
The work of the NAAFI, with location shots in Kuwait, Gibralter, Cyprus and Germany.
Aired: 11/19/1961
The art of rose growing and the competition it breeds.
Aired: 11/26/1961
In this intriguing film, lifts of all kinds come under the camera’s eye.
Aired: 12/3/1961
A film following what happens to tea, from the time it is landed at the London docks until it reaches the domestic teapot. Scenes at London’s tea wharves are shown, with tea chests
Aired: 12/10/1961
A film looking at the work involved in being a test pilot of jet planes, particularly concentrating on one test pilot, Jim Dell. The planes themselves, cockpits, instruments and the pilots’
