Program Preview

For the week starting Thursday, Aug. 5. Times are E.D.T., subject to change.

Adventures in Science (Sat. 3:15 p.m., CBS). How magnets work.

Scenes from Hamlet (Sat. 6:30 p.m., NBC). From the stage of Oregon's Ashland Shakespeare Festival.

Night Watch (Sat. 8:30 p.m., CBS). Donn Reed and his tape recorder duck bullets on a cops-and-robbers chase.

Listen to the Witness (Sun. 1 p.m., NBC). Refugees from Communism tell their stories.

Voice of Firestone (Mon. 8:30 p.m., ABC). Soprano Dorothy Warenskjold singing selections from Bizet, Cole Porter, Hoagy Carmichael, Jerome Kern.

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Ford Theater (Thurs. 9:30 p.m., NBC). Charles Coburn in The World's My Oyster.

British Empire Games (Sat. 5 p.m., NBC). From Vancouver: featuring the race between Four-Minute Milers Roger Bannister and John Landy.

Toast of the Town (Sun. 8 p.m., CBS). Victor Borge is guest toastmaster.

Recital Hall (Mon. 9 p.m., NBC). Sisters Maro and Anahid Ajemian on the piano and violin.

Suspense (Tues. 9:30 p.m., CBS). An old-fashioned detective pits his wits against a mechanical brain.

This Is Your Life (Wed. 10 p.m., NBC). A young woman who was jailed for murder but was later proved innocent.

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