At breakfast in Britain it's midnight in Mexico... and the end of the first day of the Olympic Games.
Direct by satellite from Mexico City comes today's first coverage of the latest
Olympic Action, Medal Winners and every fifteen minutes The Olympic Headlines
Introduced by Frank Bough with the BBC Olympic team of commentators
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News Headlines and Weather at 8.0 and 9.0
(to 9.00)

9.38 Science Extra: Physics: Collisions Analysed
Introduced by Bill Ritchie
(Shown last week)
(Repeated on Thursday)

10.0 Merry-Go-Round: A Night in Covent Garden
Introduced by Gabriel Woolf
(Repeated on Thursday)

10.25-10.45 Maths Today: Year 1: Which Class?
Introduced by David Sturgess
(Shown last week)
(Repeated on Tuesday)

11.0-11.20 Discovering Science: Air as a Gas
Introduced by Michael Underwood
(Repeated on Tuesday)

11.35 Mirror for Our Dreams: The Ways and Meanings of Cinema: 3: Story and Character
Introduced by Michael Cronin
Written by Victor Perkins
(Repeated on Wednesday)

12.5-12.25 Engineering: Craft and Science: Unit 1: Engineering Materials: 2: What is a metal?
Introduced by D. R. C. Holmes, C.Eng., A.M.I.Prod.E.
Shown last week on BBC-2
(Repeated on Wednesday and on Friday - not Scottish)
Accompanying pamphlet: see page 10

David Vine and the BBC Olympic commentary team bring you
The Events, The Personalities, The Talking Point in the news in Mexico City

A film series of the adventures of Hammy and his friends.

A mystery of the Riverbank is solved with the help of Guinea Pig's oil-can.
Commentary spoken by Johnny Morris.

Graham Parker
(to 13.53)

2.5 Exploring Your World: Moving Safely
Introduced by Harry Armstrong
(Repeated on Wednesday)

2.30 Going to Work: Garage Mechanic
Introduced by Peter West
The training and work of young apprentices in two contrasting garages.
(Repeated on Tuesday)

2.55 People of Many Lands: Irish Republic: Donegal Wearer
Introduced by Paddy McGill
(Repeated on Friday)

3.20-3.40 Twentieth-Century Focus: Marriage and Divorce: 2: When We Are Married
What are the problems faced by young married couples today? Has the marriage scene changed its character in the twentieth century?
Introduced by Michael Aspel
with Professor O.R. McGregor
(Repeated on Tuesday and on Wednesday - not Scottish)
Accompanying pamphlet: see page 10

Welsh religious meditation
(Crystal Palace, Sutton Coldfield, Holme Moss, Wenvoe West)

Introduced by Edgar Jenkins with D. A. Stephens

'Write a story for Jackanory'-that's what John Stride said last summer. But he couldn't have known what he was starting. The entries rolled in thick and fast, over 6,000 of them. In the end eleven winning stories were chosen and you can see them on Jackanory this week.
Today:

The Naughty Little Elves
by Christiane Sorensen (aged 6)
told by Elisabeth Welch

and
The Tree Carpet
by Howard Grossman (aged 6)
told by Simon Ward

Introduced by Rodney Bewes

See page 35

with Valerie Singleton, John Noakes, Peter Purves

direct by satellite from Mexico City
featuring
Athletics at the Olympic Stadium
David Coleman, Ron Pickering Mary Rand report on the
Ladies 100 Metres (Heats)
Men's Pole Vault (Qualifying Round)
Great Britain's representative is Mike Bull, the British record holder
Ladies 400 Metres (Heats)
Lillian Board is among Britain's competitors in this event
Introduced by Frank Bough
Presented by BBC Television Sports Department in Mexico and London

Graham Parker

Introduced by Michael Aspel

News... Action... Personalities and the stories behind the headlines from Mexico City
David Coleman and Frank Bough report on today's Olympic scene
and the start of Lillian Board's bid for a medal in the 400 metres

A quick look at the news of the day and a longer look at what matters with Kenneth Allsop and Michael Barratt, Ian Trethowan, Robert McKenzie
with on-the-spot reports by Fyfe Robertson, Julian Pettifer, David Lomax, Philip Tibenham, Denis Tuohy, Linda Blandford

6.0-6.20 Local News and Weather
(Rowridge, Brighton, Oxford, Peterborough, Manningtree, Cambridge)

by Leslie Sands
Starring James Ellis, John Slater, John Woodvine
with Paul Angelis, Ron Davies, Bernard Holley

Newtown has a new outbreak of highly organised and successful lorry-thefts, in which the lack of pattern is a puzzling factor. But when a lorry collides with a lamp standard, Inspector Witty gains the lead he needs...
for cast list see page 25

by Alan Melville
starring Moira Lister as Jacqueline Villiers

Apart from the usual bills, Jacqui's morning mail contains two surprise 'invitations'-one pleasant and one distinctly the reverse. Unfortunately, the dates clash, and the latter appears inescapable.

People, places, and problems that matter most to Britain and the world
Introduced by Robin Day with Panorama reporters Michael Charlton, David Dimbleby, Richard Kershaw, Robert MacNeil and James Mossman

with Richard Baker
followed by The Weather

dramatised by Bruce Stewart
starring Peter Cushing and Nigel Stock as Dr. Watson
also starring John Tate as Turner
and Nick Tate as James McCarthy

'A diverting little murder. I have no doubt that somewhere among the blood and gore, we shall find the correct solution'.

The BBC's expertise in period drama is well-known: this new series looks well set to add new laurels. (Richard Last, TV critic of The Sun)

brings you tonight's events in the Olympic Games as they happen direct by satellite from Mexico City
featuring:
10.0 Athletics
including the finals of the Men's 100 metres, 20 kilometres walk, Men's Shot Put, Ladies Long Jump, and Ladies Javelin
Tonight's running order:
Ladies Long Jump Final
Mary Rand, the Tokyo Gold Medallist and now a member of the BBC Olympic commentary team, reports on tonight's battle for her Olympic title.
Men's 400 Metres Hurdles (Semi-Finals)
Ladies 100 Metres
Men's Shot Put Final
Olympic champion: Dallas Long (U.S.A.) Olympic record: 66 ft. 8½ ins.
Ladies Javelin Final
Olympic champion: M. Penes (Rumania) Olympic record: 204 ft. 8½ ins.
Men's 100 Metres (Semi-Finals)
Men's 800 Metres (Semi-Finals)
Men's 3,000 Metres Steeplechase (Heats)
Men's 100 Metres Final
Olympic champion: Bob Hayes (U.S.A.) Olympic record: 10.0 seconds
Finish of the Men's 20 Kilometre Walk (Final)
Olympic champion: Ken Matthews (Great Britain)
Olympic record: 1 hour 29 minutes 34.0 seconds

1.30 Boxing: Elimination Bouts
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and throughout the programme
Frank Bough introduces News... Comment... Personalities from all today's events

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