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At breakfast in Britain it's midnight in Mexico... and the end of the tenth day of the Olympic Games. Direct by satellite from Mexico City comes today's first coverage of the latest Olympic action
including

Boxing - The Quarter-Finals
Harry Carpenter reports on the first of the quarter-final bouts held earlier this morning

Football
Kenneth Wolstenholme reports on the semi-finals of the Olympic tournament

Swimming
Max Robertson and Harry Walker report on the Ladies' 200 Metres Freestyle Final, Men's 200 Metres Breaststroke Final

Fencing
Alan Weeks reports on the Men's Epee Final

and, every fifteen minutes, The Olympic Headlines from Frank Bough

News Headlines and Weather at 8.0 and 9.0
(to 9.00)

Contributors

Presenter:
Frank Bough
Commentator (Boxing):
Harry Carpenter
Commentator (Football):
Kenneth Wolstenholme
Commentator (Swimming):
Max Robertson
Commentator (Swimming):
Harry Walker
Commentator (Fencing):
Alan Weeks

9.15 Engineering: Craft and Science
(Shown on Monday)
(Repeated on Friday - not Scottish)
Accompanying pamphlet: see page 11

9.38 Exploring Your World
(Shown on Monday)

10.0-10.20 History 1917-1967: Revolution in Russia: Lenin's Revolution
The Tsar's regime collapses under the stress of war, and the Bolsheviks seize power.
(Repeated on Thursday)

10.25-10.45 Dysgu Cymraeg
A series for Welsh Schools
(Welsh Transmitters, Sutton Coldfield, Holme Moss, Wenvoe West)

11.5-11.25 Look and Read
(Shown on Tuesday)

11.35 Science Extra: Physics: Storing Energy
Introduced by Jim Jardine
(Repeated on Monday and Thursday next week)

12.0-12.25 Mirror for Our Dreams
(Shown on Monday)

Contributors

Producer (History 1917-1967):
John Radcliffe
Presenter (Science Extra):
Jim Jardine
Producer (Science Extra):
David Roseveare

David Vine and the BBC Olympic commentary, team bring you up to date with the latest events by satellite from Mexico City including today's Boxing Quarter-Finals, Football Semi-Finals and Swimming Finals

Contributors

Presenter:
David Vine
Presented by:
Fred Viner
Presented by:
Brian Venner
Editor:
Alan Hart

2.5 Science Session: Smoking
Despite various campaigns against smoking, more people are developing the habit. Why do we need to smoke? Why is smoking a health hazard?
Commentary by Derek Cooper
(Repeated on Thursday)

2.30-2.50 Twentieth-Century Focus
(Shown on Tuesday)
Accompanying pamphlet: see page 11

Contributors

Narrator (Science Session):
Derek Cooper
Producer (Science Session):
Michael Coyle

direct by satellite from Mexico City brings you the start of The Individual Show-Jumping Championship
Harvey Smith, David Broome and Marion Coakes represent Great Britain against the world's best show jumpers in today's competition for the individual gold medal
Introduced by Frank Bough

Contributors

Presenter:
Frank Bough
Equestrianist:
Harvey Smith
Equestrianist:
David Broome
Equestrianist:
Marion Coakes
Commentator:
Dorian Williams
Executive Producer:
Bryan Cowgill

A weekly series introduced by Johnny Morris
The World of Animals
In the wild, in the zoo, at home: a magazine of stories about animals constantly illustrating their own kind of magic
from the South and West

Contributors

Presenter:
Johnny Morris
Director:
Peter Crawford
Producer:
Douglas Thomas

with David Jacobs
A weekly series of live programmes in which David Jacobs introduces people to talk to and entertain
Introducing Deena Webster
The Wednesday Show Dancers

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

Contributors

Presenter:
David Jacobs
Singer:
Deena Webster
Dancers:
The Wednesday Show Dancers
Orchestra directed by:
Ken Jones
Direction:
David O'Clee
Production:
Stewart Morris

brings you a progress report direct from Mexico City on The Individual Show-Jumping Championship
Dorian Williams reports by satellite on the latest situation in the first show jumping event of the Games
and David Coleman and Frank Bough look at the rest of today's Olympic scene

Contributors

Presenter:
David Coleman
Presenter:
Frank Bough
Commentator (Show-Jumping):
Dorian Williams
Editor:
A.P. Wilkinson
Editor:
Alan Hart

by A.P. Herbert
Adapted for television by Alan Melville
Court scenes by Geoffrey Lumsden and Henry Cecil
Starring Alastair Sim, Roy Dotrice, Avice Landon and Thorley Walters

With taxes as high as they are, it behoves every citizen to make sure that he is taxed properly and fairly. But there are some taxes which are neither proper nor fair, as Albert Haddock discovers.

Contributors

Author:
A.P. Herbert
Adapter:
Alan Melville
Writer (Court scenes):
Geoffrey Lumsden
Writer (Court scenes):
Henry Cecil
Incidental music:
Dennis Wilson
Settings:
Walter Miller
Producer:
John Howard Davies
Albert Haddock:
Roy Dotrice
Mrs. Haddock:
Avice Landon
Miss Jenkins:
Tania Robinson
Mr Justice Swallow:
Alastair Sim
Sir Joshua Hoot, Q.C.:
Thorley Walters

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

Contributors

Presenter:
Kenneth Allsop
Reporter:
Michael Barratt
Reporter:
Ian Trethowan
Reporter:
Robert McKenzie
Reporter:
Fyfe Robertson
Reporter:
Julian Pettifer
Reporter:
David Lomax
Reporter:
Philip Tibenham
Reporter:
Denis Tuohy
Reporter:
Linda Blandford
Assistant Editor:
John Dekker
Assistant Editor:
Peter Pagnamenta
Editor:
Anthony Whitby

brings you today's top events direct by satellite from Mexico City
with Harry Carpenter at the boxing arena, Dorian Williams at the show-jumping stadium, Max Robertson and Harry Walker at the Olympic Pool, Alan Weeks at the gymnastics centre reporting on tonight's Olympic competition as it happens
The programme introduced by Frank Bough
featuring
9.30 Show-Jumping: The Individual Championship
The final stages of tonight's event in which Harvey Smith, David Broome, and Marion Coakes bid for a gold medal against the best show-jumpers in the world

9.50* Boxing: The Quarter-Finals

11.0* Gymnastics: Ladies' Individual and Team Free Exercises

12.0 Swimming and Diving
Ladies' High Diving Final
Olympic champion; L. Bush (U.S.A.)
Men's 400 Metres Freestyle Final
Olympic champion: D. Schollander (U.S.A.)
Olympic record: 4 mins. 12.2 secs.
Ladies' 200 Metres Breaststroke Final
Olympic champion: G. Prozumenschikova (U.S.S.R.)
Olympic record: 2 mins. 46.4 secs.

1.50 Cycling: Individual Road Race

and throughout the programme News... Comment... Personalities from all today's events

Contributors

Presenter:
Frank Bough
Commentator (Boxing):
Harry Carpenter
Commentator (Show-Jumping):
Dorian Williams
Commentator (Swimming):
Max Robertson
Commentator (Swimming):
Harry Walker
Commentator (Gymnastics):
Alan Weeks
Equestrianist:
Harvey Smith
Equestrianist:
David Broome
Equestrianist:
Marion Coakes
Commentator (Cycling):
David Saunders
Production Team (Mexico):
Alan Chivers
Production Team (Mexico):
Jack Oaten
Production Team (Mexico):
A. P. Wilkinson
Production Team (Mexico):
Alan Mouncer
Production Team (Mexico):
Ian Smith
Production Team (Mexico):
Peter Massey
Production Team (Mexico):
Richard Tilling
Production Team (London):
Alan Hart
Production Team (London):
Fred Viner
Production Team (London):
Brian Venner
Executive Producer:
Bryan Cowgill

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