9.38 Merry-go-Round: Rolling Along

10.00 Science Extra: Physics: Molecular Elbow Room

10.25-10.45 Maths Today: Year 2: Around the Field

11.00 Watch!: The Fire Station

11.18 Discovering Science: Water as a Liquid

11.40 Twentieth-Century Focus: Poverty - what can we do about it?

Welsh play by Islwyn Ffowc Elis.

Written by Michael Bond.
Today's Watch with Mother

(Colour)

A programme for children under 5.

by Tove Jansson
With James Bolam.
Today: The Fillyjonk who believed in Disasters

With Valerie Singleton, John Noakes, Peter Purves.

A cartoon series about Dr Dolittle and his friends and their rascally enemy, the pirate Sam Scurvy.

An ancient prophecy comes true when the fabulous Phoenix returns.

The adventures of an inventive knight on his journeys to the Crusades.

and Weather

News and opinions from the country at large and, in particular, Your Region Tonight
(including Regional Weather) co-ordinated by Michael Barratt and Bob Wellings.

by Luanshya Greer
Starring Nigel Stock with Joan Newell.

"The plan goes in two parts. First you take Mary Jane into the shop and you ask them to make you a saddle."
(from Birmingham)

Discs, stars and news
Introduced by Tony Blackburn
Top of The Pops Orchestra
Pan's People

Robert Robinson looks at May 1949 when the first launderette opened in London, and sees what else was happening at that time.

Presented by Richard Baker.
Weather

by Willis Hall.
Starring Thora Hird as Doris, George A. Cooper as Lionel, Anne Beach as Valerie, Anthony Newlands as Mr Ferguson, Stephan Kalipha as Ali
with Steve Hodson as Jalali, Harry Landis as Inspector Fazil

'A holiday with a difference - Villa to let North Africa, sleeps four, domestic help (houseboy) £35pw; write Robert Middleton McMurray Box 584X'

(Radio Times People: page 4)

A daily look at what matters in the news and out of it. Presented all this week by David Dimbleby.
With Austin Mitchell and reports from Bernard Falk, Max Hastings, James Hogg, David Jessel, David Lomax, Tom Mangold, Barrie Penrose and David Taylor. Special contributions from Keith Kyle and Robert McKenzie with the latest news in pictures.

Presented by John Timpson and Tony Eccles

followed by Regional News and Weather (all except London and Wales) Closedown