9.41 Merry-go-Round
10.3 Countdown
10.25-10.45 Television Club
11.0 Going to Work
11.25 Science Extra: Biology
11.50 Twentieth-Century Focus

(English transmitters only: first shown on BBC Wales)

With Bob Langley, Marian Foster, David Seymour and Donny Macleod
Consumers at Large, and a chat with today's Weatherman Keith Best at 1.30

by Patrick and Mollie Matthews
told by Richard Baker

With Derek Griffiths

Scene
2.22 Interval

(English regions only: see Variations) starring Tony Britton
An embittered scientist turns from the highroad of scientific discovery to the path to treason. PHILIP JENKINSON writes

Eric the Brewer causes havoc in the forest meadow.

Story told by Johnny Morris

by Laura Ingalls Wilder
with Eileen Atkins

Today: No trains

with John Noakes , Peter Purves and Lesley Judd including Paco Pena and his Flamenco
Puro PACO , with dancers MARGARITA and FAIQUILLO DE CORDOBA, teach Lesley the basic flamenco steps to rhythm provided by John and Pete with Barrilito, El Sordera and Basilisco.
Producer JOHN ADCOCK
Assistant editor ROSEMARY GILL Editor BIDDY BAXTER

(not Wales: see Variations)

with Peter Woods; Weather

By satellite from New Zealand, the opening ceremony of the 10th Commonwealth Games, in the presence of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh

David Coleman describes today's occasion in the new Queen Elizabeth II Stadium, Christchurch. T
he Parade of Teams
The Opening of the Games by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh
The Arrival of the Queen's Message
The Taking of the Oath

The spectacular prelude to ten days of international sport in which more than 2,000 competitors will be bidding for gold, silver and bronze medals in nine different events.

Television presentation by the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation

Introduced by Jimmy Savile
Top of the Pops Orchestra
Pan's People

with Kenneth Kendall and Peter Woods and the BBC's reporters and correspondents around the world

Weather

by Alan Plater

Building a bridge over the Humber may bring future prosperity to Hull. Sally and Mike have to decide their future now, for when the winds blow gale-force off Iceland anything could happen.
"Mr Plater handled an intimate story with great delicacy." (Daily Express)

(from Birmingham)