With MAGGIE HENDERSON and FRED HARRIS
Music by PETER GOSLING and CAVE MOSES Written and produced by MICHAEL COLE
Executive producer CYNTHIA FELGATE It's Ragtime, 55p, from bookshops
Practical hints and tips on how to make your money go further and do more for yourself in and around the home: with ZENA SKINNER cookery expert GEOFFREY SMITH gardening expert ROY DAY do-it-yourself expert VAL HUDSON consumer journalist
Noel Edmonds invites you to join a nationwide swap of news and views with the Stars, the Experts, and the Collector of the Week.
Phone them today on [number removed] Lines open from 9.30-12.10
9.35* Hong Kong Phooey: a chilling encounter between our Super Hero and the Abominable Snowman.
Swap of the Pops with Eddie and the Hot Rods
Also meet Mud and have a chat with them.
News Swap with John Craven
If you were an eye-witness to John's news story, give him a ring.
Egg Swap with Delia Smith
11.0* Valley of the Dinosaurs
Lok gets a fever - can he be saved?
Swaporama with Keith Chegwin
Feathers Fly when Rod Hull brings Emu to meet The Liver Birds, Nerys Hughes and Elizabeth Estensen. You can speak to them too and join in the Star Swap
Noel's Top Ten Swap
To join in, send your Top Ten cards to: Multi-Coloured Swap Shop, [address removed]
Introduced by Frank Bough
12.20*
Football Focus
BOB WILSON introduces action from home and abroad, with the latest news of this afternoon's matches.
12.50; 1.25; 1.55; 2.30*
Racing from Haydock
1.0 Chaplin Handicap Hurdle (2m)
1.30 Honeybourne Amateur Riders' Novices Chase (3m)
2.5 The Mackeson Gold Cup Handicap Chase (2jm)
One of the feature events of the National Hunt season, being run at Haydock this year because Cheltenham is not yet fit for racing.
2.35 Coventry Novices Chase (2m) Commentators PETER O'SULLEVAN
JULIAN WILSON and RICHARD PITMAN
1.10*
Handball STUART STOREY reports on this relatively new game in Britain. Brent-wood, the National Cup winners, made their second excursion into Europe in a Cup Winners' Cup match against Seraing of Belgium.
1.40*
Boxing from Southend
Colin Powers v Terry Petersen (Paddington) (Leeds)
This week's contest between the No 3 lightweight contender and the No 2 lightwelterweight contender.
Commentator HARRY CARPENTER
2.15; 3.15; 4.20* Rallycross
The Embassy European
Championship Final from Lydden The final round, featuring Europe's top rallycross drivers, including last year's winner, CEES TEUR-LINGS of the Netherlands and Britain's JOHN TAYLOR , the former holder.
Commentator MURRAY WALKER
2.45*
Squash
The Mitre Champions Challenge Match from Wembley
World champion GEOFF HUNT of Australia takes on the winner of a four-player knock-out for prize money of £1,200.
Commentators NIGEL STARMER-SMITH and JONAH BARRINGTON
3.35*
Rugby League from St Helens
St Helens v Castleford
Today's outstanding match in the second round of the John Player Competition.
Commentator EDDIE WARING
4.35* Final Score
Classified football resuJts, racing and rugby results, and reports on today's outstanding fixtures.
Today's timetable:
12.20 Football Focus
12.50 Racing from Haydock
1.10 Handball; 1.25 Racing; 1.40 Boxing
1.55 Racing; 2.15 Rallycross
2.30 Racing; 2.45 Squash
3.15 Rallycross; 3.35 Rugby League
4.20 Rallycross; 4.35 Final Score
* Timings may be changed by events
Television presentation:
Football Focus TERRY LONG Racing NICK HUNTER
Rallycross RICHARD TILLING
Rugby League KEITH philips
Grandstand director JEFF GODDARD Producer BRIAN VENNER Editor ALAN HART
Tom and Jerry playing cat and mouse.
Weatherman
Introduced by Roy North
Special guests
The Pasadena Roof Orchestra Paul Nicholas With JAN HUNT
JOHN QUAYLE , ANDREW SACHS
Script GEORGE MARTIN
Music THE BERT HAYES ORCHESTRA Designer JEREMY BEAR
Producer BRIAN PENDERS
starring
Bruce Forsyth with Anthea Redfern
Family couples from all over the country compete in a test of their general knowledge, skill and ingenuity.
Orchestra directed by RONNIE HAZLEHURST Programme associates
BARRY CRYER , TONY HAWES Designer BOB COVE Director ALAN BOYD
Producer ROBIN NASH
starring
A series of 15 programmes 10: Lottie's Boy by JULIA JONES
Every year at the Bentinck, Louisa gives a Servants' Ball where the guests wait upon the staff and usually the evening is a great success. However, on this occasion, a seemingly personable young man decides to cause trouble ...
Signature tune composed by ALEXANDER FARIS
Costume BETTY ALDISS Designer PAUL JOEL Associate producer
ANTHEA BROWNE-WILKINSON
Producer JOHN HAWKESWORTH Director CYRIL COKE Preview: page 15
making for BBC Television the first series in her outstanding career. Tonight: Show 2 Guest stars
Rolf Harris , Janis Ian
The Brythoniad Male Voice Choir and Emma with THE SHIRLEY BASSEY DANCERS
Orchestra conducted by ARTHUR GREENSLADE
Choreographer NIGEL LYTITGOE Make-up JEAN SPEAK
Film cameraman PHIL MEHEUX Film sound JOHN MURPHY Designer victor MEREDITH Producer STEWART MORRIS
starring
Gillian: Hutch meets beautiful Gillian Ingram and they fall in love. It's as simple as that - or is it?
with Richard Baker ; Weather
Conversation and entertainment with Michael Parkinson and his guests of the week.
Director COLIN STRONG
Producer RICHARD DREWETT