6.40 A Local Government System
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6.40 A Local Government System
7.5 History of Mathematics
7.30 Telephone Switching (1)
9.38 Science All Around
Water 1
10.0 TV Club
I Remember When ...
A series for 4- and 5-year-olds, and adults watching with them.
Introduced by Anton Phillips. (Repeat)
11.0 British Social History. 1914-18
Mrs MoppleV Washing Line
Weather MICHAEL FISH
BOB LANGLEY, DONNY MACLEOD
DAVID SEYMOUR , MARIAN FOSTER and JAN LEEMiNG with the personalities and talking-points of the day, including On Your Own
by Patrick and Mollie Matthews
Told by Richard Baker
With DEREK GRIFFITHS
Written and directed by PETER CHARLTON
2.1 Watch: Pond Creatures
2.18 Scan: Dinosaurus-rex?
Gone but not Forgotten - the Dinosaur.
Introduced by Harry Carpenter
BBC outside broadcast cameras bring you, direct from Epsom, the world's greatest racing classic along with all the colour and excitement of the Derby Day scenes on the Downs.
The BBC racing team introduce special film of today's leading horses, talk to the Derby personalities, and report the up-to-date news of runners and riders. The Paddock
The Parade
3.35 The 1977 Derby Stakes
Run over a mile-and-a-half of the Epsom Course, and worth over £110,000 to the winner.
With a large entry from France, and from Ireland, today's race looks to be one of the most open for many years.
Commentators PETER O'SULLEVAN
JULIAN WILSON and JIMMY LINDLEY
Outside broadcast presentation by DENNIS MONGER , RICHARD TILLING and JOHNNIE WATHERSTON
Grandstand producer BRIAN VENNER Editor ALAN HART
A programme for children under 5
A cartoon series starring Mr Spock , Captain Kirk and the crew of the starship Enterprise
Bernard Cribbins invites
George Chisholm
Yootha Joyce and Johnny Morris to compete with Windsor Davies Barbara Windsor and Brian Cant in a series of peculiar acting games.
Designer COLIN GREEN
Producer PETER CHARLTON
The adventures of Captain Pugwash and his daredevil crew
Fish Meal
Voices PETER HAWKINS
Written, drawn and produced by JOHN RYAN
with Richard Baker
Weatherman
A feature film starring
Kerwin Mathews , Viviane Ventura Seismologist Arnold Kramer , declared insane for asserting that enemy forces are burrowing beneath the United States, is vindicated when computers at Los Alamos reveal the existence of a complex of underground tunnels. A special combat team is detailed to foil the uniquely planned invasions in this delightfully-escapist adventure.
Director MONTGOMERY TULLY Films; page 9
with Peter Woods Weather
Introduced by Harry Carpenter
Action, news, personalities and opinion from home and overseas including tonight:
The 1977 Derby
Another chance to see this afternoon's Epsom classic - the world's greatest flat race, run over 11 miles and worth over £110,000 to the winner.
Commentator PETER O'SULLEVAN
The Middleweight Championship of Great Britain
Kevin Finnegan , the former British and European champion, was out to regain the British title last night against former Commonwealth gold medallist Frankie Lucas , over 15 rounds from Mike Barrett 's Royal Albert Hall promotion.
Commentator HARRY CARPENTER
Derby television presentation DENNIS MONGER
Producer MARTIN HOPKINS Editor JONATHAN MARTIN
from the Fairfield Hall, Croydon
' My home is here in England, the orchestra I conduct is a London orchestra. My local pub is in a tiny village in the Home Counties. So, make of it what you will, tonight's programme is my own personal Jubilee tribute.'
In the final programme in this series of Music Nights, Andre Previn conducts
The London Symphony Orchestra leader JOHN GEORGIADIS in music by English composers Elgar Overture: Cockaigne
Arnold English Dances Nos 1 and 2 Britten The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Walton Orb and Sceptre: Coronation March
Lighting BERT ROBINSON Sound GRAHAM HAINES
Producer HERBERT CHAPPELL
JOHN TIMPSON and DENIS TUOHY
With DONALD MACCORMICK and Tonight's reporters at home and abroad look at the topics and people that provoke, entertain, worry or amuse us.
Tonight's reporters are
Michael Delahaye , Vincent Hanna David Jessel , David Lomax
John Pitman and Philip Tibenham. Including News Headlines
Deputy editor PETER IBBOTSON
-Editor CHRISTOPHER CAPRON