6.40 Chemical Processes

7.5 Chemistry of Carbon Compounds

7.30 Hydrothermal Plumes

A lively look at words and letters with DONALD GEE
BOB HOSKINS and GAY HAMILTON
PATRICIA HAYES
ROSEMARY LEACH
NORMAN ROSSINGTON
MARTIN SHAW
Script BARRY TOOK
Adviser CATHERINE MOORHOUSE Director BARBARA DERKOW
Producer DAVID HARCREAVES

The Cornhill Insurance Test Series
England v Pakistan from Edgbaston
Following the drawn series last winter, England will have no illusions about the difficulty of beating Pakistan, whose middle order batsmen, Haroon Rashid , Javed Miandad and Wasim Raja , are fluent, attacking players who could make a major impact on the series. England's best hopes of victory may lie with their fast bowlers, spearheaded by Bob Willis.
Introduced by PETER WEST
Commentators RICHIE BENAUD JIM LAKER and TED DEXTER
Television presentation by DAVID KENNING and BILL TAYLOR

This place is in Trumptonshire and contains a factory, a pottery, a stately home and a vintage steam railway. (Repeat)

Weather BILL GILES

England v Pakistan from Edgbaston.
The afternoon's play on the first day.

A programme for children under 3

Told by Paul Jones
Long ago, in the city of Baghdad, there lived a man called Sinbad. One day he decided to travel and see the world so he bought himself a ship. He made so many voyages and had so many adventures that he became known as Sinbad the Sailor.
A cartoon film made by CZECHOSLOVAK FILMEXPOKT

Quick to Slow
In the river, trout and dippers like fast-flowing water. Frogs and tadpoles prefer a slower pace. A young otter takes to water for the first time, and gets a muddy nose. Music and narration by DEREK GRIFFITHS

with John Noakes, Lesley Judd and Simon Groom
For the past week Blue Peter viewers have been sending their suggestions for a name for the new Golden Retriever puppy. Today Simon announces the most popular choice.

with Richard Whitmore Weatherman

Featuring live by satellite from Argentina
The Opening Ceremony and The Opening Match
This evening the world's greatest football tournament gets under way in the vast River Plate Stadium in Buenos Aires as representatives of the 16 competing nations gather for the colourful opening ceremony.

And after the festivities, the football:
Live at 6.50 West Germany v Poland
The whole of tonight's match which opens the XIth World Cup. The holders, West Germany, face formidable opposition from the country that finished third in the last tournament. When they met in their final group match in 1974, to decide a place in the Final, West Germany won by a single goal.
The Germans, who are still managed by the veteran Helmut Schoen, have qualified automatically as reigning World Champions, but their build-up has included a 3-1 defeat in Sweden, and defeat on their own home territory - for the first time since 1974 - by Brazil 1-0 in Hamburg. Poland's qualifying group also included Portugal, Denmark and Cyprus.
Commentator David Coleman

Introduced by Frank Bough
Comment and analysis by Jimmy Hill and the BBC World Cup experts, Jock Stein, Lawrie McMenemy, Bobby Charlton, Denis Law, John Bond, Trevor Brooking and Bob Wilson.

Daily World Cup news and background on Ceefax

with Richard Whitmore and the BBC's reporters and correspondents around the world Weather

starring Des O'Connor who plays host to a gathering of some of the finest entertainment talent from Britain and America. Tonight's special guests include From Texas: Kenny Rogers
From Los Angeles: Kelly Monteith From New York: Dolores Gray From Nuneaton: Larry Grayson
Orchestra directed by COLIN KEYES
Designer ERIC WALMSLEY Producer JAMES moir

A season of BBC prize-winning artists and shows.
A play by Jack Rosenthal based on the book "Spend, Spend, Spend" by Vivian Nicholson and Stephen Smith
with Susan Littler as Vivian Nicholson and John Duttine as Keith Nicholson.
'I'm going to spend, spend, spend,' said Vivian Nicholson in 1961 when, together with her £7-a-week miner husband Keith, she won £152,319 on the pools. Now Vivian has spent it all and this play, based on her autobiography, shows what the money meant and where it went.
"Susan Littler is magnificent..." (DAILY MAIL)
"Jack Rosenthal's script, John Goldschmidt's direction and Phil Meheux's photography were faultless..." (DAILY MAIL)
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