A series of five programmes With JAKE DOWNEY
2:Clear ... drop ... smash
With RAY STEVENS , PAUL WHETNALL NORA PERRY , KAREN BRIDGE
How to play the rearcourt moves; and interviews with FRANK DEVLIN and the present World Champion FLEMMING DELFS.
Televised at Oswestry Leisure Centre Director huw JONES
Producer BERNARD ADAMS
Presented by Noel Edmonds
You can ring him or his guests on [number removed]any time after 9.30-please dial carefully.
Dial a Laugh with Lofty!
Gunner Sugden (better known as Don Estelle ) will be getting a day's leave from the Concert Party to come and entertain you! Belt Up and Don't Get Thrown!
When superstar judo champion Brian Jacks gets to grips with Noel - and you if you ring him - this morning.
Cricket, Lovely Cricket!
Find out what happened when Noel, John and Keith were challenged to a game on the village green - the results were totally unexpected and sometimes hilarious! Maggie and Delia Smith were around with pots of tea and cucumber sandwiches.
Hit the Bullseye with Darts and sing-a-Iong with their audience at our Multi-Coloured Night Out.
Win! A whole pile of singles and some albums, the oddswap and lots of other curious prizes. Plus! Cartoons, curiosities, news, swaps and jokes.
Got something to say? Then drop us a line - we love getting your letters and even though we can't answer them all we read every single one.
Swap Shop, BBCtv London, W12 8QT
Producer CRISPIN EVANS Editor ROSEMARY GILL
Introduced by Frank Bough
12.20*
Football Focus
BOB WILSON looks at the outstanding League matches in England and Scotland.
12.50; 1.25; 2.0; 2.30*
Racing from Ascot
1.0 The Durham Ranger Novices' Hurdle Race (Division One. 2m)
1.35 The Philip Cornes Novices' Hurdle Race (Qualifier. 21m)
2.10 The Tote Two Mile Trophy (Handicap Steeplechase. 2m)
2.40 The Peter Ross Novices ' Steeplechase (3m)
Commentators PETER O'SULLEVAN and RICHARD PITMAN
1.10; 2.20; 4.15* International Table Tennis
from The Dome, Brighton
The Norwich Union International Championships
England's DESMOND DOUGLAS has his best-ever chance to win this title, but faces strong opposition from the continent. Czechoslovakia send MILAN ORLOWSKI, Europe's number two, and from Poland the rising young star ANDRZEJ GRUBBA. For the women's title, England's JILL HAMMERSLEY , Europe's number one, must be the firm favourite and is seeded to meet ILONA UHLIKOVA of Czechoslovakia in the final. Commentators TONY GUBBA and ALAN BANSOME
1.45* World Cup Skiing from Kitzbuhel
The Men's Downhill
The world's top downhill stars compete on the famous Hahnenkamm course. The winner will cover the 3,500-metre run in just two minutes, dropping almost 3,000 feet from start to finish. Commentator DAVID VINE
2.50* American Football from Pasadena The Rose Bowl
University of Southern California v Ohio State University
The Rosebowl final is one of the great spectacles in American sport. The leading two American colleges travel to the Pasadena Bowl to compete in a final that is traditionally the finest display of open-running American football. The occasion is memorable not only for the football but for the razzmatazz that surrounds the game.
3.35* Rugby League from Knowsley Road St Helens v Salford
This intriguing clash between St Helens, who have begun to improve their form this season and are still climbing up the table, and Salford, who have been in the top three for most of the season. Commentator EDDIE WARING
4.40* Final Score
Classified football results, match reports and the latest news of today's other major sporting events.
Today's timetable:
12.20 Football Focus: 12.5* Racing
1.10 Table Tennis; 1.25 Racing
1.45 Skiing: 2.0 Racing
2.20 Table Tennis: 2.30 Racing
2.56 American Football 335 Rugby League
4.15 Table Tennis: 4.40 Final Score
* Timings subject to alteration Television presentation:
Football Focus MIKE MURPHY Racing JOHN MCNICHOLAS Table Tennis BOB DUNCAN
Skiing THE AUSTRIAN TV SERVICE
American Football NBC TELEVISION Rugby League BILL TAYLOR
Producer Grandstand MARTIN HOPKINS Editor Grandstand HAROLD ANDERSON
Reports on England's cricket tour of Australia on Ceefax, page 151
Theme music on Sporting Themes (record REH 348, cassette zcb 348) from record shops
A film series starring
Wonder Woman, and Today:
The Girl from Ilandia
A mysterious little girl is found drifting alone on the ocean and only
Wonder Woman realises where she has come from, and the nature of her fantastic powers for the young stranger is obsessed with the need to get home.
Written by ANNE COLLINS Directed by DICK MODER
with Kenneth Kendall Weatherman
What is your wildest dream?
If it is unusual and original, write to Jimmy Savile, OBE
You may be one of the lucky ones.
Sound PETER BARVILLE Lighting JOHN FARR
Designer JOHN HOLLAND Director RICK GARDNER Producer ROGER ORDISH
from the books by JAMES HERRIOT A series in 14 parts with Carol Drinkwater
3: Every Dog His Day.... Adapted by BRIAN FINCH
Mrs Pumphrey calls James out urgently to treat Cedric, a boxer she has bought to keep Tricky Woo company, for unfortunately Cedric is ruining her social life!
Music by JOHNNY PEARSON
Film cameraman KEN MORGAN Script editor TED RHODES Designer ROB HINDS
Producer BILL SELLARS
Directed by MICHAEL BAYES BBC Birmingham
starring Dick Emery with special guest Roy Kinnear and featuring HELEN FRASER
MICHAEL KNOWLES , DEBORAH GRANT CLAIRE DAVENPORT , JOHN LANDRY With JOHN BARRARD
ANTHONY DAWES , HELEN KEATING NICHOLAS LYNDHURST ANDRE MARANNE and Chris Barltrop , Michael Crane Malcolm Dixon , Jeanne Doree Rex Graham , Norman Hartley Johnny and Suma Lamonte Marion Macleod , Jay Neill
Gordon Sallkilld , John Serrett
Written by JOHN SINGER with additional material by TERENCE MURPHY. PAUL ELDERGILL , KENNETH ROCK Designer TONY SNOADEN
Studio director MIKE CRISP Producer HAROLD SNOAD
A special feature-length programme about the rich and powerful Texas family starring Barbara Bel Geddes as Ellie Ewing, Jim Davis as Jock Ewing, Larry Hagman as J.R. Ewing, Linda Gray as Sue Ellen Ewing, Patrick Duffy as Bobby Ewing, Victoria Principal as Pamela Ewing, Charlene Tilton as Lucy Ewing, Ken Kercheval as Cliff Barnes and Keenan Wynn as Digger Barnes
Ellie undergoes surgery to remove a lump in her breast. But her secret fears are realised - it is cancer and to save her life a mastectomy has to be performed. Her mental anguish is added to by an unwittingly ill-timed confession by Jock.
with Kenneth Kendall Weather
Join Michael Parkinson and his weekend guests for conversation, entertainment and the occasional surprise.
Music HARRY STONEHAM
Programme associate CHRIS GREENWOOD Assistant producer SITA WILLIAMS Director JOHN HUGHES
Produced by JOHN FISHER