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Introduced by Frank Bough Gold medals won include: Swimming
Women's 100m Freestyle Men's 100m Breaststroke
Women's 400m Individual Medley Men's 200m Freestyle Cycling
Women's 70km Road Race Men's 190km Road Race Weightlifting
Flyweight division Shooting
Men's Free Pistol Women's Pistol
Plus first action of boxing and three-day eventing.
Daily timetable:
Olympic Action Summary with David Icke at 7.5, 8.5, 8.50
News with Debbie Rix (Fern Bntton Thurs, Fri) at 7.0, 7.30, 8.0, 8.30, 8.55 Weather with Francis Wilson at 6.58,
7.28, 7.58, 8.28, 8.58
Regional News at 6.56, 7.56

Contributors

Introduced By:
Frank Bough
Unknown:
David Icke
Unknown:
Debbie Rix
Unknown:
Francis Wilson

Introduced by Bob Wilson
Extended coverage of the overnight action from Los Angeles featuring
Gymnastics: an early glimpse ot the Chinese gymnasts as the Men s compulsory exercises get under way in the Pauley Pavilion with RON PICKERING. Boxing: preliminary bouts from the Los Angeles Sports Arena with HARRY CARPENTER. .. Three-Day Event: conscious of their gold medal-winning potential, the British team open their campaign with the dressage phase.
Weightlifting Final
DAVID VINE reports on the first gold medal at Flyweight. Plus the other gold medal-winning performances from day one in the swimming, cycling and shooting events.

Contributors

Introduced By:
Bob Wilson
Unknown:
Ron Pickering.
Unknown:
Harry Carpenter.
Unknown:
David Vine

The Cornhill Insurance Test Series
England v West Indies from Old Trafford Fourth day
PETER WEST introduces the whole of this morning's play. Commentators
RICHIE BENAUD , JIM LAKER
TOM GRAVENEY , TED DEXTER
Television presentation
BILL TAYLOR , MIKE ADLEY , KEITH MACKENZIE Executive producer NICK HUNTER

Contributors

Introduces:
Peter West
Unknown:
Richie Benaud
Unknown:
Jim Laker
Unknown:
Tom Graveney
Unknown:
Bill Taylor
Unknown:
Mike Adley
Unknown:
Keith MacKenzie
Producer:
Nick Hunter

with Richard Whitmore and Frances Coverdale

Weather Ian McCaskill

12.57 Regional News
(London and SE: Financial Report, and News Headlines with subtitles)

Contributors

Newsreader:
Richard Whitmore
Newsreader:
Frances Coverdale
Weatherman:
Ian McCaskill

starring Brian Cant and Floella Benjamin and Jonathan Cohen with the Play Away Band
Musical director JONATHAN COHEN Producer JOHN SMITH
Series producer ANN REAY

Contributors

Unknown:
Floella Benjamin
Unknown:
Jonathan Cohen
Director:
Jonathan Cohen
Producer:
John Smith

The adventures of some kids who happen to live on the same street in Toronto - Degrassi Street. 4: Sophie Minds the Store
Sophie's father is ill and her mother has to go away, so Sophie is left in charge of their Degrassi Street corner-shop. She manages very well until she discovers that some money is missing. Has it been stolen?
Producers KIT HOOD and LINDA SCHUYLER

Contributors

Unknown:
Linda Schuyler

Introduced by Desmond Lynam XXIII Olympic Games
The eight-hour time difference means that day two of competition is getting under way in Los Angeles. First Action
Reports from today's events including swimming heats, rowing heats, cycling, three-day eventing dressage, plus Overnight Action
Including swimming finals in which Britain's JUNE CROFT and ADRIAN MOORHOUSE were hoping for medals. Important performances too from other events in their early stages, including gymnastics and boxing.

Contributors

Introduced By:
Desmond Lynam
Unknown:
Adrian Moorhouse

A bike ride through 1,500 miles of America with Mike Harding 3: West Virginia
Home, Sweet
Homesville Mike pedals southwards through the mountains, enlightened by a drive-in movie, informed by a visit to the university of folksy life, entertained by a stop-over with the Milnes, who fiddle and farm on a homestead in a holler, and engulfed by six ounces of beef on rye with a jumbo frog.
Researcher NORMA HOWSON Photography david JACKSON Sound DENNIS CARTWRIGHT Film editor DAVID SHORE Producer CYRIL GATES BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Mike Harding
Unknown:
Homesville Mike
Unknown:
Norma Howson
Unknown:
Dennis Cartwright

starring
Peter O'Toole , David Hemmings Donald Pleasence
Peter O'Toole and David Hemmings star in this taut thriller set in an unnamed country ruled by repression and violence. On the verge of retirement Colonel Anthony Narriman is reluctantly drawn into a plot to stage a coup d'etat. The plotters proceed with the recruitment of fellow officers, including the eccentric tank commander Zeller , but the police chief, Blair, soon becomes suspicious and the plan has to be speeded up ...
Produced by CHRISTOPHER DALTON
Written and directed by MARTYN BURKE (First showing on British television) Films: page 14

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter O'Toole
Unknown:
David Hemmings
Unknown:
Donald Pleasence
Unknown:
Peter O'Toole
Unknown:
David Hemmings
Unknown:
Colonel Anthony Narriman
Unknown:
Mander Zeller
Produced By:
Christopher Dalton
Directed By:
Martyn Burke
Colonel Zeller:
Peter O'Toole
Colonel Anthony Narriman:
David Hemmings
Blair:
Donald Pleasence
Dr Jean Rousseau:
Barry Morse
Colonel Raymond Kasai:
Jon Granik
Mrs Rousseau:
Marcella Saint-Amant
Barrientos:
George Touliatos
Hillsman:
Chuck Shamata
Aramco:
Gary Reineke
Anwar:
Harvey Atkin
Minh:
August Schellenberg
Dominique:
Eli Rill
Dick Cavett:
Himself

Featuring five swimming finals live, boxing, cycling, and Britain's first match in the hockey tournament. Introduced by Desmond Lynam
Boxing HARRY CARPENTER is your commentator on the best of the bouts from the Los Angeles Sports Arena
Swimming Finals
ALAN WEEKS and HAMILTON BLAND are at the Olympic Pool for tonight's finals.
Men's 100m Butterfly
World record- P. Morales (USA) 53.38 1984 Olympic record: M. Spitz (USA) 54.27 1972 Olympic Champion: P. Arvidsson (Swe) Women's 200m Freestyle
JUNE CROFT, the Commonwealth Champion, is among the fastest in the world at this distance.
World record: K. Otto (GDR) 1:57.75 1984 Olympic Champion and record holder: B. Krause (GDR) 1:58.33 1980
Men's 400m Individual Medley
World record: A. Baumann (Can) 4:17.53 1984
Olympic Champion and record holder: A Sidorenko (USSR) 4:22.89 1980
Women's 200m Breaststroke
Anita Lonsbrough won the gold medal for Britain in Rome in 1960 -our last medal in this event.
World record: L. Kachushite (USSR) 2:28.36 Olympic Champion and record holder: L. Kachushite (USSR) 2:29.54 1980
Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay
World record: USA 7:20.40 1983
Olympic record: USA 7:23.22 1976 Olympic Champions: USSR
Cycling Final
1,000m Time Trial Riders race alone against the clock for three laps of the Olympic Velodrome.
World record: L. Thorns (GDR) 1:02.95 1980 Olympic Champion and record holder: L. Thorns (GDR)
Also Individual Pursuit: qualifying Commentators
HUGH PORTER , PHIL LIGGETT
Hockey
Great Britain's men play Kenya in their opening match of the 12-nation tournament.
Commentator NIGEL STARMER-SMITH
News - action - results from tonight's other events which include three-day eventing with the final sessions of the dressage phase, gymnastics, rowing and shooting.
Including at
11.30* News Headlines; Weather

Contributors

Introduced By:
Desmond Lynam
Introduced By:
Boxing Harry Carpenter
Unknown:
P. Morales
Unknown:
M. Spitz
Unknown:
P. Arvidsson
Unknown:
K. Otto
Unknown:
B. Krause
Unknown:
A. Baumann
Unknown:
L. Kachushite
Unknown:
L. Kachushite
Unknown:
Hugh Porter

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