6.45 Maths: Coping with Irrationality
7.10 Roman Interior Decoration
7.35 Engineering: Mechanical Properties
8.00 Minerals under the Microscope

SuperSafe with SuperTed (R)

The adventures of the monster family of Loch Ness and their friends Elspeth and Angus. Thirsty-Ness and the Part-time Witch with the voices of Susan Sheridan and Peter Hawkins Written and drawn by PETER MADDOCKS Music by ROGER GREENAWAY AND GAVIN GREENAWAY (R)

What's New at the Zoo
With the help of a picture book given to them by Nanny, the Babies imagine life as wild animals in the zoo.
Created for TV by JIM HENSON (R)

starring Andrew O'Connor Bernadette Nolan
Kate Copstick , Terry Randall From BBCtv 's newest studios in Liverpool come comedy, games and music featuring Hornsea Lane, the Two
Griffs, the Flashing Blade and Len View of Life. Guess the star Through the Sunroof; see the mysterious objects in What's It For? and marvel as members of the studio audience try to beat the experts at their own game.
All this and Thundercats, too. Designer BARRY ROACH
Producer STEVE HAGGARD
Series producer MARTIN HUGHES Editor EDWARD PUGH BBC North West
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World Professional Snooker Championship Round2
STEPHEN HENDRY and JIMMY WHITE , two of the most exciting players on the circuit, play their second-round match to a finish this morning. On the other table, former world champions DENNIS TAYLOR and ALEX higgins reach the middle session of their
25-frame encounter.
Introduced by DAVID VINE

John Kettley

(See panel)

including at 1.00 News Summary

12.30 Grandstand 5.05pm
Introduced by Steve Rider
featuring Rugby Union

Timetable* 12.30 Football 12.55 Rugby League 1.05 Boxing 1.20 Snooker 1.50 Squash 2.20 Snooker 3.00 Ice Hockey 3.45 Football Latest 3.50 Rugby Union 4.35 Final Score
*Alterations to published timings given at the start of the programme
Ceefax carries a full racing results service on page 320

Snooker
from Sheffield World Professional Championship It's all downhill from here. Steve Davis may have a fifth world title in ten days to convince a tiny minority that he is the best.
Commentators TED LOWE JACK KARNEHM and CLIVE EVERTON

Rugby League
Top Try Competition
Want to go on the Lions' tour to Australia?

Rugby Union
from Dublin
Ireland v England: Digital Millennium Challenge
Live for the second half. The Irish won't expect any mercy from the revitalised visitors. This, remember, is Lansdowne Road.
Commentators NIGEL STARMER-SMITH and TONY WARD

Squash
from Wembley
Hi-Tec British Open Championship
If the seeding committee are to sleep soundly, Jansher will play Jahangir. Commentators STUART STOREY, JONAH BARRINGTON

Ice Hockey
from Wembley
Heineken Championship Play-Offs
This is the first semi-final. You'll see one of these teams again on Sunday Grandstand, plus highlights of the other match.
Commentators BARRY DAVIES and RED IMRIE

Football
The issues for Bob Wilson are promotion, relegation and the dreaded play-offs.

Boxing
from York Hall
Promoter Mike Barrett says 'opportunity knocks' for more up-and-comers. Commentator HARRY CARPENTER

Television presentation: Rugby union RTE, Dublin Snooker KEITH PHILLIPS. KEITH MACKENZIE. WENDY SHEPPARD Ice hockey JOHNNIE WATHERSTON Squash CAMPBELL FERGUSON Assistant editor BRIAN BARWICK Producer MARTIN HOPKINS Editor JOHN PHILIPS

Videos: 'Return of the Dragon - Welsh Triple Crown Victory 1988', BBCV 4123; 'Five Nations Championship - Wales v Scotland 1988', BBCV 4140; 'FA Cup Final 1976 - Southampton v Manchester United', BBCV 4112

with Moira Stuart
Weather

Debbie Greenwood introduces the fast-moving quiz for schools from all round Britain. Who will be the final team to join the successful 11 already through to the second round? Will it be ARCHBISHOP HOLGATE'S from York or TRING from
Hertfordshire?
Designer DUGALD FINDLAY Director JUSTIN C. ADAMS
Series producer CHARLES NAIRN Producer ANNE SOMERS

A six-part series by JOE BOYLE starring
3: To Boldly Go...
Lenny's dad invented, among other things, the heat-seeking bedpan. Imagine then, how one of his old inventions could bring success to the lads' efforts during Enterprise Week at the Albert Dock.
Lighting BARRY CHATFIELD Sound ROGER GUEST
Designer LYNDA KETTLE Produced and directed by MIKE STEPHENS
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starring
Michael Sarrazin
Normann Burton
Raul Julia
Gary Busey
Alerted by the code word 'Gumball', a strange assortment of people converge on a secret rendezvous in Manhattan.
So, too, do the police, alerted by the indefatigable
Inspector Roscoe who has made it his life's ambition to put an end to this highly organised, illegal activity. Outwitted, Roscoe stands a helpless spectator at the start of another Gumball Rally, a motor race across America at speeds approaching 200mph. For the contestants, the excitement of the race is well worth the inevitable accidents, and evading the police is part of the fun - but Roscoe has a few extra tricks up his sleeve ...
Screenplay by LEON CAPETANOS Produced and directed by CHUCK BAIL
* FILMS: page 16
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starring Bob Monkhouse
Here's your weekly opportunity to help make the stars of tomorrow. Judge the seven acts on tonight's show - then cast your vote for the one which impressed you most.

with Moira Stuart ; Weather

starring and Amends
Working once again with Jim Thornton , whose inexperience in field work results in a tragic accident, Cagney feels justified in her resentment toward him, but her own faults provide a reminder of the quality of mercy.
Written by LARRY BARBER AND PAUL BARBER Directed by MICHAEL CAFFEY
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Starring Brian Keith, Helmut Griem, Ian Hendry
In this exciting and ingenious Second World War escape story, the POWs are 600
German soldiers attempting to break out of Camp McKenzie in the Scottish Highlands. Led by a fanatical Nazi, Schluetter, the men make life so difficult for the major in charge that a special 'troubleshooter' is sent to McKenzie to deal with the situation...
FILMS: page 16
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When Berry Gordy Jr gave a party to celebrate the 25th birthday of his record company even the reclusive Michael Jackson turned up to play. So did his brothers. And so did Diana Ross.
Smokey Robinson , Marvin Gaye , the Temptations, the Four Tops, Richard Pryor and a galaxy of black music's greatest stars. Plus some historic film of Motown's heyday. Executive producer SUZANNE DE PASSE
Director DON MISCHER