A prayer for the farmer.

Clive's going back to
Australia for the summer.
Will Dennis go with him? With Wayne Jackman and Ian Tregonning. Producer Christine Hewitt
Playdays
The Playbus stops today at the Playground Stop. Presenter:
Dave Benson Phillips. Puppeteer: Jane Eve.
A Felgate production for BBCtv (R;
7.55am
Laurel and Hardy
More cartoon fun from that hapless duo Stan and Ollie. Today they build a birdhouse on a tall pole. (R)
8.00am
New Adventures of Mighty Mouse
Tales from the cartoon superhero. This flashback episode recalls Mighty Mouse as a baby.
8.15am
Tales of the Rodent
Sherlock Holmes
Last of a seven-part costume drama.
Starring
Roland Rat Superstar Special guest Liz Smith
7: Mrs Plankton 's seaside boarding house is being haunted by a supernatural being! She sends for the world's greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes.
Written by Dominic Macdonald and David Claridge
Producer Steve Haggard BBC North
8.35am Thundercats
A giant green frog catches Wilycat. (R)

Guests in this special end-of-series edition are Neighbours star Guy Pearce (Mike), cheeky chat show host
Jonathan Ross , American singer and choreographer Paula Abdul and singer
Kylie Minogue. Join Phillip Schofield , Sarah Greene ,
Trevor and Simon and Peter Simon as they open the doors to Studio 7. Editor Chris Bellinger

With John Kettley.

Introduced by Bob Wilson.

Provisional Timetable
12.20 Football; 12.30 Snooker; 1.00 News; 1.05 Swimming; 1.30 Basketball; 1.55 Racing; 2.05 Snooker; 2.25 Racing; 2.35 Swimming; 2.55 Racing; 3.05 Swimming; 3.30 Snooker; 3.50 Football; 4.00 Snooker; 4.35 Cricket; 4.40 Final Score

Snooker
From Sheffield.
Embassy World Professional Championships.
First-round matches today: Dean Reynolds v Peter Francisco, Willie Thorne v Tony Drago, Dennis Taylor v Neal Foulds and Doug Mountjoy v Brady Gollan.
Commentators: Ted Lowe, Jack Karnehm, Clive Everton.

Swimming
From Leeds.
TSB British Club Team Championships.
Friday's finals first, then the afternoon's races live. Madeleine Scarborough goes in the 100m butterfly and James Parrack in the 100m breaststroke.
Commentators: Alan Weeks, Hamilton Bland and Andy Jameson.

Basketball
From the NEC, Birmingham.
Carlsberg National Championship Final.
Commentators: Bill Beswick and Roy Birch.

Cricket
From Antigua.
West Indies v England Highlights of the first session in the Fifth Test.

Racing
From Haydock Park.
2.00 Philip Comes Nickel Alloys Maiden Stakes (5f)
2.30 Beamish Irish Stout Handicap Stakes (1m 40yds)
3.00 Field Marshall Stakes (5f)
Commentators: Peter O'Sullevan, Julian Wilson and Jimmy Lindley.

Television presentation:
Snooker Keith Mackenzie
Swimming Alastair Scott
Basketball Martin Webster
Racing Bob Duncan
Producer Martin Hopkins

Editor John Philips

With Moira Stuart.
Weather

Tony Robinson with a programme devoted to science fiction in cartoons. Videotape editor Roy Demery Producer Nick Jones

An artist and his agent come to town.
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Starring Les Dawson Guest artist: Melanie Jay.
Consultant Hughie Green Associate Garry Chambers
Musical director John Coleman Staging Di Cooke
Designer John Anderson Producer Stewart Morris
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A comedy series by Richard Ommanney.
To Daphne's delight, Sam has given up taxidermy.
Designer Mary Greaves
Producer/Director John B Hobbs (R)
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First showing on network television.
Starring Raymond Burr Barbara Hale
Top reporter Michelle Benti is arrested for the murder of her former boss, the publisher of a notorious scandal magazine.
Perry Mason investigates.
Perry Mason. ..... Raymond Burr
Delta Street........... Barbara Hale
Michelle Benti. ..... Susan Wilder
Harlan Wade. ....Robert Guillaume
Director Christian I Nyby II
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With Philip Hayton. Weather

Episode by Bill Gallagher.
[NB episode title not credited in Radio Times]

A fall at home leaves Beverley Miles seriously injured.
(R)
(Ceefax subtitles)

Hosted by the new Sid James of British comedy, Arthur Smith, with Nick Revell, Curtis and Ishmael and great music including a performance from Kid Creole and the Coconuts.
Tonight's show from the Paramount City Theatre in London features one of America's top comediennes, Pamela Matteson. Satirical, political, topical, motivating -well, it might be.

A Consolidated production for BBC TV

Starring
Gerard Lanvin and Michel Piccoli
A man is beaten to death.
Why? It's because of deregulated television and a station's hottest show The
Prize of Peril, in which contestants can win a million dollars if they outlive the time slot.
Director Yves Boisset
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West Indies v England Fifth Test from Antigua.
Introduced by Tony Lewis.

A prayer when harvest fails.