6.40 Introduction to Pure
Maths
7.05 The Language of Advancement
The Playbus stops today at the Tent Stop where
Humphrey and Wobble
Clown join Ricky Diamond and Anthony Corriette , with Kate Buxton , Remi Beard and Hannah Tucek as the dragon, to tell the story and play the game:
Follow the Footsteps. (R)
From a galaxy far, far away. Created for television by Jim Henson (R)
Tonight stars from all over the world are performing at a special concert in Liverpool to celebrate the life and music of John Lennon. As final rehearsals continue, Charlotte Hindle meets some famous
Beatles' fans including
Kylie Minogue, Wet Wet Wet and Mike Read. Back at base, Ross King meets special guest Paul Young and introduces the latest episode of the intergalactic saga Defenders of the Earth. Location director Pam O'Brien Series producer Martyn Day BBC North
Starring Bill Kerr
When farmhand
Tom Lincoln buys a young dog from a man in a bar, he doesn't know he has been sold a dingo pup. As Dusty grows up, Tom teaches him to herd sheep, but his wild blood sometimes gets the better of him. This touching, unsentimental story is beautifully filmed in the northern Victoria outback of Australia.
Director John Richardson
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With Bernard Davey.
Introduced by Desmond Lynam.
Provisional Timetable
12.35 Football; 1.00 News; 1.05 Horse trials; 1.25 Racing; 1.40 Horse trials; 1.55 Racing; 2.10 Horse trials; 2.25 Racing; 2.40 Golf; 3.35 Rugby; 4.35 Final Score
Horse Trials From Badminton.
Whitbread Championships. Virginia Leng is the champion. This is one event that world champion Bruce Davidson has never won. Cross-country this afternoon. Commentators: Raymond Brooks-Ward Michael Tucker and Lucinda Green.
Rugby Union
From Twickenham.
Pilkington Cup Final. Gloucester v Bath.
Commentators: Nigel Starmer-Smith and Bill Beaumont.
Golf
From St Mellion, Cornwall. Benson and Hedges International Open. Action from the second round. Commentators: Harry Carpenter Peter Alliss
Bruce Critchley
Clive Clark, Alex Hay and Mike Hughesdon.
Racing From Haydock Park.
1.30 Sir Richard Fairey Memorial Stakes(1m 130yds)
2.00 Fairey Group 75th Anniversary Handicap (1/1/4m 130yds)
2.30 Fairey Group Spring Trophy (7f 40yds)
Commentators:
Peter O'Sullevan, Julian Wilson and Jimmy Lindley.
Football
1990 World Cup. Group D - West Germany, Yugoslavia, Colombia and UAE.
Reporter: Barry Davies.
Television presentation:
Horse trials Johnnie Watherston
Rugby union Alan Griffiths
Golf John Shrewsbury
Racing Bob Duncan
Producer Martin Hopkins Editor John Philips
With Moira Stuart.
Weather
An Australian drama series.
The RFDS comes to the aid of a stranded tourist bus.
One of the passengers is seriously ill and it looks as if she will die alone until a 25-year-old love affair is rekindled.
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Starring Sean Connery Natalie Wood
It comes from deep in outer space - and it has plotted a path towards the earth, threatening global disaster. With only seven days left until impact, it must be stopped. But in the face of military and political intransigence how can scientists hope to prevent the inevitable devastation the meteor Orpheus will cause when it finally hits?
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With Michael Buerk
Weather
If you like your comedy hot and spicy, you're getting muddled up with food and have clearly gone insane. Either seek professional help, or watch this programme with television doctor Arthur Smith.
With Steve Coogan ,
Curtis and Ishmael and Jon Manfrellotti. Music from the Hothouse Flowers. Director David G Croft Producers Juliet Blake and Trevor Hopkins
Starring
Charlton Heston Susannah York
Egypt, 1961: archaeologist
Matthew Corbeck uncovers the lost tomb of the evil Queen Kara at the very moment his daughter is bom. Eighteen years later Corbeck ships the mummy to England and returns to Egypt with his daughter to steal artefacts from
Kara's tomb.
But he soon suspects that the dead queen, infamous for killing her incestuous father, is possessing the soul of his daughter.
An adaptation of Bram Stoker 's tale of terror.
Based on the novel
The Jewel of the Seven Stars Director Mike Newell
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