6.40 Intro to Pure Maths: Conics

7.05 Geometric Topology: Covering Surfaces

The Playbus stops today at the Patch Stop where Peggy looks at dry stone walling.
Today's story is "Piggo and the Train Ride" written by Pam Ayres. With Vanessa Amberleigh.
A Felgate production for BBC tv
(R)

In an attempt to win a new piano for Baby Rowlf, the Babies enter a song-writing contest.
(R)

In today's magazine show for children, Ross King joins Jason Donovan at the start of his European tour and Charlotte Hindle pours the tea for Kenneth Waller, better known as Grandad in Bread.

Big top punks Archaos reveal the weird and wacky side of circus, and there's live music from the Mock Turtles. Then the results of the Young Astronaut Competition are announced. Are you ready for Space Camp, USA?

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With Bernard Davey.

Introduced by Steve Rider.

Provisional Timetable
11.00 Cricket
1.00 News
1.05 Motor racing
1.30 Tennis

Wimbledon 90
Lawn Tennis Championships. Ladies singles final with commentary by Dan Maskell, Virginia Wade and Ann Jones.
(Ceefax subtitles)

Cricket: Third Test
England v New Zealand from Edgbaston
with commentary by Richie Benaud and Jack Bannister.

Motor Racing
Esso British Touring Car Championship.
Commentary by Murray Walker.
Producer Martin Hopkins Editor John Philips

Wimbledon 90
Reigning champion Steffi Graf is only 21, but she has already won two Wimbledon singles titles. Called 'the greatest woman player of all time', the West German remains undaunted by success: 'If you believe that I'm the best tennis player in the world, or the best that there has been, that is your decision, not mine. I just try to do my best.' As always, she faces strong opposition. Martina Navratilova is determined to achieve a record ninth title and will be out to win.

From 10. 55am BBC

Plus: World Cup football action (6.50pm or 11.55pm BBC 1) and Test match cricket (from 3.45pm BBC2).

With Laurie Mayer
Weather Bernard Davey

An Australian drama series.
More adventures with the airborne medics of the RFDS.
(Ceefax subtitles)

A comedy series. After narrowly escaping being blown up by the 258 exploding Christmas puddings, Rene becomes embroiled in another daring plan by the Resistance.
(R)
(Postponed from 15 June)
(Ceefax subtitles)

Mike Smith presents the showbiz quiz which tests your knowledge of the world of entertainment.
On Kenny Everett's team are comedy scriptwriter Barry Cryer and entertainer Dillie Keane.
On Gloria Hunniford's team are Brush Strokes star Karl Howman and EastEnder Wendy Richard.

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(Ceefax subtitles)

Tonight Les Dennis looks at the meaning of comedy, music, magic and dance. He also looks at the meaning of lots of other words in his dictionary. With Lisa Maxwell and featuring Martin Daniels, John Gleeson, Roy Holder, Mark Walker.

(Ceefax subtitles)

Bruce Forsyth and Claire Sutton present the game show where the contestants bid to take over their prizes from each other.
(Ceefax subtitles)

To celebrate the Agatha Christie centenary, a season of films starring Joan Hickson.

Miss Marple made her first appearance before the reading public with this classic Christie tale of murder in the archetypal English village of St Mary Mead.

(Repeat)
(Ceefax Subtitles)

Film: Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage
In 1946, Agatha Christie sent a congratulatory note to an actress with a minor role in one of her West End plays. She added, 'hope one day you will play Miss Marple.' Joan Hickson (above, with David Horovitch, left, and Ian Brimble) fulfils Christie's wish by portraying Miss Marple in seven highly-acclaimed films, shown again in honour of the centenary of the grande dame of crime writers. 8.00pm or 9.20pm BBC1
Plus: playwright Arthur Miller discusses his life and work in Omnibus (8.45pm BBC2), which is followed by Theatre Night: All My Sons (10.00pm BBC2) - a new adaptation of his classic drama of wartime tragedy.

With Martyn Lewis.
Weather Bernard Davey

Last in the hospital drama series.

There's a surprise party at the end of a shift, but a city centre explosion puts the hospital on yellow alert.

Episode written by Sam Snape
(R)
(Ceefax subtitles)

Ladies' singles final day and the champion has raised the Challenge trophy and picked up a cheque for £207,000. Harry Carpenter introduces highlights and looks forward to tomorrow's men's final.

Highlights of tonight's third-place play-off from the Stadio Nuovo
Comunale, Bari. The match for third place has been reinstated into the tournament after its omission in 1986. The last time this game took place, in Spain in 1982, Poland defeated France by the odd goal in five. Always a difficult game for the teams to play in following the disappointment of not making the World Cup final, professional pride ensures an interesting match. Plus a look forward to tomorrow's final.
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Starring John Mills, Carol White

One day when young Dulcima Gaskain passes the squalid farm of miserly drunk Mr Parker, she helps him inside and offers to clean out his farmhouse. Soon wily old Mr Parker is persuading her to be his permanent housekeeper - and something more. But cunningly Dulcima is getting all she can as payment while secretly meeting a handsome young gamekeeper.

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