6.40 Pure Maths: Quadric Surfaces
7.05 Decision-Making: Miners' Wage Claim

The Playbus stops today at the Tent Stop. Today's story is The
Waterfall on Stairs by Clive Duncan. Executive producer Cynthia Felgate A Felgate production for BBCtv (R)

The Babies imagine life as wild animals in the zoo. (R)

The magazine show for children.

Charlotte Hindle goes hang-gliding with world champion Judy Leden and meets champion racehorse Desert Orchid. Meanwhile Ross King meets dance-floor favourite band James and ballerina Susan Hogard. Martin Roberts checks out drag racing in America and there's gunk galore for participants in the game show It's Tough at the Top.

Starring Jon Provost

Lassie and her young companion Timmy get stranded in the Canadian wilderness.

Films: pages 18-22

With John Kettley.

Introduced by Steve Rider. Provisional Timetable
12.35 Golf; 12.55 News
1.00 Motor racing; 1.55 Racing
2.05 Golf; 2.25 Racing
2.35 Golf; 2.55 Racing
3.05 Golf; 4.55 Final Score
Golf
The Bell's Scottish Open
Championship from Gleneagles. Nick Faldo , Jose Maria Olazabal and Ian Woosnam lead the entry. Commentary by Peter Alliss and Bruce Critchley.
Motor Racing
The final practice at the Foster's British Grand Prix meeting from Silverstone. Commentary by Murray Walker and James Hunt.
Racing from Lingfield.
2.00 Mail on Sunday 3-Year-Old Series Handicap Stakes (1m 2f)
2.30 Bet with the Tote Stakes
(Limited Handicap. 1m 4f)
3.00 Saturday Silver Trophy (Listed Race. 7f 140yds)
Commentary by Peter O'Sullevan , Julian Wilson and Jimmy Lindley. Producer Martin Hopkins Editor John Philips

With Moira Stuart.
Weather John Kettley

An Australian drama series.
The Wrangler's Daughter. The people of Coopers Crossing are involved in a life-and-death search for the mentally handicapped daughter of a horse wrangler.
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A comedy series. Rene tries to elope to Switzerland with Yvette on the night train. Alas, everyone else ends up on the same train.
Written by Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft Director Richard Boden Producer David Croft (R)
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Mike Smith presents the popular showbiz quiz.
Tonight Kenny Everett's team of television presenter Eamonn Holmes and actress Nerys Hughes competes with Gloria Hunniford's team of television personality Neil Innes and actress Jan Ravens.

Gloria: page 9
(Ceefax subtitles)

Last in the series. Les Dennis says that this series was made at half the expected cost; tonight he returns the other E10 to the BBC.
With Lisa Maxwell and featuring Martin Daniels , Roy Holder ,
Diane Langton and Mike Osman. Director/Producer Geoff Miles
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Starring Bruce Forsyth who presents another edition of the game show where the contestants bid to take over each others' prizes. With Claire Sutton.
Director/Producer David Taylor
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To celebrate the Agatha Christie centenary, a season of films starring Joan Hickson as the ever popular Miss Marple.

Why are members of the Fortescue household being poisoned? Can the deaths really be connected by a popular nursery rhyme?
(R)
(Ceefax subtitles)

Live from Oslo, the Mobil Bislett Games. Action from one of the premier grand prix athletic events of the season with a host of international track and field stars taking part. British interest will centre upon Eamonn Martin in the 10,000m, Linford Christie in the 100m and Stephen Backley in the javelin. The climax of the evening is live coverage of the Dream Mile where Commonwealth gold medallist Peter Elliott will take on last year's winner Abdi Bile.
Commentary by David Coleman and Ron Pickering.
Reports from Paul Dickenson.
Producers Martin Webster and Dave Gordon

With Michael Buerk.
Weather John Kettley

A return visit for Sergeant Rockliffe's crime squad of seven young plain-clothes coppers. Starring Ian Hogg

It's not a crime to photograph police activity, but when it happens during an investigation into serious assaults on women, Rockliffe is suspicious.

Episode written by Brian Thompson
(R)
Feature: page 10
(Ceefax subtitles)

Starring Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley

A monk is possessed by strange powers of healing in Hammer's colourful version of the notorious Rasputin's rise to fame at the court of Tsar Nicholas II.

Films: pages 18-22