6.40 Maths: Non-Euclidean
Geometry 7.05 South Yorkshire Transport
The Playbus stops today at the Playground Stop where the children work in the garden and Lizzie tries to remember being small.
Today's story is Sticky Beak and the Mystery of the Shrinking Devil by Marcia Vaughan , told by Anthony Lapsley.
Presented by Dave Benson Phillips. Executive producer Cynthia Felgate A Felgate production for BBCtv (R)
When Nanny has to cancel a trip to the art gallery, the great paintings of the world are re-created in the nursery by Kermit Lautrec, Pierre Animal Renoir and Pablo Pigonzo. (R)
The lively youth magazine.
There are heads to be hoovered (as the song goes) and pants to be swung (as the saying goes) when Ross King and Charlotte Hindle are joined by loony tunesters Fat and Frantic and Trevor and Simon at the start of their summer tour. There's also the launch of Number One magazine's No Smoking Rap competition, with the winner getting a chance to make tracks with Betty Boo. More Gloop Trooper contestants face the gunge on It's Tough at the Top, and there's fun in space with the Jetsons.
With John Kettley.
Introduced by Steve Rider.
Provisional Timetable
11.00 Cricket; 1.00 News; 1.05 Eventing; 1.40 Cricket; 1.55 Racing; 2.05 Cricket; 2.30 Racing; 2.35 Swimming; 3.10 Racing; 3.30 Swimming; 3.50 Eventing
Eventing
World Equestrian Games from Stockholm.
Great Britain field a very strong team in this afternoon's cross-country phase and are favourites to win the three-day event championship.
Cricket: First Test
England v India
The third day of the Cornhill Insurance Test Series from Lord's.
Racing
From Ascot.
2.00 Pigot Diamond Stakes (Ladies Race. Old Mile)
2.35 Princess Margaret Stakes (Group 3. 6f)
3.20 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes (Group 1. 1½m).
Super Salsabil takes on older horses for the first time. Can the triple classic winner outpace the French challenger, In the Wings, for the £300,000 prize?
Swimming
TSB National Championships from Crystal Palace, London.
With Moira Stuart.
Weather John Kettley
This week Tony Robinson presents a hair-raising selection of cartoon ghosts, ghouls and things that go bump in the night. Producer Nick Jones
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.
(Postponed from 14 July)
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A comedy series. Rene has a problem: how to return the stolen gold to the General's safe.
Written by Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft Director Richard Boden Producer David Croft (R)
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Mike Smith presents the showbiz quiz. On Kenny Everett 's team are actor/singer Simon Bowman and actress Carmen Silvera.
On Gloria Hunniford 's team are comedienne Jessica Martin and disc jockey Steve Wright.
Executive producer John Kaye Cooper
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Starring Bruce Forsyth who presents the game show where the contestants bid to take over each others' prizes. With Claire Sutton.
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To celebrate the Agatha Christie centenary, a season of films starring Joan Hickson
Miss Marple's quiet holiday in Barbados is soon disrupted by a series of gruesome murders.
Screenplay by T R Bowen Director Christopher Petit
Producer George Gallaccio (R)
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With Martyn Lewis.
Weather John Kettley
A return visit for Sergeant
Rockliffe's crime squad of seven young plain-clothes coppers. Starring Ian Hogg
A Very Diplomatic Incident. It's a night of routine surveillance for the crime squad. All quiet. But not for long. They soon find themselves in murky areas of undercover work, having to make a choice between public justice and private revenge.
Episode written by Terry Hodgkinson Director Keith Washington Producer Leonard Lewis (R)
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Starring
James Coburn
Dyan Cannon James Mason
Raquel Welch
One year to the day after the death of his wife Sheila in a hit-and-run accident, Hollywood producer
Clinton Greene invites six people aboard his yacht in the Mediterranean. Each was present on the night of Sheila's death and each has a secret to hide. They are required to participate in the 'murder game', a bizarre set of clues and riddles that will expose the guilty party. As the game proceeds, the danger increases and the killing starts. Working behind the scenes for a change, Anthony Perkins shares credit for the screenplay with Stephen Sondheim.
Director Herbert Ross
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