6.35 Soap and Water 7.00 Maths: Heads and Tails

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Puppet fun.

Elephant animation.

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Space-age cartoon.

Betty Boo performs her single Let Me Take You There and Kylie Minogue beams up to show her latest video What
Kind of Fool. Author Raymond Briggs introduces The Man, Mike McShane brings some earth humour to the white hole and Cal flies in a hot-air balloon.
One lucky viewer wins the chance to meet Michael Jackson and there are more prizes to be won in the new game Parallel Playback. Plus a review of the new film Freddie as FR 0 7and the pop video vote on Bands in the Sand. With
Roddy Maude-Roxby , Helen Atkins , Jenny Bolt , Dominic McHale and Kevin Williams.
Executive producer Jill Roach Series producer Glyn Edwards A Roach production for BBCtv ● STEREO
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Adventure starring
Patrick McGoohan
Alice Lang flies to Africa to meet her penfriend, game warden Andrew Miller. However murderous poachers and deadly wildlife separate them, leaving her in the care of Andrew's disapproving brother.
Director Ken Annakin
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12.27pm Weather

Introduced by Steve Rider.
Provisional Timetable
12.35 Football Focus; 1.00 News
1.05 Golf; 1.55 Racing
2.05 Motor sport; 2.25 Racing
2.35 Bowls; 2.55 Racing
3.05 Bowls; 3.50 Half-times
4.00 Bowls; 4.40 Final Score
Football
Football Focus returns after a four-year gap as the new
Premier League kicks off in England. Bob Wilson and Gary Lineker assess the chances of the 22 Premier League clubs. Plus the full classified results service.
Golf
Highlights of the first and second rounds of the US PGA
Championship from Bellerive, Missouri. Commentary by Peter Alliss , Alex Hay and Dave Marr.
Bowls
World outdoor pairs final from Worthing. Also news of the triples final, won last time by Ireland. Commentary
David Bryant , Jimmy Davidson , David Rhys-Jones and David McGill. (Coverage continues on BBC2)
Motor Sport
Round 9 of the British Touring Car Championship from
Pembrey. With Murray Walker.
Racing
From Newbury.
2.00 St Hugh 's Stakes (5f)
2.30 Eurolink Silver Trophy Handicap Stakes (7f)
3.00 IBN BEY Geoffrey Freer Stakes (Im5f).
With Jimmy Lindley ,
Peter O'Sullevan and Julian Wilson. Producer Martin Hopkins Editor Dave Gordon

Cartoon fun.

Richard Lester 's star-studded, fast-moving version of Alexandre Dumas 's swashbuckling classic, starring Michael York
Raquel Welch
Determined to join the Musketeers, King Louis XIII 's elite personal guard, young D'Artagnan lands himself in trouble. Meanwhile powerful plots are afoot in Paris, and it is up to Athos, Porthos and Aramis of the Musketeers to stop them - with D'Artagnan's over-eager aid.
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Vintage comedy series by Jimmy Perry and David Croft.
Starring Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn

An enemy aircraft lands in the town reservoir and our heroes make the crew surrender.
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The first of a series based on Agatha Christie 's books, that introduced Joan Hickson as the definitive Miss Marple. St Mary Mead is a very ordinary, very English village. The Bantrys of Gossington Hall wake up one morning to find the body of a young woman in their library. Mrs Bantry immediately calls on her friend Jane Marple to help unravel the mystery.
When the investigation moves to a seaside hotel, the focus of attention centres on the Jefferson family and their entourage. With the discovery of a second body, Miss Marple is hard pressed to persuade
Detective Inspector Slack that all is not what it seems and appearances can be deceptive.
Screenplay by T R Bowen Producer Guy Slater
Director Silvio Narizzano
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With Martyn Lewis. Weather Bill Giles
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A new season, a new league and Match of the Day, first broadcast in August 1964, returns to the Saturday night screen.
Introduced by Desmond Lynam.
Extended highlights of two of this afternoon's inaugural fixtures in the new Premier
League, plus the key action and reaction from all the remaining matches. Studio analysis from Alan Hansen, on the spot opinions from Trevor Brooking and commentary by Barry Davies and John Motson.
● Editor's Letter: page 83

Director Sergio Leone combines spectacular action sequences with a wry humour in this action-filled movie, starring Rod Steiger James Cobum Mexico, 1913: Juan Miranda , a Mexican peasant turned bandit believes in his family and the power of robbery.
Sean Mallory , a revolutionary, believes only in dynamite.
When the two men join forces the result is explosive.
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