The latest events, news, and personalities at the Olympic Games by satellite from Mexico City
(See BBC-1)
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(to 9.00)

A programme for children at home
Today's story: "Diesels at Swindon"

(Next week's picturebooks are "The Flying Steamroller" by Jon Chalon; "Peter and the Pier" by John Duke; "Black Dolly" by Charles Keeping)
(Colour)
(to 11.20)

Featuring today's events as they happen direct by satellite and all the highlights of the XIX Olympic Games
including:
Swimming: Men's 200 Metres Backstroke (Heats), Ladies' 200 Metres Backstroke (Heats)
and Boxing, Gymnastics, Football
Introduced by David Vine with the BBC Olympic team of commentators
(Colour)
(to 18.00)

A beginner's course in folk guitar with John Pearse

Tuning check-another right-hand style-working on a simple song "The Grand Old Duke of York."
(Shown on Sunday on BBC-1 and BBC Wales)
Accompanying pamphlet: see page 11

Each week Florence Norberg takes a well-known song and shows a group of young people how to improve their singing
(Shown on Sunday on BBC-1 and BBC Wales)

The World Tonight
Reporting: John Timpson, Peter Woods and the reporters and correspondents, at home and abroad, of BBC News
followed by The Weather
(Colour)

Gordon Wilkins covers the world of motoring

When the Ministry of Transport compulsory test for vehicle safety was introduced in 1960 it was for cars ten years old and over. Today the fifteen-shilling examination covers cars only three years old. Of eight million cars inspected, more than two million have failed the test the first time mainly because of faulty brakes or steering.
But has the test made the roads safer? Does the three-year limit lead motorists to replace their old car too soon? Or is it just a profitable gimmick for garages?
(Colour)

Television's Ice Show
Introduced by Ray Alan
featuring Hanna Eigel, Martin and Heather Granger, Mark and Paula, Reg Park, Michel and Carol, Sally Ross, Janet Mahoney
The Ice Cabaret Dancers, The Fred Tomlinson Singers
(Programme presented in association with Tom Arnold and Gerald Palmer)

This week Ray Alan will be introducing Hanna Eigel, an Austrian who was twice European Champion, Mark and Paula the reigning British professional pair-skaters, and Martin and Heather Granger who do a skating puppets act.
(Colour)

A French film with English sub-titles starring Gerard Philipe, Francoise Rosay

An elderly and wealthy woman gambles away a fortune while her family and their debtors look on despairingly. Dostoevsky's novel received another production on BBC-2 earlier this year, and it is interesting to compare that version with this film which was made by the French director Claude Autant-Lara. Gerard Philipe, who plays a leading role, previously worked with Autant-Lara on Le Diable au Corps.
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Ian Trethowan looks back over the past week in Parliament and introduces reports on big debates in both Houses, questions to Ministers, significant moves behind the scenes, and the effects of M.P.s' work inside and outside Westminster
with Hardiman Scott, David Holmes
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The great gypsy guitarist in an exciting display of virtuosity and showmanship at the Royal Albert Hall, London
with Hyppolite Balliardo, Manero Balliardo, Ricardo BissaroIn the packed hall 5,000 aficionados stamp and clap to the infectious flamenco rhythms
About Manitas de Plata's concert appearances the Press comments:
...held a huge and knowledgeable audience spellbound (The Times)
...uninhibited exploitation of the utmost resources of the guitar (Daily Telegraph)
Introduced by Richard Baker
Manitas de Plata appears by arrangement with Robert Paterson
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direct by satellite from Mexico City
featuring: Swimming and Diving
See BBC-1
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