Today's story is "Tom's First Day at School"
Written and illustrated by Malcolm Carrick

A second start in mathematics
Introduced by Alan Tammadge
(Books: page 17)

with Peter Woods reporting the world tonight with the BBC's reporters and correspondents at home and abroad
Weather

Castleford (yellow with black trim) v Huddersfield (claret and gold)

Castleford, three times winners of the Trophy, take on the famous claret and gold of Huddersfield, one of the most spirited sides in the code. Remember the great fight they put up against Wigan in last year's Quarter-final? Tonight they're out to topple their Yorkshire rivals, one of the game's glamour clubs.

Barrie Gill and Gordon Wilkins cover the world of motoring with Maxwell Boyd, Michael Frostick and Judith Jackson
Tonight a preview from Paris of the new British and foreign cars at the International Motor Show which opens in the French capital tomorrow.
Which extras do motorists vote the most useful? A roof rack, an emergency fan belt, a tappet adjuster? See the top ten winners of a contest by 100,000 readers of Motor. And an all-action report on the Senior Service International Hill Rally - two-day trial of strength and stamina for land rovers, jeeps, and every other kind of cross-country vehicle in the mountains and valleys of central Wales.

The first of a season of British films by some of the directors and writers who brought a new style to the cinema in the 60s.
Starring Vanessa Redgrave, David Warner, Robert Stephens

Morgan has been shipped off while his rich wife Leonie organises a divorce. Inconveniently, he returns on the day of the hearing.
(This Week's Films: page 13. Films that made Britain great: pages 62-67)

and Weather

Richard Williams and Ian Whitcomb look at the news, the views and the sounds of today's music. Studio guests include: The Jack Bruce Band, Cat Stevens
(This Week's Sounds: page 11)