Live coverage of the third day in Blackpool.

Story: "Mrs Mopple's Washing Line" by Anita Hewett
Illustrated by Robert Bloomfield

Further coverage from Blackpool

12.30* Morning Report

2.30 pm Live coverage of the afternoon's session

Further coverage of The Semi-finals

A series of ten programmes

Tony Soper surveys the variability found within the molluscs and, with Peter Dance, looks at the form and function of their shells.
(from Bristol: first shown on BBC1)
Book £2 30; see page 82

Reporting team Alastair Burnet, Robin Day and Alan Watson with news and analysis of the main topics on the third day of the Conservative Party Conference.
(Talk-In at 10.55 pm, BBC1)

with Percy Thrower from The Magnolias, near Shrewsbury, Shropshire
October: the month of autumn colour and time to clear away summer bedding; plant wall-flowers, bulbs and other plants for spring flowering. Time, also, to give the lawns their autumn top dressing.
(Birmingham)
Book, 50p: see page 82

Every week, The Money Programme team unravels the tangle of people and pressures, plans and guesses that make up the political economy of Britain and the world. The way people live, work, and die now is made by the chances they have to earn their living.
This programme tries to make sense of it all every Friday night.
Presented by Brian Widlake
with Paul Griffiths, David Taylor and Robert McKenzie

Philip Jenkinson gives the background of two famous films of the screen - The Mark of Zorro, starring Douglas Fairbanks Snr, and tonight:
Blood and Sand starring Rudolph Valentino

The excitement of the bullring and the rhythm of the tango are the perfect background for the legendary Valentino.
This Week's Films: page 11

The Semi-finals at Wentworth
(Tomorrow: The Finals on Grandstand at 12.0, BBC1)

with Peter Woods; Weather

Introduced by Robert Robinson
Twenty-five thousand new books will be published in Britain this year - hardbacks, paperbacks, best-sellers, flops. Every three weeks The Book Programme will dip into some of the latest and talk to writers and readers.
Best buys: how would you spend a £5 token? Angus Wilson is one of those making his choice.
Lord George-Brown reviews Aneurin Bevan 1945-60 by Michael Foot and a new biography of Herbert Morrison.
Lawrence Durrell talks about his life and his writing on the publication of a new autobiography.
Robert Robinson's Choice: page 5