introduced by Andy Crane - starting with Green Claws
Green Claws's special plant flowers only once every five years and lasts for only half an hour. He's determined to photograph it, but doesn't count on all the problems that stand in his way. With Nick Mercer and Stella Goodier.
Claws family stories SONYA DANN Illustrations JANE GEDYE Script by URSULA JONES Director ADRIAN MILLS
Producer CHRISTINE HEWITT
4.10pm
Fantastic Max
Beach Blanket Baby (2)
A beach ball planet in deep space is losing all its air and Max is asked to help locate the missing stopper.
4.20pm
Happy Families based on Allan Ahlberg 's books, dramatised by Vicky Ireland .
Mr Creep the Crook (2) Will the Creeps' latest foolproof plan really work? (For cast see page 51)
4.35pm Ipso Facto
This week Sammy Smith looks at the 'family'. Is there such a thing as a normal one? Sammy searches through media images in advertising and television as well as among her own family and friends, trying to find out exactly what is a family. Is it the same all over the world? Director IAN DENYER
Producer MADELINE WILTSHIRE BBC North West
5.00pm Newsround
5.05pm Grange Hill by Barry Purchese.
16: Ziggy and Robbie decide to find out if there is a ghost.
Devised by PHIL REDMOND Producer RONALD SMEDLEY Director JOHN SMITH (R)
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