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Peter Simon introduces a bumper package of Saturday entertainment starting with Ovide
Between the mad marshes and the Venetian Jetty, the Virgin Forest and the mysterious caverns, there's no shortage of adventures for Ovide the duckbilled platypus.
Just for Laughs
8.40am ChuckleVision starring the Chuckle Brothers with Billy Butler.
Angling for success, Paul and Barry spin a line and take up fishing. And Billy Butler tells the tale of Slimeball Simon. Writer JOHN SAYLE
Director JOHN NORTHOVER Producer MARTIN HUGHES BBC North West
9.00am Going Live! with Sarah Greene and Phillip Schofield.
Featuring heat one of the BBC Young Entertainer of the Year competition, film previews with special guest
Mark Hamill.
Cartoon action with Muppet Babies and Droids. There's music from Yazz and Def Leppard and really wild visitors with Terry Nutkins. Going Live! gives you the chance to nominate candidates for Comic Relief's gunk tank.
Trevor and Simon take Anthea Turner to meet some Vikings. There's Press Conference,
Soapbox plus Live Line and all sorts. Join the Going Live! gang at 9.00am and find out more! Editor CHRIS BELLINGER

Contributors

Introduces:
Peter Simon
Unknown:
Billy Butler.
Unknown:
Billy Butler
Unknown:
Slimeball Simon.
Unknown:
John Sayle
Director:
John Northover
Producer:
Martin Hughes
Unknown:
Sarah Greene
Unknown:
Phillip Schofield.
Unknown:
Mark Hamill.
Unknown:
Terry Nutkins.
Unknown:
Anthea Turner
Editor:
Chris Bellinger

starringwith
A Love Story
When Geoff informs his patient, Susan Fowler , that she is pregnant he doesn't bargain for the role he'll play.
Written by CASSANDRA CARTER Directed by MARK DEFRIEST
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Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Fowler
Written By:
Cassandra Carter
Directed By:
Mark Defriest
Dr Geoff Standish:
Robert Grubb
Dr Chris Randall:
Liz Burch
Kate Wellings:
Lenore Smith
Sam Patterson:
Peter O'Brien
Emma Plimpton:
Rebecca Gibney
Sue Fowler:
Penny Cook
Max Cullen:
Hurtle Morrison
Violet Carnegie:
Pat Evison
Vie Buckley:
Maurie Fields
George Baxter:
Bruce Barry
Sharon:
Kylie Belling
Sgt Carruthers:
Terry Gill
Dr Turner:
John Frawley
Nancy:
Val Jellay
DJ:
George Kapiniaris

Your letter
Was only the start of it, One letter,
And now you're a part of it. If you have an entertaining and original secret dream that you would like 'fixed' for yourself or as a surprise for someone else, maybe
Jimmy Savile can help. Lighting BRENDAN CARR Sound JIM CADMAN
Designer ROSEMARY HESTER
Series producer ROGER ORDISH Produced and directed by STANLEY APPEL
* FURTHER INFORMATION: write to Jimmy Savile
BBCtv, Television Centre. London W12 8QT
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Contributors

Unknown:
Jimmy Savile
Designer:
Rosemary Hester
Directed By:
Stanley Appel
Unknown:
Jimmy Savile

starring Syd Little and Eddie Large with special guests Frank Carson
Jacqueline Clarke The Minitones
Fine Young Cannibals with The Banshees
The Claddath Dancers Craig Crosby
Eddie teams up with two new Partners to open the show as 'Bros' - as they have never been seen before.
Syd's music spot has a distinct flavour of Ireland.
Frank Carson and Eddie add a touch of the blarney.
Popeye and Olive Oyl close the show with their own Top of the Pops chart rundown.
Written by RUSSEL LANE
BRAD ASHTON , EDDIE BAYUSS Script associate RUSSEL LANE Music by RONNIE HAZLEHURST AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Choreographer JEFF THACKER Sound BOB FOLEY
Lighting GRAHAM RIMMINGTON Design BOB COVE
Director MARTIN SHARDLOW Producer BILL WILSON
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Contributors

Unknown:
Syd Little
Unknown:
Eddie Large
Unknown:
Frank Carson
Unknown:
Jacqueline Clarke
Dancers:
Craig Crosby
Written By:
Russel Lane
Written By:
Brad Ashton
Written By:
Eddie Bayuss
Music By:
Ronnie Hazlehurst
Unknown:
Jeff Thacker
Director:
Martin Shardlow
Producer:
Bill Wilson

Starring Paul Daniels with the superb trick cycling of Kid Lima and on the trapeze, the Ayak Brothers.
Featuring Debbie McGee. Musical director BURT RHODES
Programme associate ALI BONGO Technical consultant GIL LEANEY Sound KEITH MAYES Lighting BILL MILLAR
Designer JAMES GRANT
Produced and directed by GEOFF MILES
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Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Daniels
Unknown:
Debbie McGee.
Directed By:
Geoff Miles

An eight-part series starring John Nettles s as Det Sgt Bergerac
3: Tangos in the Night § by JOHN FLETCHER , with 0 Terence Alexander Sean Arnold
Louise Jameson and Stephen McGann and Hetty Baynes.
Jim is called in to investigate the theft of diamonds from Lady Trowbridge, one of Jersey's leading socialites.
Series created by ROBERT BANKS
STEWART Tango music by TEDDY PEIRO
Choreography by SHEILA O'NEILL Make-up designer VIVIEN RILEY
Production associate JEREMY GWILT Film editor MASAHIRO HIRAKUBO Photography JOHN BAKER
Produced by GEORGE GALLACCIO Directed by STUART URBAN
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Unknown:
John Nettles
Unknown:
John Fletcher
Unknown:
Terence Alexander
Unknown:
Sean Arnold
Unknown:
Louise Jameson
Unknown:
Stephen McGann
Unknown:
Hetty Baynes.
Unknown:
Stewart Tango
Music By:
Teddy Peiro
Choreography By:
Sheila O'Neill
Designer:
Vivien Riley
Unknown:
Jeremy Gwilt
Editor:
Masahiro Hirakubo
Editor:
Photography John Baker
Produced By:
George Gallaccio
Directed By:
Stuart Urban
Rita Smith:
Hetty Baynes
Panda:
Elaine Donnelly
Pat:
Deborah Farrington
Piggy:
Deborah Miles
Gwendoline:
Amanda Orton
Pepe:
Stephen McGann
Cynthia Trowbridge:
Sarah Lawson
Susan Young:
Louise Jameson
Hungerford:
Terence Alexander
Arnold Trowbridge:
Reginald Marsh
Smith:
Christopher Strauli
Crozier:
Sean Arnold
Peggy:
Nancy Mansfield
Willy Pettit:
John Telfer
Ben Lomas:
David Kershaw
Alice Crozier:
Sue Wallace
MC:
Tony Addams

Starring
Payback
A female cop is wounded in a professional hit which kills her partner and the Grand Jury witness they are protecting. Jordan, the policewoman, is unable to remember the event or the face of the killer and calls on Jack Killian 's friendship as she struggles with the guilt over her partner's death. But the man who stands to lose most by her living wants the loose ends tied up ...
Written by DEBORAH ARAKEUAN Directed by KEVIN HOOKS
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Contributors

Unknown:
Jack Killian
Written By:
Deborah Arakeuan
Directed By:
Kevin Hooks
Jack Killian:
Gary Cole
Devon King:
Wendy Kilbourne
Lt Carl Zymak:
Arthur Taxier
Billy Po:
Dennis Dun
Jordan:
Patti D'Arbanville
Rothwell:
Peter Shteri
Manny:
Wallace Choy

Starring
Nick Nolte
Tuesday Weld.
Overwhelmed by the senseless horrors of the Vietnam War, newspaperman
John Converse decides to register his opposition by means of a desperate act. He draws his buddy Ray Hicks and his wife Marge into a scheme to ship a consignment of heroin to the United States. Their plan backfires and Converse finds the violence of Vietnam has been destructively brought home.
Screenplay by JUDITH RASCOE and ROBERT STONE based on the novel Dog Soldiers by ROBERT STONE Produced by HERB JAFFE and GABRIEL KATZKA Directed by KAREL REISZ
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Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Nolte
Unknown:
John Converse
Unknown:
Ray Hicks
Play By:
Judith Rascoe
Produced By:
Herb Jaffe
Directed By:
Karel Reisz
Ray Hicks:
Nick Nolte
Marge Converse:
Tuesday Weld
John Converse:
Michael Moriarty
Antheil:
Anthony Zerbe
Danskin:
Richard Masur
Smitty:
Ray Sharkey
Charmian:
Gail Strickland
Eddie Peace:
Charles Haid
Bender:
David Opatoshu
Angel:
Joaquin Martinez
Gerald:
James Cranna
Jody:
Timothy Blake
Janey:
Shelby Balik
Edna:
Jena Howell

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