and Regional News; Weather
With Philippa Forrester and Toby Anstis. ● STEREO
Fairy Tales
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Big Wide World Cartoon.
Cartoon.
and Regional News; Weather
Animation.
The Prince's Rain. Cartoon.
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Cartoon fun.
(Rpt)
and Regional News; Weather
Animation.
Join the team on Gibraltar and on the barge and find out how to cook "paniza" and make your own jewellery. ● STEREO
News from the pop charts. ● STEREO
At the Tent Stop.
Lassie gives birth to puppies. ● STEREO
A meditation by Archbishop
Desmond Tutu for Good Friday in the context of South Africa's struggle for freedom.
First-hand stories from Cape Town and Easter music from the Langa Adult Choir. Producer Peter Armstrong
A Word-Pictures production for BBCtv
Esther Rantzen and Gavin Campbell
celebrate the initiative and achievement of some very special youngsters, whose stories were the highlight of last autumn's
Children In Need evening. 0 INFORMATION: Children of Courage, Rm 4312, BBC White City, London W 12 7TS.
Cartoon fun.
12.55pm Regional News; Weather
Followed by Weather
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Starring Peter Falk
Playback. Lt Columbo is set to encounter a hi-tech killer in the midst of some big - and unpleasant - business. With
Oskar Werner and Gena Rowlands.
Lavish version of Mark
Twain's classic novel, starring Mark Lester Oliver Reed
When Prince Edward comes face-to-face with his exact double, street urchin
Tom Canty , he thinks it would be a wonderful joke to change places with him for the night. But the disguise works too well.
Director Richard Fleischer ● FILMS: pages 41-50
HRH the Prince of Wales talks to Radio 1 DJ Simon Mayo in this special documentary to mark the second anniversary of the Prince's Trust Volunteers.
The film follows the progress over three months of two teams on the scheme.
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Harold decides to take up cycling to impress Toby. Jim has discovered Colin Burke 's dark secret.
( Shown at 1.1 5pm. For cast see Monday) * STEREO;TELETEXT SUBTITLES: p 888
With Chris Lowe.
Weather Suzanne Charlton
* TELETEXT SUBTITLES (news): page 888
A comedy starring Burt Reynolds
Sally Field
Jackie Gleason
"Bandit" is a maverick driver who never refuses a challenge - especially when his reputation is at stake - and no cop, or "smokey", is going to stop him. However, Sheriff Buford T
Justice has other ideas - and the chase is on as the Bandit and his friends try to get a truckload of illicit beer from Texarkana, Texas, to Atlanta, Georgia.
Director Hal Needham
FILMS: pages 41-50
Get your laughing boxes tuned and your brains in gear, with a look ahead to tonight's Comic Reliefextravaganza at 9.20. 0 TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888
In an Easter edition of Bruce
Forsyth's new entertainment show he welcomes film star
Dudley Moore , Broadway singing star Juliet Prowse and comedian Ronnie Corbett. In addition Paul Nicholas and Claire Moore will be singing a duet from the musical Jesus Christ Superstar.
Director/Producer Kevin Bishop STEREO
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Michael Buerk with the latest national and international news. Regional News
Weekend Weather
Suzanne Charlton
● TELETEXT SUBTITLES (news): page 888 ● NEWS BY TELEPHONE: BBC News can be heard between 5.00am and 8.00pm by dialling 0[number removed]. Callsarecharged at 34p per minute cheap rate. 45p at all othertimes.
Lenny Henry, Griff Rhys Jones and Jonathan Ross take you "Behind the Nose" to root out the very best of Red Nose comedy, and to discover the reasons why the money people gave last year is so crucial. All with the help of Billy Connolly, Dame Edna Everage, Rowan Atkinson and 36 other top comedians.
Who's Funniest?
The evening explodes into action with the result of the Radio Times poll for the Best Comedy of Red Nose Day 1991 - Tom Jones v Theophilus P Wildebeeste, Robbie Coltrane, Birds of a Feather, Mr Bean and Postman Pat all vie for top billing. Also there's a whirlwind guide to how your money from last year is being spent from Scotland to the Sudan.
(Teletext subtitles: page 888)
9.40pm The Comic Relief Snappily Titled and Utterly Sponditious Stab at Explaining Why So Many People in Africa Are So Damn Poor
In this unusual documentary Tony Robinson travels throughout Tanzania to look at the real reasons for poverty in Africa. Back home helping to explain what he discovers are actors Richard Wilson and Jim Broadbent, with Peter Sissons, Gerald Scarfe , and Peter Snow , two talking trees and a Plasticine lion.
(Teletext subtitles: page 888)
10.30pm The A-Z of Comic Relief Comedy
The evening is rounded off with reports on Comic Relief UK from Stephen Fry, Ben Elton and Dawn French.
Plus classic comedy from the last six years of Comic Relief, featuring everyone from Harry Enfield to Ken Dodd, from Mel and Griff to Hale and Pace, from Mr Ben Elton to Mr Bean, from Frank Bruno to Frankie Howerd, and from Vic Reeves to Postman Pat via Ade Edmondson and Rik Mayall.
Executive producer Mark Harnson
(Teletext subtitles: page 888)
Cover Story: page 20
This dramatisation from the Authorised Version of the Bible continues by retelling the story of Christ's Passion - from the Last Supper through to the Crucifixion.
(Tomorrow: the Resurrection)
Thriller starring Robert Duvall
Joe Don Baker
Robert Ryan
Bank robber Earl Macklin , recently released from prison, has a score to settle. The Mob have killed his brother and now it's time for Macklin to make them pay. And pay well.
Based on a novel by Richard Stark (Donald E Westlake).
Written and directed by John Flynn 0 FILMS: pages 41-50
