with Richard Whitmore and Meira Stuart
Weather ANNE PURVIS

(London and SE only: Financial Report, and News Headlines with subtitles)

Donny MacLeod , Marian Foster , Marjorie Lofthouse and Bob Langley are this week's presenting team on the topical and entertaining lunchtime magazine programme. Frank Delaney visits Pebble Mill today for his weekly chat about books and authors.
Editor PETER HERCOMBE BBC Pebble Mill

A See-Saw programme. (Repeat)
All the Music from Trumpton and Chigley (record REC 234, cassette MRMC 044), from retailers

Story: Patrick
Written by QUENTIN BLAKE Presenters
Carol Chell and Ben Bazell

A cartoon series
(Repeat)

by Kenneth Grahame
with Bernard Cribbins
Today: The River Bank
'The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home ...'
So begins one of the best-loved stories ever written for children, told this week on a real river bank, not unlike the one where Rat and Mole made their home.
Back Pages: 94-95

The first of three plays The Magic of Monday by KAY MCMANUS
Zanok the magician is about to retire, Princess Serena is in love and the launderers are on strike! How can Monday weave a spell to make these problems disappear? Queen Justina has an idea ...
Costumes JOAN WADJE
Lighting WARWICK FIELDING Designer cynthia KLJUCO
Producer ANGELA beeching Director MARGIE BARBOUR
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with Simon Groom, Sarah Greene and Peter Duncan
"Blue Peter" 19th Book, £2.30, from booksellers

with Richard Baker ; Weatherman

Presented by Laurie Mayer and Fran Morrison with reporters SUSANNAH GREENBERG and MAGGIE NELSON MICHAEL WALE 'is at the South East sports desk
At 6.25 the Nationwide team of Sue Lawley, Frank Bough ,
Richard Kershaw and Hugh Scully bring you the issues, the stories and the people that matter from BBC studios in the capital and across the country.
Including Watchdog
Producers MICHAEL HOGAN. PAUL WOOLWICH
Deputy editors PHILIP HARDING , IAN SQUIRES Editor ROGER BOLTON

by ROSEMARY MASON
The end of Vicky Smith 's obsessive search for her real mother ...
Script editor TONY HOLLAND Designer SALLY ENGELBACH Producer JULIA SMITH
Directed by STEPHEN BUTCHER

Presented by Fred Emery and Richard Lindley
The issues, the people and the stories that matter, reported by television's top journalists:
MICHAEL COCKERELL , DAVID LOMAX TOM MANGOLD , JEREMY PAXMAN PETER TAYLOR. PHILIP TIBENHAM
Deputy editor TOM bower EditorGEORGECAREY

with John Humphrys ; Weatherman

Presented by The Society of West End Theatre in association with Benson and Hedges
Introduced by Barry Norman from Grosvenor House, London
London's West End theatres have seen nearly 100 productions this year: revivals, revues, new plays, opera, ballet and musicals, all of which qualify for consideration by the judging panel of the Society of West End Theatre.
Consisting of theatre owners and producers, the Society elects a committee of 12 judges - all people who either work in the theatre or are members of the theatre-going public-to decide on the winners.
With four nominations in each of the 21 categories, the recipients really must represent the very best in the theatre today.
Among the presenters of the various awards are:
Peter Barkworth , Albert Finney Penelope Keith , Rudolf Nureyev Dame Eva Turner
Among the individual nominations: Judi Dench , Paul Eddington Rupert Everett , David Healy Geoffrey Hutchings
Felicity Kendal , Rosemary Leach Trevor Peacock and the shows:
Poppy, Underneath the Arches Windy City, Andy Capp and Guys and Dolls
Lighting SAM BRANTER Sound BARRY HAWES
Designer VICTOR meredith Director PIETER MORPURGO Producer KEN GRIFFIN

with Iain Johnstone

Including a round-up of current releases and up-to-the-minute news of the latest films in production and the personalities involved.

E.T.: a review of director Steven Spielberg's fairy tale blockbuster which has its charity royal premiere on Thursday.

Gandhi: Ben Kingsley portrays the renowned Indian leader in this three-hour epic. In addition David Thomas talks to him on the set of his latest film Betrayal in which he plays opposite Jeremy Irons and Patricia Hodge.

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