starts your day with half-an-hour of news, sport, weather and travel information from the Ceefax news-room. This is available to all viewers, whether or not they have teletext sets.
Frank Bough and Selina Scott are the Breakfast Time hosts to the people and personalities who are making today's headlines. They 11 be inviting you to start your day with a fast-moving programme of news, comment, weather and sport. On the hour and the half-hour Debbie Rlx brings you up-to-date with the latest news. Using television's most advanced weather technology, Francis Wilson forecasts the weather. David Icke brings you the mornings sports news. Diana Moran , 'the green goddess', continues Getting Britain
Fit. Russell Grant , astrologer extraordinary, predicts the day ahead. Timetable:
News at 6.30, 7.0, 7.30, 8.0, 8.30 with headlines on every quarter hour
Weather at 6.31, 6.57, 7.27, 7.57, 8.27 Sport at 6.42, 7.18, 8.18
Regional News, weather and traffic at 6.45, 7.15, 7.45, 8.15
Review of the Papers and a look ahead to the day at 7.32 and 8.32
Getting Britain Fit between 6.45 and 7.0
Tonight's TV between 7.15 and 7.30
Consumer Holiday Feature between 7.30 and 7.45
Your Stars between 8.30 and 8.45
Food and Cooking with Glynn Christian between 8.45 and 9.0
9.10 A Good Job with Prospects: How Do You Know What It's Like?
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9.38 Going to Work: Wheels
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10.15 Music Time: The Story of Lieutenant Kije
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10.38 Twentieth-Century History: India: The Brightest Jewel
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11.0 Merry-go-Round: Elizabeth's Seamen.
The Armada amateurish and ill-prepared, the English fleet faced the Armada. Philip Bird tells how, with luck and the wind's help, the English prevailed.
11.23 Talkabout: The Challenging Bull
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11.42 General Studies: Have a Drink
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with Richard Whitmore and Heather Payton
Weather MICHAEL FISH
(London and SE: Financial Report, and News Headlines with subtitles)
Donny MacLeod , Marian Foster , Marjorie Lofthouse and Bob Langley are this week's presenting team of the topical and entertaining lunchtime magazine programme. Frank Delaney visits Pebble Mill today for his weekly chat about books and authors.
A See-Saw programme
by Roger Hargreaves
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2.1 Words and Pictures: The Tale of the Turnip
Vicky and Charlie make lunch with their own home-grown bean sprouts and Vicky tells the story of the turnip that grew and grew until it was enormous.
Presenter Vicky Ireland
2.18 Exploring Science: Solving the Energy Problem
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2.40 The Music Arcade: Children's Film Music
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(Shown yesterday at 12.10 pm)
Presented by Kieran Prendiville, Judith Hann, Peter Macann and Maggie Philbin
(Shown last Thursday)
Story: "Whose Legs?"
Written by Angela Locke
Photographs by Barry Boxall
Presenters Sarah Long, Johnny Ball
(Shown on BBC2 at 11.0am)
Yogi and Boo-Boo join the Boy Scouts.
with David Yip Dragon Stories by ANN JUNGMANN
Long ago in faraway China there lived a friendly dragon. You can hear some of his adventures this week: when he becomes a pet, joins the army and falls in love. And you can also meet his friend The Great Wise Owl.
Today: The Dragon of Yang-Wong
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by Bob Block
Starring Clive Dunn
Grandad inherits a quarter of a million pounds - enough for Mr Watkins to buy a photocopier, and to finance the costumes for Amelia Wilcox's new play. How can they wheedle the money out of Grandad?
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with Simon Groom Sarah Greene and Peter Duncan
Assistant editor IAN OLIVER Editor BIDDY BAXTER
with Moira Stuart Weatherman
Presented by Sue
Cook 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, Richard Kershaw and Hugh Scully brings you the issues, the stories and the people that matter from BBC studios in the capital and across the country. Including Watchdog
is a millionaire from Texas who makes money like most people make hay and-by way of relaxation - is also a private eye. starring and guest stars
Killing isn't Everything
Football star Randy Haines falls foul of his boss, Jock Stryker , an unpleasant man who is universally hated. When Stryker is murdered, Randy is a prime suspect and he calls on his friend Matt Houston to prove his innocence.
Written by ROBERT BIELAK Directed by DON CHAFFEY
Presented by Richard Lindley and Fred Emery
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 Editor GEORGE CAREY
with John Humphrys and the BBC's reporters and correspondents around the world Weatherman
A two-part film starring Anthony Hopkins as Paul of Tarsus, Robert Foxworth as Peter the Fisherman
also starring Eddie Albert as Festus, Raymond Burr as Herod Agrippa, Jose Ferrer as Gamaliel, Jon Finch as Luke the Physician, David Gwillim as Mark, Herbert Lom as Barnabas, Jean Peters as Priscilla, John Rhys-Davies as Silas
Filmed on location in Rhodes and Athens, this vivid portrayal chronicles the beginnings of the Christian church through the lives of two men.
Four years after the death of Jesus Judaea remains under the iron grip of Rome. His tiny band of followers are forced to meet in secret; his teachings face extinction in a hostile world that treats them as blasphemers.
Two men come forward: one is Peter the fisherman, disciple of Jesus; the other is Saul Paulus of Tarsus, devout orthodox Jew and energetic persecutor of the new teachings. They begin as mortal enemies...
(Part 2 is on Tuesday at 9.25 Pm)
with Barry Norman
Including regular reviews of current releases and news of the latest films in production and the personalities involved.
Table for Five: tonight Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother attended the Royal Film Performance, in which Jon Voight stars as a divorced father who takes the children he scarcely knows on a cruise.
Six Weeks: Dudley Moore and Mary Tyler Moore , both better known for their comedy performances, talk about their serious roles in this tear-jerking drama.
Director JONATHAN DENT Producer JUDY LINDSAY
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