Frank Bough and Fern Britton invite you to join them to start the day with a lively mix of news, comment and guests. News with Debbie Rix
(Fern Britton , Tues, Wed)
6.30, 7.0, 7.30, 8.0, 8.30 with headlines every quarter hour and at 8.59
Weather with Francis Wilson :
6.31, 6.57, 7.27, 7.57, 8.27
Sport with Bob Wilson and David Icke : 6.40 and 7.40 Regional News, traffic and weather: 6.45, 7.15, 7.45, 8.15 TV Choice with David Wheal : the pick of the day's BBC programmes at 6.55
The Morning Papers, reviewed by a personality making the headlines: 7.18 and 8.18 Including all this week: Selina in the Hebrides
Selina Scott with five film reports from the Western Isles of Scotland

The Reagan-Mondale Debate With four weeks to go before the United States Presidential Election, the two candidates come face-to-face on television for the first time in the campaign.
A chance to see in full a 90-minute debate between President Reagan and his
Democratic challenger, Walter Mondale , held in Louisville, Kentucky, last night.

with Richard Whitmore and Frances Coverdale Weather BILL GILES
12.57 Regional News
(London and SE: Financial
Report, and News Headlines with subtitles)

Presented by Paul Coia, Marian Foster , Bob Langley Hilary James demonstrates her Sew Easy way with zips and zippers.
Editor PETER HERCOMBE BBC Pebble Mill

A See -Saw programme

A series of films celebrating the traditional cuisine of different countries. Hong Kong
Narrator Derek Cooper Presented for the BBC by PETER RIDING and CATHERINE ROBINS
A SCREENSCOPE production

Painting
Robert Bates paints small, finely detailed landscapes. His work has been compared with Samuel Palmer , Stanley Spencer and Graham Sutherland. His paintings are not simply impressions of reality. They are both visionary and mysterious. They preserve the magic of the first joy of seeing. Series producer JOHN READ Producer JANE COLES

from Euston
3.48 Regional News

Presenter Wayne Jackman Guest Chloe Ashcroft
Story: The Runaway Tram by PEGGY BLAKELEY
Illustrated by KOTA TANIUCHI

The Hunter gets a hole in one when he plays golf with The Fox at Fort Knox.

Howard Stableford referees a battle of wits, logic and observation between this week's teams: from WEALD SCHOOL, BILLINGSHURST Miss
Peattie, Christopher Lloyd ,
Clare Green, Mr Humphries , and from MONK'S WALK SCHOOL,
WELWYN GARDEN CITY Mrs Aspin Lisa Gold , Warwick Ainger and Mr Swift
(Part 2 tomorrow at 4.20 pm)

A cartoon series
Six young adventurers travel into a land of magic where they must tackle many fearful dangers before they can all get back home.

with Simon Groom, Janet Ellis and Michael Sundin
Terror on the Track!
Eighty-five years ago killer lions ate 28 navvies attempting to build Kenya's Mombasa-to-Lake Victoria railway.
Colonel J. H. Patterson 's master plan outwitted the man-eaters and saved the day! Simon reports from Tsavo, the very spot where the lions attacked.
Assistant editor LEWIS BRONZE Editor BIDDY BAXTER

*CEEFAX SUBTITLES

Sue Lawley and Nicholas Witchell present the latest pictures, stories and events.

starring Michael Barrymore
Another round of fun and tension in this exciting new word game for active teams with fast minds. with Julia Gale
Produced in association with TALBOT TELEVISION LTD Music by KEN JONES Programme associate NEIL SHAND
Script associate HOWARD IMBER Lighting
WARWICK FIELDING
Sound JOHN DELANY Designer BOB COVE
Director GEOFF MILES
Produced by JOHN FISHER

Thatcher's Revolution: What Next?
As the Conservatives gather in Brighton for their annual
Conference, Michael Cockerell reports on the state of the Party. Have Mrs Thatcher 's five years in Downing Street permanently changed the landscape of British politics? What has happened to her critics in the Tory ranks - the so-called Wets? And what's on the Government's agenda for the next few years?
In the studio, Fred Emery interviews the Secretary for Trade and Industry, The Rt Hon Norman Tebbit , mp. Producer COLIN MARTIN Editor PETER IBBOTSON

with Julia Somerville and the BBC's reporters and correspondents around the world.
Weatherman

Starring Robert Mitchum, Bradford Dillman, Richard Egan

In Hong Kong, a charred body is found in a burning car. In Amsterdam, two people are mercilessly gunned down. A body is fished out of the North Sea. These brutal murders indicate that a full-scale war is developing between the international drug dealers.

Robert Mitchum stars as Quinlan, the seedy but stubborn ex-narcotics agent, who attempts to bust the vicious drug gangs and unmask the men behind the scenes with the aid of an Amsterdam-based dealer turned police informant.

(First showing on British television)
Films: page 31

with Barry Norman
Including regular reviews of current releases and news of the latest films in production and the personalities involved. Once Upon a Time in America: Robert De Niro , James Woods and Elizabeth McGovern star in Sergio Leone's epic saga about Jewish-American hoodlums.
Cal: Helen Mirren and newcomer John Lynch are the ill-matched couple in a love story set amid today's Ulster troubles.
Moscow on the Hudson: Robin Williams plays a Russian saxophonist who defects in one of America's most revered institutions - Bloomingdales. Director DAVID JEFFCOCK Producer JUDY LINDSAY

A series of six programmes about young people making things happen.
1: The Crowdpullers
Walk up! Walk up! Here's how to be an impresario and influence people.
Produced by TONY MATTHEWS Directed by STEPHEN MOSS
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