with Selina Scott , Nick Ross Today: Lynn Faulds Wood
Mike Smith , Alan Titchmarsh and Glynn Christian
Day 12: The Alternate Leg Pull
with Magnus Magnusson The Semi-final
Robert Foulkes (school-teacher) Mars novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs Richard Joby (lecturer) Life and career of Isambard Kingdom Brunei Malcolm Parnell
(publicity manager)
Novels of Evelyn Waugh Primrose Wood (physiotherapist)
Life of Sir Francis Drake Director LAURENCE VULLIAMY
Producer ROGER MACKAY
with Moira Stuart and Frances Coverdale Weather MICHAEL FISH
(London and SE: Financial
Report, and News Headlines with subtitles)
Today's guests:
Peter Seabrook , Jill Crawshaw , Robert Lindsay ,
Emma Thompson and The Flying Pickets
A See-Saw programme
The Coral United Kingdom Championship -Semi-finals ALEX higgins , the holder,
STEVE DAVIS , CLIFF THORBURN and TONY KNOWLES had the most reason to hope to be in action this afternoon, but it will be a surprise if all four have survived.
DAVID VINE knows the names that will feature in this vital seven-frame session.
One grey elephant balancing step by step on a piece of string, thought it was such a wonderful stunt that he called for another elephant Presenter Ben Thomas Guest Kate Copstick
Story: The Hands that went on Strike by MICHAEL AND JOANNE COLE Musical director PETER PONTZEN
Percussion/Woodwind LYN EDWARDS Graphics
TOM BROOKS, JOANNA ISLES Director ROY MILANI
Series producer ANNE GOBEY Editor CYNTHIA FELGATE
Voices of SUSAN SHERIDAN PETER HAWKINS
Written and drawn by PETER MADDOCKS Music by ROGER AND GAVIN GREENAWAY
Hosted by Stu Francis with special guest stars Basil Brush, Alphaville Jaki Graham
Charlie Cairoli Junior and Co., also featuring
Sara HoUamby and Ling Tai Basil Brush comes boom-booming back to join Stu for another 40 fun-filled minutes. There's slosh galore with clowns Charlie Cairoli Junior and Co. Johnny Ball and Sarah Greene join the celebrity final contestants. Script by PETER ROBINSON , GRAHAM DEYKIN Musical director BARRY FRANCIS Sound neil SADWICK
Lighting NIGEL WRIGHT Designer ROGER HARRIS Director TONY NEWMAN Producer PAUL CIANI
Sue Lawley and Nicholas Witchell present the latest pictures, stories and events of the day from Britain and around the world.
Starring Les Dawson
The host of the comedy quiz game that everyone can play at home. Trying to match the contestants' blanks are this week's guests: Janet Brown, Roy Kinnear, Joanna Monro, Linda Nolan, Duncan Norvelle, Jon Pertwee
Produced in association with Mark Goodson and Talbot TV Ltd
The Coral United Kingdom Championship
The Semi-finals
Four players are so near, but yet so far, from the big money, the title and the vital world-ranking points. With so much at stake the normal pressures of snooker are going to be even greater. DAVID VINE introduces the final ten-frame session from the Guild Hall, Preston.
starring John Nettles in The Moonlight Girls by BOB BAKER with Terence Alexander and Celia Imrie and featuring Sean Arnold
Annette Badland , Mela White
Produced by ROBERT BANKS STEWART
Directed by MICHAEL ROLFE *CEEFAX SUBTITLES
with Julia Somerville Weekend Weather
MICHAEL FISH