At the start of Breakfast
Time's second anniversary week Selina Scott and Nick Ross open up for another week with the help of their guest of the day, actor Robert Lindsay.
News on the hour and half-hour read by Debbie Rix
Weather with Francis Wilson at 6.34, 6.55, 7.25, 7.55,
8.25, 8.58
In Vision -a twice-weekly look at the world of television and the personalities in the starring roles - on Monday and Friday.
Round the Country news and weather from your local BBC studios at 6.57, 7.27,
7.57 and 8.27
Sport with David Icke and Bob Wilson at 6.40 and 7.40 The Morning Papers - a personal view from the people behind the headlines.
Plus this morning - Mike Smith pops in with news from the charts at 7.32.
Lynn Faulds-Wood reports from the consumer desk.
with Richard Whitmore and Frances Coverdale Weather BILL GILES
12.57 Regional News
(London and SE: Financial
Report, and News Headlines with subtitles)
Rasa Singapura -A Taste of Singapore: Donny MacLeod 's last foreign assignment before his recent untimely death. He and Paul Coia report on life in this unique island state. The series is to be screened, as a tribute to Donny, today, and over the next six weeks.
A See-Saw programme
Ken Hom advises on choosing and using a wok.
He makes three dishes using the classic Chinese technique of stir-frying - fragrant chicken in black bean sauce, tasty stir-fried prawns with eggs, and a quick and easy vegetable dish, stir-fried ginger broccoli. He also visits a young Chinese family in Hong Kong.
Book, £8.95 hardback/£5.25 paperback, from booksellers.
For a free leaflet on where to obtain authentic Chinese ingredients and details of a BBC Starter Kit, send large sae to [address removed]
News, views and entertainment for the deaf and hard-of-hearing with subtitles and sign language.
from Ballymoney
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Wheels, wheels, wheels,
Turning, turning, round and round,
Wheels on buses, cars and trains,
Round and round they fly Presenter Sheelagh Gilbey Guests
Stuart Bradley , Brian Cant Story: Pimpernel Petroleum by WILMA HORSBRUGH
SuperTed and his friend Spottyman are always on the alert when the evil Texas Pete is around... (Repeat)
Told by Tony Robinson for Jackanory
2: The Minotaur
This week Theseus is more of a hero than ever - and he falls in love too!
A mad scientist traps the gang inside the mysterious Bermuda Triangle and tries to steal the time machine.
with Simon Groom, Janet Ellis and Michael Sundin
Kestrel Survival
Deep in the heart of the Cambridgeshire countryside the RSBP is encouraging kestrels to breed. Janet reports from the reserve at Fowlmere, and with the aid of the Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service, climbs 100ft up a poplar tree to install a giant nest box.
Assistant editor LEWIS BRONZE Editor BIDDY BAXTER
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with Sue Lawley and Jeremy Paxman
The Townsend Thoresen
Superteams Championship Once again there is no shortage of Olympic talent and success as two more teams compete for a place in next week's final.
The setting - HMS Victory and the flight deck of HMS Hermes at the Royal Naval Base, Portsmouth.
This week: Riders VIRGINIA HOLGATE ROBERT LEMIEUX
MICHAEL WHITAKER STEPHEN SMITH
MALCOLM ELLIOT
CATHERINE SWINNERTON STEVE JOUGHIN
ANDY RUFFELL
Coach HUGH PORTER v Ballsports IAN TAYLOR SEAN KERLY
ANNE HOBBS
ANNABEL CROFT
DES DRUMMOND
JEFF SQUIRE
GORDON GREENIDGE
GRAHAM GOOCH
Coach TERRY NEILL Commentators DAVID VINE and RON PICKERING Production team
PETER FITTON , JOHN LEGGETT UZ GLADWELL
Television production
PETER HYLTON CLEAVER
Produced in association with TRANS WORLD INTERNATIONAL and CANDID PRODUCTIONS INC.
Presented by Fred Emery and Richard Lindley
A weekly window on life in Britain around the world, through the eyes of television's top reporters MICHAEL COCKERELL
MARGARET JAY , DAVID LOMAX TOM MANGOLD , PETER TAYLOR PHILIP TIBENHAM and MARTIN YOUNG
Deputy editor ANDREW CLAYTON Editor PETER IBBOTSON
with John Humphrys and the BBC's reporters and correspondents around the world
Weatherman
Barry Norman presents a profile of Bing Crosby , one of the 20th century's most innovative singers and Hollywood's top box-office star for a decade.
With personal comments from
Bob Hope , Rise Stevens and Mary Carlisle - actors Gary Crosby ,
Harry Crosby - sons
Artie Shaw - musician Rosemary Clooney
Phil Harris - singers
Carroll Carroll -writer Alan Fisher - butler
'A lot of people think that Bing was a loner, but Bing was a very loyal friend.'
(BOB HOPE)
Film editor JOHN LEE
Producer SUE MALLINSON
(Road to Rio: Thursday 6.50 pm BBC2)
- starring
Albert Finney
Billie Whitelaw Fulton Mackay
Albert Finney is Eddie Ginley , a bingo caller in a Liverpool working men's club who dreams of being Humphrey Bogart ,
Elvis Presley and Dashiell Hammett all rolled into one. But when he tries to put his private eye fantasies into action he soon finds himself up to his Scouse neck in sinister plots of murder, mayhem and South African politics sparked off by a mysterious 'fat man'.
This delightful British thriller features a crackling script by Neville Smith and brisk direction by Stephen Frears.
Screenplay by NEVILLE SMITH Produced by MICHAEL MEDWIN Directed by STEPHEN FREARS • FILMS: page 18