with Frank Bough and Selina Scott
The brightest start to your day-now at new times to make the most of your morning.
The revised timetable:
News on the hour and half hour read by Debbie Rix
Weather with Francis Wilson at 6.55, 7.25, 7.55, 8.25, 8.55, and 9.18
Nationwide news, weather and travel from your local BBC studio at 6.57, 7.27, 7.57 and 8.27
Sports news and features with David Icke and Bob Wilson at 7.20, 7.45 and 8.20
The morning papers at 7.37, reviewed by a guest at 8.37
Including this morning: Mike Smith with his round-up of the latest pop news at 7.32; Lynn Faulds Wood reports from the consumer desk; and David Wheal presents In Vision - a preview of the week's television and the latest news from around the studios.
And all this week - School's Out: Breakfast Time's half-term news, competitions and features.
9.20 Pages from Ceefax
10.50 Pages from Ceefax
Starting today, a new way of showing the national weather forecasts.
By joining together the enormous power of the Meteorological Office Forecast Computer and a specially developed graphics computer at BBC Television Centre, the weathermen will be able to forecast the weather in a visually exciting and revolutionary way. Senior weatherman Bill Giles takes a look behind the scenes at what makes all this happen and how the new system will develop over the coming months.
Helplines: page 77
with Richard Whitmore and Frances Coverdale
Weather News BILL GILES
12.57 Regional News
(London and SE: Financial
Report, and News Headlines with subtitles)
In Rasa Singapura Paul Coia looks at one of Singapore's major exports - tropical fish.
A See-Saw programme
Presenter Ben Bazell
Guests
Carol Leader, Wayne Jackman Story: Mr Bumble and Mr Boo by JUDY WHITFIELD
(Rpt. Repeated next Mon morning)
(Repeat)
by ANTONIA BARKER told by Jonathon Morris for Jackanory. Part 1
There were rats in the rough stuff -the stinking piles of refuse that were brought down river from London. But sometimes there was treasure too.
When Daniel found the ring, it seemed that his dreams would at last come true!
(Repeat)
with Simon Groom, Janet Ellis, Michael Sundin
Pancake Party!
Don't miss Michael's pancake recipe for your Shrove Tuesday party plus some scrumptious fillings! *CEEFAX SUBTITLES
Sue Lawley and Jeremy Paxman followed by Weather News
'When I got the push from Radio 2 — oh yes I did, it's a very clever cover-up that —they had to do something with me! So they've given me a thrice-weekly live TV show on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. I hope to see you then-or I'll be out of another job!'
Join Terry and his guests for the first edition of his new series live from the Television Theatre.
FEATURE: page 8
'You want fame. Well fame costs and right here's where you start paying....' 'Here' is New York's celebrated High School for the Performing Arts -a place where dreams can come true.
Indian Summer
Summer's over and new term begins, bringing with it talented newcomers to hot-up competition at the school and some lessons in the course of true love which, for both students and teachers, proves none too smooth.
Shorofsky is right: 'It's that time of year. Trouble.' Written by PATRICIA JONES
DONALD REIKER and IRA STEVEN BEHR Directed by BILL CLAXTON
with John Humphrys and the BBC's reporters and correspondents around the world Weather News
Bad Deal for Britain with Tom Mangold Britain's plan to deploy
11 flying radar stations to protect us against surprise attack has gone terribly wrong. The project will be at least five years late; it will cost nearly twice as much as planned - over one billion pounds -and the system still doesn't work effectively.
Tom Mangold investigates what's gone wrong with Nimrod, the world's most expensive plane, and reveals startling new details of the defence project which is fast turning into a Bad Deal for Britain.
Producer CHRIS OXLEY Editor PETER IBBOTSON
Book The Price of Victory by Michael Charlton £10.75 from booksellers
I with Harry Guardino
In the first of a season of films featuring the famous Hollywood superstar, Eastwood plays
Inspector Callahan , a cop who gets all the tough or dirty jobs and pursues them with ruthless determination. When a sniper kills a young girl and holds the city of San
Francisco to ransom, Harry is assigned to the case with a newcomer to the force. Together they track the young psychopath, but the case becomes more complicated and dangerous than even Harry bargains for....
Screenplay by HARRY JULIAN FINK. R. M. FINK and DEAN RIESNER
Produced and directed by DON SIEGEL (Clint Eastwood stars in The Eiger Sanction on Wednesday at 9.25 pm)
0 FEATURE: page 17
● FILMS: page 23
Another look at the exciting new computerised system depicting the national weather forecast with Bill Giles
