Programme Index

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with Nick Ross and Sue Cook Timetable
News on the hour and half hour read by Debbie Rix and Sue Carpenter
Weather with Francis Wilson at 6.55, 7.25, 7.55, 8.25, 8.55
News, weather and travel at
6.57, 7.27, 7.57,8.27
Sports news and features with Archie Macpherson at
7.20, 7.45, 8.20
The morning papers: a view from a guest at 8.37
Including this morning:
The latest pop news with Mike Smith at 7.32;
Lynn Faulds Wood at the consumer desk at 8.15;
Russell Grant has your stars at 8.45 - and answers your letters at 9.5
Month by Month:
Alan Titchmarsh takes his July walk down by the coast.

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Ross
Read By:
Debbie Rix
Unknown:
Francis Wilson
Unknown:
Archie MacPherson
Unknown:
Mike Smith
Unknown:
Russell Grant
Unknown:
Alan Titchmarsh

You can't see air, but you show that it's there,
Each time you whistle all your cares away!
Presenter lain Lauchlan Guests
Jane Hardy , Fred Harris Story: The King and the Canary by SHEILA FRASER

Contributors

Unknown:
Jane Hardy
Unknown:
Fred Harris
Unknown:
Sheila Fraser

Cricket: Second Test: The Cornhill Insurance Test Series: England v Australia
Peter West introduces the start of this afternoon's play.

Wimbledon 85: The Lawn Tennis Championships
The second week of Wimbledon gets under way and, for those who have survived the early rounds, thoughts will begin to stray to the possibility of reaching the semi-finals, perhaps even the final. Live coverage from the Centre and No 1 Courts.
Commentators Dan Maskell, John Barrett, Gerald Williams, Barry Davies, Mark Cox, Bill Threlfall, Ann Jones, Virginia Wade.

Introduced by Harry Carpenter

Contributors

Presenter (Cricket):
Peter West
Commentator (Tennis):
Dan Maskell
Commentator (Tennis):
John Barrett
Commentator (Tennis):
Gerald Williams
Commentator (Tennis):
Barry Davies
Commentator (Tennis):
Mark Cox
Commentator (Tennis):
Bill Threlfall
Commentator (Tennis):
Ann Jones
Commentator (Tennis):
Virginia Wade
Presenter (Tennis):
Harry Carpenter
Tennis Presentation:
Johnnie Watherston
Tennis Presentation:
Fred Viner
Tennis Presentation:
Alastair Scott
Tennis Presentation:
Huw Jones
Producer:
Martin Hopkins
Executive Producer:
Harold Anderson

The fourth of six programmes The Boy Who Hated Shopping by ERIC CHURCH
How was Mr Pickup to know that 'someone to run all boring errands' would land him in court for causing an affray? Inventing a domestic robot to do the shopping seemed like such a good idea at the time.... Drop into
Neatways supermarket Up Our Street for the full story.
Costume designer COLIN LAVERS Designer RICHARD MORRIS Producer GREG CHILDS Executive producer CYNTHIA FELGATE

Contributors

Unknown:
Mr Pickup
Designer:
Colin Lavers
Designer:
Richard Morris
Producer:
Greg Childs
Producer:
Cynthia Felgate
Miss Sykes:
Kate Copstick
Mr Pickup:
Matthew Devitt
Manager/Judge:
Brian Jameson
Straber:
Thomas

A new drama serial in eight parts
'Sleep is Necessary' - the Latin motto that Stanley and Tommy put at the top of a letter they sent from Blitz-torn London to the President of America. But in 1942 a journey across the Atlantic was fraught with danger....
and AUDREY STARK, NICHOLAS LAURENTZ, CLARE MARSHALL, JULIE MARSHALL, JONATHAN TAYLOR, PAT SAUNDERS, PETER TUNSTALL, DAVID ABBOTT, RONALD FRANCE and DERMOD JUDGE
Directed by NATHANIEL GUTMAN Produced by ELISABETH WOLTERS-ALFS
• BACK PAGES: 78

Contributors

Unknown:
Audrey Stark
Unknown:
Nicholas Laurentz
Unknown:
Clare Marshall
Unknown:
Julie Marshall
Unknown:
Jonathan Taylor
Unknown:
Pat Saunders
Unknown:
Peter Tunstall
Unknown:
David Abbott
Unknown:
Ronald France
Unknown:
Dermod Judge
Directed By:
Nathaniel Gutman
Produced By:
Elisabeth Wolters
Tommy:
Timothy Stark
Stanley:
Stefan Gates
William:
J D Roth
President:
George Montgomery
Mr Grant:
Richard Haines

Safari to Kenya with Simon Groom and Janet Ellis
Flamingoes, Snakes and Njemps!
Lake Nakuru's sensational pink flamingoes are only one of the 1,055 species of birds keen ornithologists can spot in Kenya. Simon and Janet meet a Champion Spotter and report from the shores of Lake Baringo where the Njemp tribe is battling against Africa's terrible drought.
Producer MICHAEL TURNER Editor BIDDY BAXTER
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Contributors

Presenter:
Simon Groom
Presenter:
Janet Ellis
Producer:
Michael Turner
Editor:
Biddy Baxter

Terry welcomes his guests to the Television Theatre,
London, set amid the verdant meadows of Shepherd's Bush Green , decked with the blossom of eglantine and woodruff.
Director KEVIN BISHOP Series producer
FRANCES WHITAKER

Contributors

Unknown:
Bush Green
Unknown:
Frances Whitaker

starring, as the staff and students of New York's celebrated dream factory, the High School for the Performing Arts
Who am I Really?
Nicole faces a dilemma when her real mother returns and her adopted parents feel they have to compete for their daughter's love. Meanwhile - and much to the school's pleasure - Morloch loses his voice....
Written by MICHAEL MCGREEVEY Directed by RAY DANTON
Record, Kids from Fame compilation, REH/ZCR 447, from retailers

Contributors

Written By:
Michael McGreevey
Directed By:
Ray Danton
Lydia:
Debbie Allen
Jesse:
Jesse Borrego
Holly:
Cynthia Gibb
Shorofsky:
Albert Hague
Christopher:
Billy Hufsey
Danny:
Carlo Imperato
Cleo:
Janet Jackson
Elizabeth:
Carol Mayo Jenkins
Doris:
Valerie Landsburg
Mrs Berg:
Ann Nelson
Nicole:
Nia Peeples
Leroy:
Gene Anthony Ray
Morloch:
Ken Swofford
Diane:
Julie Carmen
Mr Chapman:
Ted Sorel
Mrs Chapman:
Jennifer Rhodes

by Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft
René, thinly disguised as his own twin brother, is faced with arranging his own funeral.

Contributors

Writer :
Jeremy Lloyd
Writer:
David Croft
Designer:
Janet Budden
Produced and directed By:
David Croft
René:
Gorden Kaye
Colonel Von Strohm:
Richard Marner
Captain Hans Geering:
Sam Kelly
Helga:
Kim Hartman
Mother:
Rose Hill
Edith:
Carmen Silvera
Yvette:
Vicki Michelle
Maria:
Francesca Gonshaw
Lieutenant Gruber:
Guy Siner
Herr Flick:
Richard Gibson
Flying Officer Fairfax:
John D. Collins
Flying Officer Carstairs:
Nicholas Frankau
Michelle:
Kirsten Cooke
M Alfonse undertaker:
Kenneth Connor
M Leclerc:
Jack Haig

Selling Star Wars
President Reagan believes his 'Star Wars' defence initiative may end the threat from nuclear weapons. His critics say that the massive research programme could upset the balance of terror with the Soviet Union and make war more likely.
Tomorrow Vice-President Bush arrives in London, campaigning for support. Fred Emery reports on the debate, and discovers how scientists and businessmen on both sides of the Atlantic are getting in on the race for the new technology. Producer PETER CERESOLE Editor PETER IBBOTSON

Contributors

Producer:
Peter Ceresole
Editor:
Peter Ibbotson

Match of the Day
One of only eight ladies can now win the Ladies' Singles title. Weather permitting,
DESMOND LYNAM introduces highlights from today's play, with news and comment from GERALD WILUAMS.
Editor JOHN ROWLINSON

Contributors

Introduces:
Desmond Lynam
Unknown:
Gerald Wiluams.
Editor:
John Rowlinson

The second part of Billy Joel 's sell-out concert last summer at Wembley Arena, recorded especially for BBCtv, in which the American singer/songwriter, on the only European date of a world tour, performed all of his outstanding compositions and chart successes.
Executive producer Jim DUMIGHAN Producer JOHN G. smth BBC Pebble Mill

Contributors

Unknown:
Billy Joel
Producer:
Jim Dumighan
Producer:
John G. Smth

BBC One London

About BBC One

BBC One is a TV channel that started broadcasting on the 20th April 1964. It replaced BBC Television.

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