with Frank Bough and Selina Scott
Including this morning:
Denise Robertson opens the Junior Advice Line at 7.32, joined an hour or so later by Sally Hawkins for their regular Advice Line phone-in; Titch 's Pitch -
Alan Titchmarsh in his garden with a few seasonal hints.

Continuing the animal theme, Ben introduces his own pet - a dog named Jock - and you can hear about a horse called Hercules, who tells his own story on film. Presenters
Ben Thomas and Carol Chell
Story: Hercules

with Richard Whitmore and Frances Coverdale
News Headlines with subtitles

Weather News MICHAEL FISH

with Paul Coia , Marian Foster and Magnus Magnusson
Good news for all budding painters, as Yorkshire artist Ashley Jackson starts a new series talking to celebrities who have taken up painting as a hobby.
Heather Couper , the president of the British
Astronomical Association talks about stars of a different kind, with the first of a monthly look at the sky at night.

A See-Saw programme (R)

Are you puzzled by pastas, perplexed by purees, and in the dark about pashka? Shirley Goode takes the mystery out of it all and makes two dishes to delight the cost-conscious cook - one of them a magnificent
Russian Easter pudding. Join Jenny Day in The Goode
Kitchen and pick up Shirley's money-saving tips.
Director GEORGE AUCKLAND Producer ERICA GRIFFITHS Book, £1.95 from booksellers

How to cope with, survive and enjoy your under-5s. with Francis Wilson and Miriam O'Reilly
Doing Your Own Thing Looks at some of the opportunities available to women to get involved in something outside the home. Women share their experiences of running a playgroup, taking up study or returning to work at the same time as caring for a young family. < A Helpline is available from 2.30 pm until 7.0 pm on [number removed]or, in Scotland, [number removed]

Pat has an urgent parcel to get to Hill Top Farm, but it's cut off by snow drifts. Peter Fogg can only clear some of the way with his snow plough; then Alf Thompson comes up with an unusual way to deliver the post.
Written by John Cunliffe. (R)

come face to face with bank robbers in Ride and Seek (R)

by ENID BLYTON
Told by Joanna Monro for Jackanory
Today: Happenings in the Night

Eric is just another schoolboy - but when danger calls Eric is Bananaman.
with the voices of TIM BROOKE-TAYLOR
BILL ODDIE. GRAEME GARDEN
JILL SHILLING
Written by BERNIE KAY Music by DAVE COOKE
Produced and directed by TERRY WARD

Last in the series with Terry Nutkins , Nick Davies and Chris Packham
Do lemmings really commit mass suicide? Why do zebras have stripes? Which male animal gives birth? Chris discovers a quick way of answering the question: how many legs has a millipede? And Terry goes filming a prime contender for the title the rarest animal in Britain - the Scottish wildcat. Assistant producer
ALASTAIR FOTHERGILL
Producer MIKE BEYNON. BBC Bristol

with Roger Finn

A series of 24 programmes
Ep 17 by MARGARET SIMPSON More trouble for Zammo,
Danny finds a supporter in Miss Booth, and Ziggy's revenge on Imelda goes wildly wrong.
Devised by PHIUP REDMOND Production associate
DAVID LEONARD
Costume designer SHARON LEWIS Make-up CHRISTINA BAKER Producer RONALD SMEDLEY Director JOHN SMITH
(For cast see Friday page 67)
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Bill Oddie , Wendy Leavesley and 'Mr Trivia ' Billy Butler settle your squabbles and answer more of your questions. Call the Faxline on [number removed]with your Questions and comments. Designer RAY LANGHORN
Studio director PAUL COLBERT Producer ALAN WALSH BBC Manchester

with Sue Lawley and Nicholas Witchell followed by Weather News

London Plus, Spotlight Points West, Look East
Look North, South Today North West Tonight Midlands Today

Introduced by Cliff Michelmore
A tiny speck on the map, overshadowed by the vastness of China - that's Hong Kong. But as well as being a gateway to China, the colony is a vibrant and exciting holiday destination in its own right, combining the fascination of the Orient with the familiarity of the West. Tom Savage reports.
When is a cruise not a cruise? When it's a pleasure trip on a working boat. In this case on a boat that bustles from port to port among the fiords of Norway, delivering the post, taking on passengers and produce, and heading for the midnight sun. Anne Gregg took passage. Keen on photography? Want to learn from scratch or improve your ability? The fifth activity report visits a manor house in Wales to take part in a photographic holiday course. Bill Buckley looks at what develops.
Film editor MAX WHEELER Producer TOM SAVAGE

by Glen McCoy.
'Be great to spend an evening with you. Sitars, candlelight - tandoori. Magic!'
(For cast see Thursday page 62)
Short Story: and Competition: page 16
(Ceefax Subtitles)

A serial in 12 episodes based on the Zoo Vet books by DAVID TAYLOR 5: End of an Era by JOHNNY BYRNE starring with and With the zoo about to close, a stocktaker has to salvage what he can and dispose of the animals. Some of his methods cause a great deal of worry for Turner and Reilly....
Produced by BILL SELLARS
Directed by MICHAEL E. BRIANT (R)
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Barry Took with your comments in the programme you help to write.

Please send letters to Barry Took, [address removed]

with Julia Somerville and Andrew Harvey

Regional News

Weather News

An original serial in six parts by CHARLIE HUMPHREYS starring Ken Hutchison Clare Higgins
Ron Moody with Tony Selby , Harold Innocent Gary Whelan , Jimmy Jewel 4: 'I tucked them up, I ripped them off. What they going to do when they get me back? They'll probably do their best to bury me.'
Fight arranger GARETH MILNE
Music composed by RICHARD HARVEY Photography ELMER COSSEY Film editor IAN PITCH
Designer ALLAN ANSON
Producer RON CRADDOCK
Director MICHAEL E. BRIANT
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with Barry Norman
The programme that keeps you in touch with the world of cinema.
Out of Africa -
Robert Redford and Meryl Streep star in this love story set in Kenya. The film has been nominated for 11 Oscars. Plus an interview with Meryl Streep.
Director BRUCE THOMPSON Producer JANE LUSH

Last in the parents' guide to secondary education. Power to the Parents
How much has the teachers' action disrupted parental involvement in school?
Beverly Anderson assesses the short and long term effects of the dispute with a panel representing parents, headteachers, and the NUT. She also raises viewers' queries concerning discipline, homework, the move from primary to secondary school, and the potentially important role of parent governors. Director CATHARINE SEDDON Producer JOHN BROOKE
For information pack send a large sae (28p) to Nothing But the Best, [address removed]
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Highlights of one of the evening's outstanding football matches, plus the latest news from Wembley of FRANK BRUNO 's heavyweight battle with GERRIE COETZEE. The fight will be shown exclusively in Sportsnight tomorrow at 10.0 pm.
Commentator Barry Davies Television presentation JOHN SHREWSBURY
Editor JOHN ROWLINSON
Videos, Botham's Ashes BBCV 5015; The People's Champion BBCV 5017; Harry Carpenter 's Videobook of Sport (1) BBCV/B 5011:
Harry Carpenter 's Videobook of Sport (2) BBCV/B 5019, from retailers