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Nick Ross and Debbie Greenwood with a Monday morning mix of news, comment and guests Timetable:
News on the hour and half hour read by Sue Carpenter
Francis Wilson views the weather from across the Channel at
6.55, 7.25, 7.55, 8.25, 8.55
News, weather and travel from local BBC studios at
6.57, 7.27, 7.57, 8.27
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Lynn Faulds Wood has news and reports from the consumer unit; the latest pop news from Steve Blacknell ; and Russell Grant starts the day with a guide to what the stars have in store for you.
Monday 's child isfairofface Presenter Elizabeth Watts Guest Brian Jameson
Story: The Loud Baby by BERNARD MCLAVERTY (R)
starring Peter Barkworth The first of seven films in which, using the words of St Matthew , Peter Barkworth tells the story of those few days, 2,000 years ago, which were to change the course of history and to give millions a reason for living.
The story begins with John the Baptist's arrest and the beginning of Jesus's ministry.
Photography JIM PEIRSON Sound RON BROWN
Film editor JOHN WILKINSON Production assistant CAROLINE STEVENSON Producer JIM MURRAY
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with Frances Coverdale and David Davies
News Headlines with subtitles
Weather News BILL GILES
with Paul Coia , Marian Foster and Magnus Magnusson
Pebble Mill at One continues its series from California as culinary expert
Michael Smith goes deep inside the caves of the Napa Valley where champagne has been made in the same way for centuries. Plus an interview with that master of horror, Peter Cushing.
Editor PETER HERCOMBE BBC Pebble Mill
A See-Saw programme
by Roger Hargreaves
(R)
with Francis Wilson and Miriam O'Reilly Changing (I)
The parents of under-5s often see themselves as an underprivileged minority.
What can be done to improve their situation?
With Helen Penn , National Childcare Campaign
Peter Moss, Thomas Coram Institute and Virginia Bottomley, MP
A Helpline is open from 2.15 until
7.0 pm. Ring [number removed]or, in Scotland, [number removed]
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from Liverpool
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(R)
(R)
Heathcliff goes fishing in troubled waters in Angling Anglers (R)
Written, illustrated and told by John Grant for Jackanory
More adventures of the little Neanderthal boy and his pet mammoth. In today's story Littlenose has one more test to do for promotion from apprentice to junior hunter. Two-Eyes would be no help - or would he?
A cartoon series about
International Space Rescue in the year 2086. Guardian
with Simon Groom, Janet Ellis and Peter Duncan
The Old Warrior
What do a disused jetty and a 120-year-old secret weapon have in common? HMS
Warrior has been both in her lifetime - now Peter reports on her restoration at Hartlepool.
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starring
The Last Resort
At last Charles has the chance of a break and heads off to Florida for some sun and fun. Once there, he has to deal with an overbooked hotel and problem phone calls from home.
Written by MARC SOTKIN and JUDY PIOU Directed by ALAN RAFKIN
Sue Lawley and Nicholas Witchell present the latest pictures, stories and events of the day from
Britain and around the world followed by Weather News
Jeremy Paxman brings you tonight's headlines and tomorrow's talking points. The London Plus reporters are with the people making the news.
Plus Sport with MICHAEL WALE and the stars and stories from the world of entertainment. Producer DAVE STANFORD Editor PHILIP HARDING
Another merry madcap mazurka mellows that
Monday muzziness, as Terry meanders on stage live from the Television Theatre.
Plus two of the entries for
A Song for Europe.
The second of a two-part story starring
The Dregs of Humanity
Matt and Eli's attempts to get away with their phoney band works too well, bringing threats ranging from lawsuits to bodily harm, as well as thoughts of returning the skeletons to their closet! Written by RON LEAVITT and MICHAEL G. MOVE Directed by JIM DRAKE
The last of six programmes in which Selina Scott takes the road to Scotland in search of people who have found their own kind of freedom.
Going Home
For centuries Shetlanders have had to leave their islands to seek work abroad.
But they are always drawn back and as Selina discovers, the homecoming is an emotional affair. She joins journalist Jonathan Wills on his own 'hamefaring' and experiences through him something of Shetland today. Photography BRIAN MCDAIRMANT Film editor CHRIS WADE
Producer AMANDA THEUNISSEN BBC Bristol
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with Julia Somerville and Andrew Harvey Regional News Weather News
Uganda - Children of the Terror
After 15 years of bloodshed, Uganda's latest civil war is ending with a victory for Yoweri Museveni and his guerrillas - of which many are children, some as young as 8. As Africa waits to see if
Uganda's agony is over,
Gavin Hewitt talks to the charismatic new President, and reports on the legacy of horror in a land where new atrocities are coming to light each day.
Producer JOHN PENYCATE Editor DAVID DICKINSON
JOHN LE CARRE 'S bestseller concludes a short season of espionage thrillers, tonight starring
Christopher Jones Ralph Richardson
Antnony Hopkins Pia Degermark
When a British agent in Finland is killed for a roll of film showing a suspected missile site, the secret service decide to send in a man to investigate. That man is
Leiser, a young Polish refugee with no background in espionage. After some intensive training he seems ready and penetrates the East German frontier - then things begin to go wrong, terribly wrong....
Produced by JOHN BOX Written and directed by FRANK R. PIERSON
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starring Peter Barkworth
John the Bapist's arrest and the beginning of Jesus's ministry.
