Join Frank Bough and Selina Scott for this special Good Friday edition. Timetable
News on the hour and half hour read by Sue Carpenter
Weather with Francis Wilson at 6.55, 7.25, 7.55,8.25,8.55
Nationwide news, weather and travel from your local BBC studio at
6.57, 7.27, 7.57, 8.27
Sports news at 7.20, 8.20
A review of today's papers at 8.37
Including this morning: Save our Soccer -
Emlyn Hughes with more ways to improve the image of British football and combat violence on the terraces;
Lynn Faulds Wood presents Danger Watch - a consumer notebook - at 8.15;
Glynn's Barrow - weekend shopping and price advice from Glynn Christian;
Alan Titchmarsh answers your weekend gardening queries on [number removed]; plus Steve Blacknell with his regular Friday round-up of pop news and gossip.
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The fifth 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.
'Pilate saith unto them,
"What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ?" They all say unto him, "Let him be crucified."
And the governor said, "Why, what evil hath he done?" But they cried out the more, saying, "Let him be crucified."'
Stages of the Passion
Children from the Roman Catholic Junior School of St Mary and St Benedict,
Bamber Bridge, Lancashire tell the story of Good Friday and Easter in words, music and action.
Led by DOM DAMIAN WEBB , OSB Hymns: Jesus good above all other; Now the green blade riseth; Be still and know; Jesus is our king
Conductor ISABEL HARKIN SISTER BAPTIST (organ) Sound ROY BRADSHAW Lighting GEOFF LOMAS Producer NOEL VINCENT BBC Manchester
'We pulled in here at about four in the morning - last night we were in Bristol - tomorrow morning I think we're due in Norwich.'
Last November, Madness went on their UK tour - 27 concerts in 35 days - from St Austell to Aberdeen.
This film, first shown in the school television Scene series for teenagers, follows a day on tour with Madness and with the people who work for them to get all the equipment in and out of the venues each morning and night. Is the life glamorous and exciting, or just hard work and long hours? Film editor AMANDA SMITH Producer PETER M. EVANS
with Moira Stuart
News headlines with subtitles
12.40 Regional News Weather News
IAN MCCASKILL
A See-Saw programme (R)
A See-Saw programme. (R)
Operation
Barney Fred and Barney decide that a baseball game is better than work, but a plan to get the day off results in a medical mix-up - with both boys feeling a little sick!
Rhythmic gymnastics is one of the world's newest and most beautiful sports. In 1984 it featured in the Olympic Games for the first time.
From Sofia, the Bulgarian team (World and European Champions) present a gala performance of this breathtaking sport, which is more like dance than acrobatics.
Introduced by Frank Bough Music arrangements by ALLAN ROGERS
Produced and directed by TOM GUTTERIDGE
A BBCtv/Bulgarian Television presentation
The Bat that Cracked the Frog Code
Narrated by David Attenborough In the depths of the Panamanian jungle 'Batman' extraordinaire Merlin Tuttle has established contact with a strange intelligence -
Trachops, the fringe-lipped bat! This space-age flying machine is equipped with an array of echo location and decoding devices as elaborate as any spy plane.
Photography RODGER JACKMAN Written and produced by KEENAN SMART BBC Bristol (R)
Beginning a season of films starring one of the great names of Hollywood. Today with Jean Simmons
Charlton Heston
Carroll Baker , Burl Ives Having travelled to San
Rafael to claim the hand of Pat Terrill , daughter of a powerful landowner, Jim McKay , a Baltimore gentleman, finds himself at the centre of a longstanding and vicious feud with the Hannassey family. McKay is determined to stay out of the fight but, as events escalate, neutrality becomes more and more difficult. Peck gives one of his best performances in this epic Western with a famous musical score by JEROME MOROSS.
Screenplay by JAMES R. WEBB
SY BARTLETT and ROBERT WILDER Produced by WILLIAM WYLER and GREGORY PECK Directed by WILLIAM WYLER
(Gregory Peck stars in Moby Dick on Easter Day)
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The Passion, Resurrection and Life of Our Lord commemorated in words and music from locations in the Holy Land.
ALED JONES (treble) DON SMITH (tenor)
BBC WELSH CHORUS Musical director
JOHN HUGH THOMAS
HUW TREGELLES WILLIAMS and ROBERT COURT (organ) Narrator and readings Martin Jarvis
GABRIELLE DRAKE (readings) Sound GEOFF ATKINS Executive producer J. MERVYN WILLIAMS
Associate producer HEFIN OWEN Producer DAVID GOLDSTEIN
Director RODNEY GREENBERG BBC Wales
Record or cassette, REC/ZCN 564, and video BBCV/B 8501, from retailers
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with Moira Stuart Weather News
The Sealink British Ferries Challenge
Presented by Mike Smith and Stirling Moss
This year the two-day pro-celebrity driving event is hosted first by The Royal
Engineers at Blackwater and then the Transport Road Research Laboratory at
Crowthome. The competitors drive a selection of specialist tanks, rally cars, race quarry trucks and fire engines, complete an ingenious car parking poser and then grand prix with fork-lift trucks!
Rock 'n' roller Roger Daltry joins Britain's famous motorcycle racer Barry Sheene.
Actor Nigel Havers is teamed up with one of Britain's most successful rally drivers, Russell Brookes.
Comedian Lennie Bennett joins up with Formula One driver Martin Brundle.
Actress Leslie Ash is with record-breaking power-boat driver Gina Campbell.
Televised in collaboration with M. G. Productions
A frolicking fandango foretastes the weekend with Terry and friends live at the TV Theatre.
Plus the two final entries for A Song for Europe. Director JULIET MAY
Producer PETER ESTALL Series producers
FRANCES WHITAKER. LINO FERRARI
Tom O'Connor opens the file for the first time on five people with astonishing secrets, among them a unique British champion; and Brian Johnson reveals details of one of his most bizarre assignments.
Attempting to uncover the secrets are Jan Leeming , Derek Jameson.
Sandra Dickinson and Barry Cryer. Presented by arrangement with MARK GOODSON and TALBOT TV LTD Lighting JOHN GREEN Sound KEITH GUNN
Designer MARTIN CHILDS Director PETER FITTON
Producer TIM MARSHALL
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Hosted by Noel Edmonds Introduced by Mike Smith The occasion of the year -
The 1986 Golden Egg Award Ceremony - celebrates in great style all the fluffs, bloops and blunders made over the past year's broadcasting. Who will receive the coveted
Fellowship of the Golden Egg this year?
Compiled and written by JULIA KNOWLES and CAROLINE THOMAS
Production MICHAEL HURLL
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starring
The Alarm
Joel's scenario reaches its tragic climax and Rita is put through her paces, rehearsing her weeping and wailing for the final death-bed scene.
Written by EDWARD DE BLASIO Directed by KIM FRIEDMAN
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with Moira Stuart
Regional News
Weekend Weather News
IAN MCCASKILL
A specially commissioned film for Good Friday.
The Holy City is Glasgow. The time is now.
'I saw the Holy City.... New Jerusalem comin' doon out o' Heaven frae God ... then I heard a loud voice cryin' frae the Throne: "Now is God's bidin' wi' men an' they will be his people ... You are the people! We are the people!"' and the citizens of Glasgow
BBC Scotland
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Ceefax subtitles
The Man (David Hayman) appears in Glasgow giving hope of new beginning to people. The establishment see him as a threat to their authority and seek to prove. Show more
starring
David Niven
Art Carney
Maggie Smith
Nick is a professional rascal, Charley a hard-up New York photographer. When they are summoned to the south of France to look after Bridget, a precocious 10-year-old orphan, they realise that years before they both had an affair with the same woman - Bridget's grandmother!
Either man could be the girl's grandfather, but which one? her 23-million-dollar inheritance is riding on the answer! This engaging farce was David Niven 's last film.
Music by HENRY MANCINI Lyrics by AL JARREAU
Written and directed by BRYAN FORBES
Produced by DAVID NIVEN JR and JACK HALEY JR
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