The Happy Household (R)
6.55 Weather
with Frank Bough Sally Magnusson and Jeremy Paxman
Sports news with Sally Jones
with Lynne Faulds Wood and John Stapleton
8.55 Regional News and Weather
9.0 News and Weather
Join Robert Kilroy-Silk . his studio audience and guests as they discuss a topic that touches your life.
with Paul Clark and Eileen Evason
Phillip Schofield with programme news and your birthday greetings.
'I'm knitting a singlet for Cecil'
Presenter Kate Copstick Guest Fred Harris
Story: Mrs Grip Was Always Knitting by CHRIS CULSHOW Musical directors
JONATHAN COHEN. DAVID MELLOR Percussion WILL HILL
Director ALISON STEWART
Editor CYNTHIA FELGATE (R)
by Peter Firmin
Pinny and Victor have presents for their granny but they do not know how to find her.
Read by Matilda Thorpe
with Diana Quick
11.0 News and Weather
A series of ten films
7: Get Interested, Get Involved, Get Busy, Play Games
Hugo Chapman (16) is neither interested, involved nor busy. He dislikes games and loathes the Combined Cadet Force. But he can't opt out. So without pleasure or excitement he joins eight members of Radley's Royal
Naval section for ten days of canoeing and hill-walking in Scotland.
Executive producer ROGER MILLS Producer RICHARD DENTON (R)
Alan Titchmarsh joins Pattie Coldwell and Eamonn Holmes including at
12.0 News and Weather
Day two of the quarter-finals as Paul Coia asks the teams to play Domesday Detectives.
(Shown again on BBC2 at 5.0pm. Next programme Monday at 12.25pm)
12.55 Regional News and Weather
with Martyn Lewis
Weather JOHN KETTLEY
Danny is threatened with a gun. Des is offered a promotion in Canberra.
(Shown again Monday at 10.5 am)
A See-Saw programme
(R)
A See-Saw programme
(R)
by CARLA LANE starring
featuring with John Nettles It Takes All Kinds
With Beryl gone Sandra's problem is finding a new flatmate. There are plenty of offers but nobody seems suitable, especially Carol. Director RAY BUTT
Producer SYDNEY LOTTERBY (R)
Acts of Love Val and Gary spend two very different nights with two very different people. Laura visits Richard in hospital. Written by SUSAN MILLER and JEFF COHEN
Directed by HARVEY LAIDMAN
Hosted by Emlyn Hughes A family quiz played as a strategic board game with moves dependent on correct answers to questions put by Dr Sue Kingsman. Director JEREMY MILLS
Producer HENRY MURRAY
Phillip Schofield - starting with:
Jimbo and the Jet Set The Chief Gets a Rocket
(R)
with Johnny Ball
Today Philomena's in the dark about night time.
(R)
Told by Tony Robinson
It's bad enough for the Greeks having to face the dog and frog monsters.
But the final straw comes when their sandwiches run out.
A series of six animal adventures
Starring William Rushton as the voice of Buff the toad and Hugh Lloyd as the experienced toad
Buff is a toad with a mission - it's spring and he has to go to the pond where he was spawned. The journey is dangerous - a busy road, a boy scout, and worst of all the snuffy thing with spikes. Will he find the ripply water?
BBC Bristol
(Postponed from 5 December)
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with Roger Finn
by Barry Purchese
A series of 24 programmes
Danny is looking for volunteers for the Speaking Wall.
This week's cast: [see below]
(R) (Ceefax subtitles)
Presented by Angela Rippon Tonight the ANTRIM COASTERS from Northern Ireland and the TRIPLE CONNECTION from London compete in the second quarter-final.
with Sue Lawley and Nicholas Witchell Weather IAN MCCASKILL
starring
Sideswiped
Cheated out of his home and fortune Blake now faces a hostile press and a man obsessed with vengeance.
Written by EDWARD DE BLASIO Directed by GWEN ARNER * CEEFAX SUBTITLES
John Humphrys and Andrew Harvey present the day's news with BBC teams at home and abroad Regional News
Weekend Weather
IAN MCCASKILL
starring
George Peppard, George Hamilton, Sam Wanamaker, Capucine, Horst Buchholz. Paris 1939, six friends meet for the last time before Europe is torn apart by the Second World War. Each is destined to play an important part in the coming struggle, and not all of them will survive, but before the nightmare is over the memory of those carefree times before the war seems like a distant dream.
An all-star cast features in this exciting and action-packed adventure.
Screenplay by Anthony Fritz
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from the Grand Hall, Olympia featuring
The Cognac Courvoisier Napoleon Stakes
Each year this show attracts a very strong entry from across the channel and this is no exception. But with all the leading British riders competing keen competition is assured.
Introduced by DAVID VINE Commentators
RAYMOND BROOKS-WARD
STEPHEN HADLEY
Producers JOHNNIE WATHERSTON ALASTAIR SCOTT Video,
International Show Jumping BBCV/B 5014 from retailers
starring
Don Give Up the Office
Rhoda's business has an acute cash-flow problem, but she's determined not to ask anyone for help - not even Joe.
Written by BUD WISER
Directed by TONY MORDENTE (R)
