in Edgar and Goliath
An RKO film
with Frank Bough Sally Magnusson Jeremy Paxman
Including a preview of David Steel 's key speech to the Liberal Party
Conference in Harrogate.
Today Nick Ross talks to George Melly. (R)
Fred Goes Ape
Andy Crane with your birthday greetings followed by Play School
Presenter Jane Hardy Guest Stewart Bradley Story: The Banger by EVA FIGES
Music director JONATHAN COHEN Producer CHRISTINE HEWITT Editor CYNTHIA FELGATE (R) and Wlllp the Wisp The Viqueen (R)
with Jan Harvey
The last episode of a four-part story
These Hands That Heal
The source of the epidemic is found and Irene is shocked by the discovery. (R) (For cast see page 34)
Ambush at Masai Mara with David Attenborough
The hunt for wildebeest is on - a time of plenty for the lions of Musiara marsh. Written and produced by KEENAN SMART (R)
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Hell Hath No Fury
J.R. and Bobby are both victims of scheming women. Written by ARTHUR BERNARD LEWIS Directed by ERNEST PINTOFF (R) (For cast see page 47)
Weather IAN MCCASKILL
Max causes embarrassment in a Japanese restaurant.
(For cast see page 34. Shown again on Monday at 9.05am)
Kay Alexander opens the file on the treatment of bone cancer at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital. Birmingham.
Producer DAVID NELSON
2.30 The Mail on Sunday
3-year-old Series Handicap Stakes dim)
3.00 The Haynes. Hanson and Clark Stakes (1m)
3.30 The Stable Stud and Farm East West Stakes (7f)
Introduced by JULIAN WILSON
Andy Crane - starting with:
Tottie: The Doll's Wish
by Rumer Godden
Tottie's wishes come true.
With the voices of Anna Calder-Marshall, Nancy Gair, Olwen Griffiths
(R)
SuperTed and his friend Spottyman are always on the alert.
(R)
with Steve Blacknell, Matthew Devitt, Gideon Escott, Robert Harley, Caroline Leddy, Carla Mendonca
Guests Les Bubb, Moira Stuart, Johnny Hates Jazz, Smiley Culture
It's thrilling-events time on your television set today! This week 1,253 years ago.
Mustapha Thrubweller from No 2 Cleopatra Avenue, Egypt opened the front door of his pyramid and shouted 'What's all this then?' You can find out what he saw when you tune into WATT? - a programme with lots of comedy, great music and stupendous surprise guests - WATT? on a television set near you.
Executive producer
CHRISTOPHER PILKINGTON
Associate producer VICKY PILE Designer MEL BIBBY
Director DAVID CRICHTON
Producer TREVOR MCCALLUM
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with Dennis Weaver and Clint Howard A Medal for Ben Producer GEORGE SHERMAN (R)
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Roland's glamorous dance troupe - The Sewer
Sensation - features in a musical extravaganza.
Also starring the world's greatest conman,
Darcey de Farcey (JAMES SAXON) and the scintillating
Maureen McConkey (ANNA KAREN). Conceived by DAVID CLARIDGE Written by DAVID CLARIDGE COUN ROSTOCK SMITH BRIAN MARSHALL
Designers GRENVILLE HORNER. DONAL WOODS Produced and directed by MARCUS MORTIMER (R)
from the BBC newsroom Weather MICHAEL FISH
London Plus, Spotlight Points West, Look East Look North, South Today
North West Tonight Midlands Today
Join Terry and his guests at the Television Theatre. Producer CHARLES MILLER
Starring Les Dawson
Join Les in a brand-new series full of fun, frolics and fantastic prizes. Special guests this week are Lynda Baron, Roy Castle, John Conteh, Linda Nolan, Mike Reid, Lena Zavaroni
(Ceefax subtitles)
Starring Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett
with John Cleese, Janet Mahoney, Yvonne Manners, Willie Payne, Dennis Ramsden RONNIE HAZLEHURST AND HIS ORCHESTRA
RALPH TOBERT AND HIS DANCERS
THE FRED TOMLINSON SINGERS
Messrs Barker and Corbett, the Two Ronnies, celebrate 21 years of their association, with a selection of the very best of the sketches and musical numbers they have performed together.
The Ronnies have chosen all their personal favourites since they first met in The Frost Report in 1966, in a scintillating and hilarious selection.
Tonight's show features their characters Charlie Farley and Piggy Malone in the popular serial Stop - You're Killing Me!
Written by IAN DAVIDSON, MARTY FELDMAN, JOHN LAW, DAVID MCKELLAR, DAVID NEWMAN, DAVID NOBBS, PETER OSBORNE, DAVID RENWICK, PETER VINCENT, GERALD WILEY
(Ceefax subtitles)
from the BBC newsroom Regional News
Weekend Weather
MICHAEL FISH
by AGATHA CHRISTIE
Dramatised in two parts by JILL HYEM starring with George Baker Caroline Blakiston Joan Greenwood
1: 'It seemed wonderful at first. Like stepping back into the past. But it should've changed.'
Produced by GEORGE GALLACCIO Directed by MARY MCMURRAY (R) (Part 2 next week)
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A feature-length episode which begins a selection from the classic American series about gangland
Chicago and the fight waged against crime by Eliot Ness and his agents - honest, upright, untouchable. Starring with guest star
The Big Train
From an Atlanta penitentiary, Al Capone still exerts his evil influence.
Aware of the corruption in the prison system, Eliot Ness makes a radical proposal: to build a special institution on an island off
San Francisco - a place called Alcatraz.
Narrated by Walter Winchell Written by WILLIAM SPIER Directed by JOHN TAYSER
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