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When Leon forgets Dorothy's birthday he is happy to buy her a coat from a man in the street. Unfortunately the coat turns out to be warm in more ways than one!
An RKO film
(Black and white)
with Frank Bough, Sally Magnusson, Jeremy Paxman
News summaries on the hour and half hour
The latest sports news and comments from Bob Wilson and Sally Jones
Timetable
Regional news and travel at 7.15, 7.45, 8.15
Weather with Francis Wilson at 7.25, 7.55, 8.25
Eamonn Holmes and Natalie Anglesey invite you to phone them on [number removed] with your views on the weekend's television.
(Answers to your comments at 12. 05pm)
Feature: page 16
Michael Palin looks back in langour at his meteoric rise to stardom with the help of his mum, his old geography teacher, Spike Milligan, Terry Jones, the boy next door and D.P. Gumby.
Community Programme Unit
(R)
Fred gets a taste of life in the 21st century but soon discovers that, even for a miserable quarry worker, life in the present isn't so bad after all!
A Hanna-Barbera production
Andy Crane with programme news and birthday greetings
followed by Play School
Presenters Mike Amatt, Liz Watts
Story: New Clothes for Alex by Mary Dickinson
with Cyril Shaps
Why does an ardent capitalist like J.R. want to visit Cuba? Money, of course.
(For cast see page 80) (R)
Bob Wellings, Pattie Coldwell and Eamonn Holmes open the airwaves to the viewers... and try to persuade the programme makers to answer your queries.
Today's national and international news from the BBC newsroom
Weather John Kettley
Des seeks Daphne's advice about marriage and realises his true feelings towards her.
(Shown again tomorrow at 9.05 am)
Starring Jane Russell, Walter Huston, Thomas Mitchell
When Doc Holliday rides into Lincoln City, he is surprised to find that his old friend Pat Garrett is now the local sheriff. Bemoaning the theft of his favourite horse, Red, Holliday discovers the man responsible to be Billy the Kid, a young outlaw with an exceptionally fast draw...
(Black and white)
Films: page 26
Andy Crane - starting with:
Jimbo and the Jet Set: A Little Big Problem
Jimbo is a small jet plane - built by an aircraft designer who can't tell the difference between inches and centimetres.
(R)
Floella Benjamin with David, Elizabeth, Eriko, Ivan, James, Larissa and children from East Acton First School.
Story: "Amar's City" by Peter Bonnici
Illustrations by Lisa Kopper
Storyteller Saeed Jaffrey
Back Pages: 101
starring Roland Rat Superstar with Bob Todd as the Fiddler
Written by Colin Bostock-Smith and David Claridge
World leaders mysteriously struck dumb - a letter from the owner of a bubblegum shop. Two seemingly unconnected events. Or is this another case for Ratman?
The Doctor has arrived back in Puddleby but he gets a nasty shock when he discovers what's happened to his house...
(R)
Presented by Bruno Brookes
Will Mrs Green make it twice in a row or can Karamjit Singh Lally from Wolverhampton take up the challenge and Beat the Teacher?
(Next programme tomorrow at 4.20pm)
with Roger Finn Helen Rollason and John Craven
What's happening today in the world? The Newsround team bring you the big stories of the day and explain the facts behind them.
with Mark Curry, Caron Keating and Yvette Fielding
The Battle of Audley End!
When the British Redcoats came face-to-face with the massed ranks of the American and French armies, in a spectacular re-enactment from the American War of Independence, Dragoon Keating charged with the 17th Light Dragoons, Infantryman Curry fired his musket with the Second Massachussetts Lights and Naval Officer Fielding valiantly defended her ground with a heavy blast of cannon fire! Find out who was on the winning side when the American Revolution - 1980s style - crossed the Atlantic.
Gazoo's skill at picking the winners of the dinosaur races soon lands Fred and Barney in a heap of trouble!
A Hanna-Barbera production
From the BBC newsroom - the latest pictures, stories and events from Britain and around the world.
Weather Ian McCaskill
John Stapleton, Lucy Meacock and Steve Clark bring you all tonight's headlines from London and the south east, and the interviews that will make tomorrow's talking points.
Plus all the day's sport from Michael Wale
Join Terry and his guests for conversation and entertainment live from the Television Theatre.
by Jimmy Perry and David Croft
featuring and
Camp controller Alec Foster is systematically sacking just about everyone - can no one save the entertainment staff?
(R)
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by John Sullivan
Starring Ralph Bates
A problem has developed in the relationship between John and his son Toby.
(Ceefax subtitles)
from the BBC newsroom - the day's news with BBC teams at home and abroad Regional News Weather
The biggest problem facing sport, says Olympic Champion Sebastian Coe, is the growing use of drugs.
It's not just cheating; it can kill and it's big business. A former British track star is in America facing charges of dealing in counterfeit steroids and there's a multi-million-pound black market in Britain too.
With ministers next week discussing tougher controls, John Penycate talks to the dealers and the users of 'gear'. He reports on how athletes beat the tests with new drugs and techniques like 'blood doping' and asks, are the governing bodies of sport turning a blind eye to those who may be dying to win?
This listing contains language that some may find offensive.
This listing contains language that some may find offensive.
Barry Norman presents his personal review of the week's cinema releases.
La Bamba charts the tragically short life of rock 'n' roll legend Ritchie Valens. In eight short months he made three top ten records, including La Bamba, recently No 1 in the British charts.
Extreme Prejudice - Nick Nolte portrays a Texas Ranger, and Powers Boothe plays a drug baron. Former childhood friends, they're now on opposite sides of the law. And from New York, Tom Brook reports on the phenomenal success of Beverly Hills Cop II, the hit film in America this summer, and talks to its star, Eddie Murphy.
The first of four programmes
Molten glass is a bizarre material - a thick syrup, easily shaped into all sorts of weird and wonderful designs. From psychedelic Egyptian jars to new power cells, glass has been shaped for 4,500 years.
(R)
