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in Dig That Gold
All that glisters is not necessarily gold as Edgar finds to his cost when
Brother does some digging in the neighbour's garden. Directed by HAL YATES
An RKO film
with Frank Bough and Sally Magnusson in London
Jeremy Paxman and James Cox at the Labour Party
Conference in Brighton
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
12.30pm)
Live coverage of the opening session of the Labour Party Conference in Brighton. Commentators
Sir Robin Day
David Dimbleby with Vivian White including at
10.00* News and Weather
Andy Crane with programme news and your birthday greetings followed by Play School
'If only I had that hat,' Horse sighed.
Presenters Stuart Bradley
Elizabeth Watts
Story: Farmer Flinder's Hat by MABEL WATTS (R)
with Diana Quick
Live coverage from Brighton including at
12.00* News and Weather
Bob Wellings
Pattie Coldwell and Eamonn Holmes open the airwaves to the viewers ... and try to persuade the programme makers to answer your queries.
Deputy editor MAGGIE SUTCUFFE Editor PETER WEIL BBC North West
from the BBC newsroom Weather BERNARD DAVEY
Daphne receives unpleasant news and turns to Des for advice. A mysterious intruder tries to break into the Ramsay house. The week's cast:
Written by PENNY FRASER GINNY LOWNDES. JILL JAMES, ROGER MOULTON. RICK MAIER Directed by MARK CALLAN, RICHARD SARELL
starring Fredric March, Franciska Gaal, Akim Tamiroff
New Orleans, 1814. As the struggle between the recently formed United States and the British continues, the notorious Pirate Jean Lafitte is faced with a choice - to accept the generous financial offer to join the invaders, or come to the aid of General Andrew Jackson with the precious firepower at his command.
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Andy Crane - starting with:
Jimbo and the Jet Set: Trouble at Sea
(R)
Floella Benjamin with Ben, Daniel, Jane, Leah, Natalie, Robert and children from Holy Trinity Primary School
Story: "Geeta's Clever Family" by Peter Bonnici
Illustrations by Lisa Kopper
Storytellers Perminderpal Gill, Brian Jameson
starring Roland Rat Superstar with Pamela Stephenson as Wombat Woman
Ratman has a real mission: to guard the priceless jewel, the Ann Diamond. But the beautiful Wombat Woman has other ideas. Is Wombat Woman a match for our amazing superhero Ratman.
Written by COLIN BOSTOCK-SMITH and DAVID CLARIDGE
Producer OLIVER MACFARLANE Director PETER LESLIE
(R)
Presented by Bruno Brookes
Who's made it into the Beat the Teacher charts? On today's programme you can find out which three teachers and three pupils are in the top six so far.
with Mark Curry, Caron Keating and Yvette Fielding
A Parachute Made for Two!
In 1908, 21-year-old Dolly Shepherd made history by saving the life of a fellow parachutist in a dramatic mid-air rescue. Nearly 80 years later, Dolly's 67-year-old daughter achieves a lifetime ambition when she makes her first parachute jump using the latest 'tandem' techniques.
Blue Peter's own record-breaking free-fall skydiver Janet Ellis reports on Molly Sedgwick's courageous charity tandem dive.
Dripper
from the BBC newsroom Weather JOHN KETTLEY
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
Editor RACHAEL ATTWELL
Help Terry celebrate 20 years of Radio I!
Jogging memories in the theatre Tony Blackburn and John Peel
Plus a live guided tour around Radio 1 as it's happening with Mike Smith , Bruno Brookes and Janice Long
Music from the charts, plus Carl Wayne with a live performance of the first record played on Radio 1, Flowers in the Rain.
A simultaneous broadcast with Radio 1. Viewers with stereo Radio 1 may wish to turn off TV sound and position their speakers on either side of the screen, but a few feet away.
Stereo headphones provide a suitable alternative.
by JIMMY PERRY and DAVID CROFT featuring
Maplin's Holiday Camp, 1960 God Bless Our Family
Clive's family arrives en masse to stop his marriage to Gladys. Does this give
Clive the excuse he's been looking for?
(R) CEEFAX SUBTITLES
by JOHN SULLIVAN starring Ralph Bates
John's courtship of his new girlfriend Liz is interrupted by Ken's need of sanctuary.
Designer JOHN ANDERSON Director SUE BYSH
Produced by RAY BUTT
* CEEFAX SUBTITLES
from the BBC newsroom - the day's pictures, stories and events with BBC teams at home and abroad Regional News Weather
Must Labour Lose?
The Labour Party begins its annual conference in Brighton today in sombre mood. After three general election defeats in succession, Labour's level of support has slumped to the position it was in more than 50 years ago. Is the party in terminal decline, or will it recover from a long period in the wilderness, as it did in 1964? As Labour's leadership attempts to modernise the party's appeal,
Robert Harris , Political Editor of The Observer, reports on a major new survey of voters' attitudes, and talks to The Rt Hon Neil Kinnock , MP, about the prospects for the future. Producer FRANCESCA KIRBY-GREEN Editor DAVID DICKINSON
Barry Norman presents his personal review of the week's cinema releases.
Angel Heart, written and directed by Alan Parker.
Mickey Rourke plays a seedy private detective in a powerful thriller set in New York and New Orleans.
Controversy surrounded the film when it was X-rated in America. Parker cut ten seconds to please the American censor.
John Huston , the veteran film director, famous for such films as The African Queen and The Maltese Falcon died last month. From the set of Mr North , a film in which he was to have appeared, Film 87 spoke to his daughter,
Anjelica Huston ,
Robert Mitchum and Lauren Bacall about both the film and John Huston himself.
Director DOMINIC BRIGSTOCKE Producer BRUCE THOMPSON
A four-part series 2: Transparency
The first glass windows brought a new light into architecture, but the dream of making cities of glass eventually turned into a skyscraper nightmare. Today there's a new understanding of using glass in buildings. Series producer BRIGIT BARRY Producer JOHN ALEXANDER (R)