in Triple Trouble
An RKO film

with Sally Jones and John Stapleton
Sports from Sally Jones Weather forecast from Francis Wilson at 7.25, 7.55, 8.25
Local news and travel information at 7.15, 7.45, 8.15

starring Penny Marshall as Laverne De Fazio Cindy Williams as Shirley Feeney
8.55 Regional News and Weather

Weather followed by Open Air with Pattie Coldwell
What entertained, annoyed or provoked you on last night's television? Phone Pattie on [number removed]and let her know.

with Robert Kilroy-Silk
For studio audience details, ring [number removed]from 9.00am to 6.00pm

Weather followed by Going for Gold

Andy Crane with programme news and birthday greetings followed by Play School
Dem Bones, Dem Bones Presenters
Fred Harris and Liz Watts Story: Toby's Treat by BRIAN JAMESON and The Wombles by ELISABETH BERESFORD Told by Bernard Cribbins Music by MIKE BATT
Animated and directed by IVOR WOOD (R)

with Edmund Pegge

Weather followed by Open Air with Bob Wellings and Pattie Coldwell

Weather followed by Daytime Live with Pamela Armstrong Alan Titchmarsh and Judi Spiers
Music, celebrities and chat live at lunchtime. Today
Michael Smith continues the quest for Great British Food with your entries for fish pie. Editor STEVE WEDDLE BBC Pebble Mill

with Michael Buerk Weather BILL GILES

Graham is rushed to hospital and Vicki is in a state of shock. Will she reveal the attacker's identity?

Hosted by Henry Kelly

starring
Jesse Turner
Dennis Fimple
Country and western singers JD and the Salt Flat 'Kid', decide to leave their hometown and make the 2,000 mile trip to Nashville and the 'big time'. On the road, the aspiring stars find plenty of adventures, but once in the 'country capital' have difficulty in securing any engagements. But with the help of an old friend, JD devises an ingenious plan to star on the Grand Ole Opry telecast....
Screenplay by FRANK DOBBS and BOB WALSH
Produced by TOMMY AMATO Directed by ALEX GRASSHOFF
FILMS: page 17

Andy Crane - starting with:

Pinny's House: Pinny and the Shipwreck
Read by Matilda Thorpe
(R)

with Don Spencer
I'm a koala not a bear
And I don't think it's fair
The way that people always add
A word that isn't there.
(R)

Ollie does a quick stint as a wrestler, but soon ends up in knots.
(R)

by Jill Paton Walsh
Told for Jackanory by Christopher Guard
(R)

by BARRY MURRAY starring Paul Daniels
The Christmas That Nearly Never Was: 1
It's Christmas! Again?
In January? In Puzzleopolis anything is possible!
Professor Doom finds a strange book called 'The
Secret of Everything!' In it is the most secret, evil thing that anybody could ever possibly do. And does he? Oh boy, he does!
Directed by PHIL BISHOP

Another episode in the life of those two ever-hungry bears, Yogi and Boo Boo.
(R)

by BERLIE DOHERTY
The last of three parts Mum and Dad
Now that Kathleen and Martin have left, life has even more problems for Jeannie. Then there is a terrible accident....
Lighting ANDREW DIXON Sound LES MOWBRAY
Designer MARJORIE PRATT
Executive producer PAUL STONE Director ANDREW MORGAN
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Philip Hayton with the latest pictures, stories and events of the day from Britain and around the world. Weather MICHAEL FISH

London Plus, Spotlight Points West, Look East
Look North, South Today North West Tonight Midlands Today

Join Terry and his guests for conversation and entertainment live from the Television Theatre.

Selina Scott and Jeff Banks report from Hong Kong. While the garment manufacturers are busy working for top international names, the local designers are showing their collections at Hong Kong Fashion Week. British Home Stores are opening their first shop in the colony, Gieves and Hawkes their second. How do the men from Savile Row measure up to
Sam the Tailor?
Producer ROGER CASSTLES BBC Pebble Mill

starring
Hustling
'If he's free to go for what's mine, I'm free to go for what's his ...' JR offers the peace pipe to Wilson Cryder with one hand, and lights a match for the wife with the other. Meanwhile, Casey seems to be following in the footsteps of his mentor and Bobby decides to put the past to rest....
Written by LEAH MARKUS
Directed by JERRY JAMESON
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Anne Robinson with your comments in the programme you help to write.
Producer VICKI MARRIOTT
Please send letters to: Points of View BBCtv Centre, London W12 8QT
0 RADIO TIMES LETTERS: page 80

Michael Buerk and Debbie Thrower present the day's news with BBC teams at home and abroad.
Regional News; Weather

For Shakespeare, death was 'that undiscovered country' from which 'no traveller returns'. But today, as medical science improves, more and more patients can almost literally be brought back from the dead. And occasionally they tell of strange experiences, some of which appear to defy scientific explanation.
Dr Peter Fenwick, an expert in brain function, has made a special study of 'near death experiences'. He asks: are they simply hallucinations; true glimpses of an afterlife; or do they hint at a new dimension of human consciousness?
WODDIS ON: page 81
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Introduced by Steve Rider International Snooker from Wembley
Further coverage from the Masters, with last year's runner-up ALEX HIGGINS taking on TONY KNOWLES in a match which completes the first round.
Commentators
TED LOWE , JACK KARNEHM and clive EVERTON
Test Cricket
A look ahead to Friday's
Bicentennial Test in Sydney which gives England's cricketers a chance to put the problems of Pakistan behind them, and gain revenge for defeat by the Australians in the World Cup final. International Boxing from Belfast
Unbeaten featherweight PAUL HODKINSON from Liverpool is hailed by many experts as a possible successor to
BARRY MCGUIGAN. Tonight, on the Eastwood promotion in the Ulster Hall, he puts his growing reputation on the line against the experienced RITCHIE FOSTER from Dublin, in a contest scheduled for ten rounds.
Commentator
HARRY CARPENTER
Television presentation:
Snooker KEITH MACKENZIE Boxing RUPERT MILLAR
Assistant editor GRAHAM FRY Producer CHARLES BALCHIN Editor JOHN ROWLINSON