in Home Work
An RKO film
with Jeremy Paxman and John Stapleton
National and international news and analysis on the hour and half hour.
The latest sports news and comment from Sally Jones Local news and travel updates at 7.15, 7.45, 8.15 Weather forecast from Francis Wilson at 7.25, 7.55, 8.25 Including BBC's
Hospital Watch live at 7.20 and 7.50
Weather followed by Open Air with Pattie Coldwell Producers
LIZ BARRON. TONY HARRISON
RACHEL PURNELL. SUE WOODWARD Editor PETER WEIL BBC North West
with Robert Kilroy-Silk
Weather followed by Going for Gold
Andy Crane with programme news and birthday greetings followed by Play School
Presenters
Don Spencer , Jane Hardy
Story: The Supermarket Mice by MARGARET GORDON and The Wombles by ELISABETH BERESFORD Told by Bernard Cribbins Music by MIKE BATT
Animated by BARRY LEITH Directed by IVOR WOOD (R)
with Gary Hope
Weather followed by Open Air
Phone Bob Wellings and Pattie Coldwell on [number removed]to take part in today's discussion.
Weather followed by Daytime Live with Pamela Armstrong Alan Titchmarsh and Judi Spiers
Five-star entertainment and chat live from Pebble Mill. Today Michael Smith samples your recipes for stew and dumplings in the search for Great British Food.
with Michael Buerk
Weather BERNARD DAVEY
Zoe returns to her old job. Mrs Mangel is back with a vengeance.
Hosted by Henry Kelly
A live account of the day's activities at Liverpool's Royal, Alder Hey and Broad Green hospitals Presented by Frank Bough
Maggie Philbin Debbie Thrower and Robbie Vincent.
Starring Leif Erickson as Big John Cannon, Cameron Mitchell as Buck Cannon, Mark Slade as Billy Blue Cannon, Linda Cristal as Victoria, Henry Darrow as Manolito
Buck and Blue come across two hungry Apache children in the desert, little knowing that an act of charity will bring the wrath of Geronimo against the High Chaparral. (R)
A preview of the Winter Olympics which begin on Saturday
Andy Crane - starting with:
Animal Fair
with Don Spencer
What would you like to be
What would you like to be
If an animal you could choose to be?
(R)
Stan and Ollie chase a rare bird up a mountain.
(R)
by Martin Riley
Told for Jackanory by Ann Morrish, Michael Grandage and Amanda Root
Today: The Boggart Tree
When Boggarts go on the warpath nobody's safe!
by BARRY MURRAY starring Paul Daniels
Wooly is off his carrots. Why can this be? Wizbit takes Wooly to see
Dr Frumph. Wooly has clownitus! There's only one cure. He must become a clown. Will he make the grade?
Director PHIL BISHOP
(R)
by Helen Cresswell
A serial in six parts
Tragedy strikes on the first day of Minty's summer holiday and begins a chain of events that leads her back in time and into a desperate struggle with witches, evil spirits and maybe the devil himself.
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(Ceefax subtitles)
A live update from Liverpool
with Nicholas Witchell and Philip Hayton
Weather JOHN KETTLEY
Join Terry and his guests for conversation and entertainment.
With Valentine's Day nearly here, Selina Scott , Jeff Banks and Caryn Franklin get us in a glitzy mood with a look at party dress hire. A fashion stylist gives away some of the tricks of the trade, there's an opportunity to drool over the jewels you hope he'll be buying you and if you bite your nails, don't give up hope because two ladies are determined that everyone should have impeccable talons.
starring
Lovers and other Liars
As his plans for Weststar are given a lift, JR appears to be going up in the world - in more ways than one - but down in Sue Ellen's estimation. Bobby gives a blessing, but is then cursed for his selfish ways.
Meanwhile, Dandy takes quite an exception to his doubters ...
Written by ARTHUR BERNARD LEWIS Directed by JERRY JAMESON
*CEEFAX SUBTITLES
with Anne Robinson
Producer VICKI MARRIOTT
with Martyn Lewis and Philip Hayton
Regional News; Weather
A week in hospital life.
On an average day nearly 800 in-patients are treated at the Liverpool Royal Hospital: 80 anaesthetics will be administered, 50 electrocardiograms will be taken and about 60 operations will be performed.
Producers KATHARINE EVERETT
FIONA HOLMES. MARTIN MORTIMORE
Executive producer DAVID PATERSON
Introduced by Steve Rider Cup Football
Highlights of the Littlewoods Cup semi-final first leg at the Manor Ground between
OXFORD UNITED and LUTON TOWN. Oxford, winners in 1986, put out Manchester
United in the last round, but Luton, too, are brimming with confidence as they bid to reach Wembley for the first time since the 1959 FA Cup Final.
Commentator JOHN MOTSON XV Winter Olympic Games
With just three days to go to the opening ceremony,
DESMOND LYNAM is in Calgary to introduce the places and names that will make the headlines in the next two weeks.
Will the Swiss skiers dominate on the testing Nakiska mountain? Can KATARINA WITT retain her title in the ladies figure skating? And after gold medal success in the last three Winter Olympics, where do the best hopes of a British medal lie this time? TV presentation:
Football ALAN GRIFFITHS
Assistant editor GRAHAM FRY Producer CHARLES BALCHIN Editor JOHN ROWLINSON