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An RKO film
with John Stapleton and Kirsty Wark
Winter Olympics 88
Including early rounds of ice hockey and men's downhill.
Starring Cindy Williams as Shirley Feeney and Penny Marshall as Laverne De Fazio
Weather followed by Open Air
Eamonn Holmes invites you to join him for a special extended early edition: phone him on [number removed]Plus the chance to request your favourite clips from the BBC archives.
A Hanna Barbera production (R)
Andy Crane with programme news and birthday greetings followed by Play School
Presenter Chloe Ashcroft Guest lain Lauchlan
Story: Mrs Lather 's Laundry by ALLAN AHLBERG and ANDRE AMSTUTZ (R) and The Wombles by ELISABETH BERESFORD Told by Bernard Cribbins Music by MIKE BATT
Animated by BARRY LEITH (R)
with Patricia Routledge
with Pattie Coldwell and Eamonn Holmes
Highlights of the short programme in the pairs event, which got under way early this morning.
The young Soviet pair Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov are the European and World Champions, and could take the Olympic title at their first attempt. British interest is provided by Cheryl Peake and Andrew Naylor, and the brother and sister pairing of Neil and Lisa Cushley.
There's also action from the first of the speed skating events, the men's 500m, and a look at how the medals were decided on the 70m ski-jumping hill in the Olympic Park.
with Michael Buerk
Weather Ian McCaskill
Jim comes to the aid of Ruth Wilson. Helen gets an offer she'd like to refuse. Susan is depressed by her inability to find a job.
(For cast see page 53. Shown again at 5.35pm)
Hosted by Henry Kelly
Starring Raymond Burr
with Don Galloway, Barbara Anderson and Don Mitchell
Guest stars Nancy Malone and Jeanne Cooper
Ironside turns baby-sitter when an abandoned infant provides the only clue to a would-be plane bomber.
(R)
A series celebrating
50 years of classic films from the Rank Studios.
Narrated by Sir John Mills 1: The Heroes
Great stars of British cinema including Dirk Bogarde Jack Hawkins , Stewart Granger , Kenneth More
Leslie Howard , David Niven and John Mills feature in scenes from such memorable movies as Reach for the Sky, We Dive at Dawn, A Tale of Two Cities and A Matter of Life and Death
Produced by ROBERT SIDAW AY and MAURICE SELLAR
A CHARISMA FILMS production (R)
The consumer programme John Stapleton and Lynn Faulds Wood chase the stories you send them.
If you have something for the team to investigate, write to Watchdog, BBCtv, London,
W12 8QT, or ring the hotline on [number removed]. Deputy editor STEVE ROSE Editor NICK HAYES
Andy Crane - starting with:
Bananaman: Banana Kid
(R)
Body Popping from I.M. MARSH CAMPUS,
LIVERPOOL POLYTECHNIC with children from BOOKER
AVENUE JUNIOR SCHOOL, Liverpool Written by PAUL GODDARD and PETER CHARLTON Lighting KEN LOCKHART
Producer PETER CHARLTON
Postcards to: The Antics Roadshow, BBCtv. London W3 6XJ
SuperTed and his friend Spotty are always on the alert when the evil Texas Pete is around...
(R)
by Anthony Smith
Told for Jackanory by Bernard Cribbins
What are the animals going to call each other? Is the best name what they sound like? Or what they look like?
Today: The Ha-ma-sa-ta-e-ras
An adventure in three episodes
Now that they have been rescued Julpa, Jann and the droids hire ace pilot Jess Meade to fly them back to Julpa's homeworld, Tammuz-An.
(Ceefax subtitles)
with John Craven, Helen Rollason and Roger Finn
What's happening today in the world? Newsround brings you the big stories of the day and explains the facts behind them.
with Mark Curry, Caron Keating and Yvette Fielding
with Sue Lawley and Nicholas Witchell
Weather BERNARD DAVEY
Lucy Meacock Steve Clarke and Richard Bath bring you tonight's news and views from London and the South East.
Plus sport from Michael Wale Editor FIONA CHESTERTON
Join Terry and his guests for conversation and entertainment live from the Television Theatre.
Programme associate NEIL SHAND Director DAVE PERROTTET Producer CHARLES MILLER
Series producer JOHN FISHER
Once again Dave Lee Travis introduces some famous hit records from the past, helped by various film-makers who were asked to present the 'images' that these great old songs evoked in them. This is what they saw.
Executive producer JOHN KING BBC Pebble Mill
starring Noel Edmonds
Can you beat our challengers in predicting the outcome of unusual situations and are you a good judge of character? If so, you'll love playing Whatever Next ... Sound MARK HOLLAND Lighting TERRY BRETT Designer JOHN STOUT
Production MICHAEL HURLL
Martyn Lewis and Philip Hayton present the day's news with BBC teams at home and abroad Regional News Weather
Violence on Television Since the Hungerford massacre violence on television has become a hot political issue. The
Government is acting on the belief that there is a connection between TV violence and increased violence in society, and is now introducing new controls over programmes showing violence. What is the evidence that violence harms the viewer? Kate Adie reports. Producer ADRIAN MILNE Editor TIM GARDAM
A series written and Presented by Barry Norman Hollywood and the Western The myths and legends that had their roots in the conquest of America's wild and woolly west, during the last half of the 19th century, gave to Hollywood the basis for its most unique contribution to the cinema - the western. Tonight's
Programme tries to discover why the genre was so popular with audiences the world over; why that popularity was sustained for so long; and why the making of the western today is a rare event. With Gene Autry
Carroll Baker , Clint Eastwood Charlton Heston , Jack Palance Lee Van Cleef and Richard Widmark
Photography MARTIN PATMORE Videotape editor JAMES TIMOTHY Film editor GRANT MUTER
Series producer JUDY LINDSAY Producer LAN KEILL
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Taking the Critical Path
They call them the 'Billion Dollar Games'. That's how much it cost to stage the Winter Olympics taking
Place in Calgary this week. Previous Olympics have left the host cities with hefty losses. But the organisers in Calgary claim their advanced computerised planning methods will ensure a substantial profit. Business Matters examines how the same planning techniques can help bring success to major projects in Britain - from planning the Lombard RAC Rally to making British manufacturing and marketing more effective. Narrator Paul Vaughan Film editor ALEX RICHARDSON Director DAVID DAWSON Editor BRIAN DAVIES (e)
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Mary O'Hara brings you a selection of her favourite music. The colourful setting for this first programme of the series is provided by one of Northern Ireland's magnificent stately homes,
Castleward. The vocal group Instant Sunshine make a rare television appearance and Mary is joined by children from the VIVIENNE MCMASTER SCHOOL. Musical director
BERNARD EBBINGHOUSE
Lighting GEORGE CAMPBELL
Sound PAT WHELAN and JOHN LUNN Assistant producer HARRY ADAIR Producer ALAN TONGUE
Castleward used by kind permission of the National Trust.