The last of four programmes introduced by HRH Prince Hassan bin Talal The Night of Power from the University Mosque Amman, Jordan
'... the month of Ramadhan wherein the Qur'an was sent to be a guidance.'
As Ramadhan draws to a close, Dr Ahmed Huleil , Director of preaching at the Ministry of Awqaf, celebrates the revelation of the Holy Qur'an to the prophet Muhammad. Producer DAVID CRAIG (R)

with Jeremy Paxman and Sally Jones
News and analysis on the hour and half hour.
Plus a full local election results service.

Weather followed by Open Air
Ring Bob Wellings on [number removed]

with Robert Kilroy-Silk

Weather followed by Four Square

Andy Crane with programme news and birthday greetings starting with Play School
Presenter Fred Harris Guest Janet Palmer
Story: The House That Jack Built (trad)
Music director IAN SMITH Director MARTIN FISHER
Series producer CHRISTINE HEWITT (R) and Paddington
Trouble at the Waxworks by MICHAEL BOND
Narrated by Michael Hordem Music by HERBERT CHAPPELL Animated and directed by IVOR WOOD (R)

with Shirley Dixon Producer RALPH ROLLS

Weather followed by Open Air
World Service Special
Today Open Air opens up the airwaves to millions of people from Felixstowe to the Far East when the BBC's
World Service comes under the spotlight.
The programme is being simultaneously broadcast on the World Service. Its boss
John Tusa is in the hot seat taking calls from home and abroad and facing questions from listeners live via satellite from TV studios in China and India.
If you would like to speak to him ring [number removed]. including at
12.00 News and Weather
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with Michael Buerk
Weather JOHN KETTLEY

Threats are the order of the day in Ramsay Street. But which are real and which imagined?
Written by GINNY LOWNDES Directed by MARK CALLAN

starring Alan Ladd James Mason with Patricia Medina Cedric Hardwicke
Unjustly convicted as a highwayman,
American medical student Hugh Tallant finds himself aboard a convict ship, at the mercy of her brutal captain, bound for
Botany Bay, in this adventure story set in the 1780s.
Screenplay by JONATHAN LATIMER From the novel by CHARLES NORDHOFF and JAMES NORMAN HALL Produced by JOSEPH SISTROM Directed by JOHN FARROW
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Puppet animation from China There was once a peasant boy in China who loved painting so much that a good fairy gave him a magic paintbrush.
Directed by JIN XI
English version by LOUIS ELMAN for LEAH INTERNATIONAL Produced by SHANGHAI FILM STUDIO (R)

with Andy Crane - followed by Laurel and Hardy in Jumping Judo (R)

with Stuart Bradley
Where in the 'wild' can you find pigeons and pelicans, a panda and a police horse living as neighbours?
Join a city safari through the streets of London.
Assistant producer FAY WOOLF Film director ADRIAN MILLS Producer SHEILA FRASER 0 BACK PAGES: 86

A 17-part cartoon series 6: The Greedie Greenies

with Steve Colman and Peter Simon
The final collection of mysterious objects and people are waiting impatiently behind Steve's door. This is your last chance to try and outguess the contestants as they try to pinpoint the identities. Written by JOHN PALMER Designer HERBE GEORGE Executive producer
CHRISTOPHER PILKINGTON Production SALLY FRASER

with Dennis Weaver and Clint Howard
The last in the series Two for the Sea
The Wedloes and aquarium men search for Ben, the bear, and Marco Polo , the dolphin, who have swum out to sea together.
Producer GEORGE SHERMAN

with Nicholas Witchell and Philip Hayton
Weather BERNARD DAVEY

Music, entertainment, conversation - the weekend begins here with Sue's guests.

starring Paul Daniels
Join in and compete with the contestants in Paul's comedy quiz show.
Produced in association with TALBOT TELEVISION LTD and GROUP W PRODUCTIONS Programme associates
COLIN EDMONDS. HOWARD HUNTRIDGE SoundDAVID THOMPSON LightingDON BABBAGE
Designer PETER FINDLAY Director MICHAEL LEGGO Producer STANLEY APPEL

starring
The Bracelet
In the confusion after the shooting, minds are made up and then changed, but Alexis is forced to decide about a husband of whom she clearly knows very little. Meanwhile, Jeff plays white knight to Sammy Jo's damsel in distress, but Adam's idyllic dreams of fatherhood are about to receive a rude awakening....
Written by FRANK V. FURINO Directed by IRVING MOORE
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with Martyn Lewis and Philip Hayton Regional News
Weekend Weather
BERNARD DAVEY

by Richard O'Keeffe
First of eight episodes, with Ian Hogg as Sgt Rockliffe
(R)
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A Poisoned Chalice?
There is a traditional form of opera where people pay a lot of money - and the taxpayer pays even more - to hear big, fat voices emanating from big, fat people in old crumbly sets. That is of no interest to me nor to most of the people who come to the opera.
NICHOLAS HYTNER. opera producer
How will the new regime at the Royal Opera House, led by Jeremy Isaacs and Bernard Haitink. adapt to a new artistic climate? How will they change the image of the institution and confound its critics? And how will they secure the financial freedom to promote this most extravagant of art forms?
Omnibus examines the state of Britain's operatic health, and compares it with that in the United States and France. Are the attractions of private sponsorship and huge state funding as treacherous a remedy as the traditional poisoned chalice?
Researcher CASSIE BRABAN
Executive producer DENNIS MARKS Director KEVIN LOADER

starring Nick Nolte Charles Durning Nick Nolte is
Phil Elliott , professional American football player and waning star of the North Dallas
Bulls. His enthusiasm for the game is undimmed until he meets the wealthy and beautiful Charlotte and becomes attracted to another lifestyle. But Phil soon discovers the hard rough and tumble of the play on the field is matched by the ruthlessness of the managers and coaches who resent his freewheeling spirit....
Screenplay by FRANK YABLANS TED KOTCHEFF and PETER GENT Produced by FRANK YABLANS Directed by TED KOTCHEFF
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