in Unlucky Dog
Edgar thinks he's getting a bargain when Brother sells him a dog for$500. This may seem a little expensive, but after all it does talk ... or does it?
Directed by BEN HOLMES
An RKO film
with John Stapleton and Sally Jones
National and international news and analysis on the hour and half-hour.
Francis Wilson looks ahead to the weekend weather at home and abroad at
7.25, 7.45 and 8.25
Weather followed by The Pink Panther Show
(R)
The last in the present series with Robert Kilroy-Silk
Weather followed by Four Square
Andy Crane with programme news and birthday greetings starting with Play School
Got your bike ready?
We're off to play
It's the Teddy Bears' Picnic on today!
Presenter Carol Leader Guest Andrew Secombe
Story: The Grogg's Day Out by ROY BENTLEY AND ANNE BENTLEY Music director CHRIS WALKER Producer PENNY LLOYD
Editor CYNTHIA FELGATE (R) and Paddington by MICHAEL BOND Fortune Telling Narrated by Michael Hordern
Music by HERBERT CHAPPELL Animated and directed by IVOR WOOD (R)
with Patricia Hodge Producer RALPH ROLLS
Volvo PGA Championship from Wentworth
The first 72-hole stroke play event of the season in Britain sees the welcome return of Sandy Lyle, this year's Masters hero and the rest of the winning Ryder Cup team of last year.
Introduced by Harry Carpenter
including at 12.00 News and Weather
with Michael Buerk
Weather MICHAEL FISH
Paul fires Susan, and Helen becomes tired and emotional. Written by GINNY LOWNDES
Directed by ANDREW FRIEDMAN (For cast see page 37.
Shown again at 5.35pm)
starring
Clark Gable Myrna Loy
Spencer Tracy
Clark Gable plays happy-go-lucky pilot Jim Lane who, while attempting a new transcontinental air-speed record, makes a forced landing in Kansas, and meets flippant farm girl Ann Barton. Their whirlwind romance is set amid the exciting and dangerous world of pre-war aviation.
Screenplay by VINCENT LAWRENCE and WALDEMAR YOUNG
Produced by LOUIS D. UGHTON Directed by VICTOR FLEMING
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Andy Crane - starting with Caterpillar Trail with Nick Davies
Nick is out on the trail looking for nocturnal creatures. What will she spot? Is it a bird? Or a beast? Or both?
Director STEVE HOCKING Producer SHEILA FRASER
A 17-part cartoon series
A tribe of tiny bear braves who live in an enchanted forest.
7: The Golden Falcon
David and Stephen find a car driven by two escaping convicts, Donny 'the Bull' a giant of a man, and Keith, his weedy accomplice. The boys are forced to get into the getaway car so that the two villains can pass through the police roadblocks undetected.
Screenplay by RONALD GRAHAM Produced and directed by FRANK GODWIN
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Sue Lawley and Philip Hayton present the latest events of the day from Britain and around the world Weather IAN MCCASKILL
London Plus, Spotlight Points West, Look East Look North, South Today
North West Tonight Midlands Today
Join Terry live at the Television Theatre, as he talks to people in the news and presents the best in entertainment.
Series producer PETER WEIL Director TOM CORCORAN Producer JON PLOWMAN
starring Paul Daniels
Will couple number one, two or three be tonight's winners in Paul's comedy quiz show where Every Second Counts? Produced in association with TALBOT TELEVISION LTD and GROUP W PRODUCTIONS Programme associates
COLIN EDMONDS. HOWARD HUNTRIDGE Sound DAVID THOMPSON Lighting DON BABBAGE Designer PETER FINDLAY Director MICHAEL LEGGO Producer STANLEY APPEL
starring
Adam's Son
'This baby is a part of me and you can't take him away' - but forces beyond Adam's control may prove him wrong. Having shocked Blake and the Denver-
Carrington board, Jeff turns towards Delta-Rho and a rather more personal takeover. Meanwhile, Sean Rowan's growing menace continues to spread alarm ...
Written by EDWARD DEBLASIO Directed by NANCY MALONE *CEEFAX SUBTITLES
Michael Buerk and Philip Hayton with today's news from BBC teams at home and abroad
Regional News
Weekend Weather
IAN MCCASKILL
by Charlie Humphreys
Third of eight episodes
with Ian Hogg as Sgt Rockliffe
Rockliffe complains about the workload. There are drug dealers, muggers, rapists, murderers, thieves and con-men. What can turn up next?
(R) (Ceefax subtitles)
'Nipper', the little terrier immortalised in the famous 'His Master's Voice' trademark, takes Omnibus on a nostalgic journey from wax cylinder to compact disc to celebrate the centenary of the gramophone. First demonstrated by its inventor Emile Berliner in May 1888, the gramophone rapidly grew from a nursery toy to become an indispensable part of entertainment in the home.
Voices recalled along the way include Caruso, Melba, Florence Nightingale, Whispering Jack Smith, Bing Crosby and the Beatles, as well as musical highlights from the jazz and classical repertoires. One hundred years of music, and a hundred years of memories. Those taking part include: Sir Yehudi Menuhin Helen Shapiro, Oliver Berliner, the inventor's grandson David Bicknell, pioneer record producer for HMV, Brian Rust, record historian.
Film editor DAVE KING
Associate producer JEFF UNK
Producer ANNA BENSON GYLES
starring
Roman Polanski Isabelle Adjani Shelley Winters Melvyn Douglas
Trelkovsky, a meek
Polish emigre in Paris, takes an apartment recently vacated by a suicidal girl.
The mounting oppression of his identity and his paranoia are brilliantly conveyed, from Trelkovsky's first realisation that there is something strange about the place in which he has chosen to live ... A dark, compelling and disturbing film from the director of Rosemary's Baby.
Screenplay by GERARD BRACH and ROMAN POLANSKI
Based on the novel Le Locataire Chimerique by ROLAND TOPOR
Produced by ANDREW BRAUNSBERG Directed by ROMAN POLANSKI
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