in Wide Open Spaces
An RKO film
with Jeremy Paxman and Kirsty Wark
National and international news and analysis on the hour and half hour read by Jill Dando.
With the latest sports news from Sally Jones Weather forecasts from
Francis Wilson at 7.25, 7.55 and 8.25
Regional news and travel updates at 7.27, 7.57 and 8.27
Weather followed by Dallas
Winds of War
Jamie's hatred for JR causes her to leave Southfork and team up with Cliff, and a cold wind blows through the Ewing empire.
Written and directed by LEONARD KATZMAN (R) (For cast see page 41)
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Slow Motion Firming (R)
Weather followed by Small World
Today: The railway layouts of Mike Sharman , who confines himself to the period
1830-70, and The Rev Peter Denny whose layout, controlled by a computer, is set in the year 1907.
Presenter Eric Thompson (R)
Field Mouse (R)
Andy Crane with programme news and birthday greetings starting with Play School
Presenters Carol Chell Fred Harris
Story: The Oak and the Reed (trad) adapted by MICHAEL COLE (R) and Paddington Paddington in the Hot Seat (R) by MICHAEL BOND
with Robert Glenister Producer RALPH ROLLS
Weather followed by Your Mind in Their Hands
The treatment of mental illness in the National Health Service investigated by Dr Alan Maryon Davis 4: Depressive Illness
It is the most common reason for psychiatric care. Sometimes a severe depression lifts within a few weeks of treatment.
However, depressive illness can recur and in a few cases be totally unresponsive to all forms of treatment. (R)
Pattie Coldwell offers a step-by-step safety guide to choosing and using ladders, while Rick Ball sees what's new in modern British design.
Harry Greene goes round the houses giving advice on exterior timber treatments at Number 1 Pebble Mill and restoring the bay sash window at Number 50. Producer ANDREW MEIKLE
Series producer STEPHANIE SILK BBC Pebble Mill
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Enclose 95pfor double issue (5 and 6) or £4. 30 for the whole series (1-10)
Desmond Morris and Sarah Kennedy set off by barge to explore the animal life of Birmingham, the city that boasts more miles of canal than Venice. En route they meet cat fanciers, dog lovers and the tiny horses, once thought to be extinct. which are now flourishing in Britain as refugees from the Ayatollah's Iran.
For Sarah there's a special lesson to overcome her fear of birds. Her teacher is a wise owl.
Editor DAVID MARTIN BBC Scotland (R)
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The Magical Maestro (R) Mama's New Hat (R)
with Michael Buerk
Weather IAN MCCASKILL
Charlene starts her new job but not for long.
Written by CHRIS MCCOURT
Lawn Tennis Championships Direct from the All England Club
Action, news and results from the third day of the Championships, introduced by HARRY CARPENTER.
Live commentary on the top matches from the BBC team of DAN MASKELL
JOHN BARRETT
GERALD WILLIAMS
MARK COX , BARRY DAVIES
BILL THRELFALL , ANN JONES and VIRGINIA WADE Television presentation
JOHNNIE WATHERSTON. FRED VINER ALASTAIR SCOTT. HUW JONES and WENDY SHEPPARD
Executive producer MARTIN HOPKINS
Editor JOHN ROWLINSON
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Andy Crane - starting with
Yogi's Treasure Hunt: Follow the Yellow Brick Gold
Yogi Bear captains the SS Jelly Roger, an old-time sailing ship travelling the seas in search of treasures.
with Phillip Schofield
Round three of the all action film and cinema quiz. Four new teams compete for a place in the final, contending with parachutes and babies on their way! Join in at home and test your knowledge as well.
Director RICHARD KELLY
Producer CHRISTOPHER TANDY
with John Craven Helen Rollason and Roger Finn
The boy who lost his laugh
Tim Tyler has a special gift of his own, an irresistible laugh, which always gets him out of trouble. But the Baron, the richest and most powerful man in the world, cannot laugh. Being ruthless, he will stop at nothing, and Tim is his prey.
Back Pages: 86
with Nicholas Witchell and Philip Hayton
Weather BERNARD DAVEY
London Plus, Spotlight Points West, Look East Look North, South Today
North West Tonight Midlands Today
The Race
In this last programme of the series, Harold Cudmore. top helmsman and tactician, discovers what measure of success he has had in trying to make three novices sail a 40ft cruiser/racer competitively.
Peter Skellern ,
Annabel Croft and Eamonn Holmes have learnt as much as they can in the course of a week.
But is it enough? Or will they flounder and embarrass themselves and their tutor? Directed and produced by DON ANDERSON
Executive producer JOY WILLIAMS BBC Northern Ireland
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(If owing to football coverage the alternative BBC1 schedule is followed, this programme will be shown on BBC2 at 7.45)
The last in the present series starring
The Fat Lady Singeth
'Well, I did it, Daddy. I got my son and my company back. Nobody's going to stop me now.' But JR still can't make a name for himself and he, of all people, should know that in Dallas you never take anything for granted ...
Written and directed by LEONARD KATZMAN
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(If owing to football coverage the alternative BBC1 schedule is followed, this programme will be postponed to next Wednesday)
Anne Robinson with your comments in the programme you help to write.
Producer STEVE KELYNACK
Please send letters to: Points of View BBCtv Centre, London W12 8QT
0 RADIO TIMES LETTERS: page 80
Martyn Lewis and Philip Hayton present the day's news with BBC teams at home and abroad.
Regional News; Weather
'I didn't think I could survive - but you do, don't you? Not week by week or month by month - just one day at a time.'
Cathy Liddle's father was one of 56 people who lost their lives in the Bradford City football ground fire. In the three years since the destruction of a wooden stand on a May afternoon, Cathy and families all over Bradford have found their own ways of overcoming grief and injury.
Remarkably, many have been helped by returning to the very place that changed their lives.
Cameramen KEITH MASSEY. CHRIS STREET Picture editor MIKE DENBY Director ROGER KEECH Producer MIKE MURRAY BBC Leeds
Introduced by DESMOND LYNAM
With GERALD WILLIAMS
The best of the third day's action, together with a comprehensive round up of all the day's news.
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Also highlights from
Stuttgart of the second semi-final in the European Football Championship.
starring with The Rusty Heller Story
The final pieces in the jigsaw that will eventually convict Al Capone are the mobster's books containing evidence of his criminal activities. The Untouchables receive unexpected help in the form of Rusty Heller - girl with complicated mob connections, a girl with her eye on the main chance, a girl with her eye on Eliot Ness....
Written by LEONARD KANTOR
Directed by WALTER E GRAUMAN