in Mail Trouble
Directed by CHARLES E. ROBERTS An RKO film
with Jeremy Paxman and Sally Jones
Larry 'Buster' Crabbe as Buck Rogers
4: The Sky Patrol
In which Buck Rogers escapes from the clutches of Killer Kane, only to be pursued and attacked by enemy spaceships. Directed by FORD BEEBE and SAUL GOODKIND (Black and white)
Weather
Andy Crane presents a whole morning of summer entertainment assisted by Siobhan Mayer ,
Colin Heywood and Sue Devaney. Starting with The Pink Panther
Show
Pink Punch, Unsafe and Serene and Vitamin Pink (R)
with Tony Hart and Margot Wilson
All Done with Mirrors
The light from the kaleidoscope bounces back to show a giant blot on the floor - or are there two? Actor
Sylvester McCoy reflects on being a rat catcher, and Morph has a deadly experience as Chas reverses their roles. Plus, how to add an extra foot to your body! All done by mirrors. (R)
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in The Stone Age Kid (R)
Starting with:
Silas
Silas has run away from the circus because Philip, the owner, tried to force him to become the youngest sword swallower in the world. When Silas wins a horse, a farmer tries to steal it.
English version directed by LOUIS ELMAN for LEAH INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTIONS (R)
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Presenters Liz Watts and Fred Harris Story:
Clanky the Mechanical Boy by KENNETH MAHOOD (R)
with Anne Harvey
Weather followed by But First This! starting with Cartoon
2: The Undersea City
'Crash' and his friends are captured by the merciless Unga Khan.
A REPUBUC serial
starring George Reeves The Talking Clue
A boy's fascination with recording sounds involves him with two crooks.
Weather followed by The Garden Party World champion
Jackie Stewart used a pseudonym when he began motor racing to stop his mother worrying. Today he is 'a nervous wreck' when he watches his older son Paul follow him on to the track. Mavis Nicholson explores their 'relative values'.
with Philip Hayton
Weather Bernard Davey
Henry gets into hot water over a gambling debt. Written By RAY HARDING
(For cast see page 37. Shown again at 5.35)
This listing contains language that some may find offensive.
Miles Kington observes the sometimes strange behaviour of the species David Attenborough.
Produced by RICHARD BROOK
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Simon Parkin - starting with The Biskitts
The Swamp Monster and May the Best Biscuit Win (R)
with Nick Wilton Floella Benjamin Robert Harley
Sarah Mortimer and this week's special guest Phillip Schofield
Series producer ANN REAY (R)
with Simon O'Brien and Fiona Lee Fraser
Among youngsters it's one of the fastest-growing hobbies - radio control. On the expansive beaches of St Anne 's on the Fylde Coast, Move It stages the first
National Junior Off-Road Radio Control
Championships, over a course especially built for the occasion. More than 100 versatile vehicles and skilful drivers vie for the title.
The 11-year-olds who, last week, learned how to play bowls, now put their skills to the test in a Junior Target Bowls Championship in Manchester - with medals for all.
Director ALAN YARDLEY Producer CHRIS FEAR BBC North West
Sue Lawley and Nicholas Witchell present the latest pictures, stories and events from Britain and around the world.
Weather IAN MCCASKILL
by Tony Holland.
"You're ever so clever with words, Colin. I've never had bad news broken so nicely... I shall have a migraine, of course."
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The science power game with Kenny Everett assisted by Cleo Rocos
This week's guest expert Sarah Greene
Who will survive the power drain and evaporation by Kenny's laser to become the final Brainstorm champion of the series?
Series editor DAVID FILKIN
Director STUART MCDONALD Producer ROB BAYLY
Win a 'Brainstorm' sweatshirt. Ceefaxpage 187
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written by CARLA LANE
Title music by DAVID MACKAY Directed by SUSAN BELBIN
Produced by ROBIN NASH (R)
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with Nicholas Witchell and Andrew Harvey
Regional News and Weather
Sixth in a retrospective season of outstanding plays written for television by DAVID MERCER , first shown in 1977. With and Czechoslovakia, April 1945: a chance meeting between a professor and his former student, now members of the Russian armed forces, develops into a violent trial of strength.
Producer MARGARET MATHESON Director JANE HOWELL
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Esther Rantzen's guest tonight is
Dr Hendrika Cantwell. She has pioneered the detection and treatment of child abuse from her family crisis centre in America. In the light of the Cleveland inquiry, is child abuse on the increase and is it possible to protect the children before lifelong injury has been inflicted? Dr Cantwell can bring to
British parents a lifetime's experience in this most crucial of today's problems. Director ROBIN BEXTOR
Producer DEBORAH PERKIN
The Indispensable Man
When Harry Lime goes to Paris to investigate the mysterious silence of a business partner he discovers a trail of murder and deception that puts his own life in danger.
Screenplay by JACK LAIRD
Produced by FELIX JACKSON Directed by PAUL STANLEY