in What, No Cigarettes? An RKO film
with John Stapleton and Sally Jones
Reports from BILL NEELY ,
ANITA FINDLEY, RORY CELLAN
JONES, MARK EASTON, BILL TURNBULL and CAROLINE RIGHTON
National and international news and analysis on the hour and half-hour. Regional news and travel updates at
7.27, 7.57 and 8.27
Weather forecast from
Francis Wilson at 7.25. 7.55 and 8.25
Primitive Urge
Weather
with Andy Crane assisted by Siobhan Mayer, Colin Heywood and Sue Devaney.
Starting with:
The Pink Panther Show: Yankee Doodle Pink, Beach Bummer, The Pinkologist
(R)
9.25 Hartheat
Tony Hart, Margot Wilson with Colin Bennett as the Caretaker
To Do with Stone
The pen draws standing stones on the hillside. On Weymouth beach the bears are gathering for a picnic, unaware that the marbles are after the skittles.
(R) (Ceefax subtitles)
9.50 Laurel and Hardy: Termite Might
(R)
10.00 News, Weather followed by But First This!
Starting with
Silas: 3
Silas ran away from the circus when the owner tried to force him into being a sword swallower. Then Silas won a horse but it has been stolen by a local farmer. But Silas has made a good friend - a lame boy called Godik. (R)
10.30am Play School
'Gymnastic jumps'
Presenters Floella Benjamin and Wayne Jackman
Story: Why Anna Hung Upside Down by MARGARET MAHY (ti)
10.55 Five to Eleven
with pupils from St Anselm's Primary School, Tooting Bec
11.00 News, Weather followed by But First This!
Starting with:
Cartoon
11.10 Undersea Kingdom: 5: Prisoners of Atlantis
The classic cliffhanger serial starring Ray 'Crash' Corrigan
Unga Khan begins to control Diana's mind as 'Crash' is overpowered ...
A Republic Serial
11.30 Man and Boy
The man Mike Kendall and the boy Simon King explore the Cotswold lakes.
Director JOHN king.
BBC Bristol
(R)
with Viv Lumsden and Eamonn Holmes
That 'old-fashioned girl', Eartha Kitt , visits the Glasgow International Garden Festival as the lunchtime guest of Mary Marquis.
with Philip Hayton Weather BILL GILES
Mike and Helen have to break some bad news to Daphne
This week's cast:
Written by Michael Ferssier.
The Cannon ranch hands ride into town for the 4 July rodeo. Blue is determined to win money, but finds the only way to do it is by fighting a boxing champion.
(R)
A marketplace of ideas presented by Judi Spiers Today fishmonger Phil Diamond sings the the praises of inexpensive fish, and Sue Thomas points out hidden treasures for free. Plus Barbara Daly concentrates on eyes in her make-up masterclass.
Series producer ERICA GRIFFITHS
Producer CLARE BRIGSTOCKE (R) (e) For free leaflet send large sae to: [address removed]
A Fortune in Flowers When his career as an agricultural adviser ended with redundancy,
Patrick O'Hara invested his gratuity in a kiln and set about learning how to sculpt wild flowers in porcelain. Director SANDRA WAINWRIGHT Producer JENNIFER JEREMY (R)
starring
Woolly Bully
Valerie has to endure Mrs Poole's help after an operation.
Written by R j colleary (R)
Simon Parkin - starting with Laurel and Hardy Handy Dandy Diary (R)
A 13-part serial by VALERIE GEORGESON from a story by MARGARET STUART BARRY 10: The school Hallowe'en party doesn't go quite as well as Mr Bodley had hoped ...
'George' supplied by Ads Agency Producer ANGELA BEECHING Director DAVID BELL (R)
Real-life animal adventures
The Otter's Tale starring Hannah Gordon the voice of Vydra the otter
Vydra the otter fishes her river alone, until her privacy is invaded by Lut. She leads him into a series of adventures until finally his very life is at risk - trapped and underwater!
Series producer MIKE BEYNON Producer RON MARTIN BBC Bristol (R)
Dennis Weaver , Clint Howard with guest star Jerry Lester The Wall that Tom and Mark Built
Tom and his son Mark have a misunderstanding. Producer GEORGE SHERMAN
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with Nicholas Witchell and Philip Hayton
Weather BERNARD DAVEY
with Derek Jameson and reporters Jeni Barnett , Lucy Pilkington and Chris Serle. This week, Chris joins in a bizarre ritual which starts at
4.00am in a Wiltshire pub. He is rudely awakened by the traditional chant, 'Grovely! Grovely!' Guest reporter
Michael Dean revisits Billy Walsh - an extrovert with a fondness for whisky despite being severely handicapped and confined to a wheelchair. At 19, his ambitions were to have a place of his own and travel the world. And Derek will be out and about, asking 'Hope and Glory! What's your story?'
Producer SARAH CAPLIN
Series producer PETER BAZALGETTE
by John Lewis.
"I don't think I'm ever going to get over it. And that frightens me; I'm frightened for the both of us."
(Ceefax subtitles)
Talk to Me by TONY CHARLES starring and Producer
GERAINT MORRIS
Director MICHAEL OWEN MORRIS (R)
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Anne Robinson with your comments in the programme you help to write.
Producer WARWICK CROSS
Please send letters to: Points of View BBCtv Centre, London W128QT
● RADIO TIMES LETTERS: page 80
with Nicholas Witchell and Andrew Harvey
Regional News; Weather
starring
Johnny Cash Andy Griffith
John Wallace is the ruthless 'King' of Meriwether County, Georgia, his iron grip enforced by bribery, intimidation and murder. When one of his 'business operations' strays into neighbouring Coweta County, Wallace finds himself unable to fix the law. Coweta's Sheriff vows to bring Wallace to justice and a deadly game begins ...
Screenplay by DENNIS NEMAC Produced by MICHAEL LEPINER and DICK ATKINS
Directed by GARY NELSON
(First showing on British television)
● FILMS: page 13
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Darwin
'Let the strongest live and the weakest die.'
Renowned for his theories expounding the survival of the fittest and encouraging open competition for all men, Charles Darwin is popularly regarded as an irreverent champion of science over religion, linking man more closely with apes than with God. Yet, argues Dr Robert Young , Darwin was a product of his time. He was not only profoundly influenced by Christianity, but was even granted the honour of a burial in Westminster Abbey. Producer DAVID HERMAN
A BROOK production for BBCtv Book, to accompany series, £3.00 Cheques,payable to Broadcasting Support Services, to: [address removed]
Another chance to see
Dave Lee Travis introduce 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.
Executive producer JOHN KING BBC Pebble Mill (R)