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High and Dizzy
An RKO film

with Kirsty Wark and Sally Jones

Weather followed by Open Air
Eamonn Holmes and Natalie Anglesey open the airwaves to the viewers.... and try to persuade programme makers to answer your queries.
Ring now on [number removed]

with Robert Kilroy-Silk

Weather followed by The Pink Panther
Show
Supermarket Pink Animal Crack-Up
String Along in Pink (R)

Andy Crane - starting with Playbus stops today at
The Why Bird Stop where the 'Who What When Where and Why Bird', usually known as the Why
Bird, helps the driver to sort out lost property and uses her machine to tell her story. Driver Brian Jameson
Puppeteer FIONA BEYNON BROWN Title music RICHARD BROWN Title design PAUL JOHNSON Designer TONY LAWRENCE Executive producer CYNTHIA FELGATE
Producer PENNY LLOYD
A FELGATE production for BBCtv
10.50am
Jimbo and the Jet Set
The Little Red Devil (R)

with Robert Eddison

Weather followed by Open Air
Eamonn Holmes and Pattie Coldwell are joined by Mike Shaft and Susan Rae for today's edition.
You can call now on [number removed]

Weather followed by Daytime Live
Join Sue Cook , Judi Spiers and Simon Potter for the lunchtime magazine.
Today sees the start of a long-term project to help tranquilliser users. Editor STEVE WEDDLE
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with Philip Hayton
Weather BERNARD DAVEY

Hilary stays with Paul and Gail and doesn't see something she should. Written by IAN SMITH
(Cast page 14 Repeated at 5.35pm) Record: RESL 210 available from retailers

European Quiz
Henry Kelly invites contestants to once again compete for the prestigious title of European Quiz Champion.

starring Guest stars
Little Dog Gone
Ironside turns dog-catcher when a confidence man kidnaps the pets of San Francisco's socialites. Written by FRANK TELEFORD Directed by DON WEIS (R)

Today's guest is Marti Caine. Peter Hudson and David Halls show you how to prepare their very special chocolate nut meringue cake. This delicious recipe can easily be adapted to your own variations.
Producer GEORGINA ABRAHAMS Director BOB MARSLAND
A FRIDAY PRODUCTIONS programme for BBCtv

With Judi Spiers and Rob Curling
Bazaar de-junks your life with the programme's dirtbuster Don Aslett ; crochets something classy for Christmas; cooks a three-course Sunday lunch, with beef, for El a person (honest!); and tells you more about the Bazaar neighbourhood savers. Plus an update on Bazaar's
'Hearty Eater' Campaign to help you find meals high in fibre, low in fat and moderate in calories.
Director STACEY ADAMS
Producer ERICA GRIFFITHS (e)
(For Bazaar Extra factsheet send a large 14p sae to: [address removed]) Details on Ceefaxpage 187

Andy Crane - starting with

Stoppit and Tidyup: Don't Do That
Narrated by Terry Wogan. There's something nasty in Tidyup's garden, and it's making rude noises! It's Don't Do That! Whenever Don't Do That is around, that means trouble!

4.00 pm A Bear Behind
with Lindsey Coulson and Bill Wallis as Boz
The monkey house is nearly full
But there's room enough for you.
Lindsey and Boz go to the zoo and see everything but the gnu. Zoo story: Lizzy's Lion by DENNIS LEE
Sound BILL WHISTON
Executive producer ANGELA BEECHING
Producer MARGIE BARBOUR
Director NEL ROMANO

4.05 pm Rupert
Based on the stories by ALFRED BESTALL
Storyteller Ray Brooks
Rupert and the Sea Sprites

4.10 pm Laurel and Hardy: Plant Rant (R)

4.15 pm Defenders of the Earth: The Revenge of Astra
The beautiful space princess Astra plans revenge against Flash Gordon... she gives
Ming the Merciless her secret formula for a race of unstoppable slaves.... the Clay People!
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4.35 pm What's Your Story?
Sylvester McCoy presents the second week of your own mystery drama.

4.55 pm Newsround

5.05 pm Blue Peter
with Mark Curry Caron Keating and Yvette Fielding.
Bhangra! There's a musical tidal wave sweeping the country. The artists are mobbed in the streets, their singles sell in thousands. But they aren't in the charts and hardly ever played on the radio. Today you can find out about the Bhangra beat!
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5.30 pm What's Your Story?
Sylvester McCoy is on the phone to talk about your ideas for tomorrow's story.

with Nicholas Witchell and Philip Hayton

Richard Bath Penny Bustin and Deborah Hall bring you tonight's news and views from London and the south east. Plus sport from Michael Wale
Editor FIONA CHESTERTON
Weather BILL GILES

with Lynn Faulds Wood and John Stapleton campaigning on your behalf on the things that matter to you. On offer are revealing investigations from the crack Watchdog reporting team, and stories from your letters and calls. Reporters
MIKE EMBLEY , SARAH SPILLER Editor NICK HAYES
Write to Watchdog, BBCtv,
London W12 8QT, or ring the hotline on 01- [number removed]

by MILES TREDINNICK starring Brian Wilde Trevor Bannister
There are Fairy Cakes at the Bottom of My Garden
A series of daring night-time thefts from the garden of Mr and Mrs Lawson charges Wyatt with the determination to catch the culprit red-handed. Applying the military techniques with which he was instrumental in winning the Second World War, he sets up a lookout in their potting shed.
Music RONNIE HAZLEHURST
Film cameraman ALAN STEVENS Film editor JOHN DUNSTAN
Studio lighting HENRY BARBER Designer DEREK EVANS
Produced and directed by ALAN J. W. BELL
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written by ADRIENNE CONWAY starring James Hazeldine and Amanda Redman featuring June Barry and Desmond McNamara
Against his better judgment, Bernie is persuaded to lure Sylvia to his house.
Studio sound DAVE THOMPSON Studio lighting TERRY BRETT Designer ROSEMARY HESTER
Produced and directed by SUE BYSH
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with Martyn Lewis in London and Michael Buerk in Washington
Regional News; Weather

Mrs Thatcher claims the Conservatives are green at heart. The local authorities monitoring Britain's booming waste industry have yet to be convinced.
Ever since she came to power, they've been asking for tougher laws to regulate the waste cowboys.
John Ware investigates the legal loopholes that have made Britain dirty.

An original serial in seven parts by ANDREW DAVIES starring Peter Davison with Graham Crowden Barbara Flynn
David Troughton
Amanda Hillwood , John Bird 1: A Very Long Way from Anywhere
With a new job and a fresh start in life
Dr Stephen Daker 's enthusiasm knows no bounds - until he meets his new colleagues at the University Medical Practice. However, in the midst of despair Stephen finds love.
Alas, only six more episodes
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
It must be Andrew Davies 's bitingly funny script and acting which wins first-class honours all round
DAILY MIRROR
Produced by KEN RIDDINGTON Directed by DAVID TUCKER (R)
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with Barry Norman
Colors - Robert Duvall and Sean Penn play Los Angeles cops, members of the gang crime division. They police the 600 street gangs which roam America's second-largest city.
The London Film Festival is a showcase for films from around the world. It opens on 10 November with American director David Mamet 's Things Change. Other highlights include Costa-Gavras's political thriller Betrayed starring Debra Winger and Tom Berenger , and David Cronenberg's Dead Ringers with Jeremy Irons.
The collection of British films includes For Queen and Country, a contemporary drama with black American star Denzel Washington as a paratrooper who has survived Ulster. The centrepiece is Vroom, a first feature from Beeban Kidron. Director DOMINIC BRIGSTOCKE Producer JANE LUSH

A series of ten programmes about computers in society with Fred Harris

On a windy beach near South Humberside, scientists from the Sea Mammal Research Unit try to catch a grey seal in their nets. The idea is to attach a radio transmitter to its back and track the seal's behaviour with a satellite overhead.
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