Peter Simon introduces a bumper package of Saturday morning entertainment.

Starting with Bananaman: Cavern of the Lost
with the voices of Tim Brooke-Taylor, Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden and Jill Shilling.
(R)

Presented by Sophie Aldred and Stephen Johnson with Jo Korna.
How do you get the holes in crumpets? Are crocodiles and alligators the same? What are the constellations called? Director ADRIAN MILLS
Producer AUSON STEWART (R) Questions to: Comers, BBCtv London W128QT

starring the Chuckle Brothers with Billy Butler.
Chuckle Vision presents
'Nature Watch'! Paul and Barry show how to observe wildlife on a very low budget....
Or was it budgies? Plus Billy Butler 's Armchair Theatre. Written by JOHN SAYLE
Designer PAUL MONTAGUE Producer MARTIN HUGHES BBC North West

with Phillip Schofield and Sarah Greene.
Featuring cartoon action with Thundercats and The Raccoons, music from Transvision Vamp and Rick Astley, your views in Soapbox, the winner of the cutest kitten competition,
Trevor and Simon at the zoo, Video Vote, the latest news from the world of space travel, Jokebox, and Double Dare with Mark Curry and Caron Keating. It's all
Going Live! this morning. Editor CHRIS BELUNGER

Michael Fish

See panel
including at 12.50pm News Summary

12.15pm GRANDSTAND 5.00pm
Introduced by Desmond Lynam
Timetable* 12.20 Ski-ing 12.40 Rugby League 12.55 Racing 1.10 Squash 1.25 Racing 1.40 Squash 2.00 Racing 2.15 Squash 2.30 Racing 2.45 Rugby League 3.50 Football 3.55 Ice Hockey 4.40 Final Score
* Timings are subject to change

Ski-ing
from Val d'Isere. Men's Downhill
Championship There's a world title to be won in January. Commentator DAVID VINE

Rugby League: John Player Special Trophy
Commentator RAY FRENCH

Racing
from Chepstow. 1.00 Arlington Premier Series 'Chase (Qualifier. 21m) 1.30 Save and Prosper Handicap Chase (3m 3f) 2.05 Rapid Raceline H'cap Hurdle Race (3m) 2.35 Rehearsal 'Chase (Limited Handicap. 3m) Commentators PETER
O'SULLEVAN, JULIAN WILSON and RICHARD PITMAN

Ice Hockey
from Birmingham. Durham v Tayside Norwich Union Cup Final

Commentator RED IMRIE

Squash
from Bristol. InterCity National Closed Championships

Commentators STUART STOREY and JONAH BARRINGTON
Television presentation: Ice hockey HUW JONES Skiing A2F, France Rugby League KEITH PHILLIPS Racing WENDY SHEPPARD Squash CAMPBELL FERGUSON Producer Grandstand MARTIN HOPKINS Editor Grandstand JOHN PHILIPS

with Moira Stuart Weather

starring
The Show Goes On
'To be or not to be?' That's the question when a theatre group hits town and are struck with a run of bad luck that could jeopardise their show. Enter Joe Forrest , who displays a hidden talent which surprises his colleagues. Meanwhile, Chris has to convince the lead actor that he is seriously ill.
Written by VINCE MCCAN
Directed by MARK DE FRIEST
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starring Noel Edmonds special guest star Susie Blake also featuring Ian McCaskill Clarence and Joy Pickles. Spot this week's deliberate mistake: Venice! where brightly coloured gondolas adorn the beautiful canals; where lovers stand upon the Bridge of Sighs and watch the world go by; where thousands of small craft ply the magnificent Lido; where the Orient Express pulls slowly out on its long, romantic journey westwards; and the capital of Peru is Bradford.
Script associate MARTIN BOOTH Sound DAVID THOMPSON Lighting ERIC WALLIS
Designer MARTIN METHVEN Produced and directed by MICHAEL LEGGO

starring Bob Monkhouse. More exciting prizes to be won on television's bingo quiz show as the four hopeful contestants compete for the chance of a dream holiday. Game devised by TERRY MARDELL and DAVID MOORE Programme associates
COLIN EDMONDS and JOHN JUNKIN Lighting FRED WRIGHT Sound JOHN DELANY Designer DACRE PUNT Director BILL MORTON
Produced by GEOFF MILES
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Devised and presented by Esther Rantzen.
Reporter Michael Groth.
If you would like to nominate somebody to win the Hearts of Gold award, please write to: Hearts of Gold
BBCtv, London W12 7RJ. Directors ROBIN BEXTOR
Series producer
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starring Albert Finney James Coburn Susan Dey
Leigh Taylor-Young . If looks could kill - you're dead in Los
Angeles! When three models die in mysterious circumstances, plastic surgeon Larry Roberts is the chief suspect. To clear his name he launches his own investigation....
Produced by HOWARD JEFFREY Written and directed by MICHAEL CRICHTON
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Martyn Lewis presents the latest stories, pictures and events from Britain and around the world. Weather

Based on Neil Simon's Broadway hit, the comedy series about two room mates - for whom opposites attract only trouble. Starring Jack Klugman as Oscar Madison and Tony Randall as Felix Unger

Is this the end of a beautiful friendship? Unable to take Felix's ways any longer, Oscar throws him out of the apartment. Where is a lonesome Felix to go but to all his other friends who will be only too willing to take him in... won't they?

with John Welles and Marianne Koch. Into the Mexican border town of San Miguel rides a mysterious, silent stranger - with a fast gun and no name. Unwittingly he becomes involved in the murderous feud between two rival gangs and the small town is never the same again ...
This action-filled movie was the first of Leone's
'Dollar Trilogy' and it made an international star of Clint Eastwood as 'the man with no name'.
Screenplay by SERGIO LEONE and DUCCIO TESSARI
Produced by HARRY COLOMBO and GEORGE PAPI
Directed by SERGIO LEONE
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A late night, a soulful saxophone, glowing neon and the unmistakable harmonies of jazz and swing all drift across Swing Street, where the 40s meet the 80s and Barry Manilow sings latin with Kid Creole, jazz with Gerry Mulligan and Diane Schuur and blues with Stanley Clarke and Phyllis Hyman. Songs include:
Hey Mambo, Summertime,
Stardust, When October Goes and, of course, the title track. Produced by BARRY MANILOW and STEVE BINDER
Directed by STEVE BINDER