in No More Relatives.
An RKO film
with Kirsty Wark and Jeremy Paxman
Weather followed by Open Air
The early edition goes live to the Kilroy! studio where
Robert Kilroy-Silk prepares for his show.
with Robert Kilroy-Silk
Weather followed by Going for Gold
Andy Crane - starting with Playbus
The Playground Stop
The children make playdough food for a picnic, and Lizzie can't decide what to do.
With Dave Benson Phillips. Puppeteer JANE EVE
Storyteller Anthony Lapsley. Story: Sticky Beak and the Ice-Cream Mystery by MARCIA VAUGHAN illustrations by ESTER KASEPUU.
Music JONATHAN COHEN Executive producer CYNTHIA FELGATE
Producer BARBARA RODDAM
A FELGATE production for BBCtv
A Bear in Hot Water by MICHAEL BOND.
Narrated by Michael Hordem (R)
with Amanda Redman
Weather followed by Open Air
Are you using schools' programmes? Should they be on at 3.00pm instead of in the morning? Ring with your queries and comments on [number removed].
Weather followed by Daytime Live with Sue Cook
Alan Titchmarsh and Floella Benjamin.
The daily magazine including 'Stepping Out', information for tranquilliser users. A booklet giving advice on tranquilliser withdrawal is available from: [address removed] Cheques and postal orders (payable to Broadcasting Support Services) price £1.50.
with Philip Hayton Weather BILL GILES
'There's nothing we can do except hope and pray they're going to get back in time, otherwise we'll have to deliver the baby.' Written by IAN SMITH
Directed by PAUL MOLONEY
(For cast see page 93. Repeated at 5.35pm)
Hosted by Henry Kelly. Do you know who sang
Heartbreak Hotel and Hound Dog in 1956? Join the six remaining contestants and find out the answer.
starring
Angela Punch McGregor Graeme Blundell.
Tom and Melanie have been friends since early childhood and never contemplated being lovers. However, when both are stood up by their dates, a lively evening follows and attitudes begin to change.
Deciding to live together, they face the problem of whether lovers can also be the'best of friends'.
Screenplay by DONALD MACDONALD Produced by TOM JEFFREY
Directed by MICHAEL ROBERTSON 0 FILMS: page 39
Andy Crane - starting with
PC Pinkerton: On Your Bikes
With the voices of Ian Lavender , Jessica Martin Sam Kelly , David Shaw Parker Devised and written by GEOFFREY BOURNE TAYLOR and JOHN MURPHY EDWARDS Music JOHN KELHAM
Produced and directed by TREVOR BOND
with Roland Rat Superstar and Bob Todd. (Repeat)
Eighth of a 12-part serial by VALERIE GEORGESON from a story by MARGARET STUART BARRY.
Tombola's snakes are getting on the Witch's nerves, and the vacuum cleaner won't work. Could there be a connection?
WTN Sound Studios:
6 December 1988: 4.35pm Agenda
1: Craig Charles checks out Charles Augins , choreographer - What's Your Job?
2: Craig to phone
Nigel Kennedy in New York (Ask him to play - violin not football!)
3: Meet Calypso Twins and Wee Papa Girl Rappers. (Tell WTN Band about performance of Sunshine.) 4: Jane Wiedlin and band singing The End of Love. 5: Sinitta arrives to sing. (Has she got the words?)
6: Baroque - Wells School Trio - they now say it's a quartet! (What's another violin among friends?)
NB: Craig - please find out how people 'feel' today! Executive producer
CHRISTOPHER PILKINGTON Directed by STEVE SMITH Produced by PIPPA DYSON
with John Craven Roger Finn and Helen Rollason Editor JOHN CRAVEN
Eighteenth of 20 episodes by BARRY PURCHASE.
Robbie waits for Calley on his first date. Will she turn up? Mrs McClusky makes sure the girls know the penalty for shoplifting.
Devised by PHIL REDMOND Producer RONALD SMEDLEY Director JOHN SMITH (R)
& CEEFAX SUBTITLES
with Nicholas Witchell and Philip Hayton
Weather IAN MCCASKILL
It's the battle of the 'telly-trivia brainboxes' tonight as the Mainwarings from
Swansea meet the Thomases from Cardiff.
Who will become the Telly Addicts of 1988? Join
Noel Edmonds and find out. Director NICK HURRAN
Producer RICHARD LEWIS
Executive producer JOHN KING BBC Pebble Mill
by Gerry Huxham.
"Don't do what I did, life don't operate on second chances."
(Ceefax subtitles)
Questionmaster David Coleman.
Ian Botham and Bill Beaumont continue their weekly sporting battle of wits. Among their guests are Fatima Whitbread, reigning World and European champion and Olympic silver medallist in the javelin; Andy Holmes , winner of an Olympic gold medal in the fours in Los Angeles and now winner of the gold again in the coxless pairs and Stephen Hendry , snooker's youngest ever winner of a world ranking tournament.
Director MICK DEMPSEY Producer MIKE ADLEY
CEEFAX SUBTITLES
with Martyn Lewis
Regional News; Weather
Written by Winsome Pinnock.
Seventh of an eight-part series.
The struggling private detective partnership finally splits up for lack of money. Pearl investigates ghostly choirs in a local church and Finn develops an interest in the army.
(Ceefax subtitles)
with Barry Norman. Willow is a medieval fantasy with a cast of a baby princess, an evil queen, trolls, fairies, little people, sorcerers and a community of midgets. Jean Marsh plays the wicked queen who makes it her mission to ensure that the baby
Princess Elora Danan never ascends to her throne. George Lucas produces and Ron Howard directs.
High Spirits is a supernatural comedy in which
Peter O'Toole stars as the seedy owner of a rundown castle in Ireland. He promotes the place as a haunted paradise, attracting much needed cash from American tourists including Steve Guttenberg and Beverley D'Angelo. The result is a ghostly mayhem. Director DOMINIC BRIGSTOCKE Producer JANE LUSH
Some of the most powerful images of the people of Northern Ireland come from thrillers and other TV serials - but are these images misleading? Are they a realistic portrayal of people's lives, and if not, does it really matter? Anna Ford chairs the discussion in Belfast between viewers and broadcasters. From Dublin, Kim Howells looks at the way viewers in the Irish Republic have reacted to the media ban on Sinn Fein and other organisations, which has been in operation there for over ten years.
Studio director LINDA NASH
Executive producer ROBIN GUTCH Producer GEOFF GRIFFITHS
Guinness Soccer Six.
Introduced by Bob Wilson.
Highlights of tonight's indoor action as six more First
Division clubs - Arsenal, Manchester United, West
Ham, Derby, Southampton and Middlesbrough - play off for a place in tomorrow's finals, which you can see in Sportsnight at 10.20pm. Commentators
JOHN MOTSON and TONY GUBBA Television presentation JOHN SHREWSBURY Editor GRAHAM FRY