(R)

with Jeremy Paxman and Kirsty Wark.
Reports from MARK EASTON, ANITA FINDLEY,
CHARLIE LEE-POTTER , BILL TURNBULL and JOHN BUCKLEY.

Weather followed by Open Air with Eamonn Holmes

with Robert Kilroy-Silk

Weather followed by Going for Gold

Simon Parkin - starting with Playbus
The Playground Stop
The children are happy painting and Lizzie asks 'How do you feel today?'
Presenter Dave Benson Phillips
Puppeteer JANE EVE
Storyteller Anthony Lapsley Story: Sticky Beak and the Mystery of the Missing
Birthday by MARCIA VAUGHAN , illustrated by ESTER KASEPUU. Producer BARBARA RODDAM

by ELISABETH BERESFORD The Picnic
Told by Bernard Cribbins (R)

with Elizabeth Bell

Weather followed by Open Air
Leslie Grantham , better known as Dirty Den of EastEnders, talks about life away from Albert Square. Diane Simpson , Open Air's graphologist, analyses the handwriting of a mystery guest, and Mike Shaft is out and about with the roving camera. Eamonn Holmes , Bob Wellings and Natalie Anglesey take your calls.

Weather followed by Daytime Live with Alan Titchmarsh and Judi Spiers.
There's wonderful music from Klaus Wunderlich , and more help for tranquilliser users in Stepping Out.
Helplines are open from
1.00pm to 6.00pm on 0[number removed].

with Philip Hayton
Weather JOHN KETTLEY

Has Charlene found the right man for the job at last? Paul proves he is no John Francome as pride comes before a fall Written by LOIS BOOTON
Directed by PAUL MOLONEY
(Cast page 34. Repeated at 5. 35pm)

Hosted by Henry Kelly.
On which French river is the city of Orleans?
Find out by joining the six remaining contestants as they compete for the title of European Quiz Champion

The delightful musical starring
Fred Astaire with Rita Hayworth.
To inspire his daughter to seek romance, a hotel magnate sends her anonymous tokens of love. Then, accidentally, dancer Bob Davis turns up acting as messenger, so Maria believes he is her secret admirer - not a match her father favours! withand
Screenplay by MICHAEL FESSIER ,
ERNEST PAGANO and DELMER DAVES Music by JEROME KERN
Lyrics by JOHNNY MERCER
Produced by LOUIS F. EDELMAN Directed by WILLIAM A. SEITER 0 FILMS: page 16

Andy Crane - starting with
with Nick Mercer and Stella Goodier.
There's a bit of a freeze-up in the greenhouse today, so Green Claws puts his hot toast plan into action and Iris goes off on a woolly mission. Can the Riddle
Tree help - or will it make matters worse?
Claws Family stories by SONYA DANN Script by URSULA JONES Illustrations JANE GEDYE Musical directors
JONATHAN COHEN , SIMON MAYOR Producer CHRISTINE HEWITT

Thumb Hero

by TERRY JONES
Told for Jackanory by Tony Robinson.
2: Will our hero escape unharmed and find the Land of Dragons?
Adapted by JEREMY SWAN Pictures by MICHAEL COLE Designer MARTIN CHILDS
Producer ANGELA BEECHING Director RICHARD KELLY (R)

Movies Are Bitter Than Ever

with Terry Nutkins ,Nick Davies and Chris Packham. It's competition time! Olympic swimmer
Andy Jameson races a Californian sealion.
It's Terry versus Chris in On the Spot.
Chameleons and cuttlefish compete in the colour-change championship!
How clever are wombats? How do octupus suckers work? How can Terry walk up a wall?
If that's all too boring, do you know why you're yawning? producer PAUL APPLEBY
BBC Bristol

Seventeenth of 20 episodes by SARAH DANIELS.
Gonch's dating service swings into action with disastrous results. Mauler is far from pleased.
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with Nicholas Witchell and Anna Ford
Weather Bill Giles

London Plus, Spotlight, Points West, Look East,
Look North, South Today, North West Tonight, Midlands Today.

Peter Macann ,
Howard Stableford , Judith Hann and Maggie Philbin with a round-up of the latest developments in science, technology and medicine.
This week: how a ten-second sitting in a scanning laser can produce a blueprint for a solid bronze sculpture. Producers JACK WEBER
MARTIN MORTIMORE , CYNTHIA PAGE EDWARD BRIFFA
Studio director PHILIP DOLUNG Editor RICHARD REISZ

by Michael Robartes.
'Mum! Even if I was going to ruin my life, with or without Den Watts, it's no business of yours!'
(For cast see page 56)
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by JOHN ESMONDE , BOB LARBEY starring
The Early Birds
Designer PAUL MUNTING
Producer JOHN HOWARD DAVIES (R)

Questionmaster David Coleman.
A Question of Sport celebrates its 250th programme by inviting back four of its former captains. Ian Botham lines up with Mary Peters , Olympic pentathlon gold medallist in 1972, and Cliff Morgan , the Welsh fly half who became one of the show's first captains as did boxing's best-loved heavyweight, Henry Cooper. He takes his place alongside Bill Beaumont and the scorer of most goals for England, former
Manchester United player Bobby Charlton.
Director MICK DEMPSEY Producer MIKE ADLEY BBC North West
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with Martyn Lewis
Regional News; Weather

by ELIZABETH SPENDER.
Gutrune's romance with newspaper editor
Nick Verney is hampered by the fact that he is still in love with the wife from whom he is separated. She finds that in affairs of the heart, advice is the last thing she needs.
Music composed and directed by JOHN MCCABE
Film cameraman STUART WYLD Film editor DAVID HARVIE Designer DUGALD FINDLAY
Executive producer BILL BRYDEN Producer ANDY PARK
Director CHARLES GORMLEY BBC Scotland
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Barry Norman presents his personal review of the week's cinema releases.
Rain Man - Dustin Hoffman has the unusual role of an autistic man with a genius for mathematics. He has been in an institution for many years. Tom Cruise plays his brother who kidnaps him and takes him across America. Scandal - in 1963 John Profumo , the Minister for
War, was involved in a major controversy which involved a Russian diplomat and a 17-year-old 'call girl',
Christine Keeler. In this film, John Hurt plays
Stephen Ward , the society osteopath; Ian McKellen plays
John Profumo and Joanne Whalley plays Christine Keeler.
Dennis Quaid stars in D. O.A. which opens this week. He is now a much sought-after actor with successes including Suspect and The Big Easy. Film 89 talks to him about his career. Director DIANA HENRY Producer JANE LUSH
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Barry Norman invites you to vote for some all-time funny film clips to help Red Nose Day 2, Friday 10 March.
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Barbara Dickson and Roy Noble show how to shop, eat out and drink socially without putting on weight. Anton Mosimann offers another gourmet slimmers' recipe, and Valerie Singleton and Ian St John reveal their slimming regimes.
Director SARAH NOVELLO RUCKLEY Producer TONY MCAVOY
A PROSPECT PICTURES production for BBC Wales (R)