(R)

with Chris Lowe and Sally Magnusson.
News summaries read by Jillian Carter. Sports news from Sally Jones.
Francis Wilson looks ahead to the weekend weather at
7.25, 7.55 and 8.25.
Regional news and travel updates at 7.27, 7.57 and 8.27. Reports from
MARK EASTON, RICHARD PHILLIPS
, CHARLIE LEE-POTTER ,
BILL TURNBULL , JOHN BUCKLEY and GARETH JONES.

Weather followed by Oddie in Paradise
Plains of Plenty with Bill Oddie in Papua New Guinea. Bill travels by boat along the River Bensbach into a huge unexplored wilderness teeming with goodies. (R)

John Duttine talks to Judith Stamper.
Stars from the world of show business recall their roots and chat about their careers.
Today, Judith Stamper meets John Duttine , the working-class boy from Bradford who survived the jeers of his four brothers to become a gifted television actor and star of the small screen. Extracts from To Serve Them All My Days, Spend, Spend. Spend,
Wuthering Heights and A Pin to See the Peep Show.

Weather followed by Laverne and Shirley Penny Marshall as Laverne Cindy Williams as Shirley in Excuse Me, May I Cut In? (RJ

Simon Parkin - starting with:

Playbus
which stops today at The Tent Stop where Joe Greco, Anthony Corriette, Faith Tingle and Sarah Davison join Humphrey and Wobble Clown to tell the story Ready, Steady, Go by Ricky Diamond.

by Eric Hill
Told by Paul Nicholas
(R)

with Rudolph Walker
(R)

John Barrett, previously director of Pembrokeshire Countryside Unit, had to answer this question and thousand others as he led holidaymakers on walks around this rugged country of legend and rich wildlife.
(R)

with Dennis Cornish
Last of the series.
For over 100 years the Abbey Gardens on Tresco in the Isles of Scilly enjoyed a reputation for their exotic sub-tropical plants and trees. But the winter of 1987 changed that - snow, followed by weeks of a bitterly cold east wind caused the loss of 70 per cent of this unique collection.
Dennis Cornish follows the progress of the gardens as they gradually regain their former glory.

Starring

Like fathers, like sons: John Ross and Christopher play a dangerous game, but Ray - despite his bitterness - refuses to play dirty. The tragic events in California make finding Jack Ewing imperative, while Cliffs grief is cut short by the notion that where there's a way...
(R)
(Ceefax subtitles)

Philip Hayton presents the latest news from Britain and around the world.
Weather SUZANNE CHARLTON

'Madge Ramsay is the woman I'm going to marry, and what Lou Carpenter wants he gets.'
Written by YSABELLE DEAN
Directed by KENDAL FLANAGAN
(Cast page 43. Repeated at 5. 35pm)

Lawn Tennis Championships Men's Singles Semi-Finals. A day of drama in prospect on the Centre Court with live coverage direct from the All England Club, introduced by Harry Carpenter. Commentators
DAN MASKELL , JOHN BARRETT
GERALD WILLIAMS
BARRY DAVIES , MARK COX
BILL THRELFALL
ANN JONES and VIRGINIA WADE Television presentation JOHNNIE WATHERSTON ALASTAIR SCOTT and WENDY SHEPPARD
Executive producer MARTIN HOPKINS Editor JOHN ROWLINSON ospoRTSLINE: ball-byball reports from all principal matches live from the offical Wimbledon scoreboard computer, dial [number removed]: calls cost 38p per minute (peak), 25p per minute (off-peak).
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Andy Crane starting with:

The Puppy's Further Adventures: The Puppy and the Bad Lands
The cartoon adventures of Petey the puppy, and his worldwide search for his young owner Tommy. (R)

An old tin mine in Cornwall is being re-opened. Becky, the daughter of the mine manager and Josh, the brother of one of the miners, become friends. Near the mine they see a strange boy in old-fashioned miner's clothes and hear stories of ghosts who come to warn of impending disasters...

Films: page 16
(Ceefax subtitles)

with Nicholas Witchell and Andrew Harvey
Weather John Kettley

Starring Kevin Costner, Judd Nelson.

It's 1971 and 'The Groovers', five good-time college buddies, decide to go for broke on one last no-holds-barred trip across America, before they fly to Vietnam. But bizarre adventure, weird characters and a car full of beer are not enough to banish the spectre of impending war. Kevin Costner, the handsome star of No Way Out, is the lead in this boisterous comedy adventure.

(First showing on British television)
Films: page 16
(Ceefax subtitles)

with Michael Buerk
Regional News; Weekend Weather John Kettley

by Don Webb
with Ian Hogg as Det Sgt Rockliffe.
Why are the officers of Church Street tuning in to a local radio programme?
(R) (Ceefax subtitles)

Introduced by Desmond Lynam. with Gerald Williams. By this evening, the contestants for Sunday's men's singles final should be known.
Highlights from today's semis are introduced by Desmond Lynam.
Gerald Williams looks ahead to the ladies' singles final.
9 SPORTSLlNE: for reports from allprincipalmatchesdial0898400728: calls cost 38p per minute (peak), 25p (off-peak).
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Cornhill Insurance Test Series: England v Australia from Edgbaston
Richie Benaud introduces highlights of the day's play.

starring
Henry Fonda Janice Rule Aldo Ray.
The frontier settlement of Hard Times is not much of a town, but for
50 souls it is home. Then one hot summer's night 'the Man from Bodie' rides in and the community is plunged into a hell of violence and despair. Henry Fonda stars as the major who finds himself helpless to combat the terror in this powerful and realistic story of a pioneer community.
Produced by MAX E. YOUNGSTEIN and DAVID KARR Written and directed by BURT KENNEDY
0 FILMS: page 16