(R)

with Chris Lowe and Mike Smartt.
News summaries read by Jilly Carter. Sports news from Bob Wilson. 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.

Weather

with Simon Parkin ,
Andi Peters and Stephanie Lowe - starting with
Case of the Missing Chicken Created for television by JIM HENSON (R)

Presented by Tony Hart Margot Wilson and Joanna Kirk. 11: Wet and Dry
Watch the charcoal turn to H2O. The sunshine change to snow. The sawdust paint to rural scene and the clay become willow.
All this and Morph, who finds himself - for once - looking up to Chas!
Assistant producer FIONA SHORE Producer CHRISTOPHER TANDY (R)
* PICTURE GALLERY: if you are
15 or under and want to send a picture to the Gallery, send it to: Hartbeat, BBCtv, London W3 6XZ. There's a prize for those shown, if you put your name. age and address on the back. Sorry, no pictures can be returned.
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Weather followed by Gentle Ben
The Last Red Wolf
A visiting writer is so intent on getting a story about a pair of rare wolves that he exposes Mark and himself to danger.
Produced by GEORGE SHERMAN Directed by RICOU BROWNING (R)
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which stops today at The Tent Stop where Humphrey and Wobble Clown join Ricky Diamond , Sarah Davison and Susan Monroe to tell the story
The Yellow-Spotted Mystery by Sheila Hyde.
Music RICHARD BROWN
ProducerANN REAY Director BRIAN JAMESON

with pupils from Moor Park High School, Preston. Producer RALPH ROLLS
A FORGE PRODUCTIONS LTD programme for BBCtv

Weather followed by Woody Woodpecker Double Bill
Scalp Treatment and Jittery Jester (R)

with Andy Crane .
Britain's first daily environment-friendly music magazine. Including your chance to vote on this week's new releases.

starring
Superman's Wife
It's heartbreak all round when Superman meets the woman of his dreams at a police station.

Battle of the Century (R)

Weather followed by The Garden Party Eamonn Holmes and Paul Coia with the issues, the people and the music of today. How can football matches be made safer and less rowdy? Spokesmen for the players, the clubs and the supporters discuss the issues and the options.
Richard Jobson reviews the best and worst of vintage pop. Archie Macpherson previews the new League season. And the weather unit predicts where you will find holiday sunshine.

with Philip Hayton.
Weather Bernard Davey

Harold and Madge's wedding day arrives - at last. Written by RICK MAIER
Directed by STEVE MANN
(cast page 25. Repeated at 5.35pm)
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2: United behind the flag of the Southern Cross, the diggers continue to flaunt the licence laws and fight for their right to work and live as free men. In the face of reprisals from the authorities and pressure from the church, the gold miners erect a stockade and wait for the inevitable assault... (For cast see page 34) (R)

The Hit Songwriters
Fred figures there's loot in Barney's lyrics - but is this another off-key idea?
A HANNA BARBERA production (R)

Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears and Daffy Duck and Egg Head.

Andi Peters - starting with:

The Puppy's Further Adventures: Brown-Eyed Girl
(R)

4.35pm Waterfront Revisited
The Best of 'On the Waterfront' starring Andrew O'Connor, Bernie Nolan, Kate Copstick and Terry Randall.
'...Flashing Blade here. There are too many goodies in today's show to tell you about them all. So I'll leave it all as a wonderful surprise. Giddy up horsey...!'
Producer MARTIN HUGHES
BBC North West (R) revised

5.00pm Newsround

5.05pm The Lowdown: Desperate to Act
Real-life stories about children today.
Have you ever dreamt of becoming an actor? Like thousands of other young people Denise Hewett and Happy Savage have. So they wrote to the Anna Scher Theatre in London for advice. The result - a lightning tour of the business, where they meet Susan Tully in a break from work on EastEnders, Sylvester McCoy on stage at the National Theatre, stars from Grange Hill ...and discover what it takes to make their dream come true.
Executive producer ERIC ROWAN
Producer KEN HOWARD (R)
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Philip Hayton and Jill Dando present the latest news with a team of BBC reporters in Britain and around the world. Weather John Kettley

Even though a request for an autograph flooded in, Ben has remained modest. Join him for a Friday night bonanza.
Director JOHN BURROWES Producer JANE O'BRIEN
Series producer PETER ESTALL

F starring
Pete and 'Henry' are a struggling young couple in need of extra money. When Henry (short for Henrietta) has the not-too-bright idea of borrowing from a New York loan shark, things go disastrously wrong. To pay the debt, Henry resorts to dubious measures, later graduating to an underworld gang until she is finally 'sold' to a modem-day cattle rustler.
A lively comedy in the best 'screwball' tradition.
Screenplay by STANLEY SHAPIRO and MARTIN RICHUN
Produced by MARTIN ERLICHMAN and STANLEY SHAPIRO
Directed by PETER YATES
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with Martyn Lewis. Regional News
Weekend Weather John Kettley

by Olivia Manning.
Screenplay in seven parts by Alan Plater.
5: April 1941: as German troops advance into Greece, Guy and Harriet escape in the nick of time.
Producer BETTY WILLlNGALE
Director JAMES CELLA JONES (R)
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Beethoven's Choral
Symphony conducted by Klaus Tennstedt
Beethoven's Ninth, the great revolutionary work that ends with Schiller's Ode to Joy, is given under the German conductor whose performance of it is now world-renowned. Klaus Tennstedt first began to make an international reputation after he left his native East Germany in 1971. He was made principal conductor and music director of the London Philharmonic in 1983 and is now the orchestra's conductor laureate.
Mechthild Gessendorf
(soprano)
Hanna Schwarz (mezzo-soprano)
David Rendall (tenor)
Hermann Becht (baritone). London Philharmonic Choir chorusmaster Richard Cooke. BBC Symphony Chorus chorusmaster
Stephen Jackson.
London Philharmonic led by David Nolan.
Lighting JOHN LIVINGSTONE Sound GRAHAM HAINES
Omnibus editor ANDREW SNELL Executive producer KENNETH CORDEN
Directed by ROY TIPPING

starring
In an attempt to save their failing marriage
Peter and Marcia decide to spend a weekend in a deserted beach area. But the weekend turns into a nightmare fight for survival against the forces of nature. Screenplay by EVERETT DE ROCHE
Produced and directed by COLIN EGGLESTON
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