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With Nicholas Witchell and Kirsty Wark.
Weather followed by Open Air
With Eamonn Holmes and Jayne Irving.
With Robert Kilroy-Silk .
Weather followed by Going for Gold
Introduced by Simon Parkin.
Playbus: The Playground Stop
Presenters: Dave Benson Phillips, Elizabeth Watts. Storyteller: Sandra Yaw. Puppeteer: Jane Eve.
Story: Carry Go Bring Come by Vyanne Samuels.
Illustrated by Jennifer Northway.
Thirsty-Ness and the Part-Time Witch (R)
With Nerys Hughes.
Weather followed by Open Air
Including Query Corner. Producer ALISON MORSE
Weather followed by Daytime Live
Andy Craig and Judi Spiers.
With Philip Hayton.
Weather Suzanne Charlton
Beverly rushes to the aid of a patient.
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Starring and When a young ex-army chaplain is murdered, his brother Johnny seeks revenge. Screenplay by GEORGE CALLAHAN
Produced and directed by ROY DEL RUTH
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Child Sockology and Snow Place Like Home
Introduced by Andy Crane.
Green Claws
With Nick Mercer and Stella Goodier.
Songs written by HILARY JAMES and SIMON MAYER
A Warrior and a Lurdo
Mrs Plug the Plumber (2) (For cast see page 47)
Gudrun Steele discovers alternative education. Film editor CHRIS TONGE Director GRAHAM BOOTH BBC North West
By Sarah Daniels. Episode 18. with DANIEL GREEN , KIM TANNER and PAUL NEWTON.
'Thor' handled by PAULINE CLIFT Devised by PHIL REDMOND
Producer RONALD SMEDLEY (R)
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With Peter Sissons and Anna Ford.
Weather Ian McCaskill
This week, the potential threat to thousands of new homes around the country from buried chemicals. With Howard Stableford, Judith Hann and Peter Macann. Producers CYNTHIA PAGE, JACK WEBER and KATHARINE EVERETT Studio director PHILIP DOLLING Editor RICHARD REISZ
by Tony McHale.
"This I am not backing down on... even if it means the streets of Walford end up flowing with dead pine needles."
(For cast see page 63)
(Ceefax subtitles)
By Jimmy Perry and David Croft. Starring
Gorilla Warfare
During an exercise
Mainwaring casts himself as a 'highly important secret agent'. The regular army try to prevent him completing his mission.
Design by BRYAN ELLIS
Produced by DAVID CROIT (R)
Questionmaster: David Coleman.
Team captains:
Bill Beaumont , Ian Botham. Bill lines up with two of Britain's Olympians: Linford Christie , the European champion who won Olympic silver medals at 100 and 200m, and Karen Straker , the European junior champion and winner of a team silver in the three-day event in Seoul. Ian is joined by two internationals, the Manchester City and England striker Clive Allen , and rugby league's record-breaking try scorer, the Widnes and Great Britain winger Martin Offiah. Director MICK DEMPSEY Producer MIKE ADLEY
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With Martyn Lewis.
Regional News; Weather
Starring and Adam and Alex, research workers on Titan, one of the moons of Saturn, are disturbed by the arrival of 'Captain James' and his helper robot. Their visitor is in fact Benson, a psychotic killer who has hijacked a spacecraft. Benson is dangerous enough but his construction of a huge 'demi-god' robot, programmed from his own brain, introduces a terrifying new piece into the game.
Screenplay by MARTIN AMIS Produced and directed by STANLEY DONEN
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Cat Chaser is based on the novel by Elmore Leonard.
Peter Weller (Robocop) plays an ex-soldier who has a torrid affair with Kelly McGillis (Witness), the wife of a South American gangster.
Mystery Train, three separate short stories directed by Jim Jarmusch , explores the decaying edges of the city of Memphis through the eyes of foreigners in a seedy hotel. Jason Donovan and Kylie Minogue have deserted
Ramsay Street. After success in the music business, they have now embarked on separate film careers. Film 89 reports from down under on their progress.
Director CAIUS JULYAN
Producer BRUCE THOMPSON
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Presented by Anna Ford.
Tonight Network asks: will the Government's proposals for re-structuring broadcasting lead to wall-to-wall junk television? The Campaign for Quality Television, an alliance of programme-makers and their supporters, presents a film arguing that the high quality and rich diversity of Britain's 'least worst television in the world' will be put at risk by commercialism. There's a studio debate on the issues raised in the film.
Film director SANDRA GREENWOOD Series producer GILES OAKLEY
A series for people who would like to brush up or improve their communication skills.
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