6.34-6.55 Business Breakfast.
Timetable: Headlines or news summaries every quarter hour.
Business news: 7.12, 7.40, 8.12, 8.40. Sport: 7.23, 7.52, 8.23, 8.52.
Weather, regional and traffic news:
6.55,7.25,7.55,8.25.
Weather followed by Lovat Road
Allan Beswick takes a walk down
Lovat Road to find out what gives a street like this its vitality and purpose. (R)
The Oldest Driver. Paul Murray of Louisiana has been on the road for
70 years - his first car was a Model T Ford and he has a clean licence. (R)
White Water. From the River Dee at Llangollen, North Wales.
Introduced by John Earle with Ken Langford, John Macleod and Gay Goldsmith. (R) (Tomorrow: slalom)
More comic capers from the Evergreen Forest with Bert and Melissa Raccoon and best friend Cedric Sneer. (R)
Introduced by Simon Parkin and starting with:
Playdays
The Playbus stops today at the Patch Stop at Llanuwchllyn, North Wales. With
Vanessa Amberleigh and William Thomas. Today's story: Tomos yn mynd am dro by Alys Jones. (R)
Calm Down is getting blown about, until Tidyup has one of his bright ideas. Cartoon narrated by Terry Wogan. (R)
Paul Edwards , SJ, talks about the background to Gerard Manley Hopkins's Jesuit training at St Beuno's College, Clwyd.
Weather followed by Hudson and Halls
Join Peter Hudson and David Halls when they prepare for another cookery session. Special guest is singer Vince Hill. (R)
First of a six-part series of zoological exploration.
Across the Cactus Desert. The expedition camps for a month in an extraordinary desert where the world's highest temperature was recorded. Morning, noon and night, the animals respond differently to the problems of high temperatures and scanty water. (R)
Frank Nelson 's Toys for Grown-ups A man who is part artist, part craftsman, part mechanic and yet part comic in the saucy seaside tradition - Frank Nelson. Producer Mark Rowland (R)
It's Me Again. Casey discovers that he took on the wrong man, while JR takes on Kimberly at her own game. Nicholas Pearce offers Sue Ellen a commitment she cannot refuse. (R)
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John FitzMaurice Mills shows how to fill cracks in wood.
(Tomorrow: how to refix veneer and leather)
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With Philip Hayton.
Weather Bernard Davey
Scott's relationship with Poppy lands him in trouble from all sides. (For cast see Monday. Repeated at 5.35pm)
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Lawn Tennis Championships.
Introduced by Harry Carpenter.
Introduced by Andi Peters and starting with:
Happy Families
Part 2 of Mr and Mrs Hay the Horse. Mr and Mrs Hay are always horsing around which is most embarrassing for Henry and Hetty. (R)
Cartoon fun with Stan and Ollie. (R)
Willy Fog and his friends look around for a new ship. (R)
The news show for children.
High speed snooker, netball, basketball and a World Cup coaching session with some of England's soccer stars.
With Jenny Powell , Scott Birch and Georgie Hollett. Director Tony Harrison Producer Chris Fear
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With Anna Ford and Andrew Harvey.
Weather Ian McCaskill
Pat decides to prove a point to her family, while Sharon's mother has to face the past. Kathy overhears a shocking conversation.
(For cast see Tuesday)
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High-fibre petrol - unleaded burgers - low-calorie washing powders. Confused by green claims? Fed up with food scares? Sarah Greene, Simon Mayo and reporters Judith Burns, Sankha Guha and Nikki Spencer join forces each week to sort out the puzzling issues of the 90s.
This week: not smoking can damage your health. Should smoking be banned in public?
A seven-part comedy series about the peculiar happenings at Byview Retirement Village.
Written by Michael Aitkens
Director/Producer Gareth Gwenlan
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With Michael Buerk.
Regional News
Weather Ian McCaskill
A comedy tale written by and starring Victoria Wood.
The Channel Tunnel - vital artery or alimentary canal? Two experts and a French person thrash out the issues in a lively late-night debate.
With Julie Walters, Kay Adshead, Meg Johnson, Shirley Cain, Julia St John, Hugh Lloyd, Margery Mason, Lill Roughley, William Osborne, Charubala Chokshi and Alison King.
(R) (Ceefax Subtitles)
Julie Walters plays the overbearing Pam Cunard, the Queen of Daytime TV, in this light-hearted poke at the world of afternoon chat shows.
Highlights of today's action with Harry Carpenter.
Thor Heyerdahl : the Story of a Great Adventurer
Last in the series. Before the Beginning. During his life as one expedition followed another, Thor
Heyerdahl gradually came to realise that running through all his work there was a common thread. In tracing the migration routes of early man, he was moving closer and closer to those fundamental questions which lay at the heart of all his thinking. Where did civilisation have its beginnings? How and why did it spread?
Narrated by Christopher Railing. Director Bengt Jonson
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A witty, romantic comedy about three friends at a New York advertising agency who decide to market themselves in the lonely hearts column.
Director/Producer Don Taylor ● FILMS: pages 22-26
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