6.30-6.55
Business Breakfast
Business and financial news from Paul Burden and Sarah Coburn.
Followed at 7.00am by the morning news programme with Nicholas Witchell and Laurie Mayer.
Headlines or news summaries every quarter hour. Business news:
7.12, 7.40, 8.12, 8.40.
Sport: 7.23, 7.50, 8.23, 8.50. Weather, regional and traffic news:
6.55, 7.25, 7.55, 8.25.
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With Alan Titchmarsh and Judi Spiers in Birmingham, and Adrian Mills in Manchester.
Regional News and Weather
Quiz presented by Andy Craig.
Prepared by Rosemary Moon.
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Regional News and Weather
Introduced by Simon Parkin.
The Playbus stops today at the Dot Stop. Eithne Hannigan and Will Brenton tell today's story, A Lion at Fingerprint Farm, by Michael Cole.
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Cartoon based on the stories by Alfred Bestall. (R)
Including Mother of Mine, in which celebrities recall their childhood, in conversation with their mothers.
Regional News and Weather
Another topical discussion with Robert Kilroy-Silk .
The Brainwave quiz question winner is revealed. Plus a star guest in Birmingham.
Regional News and Weather
Cliff Michelmore and Wendy Gibson in Newcastle, with your favourite moments.
Live entertainment from the Pebble Mill foyer.
With Philip Hayton.
Weather Suzanne Charlton
Matt and Sharon jeopardise Bronwyn's future.
(For cast see Monday. Repeated at 5.35pm)
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Quiz hosted by Henry Kelly. Five European contestants battle for a place in the final.
Neighbourly Conduct. Anne (Michelle Phillips ) finally makes her play for
Mack Mackenzie (Kevin Dobson ).
Two sisters realise their dream of owning an island, and there's vocal harmony from the champion barber's shop quartet Curtain Call.
David Jacobs and Sheila McClennon present the magazine programme for people in the prime of life. Producer Anthony Cherry Editor Bryher Scudamore
Early Bird and the Worm (R)
Introduced by Andi Peters and starting with A second series of the children's school comedy, in 12 parts, written by Andy Cunningham.
1: Simon Bodger is job hunting again and Letsby Avenue Junior School needs a handyman. But Bodger's best friend is Badger who has a nose for everyone else's business. Will the horrendous headmistress Mrs Trout give him the job?
Director Claire Winyard Producer Greg Childs
Cartoon. (R)
Written by Roald Dahl.
Told for jackanory in five parts by Sylvester McCoy.
3: Down the Chocolate River
Cartoon.
The cartoon adventures of five
Earthlings (four humans and a dog) in the Dream Zone.
The news magazine programme for children.
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With Anna Ford and Andrew Harvey. Weather Bill Giles
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Live conversation and entertainment with Terry Wogan and his guests.
An American comedy-drama series about a teenage doctor starring Neil Patrick Harris It Ain't Over Till Mrs Howser
Sings. Doogie (Neil Patrick Harris) discovers that his mother (Belinda Montgomery ) used to be a singer in a 60s rock band, and ambition lingers. 0 CEEFAX SUBTITLES
An eight-part drama series by Phil Redmond about a dockland Police Division.
2: Microlights. An old crime is given a new twist when armed robbers take to the air.
Producer Phil Redmond Director A J Quinn
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Anne Robinson with your views and comments on television programmes. Producer Paul Smith
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With Martyn Lewis. Regional News
Weather Bill Giles
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Taking two tablets with a glass of water is one thing, but diluting two drops of a drug in a bath full of water hardly sounds like potent medicine. Yet homoeopathic doctors prescribe medicines diluted in more than a million, million, million parts of water. Doctors and vets claim spectacular achievements with such remedies, and scientific trials are producing results which are not easy to explain.
Narrated by Anthony Clare.
Health: page 15
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Football
Highlights from several of tonight's FA Cup Third Round replays. Plus a comprehensive action and results service.
Commentaries by John Motson and Barry Davies.
World Darts Championships The first two quarter-finals are played tonight. The ultimate target is Saturday's final and a first prize of £26,000. Commentary by Sid Waddell and Tony Green.
World Swimming Championships
Action with emphasis on British interest, from the World Championships being held in Perth, Australia.
Commentary by Hamilton Bland . Producer Vivien Bland
Editor Brian Barwick
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