6.30-6.55
Business Breakfast
Business and financial news from Paul Burden and Fiona
Foster. Followed at 7.00am by the morning news programme with Nicholas Witchell and Jill Dando.
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.
Weather: Francis Wilson
Editor Bob Wheaton
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Judi Spiers and Tim Grundy in Birmingham, and Adrian Mills and Debi Jones in Manchester take a lively look at the day.
From Liverpool, Andy Craig presents the quiz which challenges the public and experts alike.
An Action Time production for BBCtv
With Rosemary Moon. 0 FOOD: page 17
Adrian Mills and Debi Jones share information, news and views across the United
Kingdom. Including Kitchen Call on [number removed].
Introduced by Simon Parkin.
Playdays
The Playbus stops today at the Why Bird Stop. Stuart Bradley and the Why Bird recycle their old newspapers and make a Playdays mobile. Today's story, Why Bird Visits Radio 5, is written by Mark Pickett. With Ellie Darvill.
Magazine: Playdays Magazine, 45p, on sale Wednesday from newsagents.
Cartoon about an elephant. (R)
A second edition of the show about daily life.
Topical discussion presented by Robert Kilroy-Silk . A Kilroy production for BBCtv
Conversation with Judi Spiers and Adrian Mills , while
Tim Grundy reveals the winner of today's Brainwave quiz.
Classic moments from the Natural History Unit archive presented by Fergus Keeling. Against All Odds. Wildebeest herds confronted by rivers, penguins riding on surf, and newly-hatched goslings that jump off cliffs.
The daily entertainment show live from the Pebble Mill studios. Presented by Judi Spiers and Tim Grundy. Executive producer Olwyn Hocking Editor Steve Weddle
With Philip Hayton. Weather Bill Giles
Who is the person writing to Dear George ... and why?
Stefan Dennis's Kind of Day: page 98
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Quiz hosted by Henry Kelly. Director John M A Lane
Producer Kerensa Bunce
A Reg Grundy production for BBCtv
Starsky and Hutch Are Guilty When Starsky (Paul Michael Glaser) and Hutch (David
Soul) are reported for assault and word goes out that they are on the take, the two cops are suspended from duty. (R)
Dreaming of a place in the sun of your own? This year's competition offers you the chance to win just that. The prizes on offer are a two-week time-share for life in a villa in the Portuguese Algarve; a two-week holiday for four people in Barbados; and a two-week holiday for six in a farmhouse in Tuscany. Anne Gregg and Kathy Tayler give you a glimpse of these extravagant prizes and Eamonn Holmes provides the clues that could make your dreams come true.
Producer Jean Macfarlane
Series producer Patricia Houlihan ● COMPETITION: page 52
Join Nerys Hughes in the marketplace of ideas to save you time, effort and, above all, money around the home. Director Tina Fletcher
Senes producer Erica Griffiths
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Introduced by Andi Peters and starting with Forget-Me-Not Farm Scarecrow and the crows,
Dandelion and Burdock, all live on Forget-Me-Not Farm. Today Scarecrow is fed up with standing in the rain but Trundle the Tractor and Portly the Pig like splashing in the mud. With Mike Amatt and the voices of Bob Peck and Anna Carteret.
Producer Celia Bonner
An award-winning animation by 17-year-old Paula Metcalf about a gardener. (R)
Written by George MacDonald. Told for jackanory by Jane Asher in five daily parts.
1: Princess Irene is never allowed out after dark.
Director Christine Secombe
Executive producer Angela Beeching 0 PICTURE STORY: page 59
Cartoon. Will Mighty Mouse save Pearl Pureheart? (R)
Cartoon super-hero adventures.
The news programme for children with Roger Finn and Juliet Morris. Editor Nick Heathcote ● CHILDREN: page 8
Magazine programme for children presented by Yvette Fielding, John Leslie and Diane-Louise Jordan.
BOOK: The Blue Peter Green Book, £4.99. from retailers.
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With Peter Sissons and Moira Stuart.
Weather Michael Fish
Presented by Guy Michelmore and Louise Batchelor.
Editor Fiona Chesterton
Live conversation and entertainment with Terry Wogan and his guests. Producer Graham Owens
Executive producer Peter Estall
Every minute of every day a child is injured on and around
Britain's roads - walking home from school, cycling, playing in the street and, of course, in cars. In a special award-winning edition of Watchdog, first shown last year, Lynn Faulds Wood and John Stapleton report on why we have one of the worst road safety records in Europe and how so many of these accidents are preventable. Editor Sarah Caplin (R) revised ● SURVEY REPORT: page 25 ● PICTURE STORY: page 59
A comedy series by Paul A Mendelson.
Starring Anton Rodgers Lesley Dunlop
The Way You Look Tonight Zoe doesn't mind being the second love in Alec's life but she won't be second best.
Director Paul Harrison Producer Sharon Bloom
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Enter the Dragons
A worldwide search for the prototype 'dragon' focuses on monitor lizards. From
Australian lace monitors to a gang of komodo dragons, are these carnivores the best candidates for the dragons of myth? Narrated by David Attenborough. Producer Nigel Marven
Series producer Mike Beynon ● NATURE: page 8
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With Michael Buerk.
Regional News
Weather Michael Fish
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David Dimbleby presents analysis and discussion of the latest events in the Gulf.
Executive producer Alexandra Henderson Editor Mark Thompson
Tonight's match in the Masters sees Jimmy White up against Martin Clark.
Tony Gubba introduces highlights of this best-of-nine-frames match. Commentary by Ted Lowe , Jack Kamehm and Clive Everton. Summaries by John Spencer and Ray Edmonds.
The programme that helps you to help yourself to a better deal on welfare rights, public services and day-to-day living. Presented by Helen Madden and Jacqui Harper.
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