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With Simon Parkin, Philippa Forrester and Esther McVey.

9.05 Around the World with Willy Fog

9.35 Knowhow: Fusion and fission

10.00 News; Regional News and Weather

10.05 Playdays: The Tent Stop

10.25 Lassie: Canine adventures

Contributors

Presenter ("But First This…."):
Simon Parkin
Presenter ("But First This…."):
Philippa Forrester
Presenter ("But First This…."):
Esther McVey

Magazine programme.
A year after the invasion of Kuwait, what are the lessons of the Gulf? Now safely home, the band of the Scots Guards marches into the Botanic Gardens in Glasgow. It is joined by the BBC's foreign affairs editor, John Simpson ,
CBE. Tonight the band opens this year's
Edinburgh International Military Tattoo. Its retiring producer, Lt Col Leslie Dow , recalls the highlights of 25 years of producing one of Britain's most spectacular events. With music from pop group Jethro Tull.
12.55 Regional News; Weather

Contributors

Editor:
John Simpson
Producer:
Lt Col Leslie Dow
Unknown:
Jethro Tull.

Starring
I Paul Newman Joanne Woodward
Returning home from the war to find that his mother is an alcoholic and his father is still mourning a long-dead son, Alfred Eaton vows to do better than his parents. The film's screenplay was written by Ernest Lehman , whose script credits include The King and I, West Side Story and the Sound of Music.
Producer/Director Mark Robson 0 FILMS: pages 27-32

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Newman
Unknown:
Joanne Woodward
Unknown:
Alfred Eaton
Written By:
Ernest Lehman
Director:
Mark Robson
Alfred Eaton:
Paul Newman
Mary StJohn:
Joanne Woodward
Natalie:
Ina Baun
Samuel Eaton:
Leon Ames
Mac Hardie:
Felix Aylmer
Lex Porter:
George Grizzard
Dr Jim Roper:
Patrick O'Neal
Martha Eaton:
Myrna Loy
Sage Rimmington:
Elizabeth Allen
Fritz Thornton:
Raymond Greenleaf
Benziger:
Ted De Corsia
Mrs Benziger:
Dorothy Adams

20-part children's drama series set in a youth club. 4: What will Gill say when Julie presents him with her new image? On a boat trip, Nicola runs into a couple of thugs intent on ruining her day.
(Rpt. Part 5 next Tuesday)
0 TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888

Peter Sissons and Moira
Stuart with the latest national and international news.
Weather Michael Fish
* NEWS BY TELEPHONE: BBC News can be heard between 5.00am and 8.00pm by dialling 0[number removed]. Calls are charged at 34p per minute cheap rate, 45p at all other times.

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Sissons

More comedy with funny men Syd Little and Eddie Large. Diana Ross is expected to open the show or is she? Syd finds that checking in for a honeymoon flight is not always straightforward and his
Round-the-World Music Spot this week comes from Greece.
With special guests boxers Barry McGuigan and Gary Mason , and pop singer Jimmy Somerville.
Director/Producer David Taylor
Executive producer Bill Wilson • TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888

Contributors

Unknown:
Syd Little
Unknown:
Eddie Large.
Unknown:
Diana Ross
Unknown:
Barry McGuigan
Unknown:
Gary Mason
Singer:
Jimmy Somerville.
Producer:
David Taylor
Producer:
Bill Wilson

Tonight Paul Daniels presents one of his fastest illusions, conjures up a gourmet meal and attempts a razor sharp finale. Special guests include the Nicolodis from Italy, who demonstrate their balancing skills, and Laurence Fanon from the Lido in Paris. With
Debbie McGee.
Director/Producer Geoff Miles • TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Daniels
Unknown:
Laurence Fanon
Unknown:
Debbie McGee.

Last of a three-part mystery drama series set in an idyllic Co Donegal village where murder and blackmail abound.
Starring
Peter Firth
Tony Doyle , Ian Bannen More bits of the missing barman have been turning up in the picturesque Irish fishing village of Glenkeel. Meanwhile the Bogmailer's letters to Roarty are becoming increasingly outrageous in style and content, while Potter's affair with the Canon's housekeeper may yet prove to be life threatening.
Screenplay by Shane Connaughton , based on Patrick McGinley 's novel Bogmail
Producer Robert Cooper Director Nicholas Renton
* TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Firth
Unknown:
Tony Doyle
Unknown:
Ian Bannen
Unknown:
Shane Connaughton
Unknown:
Patrick McGinley
Producer:
Robert Cooper
Director:
Nicholas Renton
Kenneth Potter:
Peter Firth
Tim Roarty:
Tony Doyle
Canon Loftus:
Ian Bannen
Nora Hession:
Tara MacGowran
Sergeant McGing:
Alun Armstrong
Dr McGarrigle:
P G Stephens
Eamonn Eales:
Breffni McKenna
Cor Mogaill:
Frankie McCafferty
Rory Rua:
Sean Lawlor
Gimp Gillespie:
Garrett Keogh
Susan:
Tina Kelleher

Sheherazade. For 200 years, the classic series of tales from the Middle East, The 1001 Nights, has inspired artists, musicians and dancers. In tonight's highlights from the 1991 Henry Wood Promenade Concerts, Alexander Lazarev conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in the most famous and popular of these musical inspirations: Rimsky-Korsakov's Sheherazade. To set the scene for tonight's Prom, deaf percussionist Evelyn Glennie talks to Yasin Safadi , an expert on story-telling in Persia and India. See panel below. Director Roy Tipping

Contributors

Unknown:
Alexander Lazarev
Talks:
Evelyn Glennie
Unknown:
Yasin Safadi

Science fiction fantasy starring
Robert Beltran
The world is waiting for the most spectacular comet to be witnessed in modern times.
What nobody knows is that the last time this comet was sighted the world's dinosaurs disappeared. Regina and Samantha Belmont miss the event, but when they wake up next morning, they find Los Angeles is a very different place. Night of the Living Dead meets Day of the Triffids in this entertaining science fiction hybrid.
Written and directed by Thorn Eberhardt • FILMS: pages 27-32
● TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Beltran
Unknown:
Samantha Belmont
Directed By:
Thorn Eberhardt
Hector:
Robert Beltran
Regina:
Catherine Mary Stewart
Samantha:
Kelli Maroney
Carter:
Geoffrey Lewis
Audrey:
Mary Woronov
Oscar:
John Achorn
Doris:
Sharon Farrell
Larry:
Michael Bowen
Willy:
Ivan Roth
Chuck:
Raymond Lynch
Sarah:
Janice Kawaye
Brian:
Chance Boyer
News reporter:
Bob Perlow

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