Starting with 6.30-6.55 Business Breakfast
News every quarter hour.
With Simon Parkin, Philippa Forrester and Esther McVey.
Around the World with Willy Fog
Cartoon. Willy is attacked by Indians.
9.35am Knowhow
Find out about artificial intelligence and the Loch Ness monster.
10.00am News and Regional News; Weather
10.05am Playdays
At the Tent Stop.
(Repeat)
10.25am Lassie
More canine adventures.
and Regional News; Weather
American family drama.
The Haunting. David and his friends start to become obsessed with a strange house which is supposedly haunted.
Bungay Castle.
Bryan McNerney gives a guided tour of medieval Bungay Castle in Suffolk.
and Regional News; Weather
Magazine programme from the Botanic Gardens, Glasgow. The insider's view of the world of polo from novelist Jilly Cooper , who wrote the bestseller Polo, and the organiser of this week's international ladies' tournament
Lesley Player. With Paul Coia , Sally Jones and Larry Sullivan.
Followed by Weather
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Adventure story starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Maureen O'Hara
Swashbuckling action and a romantic love story are combined in this colourful film set in the mysterious Orient. Sinbad, renowned as a teller of improbable tales, describes a hunt for the treasure of Alexander the Great during which he falls in love with Shireen, the Emir of Daibul's favourite slave-girl.
Films: pages 25-30
Cartoon narrated by Max Boyce.
With Andi Peters.
Smoggies
Cartoon. The Smoggies discover a youth-restoring chemical.
An eight-part magical comedy drama series.
3: Crabtree's ears go into overdrive this week. Now you see him, now you don't! Written by Jim Bywater
News for children.
20-part children's drama series set in a youth club. 8: Why does Carl always trail the Byker Grove girls? Winston gives Debbie nightmares.
(Rpt. Part 9 next Tuesday)
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Cody and Melissa engage in an 'artistic' endeavour. Helen pleads with Caroline to re-think her relationship with Jim. (For cast see Monday. Shown at 1.30pm)
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With John Humphrys and Moira Stuart.
Weather Michael Fish
Controversial violinist
Nigel Kennedy joins Terry Wogan to dispel recent criticism surrounding his music and image. Plus there's a live satellite link-up with the New York gossip columnist Cindy Adams.
More comedy with funny men Syd Little and Eddie Large. Special guests are the pop group the Fine Young
Cannibals. Eddie teams up with two new partners to open the show as 'Bros' - as they have never been seen before.
Syd's music spot has a distinct flavour of Ireland, which is appropriate as Irish comedian Frank Carson and Eddie get together to add a touch of the blarney to the proceedings. Director Martin Shardlow Producer Bill Wilson
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Entertainment with the master magician. His special guests are, from New York, Rudy Coby, who performs his own brand of strange magic, and the Paul Daniels British Freestyle BMX Team.
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With Michael Buerk. Regional News
Weekend Weather
Michael Fish
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American detective series starring Richard Widmark The Midtown Beat. A wealthy Texan holds a party to impress a local gangster. But his plans are disrupted when a young boy holds up the party at gunpoint. Watch out for legendary big band leader Cab Calloway.
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All-Night Vigil by Rachmaninov. Cuban conductor Odaline de la
Martinez introduces a rare and hauntingly beautiful work by a popular composer.
Rachmaninov's setting of the liturgy for the Russian
Orthodox Vigil Service, for unaccompanied voices, is performed by the USSR
Ministry of Culture Chamber Choir, conducted by Valery Polyansky. See panel below. Producer Jonathan Fulford
Thriller based on the novel by Alistair MacLean , author of Where Eagles Dare, The Guns of Navarone and Ice Station Zebra, starring Barry Newman Suzy Kendall
Why should John Talbot , an apparently rational man, walk into a small Louisiana town and get himself arrested? His violent escape from the courtroom with an innocent woman as hostage begins a dramatic chase across country with the authorities in hot pursuit. The odds are stacked against him. Barry Newman shot to television fame in the 70s playing lawyer Petrocelli. Watch out for Ben Kingsley in his debut film appearance, and the late Ray McAnally, who played a powerful church official in The Mission.
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