Cartoon adventures of a duck-billed platypus.
Fourth of a 15-part nature series. Night or Day. A barn owl hunts from dusk to dawn and a harvest mouse keeps an eye on the hovering kestrel. Music and narration by Derek Griffiths. ● STEREO
Space-age cartoon fun.
Fun with the Chuckle brothers.
Telephone Trauma
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Cartoon adventures. Uni is in great danger.
Actor Robert Sean Leonard who starred in the film Dead
Poets Society, is in the studio today, and Wet Wet Wet talk to Jakki Brambles in the USA.
Phillip Hodson soothes more Growing Pains and Emma Forbes offers some culinary tips. Plus a competition to become the cover star oijust 17 7 magazine, Peter Simon presents another round of Double Dare, and cartoon fun with The Raccoons and Thundercats. With Sarah Greene
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With Steve Rider at St Andrews.
Provisional Timetable
12.20 Football; 12.45 Golf
1.00 News: 1.05 Golf
1.45 Show jumping; 1.55 Racing
2.05 Show jumping; 2.25 Racing
2.35 Motor sport: 2.55 Racing
3.05 Golf; 3.50 Football half-times
4.00 Golf; 4.35 Final Score
Golf
Dunhill Cup from St Andrews. Semi-finals today over 18 holes of the Old Course. Defending champions Ireland once again have David Feherty and Ronan Rafferty in their side. With Peter Alliss , Bruce Critchley , Alex Hay , Clive Clark and Mike Hughesdon.
Football
Wales take on world champions Germany this week, in arguably the most important game in Welsh soccer history. One point could be enough to take them to Sweden next year for their first European Championship. Plus Scotland's Group 2 qualifier in Romania and England's Group 7 encounter with Turkey.
Show Jumping
Horse of the Year Show from
Wembley. Today featuring the speed class, won last year by Nick Skelton on Alan Paul
Fiorella. With commentary by Raymond Brooks-Ward and Stephen Hadley.
Racing
From Ascot.
2.00 Bovis Autumn Stakes (Old Mile)
2.30 Princess Royal Stakes (1 ½m)
3.00 Bovis Stakes (H 'cap. 5f).
With Peter O'Sullevan , Julian Wilson and Jimmy Lindley.
Motor Sport
Esso British Touring Car
Championship from Silverstone. The 13th and final round. Will Hoy still holds a 17-point lead over closest rival John Cleland , and only needs to finish fifth or better to claim overall victory. With Murray Walker. Golf television presentation John Shrewsbury
Producer Martin Hopkins
Trivia quiz presented by Andrew O'Connor. Which of tonight's three contestants will win the chance to play for this week's holiday of a lifetime? Director Bill Morton
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Family pairs compete to see who will go for the conveyor belt and its host of prizes. With Rosemarie Ford.
Director John Gorman
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Less than three days to prepare a full-blown white wedding and renovate the 13th-century church? This week, on behalf of an extremely trusting young couple, a breathless Anneka has to rustle up dresses, organise a reception complete with cake, flowers and guests, and superintend painters and scaffolders. Then there's the honeymoon to fix. Bride and bridegroom could be forgiven a few pre-wedding jitters. Directors David Cumming andTomGuttendge
A Mentorn production for BBCtv
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Lavish 12-part drama set in London during the 1920s, devised by Eileen Atkins and Jean Marsh. Starring Stella Gonet
Louise Lombard
7: The new "House of Eliott" is officially opened and the sisters' fashion creations are finally unveiled. They now have the task of building up their clientele and competing with other fashion houses. Producer Jeremy Gwilt says Barbara Cartland 's autobiography, We Danced All Night, proved a rich "source of information on the lifestyle of the bright young things who patronised couture houses".
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The sisters get a new head seamstress and new premises for their new fashion house.
With Martyn Lewis.
Weather John Kettley
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What television gems will Clive James dig up from around the world tonight? He is joined in the studio by comic actor and writer Stephen Fry , while commentators and celebrity guests beam in by satellite. Series producer Beatrice Ballard
Executive producer Richard Drewett
The climax to the week as the top horses and riders compete in the Everest Grand Prix. To close the show, the champions assemble for the Cavalcade.
Introduced by David Vine. Commentary by Raymond Brooks-Ward and Stephen Hadley.
Producers Wendy Sheppard and Johnnie Watherston
Starring
Michael Moriarty
Yaphet Kotto
When an attractive girl is found shot in the flat of a drugs dealer and a policeman is arrested for murder, the New York
Commissioner of Police demands a full report - with no cover-up! Look out for Richard Gere as a pimp, in an small early role.
Director Milton Katselas
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