Starting with 6.30-6.55 Business Breakfast
Business and financial news.
Followed at 7.00 by the morning news programme. Headlines; news summaries every quarter hour.
Business: 7.12, 7.40, 8.12, 8.40. Sport: 7.23, 7.50, 8.23, 8.50.
Weather, regional and traffic: 6.55, 7.25, 7.55,8.25,8.55.
Debate with Robert Kilroy-Silk .
A Kilroy production for BBCtv
How to make stuffed quail and buttered risotto.
and Regional News; Weather
With Andi Peters.
Playdays: The Why Bird Stop
A Felgate production for BBCtv
Playdays Magazine: 50p, on sale: Wednesday.
Animation.
' Cartoon classic.
and Regional News; Weather
Diet and fitness series.
Has one of the pilot group lost enough weight to fit into her wedding dress? Plus how a well-balanced diet can help reduce pre-menstrual tension.
Tim Grundy talks to stars of the rock world, and Phillip Hodson answers your problems in his regular phone-in on [number removed]. Presented by Miriam Stoppard and Adrian Mills.
Including at
and Regional News; Weather
Entertainment and conversation.
(Stereo)
12.55pm Regional News; Weather
Followed by Weather
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Quiz hosted by Henry Kelly. A Reg Grundy production for BBCtv
The Briar Pitch. Karen agrees to sell Lotus Point.
The Fat Farm. Oscar visits a health farm. With
Jack Klugman and Tony Randall.
Floella Benjamin suggests ways to brighten up old clothes, while DIY expert Doug Smillie shows how to save old furniture.
Hudson and Halls cook a sustaining meal for firefighters, and Claire Rayner tackles the emotional problem of how to tell the children you're going to split up. With Nerys Hughes. * PROGRAMME NOTES: send a 28p A4 sae to [address removed]
With Andi Peters.
Orville and Cuddles
Cartoon.
A 13-part comedy drama.
Dennis buys a piece of top-secret surveillance equipment by mistake.
(Stereo)
First of five stories by Martin Riley told for Jackanory by Rory McGrath.
(Rpt)
Cartoon.
Cartoon adventures.
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With Juliet Morris and Krishnan Guru-Murthy.
With Yvette Fielding, John Leslie and Diane-Louise Jordan.
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The Willis family are caught in a natural disaster from which none of them may escape alive.
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With Peter Sissons and Moira Stuart.
Weather Michael Fish
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Presented by Guy Michelmore and Louise Batchelor with sport from Michael Wale. Editor Guy Pelham
* REGIONAL PROGRAMME
Tonight's show features songs from the forthcoming West End musical comedy, Moby Dick. Terry Wogan talks to the producer of Moby Dick, Cameron Mackintosh, the impresario behind such stage triumphs as Cats, Les Miserables and Miss Saigon. Tony Monopoly, one of the stars of the new musical, also appears on the programme.
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Consumer champions Lynn Faulds Wood and John Stapleton investigate and campaign on your behalf. Editor Sarah Caplin
0 SUGGESTIONS: ring 081-743 5555or write to Watchdog, BBC White City, 201 Wood Lane , London W 12 7TS.
A new comedy series by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey about an enigmatic character hired by a cantankerous spinster. Starring Karl Howman Geraldine McEwan
It's Bonfire Night, and Mulberry tries to coax Miss
Farnaby to change her habits.
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Wildlife documentary series. Blubber Lovers. A report from the beaches of California on the breeding habits of the elephant seal. It shows how these massive creatures fight for dominance, mate and give birth, and reports on one biologist's unusual methods of studying the seals' sex-life. Producer Moira Mann
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With Michael Buerk.
Regional News
Weather Michael Fish
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Since the miners' strike seven years ago, productivity in Britain's mines has soared and efficiency improved beyond all expectations. But these gains have been accompanied by dozens of pit closures and thousands of redundancies as the coal industry has felt the chill blast of market forces.
Now the Conservatives are pledged to privatise the remainder of British Coal if they win the General Election. Jane Corbin reports from the coalfields of Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and South Wales on the bitter mood of betrayal in the pits.
Starring Sharon Gless, Tyne Daly
After a series of attacks on people in wheelchairs, Christine joins forces with paraplegic political lobbyist to try to catch the mugger. This resourceful and charismatic man affects her deeply.
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A great deal of time, effort and money is often lavished on back gardens, while the plot at the front of the house is ignored.
David Stevens looks at ways to plan and improve these areas. Plus your own laser light show in the garden, and a final visit to see howjulie Toll's transformation of the Joneses' plot has turned out.
Director/Producer Nick Patten ●TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888
This week's programme comes from the Citizens Advice Bureau in Stoke and reports on the CABs' work.
Advice Line: call free on [number removed]
Booklet: send name and address with subject of programme to Advice Shop, [address removed].
Seventh of 12 programmes explaining this April's new benefits for disabled people.
Information Pack: phone [number removed] (calls are free).
