Starting with 6.30-6.55 Business Breakfast
News headlines or summaries every quarter hour.
With Robert Kilroy-Silk .
Paul and Jeanne Rankin show how to make fried goujonettes of monkfish with a sesame and ginger vinaigrette.
With Philippa Forrester.
The Patch Stop.
Cartoon.
With Mike Smith. Family Quiz. * STEREO
How to stay young and beautiful, with reports on miracle creams, plastic surgery and make-up tricks for older women. Presented by Liz Earle and Karen Krizanovich.
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Tim Grundy looks through a celebrity's wardrobe and Phillip Hodson talks frankly to people in the news in Personally Speaking. Presented by Miriam Stoppard and Adrian Mills.
Including at
Live entertainment presented by Alan Titchmarsh. * STEREO
12.55pm Regional News; Weather
Followed by Weather
Adam tells Doug he wants to work in the building trade.
(For castsee Wednesday. Rptdat 5.35pm) ● STEREO
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Live coverage of the final day of the National Hunt Festival.
2.15 Daily Express Triumph Hurdle (2m)
2.50 Ritz Club National Hunt Chase
(3m If)
3.30 Tote Cheltenham Gold Cup (3m 2f)
Introduced by Julian Wilson , with commentary by Peter O'Sullevan and Richard Pitman , reports from Jonathan Powell. ● STEREO
With Andi Peters.
Musical series. A long-lost friend arrives with a big musical problem. With
Matthew Devitt, Sophie Aldred and Eithne Hannigan. Written by Simon Davies â— STEREO
The fourth of a five-part story by Gaye Hicyilmaz , told for
Jackanory by Haluk Bilginer. ● STEREO
Cartoon action.
Comedy-drama set in a hotel. Eustace shows his family heirloom to a passing stranger. With Alan Heap and Mick Wall and guest Stratford Johns. Written by Robin Kingsiand STEREO
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The news for children.
With Yvette Fielding,
John Leslie and Diane Louise-Jordan . STEREO
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With Anna Ford and Andrew Harvey.
Weather Suzanne Charlton
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All Arthur wants is to give his wife a special birthday treat - what could be simpler?
Episode written by Brendan J Cassin
(For cast see Tuesday)
(Stereo)
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Another episode of Roy Clarke 's comedy, starring Bill Owen
Peter Sallis , Brian Wilde
A Landlady for Smiler. Compo reckons that Smiler can benefit from Marina's sudden desire for a man about the house.
Director/Producer Alan J W Bell STEREO
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In the third episode of Lisselle Kayla 's comedy series, Valentine's Day dawns in the Pinnock household.
Director/Producer David Askey ● STEREO
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With Martyn Lewis. Regional News
Weather Suzanne Charlton
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By Alan Beith , MP, Liberal
Democrat Treasury spokesman.
Another chance to see the classic comedy series written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais , starring Ronnie Barker
Prisoner and Escort. Happiness is a warm handcuff when a hardened criminal is escorted to prison by a sympathetic warder. With Fulton Mackay , Brian Wilde and Hamish Roughead. Originally shown in 1973 as a one-off comedy in a Ronnie Barker showcase, this programme led to three series. ProducerSydney Lotterby
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In the first of a new series of the chat show with attitude, Ruby Wax welcomes Hollywood actress Lauren Bacall and comedienne Jennifer Saunders to the studio for some serious and candid "girl talk". Joanna Lumley's career is irrevocably damaged and Taffy Turner turns to crime for her Inside America report. Guests lined up for The Full Wax treatment in the future include Demi Moore, Rik Mayall, Rupert Everett, Juliet Stevenson and John Simpson.
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Peter Sissons chairs an hour of debate from London, with a panel including the Foreign
Secretary, the Rt Hon Douglas Hurd , MP, and Labour's Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Margaret Beckett , MP. Producer Lea Sellers
Editor Alexandra Henderson
A Brian Lapping production for BBCtv
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At the age of 5, Jean Cowley showed she had a gift for art.
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Western drama series.
A Gathering of Guns (Part 1)
Ethan is arrested on false charges.
First of four programmes for the holy month of Ramadan, in which British Muslims talk about the way faith shapes their lives.
With signing and subtitles.
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