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.
Jonathan Dimbleby gives voters the chance to question politicians and party leaders. • SIMULTANEOUS BROADCAST: with Radio 4
and Regional News; Weather
With Philippa Forrester.
: The Why Bird Stop.
A Felgate production for BBCtv
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Cartoon.
; Word game with Kenny Everett.
A Celador production for BBCtv
Today: Rosemary Conley talks i to chef Antony Worrall Thompson i to find out if restaurateurs cater for our health.
Tim Grundy talks to rock stars
! and Philip Hodson answers your problems.
Including at 12.00 News and Regional News; Weather
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Followed by Weather
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Quiz show hosted by Rob Curling.
A Turnabout production forBBCtv
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Cabin Fever. Paige returns to Greg's home not realising that he plans to marry Abby.
Good, Bad Boy. Felix talks Oscar into becoming a foster parent.
This week: Hudson and Halls reveal the winner of the one-pot cooking competition; Stefan Buczacki shows how to fill the garden with colour by taking cuttings; plus children's fashion created from hand-me-downs.
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With Andi Peters.
Cartoon fun.
A 13-part comedy drama.
12: Sweetie Three-Piece asks
Dennis and Clive to help transport her valuable grandfather clock to the Antiques Roo Show. Written by Wayne Jackman • STEREO
The first of two improvised story-telling programmes, introduced for Jackanory byjonathon Morris. With guests Tony Aitken , Lynda Bellingham , Jean Boht , Josie Lawrence , Sylvester McCoy and Nick Wilton.
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Cartoon.
Cartoon adventures.
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With Juliet Morris and Krishnan Guru-Murthy .
With Yvette Fielding,
John Leslie and Diane-Louise Jordan. • STEREO
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Ryan gets his call-up and leaves
Ramsay Street to join the army.
, Harold strikes oil in the garden.
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I With Peter Sissons ; and Moira Stuart.
Weather Suzanne Charlton
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Presented by Guy Michelmore and Louise Batchelor , with sport from Michael Wale.
Editor Guy Pelham
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American actor
Christian Slater , who starred alongside
Kevin Costner in Robin Hood:
Prince of Thieves, joins
Terry Wogan. And Michael Ball previews two more entries for A Song for Europe. Producer Cari Rosen
Executive producer Peter Estall ● STEREO
A report from Amsterdam, as police pursue a gang of international gem swindlers. Their investigation reveals a fraud that's hit thousands of families in Britain, leaving them with worthless investments.
With Lynn Faulds Wood and John Stapleton. Editor Sarah Caplin
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A new comedy series by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey about an enigmatic character hired by a cantankerous spinster. Starring Karl Howman Geraldine McEwan
Miss Farnaby's dinner party looks set to be a success, until an unforeseen event occurs.
Director/Producer John B Hobbs ● STEREO
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Wildlife documentary series.
Everyone loves the giant panda: it's cuddly, lives in China, and makes an enchanting children's toy. And everyone thinks it eats only bamboo. But this film explodes the popular myth that pandas are vegetarians. Given special access to the Wolong reserve in China, producers Keith and Liz Laidler were able to film the panda's s true way of life, with unique scenes of courting, climbing trees and, the most startling of all, eating meat.
Narrated by David Attenborough.
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BBC Wildlife Magazine: £1.75, from newsagents
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With Michael Buerk.
Regional News
Weather Suzanne Charlton
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David Dimbleby face-to-face with the party leaders.
Tonight: Paddy Ashdown , Leader of the Liberal
Democrats.
Starring Sharon Gless, Tyne Daly
It was supposed to have happened in Mexico with an ice-pick a long time ago, so what is Leon Trotsky's bullet-ridden body doing in the city morgue?
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The Puy du Fou, a ruined chateau in western France, is home to Europe's largest outdoor spectacle. This film shows how, through the summer, nearly two-and-a-half-thousand local people relive their history. Director Tony Rayner
Producer John King
A report on what quality of life is possible for a person living on a basic state pension. Editor Frank Ash
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