6.35 The March of Aluminium
7.00 Maths: Pi and e
With Philippa Forrester. ●STEREO
Fun with the wild puppets.
Elephant animation.
Will Alexander win the Celesteville grand prix?
Space-age cartoon.
The first of a 13-part Australian fantasy-drama, written by Paul Jennings. The Twist family move into their new home - a lighthouse.
Children's BBC picks up the first broadcasts from Parallel 9, a white hole somewhere out in the universe.
Mercator, an alien prince, is imprisoned there for seeking knowledge and asking for change on a planet where such things are forbidden. Banished with three villains and an earth-girl named Cal, he can communicate with earth, and even transport earth-people to visit their strange world.
Each Saturday, Mercator is granted two hours of life during which he asks earth-viewers for the knowledge he needs to escape. With Roddy Maude Roxby, Helen Atkins, Jenny Bolt, Dominic McHale and Kevin Williams.
Director Graham C Williams
Series producer Glyn Edwards
A Roach production for BBCtv
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Starring John Candy Chevy Chase
When Big Bird is taken from Sesame Street to live with a foster family, he runs away. But his old friends set off to find him.
With Waylon Jennings ,
Sandra Bernhard and the voices of Caroll
Spinney, Jim Henson and Frank Oz. Director Ken Kwapis
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Cartoon fun. (Blackandwhite.Rpt)
Introduced by Bob Wilson. Provisional Timetable
12.35 Football; 1.00 News
1.05 Snooker; 2.10 Ice hockey
2.40 Motor racing; 3.00 Ice hockey
3.50 Football half-times
4.00 Snooker; 4.40 Final Score
World Snooker
Second-round action in the Embassy World Professional Championship at the Crucible, Sheffield. Reigning champion John Parrott should secure a quarter-final place today.
Commentary by Clive Everton , Jack Karnehm and Ted Lowe.
Ice Hockey
Coverage of both semi-finals in the Heineken Championship from Wembley Arena. League champions Durham Wasps aim for a record fourth championship success in the tenth year of this competition. Commentary by Barry Davies and Red Imrie.
Motor Racing
Second round action from the Esso British Touring Car
Championship at Thruxton. With Murray Walker.
Football
The series on European
Championship contenders continues with a review of the defending champions Holland.
PSV Eindhoven coach and former
England boss Bobby Robson takes an inside look at the squad. Producer Martin Hopkins Editor Dave Gordon
Tony Robinson presents a selection of cartoons directed by Tex Avery, the King of Golden Age animation. Producer Nick Freand Jones
This week Jimmy Savile grants wishes for two women who dream of flying away in one of the helicopters from a nearby naval air base and a young man who wants to ride on the world's biggest rollercoaster. Director Helen Gartell
Producer Roger Ordish ●STEREO
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The entertainment quiz, presented by Mike Smith , that tests the knowledge of two teams of celebrities on the world of showbusiness.
This week's guests face the prospect of singing along to a classic pop video in the "videoke" round and seeing again some early performances they hoped were lost forever. Producer Nick Vaughan-Barratt Executive producer Judith Holder • STEREO
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Fast-moving comedy thriller based on the classic American detective television series. Starring Dan Aykroyd Tom Hanks
When Los Angeles is confronted with a series of bizarre crimes, Detective Joe Friday and his unconventional new partner Pep Streebek have only one clue - cards left at the scene bearing the name: PAGAN - People Against Goodness and Normalcy.
Screenplay Dan Aykroyd Director Tom Mankiewicz
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Comedy series about a self-made millionaire, written by Bob Larbey.
Starring Dennis Waterman, Sam Kelly, Joan Sims.
Romance is in the air for almost everyone in the Carpenter household in the penultimate episode of the series.
(Stereo) (Teletext subtitles: page 888)
The latest reports presented by Michael Buerk.
Weather John Kettley
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Live coverage of the WBC Featherweight title fight from the Maysfield Leisure Centre, Belfast.
Paul Hodkinson v Steve Cruz
Liverpool's Paul Hodkinson took the title from the Mexican
Marcos Villasana last
November. Tonight, he makes his first defence against a challenger from Texas.
Cruz will be remembered by British boxing fans as the man who took Barry McGuigan 's WBA World Featherweight title in Las Vegas nearly six years ago. But Cruz, now 28, has been out of the ring for more than one year and he faces Hodkinson, who has a record of 18 wins in 20 fights.
Introduced by Desmond Lynam , with commentary by Harry Carpenter. Producer Alex Johnston Editor Brian Barwick
Tonight, the new single by Allison Jordan , winner of the show's recent Search for
Star competition, gets its first performance on television. And Esther Rantzen and her team - Gavin Campbell ,
Howard Leader and Kevin
Devine - present more hard-hitting investigations and real-life humour.
Senior producer Richard Woolfe Editor Bryher Scudamore • STEREO
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●LETTERS: ifyou have a problem you would like the team to investigate, write to That's Life!. BBCtv. London W 12 7TS.
First showing on network television of this horror comedy starring Dee Wallace Stone
Billy Zane
Eight Krites - small carnivorous aliens - escape from their space prison and land on earth pursued by two bounty hunters. A sleepy Kansas community is soon the scene for violent murder, as the Krites discover a new addition to their menu - human beings.
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Another chance to see the rock 'n' roll legend in concert at the Roxy in Los Angeles.
He is joined on stage by Tina Turner and his daughter Ingrid. Songs performed include Johnny B Goode, Nadine and Roll Over Beethoven.
