6.30-6.55 Business Breakfast
News every quarter hour.
Wedding Belle Blues. Balki's 25th birthday brings him an unexpected visitor.
Today: Tomato and olive leeks, smoked pork roast and strawberry shortcakes.
and Regional News; Weather
With Toby Anstis.
(Stereo)
Playdays
The Playground Stop.
(Stereo)
Playdays Magazine: 50p, on sale Wednesday from newsagents.
Animated cartoon.
Bats and mice.
and Regional News; Weather
A visit to Normandy, France.
Oh Dad, Poor Dad. Michael's family plan a surprise party.
and Regional News; Weather
First of a new series which comes live from the National Garden Festival, Ebbw Vale, weekday lunchtimes. Caron Keating and Linda Mitchell present a lively magazine programme of music, features and fun. With celebrity guests, including today, Masterchef host Loyd Grossman, singer Cyndi Lauper and exotic dancers the Chippendales.
Feature: page 22
Editor's Letter: page 100
12.55pm Regional News; Weather
Followed by Weather
0 TELETEXT SUBTITLES (news): page 888
(Stereo) (Teletext subtitles: p 888)
Series about the working aristocracy. Today: Lady Victoria Leatham, an antiques expert working for Sothebys, and the Countess of Mar, who runs a smallholding with her husband in Worcestershire.
(Rpt)
Offbeat comedy drama, starring Steve McQueen, Jackie Gleason
The dreams and schemes of two US Army sergeants who get involved with a sweet 18-year-old schoolgirl.
With Tuesday Weld, Tony Bill, Tom Poston, Ed Nelson, Lew Gallo, Paul Hartman, Adam West, Chris Noel and Lewis Charles.
Director Ralph Nelson
Films: pages 43-52
Red and Blue in animated fun.
With Philippa Forrester.
Just So Stories
Rudyard Kipling 's classic tales. Today: The Crab That Played With the Sea. Narrated by Geoffrey Matthews.
Uncle Henry goes on holiday, Paul and Barry go to the dogs.
(Stereo)
Seventh of a 12-part science-fiction comedy thriller. Watt finds out about money.
(Rpt) (Part 8 on Thursday) (Stereo)
Animated adventures.
(Teletext subtitles: page 888)
News for children.
Stoolball, fencing, dragon boats and pocket bikes. Plus an investigation: is sport racist?
(Stereo) (Teletext subtitles: p 888)
Joe meets Miss 29 but what sort of man does she think he is?
(For cast see Wednesday. Shown at 1.30pm)
(Stereo) (Teletext subtitles: page 888)
Peter Sissons and Anna Ford with the latest reports.
Weather Bernard Davey
0 TELETEXT SUBTITLES (news): page 888
Noel Edmonds's lighthearted series on people's obsessions.
Tonight, Noel discovers "that's the way to do it!" from an ardent Punch and Judy man. And he meets a couple with a secret collection of spiders, an American who owns a valuable collection of cars - mostly Ferraris, and a man who collects military cap badges.
(Stereo) (Teletext subtitles: p 888)
Contributors: if you are a collector or if you are obsessed with a subject, write to Noel's Addicts, [address removed]
Kathy's back but Ian doesn't want to talk.
(For cast see Thursday)
(Stereo; Teletext subtitles: p888)
Classic comedy series, written by John Sullivan , starring
Paul Nicholas , Jan Francis Penny and Vince are back in London and pursuing their separate careers.
Director Sue Bysh
Producer Ray Butt
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The series that takes the cameras behind the scenes of crime tonight joins WPC Rita Jones in Birkenhead. She is one of the hard-pressed team policing Merseyside's busiest beat where "you never know what's going to happen - things can just snowball."
With Nick Ross and Sue Cook.
(Stereo) (Teletext subtitles: p 888)
With Martyn Lewis.
Regional News
Weather Bernard Davey
(Teletext subtitles - News: p 888)
Comedy-drama set in Australia, written by Douglas Livingstone. Starring Tim Healy Chris Haywood
Beasts and Beauty.
Les, still scorned by Arlene, decides to see Australia but gets trapped in the mountains by a female truckie. Dennis and Reg try to discover the identity of the lover of the young wife of an ex-boxing champ. Dennis is delighted that he's being paid to be a guest at a luxury seaside hotel, particularly as it means he can give orders to Reg who is masquerading as a waiter.
Arlene sulks back in Melbourne while Les escapes the female truckie only to find troubled waters by the seaside.
Producers Verity Lambert, David Shanks
Director Shirley Barrett
A Cinema Verity/Entertainment Media production for BBCtv
(Stereo) (Teletext subtitles: p 888)
Straight Talk stars Dolly Parton as Shirlee, a small-time dancing instructor who heads for the Big City and finds that James Woods and a radio station provide the excitement she craves.
Brad Pitt plays Johnny Suede, a young musician obsessed with suede and 50s pop idol Ricky Nelson.
Plus a report from the set of Carry On Columbus, the first Carry On for 14 years. Director Michael Samuels
Producer Bruce Thompson
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Competition: ring [number removed] (calls charged at 36p per minute cheap rate. 48p at all other times)
Barry Norman: page 44
Documentary series examining the state of modern-day sport. Who's in the Control Room ?
Television offers sport both exposure and cash, but in return, sometimes moves the goalposts. TV calls time out in American football and in the West Indies cricket is threatened by basketball on satellite. Top boxing is already restricted to those who pay a premium - Wimbledon and the World Cup could soon follow. Director John Sheppard
Series producer David Harrison
An Independent Image production for BBCtv
American drama series set in 1956 Los Angeles, starring Michael Woods
Josh Brolin
Hollywood Confidential. Jack and Johnny become involved in the tragic side of Hollywood when a young actress is found dead after photographs of her date with a box office star are published in a sleazy tabloid.
Executive Business Club: this specialist night-time service of management training programmes is now scrambled and available only to subscribers. Forinformation write to [address removed], or telephone (free) 0[number removed].
