Starting with 6.30-6.55 Business Breakfast
News every quarter hour.

With Philippa Forrester and Toby Anstis. ● STEREO
Thundercats
Animation.

With Tony Hart and Gabrielle Bradshaw.
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and Regional News; Weather

The Playground Stop.
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Another celebrity edition with contestants Marita Black and Grange Hill 's Kevin O'Shea. ● STEREO

Andi Peters travels around the world without leaving Florida! Today: Morocco.
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and Regional News; Weather

Animal Cruelty. Why do we treat animals the way we do?
Robert Kilroy-Silk and an under 18 audience discuss the subject with farmers, vegetarians, hunters and those who want to ban blood sports.

John Thirwell 's personal view of Oporto and Douro Valley in Portugal.

and Regional News; Weather

Live magazine programme presented by Caron Keating and Linda Mitchell.
12.55pm Regional News; Weather

Followed by Weather
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The second heat of BBCtv's junior motorcycling competition, for the Autoglass Trophy.
(Continues on Thursday at 1.50pm)

Gritty classic of 60s cinema starring Tom Courtenay
Borstal boy Colin Smith is one of life's losers, but then he is chosen for a gruelling cross country race which gives him the chance to fight back.
Director Tony Richardson (B/w)
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With Andi Peters.
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Pinocchio meets a man with a magic ring.

From Cotswold Wildlife Park, a look at some big eaters.
With Terry Nutkins, Chris Packham and Sue Dawson.
(Stereo) (Subtitles)

News for children.

9: Donna faces an anxious wait at the hospital.
Speedy tries to catch his dream girl.
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Jim becomes tired and emotional when his divorce comes through so Madge and Joe decide to throw him a "happy divorce" party.
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With Peter Sissons and Moira Stuart.
Weather John Kettley
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Comedy about a love that bridges the generation gap, written by Paul A Mendelson. The Crying Game. Alec just wants to help Zoe face the future, but his solution is straight out of the ark.
Director John Kilby
Producer Sharon Bloom
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Pete discovers the real cost of employing Mandy. Rachel is shocked by the hostile reaction from her fellow stallholders.
Written by Matthew Graham
(For cast see Thursday)
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Another chance to see the classic comedy series about an undersubscribed political movement called the Tooting Popular Front, written by John Sullivan , and starring Robert Lindsay
Crocodile Tears. Urban guerrilla Wolfie Smith pushes back the tide of domesticity.
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Natural history programmes looking at nature in the raw.
A Degree of Comfort. How can a frog survive being frozen solid for five months? Are there really fish which have anti-freeze? And why should a woodstork choose to defecate down its legs? A Degree of Comfort answers all these questions and many more on a subject which affects everything under the sun - temperature. Presented by Simon King.
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With Michael Buerk.
Regional News
Weather John Kettley
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The first of a two-part mini-series about the dark side of life among the Los Angeles monied elite. Based on the best-selling novel by Dominick Dunne. Starring Jason Robards Jill Eikenberry
Rebecca De Mornay
Wealthy socialite and gossip
Hector Paradiso lies dead in his
Hollywood home. First at the scene is billionaire financier
Jules Mendelson who uses his considerable influence to pervert justice. But visiting New York author
Philip Quennell is determined that such power should be checked and resolves to get at the truth, no matter who gets hurt.
The cast is full of familiar faces.
Jill Eikenberry is better known for her role as Ann Kelsey in LA Law, Peter Gallagher was in Sex, Lies and Videotape and Rebecca De Mornay recently caused a stir in The Hand That
Rocks the Cradle. Elaine Stritch and Roddy McDowall are among those in supporting roles. For cast list and part 2 see tomorrow at 9.30pm. ● STEREO
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Detective series starring Robert Urich
Homecoming. A dying judge hires Spenser to safeguard his son, an ex-cop threatened by a powerful mobster.

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