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News every quarter hour.
American comedy series. Jane Wayne Day. Polly is unwillingly inducted into the Marine Corps.
The Dahlaks. There are 400 desert islands in the Red Sea, all waiting to be explored by the expedition. They are the home of graceful gazelles, fast falcons, land hermit crabs that have forsaken the sea for a life in open air, and colourful fiddlers that live between the tides. The mysterious mangroves reveal a strange water-bird, while the blooming underwater coral gardens house poster-coloured butterfly fish, and a manta ray, with a wing-span over 20ft, lives in a sunken ship. Introduced by Jeffery Boswall.
(Tomorrow Africa's newest National Park)
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With Toby Anstis. 0STEREO
The Playground Stop. Dave and Chester go to a special birthday party in Jamaica, where they try coconut water and fresh pineapple, and enjoy reggae dancing. 0STEREO
There's nothing Barney likes more than a good meal. But when he gets on the bathroom scales, he's in for a shock.
Today the TV cooks
Peter Hudson and David Halls , serve up sizzling hot fish and quips.
On the menu are hearty baked fish cutlets, spicy Cajun blackened fish and one for the kids, fish burgers with succulent centres of golden melting cheese. Their guest is actress Liz Smith , who won a Bafta award for her role in the film, A Private Function.
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The Cannon hands capture an Apache renegade and take him back to the High Chaparral along with one of his victims. But all is not as it appears.
Bryan McNerney visits
Pendennis Castle, the Cornish fortress built by Henry VIII.
and Regional News; Weather
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Live magazine programme, presented by Caron Keating and Linda Mitchell.
Followed by Weather
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Henry Kelly presents the European quiz show. ● STEREO
Tough drama, starring Lou Gossett Jr
When the inhabitants of a Southern town - "owned" by a white family - beg the Rev Tom Haywood to become Sheriff, he agrees on one condition, that he will be a lawman without a gun. A situation that is very difficult in the violent, racist town of Carthage, Alabama.
Director Jerrold Freedman ● FILMS: pages 33-39
Prehistoric cartoon fun.
With Andi Peters.
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Pinocchio finds that being made of wood has both its advantages and disadvantages.
Dinosaur Show
No one has ever seen a living dinosaur, only their fossil skeletons. They were huge, agile, dangerous but caring, vegetarian, noisy animals -not just piles of bones. How did they move? What colour were they? Where are their nests? Find out and watch them come to life with Terry Nutkins ,
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News for children.
An 18-part children's drama serial set in Newcastle.
Nicola receives some bad news. Lee treats Jemma to an unusual day out. Tessa's search into the Grove's past leads to trouble, while Spuggie discovers the romantic effects of moonlight.
A Zenith North production for BBCtv
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Michael Daniels takes Helen to visit his wife. Jim puts off his travel plans. And Josh doesn't tell anybody he can see again.
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With Peter Sissons and Anna Ford.
Weather Rob McElwee
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Noel Edmonds returns with the show that tantalises, titillates and tests TV trivia knowledge, using an array of classic clips.
"The eventual prize is not what motivates the competitors," says producer Richard Lewis. "The goodies are incidental - families come on the programme to show off their knowledge of television." Tonight, the Crones from
Coventry and the Woods from Northfleet in Kent are the first two families to compete for the 1992 Telly Addicts title. Director Graham Wetherell
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Mark finds himself unable to deal with Gill's death. And Mandy makes a discovery while looking through Gill's things.
(For cast see Thursday)
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John Sullivan 's classic comedy series about urban guerrilla Wolfie Smith , starring Robert Lindsay
The Path of True Love. The revolution has to be postponed temporarily, while the path of true love is smoothed out.
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With Martyn Lewis. Regional News
Weather Rob McElwee
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I Sequel to the original
FILM shark horror movie.
Starring Roy Scheider
Four years after the first shark attack on Amity Island, Chief
Brody is once again called upon to save the summer rush of tourists from the menace lurking in the bay: the sea's most powerful killing machine - the great white shark.
Director Jeannot Szwarc
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