With Philippa Forrester, Toby Anstis and Andi Peters.
MIME EVENT COMPETITION: phoneinwith your answer on [number removed] (maximum cost 25p). For rules, send sae to [address removed]
An eight-part drama. 1: Sim's one ambition is to become a clown and when he goes to live with his new foster parents his dream looks like coming true. (Part 2 is on Thursday at 9.05am)
Stay cool with some special cocktails; Amy makes some spooky specs and will the Why Don 't You .. ? house survive the demolition gang?
Subtitled
Regional News; Weather
The Playground Stop - Bubbles.
With Dave Benson Phillips.
Pop music news and features. With rock band Green Jelly.
Regional News; Weather
Comedy drama starring Carol Burnett
Two surreal stories set in a desert diner. Stereo
This week's contest is between
London North and London South.
Subtitled
Regional News; Weather
During the Ice Age, while some people were beginning to move out of south-east Asia to
Australia and New Guinea, others wer,e pushing north to the tundra of Siberia and the Arctic.
With John Tusa. Subtitled
Weather Michael Fish
Live coverage of one of today's semi-final matches.
Commentary from the other semi-final is on BBC2.
If the cricket is rained off today, coverage of the matches will be transferred to BBC1 and BBC2 tomorrow.
Cartoon double bill.
With Andi Peters and Edd.
Cartoon. Rpt Stereo
Documentary series covering children's sports around the world. Today: oil wrestling, from Turkey. The traditional sport of Kirkpinar can be traced back for 700 years. To take part, wrestlers have to drench themselves in olive oil. With
John Fashanu and Annabel Croft.
Game show with Peter Simon and Shane Richie.
A 13-part science fiction drama. 9: Unable to produce a licence for the van, Silverthom offers the police a bribe.
(Part lOonFriday at 5. 10pm)
Philip takes matters into his own hands over the man who tried to abduct Hannah, and gets a nasty shock. Debbie and Phoebe start an advice hot line on the school radio, and Debbie receives a mysterious call.
With John Humphrys and Jennie Bond. Subtitled
Weather John Kettley
The last of the current series of the variety spectacular finds Bobby Davro exploring the delights of a rock 'n' roll
Saturday night along with special guests, swimmer
Duncan Goodhew and comedy musicians the Grumbleweeds.
Director/Producer Tudor Davies
Mandy and Aidan discover they are not as streetwise as they would like to imagine. Richard and Cindy are telling different stories about their involvement. Shelley and her college friends turn out to be unsuitable babysitters.
(For cast see Thursday)
The sitcom about love across the generation gap.
Who Can I Turn To. Debbie, Zoe's sister, is at a crossroads in her life. Who can point her in the right direction?
Episode written by Geoffrey Deane Director Paul Harrison ProducerSharon Bloom
A Cinema Verity production for BBCtv
With Michael Buerk.
Subtitled
Regional News
Weather John Kettley
Ruby Wax picks places and names at random and then goes out and finds them. When her car is towed away Ruby hitches a ride with an eccentric friend and ends up at a stately home, being painted by an artist who had one of his friends stuffed.
Director Paul Sommers
An Aspect/Raw Produce production for
BBCtv Rpt
Fiddle-de-dee!
Jennifer Saunders becomes Scarlett and Dawn French is Mammy in the alternative Gone with the Wind. The duo also have an encounter behind bars, and the Star Test subject appears to be provocative singer
Wendy James , of Transvision Vamp. Director Bob Spiers
Producer Jon Plowman
Teen comedy from the creator of Home
Alone, starring Kelly LeBrock
One night high-school computer wizards Gary and Wyatt feed a curvaceous centrefold spread into their PC and are stunned at the result - the room explodes and out of the smoke appears
Lisa, the answer to every young man's dream.
Director John Hughes (1985)
SEE FILMS pages 24-28
Highlights from both of today's NatWest semi-finals, introduced by Tony Lewis and Richie Benaud.
A Trans World production for BBCtv
2.15am Executive Business
Club: scrambled.
3.15am Legal Network
Television: scrambled.
