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Today: making, framing and hanging pictures; converting chip pans to the Fatfield Food Plan; going on a picnic; and discovering unexpected treasure. Stereo PROGRAMME NOTES: send 1 8p A4 sae to [address removed]

From Whipsnade Wild Animal Park. This week: local athlete
Graham Beesley runs against a greyhound and the Roadshowis taken over by cuddly prosimians. With Chris Packham , Terry Nutkins and Sue Dawson.

Contributors

Unknown:
Graham Beesley
Unknown:
Chris Packham
Unknown:
Terry Nutkins
Unknown:
Sue Dawson.

Paul Daniels hosts another edition of the quickfire quiz show. Time is of the essence for the three couples who are competing against each other to accumulate precious seconds, which they then use when they play against the clock for major prizes. Director Babara Jones Producer Stanley Appel

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Daniels
Director:
Babara Jones
Producer:
Stanley Appel

General practitioner Dr Martin Hughes examines common medical problems and follows patients during their treatment. The most dangerous place in the world for a young child is in and around the home. It is here that serious accidents are likely to happen resulting in youngsters being rushed to hospital with broken bones, poisoning, cuts and burns - the continual nightmare of all parents. Tonight's programme tells the story of a typical accident to a small child and the effect it has on a frantic family. On a Saturday afternoon,
5-year-old Ryan [text removed] was playing in the communal yard outside the family home near Manchester when his mother heard him scream. Unknown to her, he had found some petrol, soaked his hand in it and set it alight. After undergoing a skin graft and spending a week in the burns unit, Ryan was finally discharged, but even then the nightmare wasn't over. Producer Sally Dixon
Series editor Michael Latham

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Martin Hughes
Unknown:
Ryan [text removed]
Producer:
Sally Dixon
Editor:
Michael Latham

A second series that follows the dramatic adventures of the rescue squad of the Australian police force, risking their lives daily as they handle everything from road and air crashes to preventing suicide, rescuing animals and assisting at sieges. The Big Canary. Mickey is caught on the hop when a simple job turns out to be more involved than he expected. Subtitled

Contributors

Mickey:
Gary Sweet
Georgia:
Sonia Todd
Angel:
Steve Bastoni
Nipper:
Steve Bisley
Adams:
John Clayton
Kathy:
Tammy MacIntosh
Ptomaine:
Doug Scroope
Sharyn:
Belinda Cotterill
Frog:
Marshall Napier
KatieBaldwin:
Paula Forrest
Daniels:
Jon Sidney
Lou:
Peter Fenton
Oliver:
David James

Last programme in the series.
Many of television's four-wheel stars may not figure in the credits but, as Top Gear's
Jeremy Clarkson shows, they can still manage to steal the show sometimes. Researching the show gave Clarkson "an opportunity to look back on some of the programmes I used to enjoy when I was a kid.
Somebody actually paid me to watch The Persuaders all day long!" But he ranged wider than that in the television archives, hunting down star cars in everything from period drama to children's shows.
Director Terry Jervis
Executive producer Dennis Adams

Contributors

Unknown:
Jeremy Clarkson
Director:
Terry Jervis
Producer:
Dennis Adams

In the final show of the series, party animal Carrott looks back at memorable social occasions from his past. Robert Powell joins Jasper as The Detectives handle the sensitive issue of community policing with their usual delicacy. With Steve Punt , Hugh Dennis and Robert McCulley. Producer Ed Bye
Executive producer Paul Smith A Celador production for BBCtv

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Powell
Unknown:
Steve Punt
Unknown:
Hugh Dennis
Unknown:
Robert McCulley.
Producer:
Paul Smith

Steven Spielberg's Oscar-nominated interpretation of the novel by Alice Walker, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey

Georgia 1909: Celie, a teenage mother parted from her children, is married off to a brutal widower, Albert Johnson. So begins a life of servitude and maltreatment, but Celie's indomitable will sees her through and leads her to a brighter future.
(1985)
(Subtitled)
The making of Whoopi - See Feature page 18
See Films pages 24-28

Contributors

Director:
Steven Spielberg
From the novel by:
Alice Walker
Celie:
Whoopi Goldberg
Albert Johnson:
Danny Glover
Sofia:
Oprah Winfrey
Shug Avery:
Margaret Avery
Harpo:
Willard Pugh
Nettie:
Akosua Busia
Young Celie:
Desreta Jackson
Old Mr:
Adolph Caesar
Squeak:
Rae Dawn Chong
Miss Millie:
Dana Ivey
Pa:
Leonard Jackson

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