Breakfast in the broom cupboard with Toby Anstis.
(Stereo)
Pinocchio
Classic story about the wooden puppet who longs to be a boy. This week, Pinocchio and his new friend Nina continue their search for Gepetto but get caught in a snowstorm - how will they keep warm when their firewood runs out?
(Rpt)
Cartoon triple bill featuring the spinach-scoffing sailor.
Animation and live action.
More adventures with 12-year-old Nick Martin and his mischievous cartoon creation, McGee. Starring
Joseph DammannasNick.
Animated adventures with the boy who refuses to grow up, Based on an original story by J M Barrie and set in a world of flying children, evil pirates, and mythical beasts.
Mercator and his crew make preparations for the Zarbian royal visit. Unfortunately, all does not go to plan. Has
Mercator blown his chances of a knighthood? With
David Claridge , Karl Collins , Lucinda Cowden , Frances Dodge , Stephen Hope-Wynne and Christopher Wild.
Series director Claire Winyard
Series producer Billy Macqueen
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Introduced by Steve Rider in London and Desmond Lynam in Stuttgart.
Provisional Timetable
10.35 Athletics
10.55 Cricket
1.00 News
1.05 Football Focus
1.40 Cricket
3.00 Golf
4.40 Final Score
5.25 Athletics
Cricket: Sixth Test
England v Australia Cornhill Insurance Test
Series from the Oval.
England will be hoping to finish with a good result at a ground which has seen more home success than any other against their oldest rivals. England have won 13 of the previous 30 Ashes Tests at the Oval, and haven't lost there to the Australians since 1972. Great
English victories include the first Test against Australia in 1880. In 1938 England drew with Australia, Len Hutton scoring 364 out of a world record total of 903. And in 1953 Hutton's side recaptured the Ashes after a gap of more then 20 years.
With commentary by Richie Benaud , Jack Bannister ,
Ray Illingworth , Geoff Boycott and Tony Lewis.
(Coverage continues at 3.00pm on BBC2)
Athletics
World Championships from
Stuttgart. The penultimate day of the biggest athletics event of the year, with six gold medals to be decided. The finals include the women's 10,000m, women's high jump, men's shot put, the gruelling men's 50km walk and the first appearance at a major championship of the women's triple jump. Heats are held in both sprint relays, where Britain's men have an excellent record. Commentary by David Coleman ,
Stuart Storey , Paul Dickenson and Brendan Foster.
Golf
Murphy's English Open from the Forest of Arden Golf and Country Club. Coverage of the third round of this tournament, heldatanewvenuejustoutside Coventry. Last year, when staged at the Belfry, the event culminated in a memorable climax when Argentina's Vicent Fernandez held a 75-foot putt on the final green to win by one shot. Commentary by Peter Alliss ,
Bruce Critchley , Alex Hay ,
Clive Clark and Mike Hughesdon.
Football Focus
Bob Wilson looks back at the first week's action in the FA Premier League, with Jimmy Hill.
Plus the full classified results service in Final Score.
ProducerMartin Hopkins Editor Dave Gordon
Including at
5.10pm News
With Philip Hayton. Subtitled
Weather Michael Fish
5.20-5.25pm
Regional News and Sport
Family science fiction adventure. In 1978, a 12-year-old boy takes a tumble and wakes up to find it is 1986. Meanwhile, Nasa scientists discover a mysterious alien spacecraft. Show more
I Science-fiction adventure starring Joey Cramer
A 12-year-old boy takes a tumble and wakes up in an altered world. Everything has changed and a voice in his head is calling for help. Meanwhile, Nasa scientists discover a mysterious alien spacecraft. It looks as though there could be a connection.
Director Randal Klelser (1986)
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Comedy series starring Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson.
Sharon gets a shock when she tries to collect her unemployment giro. Asked to sign a form stating that she is living alone in her Edmonton council flat, Sharon decides to check out the old place. But she finds someone else has moved in.
Episode written by Peter Tilbury
An Alomo production for BBCtv
Sharon is confronted by the DSS when she goes to collect her unemployment giro and discovers squatters in her flat
Last in the drama series set in a 1920s fashion house, starring Stella Gonet
Louise Lombard
The spring collection launch is an overwhelming success. As a result the sisters are approached with an offer that will expand both their business and personal horizons.
A new series of The House of Eliott is promised for early next year.
Episode written by Julia Stoneham Producer Jeremy Gwilt Director Alister Hallum
Bea and Evie pack up and head for America to promote their new collection.
With John Humphrys.
(Subtitled)
Weather John Kettley
More down-to-earth Geordie police detection in a re-run of the original series, created by Jimmy Nail and Ian La Frenais , and starring Jimmy Nail Tough. Following a chance encounter with a boyhood hero, ex-champion boxer
Mal Balmer , Spender becomes involved in the vicious world of shady fight promoters and blackmail.
Episode written by Jimmy Nail Producer Martin McKeand Director Mary McMurray
Highlights from two of the day's top games from the FA Premiership.
Plus a roundup of all the other action and reaction to it.
Today's fixtures include
Sheffield Wednesday against Arsenal at Hillsborough.
League champions Manchester United will play Newcastle. Leeds, champions of the 1991/2 season, play Norwich City and Blackburn take on Oldham in a Lancashire derby. With comment and analysis from Alan Hansen and Trevor Brooking.
Introduced by Ray Stubbs. Producer Vivien Kent
Editor Brian Barwick
England v Australia
Highlights of the third day's play from the Oval. Introduced by Richie Benaud.
A Trans World production for BBCtv
Thriller about a psychopath called
Christopher Wilder , who is wanted all over America for the abduction and assault of young girls. Attractive and credible, Wilder succeeds in luring 16-year-old Tina Marie Risico, into his car. It is the beginning of a terrifying mental and physical ordeal for his teenage victim.
Director Sandor Stern (1986)
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