6.00, 6.02, 6. 15, 6.30, 6.45, 6.58 News;
6.15 Financial papers; 6.25 Sport; 6.29,
6.55Weather.
Withjustin Webb and Sally Magnusson. News every 15 minutes.
7.12, 7.40, 8.12, 8.40 Business; 7.20,
7.50,8.20, 8.50 Sport; 7.25, 8.25, 8.55 Weather, regional news, travel.
With Chris Jarvis and Ratz. Stereo
Cats. With Terry Nutkins.
Subtitled
TheWhyBirdStop.
Subtitled
The Daily Detective season continues with this episode from 1983 starring Sharon Gless and Tyne Daly.
Mr Lonely Hearts. Chris and Mary Beth make a sinister discovery while investigating a missing persons case.
Regional News; Weather
With Alan Titchmarsh.
(Details at 5.35pm) Stereo
European quiz, with Henry Kelly. A Reg Grundy production for BBCtv
What If? Anne contacts her former lover.
The late Audrey Hepburn and Michael York admire the formal gardens of Italy, France and England.
The first in a series about cinema special effects looks at the skills of make-up artists
Tony Gardner and Academy Award-winner
Rick Baker.
With Tony Anstis.
Animation.
In the second look back at last year's expedition, Diane-Louise Jordan and Anthea Turner visit the Iguazo Falls and learn to ride gaucho-style.
It's a race against time for Rick and Michael to save Debbie.
Lauren is trying to track down Beth, and Lou is stunned by a proposition.
With Martyn Lewis and Moira Stuart. Subtitled
Weather Michael Fish
Comprehensive regional news: live reports and interviews on issues affecting people in the south east presented by Tim Ewart ; sport from Rob Curling. EditorGuyPelham REGIONAL PROGRAMME
Tonight's guests on the celebrity quiz are veteran actor Leslie Phillips (recently seen in Love on a Branch Line) and Sarah Vandenbergh (who plays Lauren in Neighbours). They are joined by Steve Tompkinson from Drop the Dead Donkey and comedian Brenda Gilhooly. Hosted by Mike Smith.
Producer Graham BOwens
Executive producer Nick Vaughan-Barratt
The series which equips members of the public with a camcorder in order to pursue their own investigations into something that troubles them, makes them angry, or excites their curiosity.
Thisweekjonathanjones, 13, and David Hartley , 12, from Norfolk, find out whether toothpaste is really worth buying. They set out to discover what's in toothpaste, whether it really does our teeth any good, and which product works best.
Executive producer Debbie Christie
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Everyone loves a wedding and as Nigel and single mum Debbie prepare to tie the knot, Pauline has plans to turn their reception into anything but the quiet affair they had planned. Best man Grant Mitchell is there to get Nigel to the church on time, but that might not be the end of his duties for the groom - with Debbie's ex-husband Liam still on the scene and out to cause trouble.
(For cast see Thursday)
First in a comedy series set in an all-night bakery, starring Keith Barron as reformed burglar
Bill Chivers. Helping him run the bakery are Romanian exile
Vanda and an elderly Scotsman, Tom, but the place is always crowded with an assortment of people who drop in for tea and a chat. In this first episode, Bill finds himself short of staff. The series is directed and produced by Harold Snoad , who was responsible for the cult comedy Keeping Up Appearances.
Written by Dick Fiddy and Mark Wallington
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With Michael Buerk. Subtitled
Regional News Weather Michael Fish
Are our dental fillings making us ill? Tom Mangold reports on alarming new evidence about amalgam, the substance metal fillings are made of.
When Dennis Potter delivered the scripts for this six-part drama in 1984, they were greeted with "excitement, confusion, consternation and, let's be frank about it, terror," wrote former BBC head of drama
Jonathan Powell in his tribute to one of television's most controversial writers, who died last month. But when the series was screened, many critics hailed it as a masterpiece and a milestone in TV drama and only a few called it "shocking".
The distinguished cast is headed by Michael Gambon who stars as the writer of cheap detective fiction afflicted with such chronic psoriasis that reality and fantasy mingle in his feverish brain. In his less lucid moments he relives his wartime childhood "when you heard songs coming up the stairs when you were supposed to be asleep" and re-creates one of his own pulp novels with himself as the hero. In this first episode, Skin, the body of a naked girl is pulled from the River Thames.
Philip Marlow (aged 10) LYNDON DAVIES Producer Kenith Trodd ; Director Jon Amiei
Dennis Potter's classic drama serial with music about pulp thriller writer Philip Marlow, in hospital with psoriasis, tormented by his past and threatened by his future. Show more
In the first heat of the competition for this year's trophy, couples from
Cardiff and Birmingham take the floor. Introduced by Rosemarie Ford.
Producer Simon Betts
A report on how the homeless of London took over a block of flats; retirement advice; and a way to prevent joyriding. Editor Deborah Perkin
A Hawkshead production for BBCtv
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