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The Daily Detective season continues with this 1981 episode of the New York police drama, starring Sharon Gless and Tyne Daly.

Mary Beth and Chris investigate when Harvey suspects that his friend's death in a fall on a building site was murder.
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Contributors

Chris Cagney:
Sharon Gless
Mary Beth Lacey:
Tyne Daly

Tonight's edition of the showbusiness quiz pits Jilly Goolden from Food and Drink and Ricky Tomlinson (star of the film Riff Raff and more recently BBC1's Roughnecks) against Stan Richards from Emmerdale and comedian Mickey Hutton. Hosted by Mike Smith.

Contributors

Presenter:
Mike Smith
Panellist:
Jilly Goolden
Panellist:
Ricky Tomlinson
Panellist:
Stan Richards
Panellist:
Mickey Hutton
Director:
John Rooney
Producer:
Graham B Owens

Last in the series which equips members of the public with a camcorder in order to pursue their own investigations.

This week, Michael O'Keeffe from Liverpool, who is single and in his 20s, finds out if pheromone sprays - which are claimed to make men irresistible to women - really work. He conducts his own research in the night spots of Bolton, asks scientific experts to analyse the components, and tackles the manufacturers about the success stories quoted in their adverts.

Contributors

Presenter:
Michael O'Keeffe
Executive Producer:
Debbie Christie

New comedy series set in an all-night bakery, starring Keith Barron as the reformed burglar Bill Chivers who runs it.

This week, events take an unexpected turn when a local villain asks the bakery to make a special cake.

Contributors

Writer:
Dick Fiddy
Writer:
Mark Wallington
Director/Producer:
Harold Snoad
Bill Chivers:
Keith Barron
Vanda:
Maureen Beattie
Clare:
Dinah Sheridan
Terry:
Jacqueline Reddin
Wally:
Paul Grunert
Tom:
Angus Lennie
WPC Jackson:
Jan Winters
PC Digby:
John Phythian
Courtney:
Robert McKewley
Sid Peters:
Michael Attwell

"The police force should not be enticing people to commit crime... And that is what they have been doing," says James Daniels, a small-time villain who claims he was set up by a police informer on a major firearms charge, although the charge was later thrown out by a judge.

Informants, grasses, narks - whatever they are called, they have always played a vital role in the police's fight against crime. However, disturbing evidence is revealed in tonight's programme that informants are now being used to set up crimes so that the police's success rate is boosted.

John Penycate examines the work of three police informers and uncovers a pattern of set-ups, pay-outs and headline-making arrests that points to a corruption and devaluation of the system.

Contributors

Reporter:
John Penycate
Interviewee:
James Daniels
Producer:
Simon Ford
Editor:
Glenwyn Benson

Second in the six-part film with music by Dennis Potter, who died last month. Starring Michael Gambon, Janet Suzman, Patrick Malahide

Amid Marlow's fevered recollections of his ex-wife Nicola, an ambitious and demanding actress, she materialises in his hospital ward, exposing his vulnerability.

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Contributors

Writer:
Dennis Potter
Producer:
John Harris
Producer:
Kenith Trodd
Director:
Jon Amiel
Philip Marlow:
Michael Gambon
Nicola:
Janet Suzman
Mark Binney:
Patrick Malahide
Nurse Mills:
Joanne Whalley
Dr Gibbon:
Bill Paterson
Mr Hall:
David Ryall
Reginald:
Gerard Horan
Mr Tomkey:
Leslie French
Mr Marlow:
Jim Carter
Staff Nurse White:
Imelda Staunton
Dr Finlay:
Simon Chandler
George Adam:
Charles Simon
Sister Malone:
Mary McLeod
Philip Marlow (aged 10):
Lyndon Davies
Sonia:
Kate McKenzie
Grancher:
Richard Butler
Gran:
Maggie Holland
Mark Binney (aged 10):
William Speakman

The Singing Detective

Episode 2: Heat

Duration: 1 hour, 10 minutes

on BBC One London

Available for 7 months

Dennis Potter's drama about a patient struggling to keep his sanity, with the help of his alter ego, the singing private eye. Marlow faces a talking cure with a psychologist. Show more

Contributors

Philip Marlow:
Michael Gambon
Mark Binney:
Patrick Malahide
Nurse Mills:
Joanne Whalley
Staff Nurse White:
Imelda Staunton
Mr Tomkey:
Leslie French
Mrs Marlow:
Alison Steadman
Dr Gibbon:
Bill Paterson
Mr Hall:
David Ryall
Reginald:
Gerard Horan
Mr Marlow:
Jim Carter
First Mysterious Man:
Ron Cook
Second Mysterious Man:
George Rossi
Night Nurse:
Sharon D Clarke
Dr Finlay:
Simon Chandler
George Adams:
Charles Simon
Registrar:
Thomas Wheatley
Sister Malone:
Mary MacLeod
Schoolteacher:
Janet Henfrey
Philip (aged 10):
Lyndon Davies
Director:
Jon Amiel
Producer:
John Harris
Producer:
Kenith Trodd

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