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9.30 Growing Up Wild: today, animals with horns and antlers. With Terry Nutkins. Last in theseries. Rpt Stereo 31558 lO.OOTeddy Trucks Rpt 2868639 10. 10 Playdays: the Why Bird Stop. Rpt Stereo 3115558 10.30 TheFlintstones
A fantasy adventure starring Roddy McDowall
Kabir Bedi , Peter Ustinov Seeking to marry the Caliph's daughter, Prince Taj journeys to Baghdad. But the treachery of the blackhearted Wazir Jaudur forces the noble prince to undertake a deadly quest. With Terence Stamp , Frank Finlay , Marina Vlady , Pavla Ustinov , Ian Holm.
Director Clive Donner (1978)
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First of this week's live visits behind the scenes with vets and pets at an RSPCA hospital. With Rolf Harris and Lynda Bryans.
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A real-life story of the English missionary starring Ingrid Bergman, Curt Jurgens.
Gladys Aylward, a young English servant girl, travels to China in the 1930s to carry the Christian creed. There she meets Lin Nan, a Chinese Army officer ordered to impose liberating new laws. (1958)
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A spectacular wildlife edition including clips from Lady and the Tramp,
Homeward Bound, Robin Hood , and the phenomenally successful new Disney animated feature The Lion King.
Featuring a special contribution from Johnny Morris. With Sarah Greene.
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Debbie puts her friendship with Craig on hold.
Deep in his secret laboratory Rudy, the magician and "Human Cartoon" goes on a magical journey through a cartoon world,
With Mike Smartt. Subtitled Weather John Kettley
After the success of Hospital Watch, now follows Animal Hospital
Live. It is coming from the RSPCA's Sir Harold Harmsworth
Memorial Hospital in Holloway, North London, every day this week until Friday.
Funded entirely by the RSPCA, the Harmsworth provides animal treatment for owners who cannot afford private veterinary fees. It is staffed by a dedicated team of veterinary surgeons and nurses who tend a constant stream of accident victims, pets with major surgical diseases, strays and even wild animals.
Linda Bryans (of BBC 1 's Here and Now) and Rolf Harris, who report from inside the hospital, say they are well prepared. "This is the unpredictability of TV with live animals. If it goes wrong you can't do it again, "says Harris.
(For further information about the Harmsworth Hospital, phone free on 0208 [number removed].
Noel Edmonds and his team have sprung many a Gotcha on unsuspecting celebrities, but the one involving Lionel Blair was a classic. Not only was it perfectly executed but it also showed what a true professional Blair is under some very trying circumstances.
There is a chance to enjoy that
Gotcha again in this compilation which includes the infamous
Susan George kiss,
Nigel Mansell in the gunge tank, the most embarrassing moments from Wait Till I Get You Home, and highlights from the Mr
Blobby Open Golf Tournament. Producer Jonathan Beazley
Executive producer Michael Leggo
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The last show in the series in which two teams tackle challenging rural crafts. Celebrity guests are Julie Peasgood from Luv, John Altman from EastEnders, Amanda Wemban from
Emmerdale, Trevor Harrison from The Archers and Danny McCall and Rachael Lindsay from Brookside. With Nick Owen.
Director David Millard ; Producer Kirsten de Keyser A CST production for BBCtv
Ricky and Bianca have a secret rendezvous, Gita tries to overcome her fears.
Patrick Malahide returns as Ngaio Marsh 's aristocratic sleuth in Scales of Justice, another new film in this occasional series of thrillers set in the 1940s. It co-stars
Elizabeth Spriggs as Lady
Hermione Lacklander , whose husband's memoirs are at the centre of this mystery, and Frances Barber as a wife with a past and an eye on the future.
Screenplay Cynl Williams
ProducerGeorge Gallaccio; Director Jim Goddard
With Peter Sissons. Subtitled
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Following on from Saturday
BBC2'sATVNight the first of this week's six of the best series produced by ATV.
The Saint ran from 1963-9 featuring the character created by Leslie Charteris. Starring Roger Moore
The Paper Chase. The Saint is persuaded to follow a defecting civil servant who has been tricked into smuggling secret papers to East Germany.
Director Leslie Norman Rpt
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Another suave, debonair, ATV hero for the 70s.
Starring Peter Wyngarde Toki. Jason King falls in love with a gangster's girlfriend.
Director Jeremy Summers Rpt Subtitled
(The season continues tomorrow with Space 1999at 11.15pm)
Psychic thriller.
Teenage Cassandra is plagued by nightmares and "witnesses" the murder of her father's mistress in her mind.
Director Colin Eggleston (1987)
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