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Today's edition of the verbal communication game features Charlie Catchpole from the News of the World and Gary Bushell from The Sun who take on round the world yacht skipper Tracy Edwards and Alison Dowling from The Archers. Presented by Gordon Burns.
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Contributors

Presenter:
Gordon Burns
Contestant:
Charlie Catchpole
Contestant:
Gary Bushell
Contestant:
Tracy Edwards
Contestant:
Alison Dowling

From the Winter Gardens, Blackpool. As the party celebrates the success of Tony Blair 's law and order campaign, delegates propose specific policies to underpin the slogan "tough on crime - tough on the causes of crime"........................
Including at 11.00,12.00
News and Weather subtitled (news) Regional News and Weather

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Blair

Prison drama starring
James Cagney , George Raft
Frank Ross , ajournalist, is framed and sent to prison for trying to expose police corruption. In jail he teams up with a notorious gangster, "Hood" Stacey.
Director William Keighley (1939) B/W ♦ FILM REVIEWS pages 6 1 -66

Contributors

Unknown:
James Cagney
Unknown:
George Raft
Unknown:
Frank Ross
Director:
William Keighley
FrankRoss:
James Cagney
Hood Stacey:
George Raft
Joyce:
Jane Bryan
John Arm strong:
George Bancroft
Meuller:
Stanley Ridges

A new six-part comedy drama. Life will never be the same again in Wordsworth Terrace. One morning Lawrence Kitten wakes up to find that some real pirates have moved in next door.
With Paul Bown , Liz Smith ,
Toby Sedgwick , June Brown , Andrew Sachs. Written by Rebecca Stevens and PeterTabern
* See This Week: page 56

Contributors

Roger Bones:
Paul Bown
Gran (Abigail Blood):
Liz Smith
Man-in-the-Sack:
Toby Sedgwick
Mrs Mildred Jones:
June Brown
Basmati Bill:
Andrew Sachs
Written By:
Rebecca Stevens

Bianca tries to get in touch with Ricky while Carol tries to get through to Alan. Sharon and Grant put the past behind them and Michelle puts her foot down with Geoff.
(Omnibus edition next Sunday)
(Stereo) (Subtitled)

More stories of real life rescues aimed at a family audience. Tonight, how an off duty fireman in Northern Ireland put his own life at riskforthe sake of a 4-year-old boy trapped in the River Lagan. And how an allergy to nuts sparked off a major rescue operation on the Solent. Plus, how a 3-year-old girl saved her mum's life by knowing exactly how to cope with a severe asthma attack. With Michael Buerk and Juliet Morris.
Producer Carson Black ; Executive producer
Andy Batten-Foster INFORMATION: National Asthma Week starts on 10 October and for an information pack send an A4 sae to [address removed]. ♦ See his Week: page 57

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Unknown:
Juliet Morris.
Producer:
Carson Black
Producer:
Andy Batten-Foster

This month on the programme, we'll be asking for viewers to help west London
Police solve a terrible rape. In the early hours of Sunday 29 May, a young woman was abducted in Covent Garden by six men who all had strong cockney accents and skinhead haircuts. During her ordeal she was tortured and raped. Shortly afterwards the victim, who is an epileptic believes she went into seizure because she can remember nothing of the route she was driven or of being dumped in a street in Putney.
Call the Crimewatch studio with information free on [number removed]. Update is at 11.15pm.
Presented by Nick Ross and Sue Cook.
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Contributors

Presenter:
Nick Ross
Presenter:
Sue Cook
Director:
Pieter Morpurgo
Series Producer:
Liz Mills

The series in which members of the public put the politicians on the spot. Tonight's programme comes from Blackpool and the panel includes
Gordon Brown , Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, Louise Christian , civil rights lawyer and Lord Holme,
Chairman of the Liberal Democrat
General Election Committee. Chaired by David Dimbleby.
Director Rob Hopkin ; Series editor
ChristopherCapron Subtitled ............. APPLICATIONS: if you would like to join the audience, telephone [number removed] orwrite to [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Gordon Brown
Unknown:
Louise Christian
Unknown:
David Dimbleby.
Director:
Rob Hopkin

Narrated by John Lennon. A revealing documentary about the public and private life of one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century - John Lennon. More than 200 hours of previously unseen film and tape was assorted, edited and assembled by award-winning film maker David L Wolperfrom material released by Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono , tracing his Liverpool childhood through his Beatle years, culminating in his assassination by Mark Chapman on 8 December 1980.
Director Andrew Solt (1988)
FILM REVIEWS pages 61-66

Contributors

Unknown:
John Lennon.
Unknown:
John Lennon.
Unknown:
David L Wolperfrom
Unknown:
Yoko Ono
Unknown:
Mark Chapman
Director:
Andrew Solt

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