Regional News and Weather
With Zoe Ball and Josie D'Arby.
Secret Life of Toys
Animation. Stereo
7.25 Felix the Cat
Cartoon
7.40 Playdays: The Why Bird Stop
Stereo
8.00 News and Weather; Regional News; Weather
8.10 Joe 90
Puppet action
8.35 Swat Kats
Cartoon. Stereo
9.00 News and Weather; Regional News; Weather
9.05 Bucky O'Hare
Animation
The Worst Day of My Life
Drama. Two girls find a magical crystal. Rpt 58024
10.00 Orville and Cuddles
Animation Rpt
10.05 The Legend of Prince Valiant
Cartoon Stereo Subtitled
10.30 The Best of Blue Peter
Highlights of 1994 Rpt Subtitled
Fantasy about Dorothy's return to Oz, only to find it in ruins, and her old friends turned to stone. She sets about restoring them all.
(1985)
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12.55 Regional News; Weather
Details at 5.35pm
Stereo
Comedy based on the 70s TV series starring Sidney James
The arrival of pompous new neighbour Ronald Baines spells trouble for Sid Abbot and his long-suffering wife Jean. Matters get worse when their son falls for Ronald's precious daughter. (1972)
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Figure skating champions Paul and Isabelle Duchesnay , with Brian Orser ice dance to The Planets by Gustav Hoist. Choreographed by Lar Lubovitch, it features solo and ensemble ice dance, precision group skating, conventional dance and underwater choreography featuring dance group H30.......
Omnibus edition combining last Tuesday's and Thursday's editions.
Today's sporting action. With Hazel Irvine.
With Edward Stourton. Subtitled
Weather Bill Giles .................... Regional News and Weather
Although Rick's love life is a shambles, he gives advice to an impatient
Michael. Meanwhile, vandals threaten the happiness of Doug and Pam. Shown at 1.05pm. For cast see Thursday
Filmed live in Berlin last spring, during their first European tour, the phenomenally successful teen heart-throbs perform songs from their Everything Changes album. The band (Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, Howard Donald, Jason Orange and Robbie Williams) are the first group to have three consecutive records enter the British charts at number one. Strutting their stuff before an audience of 8,500 fans they demonstrate why they have become Europe's favourite band.
In a celebration of the programme which made dreams come true for more than 1,500 viewers, Andi Peters recalls the greatest highlights of the show in the company of its star, Jimmy Savile. The lengthy list of special guests appearing to pay their tributes and join in the fun includes Ray Alan, Frank Bruno, Bobby Charlton, Henry Cooper, Sally Faber, the Grumbleweeds and Rod Hull and Emu.
With music from Let Loose, the programme also features clips of some of the programme's special guests over the years, including Roy Castle, Jonathan Cohen, Paul Daniels, Ken Dodd, Bruce Forsyth, Damon Hill, Tom Jones, Nigel Kennedy, Morecambe and Wise, the Osmonds, Esther Rantzen, Cliff Richard and Victoria Wood
Director/Producer Geoff Miles
Grant makes himself useless at the Vic while Pat juggles her responsibilities. Meanwhile, Steve's New Year optimism takes a nose dive when Delia gets up to her old tricks.
Biopic starring Sigourney Weaver, Bryan Brown
Dian Fossey arrives in central Africa full of high ideals and a passion for nature. She's there to research rare mountain gorillas faced with extinction. Over the coming years she builds a strong bond between herself and the gorillas, but tragedy is never far away.
Director Michael Apted (1988)
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With Edward Stourton. Subtitled Regional News
Weather Bill Giles ......................
Highlights of two top matches including Newcastle United v Manchester City. Plus today's talking points, a roundup of goals and action from the FA
Premiership programme played on New Year's Eve, and the Goal of the Month competition. Commentary by Barry Davies and John Motson.
Introduced by Desmond Lynam. Series producer John Shrewsbury ; Editor
Brian Barwick
Action thriller starring
Chuck Norris
Henry Silva
A maverick cop and his young partner find themselves caught up in a gang war between rival mobsters.
Director Andrew Davis (1985)
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