Puppet fun.
Tony Robinson with a six-part beginner's guide to the Bible.
Labour leader Tony Blair is David Frost's guest. Including at 8.30 and 9.00 News; plus weather forecasts.
Series editor Barney Jones ; Executive editor
Tim Orchard ...........................................
Journey of a Lifetime. A three-part journey through the highs and lows of human life with Kaye Adams.
A programme celebrating last year's Deaf Awareness Week. With signing and subtitles. Repeated Tuesday 12 noon on BBC2 Stereo.
Sci-fi adventure. A New York businessman is dragged back in time to 1917. There he meets his "time-twin", flying ace Biggles, and they attempt to destroy a German weapon. James "Biggles"Bigglesworth NEIL DICKSON.
Jim Ferguson ALEX HYDE-WHITE , Debbie Stevens FIONA HUTCHISON
.Colonel Raymond PETER CUSHING
Director John Hough (1986) Stereo * FILM REVIEWS pages 53-58
Rural concerns with John Craven. Plus the week's weather at 12.26 pm.
Crime comedy starring
Shirley MacLaine
Michael Caine
Harry Deane , a Cockney master crook, plans the crime of the century. He enlists the help of Nicole, a beautiful Eurasian night-club entertainer, in a sophisticated plot to steal a priceless statuette.
Nicole SHIRLEY MACLAINE , Harry Deane MICHAEL CAINE, Shahbandar HERBERT LOM , Ram
ROGER C CARMEL. Abdul ARNOLD MOSS , Emile JOHN ABBOTT
Director Ronald Neame (1966)
# FILM REVIEWS pages 53-58
Omnibus edition.
(Stereo) (Subtitled)
Caught on camera this week: a red deer who visits a Scottish youth hostel and barn owls in Gloucestershire. Last in the series.
Three young cooks from the home counties are judged by chef
Andrew Radford and MP Diane Abbott. With
Loyd Grossman.
The return of the single breasted suit, and a revival of the Mod style from the sixties. With Jeff Banks , Caryn Franklin , Brenda Emmanus and Ann-Marie Gwatkin.
♦ Competitions and offers: page
Contestants are given tasks that will reveal theirability to spot antiques.
This week they are in Sussex where a team of Antiques Roadshow experts set the tasks and judge the results. Presented by Jilly Goolden.
Director David Cumming ; Producer Jannine Waddell
* Can you beat the Great Antiques Hunt Team? see page 28
* Competitions and offers: page
With Chris Lowe. Subtitled
Weather John Kettley
A Day Out with Ruth Madoc
Today visiting Fountains Abbey in the Yorkshire Dales, which has attracted pilgrims for the last 800 years.
Thousands of locals add their praise with a selection of hymns, including:
Dear Lord and Father of Mankind; How Great Thou Art; The Day Thou Gavest; and Jerusalem.
Producer Simon Hammond : Editor Helen Alexander Repeated on Wednesday at 1. 15pm on BBC2
Leaving Home Forever, or Till Teatime Howard finds that lipstick on his collar is a sure way of becoming homeless.
Written by Roy Clarke ; Director/Producer
AlanJWBell Stereo
This week, Anneka Rice finds herself in the middle of the Royal Albert Hall with no audience, no show, and just 28 hours in which to find both on behalf of the Royal National Institute for Deaf People. Director Gary Hunter ; Producer Valerie Ward
Tracking. Lloyd Buck hand-reared a group of swans so they would allow a camera team to film close to them using the trackingtechnique.
Series producer Paul Appleby ; Director Lizzie Bewick
Concluding the two-part drama about a woman who wins the pools. Ellie's future isn't turning out quite the way she hoped, especially after receiving some bad news from her neighbour.
(For cast see yesterday) (Stereo)
With Michael Buerk. Subtitled
Weather Ian McCaskill .............
Fresh from his success on BBC2's Fantasy Football League, alternative comedian Frank Skinner strikes out on his own with a new series of sharp topical comedy featuring a variety of guests and original sketches.
Producer Marcus Mortimer
Executive producers Jonathan Thoday and Richard Allen-Turner
Frank Skinner is also appearing on BBC2's Room 101, 10.00pm Friday
See John Peel: page 10
Brian Wilson : I Just Wasn't Made for These Times
The new season of Omnibus starts off with two special programmes. The first tonight is a unique interview with the key member and major musical force behind the Beach Boys. Including previously unseen home movies and other archive footage of the band over the years. See today's choices.
Director Don Was ; Series editor Nigel Williams
The next Omnibus Special is next Wednesday with a celebration of the Proms in its centenary season.
♦ The strife of Brian: page 30
Thriller starring John Wayne, Eddie Albert
When his partner is shot, maverick cop Lon McQ swears to bring the killer to justice, no matter what the cost. But McQ soon uncovers a deadly conspiracy involving drugs and corruption within the Seattle police force.
Director John Sturges (1974) * FILM REVIEWS pages 53-58
