With Paul Burden and Sara Cobum.
Timetable on Monday 18 December
With Justin Webb and Sally Magnusson. including Reasons to Remember. Timetable on Monday 18 December
9.10 Kilroy Topical studio discussion, with Robert Kilroy-Silk . Stereo ......
10.00 News
Regional News; Weather
10.05 Can't Cook Won't Cook More contestants take the cookery challenge, with chef Kevin Woodford. Stereo.
10.30 Good Morning.... with Anne and Nick Magazine programme with Anne Diamond and Nick Owen. Today, seasonal beauty features, Ainsley Harriott makes edible tree decorations, Christmas gossip from Elaine Lipworth , and parents' survival guide to Christmas Day. Including at
11.00 News Subtitled; Regional News and Weather,
12.00 News
Regional News; Weather
12.05pm Pebble Mill Special: Sykes and Friends Today, another chance to see comedian and writer Eric Sykes in conversation with Alan Titchmarsh.
Including contributions from, among others, Spike Milligan , Bob Hoskins , Max Bygraves , Johnny Speight , John Williams and Rick Wakeman.
(Details at 5.35pm)
(Stereo)
Dead Weight. Columbo tries to prove that America's leading war hero is guilty of murder. But with no body, no weapon and the one possible witness being wooed by the suspect, Columbo must make the most of the few facts he has before plunging in. Starring Peter Falk.
Fast moving general knowledge quiz, hosted by Bill Dod.
(Rpt)
(Rpt)
Cartoon.
(Rpt)
Cartoon fun with the strongman sailor.
A roundup of Christmas entertainment, and a look at the latest computer games - are they developing too fast? With Andy Crane.
(Repeated tomorrow at 8.05am on BBC2)
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With Julie Etchingham and Chris Rogers.
Fifth of six episodes.
Chris and Alice are the stars of the closed-circuit radio station at the school but there is something embarrassingly familiar about the story that Alice reads.
(Final episode and cast see Thursday at 5.10pm)
Lucy's drinking is cause for concern, but is Mark too closely involved? And Jen again faces pressure from Philip.
(Shown at 1.30pm)
(For cast see Wednesday 20 December)
With Martyn Lewis and Moira Stuart.
(Subtitled)
Weather Michael Fish
(For details see Monday 18 December)
Jill Dando finds out how to enjoy
Barbados on a shoestring; Sue Cook acts as a sighted guide for her blind companion in Orlando, Florida; Kirsty Young discovers a holiday in Ibiza for underf 200; and Kevin Woodford tries a vintage coach holiday in the Hebrides. Producers Alison Sharman and Paul Wooding
Editor Jane Lush Repeated tomorrow at 2.40pm
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Pat reluctantly receives a visitor. Clare drops in on Felix with disastrous results, and Arthur isn't looking forward to Christmas.
The fortnight's episodes written by Tony Jordan, Joanne Maguire, Lisselle Kayla, David Richard-Fox, Simon Ashdown
Comedy, the first of two films tonight starring Michael Caine
with Steve Martin
Sophisticated con man Lawrence Jamieson makes a tidy living fleecing rich women in the French resort of Beaumont-sur-Mer, until his position is suddenly threatened by the arrival of a small-time American rival.
(1988)
(Michael Caine stars in The Italian Job at 11.20pm)
See Films: pages 49-72 ***
With Michael Buerk.
(Subtitled)
Regional News
Weather Michael Fish
Conclusion. (Subtitled)
With contributions from friends and colleagues, including Barry Humphries, Mel Smith, Eleanor Bron, Alan Bennett, Jonathan Miller and Dudley Moore. See today's choices.
Comedy caper, starring Michael Caine, Noel Coward
Just out of jail, Charlie Croker "inherits" plans for a $4 million gold heist in Italy. But he must overcome a few problems, like lack of money, not having a gang, and the anger of the Mafia.
(1969)
See Films: pages 49-72 ***
