With Paul Burden and Sara Coburn.
At 6.00, 6.15, 6.30, 6.45 News; 6.25
Sport: 6.27,6.58 Regional news; 6.15
Financial papers; 6.55 Weather
With Justin Webb at the Labour conference in Blackpool and Sally Magnusson in the studio. At 7.00,8.00 main news, with summaries every 15 minutes; 7.12,7.40,
8.12,8.40 Business; 7.25,7.55,8.25,8.55 Weather, Regional news, Travel; 7.32,8.32 Sport.
With Sally Magnusson. Including viewers' comments. Subtitled..... TELEPHONE: (0181) [number removed]. fax (0181)or write to PO Box 9988. London W126BN.
The series in which volunteers are given a makeover. (Stereo)
Topical debate, with Robert Kilroy-Silk.
Cookery challenge.
(Stereo)
Regional News and Weather
Mason defends an ex-mobster charged on damning evidence with murdering his wife. Starring Raymond Burr.
(Repeat) (Subtitled)
Including at 12.00 News Regional News and Weather
Restaurateur Robert Carrier makes fish and pork dishes.
(Repeat)
Weather
(Subtitled)
Details at 5.35pm (Stereo) (Subtitled)
Word game with chairman Bob Holness and captains Alan Coren and Sandi Toksvig. (Stereo)
Vocabulary quiz.
Chefs Paul Rankin, Sue Lawrence and Gilli Davies cook with cheese.
Animated fun.
(Stereo)
Puppetry. Mr Smart tries to to make money.
(Stereo)
Animated adventures.
(Stereo) (Subtitled)
Today's record attempts feature a rocket-powered bicycle, the world's largest marching band, mass kite flying and combined scuba and skydiving. With Kriss Akabusi, Cheryl Baker and Ron Reagan Jr.
(Stereo) (Subtitled)
Katy Hill visits Judy Blume in New York, author of the books on which the Fudge series was based, and in the studio there's a performance of Roald Dahl's The Witches.
(Repeated tomorrow at 7.55am on BBC2)
Sam has to bare all for his art.
(Shown at 1.40pm)
(For cast see Wednesday)
With Martyn Lewis and Moira Stuart.
Weather John Kettley
Noel Edmonds presents the light-hearted quiz in which two teams test their television knowledge.
Tonight's teams are called "Fabio" and "Magic Beans", and their specialist subjects in the On the Box round are "Goodnight Sweetheart" and "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine".
(Stereo) (Subtitled)
The third semi-final of this year's Mastermind series comes from the Opera House theatre, Jersey. In the spotlight are Isabelle Heward, Stephen Pearson, Gwen Kingsley and Margaret Thomas. Their specialised subjects are dancer and Hollywood star Gene Kelly, the life and music of composer William Walton, sculptor Donatello, and Albert the Prince Consort.
Magnus Magnusson asks the questions.
Cindy keeps a dangerous appointment.
For cast see Thursday (Stereo)
Why Cindy is leaving the Square: p24
Continuing the documentary series following the work of the undercover car crime unit of Manchester Police's X Department.
In tonight's film, officers are hunting ram raiders.
See today's choices.
With Peter Sissons.
(Subtitled)
Regional News
Weather John Kettley
The spin doctors politicians rely upon to influence the news have been called "the men in the dark" . Do they pressure and cajole journalists and help politicians float stories that can later be denied, or simply protect their parties from a media obsessed with splits and personalities? In the run-up to the general election, reporter Steve Bradshaw reveals the spin doctors' tricks of the trade and asks whether British voters get the political debate they deserve.
Note: as Panorama is topical and likely to react to events in the news, its subject matter may change
Powerful US hospital drama starring Mandy Patinkin, Adam Arkin, Hector Elizondo
Alternative methods and medicines are suggested when Kronk advocates an amputation.
As the New York Film Festival opens with Mike Leigh's Secrets and Lies, Barry Norman is in the Big Apple to cast his eye over changes in the cinema-going habits of New Yorkers and talk to leading lights in the New York film community.
(Repeated next Saturday on BBC2)
See Barry Norman: page 58
Drama, recounting a turning point in human history, starring Paul Newman, Dwight Schultz, Bonnie Bedelia
In 1942, America secretly sets out to build the world's first atomic bomb. General Leslie R Groves is ordered to assemble the scientific team and selects brilliant physicist J Robert Oppenheimer to oversee the project. For each person involved, the mission becomes their obsession. (1989, PG)
(See Films: pages 58-64)
