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Nick Nairn prepares a fettucini starter with peppers, olives and pesto, while Paul Rankin spices up steamed fish with chilli. Finally Ken Horn offers sweet wonton
"firecrackers", to make any party go with a bang. Stereo ................................

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Nairn
Unknown:
Paul Rankin
Unknown:
Ken Horn

Concluding the pilot episode of the detective drama. Benton is on the scent of his father's killer, but as he prepares to face the hired gun, the real killer of Sgt Bob Fraser steps out of the shadows.
Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Sgt Bob Fraser

Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown delivers his first Budget, and the first Labour Budget since 1979.

David Dimbleby introduces live coverage of the Chancellor's speech to the House of Commons, and reaction to it. Jeremy Vine assesses the effects of the Budget on families in the Midlands with the help of computer graphics, and Diana Madill will be in Chester to get some instant responses from members of the public. The programme also looks at how new measures are going down in the business and financial communities in Edinburgh.

Web site: follow the latest Budget developments and how they affect you personally on the internet at [web address removed]

Contributors

Speaker:
Gordon Brown
Presenter:
David Dimbleby
Analysis:
Jeremy Vine
Reporter:
Diana Madill
Director:
Rob Hopkin
Editor:
Alexandra Henderson

The first of three programmes that finds out what became of the animals that passed through the RSPCA's Harmsworth Hospital in the last series.
Rolf Harris catches up with some of the more memorable patients, including the dog who was kept permanently locked up in a cellar until he was rescued by the inspectors, the German Shepherd who was knocked down by a car, the kitten who was abandoned in a lavatory bowl, and the Jack Russell who needed help giving birth. See today's choices. Producer Jane Aldous
Executive producer Sarah Hargreaves
♦ See Family: page 41

Contributors

Unknown:
Rolf Harris
Unknown:
Jack Russell
Producer:
Jane Aldous
Producer:
Sarah Hargreaves

Carol Vorderman presents the series of programmes in which the latest gadgets are put through their paces.
This week three members of the public try out interactive TV, a light and sound experience that claims to help you sleep better, and the aromatherapy tube, which aims to soak away troubles in a steam bath with aromatic oils.
Also tonight, model
Linda Lusardi demonstrates her favourite fitness gadgets, and a look at how well a solar cooker fares in the British climate.
Director David Coleman
Producer Helen Thomas
Stereo Subtitled 63

Contributors

Unknown:
Carol Vorderman
Unknown:
Linda Lusardi
Director:
David Coleman
Producer:
Helen Thomas

Carol Smillie hosts the midweek entertainment show, featuring the live lottery draw. Plus a look at how the money is being spent.

Note: previous winning numbers from previous lottery draws are available on Ceefax page 555 or by calling the Players' Lottery Helpline on [number removed]

Contributors

Presenter:
Carol Smillie

The last of documentary series that goes on the road with two of the busiest fire crews in Merseyside.
It's Friday night, the busiest night of the week, and White
Watch are expecting the worst. The first call of the night is to a house fire where a child has been overcome by fumes.
Before they can get back to the station they receive a call from a motherwho's set her kitchen alight trying to put out a chip-pan fire, and attend to the rescue of an elderly man from a fire in his 13th floor flat - but is someone still trapped inside?
See today's choices.
Producer Kim Duke ; Executive producer
JeremyMills Stereo Subtitled .

Contributors

Producer:
Kim Duke

Anne Robinson with more of your comments on BBC television programmes.
Write to Points of View, BBC TV, London W12 7TS, or phone/fax on (0181) [number removed]. The e-mail address is: pov@bbc.co.uk Producer Annie Lewis

Contributors

Unknown:
Anne Robinson
Producer:
Annie Lewis

Concluding the drama series about the policemen and women of an Operational Support Unit.

Copson becomes convinced that Overton is involved with a child sex ring after she sees him with a suspected paedophile, and decides to break into his house to find evidence. Meanwhile Parkin's loyalties are put to the test when his wife goes into labour while he is on duty.

Contributors

Writer:
Roy Mitchell
Producer:
Hilary Salmon
Director:
Bob Blagden
Sgt Bill Parkin:
Martin Troakes
PC Jim Reaper:
James Gaddas
PC Gill Copson:
Katrina Levon
PC Eric Warren:
Christopher John Hall
PC Roger Tennant:
Calum MacPherson
PC John Barrett:
Nick Miles
PC Lionel Adams:
William Tapley
PC Steve Higson:
Matthew Rhys
PC Goole:
Christopher Quinn
Inspector Harlow:
Wayne Morris
DI Overton:
Peter Sullivan
DS Kath Reaper:
Kate Gartside
Brenda Parkin:
Amelda Brown
Liam:
David Shane
Armitage:
Bernard Latham
Tania:
Keeley Forsyth
Gallico:
Stephen Critchlow
Jean Armitage:
Judith Barker
Simmons:
Paul Jerricho
Ruth Simmons:
Laura Cox
Talbot:
Anthony Jackson
Dr Hallsman:
Teresa McElroy
Tony Squire:
Richard Harbutt
Thomas:
Dean Finlan
Claire:
Nike White

Continuing the rerun of the second series of paranormal mysteries.
Excelsis Dei.
After a nurse at an old people's home is attacked by an invisible entity, she claims that her assailant was the spirit of an elderly patient with Alzheimer's disease.

Contributors

Fox Mulder:
David Duchovny
Dana Scully:
Gillian Anderson
Michelle:
Teryl Rothery
Gung:
Sab Shimono
Dorothy:
Frances Bay
Stan:
Eric Christmas
Hal:
David Fresco
Mrs Dawson:
Sheila Moore
Dr Grago:
Jerry Wasserman
Laura:
Tasha Simms
Tiernan:
Jon Cuthbert
Upshaw:
Paul Jarrett
Leo:
Ernie Prentice
Jerry Thomas:
Paul Sand
Sheriff Bill Mazeroski:
Steve Eastin
Richard Odin:
Mark Rolston
Crewcutman:
Lindsey Ginter
Beth Kane:
Gillian Barber
Gary Kane:
Bob Frazer

Another chance to see the secondprogramme in a new series of Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones 's comic sketches, featuringan array of characters old and new, and the traditional head-to-head chats.
Shown last Thursday
Next programme tomorrow at 9.40pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Mel Smith
Unknown:
Griff Rhys Jones

Comedy starring
Leslie Phillips
Harry Secombe
Woman-chasing Dr Burke gets caught up in all sorts of trouble when he unwittingly finds himself a stowaway aboard a cruise ship. Put to work asa steward, he enjoys the sea life until a Russian coal ship arrives in need of a surgeon.
Director Ralph Thomas (1970. PG)
Subtitled.....
I See Films: pages 52-59

Contributors

Unknown:
Leslie Phillips
Unknown:
Harry Secombe
Director:
Ralph Thomas
Dr Burke:
Leslie Phillips
Llewellyn Wendover:
Harry Secombe
Sir Lancelot Spratt:
James Robertson Justice
Ophelia O'Brien:
Angela Scoular
Mrs Dailey:
Irene Handl
Captain George Spratt:
Robert Morley
Master at-Arms:
Freddie Jones
Russian captain:
Joan Sims
Purser:
John Le Mesurier
Basil Beauchamp:
Simon Dee
Roddy:
Graham Chapman

BBC One London

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BBC One is a TV channel that started broadcasting on the 20th April 1964. It replaced BBC Television.

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