American comedy series.
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With Kirsten O'Brien and Otis the Aardvark. Elephant adventures.
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8.05 Albertthe Fifth Musketeer Animation.
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8.30 The Flintstones Stone-Age cartoon. Fred and Barney fake illness to attend a ball game. Repeat ......................
8.50 Marvel Action Hour Atriple bill of animated adventure, with Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk and The Fantastic Four.
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9.50 Grange Hill The last in the series from 1989. The students celebrate the school prom Hollywood-style. Grange Hill continues next Saturday with the first in a rerun of the 1990 series.
Mrs McClusky GWYNETH POWELL , Mr Bronson MICHAEL SHEARD , Mr MacKenzie NICHOLAS DONNELLY,
Miss Booth KAREN FORD
Written by David Angus
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10.15 Sweet Valley High Teenage drama set in California. Stereo ..............
10.35TheO Zone Thisweek'seditionof the pop music magazine comes from New York, where guests include recent chart-topper Puff Daddy. Presented by Jamie Theakston and Jayne Middlemiss.
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10.42 Weather
Introduced by Sue Barker from Headingley.
10.45, 1.35,2.10,2.45,4.10
Cricket: Fourth Test Live coverage from Headingley of the third day's play in the fourth Cornhill Insurance Test Match of the Ashes series, between England and Australia. Both teams have reached this crucial stage with the six-Test series now finely balanced. Australia have recovered from their humiliating defeat in the first Test at Edgbaston, whereas England had no answer to Shane Warne's spin when they succumbed at Old Trafford in the third. But with Yorkshire's Darren Gough on familiarground, England will try to exploit what is usually a seamer's wicket. Commentary Richie Benaud , David Gower , Geoff Boycott , Tony Lewis and Ian Chappell.
1.05 News
1.10 Motorcycling Highlights of races 11 and 12 of the British Superbike Championship, from Oulton Park.
Commentary by Barry Nutley.
1.55,2.30,3.30 Racing From Ascot, featuring races at 2.00 and at 2.35. Plus, at 3,50, the King George VI and the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes. With commentary from Peter O'Sullevan, Julian Wilson and Willie Carson.
4.50 News Roundup
Producer Martin Hopkins : Editor Dave Gordon
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Animated fun
The Captain's 's Car. Captain Mainwaring takes a Rolls-Royce to be camouflaged and it gets mixed up with the Mayor's official car. Written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft
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Comedy starring
MacaulayCulkin
TedDanson
It seems the only thing ex-convict Ray Gleason is worse at than being a thief is being a father. Suddenly saddled with his estranged son Timmy on the eve of a hefty heist, the man thinks he can fool the kid.
However, the boy has a few tricks up his own sleeve.
Director Howard Deutch (1994. PG)
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Tonight's guest presenter is singer Michael Ball. Guests include Joan Bakewell , with a report on the £50m Millennium Landmark award given to the Tate Gallery, and film director
Michael Winner on how to invest in West End theatre productions. Producer Peter Estall
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Action thriller, based on a true story, starring Rutger Hauer, Martin Sheen, Max Von Sydow
In October 1986, a Russian submarine carrying nuclear missiles collides with an American nuclear submarine off the coast of Bermuda.
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With Michael Buerk.
Weather Michael Fish
Thriller starring
Louis GossettJr
James Dela , a tough Chicago detective, is assigned to investigate the murders of prominent members of the city's Mob. Crusadingjournalist Frank Nordhall believes itto be the work of a vigilante group, until he receives a note from the killer.
Director BobbyRoth (1992, 15)
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Shown yesterday
Horror. A mad scientist living in thejungle is determined to transform beautiful women into monsters.
Director Edward L Cahn (1957. PG)
Black and white
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