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Second of a 13-part drama series. The twins hope to keep Speckle, but Danny Jones claims him and Speckle runs away.
Dramatised by Jeremy Front from The Home Farm books by Jenny Oldfield

Contributors

Author:
Jenny Oldfield
Dramatised by:
Jeremy Front
Hannah:
Polly Duniam
Helen:
Sophie Duniam
Dad:
Martin Ball
Mum:
Jacquetta May
Sam:
Ben Evans
Neighbour:
Margaret Campbell
Danny Jones:
Campbell Morrison

The Cassidy girls have been found a safe house in Sydney.
(For cast see Tuesday. Part 5 next Tuesday)

Followed by Rewind: 1903: Electric Effects
Gemma Boyle tells the story of Lady Mary Cecil's memories of electricity being installed at Hatfield House, Hertfordshire.
(Repeated tomorrow on BBC2)

Contributors

Narrator (Rewind):
Gemma Boyle

A Watchdog special, on wedding disasters and how to avoid them, presented by Alice Beer and Johnathan Maitland.

Featuring reports from winter weddings in Brighton, Coventry and Scarborough, and a guide to the pitfalls awaiting couples at every stage, from setting up the wedding list and deciding on what to wear, to a secret wedding tax that can double the price of cars and disco hire.
(Digital widescreen)
Hotline: phone on [number removed] Calls charged at national rate; e-mail: [address removed]

Contributors

Presenter:
Alice Beer
Presenter:
Johnathan Maitland
Producer:
Michael Tuft
Editor:
Helen O'Rahilly

Continuing the documentary series, which follows five people's personal dieting stories.
Tracey is four stones overweight and worried that her four-year-old daughter Casey is rapidly following in her footsteps; Mervyn checks in as a patient at the hospital where he works as an electrician, with the drastic intention of losing half his body weight; and Sean prepares for his first weigh-in at Glasgow's men-only slimming club. Narrated by Arabella Weir.
See today's choices.
(The season continues tonight with Fat Files at 9.30pm on BBC2)
Registration Details: on Ceefax page 625, or website: [web address removed] Call [number removed] for the Fighting Fat, Fighting Fit Registration Pack a self-help guide full of practical ideas on how to succeed. Calls cost £2.
Eat yourself slim: page 32

Contributors

Narrator:
Arabella Weir
Producer:
Charlotte Desai
Executive Producer:
Olivia Lichtenstein

Oscar-winning drama, inspired by the life of the acclaimed and troubled Australian pianist David Helfgott, starring Geoffrey Rush

Fifties Australia: the young David Helfgott excels at piano playing but is forbidden by his father to accept a scholarship to study further. He travels to England where his genius is recognised, but then he suffers a setback that will change his life for ever.
(1996, 12)
(Digital widescreen) (Subtitled)
See Films: pp 52-58 *****
Film of the Week: page 47

Contributors

Director:
Scott Hicks
David as an adult:
Geoffrey Rush
Peter:
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Davidan as an adolescent:
Noah Taylor
Gillian:
Lynn Redgrave
Cecil Parkes:
John Gielgud
Katharine Susannah Prichard:
Googie Withers
Sylvia:
Sonia Todd
Ben Rosen:
Nicholas Bell
Tony:
Justin Braine
Sam:
Chris Haywood

David Dimbleby presents tonight's programme from London, where the panel includes former Defence Secretary Michael Portillo, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Malcolm Bruce, Chief Whip Ann Taylor, author Fay Weldon, and journalist Matthew Parris.
Website: [web address removed]

Contributors

Presenter:
David Dimbleby
Panellist:
Michael Portillo
Panellist:
Malcolm Bruce
Panellist:
Ann Taylor
Panellist:
Fay Weldon
Panellist:
Matthew Parris
Executive Producer:
George Carey
Series Editor:
Charlie Courtauld

Thriller starring Scott Glenn
When a traumatised former CIA operative takes a job as bodyguard to a rich Italian couple, whose daughter is a target for terrorists, he soon finds his emotional scars healing.
(1987, 18)
See Films: pages 52-58 *

Followed by Weather

Contributors

[Actor]:
Scott Glenn
Director:
Elie Chouraqui

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