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Simon Parkin with Sunday's entertainment, starting with:

Popeye and Son
Today's stories: Junior Gets a Job Surf Movie

9.55am Blue Peter Omnibus
Catch up on the Blue Peter happenings of the past week.
Producers NICK HEATHCOATE, ANDREW WHITMAN, OLIVER MACFARLANE Editor LEWIS BRONZE

10.45am Boss Cat
Hawaii, Here We Come
Boss Cat and the gang nearly realise a life-long ambition. (R)

11.10am
Gentle Ben
with Dennis Weaver and Clint Howard
A series about the adventures of Mark and his gentle pet, the giant bear called Ben.
The Great Mail Boat Robbery Ben's sweet tooth leads him into trouble and he is accused of stealing a United States mailboat.
Producer GEORGE SHERMAN (R)

11.40am
Reportage
DEF II's new magazine brings you a mix of news, fashion, sport and music. Executive producer JANET STREET-PORTER
BBC Manchester

Contributors

Presenter ("Now on Two"):
Simon Parkin
Producer ("Blue Peter"):
Nick Heathcoate
Producer ("Blue Peter"):
Andrew Whitman
Producer ("Blue Peter"):
Oliver MacFarlane
Editor ("Blue Peter"):
Lewis Bronze
Contributor ("Gentle Ben"):
Dennis Weaver
Contributor ("Gentle Ben"):
Clint Howard
Producer ("Gentle Ben"):
George Sherman
Executive Producer ("Reportage"):
Janet Street-Porter

from Adelaide, Australia
The drivers' championship may already be decided, but a lot of pride will be at stake for this, the final grand prix of the season. Can new world champion AYRTON SENNA of Brazil improve on his record eight wins, or will his
McLaren-Honda team-mate,
Frenchman ALAIN PROST , gain a consolation victory? Because of the new regulations this will be the farewell of the turbo engine. Commentators
MURRAY WALKER and JAMES HUNT
Television presentation CHANNEL 9. Australia
Producer CHARLES BALCHIN

Contributors

Unknown:
Ayrton Senna
Unknown:
Alain Prost
Unknown:
Murray Walker
Producer:
Charles Balchin

Benson and Hedges Championships from Wembley Arena Who will win this prestigious title and a first prize worth more than £36,000? Live coverage of this afternoon's final. Introduced by BARRY DAVIES
Commentators DAN MASKELL, JOHN BARRETT, GERALD WILLIAMS, MARK COX
Producers ALASTAIR SCOTT. WENDY SHEPPARD

Contributors

Introduced By:
Barry Davies
Unknown:
Dan Maskell
Unknown:
John Barrett
Unknown:
Gerald Williams
Unknown:
Alastair Scott
Unknown:
Wendy Sheppard

featuring
South of Scotland v Australia
Wales v Western Samoa The Wallabies are now in Scotland and play their second match north of the border in Hawick.
This weekend, say farewell to the Samoans, who have the toughest test of their tour against the full Welsh side. It's also a Courage League day and Rugby Special brings you one of the top matches from the First Division, plus the inter-provincial match from
Ireland - ULSTER V LEINSTER. Introduced by CHRIS REA
Commentators BILL MCLAREN
NIGEL STARMER-SMITH
ALAN WILKINS , JIM NEILLY Executive producer
JOHNNIE WATHERSTON

Contributors

Introduced By:
Chris Rea
Commentators:
Bill McLaren
Unknown:
Nigel Starmer-Smith
Unknown:
Alan Wilkins
Unknown:
Johnnie Watherston

The Journey of Gerald through Wales
A man gets eaten alive by toads; lakes groan and change colour; venom spitting weasels attempt to murder a baby - just some of the extraordinary stories reported by Gerald the Welshman. Exactly 800 years ago he accompanied a small band of churchmen as they travelled around Wales recruiting fighting men for the Third Crusade. His diary includes 'much unusual description and remarkable excursions into natural history', and provides a fascinating window on the colourful yet distorted landscape of medieval Wales. Photography MAURICE FISHER and GEOFF GARTSIDE
Film editor LIZ THOYTS
Written and produced by MARTIN HUGHES GAMES
Series editor ANDREW NEAL BBC Bristol
* FEATURE: page 106

Contributors

Unknown:
Maurice Fisher
Produced By:
Martin Hughes

A series of eight films
6: From Corset to Comfort This century cheaper materials and mass production have opened the world of fashion to a wider market than ever before. The emancipation of women has brought the greatest revolution in dress since people first started wearing clothes. Designers, photographers, models - and the public they are trying to impress - give an entertaining picture of the changing influence behind fashion. Film researcher
CHRISTINE WHITTAKER
Researcher AMANDA CASSON Producer NIKKI CHEETHAM

Contributors

Unknown:
Christine Whittaker
Unknown:
Researcher Amanda Casson
Producer:
Nikki Cheetham

Countryside Blues
Written and presented by Jonathon Porritt
The pressure on the countryside is greater now than ever before. Changes in farming practices, rapid rural housing development and changing social patterns have combined to pose a threat to the idyllic vision of the countryside.
Jonathon Porritt , Director of the Friends of the Earth, argues that the quality of our environment must be of paramount importance. Film editor POLLY MOSELEY Producer ROGER LAST Executive producer
CHRISTOPHER MARTIN

Contributors

Presented By:
Jonathon Porritt
Unknown:
Jonathon Porritt
Editor:
Polly Moseley
Unknown:
Christopher Martin

starring Emilio Estevez Molly Ringwald
They are five total strangers with nothing in common who are thrown together for punishment - a brain, a beauty, an athlete, a rebel and a recluse. Before the day is over, they will break the rules, bare their souls and find friendship in the unlikeliest of places.
John Hughes 's witty and emotional comedy drama launched 'the brat pack'.
Produced by NED TANEN and JOHN HUGHES
Written and directed by JOHN HUGHES (First showing on British television)
• IN THE PICTURE: page 30
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Contributors

Unknown:
Emilio Estevez
Unknown:
Molly Ringwald
Unknown:
John Hughes
Produced By:
Ned Tanen
Unknown:
John Hughes
Directed By:
John Hughes
Andrew:
Emilio Estevez
Richard:
Paul Gleason
Brian:
Anthony Michael Hall
Carl:
John Kapelos
John:
Judd Nelson
Claire:
Molly Ringwald
Allison:
Ally Sheedy
Allison's father:
Perry Crawford

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