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Second of two parts.
Perchance It Sleepeth
In 1935 the narrow gauge railway from Bamstaple to Lynton in north Devon was sold for scrap. Little now remains of the old line, yet its memory continues to haunt today's railway enthusiasts; meet some of the people who are keeping the spirit of the Lynton and Bamstaple alive. Written and narrated by Gwyn Richards.
Producer ANDREW JOHNSTON BBC West (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Gwyn Richards.
Producer:
Andrew Johnston

The Video
A furniture van, a lightweight camera and a mass of cables - just three of the things you shouldn't see on any Antiques Roadshow. Going behind the scenes when the programme visited Ventnor on the Isle of Wight revealed a programme as carefully crafted as some of the objects that turned up. Producer IAN PAUL (R)

Contributors

Producer:
Ian Paul

Last of five weekday westerns. Starring
A stagecoach hold-up starts an adventure for rangeriders Tucson, Stony and Lullaby when they try to save a friend's farm from a crooked politician.
Screenplay by ADELE BUFFINGTON Directed by WALLACE FOX
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Contributors

Unknown:
Adele Buffington
Directed By:
Wallace Fox
'Tucson' Smith:
Harry Carey
'Stony' Brooke:
Hoot Gibson
'Lullaby' Joslin:
Guinn Williams
'Sundown' Saunders:
Tom Tyler
Banker Orchan:
William Farnum
Jeff Ferguson:
Bob Steele
'Bud' Taggart:
Wally Wales
'Fin' Sharkey:
Ethan Laidlaw
Brose Glascow:
Adrian Morris
'Happy' Hopkins:
William Desmond
'Sourdough' Jenkins:
Frank Rice

Starring and The well-meaning romantic efforts of a high-spirited daughter to find a wife for her father causes hilarious complications.
Screenplay by GERTRUDE PURCELL Directed by DAVID BURTON
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Contributors

Play By:
Gertrude Purcell
Directed By:
David Burton
Christopher Drew:
Herbert Marshall
June Drew:
Anne Shirley
Miss Emerson:
Gertrude Michael
Valerie:
Margot Grahame
Miss Dell:
Clara Blandick
Billy:
Frank Coghlanjr

Introduced by David Icke and featuring:
World Darts
Further coverage of the Embassy World Professional Championship from Frimley Green. Commentators:
Sid Waddell and Tony Green.
Racing from Ascot
2.05 Munns Hurdle Race (3m)
2.35 PML Lightning Novices' Steeplechase (2m)
3.05 First National
Steeplechase (3m)
3.40 Hairy Mary Novices ' Hurdle Race (2m) Commentators:
Peter O'Sullevan and Richard Pitman.
Football
Plenty of FA Cup action to look back on as teams battle for a fourth-round place.
Decade of Sport
The ones missed in the Christmas Review - you've been asking for them! Television presentation: Darts KEITH PHILUPS Racing BOB DUNCAN including at
1.55pm and 2.55pm News and Weather

Contributors

Introduced By:
David Icke
Unknown:
Frimley Green.
Unknown:
Sid Waddell
Unknown:
Tony Green.
Unknown:
Mary Novices
Unknown:
Peter O'Sullevan
Unknown:
Richard Pitman.
Unknown:
Bob Duncan

Anagram: send straw. Clue: east coast
Scottish town.
Answer: see today's programme!
Join contestants from all over
Britain as they pit their wits and verbal skills against
Bryan the computer and his sets of letters, while host
Paul Coia ensures fair play.

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Coia

1992 is less than two years away, but Britain is well behind other European countries in language learning. In France a foreign language is now part of the national curriculum for primary schools. And in a nursery school in Calais even 3-year-olds are showing remarkable fluency in English.
With Jackie Spreckley and Jill Cochrane.
Producer JEREMY ORLEBAR
Series producer BERNARD ADAMS
9 FACTSHEET: send an A4 sae with first-class stamp to: Clean Slate, [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Jackie Spreckley
Unknown:
Jill Cochrane.
Producer:
Jeremy Orlebar
Producer:
Bernard Adams

A children's adventure starring
The young star of E. T. plays an American orphan brought up by his father's best friend in Victoria, Australia. His spirit for adventure leads him to investigate a lake which according to Aboriginal legend is a haunted site - with perhaps a monster lurking in its waters.
Screenplay by EVERETT DEROCHE Produced by BARBI TAYLOR
Directed by BRIAN TRENCHARD SMITH (First showing on British television)
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Contributors

Unknown:
E. T.
Play By:
Everett Deroche
Produced By:
Barbi Taylor
Directed By:
Brian Trenchard Smith
Cody Walpole:
Henry Thomas
Gaza:
Tony Barry
Wendy:
Rachel Friend
Jane:
Tamsin West
Charlie Pride:
Dempsey Knight
Sgt Ricketts:
John Ewart
Wheatley:
Chris Gregory

Tim Rice , absolute devotee of that most English of games, cricket, takes a nostalgic look at the development of the sport through the paintings, trophies and memorabilia that make up a remarkable 125-year-old collection amassed at Lord's by the MCC. He is joined by Sir George 'Gubby' Allen and the ever controversial
Freddie Trueman. Producer TONY RAYNER
Executive producer JOHN KING BBC Pebble Mill

Contributors

Unknown:
Tim Rice

Success in designing your own garden depends on starting off with good quality plants. How do you decide on the best buys? With Geoff Hamilton and Gay Search. Producer DENIS w. GARTSIDE BBC Pebble Mill
(Plant list on Ceefax page 617)
0 GARDENING: page 97
0 BOOK: 'First Time Planting', £6.99.
0 GARDENING AND LEISURE INFO-LINE: [number removed]: calls are charged at 38p per minute (peak), 25p per minute (off peak).
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Contributors

Unknown:
Geoff Hamilton

By Paul Smith and Terry Kyan. Starring and A Bit Whiffy
The trouble with fame is that some people get one whiff of it and they become totally self-obsessed. Not Colin, though. Not even when his first story is published in the Langley Book of Horror.
Produced and directed by JOHN KILBY
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Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Smith
Unknown:
Terry Kyan.
Directed By:
John Kilby
Colin Watkins:
Mel Smith
Jenny:
Louisa Rix
Alan:
Nicholas Ball
Travers:
Andrew Robertson
Trevor:
Tony Haase
Graham:
Lee Cornes
Vicky:
Alphonsia Emmanuel
Secretary:
Claire Toeman
Edison:
David Lyon
Man at party:
Nick Maloney
Second man at party:
Patrick Edwards

When the Prince of Wales described the proposed extension to London's National Gallery as 'a monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved friend', the plans were dropped and the search began for a different and more traditional concept. The architect charged with finding a way back to the future of this important national building, and of its environment -
Trafalgar Square - was
American Robert Venturi. His anti-modernist credentials are impeccable and he is the author of Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture, the Bible of post-modernism. This documentary looks at how Venturi approached the National Gallery project and travels with him and his architect wife to review their work in America and Europe. Produced and directed by MICHAEL BLACKWOOD

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Venturi.
Directed By:
Michael Blackwood

Embassy World Professional Championship
The championship is now within the reach of the last four players, with the winner to collect £24,000.
Tony Gubba introduces highlights of both matches from Frimley Green. Commentators:
Sid Waddell and Tony Green.

Contributors

Introduces:
Tony Gubba
Unknown:
Sid Waddell
Unknown:
Tony Green.

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