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A miscellany series for young children. Rain Stops Play.
Cosmo and Dibs are building a sandcastle when it rains. Presented by Annette Badland. With Frances Kay and Francis Wright.
Producers Julie Callanan and Cas Lester

Contributors

Presented By:
Annette Badland.
Unknown:
Frances Kay
Unknown:
Francis Wright.
Producers:
Julie Callanan
Producers:
Cas Lester

Chaal
A ten-part course for beginners in spoken Hindi and Urdu presented by Sneh Gupta and Omar Salimi. 3: Visiting a Family. Anita Bhalla is introduced to her friend Shain's family.

Contributors

Presented By:
Sneh Gupta
Presented By:
Omar Salimi.
Unknown:
Anita Bhalla

Places of Work. Myfanwy Talog , on her white bike, leads us around Wales, looking at buildings. Director William Davies
Producer Selwyn Roderick
A Teliesyn production for BBCtv

Contributors

Unknown:
Myfanwy Talog
Director:
William Davies
Producer:
Selwyn Roderick

With gardens getting smaller and smaller, is there room to grow fruit and vegetables? In the first of six programmes Geoff Hamilton shows how a modern kitchen garden can be made without compromising its look and without resorting to chemicals.
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Contributors

Unknown:
Geoff Hamilton

Starring Elvis Presley, Juliet Prowse

Music and romance win over the military in this fictionalised version of Elvis Presley's own army service in West Germany. As GI Tulsa McCauley, who takes the US army by storm, Elvis is joined by vivacious dancer Juliet Prowse.

Films: pages 25-30

Contributors

Director:
Norman Taurog
Tulsa McCauley:
Elvis Presley
Lili:
Juliet Prowse
Rick:
James Douglas
Cooky:
Robert Ivers
Tina:
Leticia Roman
Maria:
Sigrid Maier
Sergeant McGraw:
Arch Johnson

As the Labour leader, the Rt Hon Neil Kinnock , MP, delivers his keynote speech at Blackpool, and the party lays out its stall for the next general election, Jonathan Dimbleby examines some of the issues about which opinion in the party is divided, including the block vote, and electoral reform.

Contributors

Unknown:
Neil Kinnock
Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby

Another chance to see Alan Plater 's
seven-part adaptation of Anthony Trollope 's Barchester novels, The Warden and Barchester Towers starring
Donald Pleasence
Nigel Hawthorne
Geraldine McEwan
Susan Hampshire
6:
Misunderstandings have proliferated between the Grantlys and Eleanor.
Producer Jonathan Powell Director David Giles (R)
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Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Plater
Unknown:
Anthony Trollope
Unknown:
Donald Pleasence
Unknown:
Nigel Hawthorne
Unknown:
Geraldine McEwan
Unknown:
Susan Hampshire
Producer:
Jonathan Powell
Director:
David Giles
Septimus Harding:
Donald Pleasence
Mrs Proudie:
Geraldine McEwan
Dr Grantly:
Nigel Hawthorne
Signora Madeline Neroni:
Susan Hampshire
Eleanor:
Janet Maw
Mary Bold:
Barbara Flynn
Dr Proudie:
Clive Swift
Obadiah Slope:
Alan Rickman
Charlotte:
Susan Edmonstone
Bertie Stanhope:
Peter Blythe
Dean:
Mischa de la Motte
Francis Arabin:
Derek New
Miss Thorne:
Ursula Howells
Plomacy:
Roger Booth
Wilfred:
Richard Leech
Mrs Grantly:
Angela Pleasence
Dr Gwynne:
Trevor Baxter
Harry Greenacre:
Ian Brimble

Starring
Rita Rudner and her special guest Jennifer Saunders.
Singer, actress, dancer, comedienne: these are just some of the words the popular American comic can spell. Rita Rudner 's first British series features stand-up comedy, sketches and songs. With Martin Bergman , Geoff McGivern and Michael Fenton Stevens. Director/Producer Kevin Bishop

Contributors

Unknown:
Rita Rudner
Singer:
Jennifer Saunders.
Unknown:
Rita Rudner
Unknown:
Martin Bergman
Unknown:
Geoff McGivern
Unknown:
Michael Fenton Stevens.

A five-part series investigating what medical negligence is and what happens when patients believe they are victims of doctor's mistakes.
4: The American Way. 'We in Britain are going down the same road as America - and it will be a disaster for patients as well as doctors.'
In the USA, a mother-to-be has a one-in-four chance of her baby being delivered by caesarean section. It is that common because doctors fear being sued and, in many cases operate 'just to be on the safe side'. Legal actions against doctors have increased to the point that many are now ceasing to practise. Is the same thing about to happen here in Britain? Series producer John Groom
Executive producer David Paterson
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Contributors

Producer:
John Groom
Producer:
David Paterson

A series of short films by writers new to television. Today's drama, written by Paul Cornell, is a black comedy set in the Fenlands after the greenhouse effect has taken its toll. Four unlikely characters search for a meaning in a world where the human race has no future.

Book: 'Debut on Two - a Guide to Writing for Television' price £4.99, available front booksellers.

Contributors

Writer:
Paul Cornell
Director:
Bob Blagden
Producer:
Phillippa Giles
Producer:
Vicky Licorish
Emily:
Rita Wolf
Wayne:
David Hargreaves
Keef:
Pete Postlethwaite
Mitch:
Laurance Rudic

Charles Wheeler is in Berlin as the countdown to German reunification at midnight begins. Jeremy Paxman in London and Peter Snow at the Labour Party conference in Blackpool present the other major stories of the day.

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Wheeler
Unknown:
Jeremy Paxman
Unknown:
Peter Snow

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