Introduced by Simon Parkin and Philippa Forrester.
7.25 Hallo Spencer - puppet fun 7.45 Playdays - Dot Stop
8.05 Two by Two - music and animal fun 8.20 Babar - animation 8.45 Telling Tales -
The Dinner of Smells (Stereo; 9.00 Legend of Prince Valiant - animated adventures (Stereo) 9.25 Blue Peter Omnibus 10.15
Defenders of the Earth - cartoon (Rpt. Teletext) 10.40 Strangers - drama mystery (Rpt. Teletext) 11.10 Boxpops- exploring work 11.50 The 0 Zone - pop news (Stereo;
The weekly political review. Presented by Laurie Mayer , with reports from Jonathan Beale and Carolyn Quinn. ● REGIONAL PROGRAMME
New Zealand v England
Highlights of the second day's play from Christchurch.
A tale of canine heroism. Timmy and his courageous dog are stranded in the Canadian wilderness.
With Jon Provost.
Director William Beaudine ● FILMS: pages27-32
Highlights of the action events from the prestigious dog show. Introduced by Peter Purves. ● STEREO
BBC2's Opera Season continues with this film of Frederick Delius's fourth opera, made on location in rural Czechoslovakia and conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras. Based on the short story by Gottfried Keller, it is a modern version of Shakespeare's tragic love story.
(Stereo)
Featuring Scotland v England Ireland v Wales
Highlights of the Royal Bank international at Murrayfield and the Digital international in Dublin. With Chris Rea.
Executive producer Johnnie Watherston
The best downhillers test their nerve and skill on the Streiff in the Austrian Tyrol, the most awesome men's downhill run in the world. With David Vine.
Producer Mark Wilkin
Executive producer Jim Reside
News from the worlds of business and economics.
Editor David Nissan
Robert Lindsay narrates three programmes exploring the raw forces that control life on earth.
1: Fuel Rations. The fast cars and flashy lifestyles of the human environment seem far removed from the world of the wildebeest and the whale, but both depend upon an energy supply created by plants, using sunlight. These fuel rations from plants shape all animal lives, and ultimately ours, too. We're all "prisoners of the sun". Producer Keith Scholey
Series editor Mike Salisbury
0 TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888
Another witty tale of angst from the USA.
Drive She Said. Could Kaplan's driving school hold the answer to Robin's problems?
Director Larry Sheldon
Weekly television review with Jeremy Paxman and guests. Editor Anne Tyerman ● STEREO
A new series of BBC films begins with an extraordinary, true story. Starring Mark Rylance
Brutalised at home and school, John Healy drinks a promising boxing career into the "grass arena" - the savage community of vagrant alcoholics. He drifts towards certain death, until a fellow prisoner teaches him chess. His striking new talent leads him to compete in championships where he plays for recognition and a chance to belong. This film won the Michael Powell Award for Best
Feature Film at last year's
Edinburgh Film Festival and the Grand Prix at the Dinard
Film Festival in France.
Screenplay Frank Deasy , based on John Healy 's autobiography
Producer Ruth Baumgarten Director Gillies MacKinnon
0 TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888
0 DRAMA: page 4; FILMS: pages 27-32
Ronald Harwood 's adaptation of his award-winning play. Starring Albert Finney
Tom Courtenay
A boorish actor-manager, who is having trouble keeping his company on the road, is attended by his long-suffering, outrageously camp "dresser".
Producer/Director Peter Yates ● FILMS: pages 27-32
Featuring the Levellers.
