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A serial in 13 episodes, from a story by Joan Eadington.
5: Jonny tries to get his own back on Rita but, as usual, things don't go as planned.
Written by Valerie Georgeson

Contributors

Story By:
Joan Eadington.
Written By:
Valerie Georgeson
Jonny:
Richard Holian
Mam:
Jane Lowe
Dad:
Leslie Schofield
Rita:
Sue Devaney
Albert:
Tommy Robinson
Humphrey:
Jeremy Austin

The original nine-part series.
5: Trisha likes helping out in the biology lab but one lunchtime everything goes wrong.
Written and devised by Phil Redmond

Contributors

Unknown:
Phil Redmond
Trisha Yates:
Michelle Herbert
Judy Preston:
Abigail Brown
Tucker Jenkins:
Todd Carty
Mr Rankin:
Blake Butler
Miss Clarke:
Jill Dixon

Introduced by Steve Rider
Provisional Timetable
12.35 Rugby league
1.00 Basketball semi-finals
1.45 Rugby union
2.15 Snookerfinal (frames 1-4) Followed by Hockey
Snooker final (frames 5-7) Hockey
And the Basketball final
Snooker
Embassy World Championship from the Crucible, Sheffield.
Live coverage of the first seven frames of the best-of-35 frame final. Commentary by Ted Lowe , Jack Karnehm and Clive Everton.
Basketball
Carlsberg Championship finals from Wembley. Semi-final and final action from the annual end-of-season basketball showpiece event.
Commentary by Stuart Storey and Bill Beswick.
Hockey
Royal Bank of Scotland Hockey Association Cup final from
Milton Keynes. Hounslow are going for a third successive English National Knockout
Club Championship in a repeat of last year's final against
Middlesex rivals Teddington. Commentary by Barry Davies and Ian Taylor.
Rugby Union
A look back at yesterday's
Pilkington Cup final between
Leicester - inspired as ever by the Underwood brothers Rory and Tony - and Harlequins, who lost to Bath in extra time last year having won their previous two finals in 1988 and 1991. Commentary by Nigel Starmer-Smith .
Rugby League
Highlights of yesterday's
Wembley encounter between Wigan and Widnes for the Silk Cut Challenge Cup.
Commentary by Ray French .
Producer Martin Hopkins

Contributors

Introduced By:
Steve Rider
Commentary By:
Ted Lowe
Commentary By:
Jack Karnehm
Commentary By:
Stuart Storey
Commentary By:
Bill Beswick.
Commentary By:
Barry Davies
Commentary By:
Ian Taylor.
Commentary By:
Nigel Starmer-Smith
Commentary By:
Ray French
Producer:
Martin Hopkins

With fewer people likely to hold a job for life, Tessa Curtis reports on the rise of contractual, or non-salaried employment. Can Britain reap the economic benefits of a more flexible workforce without creating a new under-class? Producer Frances Weil
Editor Jane Ellison

Contributors

Unknown:
Tessa Curtis
Producer:
Frances Weil
Editor:
Jane Ellison

Hendry, White, Parrott, Davis, Wattana, McManus: of the 32 hopefuls who started out in Sheffield over a fortnight ago, only these half-dozen had a realistic chance of survival through to the Final, in most experts' opinions. How has it turned out?

Robert Aldrich directed this adaptation of James Hadley Chase's tough thriller No
Orchids for Miss Blandish, starring Kim Darby, Tony Musante
Kansas City, 1931: kidnapped heiress Barbara Blandish falls prey to the notorious Grissom Gang. But although the one million dollars ransom is paid, Miss Blandish is not released.
(Subtitled)
See Films pages 43-51

Contributors

Based on the novel "No Orchids for Miss Blandish" by:
James Hadley Chase
Director:
Robert Aldrich
Barbara Blandish:
Kim Darby
Eddie Hagan:
Tony Musante
Slim Grissom:
Scott Wilson
Ma Grissom:
Irene Dailey

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