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10.30 Hotch Potch House (ages 3-5) Just the Same Stereo 5590456 10.50 Focus
(ages 9-13) Stereo 4205659 11.00 Look and Read (ages 7-9) stereo 5996920 11.20 Short Circuit (ages 14-16)
11.40 English Time (ages 11-14)
Throwaways (episode two) ♦ See Polly Toynbee : page 14
12.00 English File (ages 14-17) Rollof Thunder(episodetwo)

Contributors

Unknown:
Polly Toynbee

Introduced by Helen Rollason.
Table Tennis Action from the finals of the English Open championships, at Kettering Arena. Some of the world's top players, including Britain's Carl Prean , Matthew Syed , Chen Xinhua and Lisa Lomas , are competing in the tournament, the last major competition before the World championships begin in April. Commentary byTonyGubba and Donald Parker. Rugby Union Alookaheadtothe weekend's Five Nations matches, with Scotland taking on Wales at Murrayfield, and Ireland facing France in Dublin.
EditorPeterAllden Stereo ....
Including at 3.00 News Regional News and Weather

Contributors

Introduced By:
Helen Rollason.
Unknown:
Kettering Arena.
Unknown:
Carl Prean
Unknown:
Matthew Syed
Unknown:
Chen Xinhua
Unknown:
Lisa Lomas
Unknown:
Donald Parker.

Kill Straker. Commander Straker faces a grim challenge from two loyal members of Shado.
Commander Straker ED BISHOP, Colonel Freeman
GEORGE SEWELL , Colonel Foster MICHAEL
BILUNGTON, Lt Ellis GABRIELLE DRAKE , Gen
Henderson GRANTTAYLOR, Lt Ford KEITH
ALEXANDER. Frank Craig DAVID SUMNER
Written by Donald James ; Director Alan Perry
FirstshownonlTV

Contributors

Unknown:
George Sewell
Unknown:
Colonel Foster Michael
Unknown:
Lt Ellis Gabrielle Drake
Unknown:
Lt Ford Keith
Written By:
Donald James
Director:
Alan Perry

News from the world of entertainment, featuring Ian Broudie of the Lightning Seeds and Cliff Richard, star of the musical Heathcliff.

(Revised repeat tomorrow in Live and Kicking on BBC1) (Stereo)

Contributors

Guest:
Ian Broudie
Guest:
Cliff Richard
Producer:
Chris Bellinger

The Island of Mull
Wilderness walker Cameron
McNeishisjoined by shadow
Health Secretary Chris Smith to explore the island of Mull, including its only Munro, Ben More. See today's choices.
Director/Series producer Richard Else

Contributors

Unknown:
Chris Smith

Second of a rerun of the series giving gardening tips for absolute beginners, with expert Helen Yemm.
Tonight's programme considers how a tatty lawn can be rescued, and the alternatives if it is beyond redemption. Also, howcolourcan make walls and fences an asset to any garden, and how to grow climbing plants. Producer Gay Search
Repeat Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Helen Yemm.

A second chance to see the series in which celebrities talk to Nick Hancock about the things they hate most. This week's guest is actor Richard Wilson. Director John FD Northover; Producer Lissa Evans
Repeat Stereo
Followed by Video Nation Shorts

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Hancock
Unknown:
Richard Wilson.
Producer:
Lissa Evans

A new science fiction series from two of the regular X Files producers, Glen Morgan and James Wong.
The Farthest Man from Home. The sole survivor of the attack on the Tellus colony is brought to the spacecraft carrier USS Saratoga, where he is kept in isolation and interrogated by a civilian. West, desperate for news of Kylen, disobeys orders and leaves on a foolhardy mission to find his lost love.

Contributors

Producers:
Glen Morgan
Producers:
James Wong.
Nathan West:
Morgan Weisser
Shane Vansen:
Kristen Cloke
Cooper Hawkes:
Rodney Rowland
Vanessa Damphouss:
E Lanei Chapman
Paul Wang:
Joel De La Fuente
Colonel McQueen:
James Morrison

Coming-of-age drama starring
River Phoenix
Chicago 1962: 17-year-old
Jimmy Reardon and his family have arrived in the posh suburb of Evanston. Jimmy loves poetry and girls and is trying to raise the fare to Hawaii in pursuit of his true love, but his conventional dad just wants him to go to business school. A family crisis looms. Suzie LOUANNE
Director William Richert (1988, 15) ♦ See Films: pages 56-61 ***
Followed byWeatherview

Contributors

Unknown:
Jimmy Reardon
Unknown:
Evanston. Jimmy
Director:
William Richert
Jimmy Reardon:
River Phoenix
Lisa:
Meredith Salenger
Fred:
Matthewl Perry
Denise:
Ione Skye
Joyce:
Ann Magnuson
Mr Reardon:
Paul Koslo
Mrs Reardon:
Jane Hallaren

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