Listings
: Breakfast Time
with Frank Bough and Debbie Greenwood Timetable:News on the hour and half hour read by Sue Carpenter
Weather at 6.55, 7.25, 7.55,
8.25, 8.55
News, weather and travel from local BBC studios at
6.57, 7.27, 7.57, 8.27
Sports news at 7.20 and 8.20 Morning's papers at 8.37 Including this morning:
Zoe View - Breakfast Time's teenage correspondent
Zoe Brown files her latest report; and Richard Smith takes your medical calls on [number removed]
Contributors
Unknown:
Frank
Bough
Unknown:
Debbie
Greenwood
Read By:
Sue
Carpenter
Unknown:
Zoe
View
Unknown:
Zoe
Brown
Unknown:
Richard
Smith
: The Parent Programme
How to cope with, survive and enjoy your under-5s with Francis Wilson and Miriam O'Reilly Shock of the NewParents from many different backgrounds talk about giving birth and getting to know their babies. Director ANNE O'DWYER
Series producer BERNARD ADAMS (R) The Parent Programme helpline is available to provide advice and information on [number removed]or in Scotland [number removed]
Contributors
Unknown:
Francis
Wilson
Unknown:
Miriam
O'Reilly
Director:
Anne
O'Dwyer
Producer:
Bernard
Adams
: Play School
If you want to be a monster, now your chance,'Cause everybody's doing the monster dance!
Presenter Floella Benjamin Guest Ben Bazell
Story: Where the Wild Things Are
Written and illustrated by MAURICE SENDAK (R)
Contributors
Presenter:
Floella
Benjamin
Presenter:
Guest Ben
Bazell
Illustrated By:
Maurice
Sendak
: News After Noon
with Richard Whitmore and Moira StuartNews Headlines with subtitles
12.55 Regional News
Weather News BILL GILES
Contributors
Unknown:
Richard
Whitmore
Unknown:
Moira
Stuart
Unknown:
News
Headlines
: Pebble Mill at One
at the National Garden Festival Today the gates open for Britain's first NationalGarden Festival at Stoke-on-Trent. Direct from the Pebble Mill Gardens at the festival, Magnus Magnusson , Peter Seabrook and Chris Baines take a look round the colourful 180-acre site which has been reclaimed from the derelict Shelton Steelworks.
Contributors
Unknown:
Magnus
Magnusson
Unknown:
Peter
Seabrook
Unknown:
Chris
Baines
: Hokey Cokey
A See-Saw programme Get ready for blast off. 5-4-3-2-1... we're heading for the moon! With Chloe Ashcroft and Don SpencerMusical director RICHARD BROWN Percussion PETER HOWLAND
Script associate ROBIN HALDANE Produced by CHRISTINE HEWITT Executive producer
CYNTHIA FELGATE (R)
Songs from this series on BBC record and cassette
RECiZCM 557 from retailers
Contributors
Unknown:
Chloe
Ashcroft
Unknown:
Don
Spencer
Director:
Richard
Brown
Director:
Percussion Peter
Howland
Unknown:
Robin
Haldane
Produced By:
Christine
Hewitt
Unknown:
Cynthia
Felgate
: World Snooker
Embassy World Professional Snooker Championship The dust has settled on yesterday's quarter-finals and DAVID ICKE looks at the semi-finalists and how they got there as the two tables in the Crucible are reduced to one. At 2.30* DAVID VINE introduces Snooker Break and at 2.50 reveals who has won Shot of the Decade - and tickets for Sunday's and Monday's final.(Coverage continues on BBC2)
Contributors
Unknown:
David
Icke
: Lay on Five
with Floella Benjamin and Robin StevensFloella puts on her flippers and snorkel today, and joins in the fun at the Kingfisher Swimming Pool. Meanwhile, Fribble has a terrible tale to tell about ferocious pirates who roam the high seas. There's water, water everywhere.... and certain people are going to get rather wet!
Musical director PETER GOSLING Percussion WILL HILL Executive producer CYNTHIA FELGATE
Director ALISON STEWART
Producer CHRISTINE HEWITT
Contributors
Unknown:
Floella
Benjamin
Unknown:
Robin
Stevens
Director:
Peter
Gosling
Producer:
Cynthia
Felgate
Director:
Alison
Stewart
Producer:
Christine
Hewitt
: Laurel and Hardy
try some magic in the little house in the forest in Witch Switch: Jonny Briggs
A serial in 13 episodes from a story by JOAN EADINGTONPart 8 by VALERIE GEORGESON The moment has come: who will be chosen to look after Benny Buck in the school holidays? (R)
Contributors
Story By:
Joan
Eadington
Unknown:
Valerie
Georgeson
Unknown:
Benny
Buck
: Ulysses 31: Calypso
Calypso, the green-eyed queen of the Crystal planet, is ordered by the gods to crush Ulysses but, when he visits her, she falls in love with him instead ...: Blue Peter
with Simon Groom, Janet Ellis and Peter DuncanTake a Deep Breath!
Janet plunges in at the deep end and reports on Britain's first underwater concert - where the audience dive down to hear the submerged band, complete with snorkels, flippers and compressed air tanks. Discover the art of underwater communication as Janet meets aqua-clowns, frogs, steel drummers, mermaids and dolphins.
(Subtitles)
Contributors
Presenter:
Simon
Groom
Presenter:
Janet
Ellis
Presenter:
Peter
Duncan
Assistant Editor:
Lewis
Bronze
Editor:
Biddy
Baxter
: Go for It!
with Robbie Vincent and Angharad MairCan you match up to the Go for It! challenge? This week an Irish family bare their health to the two inquisitors in the Go for It! test.
And do babies sink or swim? Producer PAUL SIMONS
Editor DAVID CORDINGLEY
For info pack with do-it-yourself health assessment, send large (22p) sae to: Go for It!, [address removed]
* CEEFAX SUBTITLES
Contributors
Unknown:
Robbie
Vincent
Unknown:
Angharad
Mair
Producer:
Paul
Simons
Editor:
David
Cordingley
: Six O'Clock News
Sue Lawley and Nicholas Witchell present the latest pictures, stories and events of the day fromBritain and around the world followed by Weather News
Contributors
Unknown:
Nicholas
Witchell
: Regional news magazines
London Plus, SpotlightSouth Today, Points West Look East, Look North North West Tonight Midlands Today
: Top of the Pops
Presenting hits and videos from the Top 40.Introduced by Mike Smith Sound NEIL SADWICK
Lighting CLIVE THOMAS
Designer ROSEMARY HESTER Production MICHAEL HURLL
Contributors
Introduced By:
Mike
Smith
Unknown:
Clive
Thomas
Designer:
Rosemary
Hester
: EastEnders
by Jane Hollowood.'Marriage - it's just an institution to keep us down'.
Record or cassette, EastEnders Singalong, REH/ZCR 586 from retailers
(Ceefax Subtitles)
Contributors
Writer:
Jane
Hollowood
Director:
Tony
Virgo
Sue Osman:
Sandy
Ratcliff
Ali Osman:
Nejdet
Salih
Andy O'Brien:
Ross
Davidson
Den Watts:
Leslie
Grantham
Lofty Holloway:
Tom
Watt
Lou Beale:
Anna
Wing
Angie Watts:
Anita
Dobson
Simon Wicks:
Nick
Berry
Arthur Fowler:
Bill
Treacher
Dot Cotton:
June
Brown
Nick Cotton:
John
Altman
Delivery man:
Martyn
Whitby
Ethel Skinner:
Gretchen
Franklin
Tracey:
Jane
Slaughter
Lil:
Jeannie
Taylor
Kathy Beale:
Gillian
Taylforth
Pete Beale:
Peter
Dean
Kelvin Carpenter:
Paul J.
Medford
Mary Smith:
Linda
Davidson
Mehmet Osman:
Haluk
Bilginer
Guizin Osman:
Isiua
Bennison
Dr Legg:
Leonard
Fenton
Pauline Fowler:
Wendy
Richard
Michelle Fowler:
Susan
Tully
: Tomorrow's World
with Maggie Philbin Howard Stableford Judith Hann and Peter Macann bringing you the new and fantastic from the world of science.This week: Intelligent Plastic 'Smart' banking cards which store all the details of your bank account have yet to reach this country.
But a similar card, which means you can carry your medical history with you wherever you go, is about to be launched. Producers
MARTIN FREETH. CYNTHIA PAGE
MARTIN MORTIMORE , DANA PURVIS Studio director JULIE harrup Editor RICHARD REISZ
Contributors
Unknown:
Maggie
Philbin
Unknown:
Howard
Stableford
Unknown:
Judith
Hann
Unknown:
Peter
MacAnn
Unknown:
Martin
Freeth.
Unknown:
Cynthia
Page
Unknown:
Martin
Mortimore
Editor:
Richard
Reisz
: A Question of Sport
Bill Beaumont and Emlyn Hughes captain two teams of sporting celebrities in the last programme of the current series.An international line-up includes the two captains who will be facing each other next week in the first all-
Merseyside FA Cup Final: from Everton and Wales, Kevin Ratcliffe ; and from Liverpool and Scotland, Alan Hansen.
They're joined by two top sportsmen from abroad: from Test cricket, New Zealand's Richard Hadlee , one of the world's great all-rounders; and from Pakistan, Jahangir Khan , the reigning World
Squash Champion, unbeaten since collecting his first world title five years ago. David Coleman questions their knowledge of the faces, facts and feats in sport. Director JOHN TAIT
Producer MIKE ADLEY BBC Manchester
* CEEFAX SUBTITLES
Contributors
Unknown:
Emlyn
Hughes
Unknown:
Kevin
Ratcliffe
Unknown:
Alan
Hansen.
Unknown:
Richard
Hadlee
Unknown:
Jahangir
Khan
Unknown:
David
Coleman
Director:
John
Tait
Producer:
Mike
Adley
: Nine O'Clock News
Julia Somerville and John Humphrys present the day's news with BBC teams at home and abroad Regional News Weather NewsContributors
Unknown:
Julia
Somerville
Unknown:
John
Humphrys
: Bread
Written by Carla LaneThe story of the Boswells, a family of lovable rogues - their unity, loyalty and ability to survive in today's world of unemployment with the help of a little gentle skulduggery.
Title song by David Mackay
Film cameraman Rex Maidment Film recordist Terry Elms Designer Gary Pritchard Directed by Susan Belbin Produced by Robin Nash Feature: page 4
Contributors
Writer:
Carla
Lane
Title song:
David
MacKay
Cameraman:
Rex
Maidment
Film recordist:
Terry
Elms
Designer:
Gary
Pritchard
Director:
Susan
Belbin
Producer:
Robin
Nash
Mrs Boswell:
Jean
Boht
Adrian Boswell:
Jonathon
Morris
Joey Boswell:
Peter
Howitt
Aveline Boswell:
Gilly
Coman
Jack Boswell:
Victor
McGuire
Julie:
Caroline
Milmoe
Billy Boswell:
Nick
Conway
Grandad:
Kenneth
Waller
Mr Kelly:
Eddie
Ross
DHSS clerk:
Pamela
Power
Boy:
Ben
Davis
DHSS claimant:
Josie
Kidd
DHSS claimant:
Jan
Davies
Van driver:
Tony
Scoggo
Blog posts that mention this programme:
The Sunday Post: Wendy Craig
4 December 2016
Carla's decades of comedy
4 May 2016
: Birdwatch Live from Florida
Last of three programmes Live from the EvergladesBBC cameras go deep into the vast, marshy wetland of the Everglades National Park, hoping for pictures of the anhinga - the 'darter' bird - which swims underwater to spear fish.
Tony Soper completes his week's birdwatching in Florida with this report from the hot, steamy southern tip of the Sunshine State. Also in the Everglades: herons, ibis, egrets, and some rarities - snail kite and limpkin; and alligators, of course.
Plus pictures from the sanctuary at Corkscrew Swamp, one of the last remaining areas of virgin bald cypress - the oldest trees in eastern North America.
The following titles are available as BBC records or cassettes:
Sound Guide to Waders in Britain on REQZCM 545
Your Favourite Bird Songs on REQZCM 511
British Wild Birds in Stereo on REQZCM 4008
Bird Spot on REC/ZCM 438
Contributors
Unknown:
Tony
Soper
: Question Time
from AberdeenThe weekly opportunity for the general public to pose the questions and debate the answers with those in power, those who seek it and those who influence events.
Sir Robin Day and his guests go to Scotland to face the questions and arguments of an Aberdeen audience.
Around the Question Time table at the University of Aberdeen are:
Margaret Ewing
Archy Kirkwood , mp
DAOonagh McDonald , mp Geoffrey Pattie , mp Director ANN MORLEY
Producer ANNA CARRAGHER Editor BARBARA MAXWELL
Contributors
Unknown:
Sir Robin
Day
Unknown:
Margaret
Ewing
Unknown:
Archy
Kirkwood
Unknown:
Daoonagh
McDonald
Unknown:
Geoffrey
Pattie
Director:
Ann
Morley
Editor:
Barbara
Maxwell
: World Snooker
Second Semi-finalDAVID VINE introduces further coverage of the first eight frames of this best-of-31-frames match from Sheffield. Commentators TED LOWE
JACK KARNEHM , CLIVE EVERTON Summarisers
JIM MEADOWCROFT
JOHN VIRGO , JOHN SPENCER Television presentation
KEITH PHILLIPS. MIKE ADLEY
ALAN GRIFFITHS , PETER HAYWARD Producer KEITH MACKENZIE
Executive producer NICK HUNTER
Contributors
Commentators:
Ted
Lowe
Unknown:
Jack
Karnehm
Unknown:
Clive
Everton
Unknown:
Jim
Meadowcroft
Unknown:
John
Virgo
Unknown:
John
Spencer
Unknown:
Keith
Phillips.
Unknown:
Mike
Adley
Unknown:
Alan
Griffiths
Unknown:
Peter
Hayward
Producer:
Keith
MacKenzie
Producer:
Nick
Hunter
: Weather
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