Listings
Starting with
6.30-6.55 Business Breakfast
Followed at 7.00am by the morning news programme with headlines or summaries every quarter hour.
(For details see Monday)
The magazine programme with a regional flavour.
9.00 News and Weather
9.05 Kilroy
Topical discussion with Robert Kilroy-Silk
9.50 Dish of the Day
Helpful hints on how to turn a meal into an event 10.00 News and Weather
10.05-10.35 Children's BBC
Introduced by Simon Parkin
Playdays - the Playbus stops today at the Tent Stop
(R)
10.25 Stoppit and Tidyup
Cartoon narrated by Terry Wogan
(R)
10.35 Going for Gold
Quiz show
(R)
11.00 News and Weather
11.05 People Today
12.00 News and Weather
12.05 Royal Appointment
HM the Queen's former Press Secretary, Ronald Allison, presents a series of royal profiles and interviews and gives the latest news on forthcoming royal events.
12.20 Scene Today
12.55 Regional News and Weather
Contributors
Presenter (Kilroy):
Robert
Kilroy-Silk
Presenter (Children's BBC):
Simon
Parkin
Narrator (Stoppit and Tidyup):
Terry
Wogan
Presenter (Royal Appointment):
Ronald
Allison
Des speaks his mind and Madge blows her top.
(Ceefax subtitles)
Hosted by Henry Kelly.
(Repeated next Monday)
Contributors
Presenter:
Henry
Kelly
Starring Mario Lanza
Cavalier tenor Tony Costa finds true love on Capri - but can romance and responsibility tame his temperamental nature?
Films: page 32
Contributors
Director:
Rudolph
Mate
Tonio 'Tony' Costa:
Mario
Lanza
Christa Bruckner:
Johanna von
Koczian
Gloria de Vadnuz:
Zsa Zsa
Gabor
Ladislas Tabory:
Kurt
Kaszner
Albert Bruckner:
Haus
Sohnker
Leopold Huebner:
Peter
Capell
Introduced by Andi Peters.
Henry's Cat
Cartoon. (R)
Contributors
Presenter (Children's BBC):
Andi
Peters
Written by Dick King-Smith and told for Jackanory by Jonathon Morris.
Contributors
Author (A Narrow Squeak):
Dick
King-Smith
Storyteller:
Jonathon
Morris
A huge international rock festival is planned - but there's something devious in the air. Join spy master Julian Parkin and try to foil the villains!
Contributors
Presenter:
Julian
Parkin
With reports on stories behind the news, from Britain and abroad.
Brian's parents hear what leukaemia treatment really means. Mrs McClusky tells the staff of a change that will affect the whole school.
(Ceefax Subtitles)
With Peter Sissons and Moira Stuart.
Weather Ian McCaskill
(News by Telephone: if you can't reach a television or radio, BBC News can now be heard on the telephone between 5.00am and 8.00pm by dialling [number removed]. Calls are charged at 33p per minute (cheap rate), 44p at all other times.)
Contributors
Newsreader:
Peter
Sissons
Newsreader:
Moira
Stuart
Weatherman:
Ian
McCaskill
Live conversation and entertainment from the Television Theatre with Terry Wogan and his guests.
Contributors
Presenter:
Terry
Wogan
A comedy series written by Don Webb about a successful woman bank manager and her stay-at-home husband.
Starring Hannah Gordon, Peter Egan
Belinda becomes the object of a forbidden desire while David gives some marriage guidance.
(R) (Ceefax subtitles)
Contributors
Writer:
Don
Webb
Director/Producer:
Mike
Stephens
Belinda Braithwaite:
Hannah
Gordon
David Braithwaite:
Peter
Egan
Ned Race:
John
Bird
Louise:
Lill
Roughley
Jessica:
Ruth
Mitchell
Charles Ruby:
Richard
Aylen
Mr Tennant:
Tom
Marshall
Mr Duggan:
Michael
Crossman
Mrs Tennant:
Tamara
Hinchco
Mrs Gregory:
Linda
Beckett
An American murder-mystery series about the partnership between a crime novelist and an obituary writer.
Starring Edward Woodward, Jessica Lundy
What Nikki didn't want for Christmas was a baby abandoned in a department store. When all efforts to track down the mother fail, Nikki and Max probe the mystery surrounding the woman's disappearance.
(Ceefax subtitles)
Contributors
Max Beckett:
Edward
Woodward
Nikki Page:
Jessica
Lundy
Wendy:
Jill
Tracy
Carrie:
Grant
Leafloden
Rustakovich:
Alex
Rodine
Fender:
Kevin
McCorkle
Vincent Morris:
Patrick
Massett
Leon Geary:
Joseph
Campanella
Det Ritter:
Rick
Fitts
Francesco:
Elena
Stiteler
Ozzie:
Joseph
Malone
Adam:
David
Proval
Santa:
Harry
Frazier
With Michael Buerk.
Regional News
Weekend Weather
Ian McCaskill
(Ceefax Subtitles) (news only)
Contributors
Newsreader:
Michael
Buerk
Weatherman:
Ian
McCaskill
A comic look at contemporary Australia through the eyes of Reg, the ultimate Pom, and Dennis, the determined Aussie.
Starring Tim Healy, Chris Haywood
A wedding arranged by 'Melbourne Confidential' receives an uninvited guest. Reg and Les get tied up in macabre dealings in Delilah's parlour and Dennis goes fishing.
An Entertainment Media/Cinema Verity production for BBCtv
(Ceefax subtitles)
Contributors
Writer:
Douglas
Livingstone
Producer:
Verity
Lambert
Director:
Shirley
Barrett
Reg:
Tim
Healy
Dennis:
Chris
Haywood
Leslie:
Mark
Haddigan
Arlene:
Nadine
Garner
Doris:
Pat
Thomson
Delilah:
Kris
McQuade
Corrie:
Kirsty
Child
Beverly:
Lisa
Kelly
Nick:
Tommy
Dysart
Judy:
Evelyn
Krape
Carmen:
Eugenia
Fragos
Norm:
Simon
Thorpe
Bernardo:
Vince
Damico
Bill:
Gary
Adams
Stewie:
Reg
Evans
Melissa:
Jo
Kennedy
Policeman:
Stephen
Hall
Daphne:
Sue
Jones
Starring Al Pacino, John Randolph
Based on the true story of Frank Serpico - a New York cop who became a renegade to his colleagues because of his refusal to work their system of bribery and corruption. Transferred to undercover work, Serpico's idealism and unconventional behaviour further isolate him from the force and place his life in danger from all sides.
Films: page 32
Picture Story: page 70
Contributors
Director:
Sidney
Lumet
Serpico:
Al
Pacino
Sidney Green:
John
Randolph
Tom Keough:
Jack
Kehoe
Inspector McClain:
Biff
McGuire
Laurie:
Barbara
Eda-Young
Leslie:
Cornelia
Sharpe
Bob Blair:
Tony
Roberts
Pasquale:
John
Medici
DA Tauber:
Allan
Rich
Rubello:
Norman
Ornellas
Lombardo:
Ed
Grover
Peluce:
Al
Henderson
Malone:
Hank
Garrett
Joey:
Damien
Leake
Potts:
Joe
Bova