Listings
: Playdays
Playground Stop. Rpt: Babar
: Heart and Soul
Featuring live music from Iona, Tony Robinson's Good Book Guide, God and the Gatepost with Classic FM's Michael Bukht, and the Royle Commission with Roger Royle.Telephone: [number removed] with your comments.
Contributors
Unknown:
Tony
Robinson
Unknown:
Michael
Bukht
Unknown:
Roger
Royle.
: See Hear!
Jack Ashley reports on a support group for people with acquired deafness. With signing and subtitles.Contributors
Unknown:
Jack
Ashley
: Denied the 9 to 5
Ian Dury looks at unemployment among disabled people. StereoContributors
Unknown:
Ian
Dury
: Business Matters
How a retailer risked everything to try to save a chain of shops from collapse. A Jane Walmsley production for BBCtvContributors
Unknown:
Jane
Walmsley
: Tales from the Map Room
How lines on maps have cut through towns, tribes and territories.: Countryfile
Rural issues, with John Craven. Plus the week's weather at 12.25.(Rev rpt of last Wednesday)
Contributors
Unknown:
John
Craven.
: News; On the Record
Political analysis, this week with SheenaMcDonald.: EastEnders
Three-episode omnibus edition.: Ring of Bright Water
Drama, showing as a tribute to Bill Travers who died last month.With Virginia McKennaA civil servant begins a new life in the Scottish highlands with his pet otter...
Based on the novel by Gavin Maxwell
Director Jack Couffer 1969)
Contributors
Unknown:
Bill
Travers
Unknown:
Virginia
McKenna
Novel By:
Gavin
Maxwell
Director:
Jack
Couffer
Graham Merrill:
Bill
Travers
MatyMacKenzie:
Virginia
McKenna
Colin Clifford:
Peter
Jeffrey
Bus driver:
Roddy
McMillan
Storekeeper:
Jameson
Clark
: Variety Club Special
On the eve of the Variety Club's 45th anniversary, Michael Caine and Jill Dando tell the story of how the abandoning of a baby girl in 1928 led to the founding of an organisation that has helped children in 92 countries around the world. With contributions from HRH Prince Philip, the baby herself, and golfer Arnold Palmer.Contributors
Unknown:
Michael
Caine
Unknown:
Jill
Dando
Unknown:
Arnold
Palmer.
: Lifeline
Eamonn Holmes appeals on behalf of the Family Holiday Asscn which gives families in need the chance of a break.Stereo DONATIONS: to[address removed] Tel[number removed]
Contributors
Unknown:
Eamonn
Holmes
Unknown:
Eamonn
Holmes
: Masterchef
This week three contestants from the Midlands compete for a place in the semi-finals.Presenter Loyd Grossman judges the results, with Le
Meridien's David Chambers and singer Michael Ball.
Producer Richard Bryan ; Executive producers Bradley Adams and Richard Kalms
A Union Pictures production for BBCtv
Contributors
Presenter:
Loyd
Grossman
Unknown:
David
Chambers
Singer:
Michael
Ball.
Producer:
Richard
Bryan
Producers:
Bradley
Adams
Producers:
Richard
Kalms
: News
With Moira Stuart.Weather Suzanne Charlton
Contributors
Unknown:
Moira
Stuart.
Unknown:
Suzanne
Charlton
: Songs of Praise
Through the Channel Tunnel To mark the start of a week of celebrations before the inauguration of the tunnel, churches from the area around the Folkestone and Calais terminals share their favourite hymns. Pam Rhodes will be at Calais to bid farewell to members of churches in Calais, Boulogne and Dunkirk, and Alan Titchmarsh will be in Folkestone ready to greet them. Hymns include: Thine Be the Glory (A Toi la Gloire); Our God Reigns; Make Way; Seigneur, rassemble-nous. Producer Christopher Mann Editor Helen AlexanderContributors
Unknown:
Pam
Rhodes
Unknown:
Alan
Titchmarsh
Producer:
Christopher
Mann
Editor:
Helen
Alexander
: Honey for Tea
Last in the new comedy series starring Felicity KendalNancy is unprepared for the surprise her cleaning lady Mary has in store for her.
Contributors
Writer:
Michael
Aitkens
Director/Producer:
Gareth
Gwenlan
Nancy Belasco:
Felicity
Kendal
Prof Simon Latimer:
Nigel
LeVaillant
Sir Dickie Hobhouse:
Leslie
Phillips
Jake Belasco:
Patrick
McCollough
Mary Harris:
Brenda
Bruce
Sir Basil Quintt:
Alan
David
Lucy Courtney:
Caroline
Harker
: Pie in the Sky
New drama series about a gourmet detective, starring Richard GriffithsWho Only Stand and Wait
The discovery of a young girl's body, buried 20 years earlier, provides new evidence in a murder case handled by Crabbe and Fisher. Did they send the wrong man to jail?
Episode written by John Milne ; Producer David Wimbury ; Director Lawrence Gordon Clark A Witzend production for BBCtv
SEE THIS WEEK page
Contributors
Unknown:
Richard
Griffiths
Written By:
John
Milne
Producer:
David
Wimbury
Director:
Lawrence Gordon
Clark
Henry Crabbe:
Richard
Griffiths
Margaret Crabbe:
Maggie
Steed
Freddy Fisher:
Malcolm
Sinclair
Gary Bourne:
Richard
Ridings
Marianne Dupont:
Marianne
Borgo
PC Cambridge:
Bella
Enahoro
Henderson:
Nick
Raggett
Bill Wilson:
Tony
Haygarth
1)1 Strange:
Niven
Boyd
: Appointment with Death
Agatha Christie murder mystery with an all-star cast including Peter UstinovLauren Bacall
John Gielgud
1937: manipulative and malicious, recently widowed
Emily Boynton ruthlessly rules her step-children's lives. She even makes a luxury family trip to Europe and the Middle East hellish. Things come to boiling point in British-controlled
Palestine and fellow traveller
Hercule Poirot is soon intrigued and appalled to discover that death never takes a holiday - nor can his famed "little grey cells".
Director Michael Winner 1988)
FILM REVIEWS pages 47-53
Contributors
Unknown:
Agatha
Christie
Unknown:
Peter
Ustinov
Unknown:
Lauren
Bacall
Unknown:
John
Gielgud
Unknown:
Emily
Boynton
Unknown:
Hercule
Poirot
Hercule Poirot:
Peter
Ustinov
Lady Westholme:
Lauren
Bacall
Colonel Carbury:
John
Gielgud
Nadine Boynton:
Carrie
Fisher
Mrs Emily Boynton:
Piper
Laurie
MissQuinton:
Hayley
Mills
DrSarahKing:
Jenny
Seagrove
Jefferson Cope:
David
Soul
Lennox Boynton:
Nicholas
Guest
Carol Boynton:
Valerie
Richards
Raymond Boynton:
John
Terlesky
Ginevra Boynton:
Amber
Bezer
: News
With Peter Sissons.Weather Suzanne Charlton
Contributors
Unknown:
Peter
Sissons.
Unknown:
Suzanne
Charlton
: Mastermind
Tonight's specialist subjects are the history of the Orient Express and Wagons-LitsCompany; the life and reign of Edward IV; the life and career of Fred Karno (1866-1941), and Japan at war (1937-45). Magnus Magnusson puts the questions in the Countess of Huntingdon's Hall, Worcester. Director David Mitchell
Producer Penelope Cowell Doe
Contributors
Unknown:
Fred
Karno
Unknown:
Magnus
Magnusson
Director:
David
Mitchell
Producer:
Penelope
Cowell
: Everyman
Looking for Allah in EnglandWestern society may be turning away from organised religion, but conversions to Islam in this country are increasing at a remarkable rate. The rules of the faith are unchanged since they were formulated 1,400 years ago: followers must wash and pray five times a day, fast for four weeks every year, give two-and-a-half per cent of their income to charity, and abstain from smoking, drinking and extra-marital sex. Women are expected to cover their hair and bodily shape. To renounce the faith is punishable by death.
This film examines the appeal of Islam through the eyes of two potential converts. Both are parents with young children. One is frustrated by a society that "promises freedom and prosperity but delivers racism and poverty". The other explains: "Islam offers clear guidelines, values, to bring up your kids. In Britain today no kid is safe - kids are going round murdering other children." Series editor John Blake
A Double E/Amy Hardie production for BBCtv
Contributors
Editor:
John
Blake
: The New South Africa
The new leaders of SouthAfrica look ahead to the challenges facing a government whose supporters expect radical change. With David Dimbleby. Producers Nick Guthne and David Harrison
EditorTimOrchard
Contributors
Unknown:
David
Dimbleby.
Producers:
Nick
Guthne
Producers:
David
Harrison
: The Sky at Night
Celestial Hide and Seek. There will be a partial eclipse of the sun on 10 May and of the moon on 25 May. Patrick Moore and HJ P Arnold explain what should be visible.ProducerPieterMorpurgo
Contributors
Unknown:
Patrick
Moore
: Weather
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