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How As landed top job SEE PAGE 4 AND ITV WEDNESDAY

W ARREN BEATIY on Russia and love SEE PAGE 14

ERIC BRISTOIT oan eve lloa ffi

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DES O'CONNOR on what his starsign reveals about him SEE PAGE 40

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Michael Aspel on Life at the top

In my view I am often asked to name the television programmes I make a point of watching. The list varies in length and content and is influenced to a large degree by the season.

That said, there is a •constant thread that runs through all my viewing. It's called News at Ten. It's not just that the time it's transmitted suits me well. It's also that it's so very good. If it's been a busy day and rve only half skimmed the papers, I can nonetheless go to bed, if rve seen News at Ten, with the feeling that rm up-to-date on the day's important stories from around the world.

As you might imagine, I fell with some enthusiasm on Jim Gilheany's feature on page 27 in which he describes a day spent with the News at Ten team following a major story — and they don't come much bigger than the sad tale of the athlete Ben Johnson being stripped of his world-beating gold medal.

Also, it was rather comforting to leant that this highly professional, hard-nosed news team is made up of colleagues who have become firm friends.

Duty home news editor Mervyn Hall and reporter Peter Sharp are each godfather to programme editor Nick Pollard's two little boys. Newscaster Alastair Stewart read the lesson at one of their christenings. Nick was Mervyn's best man and director Jacqui Bromley often works the same shift as husband Phil Moger when he's doing his stint as programme editor.

Seems like those who work (and play) together, stay together, too.

An honoured guest The Queen's first State Visit to Spain

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Helena Michell Why she's flying high in Piece of Cake

The red hot Mr Beatty Warren, women and why one film became an obsession

Eric Bristow makes millions

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The best to you mid-morning!

Cooking up elevenses treats

Man with a mission David Puttnam on his return to this green and pleasant land

Freetime fashion \7, Audi Peters

Ben Johnson, the surfer and Di A day in the life of ITN News

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YOUR LETTERS PRIZE CROSSWORD Heard but not seen Can you identify TV's mystery voices?

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C:3 ITV, W ednesday: This Is Y our Life

Replacing the irreplaceable Eamonn• • • to finish the life story Andrews was writing when he died, appears to have had no such he car park of reservations and is soon Twickenham rugby reported to be unhappy football ground, Febru- about the delay in naming ary this year. Fans someone to take over.

By now, rumours are rife. gather for the England versus Wales game. Among them is Would Thames drop the Head of Light Entertainment series? Would it revert to the at Thames Television, John BBC where, after all, it had Howard Davies, ultimately first been produced in Britain responsible for choosing a as far back as 1955, nine successor to Eamonn An- years before ITV acdrews and ensuring the quired the rights from its continuation of This Is Y our American owners? As the New Year apLife, Michael Aspel, a man of proaches, Aspel's divided loyalties this day since he was born in London but began his broadcasting career as a radio actor in Cardiff, is helping himself to a picnic lunch from the boot of his car.

John Howard Davies, who as a child actor played the title role in the 1948 film Oliver Twist spots AspeL 'Love to have a chat with you sometime,' he says. On the face of it, the encounter is casual and entirely coincidental But,' says Aspel, knew, of course, what he meant' Weeks of speculation start within a fortnight of Eamonn Andrews's death In November 1987 Aspel is for the first time named by newspapers as a likely successor.

Aspel, for his part heavily committed to London Weekend Television with, among other things, his own chat show, A spel &Company makes no comment Meanwhile, Andrews's widow, Grainne, has agreed that Thames Television should show three episodes of the programme, recorded before Eamonn's death but as yet not transmitted.

Beyond that it isrit certain that the series will continue.

Many feel that Eamonn was such an integral part of the show that no suitable replacement could, or indeed should, be found Aspel understands this Fans gather at Twickenham rugby point of view. 'I know there ground, among them Thames TV executive will be people who will think John Howard Davies the show should have died Meanwhile, in the car park, Michael Aspel helps with Eamonn and that nobody himself to a pre-match picnic from his car boot else is fit to do it' Entering the ground, Davies spots Aspel, goes to Grainne Andrews, working meet him, and drops that historic hint

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The identity of the next 'victim' to appear on 'This Is Y our W e' remains one of television's most closely guarded secrets, rivalled only by the mystery surrounding the name of the celebrity who would replace Eamonn Andrews following his untimely death last November. Michael Aspel, himself once a subject, tells STEW ART KNOW LES of the `cloak and dagger' way he got the job

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Aspel's antics behind the disguises will thrive now he has struck a firm partnership with John Howard Davies (below) since their car park meeting in February.

Michael's own This Is Your Life' appearance (below, left) was in May 1980. It was probably the strangest thing I have ever experienced,' he recalls

name is no longer in the frame'. Parkinson has become Fleet Street's hot tip, to be followed closely by Terry Wogan, and then Russell Harty, who sadly was to die in June.

In January, Parkinson denies he is in line for the job and suggests Frank Bough. Thames TV say talks are continuing with 'several possibilities in mind', but no firm decision has been taken.

Soon the names of Nick Owen, Noel Edmonds, Leslie Crowther and Gloria Hunniford have joined the line-up of alleged conten-

ders. But in March it is gossip-writer Nigel Dempster who places Michael Aspel firmly at the top of the list and says he will take over the programme 'at about ÂŁ15,000' per transmission.

Aspel is immediately quoted as saying that, even if he were approached, he could not consider taking on This Is Y our Life because of his other TV commitments.

'It had become a national game,' says Aspel, who clearly seems to have enjoyed playing it.

'Rumours flew and the game had started long

before there was any discussion about my doing it. I didn't even consider it.

I thought I had plenty of things on and certainly didn't sit at home thinking, "Please let it be me".'

But it now appears that direct approaches to Aspel from Thames had begun soon after the car park encounter.

It did become an extraordinary cloak and dagger operation,' says Aspel, with everyone keeping the secret until it was finally announced at the end of March.

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steps down on to the red carpet at Madrid's Barajas airport on Monday 17 October, it will be the start of the first-ever State Visit to Spain by a reigning British sovereign.

There have been many informal visits by members of the Royal Family, the most recent and wellpublicised being the holiday taken every summer by the Prince and Princess of Wales and their children, when they join King Juan Carlos and his family at their palatial retreat on the island of Majorca. In fact, their reports have been so fulsome that the Queen and Prince Philip have been persuaded to spend a weekend in the same place at the end of their visit.

This is rare indeed. Her Majesty seldom combines business with pleasure and she is known to prefer spending her leisure time in the bracing air of Balmoral rather than in the sunspots of the Mediterranean. Obviously, the influence of her son and daughter-in-law in this respect is very strong.

Although not on a State Visit, Queen Victoria was the first British monarch to set foot on Spanish soil. In March 1889 she paid an

Brian Hoey has been a broadcaster and writer for more than 25 years specialising in the Royal Family. i,A He has written the official Buckingham Palace Press release about the Queen's visit to Spain, for distribution in that country .

In 1984 he spent a year with Princess A nne for a Thames TV programme 'A nne: The W orking Princess' which was transmitted on the ITV network at Christmas 1984. He wrote the approved biography TRH: The Princess A nne,' of which a new, revised edition is shortly to be published Hoey has also written Monarchy: Behind the Scenes with the Royal Family' and Chips: The Biography of Lord Maclean - The Lord Chamberlain'.

He has recently finished work on his latest book, 'Royal Entertaining.' He is married with three children and lives in South W ales.

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informal visit to Queen Maria Christina at San Sebastian, the summer residence of the Spanish court. She was accompanied by her youngest daughter, Princess Beatrice, whose portrait by the Spanish artist Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida was painted in about 1908, and today is in the hands of the National Portrait Gallery in London.

The five-day State Visit, which takes in the capital Madrid, Seville and Barcelona, is reciprocal, following the State Visit to Britain by King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia in April 1986. They stayed with the Queen at Windsor Castle and during the State Ban-

On 17 October the Queen setsfoot in Spain— a country that 400 years ago was the enemy. Even though relations are now friendlier, she is the first reigning British monarch to embark on a State Visit to Spanish soil. Royal writer and broadcaster BRIAN HOEY sketches in the background to this historic event and lets us in on some of its secrets more than two years ago, nobody within the Royal Household or the Foreign Office (which advises the Palace on all Royal tours) thought it inappropriate for the Queen to visit Spain in the year Britain celebrated the defeat of the Spanish Armada. In fact, the Spanish authorities, quite sensibly, realised that the 400th

The Queen likes plain food and no uncooked shellfish is to be offered. Flowers must be unwired — she once cut herself and was unable to shake hands quet in his honour, the King referred to the close links which joined the two families, through their direct descent from Victoria. Juan Carlos's grandmother, Queen Victoria Eugenia, was a granddaughter of Victoria, herself the great-great-grandmother of the Queen.

The two Royal houses, however, are joined by blood lines which stretch back much further - to 1170, when Henry Irs daughter, Eleanor, married Alphonso VIII of Castille.

It was another Eleanor of Castille who married Edward I in 1254, and whose son became the first Prince of Wales. A constant reminder of these links survives in the Crown Jewels. The giant ruby in the Imperial State Crown, made for the Coronation of Queen Victoria in 1838 and worn by the Queen at the State Opening of Parliament, was given to Edward, the Black Prince, by Pedro of Castille, after the battle of Najera in 1367.

When the present State Visit was being planned

anniversary was of romantic significance to Britain more than anything else.

Spain even sent its ambassador to the Court of St James's to attend the Armada Day celebrations on Plymouth Hoe. No doubt the Queen will refer to the Armada during one of her speeches in Spain - and even if she doesn't, Juan Carlos is sure to let her know that, as far as he's concerned, we are all friends again.

The work that goes into planning a State Visit is extraordinarily detailed. No invitation is extended until it's certain it will be accepted, so early negotiations are carried out by the Foreign Office, together with the Royal Household.

A few months before the visit takes place a reconnaissance is carried out by a party from the Palace.

This consists of one of the Queen's Private Secretaries, her Press Secretary and one of her police officers. They trace every step of the proposed itinerary, stop-watches in hand, checking how long it takes

to get from A to B; how close the public will be to the Royal party; whether there are opportunities for a Walkabouf; where the best positions are for radio, television and the Press.

The police officer personally checks every single building along the Queen's route for chinks in security.

The menu for every meal is carefully scrutinised - the Queen likes plain food and no uncooked shellfish is to be offered at any time. If flowers are to be presented, they must be in a small posy and unwired - this is because Her Majesty once cut her finger on a piece of wire and was unable to shake hands for a day.

There are countless items to be checked and then finally, when the party has returned to Buckingham Palace and the programme has been agreed by the Queen (who always has the final word) the schedule is photographically reduced to a size convenient for pockets and handbags and produced as a booklet. This is known as the Blue Book and if it isn't in the Blue Book, it doesn't happen!

When the Queen reaches Barcelona she will be able to return, in part, some of the hospitality shown to her. For here she will be met by the Royal Yacht, Britannia, which will have sailed out in advance.

Britannia is used as a floating palace when the Queen is abroad, and Her Majesty will give a reception on board. These are among the most popular of all Royal entertainments, especially as the evening always ends with The Ceremony of Beating Retreat by the band of the Royal Marines in full-dress uniform.

The official return State Banquet, given in her

honour by Juan Carlos, will take place in Madrid at the Prado Palace, where the Queen will stay. This is a formal occasion in every sense of the word, with each moment carefully planned in advance. It is the 'duty' side of the visit Britannia, on the other hand, is where the Queen is able ito get to know her guests on a much more informal basis.

At the end of the State Visit, Britannia will sail the short voyage to Majorca, where Juan Carlos and his family enjoy the sort of pastimes millions of Spanish and British tourists take part in on their package holidays.

Well, perhaps not quite the same. The King may be one of the most modern and democratic sovereigns in the world, but, even on holiday, no one is ever left in any doubt at all that he is the King!

Timetable to a Royal Tour State Visit of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh to Spain 17-21 October 1988 Monday 17 12.20: Arrive Madrid airport; formal welcoming ceremony at Prado Palace; private li.inch at Zarsuela Palace Evening: Reception for Diplomatic Corps at British Ambassador's Residence. State Banquet Tuesday 18 AM: Lay wreath at Plaza de la Realtad; visit Town Hall; receive replica of key of city; visit to Congress followed by visit to Prado Museum PM: Lunch with Spanish PM; the Duke of Edinburgh to present Duke of Edinburgh's Gold Awards in Prado Palace and to receive Prince of Asturias Prize Evening: Return banquet given by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh at the Prado Palace

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Wednesday 19 A M Visit Wellington and Spain' exhibition at City Museum, then University PM: Visit the Escorial Monastery; informal private lunch; reception for British community; introduction to British Embassy staff Thursday 20

AM; Arrive Seville airport 12.05: Formal arrival at Plaza del Triunfo; visit to Cathedral and Archives of the Indies; lunch at Alcazar Palace; display of horsemanship and carriage driving in Plaza de Espana 18.35: Fly to Barcelona; overnight on HMY Britannia Friday 21

AM: Visit to Generalitat in Plaza St jaume, Town Hall and Picasso Museum PM View 1992 Olympic Stadium; The Queen: visit Kensington School; the Duke of Edinburgh: visit British electronics factory; lunch with the King and Queen Evening: Reception on Britannia; Britannia sails

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E)ITV, Sunday: Piece of Cake The acting world has known many dynasties — the names Mills, Redgrave and Dotrice leap to mind. Now ITV's Sunday night serial 'Piece of Cake' looks set to bring to the public's attention another famous family by throwing the spotlight on Helena Michell. ADRIAN FURNESS went to meet K eith's little girl

ixteen years ago, TVTimes published a photograph of Keith Michell and his family at home in Hampstead, north London.

Michell, then the glittering star of the series The Six W ives of Henry V III, was pictured reading to his wife, actress Jeanette Sterke, his 12-year-old son Paul and 10-year-old daughter Helena, who sits by his arm wearing a band in her hair and a solemn expression.

Now, whatever became of them all.. ?

Keith and Jeanette still live in Hampstead and have been appearing together in a play at Chichester. Paul, meanwhile, is a singer with a rock band.

And little Helena? She has grown into the beautiful actress who, as Mary Blandin, becomes one of the few women in the life of Hornet Squadron in Piece of Cake, on ITV this Sunday.

Helena Michell smiles at the picture now, and says: We weren't often photographed like this when we were children. My parents tried to keep us away from all the publicity and they were very private people anyway, so I certainly didn't grow up in the limelight.

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Double marriage this Sunday when pilot Fitz (Jeremy Northam) weds Mary (Helena Michell) and Flash Gordon (Nathaniai Parker, far right) marries Nicole (Corinne Dacia) symbol or such. He's simply a well-respected actor, And to me, being Henry VIII was just Dad's job, something he went off to work on every day.'

Not long after the picture was taken, Keith Michell became director of the Chichester Festival Theatre in Sussex and young Helena began a love affair with theatres. 'It was such a happy place,' she says. 'I helped make props and I'd run around and annoy

everybody, her living as but they were an actress. all very kind That was and didn't W hat do two years shout at me and she people want ago, too much. I hasn't needed me to do? didn't act in her typing any of the and Tipp-Ex Change my productions, since. Her name, asif second job but I did start acting at was a starring I were school and, role in a Miss ashamed oh, fell Marple through the thriller and of it? scenery and she has been all that kind of seen in the thing. . series Bust Really fell and the film through the scenery?

Maurice, and has recorded Yes, and with my father a Michael Palin play. watching. He thought it was None of these jobs owes hilarious of course.' anything to her background, But she wasn't at all she says: Or at least I don't certain she wanted to act for think so. It might have made a living, and nor did her a difference without me parents encourage her. Her knowing, but I can't believe mother, who had spent a it. Tye got to do the job, not long time with the Royal my parents, and if anybody Shakespeare Company, did cast me just because of warned her of the unsocial my background, it would be hours, the uncertainty and simply embarrassing for all the commitment needed. concerned. What do people Helena, she said, should first want me to do? Change my take a secretarial course so name? I think my Dad would she had something to fall be upset if I did, as if I were back on if she was out of ashamed of it.' work If anything, in fact, family So it wasn't until she was influence has worked the 21, after two years working other way round. Helena has in an advertising agency, recently been to India to star that the lure of the stage in the new Merchant/Ivory finally took Helena to drama film The Deceivers, playing school in Bristol, and not a young Englishwoman until she was 24 that she abandoned by her husband. stepped out to try and make `I was so excited when I

got the job,' she says. 'And then the director turned to me and said "I know, let's get your Dad to play the father." Well, I thought, lor . Tye got this job all by myself and suddenly my father's in on it, too, and there'll be all the usual cries of nepotism 'It was the first time we had worked together... It was bliss! We spent five weeks in India and because we were both working, in a way we were on an equal footing. We had such adventures, the pair of us 'I had thought I would end up looking after him but in fact he ended up looking after me. He follows a macrobiotic diet - he's even written a book about it - and he got a little stove and cooked all my meals and brought me pots and pots of brown rice. I haven't eaten meat since.'

Back in England, Helena was once again thrown into all-male company, this time for several weeks on the Piece of Cake location. The boys of the squadron were, she says, absolutely charming and made her feel very welcome, mainly because they hadn't seen a girl, any girl, for ages.

It is a very emotional part, and what with the Spitfires and everything I became deeply involved in the story, especially at the wedding scene where my character, Mary, marries the pilot Fitz All the boys were there in their uniforms and it was like going back to the war - the romance of it all, the heightened emotions of the time. I fell in love with the whole thing, from start to finish, which I suppose is what happened to Mary.

'Anyway, Jeremy Northam, who plays Fitz, was at drama school with me, so it was rather nice to marry him,' she grins.

Helena herself is not married. She lives in a west London flat with a couple of girlfriends and a roof garden which is rapidly turning into a jungle.

Its the perfect place,' she says, for sitting and reading scripts, or just sitting and doing nothing. I'm very happy either way.

'I remember at school having all sorts of fights because my Dad was an actor, and everyone seemed to assume I had privileges because of him.

But it isn't like that: the only privilege he has given me is a lovely life.' lvi

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Beatty's success with the ladies falls as fiat as the Sahara in his latest film 'Ishtar' (1987) and starring Dustin Hoffman and Isabelle Adjani.

The only things that bother Beatty are the desert flies. In the 1975 film 'Shampoo', it's Goldie Hawn who falls for the Beatty charm; where bed is just a hair's breadth from the salon.

In 'McCabe and Mrs Miller' (1971) Beatty hangs up his gun and goes into the brothel business. Julie Christie is co-opted as madame And in the 1978 film 'Heaven Can W ait, Miss Christie acts the innocent when Beatty steps back from 'the grave'

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all, handsome, sexy and. . . secretive.

Warren Beatty, at 50 still Hollywood's most famous superstud, has constantly remained a loner and a mystery, apparently even to his far more outgoing sister Shirley Maclaine.

'He's a difficult guy,' she once said. Td like to do a love scene with him some day just to find out what all the yelling is about.' On screen, of course!

The only clues to the real Beatty appear to lie in his films. His epic Reds was a total obsession which cost some $33 million to make.

More than once, Beatty has been compared with its riches-to-rags hero John Reed - the American who witnessed the Russian Communist Revolution and wrote Ten Days That Shook the W orld, and who is buried in the Kremlin.

Reds is red for danger, red for excitement, red for flags - and red for blood.

Beatty first thought of Reds when he was on holiday in Russia in the late Sixties.

There he met a woman who had known Reed and been his lover. It's thought that perhaps Beatty reminded her of Reed.

The actor thought about Reed sporadically through the early Seventies, read

The director and his leading lady: Beatty and Diane K eaton in Reds' Monday, C4

everything in the John Reed collection at Harvard University and researched radicalism in the early 1900s. As early as 1972, he started filming interviews with veterans of the period - 32 such 'witnesses' appear in the film, although many of them died before Reds finally appeared.

John Reed was born to a family of great wealth, but died believing that great personal wealth is immoral - almost the exact reversal of Beatty's meteoric rise to fame and fortune.

Yet Beatty, a blue-chip liberal born of a high school principal father and a drama coach mother, lurched into poverty himself in the mid-Fifties after dropping out of North-Western University.

He went to New York, worked on the Lincoln Tunnel and as a waiter, and lived in unheated rooms surviving on peanut butter until he collapsed and eventually ended up in hospital with hepatitis.

Yet even while doing odd jobs to make ends meet, he never doubted that he'd make it as an actor. 'I never unpacked my bags because I knew I would get out.'

Today, the much-loved but never married Beatty still mirrors his shy childhood - remaining a loner despite being rich in money and women.

He has been described as arrogant, hostile, selfseeking and moody. Yet of his many girlfriends, none has kissed and told - save

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smilingly to perpetuate his much envied reputation as the world's greatest lover.

(On the purely physical side, Elizabeth Taylor once said that measured on a scale of one to 10, she would rate his body 15.)

It is not a reputation he particularly enjoys. When success came early in his career, as he guessed, with

did love according to his friend and co-star, Jack Nicholson - died in its making because Beatty (once again like Reed) lost sight of everything except his cause.

'I don't seem to believe in marriage,' Reed says early in the film, a feeling Beatty obviously shares.

Beatty's string of lovers is legendary, including Julie Christie, Natalie Wood, Joan Collins - to whom he was once engaged - Goldie Hawn, Carrie Fisher, Britt Ekland - the list goes on.

'He always keeps an open bed,' quipped columnist Sheilah Graham. 'Queensized. Usually occupied.'

But just eight months ago, in February, all that looked set to change when Fleet Street blazoned the headline that the world's most famous eligible bachelor

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Splendour in the Grass (1961), he was upset when he quickly got dubbed a playboy - as Reed had also been at one point. He has always been much more anxious to show his intelligence and capacity for caring about life's more important issues.

He's a canny businessman, though. Having already made millions from his previous productions like Bonnie and Clyde (1967) and Shampoo (1975) and repeatedly professing that he doesn't go in for possessions, that he doesn't really know how much he's worth, he nevertheless struck the toughest deal Paramount had ever accepted on his epic, Reds.

What's more, after 10 years of slowly evolving the concept, he exercised nearly complete control over the making of Reds (bringing in his then girlfriend Diane Keaton as Reed's love) - and the campaign to sell it.

Even when the film was in the final editing stage, still no one at Paramount had seen it. Reds was Beatty's baby, and his relationship with Diane Keaton - whom he really

was to wed at last - to an actress called Joyce Hyser, an ex-girlfriend of Bruce Springsteen. 'Joyce is a pal and a friend and a lover.

She's not just a wiggle and a jiggle,' he said.

But though a summer wedding was predicted, nothing more has happened and he has been back in the gossip columns with some other beauties on his arm.

Like Cary Grant, Beatty entered middle age still looking great, but he remains possessed by humanising doubts and frailties that make his women protective even after the relationships have broken up.

Vivien Leigh said: 'He 1961, a long time before he changed to direction... `The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone', with Jill St John

has a magnetic sensuality you could light a torch with,' while Faye Dunaway cooed, 'He has a vulnerability that's immensely appealing.'

Goldie Hawn saw his soft side too - 'Beneath the wild playboy exterior is a very conservative side, and that's the side you would like to spend the rest of your life with, curled up in front of the fire.'

On the subject of women Warren says: 'I got successful too early. I had all the beautiful girls I wanted' But marriage, it seems, has never been on the list. 'Why should I get married when I know I'll get divorced in two or three years?' is his answer to that.

Tye tried to be honest. I have never disrespected monogamy - after all, I come from Virginia where it was expected, but I am not convinced it's desirable.

'I've always treated women as equals' (and his women confirm his loving, caring, respectful charms), 'but I think men are more controlled by their libidos.'

One of Beatty's future projects is a film about another legend who fascinates him - the reclusive Howard Hughes.

The mysterious multimillionaire who died in 1976 aged 70, was the owner of RKO film studios during the early 1950s.

To be very rich but live in a closed, rented room, to have an empire yet fret over the paper clips, to command women and be numb to love, to be in the public mind but out of sight... is it the similarity between them that intrigues the enigmatic Warren Beatty?

Once, in London, he looked in the mirror and asked if he was properly dressed for the TV studios.

His companion of the time reassured him: 'You're OK. Just be yourself' To which the legendary Lothario was heard to murmur: 'Whatever that is.'

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Aspel: this is his life Aries

blown up out of all proportion. I began to think it would become a dreadful anti-climax because what to me had always been a nice, cosy little programme was suddenly going to be lifted out of its proper place in our lives.'

Meetings and telephone calls continued while newshounds followed the scent.

There were lots of chats' at Aspel's beautiful, secluded home near Esher in Surrey.

Malcolm Morris, producer of This Is Y our Life, John Howard Davies and Aspel's agent became frequent visitors. Drinks were poured; money discussed.

'Of course we talked about money,' says Aspel. 'It meant I was going to have to change the whole shape of my life. First, I felt there was no chance I could do it because I belonged totally to LWT. 'But,' he says with some satisfaction, 'we ended up with a nicely balanced package between Thames and LWT.' It was that 'balanced package' that led to newspaper speculation about the actual figure and towards the end of March, when it seemed certain that Aspel was 'The Man', the magic figure of £500,000 was floated as Aspel's annual 'salary' for the two jobs.

'The money thing,' says Aspel, 'was amazing.. . grossly exaggerated. At the press conference when it was announced that I would take over This Is Y our Life, I was asked how much I would earn and I said it would be a great deal less than they were going to print.'

Sitting in an airport afterwards, Aspel was 'astounded' to read in one of Britain's more sober newspapers that he was now going to earn £1 million a year.

'I mean,' says Aspel, 'a million pounds. .. Unbelievable! The newspapers invent that figure and then compare what you're not earning with what Wogan is not earning, and then soon we'll have someone say

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21 March-20 A pril A social club connected with your job or that of a friend may be organising a weekend break If you intend to go on the trip, be aware that its liable won't show in quite such an to sudden cancellation. open way.'

Taurus 21 A pril-21 May There will be disguises- Whether business or personal, 'a variety of wigs and concern over a partner's different jackets,' says spending could lead to a row.

Aspel, who once appeared Financial decisions should be as a Welsh spider in made jointly, so try to reach a Crackerjack and has compromise. played Baron Hardup in Gemini 22 May-21 June You may feel fed up with your Cinderella. domestic surroundings at the 'Like Eamonn, I will have end of the week A sudden some sort of power of veto urge to make changes could over the victims. I must start cause tension in the happy talking about subjects, not home, so try to control it.

Cancer 22 June-23 July victims!

'There will continue to be Think before you act on Friday. the two main categories - If you're dissatisfied with your conditions you may either showbusiness folk or working well feel tempted to make people who have done drastic changes, but that could some particular good in the make matters worse. community. Looking down Leo 24 July-23 A ugust the list of people who have A new project could come to a been featured already or sudden halt this week due to might be considered, it is the withdrawal of financial strongly-weighted in favour backing. This is only a of showbusiness because temporary stumbling block so people like to see familiar don't be down-hearted. faces, but I would hate to Virgo 24 A ug-23 September in your own sign think there wouldn't be just Venus challenges Uranus on Friday. as many worthwhile stories This could disrupt the harmony to be told. of your home life, but things will 'One of the things that soon revert to normal if you floated across my mind was keep a cool head. whether there was anyone Libra 24 Sept-23 October left to be done, but the Be very careful what you put in producers are confident writing. This is a week in which that there are many, many misplaced trust could lead to if a confidential more out there, that the list embarrassment matter suddenly becomes of possibles is quite public knowledge. impressive.'

Scorpio 24 Oct-22 Nov Who? Well, there have If a friend asks you for a loan on been rumours - names Friday, think twice before you ranging from Mick Jagger agree. Inability to repay it could to the Queen Mother have become a problem and that been confidently put for- might be the end of a beautiful ward by journalists, tireless friendship. in their dogged pursuit of Sagittarius 23 Nov-21 Dec Criticism, especially from a the facts, and of Aspel. figure, could prove very All that can be said is that mother hurtful next weekend. Try to the famous phrase 'This is stand back and analyse the your Life' will be delivered merits of what has been said— without the Irish accent and there may be some truth in it. that it seems likely Aspel's Capricorn 22 Dec-20 Jan style will be slightly more Let your natural caution come to laid-back, perhaps even a the fore this week. Your financial judgment may not be touch facetious. sound as usual and there 'I have practiced saying as could be a temptation to do the phrase,' Aspel admits. something rash.

'Eamonn tended to accent Aquarius 21 Jan-I9 Feb the third word. This is If you belong to any insurance YOUR life. Fm bound to or health group schemes, check place the accent some- that you're adequately covered. where. This is your LIFE. There may well be a problem which could come to light this THIS is your life?'

He shrugs. Whatever week happens, and with due Pisces 20 Feb-20 March respect to the irreplace- There could be tension in your next weekend. Let the able Eamonn Andrews, love-life period pass before making any Michael Aspel is about to major decisions. A sudden make the programme all his break in the relationship may not be the answer. own. ,

Preparing a new disguise to surprise... what an outrage it all is when people are starving in Central Africa.

'It is a game they play and it is not a pleasant one.

I see no reason why any of us should have to tell anyone what we earn. It is entirely not their business,' says Aspel who was named, for the third time, ITV Personality of the Year within a month of the official announcement that he would take over from Eamonn Andrews.

When I spoke to Grainne at the Andrews's home in Dublin, she told me: 'I certainly didn't feel that the programme should have been stopped after Eamonn's death. It is, after all, an institution and I felt sure Eamonn would have wanted it to go on and would have been pleased to think that Michael Aspel

6 I see no

reason why we should say how much we earn. . .

was taking over.

'I had heard other suggestions, of course, but he seemed to me the right person.

Eamonn, of course, had met him several times and liked him.'

Aspel's

own This Is Y our Life occurred in May 1980 while he was chairing Give Us a Clue. 'Of course, you feel tremendously flattered and slightly alarmed. It is probably the strangest thing I have ever experienced. It certainly never occurred to me that one day I would step into Eamonn's shoes.'

How different will he be?

'Eamonn got such excitement and pleasure out of trapping the subject. He was just like a schoolboy, hiding behind doors, almost giggling with excitement. I shall, of course, be just as excited but it probably

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olden arrows are propelling Eric Bristow, Britain's favourite sporting upstart, to a £4 million fortune.

That is the conservative estimate of his eventual earnings from what used to be the spit'n'sawdust sport of darts.

Crafty Cockney Bristow is aiming for another big payday this weekend when he chases the richest prize in British darts: the £21,000 MFI World Matchplay tournament on ITV on Saturday and Sunday.

He is also eyeing the £100,000 bonus on offer for the first perfect minimum (nine-dart) 501 checkout, the one feat Bristow has never achieved.

Brash, boastful, many say big-mouthed, Bristow has slipped down the official world rankings to number three after 10 years at the top. Earlier this year, he split with his longtime livein girlfriend, top glamour darter, Maureen Flowers.

But he has consolation.

Money. He's literally rolling in the stuff.

Bristow's gravy train roared down the tracks to a further 10 million yen (that's £42,500) in his most recent victory in the World Darts Grand Prix in Tokyo. The

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From van driver to superstar - the .backstreet boy makes good: Eric Bristow holds aloft his trophy after a record-breaking fifth victory in the Embassy W orld Professional Championship in 1986 (above). The only thing he has yet to achieve is a perfect nine-dart checkout

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Japanese paid him in cash; Bristow went back to his hotel room, scattered his prize money on the bed... and rolled in it. 'Just a gesture of sheer delight at stuffing all my main rivals,' he says. 'Money has never bothered me. It's winning that counts.'

He's a winner all right.

Ten years at the top have made Bristow, 31, the kid from the backstreets of Stoke Newington, North London, one of the biggest earners in British sport today. Ironically, his first job was as a van boy for the Matchplay sponsors, MFI. His annual earnings have shot past £250,000. He is confident he will clear £4 million from darts, the game he once played for tanners

television with a lager sixin local high street pubs.

From official darts events pack at his elbow.

His Victorian home in alone, his pickings from the past five years are £177,150. Leek, Staffordshire, is worth That's nearly £100 per day. at least £100,000.

His darts club, The Crafty Bristow has collected more than £50,000 from just one Cockney in Stoke, his adopsponsor, Embassy, in 10 ted home, is worth at least World Professional Cham- £450,000. Bristow could retire comfortably on the pionships (he's won five).

He is the biggest box profits - last year, for office exhibition attraction example, the club sold in the sport. His normal £400,000 worth of beer appearance fee is £1000 but alone.

Harrows, the darts equiphe pulls capacity audiences several times yearly for ment company which £5000 shoot-outs against old supplies his 22-gramme rivals like John Lowe, Jocky arrows, has a three-year Wilson and the current agreement guaranteeing holder of the World Match- him £250,000. He pockets play crown, Bob Anderson. another £20,000 a year There is only one day of endorsing other darting the year Bristow won't equipment.

It is Bristow the celebrity work: FA Cup Final day, which he watches on who out-earns any of his

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From his pub roots (here in 1978), Bristow rose to the top of the darting Supergran, Bullseye, Never world, collecting the Twain, Celebrity two rooms-full of Squares and co-hosts trophies along the Thames Television's way to decorate his popular darts series The plush Staffordshire Cockney Classic. home. Today he He is in regular demand presides, dinnerfor commercials: news- jacketed, over papers, milk, washing his own Crafty machines, breweries (he Cockney club has even appeared as a medieval monk!). played in 35 different He has a burgeoning countries, always travels career as a host at big darts first class and spent his last tournaments; he was MC at proper holiday in Rio. this year's French and But Eric Bristow insists: Swiss open championships 'rm just an ordinary bloke. and is rapidly becoming I'm not into duck pâtÊ well-known through an in- and champagne. `I'm a structional video in Canada bacon bullies and cuppa and America. He has tea man.'

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A grey, drizzly autumn day in the heart of London.

Halfway across the world the athlete Ben Johnson is on a Korean Airways flight, literally fleeing home to Canada in disgrace from the Seoul Olympics.

He's been sensationally stripped of his 100m gold medal and for once the word sensation is appropriate. It's the biggest sports story for years, a red hot news day, and the reverberations are starting to build big headlines around the globe.

At ITN House in London — heart of Independent Television's national and international news gathering operation, housing nearly 1,000 staff in a cramped, corner-site glass building — journalists and technical staff are trying to knock the Johnson drug abuse story into shape for the TV news bulletins and especially for the flagship News at Ten programme.

Just before I lam, ITN Editor and Chief Executive David Nicholas gathers 17 of his senior executives and department heads round him in his fourth floor office to discuss the day's news.

One story — unusually — dominates both home and foreign news schedules.

Today it is fallen hero Ben Johnson.

In the crisp, matter-offact way of journalists, Nicholas and his team map out how ITN news will tackle the Johnson story, both in Seoul and around the world.

As the day progresses, nearly half of ITN's duty overseas camera crews and reporters will be involved with the Olympic champion's downfall.

Other things are happening at home and abroad, of course, and must be covered. Staff have to be assigned, stories written, committed to film and, it is hoped, transmitted to audiences

Hot news: the full impact of Ben Johnson's fall from grace is brought out by 'News at Ten's Julie K eith using state-of-the-art graphics

Ever wondered how today's headlines reach your TV? JAMES GILHEANY goes behind the scenes at ITN on one of the year's biggest news days.. . across the world. Apart from 26-year-old Johnson, the most disgraced athlete in Olympic history, the home news team are looking out for the expected bad trade figures (higher interest rates, mortgages?); the Malaysian Prime Minister is in London to sign a massive £1.5 billion arms deal with Britain; the Social and Liberal Democrats are continuing their row over what to call themselves; and the Princess of Wales is visiting Ford's huge Halewood, Merseyside car plant.

Duty Home News Editor Mervyn Hall mentions a possible tailpiece for News at Ten: A pensioner in a woolly hat has gone into a boutique in West Wales, tried on some expensive clothes, then she produced a gun and demanded the till money.

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gered off the bell, and the unlikely robber has scarpered. The story lightens the atmosphere.. .

Foreign News Editor Robin Staniforth also has Johnson in the number one slot on his news list, followed by the Gibraltar IRA deaths inquest, the forthcoming US Space Shuttle launch and a number of other items. Channel Four News Editor Garron Baines (C4 receive

I suppose some people still think newscasters swan in about 10 minutes before doing on air,

a full ITN news service) leads his schedule with Johnson as well.

Nicholas clarifies a few points with his team and the Olympics story is fleshed out. There's the mopping up and reaction story from Seoul, with Sports Correspondent Mark Austin and Far East Correspondent Jeremy Thompson already in place; reaction from top athletes, doctors, and anabolic steroid users in Britain; and the covering of Johnson's flight when it touches down in New York, en route to his home in Toronto, Canada.

The meeting lasts just 20 minutes before the staff filter back, most of them to the dingy, gloomy firstfloor ITN Newsroom.

There's barely an inch of spare space and little free desk top surface, thanks to the profusion of phones, TV monitors and computer keyboards with their accompanying

monitor screens. The Basys computer system allows Newsroom staff to tap into all major wire services and lets them write their own scripts as well.

In graphics, which provides still and moving graphics for news bulletins, a system identifying any part of the world and projecting it on to the screen in map form has actually been acquired from the CIA. One small but refreshing point — although the Newsroom has no typewriters in it, the studio autocue machines which help newcasters with their on-air scripts are still wound by hand at three words per second, though there are plans to automate them eventually.

Newsrooms tend to the austere and ITN's is no exception. Today there's the special buzz which comes with a big news story. It's almost tangible and everyone is carried along on a wave of excitement and anticipation.

Every so often the computer system emits a 'ping' as a brief warning of a major news story being put out.

What if Johnson gives an exclusive interview to ITN? What if he makes a full confession and explains to a bemused world why he has wrecked his career and thrown away an estimated £15 million in advertising sponsorship?

The questions remain unasked — but they don't have to be. The journalist's job, in whatever part of the media, can be boiled down to the 'five W's': What?, Why?, When?' Where?, and Who?.

With the Johnson story the answer to several of these questions are already known but the biggest enigma of all remains to be answered: Why? Duty News at Ten Programme Editor Nick Pollard, responsible for marshalling the journalistic continued on page 29 II.

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ITN: W here no news O. continued from page 27 content of the night's bulletin, gathers his staff round him. They're just discussing coverage of Johnson in greater detail when his phone rings. He grabs it: 'News at Ten.' Pollard's voice changes, becomes soft. 'How did it go?' Then he listens briefly, grins as he puts the receiver down.

There's an important news story in his personal life — son Joe, age 30 months, has just started his first morning at nursery school.

Pollard's wife, Sally, reports there were a few tears until little Joe recognised the daughter of News at One Editor Andrew Tilley at the West London school. There's a low turnover of staff at ITN and friendships forged over the years are strong and deep. It helps when the pressure is really on — which is most of the time.

The company budget runs at about £60 million annually and, since its foundation in 1955, ITN has built up an unrivalled reputation for quality broadcasting both at home and worldwide.

The company now provides viewers with a round-the-clock news service amounting to 16 bulletins daily, if you count Super Channel, which feeds news to a dozen European countries.

Diplomatic Editor Jon Snow, standing in as News at One newscaster, has had a frustrating time.

He's spent more than four hours setting up and recording an interview with Sir Roger Bannister, the first man to break the four-minute mile.

Bannister can't leave Pembroke College, Oxford, where he is Master, so a crew go to him, Snow conducting the interview by phone.

'Had he been in Los Angeles it would have been easier,' says Snow drily.

'We'd have taken him into a studio, satellite link to London. Report in the can, no problem. He's only 40 miles away instead of 5,000 but it's a very good example of just how time consuming this job

Editor and Chief Executive David Nicholas (above) studies the day's schedule which includes an interview with Dr Peter Sperryn (right) and the Discovery' launch (below)

The news team considers the day's news stories (left). How should they handle the Princess Diana visit (above)? can sometimes be.'

Reporter Paul Davies is despatched just after noon with cameraman Bob Hammond, sound recordist John Sharman and lighting engineer Martin Harrow to interview drugs-in-sport expert Dr Peter Sperryn, honorary medical adviser to the British Amateur Athletic Board.

They chat for a few minutes as the gear is set up in the front room of Sperryn's New Malden, Surrey, home. The interview goes smoothly until a messenger delivering a parcel rings the doorbell during mid-question.

As the resumed interview ends a light bulb explodes with a loud bang. The lighting engineer says: 'Bulbs blow from time to time — normally more quietly.'

Driving back to London to edit his contribution Davies says: 'Had we been really pushed for time I'd have done a garden interview. But Dr Sperryn's comments have taken the story one step forward.

'Television news can't stand still. Each bulletin has to be an advance.'

Davies has been in since 8am and won't leave until

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W e've got to be on top of the big news stories and know their background

after News at Ten is finished..

The News at One bulletin has gone out, leading on Johnson. All thoughts are now on the 5.45 bulletin, a tightly-packaged, no frills affair.

At 3.25pm, the Home News Editor announces that the Princess of Wales has been wolf-whistled by workers at the Ford plant.

Five minutes later and the international news agency tapes are full of the latest Johnson news.

His flight has just touched down in New York.

Cover there for ITN is being provided by one of the major US TV networks as Washington Correspondent Tim Ewart is redeployed to cover John-

son's expected arrival home in Toronto.

But Johnson — later reported as having wept on the flight — gives reporters the slip and disappears into the labyrinth that is New York City. 'We've lost him, but we're chasing,' says the Foreign Editor.

He's more used to a diet of international crises, political stories, coups, economics on a world scale, but finds the Johnson story a refreshing change. • 'It's a personal tragedy, of course, but in news terms very strong. Drama, victory, defeat, shame — great ingredients.

'It's also rather thoughtprovoking, making us ponder about drugs in sport generally and about our own athletes.'

News at 5.45, presented

by Fiona Armstrong, updates the Johnson story with film of the mad media scrum in New York as the runner arrives.

The bulletin starts badly as the Olympic footage wobbles and Programme Editor/Producer Derek Dowsett in the Studio Two control gallery looks worried.

The machine running the tape for live trans-

mission has started to chew it up but the fault corrects itself. Viewers have a shaky picture for several seconds.

Human error brings the bulletin to a late end.

Forty seconds from the scheduled sign-off someone forgets to press the appropriate button and the credits run 10 seconds over.

It doesn't sound much, but it means other ITV stations around the country having to juggle their follow-on programmes accordingly. The faulty machine is checked out, the person who missed their cue ticked off.

'We're all human — but programmes should end when they're meant to,' says Dowsett.

Fiona Armstrong is relaxed. She's been doing the bulletin for 15 months and starts each working day with a 10am visit to the hairdresser's near the studio for a wash and blow dry — 'every woman's dream, but a bit of a chore really,' she confesses.

'I bone up on the papers before I come in, then have regular updates.

Every day I set time aside to answer viewers' letters.

They might be critical of what I wear, my earrings, a particular blouse, or praiseworthy, but I think it's important to try to answer them all.'

By mid-afternoon, the News at Ten newscasters Alastair Burnet and Alastair Stewart are working on their scripts in the newsroom.

They have a big say in editorial content, writing the headlines and some of the stories. Stewart says: 'I suppose some people still think newscasters swan in about 10 minutes before going on air, are made up, read the news, then clock off again for a bottle of wine — but it's not true.

'We've got to be on top of the big stories and know their background, otherwise we wouldn't really know what we're talking about.

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The newscaster has two distinct functions — giving viewers information clearly and in a polished way, and making it understandable, fun and interesting. I enjoy the job enormously, but it's a bit like keeping all those plates spinning on top of canes without them falling off and smashing.'

At 6.20pm the Programme and Foreign Editors are eating canteen meals at their desk — pork casserole and curry respectively. The evening hours fly past as film packages are put together in the editing rooms.

Central TV phones to offer footage of a surfer setting a world record by riding an exceptionally high Severn Bore for 2.4 miles. It will make News at Ten, displacing the robber granny.

The last big evening meeting before News at Ten involves the Programme Editor, home and foreign desks, newscasters, Super Channel representative, graphics, and director Jacqui Bromley, whose job it is to co-

ordinate all technical aspects and turn out a smooth programme.

Sometimes she works with husband Phil Moger, a duty News at Ten Programme Editor, though not tonight, when Nick Pollard has that role and will mastermind journalistic content.

Her job? 'It's like being a fighter pilot. While everyone is shouting at you, you're trying to fly the plane, to dodge the many obstacles.'

Ten minutes to trans-

Nerve-racking: the two A lastairs clear their throats and straighten their ties as the clock in the 'News at Ten' control room shows two minutes to go mission and Alastair Bur- to roll, Ben Johnson has minute, 40-second comnet has already been arrived home in Toronto mercial break. It doesn't made up — each news- — still saying nothing. run a second over.

Behind the scenes it caster has their own This will lead News at Ten, plus the Seoul reac- appears chaotic but to the make-up box. viewer the newscasters Alastair Stewart is tion, medical views, comhaving light make-up ap- ments from other athletes, perform faultlessly and a highly polished package the programme links are plied by Joan Watson. invisible.

They know each other still being worked on.

This is professionalism A strong new line well, Stewart lets his mind freewheel during this en- indicates more possible with a capital P from all forced leisure time. It Olympic drugs shocks involved and the outsider including a British athlete can only sit and watch in helps him relax. wonder as the proWatson says Stewart suspected of cheating.

Jacqui Bromley sits in gramme is beamed into never needs much attention . . . 'Just a major front of nearly 50 TV millions of homes.

The relief is great when reconstruction job,' the monitors in the control room. News at Ten is up it's over, and the day team newscaster replies.

Two minutes later the and running now and, disperse for home as the two Alastairs are in Studio with the skill of an or- night staff take over. Some drift over to the wine bar One, adjusting suit jackets chestra conductor she coordinates home and opposite for a much and ties. needed and well deserThey run through the foreign news packages, headlines between the live satellite links, last- ved drink.

Says the programme 'bongs' — the Big Ben minute script changes, chimes. As the seconds two items dropped from editor: 'A Johnson interview would have wraptick away, the atmosphere the running order.. .

The bulletin is slotted ped it up. . . but there's in the control room is for 29 minutes, 10 se- always tomorrow.' electric.

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The characters were so well-drawn and the casting exactly right. Top marks to everyone connected with it: to Robert Pugh for writing it, to Glyn Houston for his perfect Edgar and a special accolade to Dicken Ashworth as Billy — what a performance! I hope this was his first of many roles.

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Pearl of a fund-raiser I must correct a comment, on the Dear Katie! page, that there are no charities raising money by collecting the paper bands around balls of wool.

Every band from Peter Pan, the baby knitting yarn, carries the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital symbol and wool shops throughout the country are collecting them. For every one sent to us, we donate 1p to the hospital. We have already donated £25,000 and are on the way to giving a further, similar sum.

P J C Griffin, Group MD Wendy and Peter Pan Handknitting Yarns Guiseley, West Yorkshire

Katie Boyle says: 'How wonderful to find, at last, a firm donating to charity money from collecting wool bands — and to hear that it has already raised so much. Please keep collecting.'

Funnyman Joe's so cool Congratulations to the sensational Joe Longthorne for giving us a wonderful halfhour of entertainment.

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He is obviously a born teacher and should do very well as artistic director of the Northern Ballet Theatre. I wish him every success.

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In the precarious world of showbiz , voice-overs for television commercials have become the fast food' service for an elite in the acting profession. SARAH BOND reveals some of the scores of well-known voices and faces behind some popular adverts you can see on screen.. . .

he personal bleeper bulging under the jackets or slung around the waists of various actors, says it all.

These electronic devices alert a growing number of actors — men and women — to the fact that their voices are required for radio and TV adverts.

Well-known names — and others not so easily recognised — are now entering a highly lucrative world of the advertising voice-over which was once sneered at.

More than 250 actors compete to use their voices to 'sell' anything from luxurious scent to loo rolls.

Ray Brooks, Simon Cadell, Michael Elphick, Robert Powell, Anthony Hopkins, Jon Pertwee, Dennis Waterman, Hannah Gordon, Felicity Kendal, Gordon Jackson, Richard Briers, Una Stubbs, Nigel Havers, Patrick Allen, Miriam Margolyes and Anthony Valentine are among those at the top of the list, while film stars like John Hurt — who did the chilling AIDS adverts — are not averse to a quick voice-over either; not surprisingly at around 100 for an hour's work.

The top voice-over artists — people who do nothing else — can scoop a cool half a million pounds a year because they can pack in eight or more sessions a day. On top of the recording fee they can earn several thousands of pounds more from repeat fees.

'It's 90 per cent luck in this business;' says Glynis

Brooks, the woman of a thousand voices over the past eight years. 'I don't know any voice-over actor who doesn't sit back and thank their lucky stars, because with acting you never know where the next job is coming from.

'Voice-overs are a respectable way of earning indecent sums of money,' she says.

Rumbling Bill Mitchell is one of the big earners, known for his Orson Welles-style 'probably the best lager in the world'.

Terry Wogan is into Toggs nappies and used

6111,as once paid £4000 for a one-sentence voice–over, but didn't realise until too late that it was for toilet cleaner..., to be into Flora, while Geoffrey Palmer is the man who gets his tongue around Audi's 'Vorsprung durch Technik', among many, many other products. Michael Gambon may be praising Pal dog food one minute and packing a theatre the next.

Alan Coren once got cast as a talking lavatory, and Derek Jameson was shocked to find his voice lent itself to the loo, too.

'I was once paid £4000 for a one-sentence voiceover but didn't realise until too late that it was for toilet cleaner — I won-

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Patrick Allen, the doyen of voice-over artists, now owns his own sound studios dered if it would be good for my image,' Jameson says.

Boon star Michael Elphick's guttural tones lend themselves to British Coal, while well-spoken heartthrob Nigel Havers is the soft upper-class voice behind the Wella Balsam Shampoo commercials.

But it's not a skill every actor can master. If the voice isn't right, many — however well known —

Mike Grady can hawk their expensive demo tapes around Soho without making a single sale.

'Everyone carries bleepers for their voiceover agents,' says actor Mike Grady, who is to star in a new ITV sitcom next year. His is the lozenged voice saying Tunes help us 'breathe more easily', as well as that behind ITT Television, Pepsi-Cola and a host of other ads. 'You

can get called at a moment's notice. The whole thing is over in a couple of hours or less and it can be hair-raising.

'When you leave home for the studio, you have no idea .what you're being called to do. It could be anything from dubbing a little mouse eating cheese to the classic line: "We want you to sound like a silent movie star!"

'I used to be amazed at the big-name actors I would see popping in and out of sound studios around Soho,' says Grady.

'But now I wouldn't bat an eyelid if I bumped into Clint Eastwood.'

Patrick Allen, Sixties action man star, has been king of the commercials for the last 22 years, thanks to his dark, velvet voice. He's behind Post Office stamps, Fiji perfume, Nivea, Maxwell House, and many more.

And not only have the adverts kept the stepson of the Marquis of Downshire in the style to which he became accustomed, but he now has three businesses of his own, including a stake in the St John's Wood Studios in London where a large percentage of adverts are made.

"I started when I was flat broke, doing a theatre

season at Stratford, and at that time the idea of doing voice-overs was absolutely beneath everyone.

They said sniffily that I was giving up acting, which wasn't true — I'm still an actor first and foremost.

'At one point, I was doing 25 per cent of all the commercials on air, I was certainly king pin, and I'm living on my reputation now,' he says, smiling.

'Then suddenly fellow actors realised I was making money, and in the last 10 years, many more have moved into voiceovers — now it's positively booming.

'The worst commercial I did was way back, on an ad for cigarettes set to come out straight after the Budget: Because we didn't know what the tax would be, we had to do it 20 different ways raising the price by a half-penny each time.'

'That was an all-day job saying the same words over and over again,' he recalls. 'Anyone going into voice-overs would have to enjoy them or they would go a bit mad.'

Miriam Margolyes, who played Wilhelmina Warlock the witch in Mr .

Miriam Margolyes

Majeika, describes herself as short, fat but immensely talented and far from mad.

Behind her outsize figure lies one of the most beautiful voices on our screens. It's Miriam who produced the silky, seductive sounds that we all assume must belong to a gorgeous, bikini-clad glamour girl in those famous Manikin cigar commercials of yesteryear.

For years, Miriam has been queen of the voiceovers, from barking like a dog alongside Percy Edwards in the Renault 5 ad to those chimps who so enjoy their P.G. Tips. And, as she counts up the

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continued from page 37 cheques, she has the last laugh.

'I'm Rent-a-Gullet,' chortles the proud owner of five homes (four in Europe, one in Australia).

And not everybody can do it — it takes a long time to learn how to clip half a second off the time, or to be sincere about certain products.

Today, Miriam is so skilful that advertisers often ask her advice in the studio on what kind of voice would be best for their product.

'It's not as easy as it looks. You're asked to give a full performance in 30 seconds, and you're asked to create a character full of warmth and sincerity immediately.

What's more, you have to speak very fast. But it's also very good fun.

'There was a time when "serious" actors wouldn't dream of doing it, but now they can't wait.'

As to providing the voices for the sex-bombs, she says: 'Beautiful people

Ray Brooks nearly always have dreadful voices. It's probably nature's way of evening things up.'

Big Deal star Ray Brooks has for years been a worthy pretender to Patrick Allen's throne as The Voice.

The sad-eyed hero with those boyish looks has made a fortune using his voice to extol the soft appeal of Lenor's fabric conditioner and Dixel Toilet tissue.

Voice-overs kept the lovable Brooks off the breadline when he spent 10 years in the acting wilderness following his big Sixties film successes The Knack and Cathy Come Home. 'I turned down too many parts looking for the right ones, and during those years my wife and I faced a lot of hardship. I was really broke. At that time,' he

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confesses, ,'established actors turned up their noses at voice-over work, but I didn't care. The spectre of my childhood poverty haunted me and I was glad of the work, 'My mother was a Brighton bus conductress, and she told me the only way to get on was to speak well — so she sent me for elecution lessons.

'But when I first started doing voice-overs, I wasn't very good — it took quite a while to master the technique.

There were only about 30 of us in those days, including my friend Richard Briers. Now there must be more than 200.'

In spite of success in series like Big Deal, Brooks has gone back to the voice-over business to supplement his earnings.

But he admits he's a worrier. 'I worry all the time that I will have no work and will be forced to discard all the material things which are the fabric and security of my family.

'I have a lovely house, a car, a successful career and yet I still feel as if I'm standing on sand. I can't sit back and relax — uncertainty and fear are my constant companions.'

But life is a lot better than the bleak days when he would die a death at dinner parties if someone asked him what he did.

'I'd have to say I'm an actor, and they would say, "What have you done?"

So I would have to explain that I did voice-overs, and made more money than their oil executive husbands,' he says.

Glynis Brooks was a radio soap star on W ag-

Glynis Brooks goners W alk when a friend suggested she should try her hand at voice-overs. Her actorhusband Chris Jenkinson persuaded her to gamble her last £120 on a demo tape. It paid off — her voice caught the advertiser's ears immediately, and within two weeks she'd made the £120 back, and then some. It just snowballed from there, she says.

Today, she has become one of the best-known voices on the box, promoting the Yop yogurt drink, eggs, Nescafe Fine Blend and the current commercial for Hotpoint kitchen appliances in which she asks: 'Why make life more complicated?'

Perhaps her biggest moment was being Cybil Shepherd for an hour.

'It was a big, glossy, expensive commercial for L'Oreal and she had said the name of the product the wrong way round, and nobody had noticed.

'So I was summoned because she wasn't available to redub it. If you listened and watched carefully, you could hear me saying the words she fluffed.

'I've been a small boy on a Christmas stuffing advert one minute, and a

Voices Quiz Are you an armchair expert at guessing the famous faces behind the voices on television commercials?

Try our quiz on some of the best-known adverts and see how you and your family score.

1 The man behind the TSB attracted a lot of interest as a singing snoop. Is he: a Michael Gough? b Michael Gambon? c Michael Caine?

2 Who claimed British Rail were getting there,

Welsh tomato the next, and then slipped into a deep, sexy voice for perfume after that.

'I remember arriving at one studio and they said what they really wanted was for me to sound like Robert Powell — and I said, "You do realise there's a slight difference between us."

'One of the big bonuses doing voice-overs is not having to worry what you look like. I remember dubbing a sexy voice over a glorious-looking model on a Kellogg's Bran Flakes commercial, and I was heavily pregnant with my second son and looking positively elephantine offscreen.

'It doesn't matter if you look like death having been out on the town the night before — you should see the faces of some of the actors at nine o'clock in the morning!'

Daniel Hill, young star of The Bretts, is tipped as the top new rising star of the voice-overs, thanks to his fresh sound. He's the 'caring social worker' who told people how to get their DHSS cheques during the Post Office strike, and he made the TV trailers for the hit film Buster. But his eagerness to get going in the voiceover world left him redfaced after one call from the producers of a Carling Black Label lager ad, soon after he had started rehearsals on The Bretts.

'I had an hour off for lunch and my agent said, "Can you do a voice-over right now in the West End?" So I told the producer I'd be back in a minute and tore off.

When I arrived at the

Set by Sarah Bond

and is back in a new series as one of our favourite, and equally optimistic, comedy characters? Is he: a Richard O'Sullivan? b Jim Davidson? c Hywel Bennett?

3 'Come to Comet,' urges this genial fellow. He's one who's been a big deal himself on screen. Is he: a Ray Allen? b Ray Brooks? c Ray McAnally?

4 Many a woman would love this Saintly gent to be her Coffeemate. Is he:

a Roger Moore? b Ian Ogilvy? c Angus Ogilvy?

5 This charmer advises us to use Head and Shoulders. Is he: a Christopher Cazenove? b Anthony Andrews? c Nigel Havers?

ANSWERS: 1 Michael Gambon 2 Hywel Bennett 3 Ray Brooks 4 Ian Ogilvy 5 Nigel Havers

studio, Anthony Valentine and David Jason were sitting there looking extremely cool while I was puffing and panting and scarlet from running.

'Then the director arrived and said, "Oh, thanks for coming but we've decided to go with the one we did before, but don't worry, you will get paid." ' Later, Daniel's popularity nearly cost him his wedding day and honeymoon night, as he laughingly recalls.

'I had my agent on the phone five times on the morning of my wedding.

My wife really believed I was going to ask if I could carry a walkie-talkie phone up the aisle.

'Well, I got through the wedding, then we slipped away to a manor house in Maidstone. We were lying on our wedding bed when

Daniel Hill the phone went again. I think all my agent heard was the frantic scream, "Go away!"

The money is coming in very handy now that the Hills have a baby on the way. 'People think the fees for voice-overs are money for old rope.

'Sometimes my eyes pop open at the cheques. But when you're in the studio doing one, you feel like the whole world is on your shoulders.

'And, whoever you are, the advertisers just call you a voice, not an actor — so your pride takes a big wallop at that. "The voice has arrived," they say, and you feel like a disembodied creature, and wail inwardly, "Aren't I just a little more than that?"'

In fact, Daniel Hill, in common with his contemporaries, is more than that.

Like the others, he says: 'I am an actor first and, though the voice-over money is useful, I would still go on stage in Dundee for just £100 a week, given the chance.'

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ITV, W ednesday: Des O'Connor Tonight

LOVE

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BY DES O'CONNOR he man is extremely sexy, I have to mention that. Des looks so cute and cuddly on the telly that it's hard to imagine him having that particular kind of adult magnetism.

But he has, and it comes from a combination of supreme self-confidence, a terrific sense of humour and the tenacity and determination that would get him just about anywhere he wanted to go.

Born under Capricorn, his Ascendant (the sign rising over the Eastern horizon at the moment of birth) is Sagittarius — a mixture of ambition and optimism which could hardly fail.

'I'm the most positive, happy-go-lucky person that God made', says Des. 'Whether I'm rich or poor, up or down, I'm enjoying it, and that's not phoney. I can't stand moaners. There are only three things that matter: love, laughter and good health. If you have a share of those, you're winning all the way.'

Mark you, those are not the throw-away priorities of a man who's always had it easy. Mars and Saturn conjoin in his chart — an aspect which can indicate considerable physical suffering, even handicap, particularly in childhood.

And Des was a sickly child, prey to every illness imaginable. He even had difficulty walking until he was seven years old. 'Up until the age of 14, I was like a small Ronnie Corbett. I was four foot seven, but one day I told myself I was going to grow, and from the day I said it, I started to do just that. I really didn't have any formal education until I was 11 [and then only three years at school], but once I started, I went from bottom of the class to the top. I don't have a lot of talent, but I've learnt to do

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Sound advice about diet and smoking may be Edwina Currie's particular concern, but Des O'Connor believes that the curefor all ills is a good laugh — and positive thinking.

W ith this homespun philosophy and a new daughter to delight him, Des is now lookingforfreshfields to conquer, as he reveals to TVTimes astrologer, MARTINE DELAMERE. Main picture DAVID MAGNUS things. I've applied myself. I sing very well now.

I didn't before.'

With Sun, Mars and Saturn in Capricorn, triumphing over adversity is the stuff of life to Des and he firmly believes that laughter is the cure for all ills.

'The happiest two hours of any day for me are on a stage. Once in Toronto my knee swelled so much I couldn't get my dress suit on. I had a septic throat and a stomach upset and I'd taken so many pills that I had double vision. Then I went on the stage and did an hour and a half in front of 22,000 people.

When I came off, the knee had gone down, the throat felt better and the stomach had gone away. It's just a tonic out there.'

Recently, Des fell down a hole on a golf course.

'My partner asked if I was all right and I said, "yes, but shouldn't the ball go down the hole?" I was in agony, but if you laugh, you take in air, and oxygen is good for the head.

Medically and emotionally, humour seems to be the answer.'

But Des's success hasn't been achievedwithout personal sacrifice. His birthchart shows that in working so hard, Des feels he missed some of the joys of parenthood.

He's the proud father of three grown-up daughters — Karen, from his first marriage; and Tracey and

GI don't have a lot of talent but I've learnt to do

Samantha from his second. And now, there's one-year-old Kristina Eva from his third marriage to Jay — at 27, nearly 30 years Des's junior. He's delighted that he's having a chance to enjoy fatherhood for the fourth time and has definite views about what it means.

'I think it was George Bernard Shaw who said that youth was wasted on the young. I often think that parenthood is waste on young parents because we, the male spe cies, are so busy o Des with wife jay and K ristina Eva his fourth child — giving him the chance to enjoy fatherhood once more

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tttiwbestofletealth there providing, when what we really want to do is play with our children and see them growing up.

'Having been born in a povertystricken area [Stepney, East London], I wanted to provide something more for my family. So you do spend a lot of time working, but it's a lesson you learn with maturity.

It's a lesson I've learned this time round and I will be there for my little girl if I possibly can be. I love Des still has his goals. 'I've done everything in showbusiness except a movie and a musical and they're the two things I think I could do best.

There's still something to look forward to'

my daughters very much and I think they do realise why I was always working. We did spend a lot of time being together, but not as much as I'd like to have done.'

Des has strong feelings about how his baby daughter, Kristina Eva, should be brought up, and some advice for other parents too.

'I believe the most important thing you can give a child is time. And parents should take the lead from the children, not the other way round.

'The essential thing is that Kristina Eva is happy, and enjoys life. So if she's a little bit different, and doesn't conform with her classmates, I'll be quite happy, because anyone who's ever succeeded in the world usually has a spark of individuality.

'All the same, the child must also learn to toe the line: a compromise between discipline and fun.'

Des places great emphasis on enjoyment, especially on the joys of learning, broadening horizons and maximising potential. This is the Sagit-

For Des, performing is a form of therapy, 'just like a tonic, he says

tarian coming out in him and with Mercury also in that sign, he must have literary leanings.

'I've written children's stories, two novels and a film script â&#x20AC;&#x201D; I've been having long chats with Paul Hogan in Australia about that. I've also got a great idea for a musical which I could slot into.

That sounds like showing off, but it's not. It's confidence. I get a great kick out of writing; it gives me almost as much satisfaction as getting out in front of that crowd.'

The mention of film and musicals brings us onto his future plans.

'I've done everything in

The happiest two hours of my day are on a stage.. .

showbusiness except a movie and a musical and they're the two things I think I could do best. I think they are somewhere in the future. I'm not a little boy anymore and I could get a role which would have a bit of substance to it.'

Having something to look forward to is an integral part of the O'Connor philosophy. 'If you got up in the morning and there was nothing to look forward to, you'd be very discontented. You wouldn't be able to give any emotional stability or comfort to anyone else because you'd be feeling sorry for yourself. So it's just a case of believing each day that comes is a blessing. It's another day that you may not have been here. Enjoy it, learn something, do something for someone else and improve yourself in a little way. That's what I try to do. It doesn't always work, but I try.'

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David Quinlan previews the films and Monty Smith the TV movies on screen this week SATURDAY 22nd The Story of Alexander Graham Bell C4, 10.30am-12.15pm A typically professional Hollywood biopic of the late Thirties, this was the film that dogged its star, Don Ameche, for years to come. In later years, he would complain that many people thought that Don Ameche had invented the telephone and not Mr Bell! Henry Fonda surprisingly takes a subordinate role as Bell's co-worker. 1939

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C4, 12.55pm-3.05pm A vivid American war film that re-creates a true-life incident in a nicely rough-hewn manner, employing a plot structure reminiscent of those in The Lost Patrol and Sahara, as a few American soldiers are left to fight a hopeless rearguard action against advancing Japanese. 1943

The Secret Policeman's Ball C4, 10.05pm-11.50pm Only nine years old, this record of an Amnesty International concert already looks like an album of classic Pythonesque comedy routines from the past, including John Cleese's discussion of cheeses with Michael Palin, and Rowan Atkinson's miming of extracts from Beethoven piano sonatas. Among the more surprising faces on view are Trades Union leader Clive Jenkins and one-time TV-am star Anna Ford. And, somewhat illat-ease among the array of professional comic talent is the would-be scourge of bad television Clive James. 1979

Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment ITV, 10.15pm-11.55pm A predictable sequel to the first film in this series, with the

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accent on sight gags — a store manager has a cardboard cutout of Clint Eastwood on show to deter robbers — and humour that stems from the characters established in the first film.

Cheap-looking but very, very cheerful, the film also has some nice by-play in its script, especially between the laid-back police captain and his powerhungry lieutenant. 1985

SUNDAY 23rd Greed C4, 2.00pm-4.35pm The C4 season of silent classics continue with what some argue is the greatest film ever made.

Dismissed in its time, after the studio had cut director Erich Von Stroheim's original 26 reels (more than five hours) down to 10 (just under two hours), the film can now be seen as a shattering portrayal of how money can effect break-ups in relationships and bring out the worst in man. Von Stroheim's drive for realism is totally uncompromising, from the teeming poorer quarters of San Francisco to the awesome climax in the desert, the director taking cast and crew on location to Death Valley, where they sweated and sweltered in torrid temperatures. 1924

Comes a Horseman C4, 10.50pm-1.00am A romantic Western directed (by Alan J Pakula) and photographed (by Gordon Willis) with a real feel for time and period — the ranchland of Montana in 1945. It's an elaborate but persuasive treatment of a familiar theme. Jane Fonda holds it together with another magnificent performance as the rancher fighting to make it on her own and not have to sell out to the local cattle baron (Jason Robards) whose affair with her as a girl had been the death of her father. James Caan as the 'horseman' who proves her one helper and the blazing climax, in which they and Robards are involved, brings an interesting film to a very satisfactory conclusion.

1978

MONDAY 24th Three Cases of Murder ITV, 1.30pm-3.25pm This trio of macabre stories is an intermittent disappointment in view of the amount of talent involved, including Orson Welles in rampant form in a

The indomitable frontierswoman who rides a car and not a horse... Jane Fonda as Ella Connors in 'Comes a Horseman' version of Somerset Maugham's Lord Mountdrago. Alan Badel appears (and does well) in all three stories, the most chilling of which concerns a man (the lugubrious Hugh Pryse) who steps inside a painting. 1953

Rain C4, 2.00pm-3.45pm Somerset Maugham's story about fiery South Seas prostitute Sadie Thompson had been filmed only four years previously with Gloria Swanson. Joan Crawford took over the role terrified of comparisons (not only with Swanson but with Jeanne Eagel's stage success). She was unhappy with the results, but time has revealed her Sadie Thompson as vibrant, vulgar and oddly touching. The director was Lewis Milestone. 1932

Reds C4, 8.30pm-12.05am A story of epic proportions, set in America and Russia in the 1915-1921 period. And it is also a love story — on a scale to match Doctor Zhivago and Gone W ith the W ind. Warren Beatty plays an idealistic communist in America, with Diane Keaton as the free-thinking writer who joins his semi-underground movement. Together, they are caught up in momentous events in world history which culminate in her trekking across frozen wastes to find him in Finland, after he has fled the Bolsheviks.

When it concentrates on people and not politics, in fact, this film is a winner. Diane Keaton is superb — a tribute to the direction of Beatty, for which he won an Academy Award. 1981

TUESDAY 25th The Thief of Baghdad ITV, 1.30pm-3.25pm Fourth film version of the famous

Arabian Nights story, complete with such ingredients as the magic carpet, the wicked wazir, the All-Seeing Eye and the Temple of Truth. Peter Ustinov does a variation on his baffled panda act as the cuddly caliph.

Terence Stamp's wazir, flapping in on his black cloak like a living corpse, is clearly a dry run for his villains in the Superman movies and the stage version of Dracula. French actor Daniel Emilfork also scores with his mischievously grinning genie.

The juvenile leads, as in previous versions, are good looking but negligible. 1978

The Gaucho C4, 2.00pm-3.35pm Douglas Fairbanks's Christmas release for 1927 proves to be a lusty pageant whose story he thought up himself, giving his audiences a somewhat less whiter-than-white hero than usual, and sharing the spotlight with the 19-year-old Lupe Velez, jetting the young Mexican actress to 15 years of tempestuous stardom. There are religious overtones to this story of a mountain outlaw, but lots of athletic action to please the star's fans. 1927

Christine ITV, 11.35pm-1.25am This is the one about the demon car and it may make you wary of walking the streets at night.

Christine is a beauty all right.

Red as the devil, all gleaming chrome and dazzling headlamps, playing tunes on the radio to express her thoughts.

But woe betide anyone who comes between her and her young master Arnie. This is a film that believes strongly in action, and its scenario never misses a chance to aim for the lowest common denominator.

But, after a longish period of delineating Arnie's many enemies that Christine will eventu-

taries, marked a sombre beginning for him in his new field, with its elements of death, incest and a bleak, isolated existence.

Murer himself came from the same kind of Alpine peasant family as those depicted in the film, although the incidents in his upbringing can never have been as vivid as those depicted here, with their curious and disturbing mixture of documentary, fantastic and sexual melodrama. Some of its scenes are not for the squeamish. 1985

FRIDAY 28th Strangers When We Meet

C4, 12.20am-2.25am Like so many show business biographies, the sad thing about jazz genius Bix Beiderbecke's life is that it makes such a good story. Hollywood made a mess of it in 1950 as Y oung Man with a Horn, but Brigitte Berman's documentary reconstruction of the rise and fall of Bix mixes old footage, old records and present-day interviews with real flair.

1981

C4, 2.00pm-4.10pm A searching look at love and life in an upper-class American suburb. Adapted by Evan Hunter from his own best-seller, it finds Kirk Douglas understandably torn between Kim Novak and Barbara Rush while trying to find himself as an architect.

Douglas looks pained, Novak expresses pent-up desire quite well, Rush is poignantly pretty and Ernie Kovacs has a few waspishly funny lines though not enough. Walter Matthau, not unexpectedly, steals it from them all with his skilful portrait of a callous neighbour. 1960

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Preparing to take the heat... Private eye Burt Reynolds and cop Clint Eastwood get ready to round up the had guys in 'City Heat ally take to the grinder's, there are a few dull spots in the film's lengthy running time, although the final duel between Christine and an excavator doesn't have quite the variation of excitement that it might have done. Arnie is well played by Keith Gordon, who splendidly creates two quite separate characters. 1983 TV version

WEBIVESDAYi26th White Cargo C4, 2.00pm-3.40pm First made as an early British sound film, this Hollywood version of a hoary old classic which silent vamps would surely have given their eye teeth to star in features a suitably tall and taciturn Walter Pidgeon - a top box-office star thanks to his screen partnership with Greer Garson. He is the plantation owner trying to fend off the advances of a (literally) poisonous native charmer who seems to have vamped half the white men within 50 miles of the Equator. The delicious Hedy Lamarr was never more exotic and effective than as Tondelayo, luring men to destruction from under her dusky lids. 1942

City Heat ITV, 100pin-10.00pm 10.35pm-II.35pm A crime romp within whose framework Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds can exercise their familiar film characters. The word framework just about sums up the plot, which is set in the early Thirties and concerns the demise of private eye Reynolds' partner and the subsequent battle by Reynolds and cop Eastwood (his former police colleague) to corner the two gang leaders involved. Jane Alexander is (very good as) the wisecracking secretary, Madeline Kahn plays Reynolds' high-society moll and Irene Cara is a frightened witness.

Reynolds displays his agility, Eastwood walks down Main Street in the open while others fire at him from cover, there's a lot of fairly inconsequential gunfire and a running gag about a suitcase loaded with dynamite, and it's all pretty enjoyable. Just don't expect any major surprises. 1984

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ITV, 2.00am-3.40am I thought that such medieval romps had died the death when Universal lost its International.

But lo! they live, in this ripelysliced chunk of swords, sandals and sorcery. In a land of swirling mists, a motley crew of Equity reservists rides at the shoulder of heroic Hawk (John Terry) through an orange-skied landscape to Ennio Morriconestyle music adapted for rustic flute. They hope to bring peace to the land; but Terrible Jack Palance is a law unto himself as Voltan the Unbelievable, wearing a scowl that would intimidate Giant Haystacks, as he over-and-out-acts an understandably cowed crew of minions, and guards his visage with a semi-visor lest his black acne be revealed before the final reel. Methinks there's a vein of satire to all this and that references to 'legions of darkness making savage cuts to the country' are merely veiled jibes at Government. 1980

THURSDAY 27th Halloween ITV, 11.05pm-12.45am Jamie Lee Curtis, daughter of Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, made an auspicious film debut in this shocker, in which a killer back from 15 years in the asylum stalks a trio of teenage girls with heavy-breath and hand-held camera, and takes a heck of a while to get about his gory business. 1978

Alpine Fire C4, 11.50pm-2.00am This Swiss picture, the first feature film for director Fredi M Murer after some 20 documen-

C4, 4.10pm-4.30pm The second short The Three Stooges ever made, with some amusing stuff in the boxing ring and an appearance from one of Hollywood's best known portrayers of drunks, Arthur Housman, who wandered through almost all his pictures in a permanent alcoholic haze, although in real life he never touched a drop! 1934

SATURDAY 22 OCTOBER 5.05pm Brookside' 6.45pm Blind Date 7.05pm Hollywood* 8.05pm Game Set & Match' 9.15pm Bust

C4, 12.20am-2.10am Said to be the first Spanish film shot entirely in the United States, this is an oddball and rather endearing romantic comedy about two people who become pen-friends without either realising the other is fat. Although the screenplay, by four Spaniards, including director Manuel Summers, lurches along in rather dis-connected fashion, the American cast - in particular the two 'fatties', Farnham Scott and January Stevens give likeable, low-key performances that keep you involved.

One wished they had been given rather more opportunity to exploit the pathos inherent to such a story, but over which the script tends blandly to skip.

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MONDAY 24 OCTOBER 1.00pm Make It Count' 1.30pm Write On' 5.45pm News (Mon-Fri) 6.30pm Land Shapes' 7.00pm Channel 4 News' (Mon-Fri) 7.00pm Krypton Factor 7.30pm Coronation Street 8.00pm Brookside* 9.00pm Game Set & Match TUESDAY 25 OCTOBER 1.00pm Tourism* 1.30pm Catering with Care*

1.00pm Interviewing' 1.30pm The Customer Connection* 6.30pm The March of Time' 7.30pm Coronation Street 8.00pm Brookside* THURSDAY 27 OCTOBER 1.00pm Autocare' 1.30pm Powerbase' 3.00pm A People's War' 4.50pm Dangermouse 8.00pm The Bill 9.00pm The Equalizer 10.00pm True Stories' FRIDAY 28 OCTOBER

6.00pm Redbrick' 7.55pm Book Choice' 9.00pm A Taste for Death 9.00pm The Golden Girls' 9.30pm A Houseful of Plants' * denotes C4

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'To do it we covered 200 locations — we went everywhere, from the Orkneys to Lulworth Cove on the South coast (pictured below)— in 31 days filming.' Tim admits to one minor drawback.

'Helicopters vibrate terribly. After a day in one it took me at least an hour of walking on firm ground to stop myself trembling.' Perhaps the series should have been called Landshakes!

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He says: 'People put others down because they don't have the right shape or looks. I'm just one of the fortunate few.'

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Houseful of Plants, (C4, Friday) there's more growing than meets the eye — co-presenter Floella Benjamin was pregnant throughout filming. 'I wore clothes that flattered the bump, with lots of bows,' giggles Floella. 'The big joke on set was that I was an Easter egg and that when the bow was pulled the baby would pop out.' Now baby Alvina, a sister for seven-year-old Aston, is happily installed in the Benjamin home. Floella insists that Alvina, a genuine hot-house baby, was laughing at fourdays-old. Meanwhile, Floella and family are awash in a houseful of flowers, plants and nappies.

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TO VLADIMIR'S CREDIT Ingmar Bergman considers it to be the finest film he's ever seen about a living musician, and Allegro: Vladimir

Ashkenazy: The Vital Juices Are Russian (C4, Saturday), certainly features one of the finest musicians alive. Made in 1968, the film follows the self-exiled Russian virtuoso on tour in Europe, and at the time of his move from London to Iceland. The intervening 20 years have been kind indeed to the 51-year-old master pianist (right); he has two homes in Switzerland, another in New York and can command £20,000 a night for his recitals in America.

But, as with many true talents, he is not — and never has been — in it for the money. 'I live luxuriously, which I never aimed for,' he says. 'I don't need any more. I don't know what this money is all for — you can't take it with you when you go. But with music, you can leave something behind...' Ashkenazy's fans are in doubt he'll do just that.

Pet subjects There was a time when her popularity overtook even Marilyn Monroe's, but such acclaim is now a distant memory for Kim Novak. Which is just how she likes it. Kim stars alongside Kirk Douglas (they're pictured, right) in the 1960 film Strangers When We Meet, (C4, Friday), but today she prefers animals to other actors. Now 56, she occasionally leaves her ranch in California, to take up film or TV offers; the rest of the time she stays at home with her veterinary husband Bob Malloy and their assorted llamas, dogs, horses, chickens and goats. 'My vocabulary was never very big,' she says, 'and it's even smaller now. That's because I spend more time with animals than people — you don't have to impress animals with words.'

Gloria's glory Gloria Estefan (above) has done as much to popularise Latin-American music as Carmen Miranda and her headful of fruit—although in a far less flamboyant fashion. Last year, for example, she and her group, Miami Sound Machine, were responsible for 11,142 people in Burlington, Iowa, forming the (unofficial) world's largest conga line. Cuban-born Gloria is aware that no such feat will be possible when she appears next Sunday in Live From The Palladium (ITV), but she'll settle for a few toes tapping.

'We sing in Spanish or English,' she says, 'but so long as people are dancing I'll know we're using the right language.' Anything For You, her recent Top 20 hit single, proves the point.

ermission was granted for Game, Set & Match (ITV, Monday and repeated on C4, Saturday) to film on the western half of Berlin's Oberbaum Bridge, which runs between East and West. But the camera crew were given a firm 'Nein' when they wanted actor Ian Holm (pictured right with Mel Martin) to walk across the bridge to the eastern side. How could the problem be resolved?, wondered producer Brian Armstrong. The answer was to build a duplicate of the bridge on the banks of Manchester's River Irwell.

Cameras filmed the actors on the eastern half of the replica bridge, then the footage was spliced together with genuine location shots filmed on the western side of the real bridge. Look out for the scene in December's final episode.

'It's my fond belief,' says Armstrong, 'that no viewer will ever detect the join.'

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There's a new-look W ideawake Club (TV-am, Saturday), but the old familiar faces are still there.

Jimmy McKay, for example, looks at animals in the wild as well as household pets. jimmy's own household includes three monkeys. Not that he'd encourage viewers to buy exotic animals. As with rainforest trees, he says, wild creatures shouldn't be thoughtlessly uprooted from their natural habitat. 'My three monkeys were all unwanted pets, bought by people who thought they were like toys,' he says. One was even exhibited in a snooker hall until rescued.

'Animals like these should never be sold as pets,' he says.

Time 'n' plaice Back in December 1979, when The Secret Policeman's Ball was first screened on ITV, John Cleese, who directed the stage show for Amnesty International, was not amused by the decision to cut out the naughty bits. Some years later, he decided to quit comedy altogether; 'I felt I'd lost touch with what made audiences laugh.'

But now he's bounced right back as writer, director and romantic lead of his film A Fish Called W anda (1988). Romantic lead? 'Well, I play a character called Archie P,:per chase Leach, which was Cary In August, TVTimes reported Grant's real name, and I get the:: What The Papers Say was to kiss Jamie Lee Curtis,' says ending, closing a chapter in the lugubrious Cleese, television and newspaper his/ 'Very nicely put,' said pictured right with her. 'But I Ric d Ingrams, when he don't know if I understand Pry,:ed the final programme women any better than I did. I on 'But not true,' he don't understand fish, either. ch d. He implied that Tv e$ had got it wrong, The fish we eventually hired ate thz show was merely 32 other fish while waiting to MC r to ITV from C4. Very audition. We figured if we didn't nick at, Mr Ingrams. But, ala_ give her the part, she'd also . t true. In fact, after beis,j „rapped by C4, the eat us!' Cleese's spirits programme was reprieved by should lift still higher Lon . Granada and at the prospect of Gs.an ITV regions only (I% C4's Saturday ,iy). Executive Prc Ray Fitzwalker hopes screening of The 'e rentually be Secret tray ted by the entire ITV Policeman's Ball `So that all our loyal — with naughty vie' can smile once again.' bits intact.

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22 October SATIIIIDAY 10.30am The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

Anglia 5.00am ITN Morning News

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1: JACK MURRAY A repeated series in which Philip Wood and David Wilson explore some of Ulster's most fascinating private gardens. This week they visit jack Murray's County Down garden with its fine views of sea and mountain from Dundrum Bay to Slieve Donard, yet incorporating the shelter necessary to grow the camelias which, as Jack says, are `the champions of my garden'. With signing and subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

6.00 TV-am 6.00 Saturday Sport Geoff Clark brings you the latest news and interviews from the sporting scene, including a preview of the Skol Cup Final at Hampden Park. Jim McGrath looks at the day's racing at Doncaster and there's a chance to win tickets to a major sporting event in the 'Where Am I?' competition.

7.30 Wideawake Presented by Tommy Boyd, Timmy Mallett and Michaela Strachan. Animal expert Jimmy McKay and Michaela report from a veterinary hospital in North Wales, and science supremo Carol Vorderman explores time and how to make clocks. Guests include travelling author Nick Dazinger. Plus cartoon fun with The Shoe People. Don't miss your WAC favourites in the funpacked W ide A wake Club A nnual 1989 - on sale now, price £3.75.

9.25 to 11.30am Motormouth with ANDREA ARNOLD NEIL BUCHANAN JULIAN BALLANTYNE Get your teeth into this week's Motormouth.. .

Trap Door, competition winners and much much more!

9.40 MM2 She-Ra Princess of Power: Glimmer's Story The source of the protective power of Castle Bright Moon is stolen, and if She-Ra fails to recover it the Kingdom will fall to the Horde.

10.05 MM3 At Spin Off, Motormouth comes to you live with the sounds of today.

10.30 MM4 Motormouth is on the case. Which burning issue will it bring you today?

10.55 MM5 The tables are turned and you have your say.

Plus more music, chat and surprises.

Motormouth comes to you live from the Spin Off Complex.

Hilary Rolls Roger Sloman

Sword aloft, `She-Ra Princess of Power' confronts an army of formidable foes at 9.40pm Francesco Fortune Richard Waites

Jimmy Lane Joe Greco Producer/Director (Spin Off) David Crozier You can write to Motormouth at: PO Box 1, Maidstone, Kent ME14 5LL. DESIGNER NEIL POLLARD EXECUTIVE PRODUCER JANIE GRACE DIRECTOR MIKE ADAMS PRODUCER TIM EDMUNDS SERIES PRODUCER ADRIAN EDWARDS TV S Production

11.30am America's Top 10 Casey Kasem presents the top ten hits from this week's US pop music charts.

12.00noon The Man From U.N.C.L.E. TEE VIRTUE AFFAIR Robespierre, a fanatic trying to emulate his famous historical namesake, plots to destroy the vineyards of France.

Napoleon Robert Vaughn Illy a David McCallum A lexander Leo G Carroll Robespierre Ronald Long

1.00pm ITN News FIONA ARMSTRONG Oracle ITN News Headlines throughout the week, page 101

1.05pm Anglia News and Weather followed by

Saint de Greaysie Ian and Jimmy present their forthright opinions

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and in-depth reporting on the past week's league football action, plus a preview of the coming week.

PRODUCTION TEAM JIM RAMSEY, JAMIE OAKFORD, CHRIS RHYS ASSOCIATE PRODUCER NIALL SLOANE DIRECTOR PATRICIA MORDECAI PRODUCER RICHARD WORTH A n ITV Sport Production

1.35 to 2.15pm Wrestling from Victoria Hall, Keighley, Yorkshire British Lightheavyweight title: Alan Kilby (champion) v Chris Cougar. Kilby is tough but Cougar has bags of determination.

British Lightweight title: Kid McCoy (champion) v Ian Wilson. Will McCoy hold off the challenge?

COMMENTATOR KENT WALTON DIRECTOR GEOFF HALL PRODUCER MICHAEL ARCHER

PRODUCER/DIRECTOR RUTH JOHNSTON Ulster Television Production

10.00am 4 What It's Worth A repeat of last Tuesday's programme.

Susan Osman tracks down the man behind a £7 million investment fraud which has cost hundreds of people in Northern Ireland their life savings. The report examines the extent to which certain investment advisers, who are still in business, contributed to the tragedy. For fact sheet send sae to PO Box 6, Fleet, Hampshire, GU13 9QL.

DON AMECHE LORETTA YOUNG HENRY FONDA CHARLES COBURN In the late 19th century, Scottish-born Alexander Graham Bell emigrates to America and settles in Boston.

An inventor by inclination, Bell ekes out a precarious living by teaching deaf-mute children.

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Spring Byington Gertrude Sally Blane Grace Peggy Ann Garner Berta Georgiana Young Sanders Bobs Watson Barrows Russell Hicks Judge Harry Davenport SCREENPLAY LAMAR TROTTI DIRECTOR IRVING CUMMINGS

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ITV 5.00am ITN Morning News 6.00 TV-am 9.25 Motormouth 11.30 America's Top 10 12noon The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 1.00pm ITN News 1.05 Saint & Greaysie 1.35 Wrestling 2.15 Darts 4.15 The Return of the Antelope 4.45 Results Service 5.00 ITN News 5.15 Anglia News 5.25 Disney Cartoons 5.45 New Faces of '88 6.45 Blind Date 7.30 Beadle's About 8.00 Murder, She Wrote 8.55 ITN News 9.15 Bust 10.15 Film: Police Academy 2 11.55 Darts 1.00am The Hit Man and Her 1.00am (GMT) Night Network 3.00 American College Football 4.00 The Hit Man and Her

French animation in which a hand models a woman's head out of a piece of clay.

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When the Emperor visits Empress Wong in prison he feels so sorry for her that he makes plans to free her.

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CENTRAL 11.30 The Bionic Woman; 12.25 Cartoon; 12.30 to 1.00 Starfleet; 5.15 to 5.45 Blockbusters; 11.55pm Prisoner: Cell Block H; 12.55(GMT) Film Butterfly. Pia Zadora in a provocative story of forbidden love; 1.55 Darts; 3.00 America's Top Ten; 3.30 Superbouts; 4.25 Cover Story; 4.50 to 5.00am Out of Limits.

TVS 11.30am The Greatest American Hero; 12.30 to 1.00 Supercross; 5.15 to 5.45 Blockbusters; 1.00 to 2.00 Garrison's Gorillas; 3.00 Late Night Concert; 4.00 Company; 4.05 Rallycross; 4.35 to 5.00am America's Top 10.

YORKSHIRE 12.00 to 1.00 U.F.O.; 5.15 to 5.45pm Blockbusters.

9.30am How Does Your Garden Grow?

10.00 ,4 What It's Worth 10.30 Film: The Story of Alexander Graham Bell 12.20pm Le Reve de Pygmalion 12.25 Empress Wu 12.55 Film: Bataan 3.05 Channel 4 Racing 5.05 Brookside 6.00 Right To Reply 6.30 Cities of Islam 7.00 News, Weather 7.05 Hollywood 8.05 Game, Set & Match 9.05 Allegro: Vladimir The Ashkenazy Vital Juices are Russian 10.05 Film: The Secret Policeman's Ball 11.50 Baseball 1.50am Close

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SATURDAY 12 G Anglia 2.15pm Darts THE MFI WORLD MATCHPLAY From the Festival Hall, Basildon.

Introduced by Dickie Davies.

The quarter-final stage of Britain's richest darts event which has a prize money fund of £53,000 plus the incentive of £100,000 for the first perfect nine-dart checkout — precisely 501 to be scored with only nine throws. Joint world No 1 Bob Anderson, the 'Limestone Cowboy' from Swindon, defends this title. Commentary

by Dave Lanning.

Coverage continues at 11.55pm.

See page 22 DIRECTOR TED AYLING EDITOR JEFF FOULSER EXECUTIVE PRODUCER STUART McCONACHIE Independent Television Sport Production

4.15pm The Return of the Antelope

BY WILLIS HALL

THE SECRET OF THE MUNICIPAL MUSEUM Disguised as a museum attendant, Harwell Mincing closes in on the Lilliputians.

Mr Garstanton Richard Vernon Garry Halliday Ernest Emily Erica Sail John Branwell Spelbush John Quentin Fistram Annie Hulley Brelca Fiona McArthur Millie Harwell Mincing Paul Chapman Sarah Mincing Stephanie Cole Pte Tuffnell Michael McNally Rudkin Crumble Michael Maynard DESIGNER PAUL ROWAN PRODUCER/DIRECTOR EUGENE FERGUSON Granada Television Production

Don't forget British Summertime ends at 2am when clocks should be put back one hour to lam.

4.45pm Results Service

7.30pm NEW Beadle's About

10.15pm Movie Premiere:

Elton Welsby reports today's sports results.

JEREMY BEADLE Beadle's back with a new series of wily wind-ups, crafty capers, and cracking good cons.

Beadle's bamboozling finds more stars from the unsuspecting public. Script associate is Ian Cross.

STEVE GUTTENBERG POLICE ACADEMY 2: THEIR FIRST ASSIGNMENT Captain Pete Lassard, given 30 days to beat the crime wave in his precinct, takes on six raw recruits from the Police Academy run by his brother, Commandant Lassard. They turn out to be a motley and inept bunch and, adding to the Lassard's problems is the ambitious Lieutenant Mauser who, determined to get the Captain's job, is sabotaging every lawenforcing effort the recruits make...

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5.00pm ITN News 5.15pm Anglia News, Sport and Weather 5.25pm Disney Cartoons THE POINTER/ FIGARO AND CLEO

5.45pm New Faces of '88 MARTI CAINE Stubby Kaye Nina Myskow Bruce Welch The show in which you, the viewer, vote for one of six acts new to television to go forward to the All Winners Final on 3 December. Marti Caine introduces Dave Lee Michael, soloist from Newcastle; Jon Willy Brown, Nottingham comic; Sarah Parnell, singer and pianist from London; J J, a different kind of magician; Mad Hatters, a comedy singing group; and Hanna Starosta, violinist from Glasgow. On the judging panel are Stubby Kaye, Nina Myskow and Bruce Welch. Viewers' votes decide the winner — so fill in the coupon on page 48. Music director is Harry Rabinowitz, script associate Howard Imber.

See page 48 for voting coupon DESIGNER PAUL GILPIN PRODUCER RICHARD HOLLOWAY DIRECTOR DAVID G HILLIER Central Production

6.45pm Blind Date CILLA BLACK What will happen when boy meets girl and girl meets boy? Produced in association with Talbot Television.

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DIRECTORS CHRIS FOX, TERRY KINANE, SUE McMAHON PRODUCER ROBERT RANDELL LW T Production

8.00pm Murder, She Wrote OLD HABITS DIE HARD Jessica joins forces with her old friend, a Mother Superior, to solve the murder of a nun.

Jessica Angela Lansbury Marion Simpson Eileen Brennan Bishop Shea Robert Prosky Rev Mother Claire Jane Powell

8.55pm ITN News and Sport followed by Weather Forecast Summary

9.15pm Bust PAUL NICHOLAS BELINDA LANG with Sarah Neville WEEKEND BREAK

BY PHILIP HINCHCLIFFE

Neil decides to take Sheila away for a romantic weekend by the sea. But they encounter an old flame of Neil's...

Oracle subtitles page 888 Neil W alsh Paul Nicholas Sheila W alsh Belinda Lang Sally McLaren Shirin Taylor Carol Chapman Sarah Neville Juliet Julia Watson Barry Trevor Byfield Stacy Clarke Tracey Tony Underwood George Irving A dam Ron Emslie Receptionist (seaside) Elizabeth Kettle Man in city building Ronald O'Neill M el Johnny Shannon Nick Radford Gary Olsen Receptionist (London) Juliet Douglas Mr Squigley Eric Kent Chrissie Cotterill Gloria Policeman Edward York EXECUTIVE PRODUCER NICK ELLIOTT PRODUCER PHILIP HINCHCLIFFE DIRECTOR JOHN REARDON DESIGNER BRYAN BAGGE LW T Production

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Carey Mahoney Steve Guttenberg Hightower Bubba Smith David Graf Tackleberry Larvell Jones Michael Winslow Doug Fackler Bruce Mahler Laverne Marion Ramsey Kirkland Colleen Camp Capt Pete Lassard Howard Hesseman Lt Mauser An Metrano Commandant Lassard George Gaynes Zed Bob Goldthwait Julie Brown Chloe V innie Peter Van Norden Merchant Tim Kazurinsky Ed Herlihy Dooley Sistrunk Sandy Ward Lance Kinsey Proctor Mop Christopher Jackson Flack o Church Ortiz Hurst George R Robertson Old Man Kirkland Arthur Batanides Mrs Kirkland Jackie Joseph Bud Kirkland Andrew Paris N am u Monica Parker Japanese chef Kenji Shintani Jennifer Darling Mayor SCREENPLAY BARRY BLAUSTEIN, DAVID SHEFFIELD DIRECTOR JERRY PARIS

11.55pm Darts THE MFI WORLD MATCHPLAY From the Festival Hall, Basildon Dickie Davies introduces the semifinals as the most lucrative darts event in Britain begins to come to the boil. The commentator is Dave Lanning. See the final at 2.30pm tomorrow.

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Cilia Black plays Cupid again as her unattached volunteers look for a chance romance on 'Blind Date' at 6.45pm

showing out' with the best club dancers and giving you the chance to meet a disco date. If you would like to enter 'showing out', or send a message, write to: The Hit Man A nd Her, Music Box, 19-21 Rathbone Place, London Wl. DIRECTOR LUDO GRAHAM PRODUCER NICK WILSON EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DAVID LIDDIMENT A Music Box Production for Granada Television

followed by ITN News Headlines British Summertime ends at 2.00arn when clocks go back one hour. Timings on all following programmes revert to Greenwich Mean Time.

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Live from Mr Smith's Pete Waterman is the Hit Man playing the hottest dance music around and predicting next month's hits. And her? Michaela Strachan is her, and she'll be

PAUL THOMPSON EMMA FREUD GIAN SAMMARCO THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY Join Paul Thompson for V ideo V iew. Emma Freud hops into bed for

some Pillow Talk with a special guest. Gian Sammarco spools through the videos you can borrow or buy in The Small Screen.

There's an episode of the Partridge Family.

Plus reviews, news, videos and competitions. The address for your competition entries is: LWT, PO Box 90, London SE1 9PR. DESIGNER JAMES DILLON ASSOCIATE PRODUCER DAVE MORLEY DIRECTOR D. G. HILLIER PRODUCERS VIJAY AMARNANI, JILL SINCLAIR Night Network Production

followed by ITN News Headlines

3.00am American College Football COLORADO v OKLAHOMA followed by ITN News Headlines

4.00 to 5.00am The Hit Man And Her Return to Mr Smith's with Pete Waterman and Michael Strachan.

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SATURDAY 5.05pm Brookside Big changes for Gordon, meanwhile Rod and Tracy are full of disapproval.

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12.55pm Bataan ROBERT TAYLOR After fighting an heroic rearguard action to cover the evacuation from Bataan, 13 American soldiers are left behind on the island, waiting for the Japanese to close in for the kill.

Made in black and white

See film guide beginning page 42 Sgt Bill Dane Robert Taylor Lt Steve Bentley

George Murphy

Cpl Jake Feingold Thomas Mitchell Cpl Barney Todd Lloyd Nolan Capt Henry Lassiter Lee Bowman Leonad Purckett Robert Walker Felix Ramirez Desi Arnaz F X Matowski Barry Nelson Mathew Hardy Phillip Terry Cpl Juan Katigbak Roque Espiritu SCREENPLAY ROBERT D ANDREWS DIRECTOR TAY GARNETT

3.05pm Channel 4 Racing from Doncaster Introduced by Brough Scott.

Two-year-olds have their last chance to shine at the highest level today — in the William Hill Futurity Stakes. It's the final Group One race of the season and the possible emergence of the winter favourite for next year's Ever Ready Derby is a fascinating prospect.

3.10 Doncaster EBF H'cap (lm 2f 50yd) 3.45 William Hill Futurity Stakes (./m) 4.15 Long John Scotch Whisky Apprentice H'cap (1m 41) 4.45 Solaglas Energy Savers Stakes (H'cap) (61)

Both sides dread Hightower (Bubba mith, top) and Carey Mahoney (Steve Guttenberg). 'Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment'

Race commentator Graham Goode; paddock commentator, Jim McGrath; interviewer Derek Thompson; betting and results John Tyrrel, John McCririck.

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER MARK JACKSON EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ANDREW FRANKLIN DIRECTOR BOB GARDAM Y orkshire Television Production

6.00pm Right To Reply LINDA AGRAN If you have a point to make about TV (and not just Channel 4 programmes) write to Right To Reply at Channel 4 TV, 60 Charlotte Street, London W1P 2AX (01-631 4444) or use the Video Box in London; or at STV in Glasgow; Tyne Tees TV, Piccadilly, York; Central TV, Birmingham or Albion Place, Oxford; HTV Bath Road, Bristol; or at the National Museum of Photography, Film and TV, Bradford.

DIRECTOR KIM McCRODDAN PRODUCER ANDREA COLLETT EDITOR GWYNN PRITCHARD Channel 4 Production

6.30pm Cities of Islam 3: CAIRO In this series of programmes Muslim writers explore from their personal point of view the meaning and significance to them of four historic Islamic cities. When Cairo comes to mind most people think of the pyramids and the Pharaohs. But there is another aspect of this city, for Cairo was at the centre of the great Arab Empire of the Middle Ages. Thanks to her Mameluke rulers and their armies, she was spared the utter devastation of the Mongol invasions which reduced medieval Baghdad and Damascus to rubble. Of all these fabled cities, Cairo alone remains today — an unequalled treasure house of historic Islam.

Narrated by Nadim Sawalha.

and Erich von Stroheim — two of Hollywood's legendary directors.

Narrated by James Mason, music composed by Carl Davis. This series is linked with Channel Four's season of Thames Silents on Sunday afternoon.

Tomorrow, von Stroheim's Greed.

Oracle subtitles page 888 FILM EDITOR TREVOR WAITE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER MIKE WOOLLER WRITERS/DIRECTORS/ PRODUCERS KEVIN BROWNLOW, DAVID GILL Thames Television Production

8.05pm Game, Set & Match

BY LEN DEIGHTON ADAPTED BY JOHN HOWLETT

IAN HOLM HUGH FRASER MICHAEL CULVER MEL MARTIN MICHAEL DEGEN FREDERICK TREVES ANTHONY BATE ALAN MacNAUGHTAN Episode four M16 agent Bernard Samson has sensed the betrayal of his Brahms Network in two cities. In grey, divided Berlin, Werner Volkmann and his wife Zena are playing a curious game of intrigue and deception in the shadow of the Wall. In London, Samson has traced and confronted the Foreign Office suspect, Giles Trent. But his interrogation seems to have been too direct. It has driven Trent to suicide.

Shown on ITV last Monday.

Oracle subtitles page 888 Bernard Samson Ian Holm Giles Trent Hugh Fraser Doctor Christopher Saul Celia Trent Thelma Whiteley Dicky Cruyer Michael Culver Ted Riley Mark Mulholland A lbert Anthony Schaeffer Bret Rensselaer Anthony Bate

Rolf Ma user Michael Mellinger W erner V olkmann Michael Degen Fiona Samson Mel Martin Tessa Kozinski Gail Harrison Billy Samson Jamie Valder

Sally Samson Kirsten Valder George Kozinski Gary Whelan Nanny Linda Broughton Director General Alan MacNaughtan Morgan Struan Rodger

Julian MacKenzie John Wheatley Frank Harrington Frederick Treves DESIGNERS CHRIS TRUELOVE, JAMES WEATHERUP DIRECTOR PATRICK LAU ASSOCIATE PRODUCER MILLY PREECE PRODUCER BRIAN ARMSTRONG Granada Television Production

9.05pm Allegro: Vladimir Ashkenazy — The Vital Juices are Russian

BY CHRISTOPHER NUPEN

VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY DANIEL BARENBOIM ITZHAK PERLMAN EDO DE WAART THE ROTTERDAM PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA A film about the public and private lives of this Russian born master pianist and his personal battle, after emigrating from the Soviet Union, to come to terms with the West and with the high traditions of Western classical music. Another in the season of Christopher Nupon's work, this film was shot in 1968 when Ashkenazy and his family emigrated for the second time. They had left the Soviet Union in 1963 and in 1968 they moved from London to Iceland.

10.05pm The Secret Policeman's Ball JOHN CLEESE PETER COOK ROWAN ATKINSON BILLY CONNOLLY CLIVE JAMES TERRY JONES This comedy film presents a record of highlights from Amnesty International's third Comedy Gala at Her Majesty's Theatre, London in 1979.

'Slightly directed' by John Cleese, these include Rowan Atkinson as a master at a prep school and Cleese himself trying to buy some cheese.

See film guide, beginning page 42 with John Cleese, Peter Cook, Clive James, Eleanor Bron, Rowan Atkinson, Billy Connolly, Michael PalM, Terry Jones, Neil Innes, Anna Ford, Mike Brearley, Clive Jenkins, Suzanne Church, Sylvester McCoy, Marcel Steiner, David Rappaport and Paul Abrahams.

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11.50 to 1.50am Baseball The World Series could be won tonight as the two top teams in Major League Baseball reach game six in the seven game series. This programme may change if the World Series is concluded before transmission.

Presented by David Jensen.

PRODUCERS DEREK BRANDON, RUPERT RUMNEY A Cheerleader Production supported by Scottish A micable

FILM EDITOR PETER HEELAS PRODUCER/DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER NUPEN A llegro Films

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WRITERS JOHN POOLEY, ZAKI BADAWI DIRECTOR/PRODUCER JOHN DOOLEY Polonius Production

7.00pm News Summary and Weather 7.05pm Hollywood JAMES MASON 4: AUTOCRATS Another close-up view of the early days in the motion picture industry and Cecil B DeMille

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If a blown fuse has ever left you without lights, you know how difficult it can be to find your way round your own home in the dark.

Now imagine doing it in the thick smoke of a fire. Hence the new Plasplugs Escape Light Smoke Alarm, specially designed for your hall, stairs or landing.

Built into it there's a powerful light that switches on as soon as the alarm sounds.

It directs a penetrating beam of light in just the direction you need it. Namely, the nearest exit.

Equally well thought out are the other alarms in our new range.

All designed around the philosophy that different rooms need different types of alarm.

Our Kitchen Smoke Alarm, for example, features an ingenious override button; press it, and the alarm shuts down for 8-10 minutes, so you can grill, fry and flambe without the smoke setting the alarm off.

Still more ingenious, there's an override on the override. So if you left the kitchen

and a serious fire did break out, the alarm would still go off.

For the bedroom or lounge, there's the Plasplugs Standard Smoke Alarm. Each and every one is tested before it leaves the factory, and comes with a free 9 volt battery, simple fixing instructions, the screws and wall plugs needed to fix it, an alarm test button, and an automatic battery check that beeps for thirty days when the battery needs changing.

Features shared by all three alarms, together with a standard of design and a level of finish that will let them fit in effortlessly with any room setting. Not to mention, of course, that all three are N.E.A. approved and meet B.S. 5446 (part 1) where applicable.

Any smoke alarm gives you the chance to save your life.

These ones are designed to improve the odds.

PLASPLUGS Plasplugs Limited. Wetmore Road. Burton-upon-Trent. Staffordshire DE14 ISD.

Plasplugs Smoke Alarms are available from: All good DIY and hardware stores, Argos, B&Q, Carpenters, Comet, Debenhams, Dickens, Do-it-All, Fads, Focus, Homebase, John Lewis, Littlewoods, Payless, Ripolin, Robert Dvas, Sava Centre, Selfridges, Tesco, Texas, Wilkinson, Woolworth.

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Anglia 5.00am ITN Morning News DAVID CASS

6.00 TV-am Introduced by George Spanswick.

6.00 Natural History Film 7.00 ARE YOU AWAKE YET? SALLY DEWHURST PETER GOSLING 7.23 Rowanne Pasco's Sunday Club for Children Children's views on religion.

7.30 The Zoo Family 8.00 DAVID FROST ON SUNDAY David Frost brings you the news as it happens, and discusses the issues of the day with the personalities making the headlines. Paul Reizin continues his offbeat odyssey to find Britain's undiscovered people and places. Plus a review of the Sunday newspapers at 8.30am and full TV-am news bulletins with Beatrice Hollyer at 8.00 and 9.00am.

9.25 to 11.00am Motormouth on Sunday with TONY GREGORY ANDREA ARNOLD

Fraggle Rock THE CAVERN OF LOST DREAMS Cotterpin Doozer searches for the original Cave of the Doozers. Meanwhile, PK and Sprocket go sea fishing. PK is played by John Gordon-Sinclair.

PRODUCERS VICTOR PEMBERTON, LAWRENCE S MIRKIN DIRECTORS ALISTAIR CLARK, TERRY MASKELL EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS J NIGEL PICKARD, JIM HENSON TV S Production

9.55am Motormouth The law and you. Do you break the law?

What is a criminal offence? What happens if you do get into trouble? Who makes the laws and are they right? Motormouth investigates. You can

DESIGNER NEIL POLLARD EXECUTIVE PRODUCER JANIE GRACE DIRECTOR RICK GARDNER ASSOCIATE PRODUCER JOHN COOMBES SERIES PRODUCER ADRIAN EDWARDS TV S Production

10.30am Follyfoot BASED ON AN IDEA BY MONICA DICKENS

THE HUNDRED POUND HORSE

BY ROSEMARY ANNE SISSON

Tim Shaw's horse was special - 'It won the Grand National and you can't be more special than that' he tells Dora.

It may look like a bedstead to Ron Stryker, but to Dora all horses are special, and dreams are important, too.

Tim Shaw Marc Granger Ron Stryker Christian Rodska Dora Gillian Blake The Colonel Desmond Llewelyn Slugger Arthur English Steve Steve Hodson Geoff Shaw Keith Buckley CAMERA PETER JACKSON EDITOR JOHN WATTS DIRECTOR JACK CARDIFF EXECUTIVE PRODUCER TONY ESSEX

11.00am Morning Worship From All Saints, Newcastle upon Tyne The annual All Faiths Service to celebrate the Newcastle upon Tyne People to People Week.

Each year, all the religious communities in Newcastle come together for a combined service of celebration. This year the theme for worship is One World, One Family, One God. PRODUCER PAUL BLACK DIRECTOR PAUL DICKIN Tyne Tees Television Production

12.00noon The Walden Interview BRIAN WALDEN In an hour long, one-toone interview, Brian Walden uses his renowned skills at lively, incisive questioning to interrogate not just politicians, but a wide range of the powerful, influential and famous from Britain and abroad. He reveals what motivates them, what impact they're trying to have on the rest of us, and what

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they think but don't normally say.

action. The lid is lifted on a last major celebrity in Room 113, and Celebrity Sam homes in with the latest Hollywood news. And test your brain with another True or False?

Plus hard news stories and lots more.

RESEARCH SIMON GORNICK, LAIN PICTON DIRECTOR DAVID W ROLFE PRODUCERS KAREN THAPAR, CATHI WHEATLEY SERIES PRODUCER JOHN WAKEFIELD LW T Production

1.00pm ITN News FIONA ARMSTRONG

1.10pm Anglia News followed by Weather Forecast Summary

1.15pm Link Kevin Mulhern talks to Nicholas Scott, the minister responsible for the requirements of disabled people, about the need for antidiscrimination legislation for people with disabilities.

PRODUCER KEVIN MULHERN A Coffers Bare Production for Central Independent Television

1.30pm Weather Trends followed by

Farming Diary DAVID RICHARDSON OLIVER WALSTON BARRY WILSON The weekly programme with film reports on the farming scene from Teesside to the Thames.

Studio topics and up-tothe-minute coverage of EEC developments.

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER RICHARD FOXTON PRODUCER WILLIAM SMITH A nglia Television Production

9.25am Orientations The second edition of the topical magazine series focusing on Europe's Oriental communities and bringing the Far East closer to British viewers. This week the programme features private street traders in China and the problems of getting rich under Communism. This is followed by a performance of mask theatre and then a glimpse of Hong Kong's glamorous nightlife.

Fully subtitled in English and Chinese.

SERIES PRODUCER ANTHONY SHANG DIRECTOR ANDY KEMP

Orientations Production

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The World This Week GILL PYRAH MICHAEL NICHOLSON The return of television's only 'weekly' devoted to international affairs, news discussion and analysis of the major events and developments in the world outside Britain.

Presented by Gill Pyrah and Michael Nicholson.

PRODUCER MARTIN HOWE

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2.00 to 2.30pm The Human Factor TED HARRISON PETER WILLIAMS MONI CAMERON FOOD FOR THE SOUL? What are we eating and why are we eating it? That question has never been more pressing than now. In an age of junk food and fast food takeaways, the culture of eating in most Western societies is changing dramatically. Food is becoming just fuel for the body, often to be eaten on the move. At the beginning of One World Week, Ted Harrison looks at some traditional food customs.

FILM EDITOR PAUL EVANS RESEARCH PHILIP DAMPIER EXECUTIVE PRODUCER PETER WILLIAMS DIRECTOR HANAFI HAYES EDITOR ANDREW BARR TV S Production

11.00am Network 7 For the last programme in the current series, more big news, street style, 100mph talking and early-morning

SERIES EDITOR CHARLES PARSONS EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS JANE HEWLAND, KEITH MACMILLAN

Sunday Production

1.00pm Lost In Space THE GHOST PLANET Hoping to land on Earth, Smith (Jonathan Harris) causes Jupiter 2 to land on an alien planet run by Cyborgs.

2.00 to 4.35pm Greed Another in the series of Thames Silents. McTeague, a goldmine worker, serves an apprenticeship with an itinerant dentist, and later sets up a practice himself. His friend Marcus brings his cousin Trina as a patient. McTeague falls in love with her and Marcus, who also loves her, steps aside to let them marry. This version of the powerful silent classic is some 30 minutes longer than most existing prints.

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See film guide, beginning page 42 McTeague Gibson Gowland T rina ZaSu Pitts Marcus Shouler Jean Hersholt Mr Sieppe Chester Conklin Mrs Sieppe Sylvia Ashton A ugust Sieppe Austin jewel Maria Dale Fuller Mr Heise Hughie Mack Selina Joan Standing Old Grannis Frank Hayes Gribbons Jack McDonald McTeague Sr Jack Curtis

Ara' L44446 ITV 5.00am ITN Morning News 6.00 TV-am 9.25 Fraggle Rock 9.55 Motormouth 10.30 Follyfoot 11.00 Morning Worship 12noon The Walden Interview 1.00pm ITN News 1.10 Anglia News and Weather 1.15 Link 1.30 Weather Trends f/b Farming Diary 2.00 The Human Factor 2.30 Darts 3.45 Motor Show '88 4.30 The Queen In Spain 5.00 Blockbusters 5.30 A Portrait of My Grandmother 6.00 Bullseye 6.30 ITN News 6.35 Anglia News and Weather 6.40 Appeal 6.45 Highway 7.15 Concentration 7.45 Live from The Palladium 8.45 ITN News f/b Weather 9.05 Piece of Cake 10.00 Hale & Pace 10.30 The South Bank Show 11.30 Prisoner: Cell Block H f/b News 12.25am Married... With Children 12.55 First Exposure 1.25 The Other Side of Midnight f/b News 1.55 Matlock f/b News 3.00 Indy-Cart Racing

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C4 9.25am Orientations 10.00 The World This Week 11.00 Network 7 1.00pm Lost In Space 2.00 Film: Greed 4.35 Obsession 4.40 Stone Monkey 5.10 News, Weather 5.15 The Business Programme 5.45 American Football 7.00 Equinox: Bamboo 8.00 Rebel of the South Seas 9.00 The Media Show TV2000 Special 10.50 Film: Comes a Horseman 1.00am Baseball 4.00. Close -

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SUNDAY 1 3 Oet Anglia 2.30pm Darts THE MFI WORLD MATCHPLAY From the Festival Hall, Basildon Introduced by Dickie Davies.

Who will collect the biggest purse in British darts, the £21,000 winner's prize in the best-of-nine-sets final?

Dave Lanning is behind the mike.

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3.45pm Motor Show '88 CHRIS BARRIE PAMELA ARMSTRONG JEAN DENTON JEREMY JUDGE From the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham Chris Barrie eyes the astronomic price tags on new Aston Martins, Jaguars, Maseratis and more. Pamela Armstrong and a panel of car buying members of the public try out a selection of vehicles specially chosen by W hich? magazine to meet their needs. ExBritish Women's Racing Champion, Jean Denton, tests the true worth of four-wheel drive and four-wheel steering.

From the ad agency that created Vorsprung Durch Technik, Jeremy Judge assesses the importance of style versus engineering.

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER IAN WILLOX DIRECTOR BOB MARSLAND PRODUCER JON BLAIR A Jon Blair Film Company Production for Central

4.30pm The Queen in Spain ANTHONY CARTHEW This is the first state visit by the Queen and the Duke of Flinburgh to Spain. The invitation was issued by King Juan Carlos when he came to Britain in 1986.

The tour starts with the official welcome by the Spanish royal family in the Palace of Madrid.

At the Prado Museum the royal couple view an exhibition of British paintings. Outside the city, in the hills of Madrid, they spend an afternoon at the Escorial

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Monastery, moving on to the beautiful Andalucian city of Seville. The tour ends in Barcelona viewing the Picasso Museum and the setting for the 1992 Olympics. Presented by Anthony Carthew.

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cover when a mobster recognises they're acting. Writers are Hale & Pace and Laurie Rowley.

DESIGNERS ALISON HUMPHRIES, HAZEL LESNIAREK DIRECTOR VIC FINCH PRODUCER ALAN NIXON LW T Production

EDITOR GRAHAM FORRESTER DIRECTOR KIT PLANT ITN Production

10.30pm The South Bank Show

5.00pm Blockbusters BOB HOLNESS Brains, courage and a 72, sense of humour are all you need to win Blockbusters.

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CAMERA MICHAEL MILES SOUND MERVYN GERRARD EDITOR LESLIE HEALEY DIRECTOR/PRODUCER DAVID ROCKSAVAGE A Golden Eye Production for A nglia Television

6.00pm Bullseye JIM BOWEN TONY GREEN Alan Glazier Jim Bowen hosts a three-way encounter with contestants from Lancashire, Norfolk and the West Midlands who try their luck at the darts game with a difference. It's the turn of professional Alan Glazier to try for the charity challenge.

Script associate is Howard Imber.

Produced in association with Chatsworth Television.

DESIGNER JOHN LAGEU PRODUCER/DIRECTOR RICHARD BRADLEY Central Production

6.30pm ITN News FIONA ARMSTRONG

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6.40pm Appeal LYNNE FAULDS WOOD NATIONAL ECZEMA SOCIETY Lynne Faulds Wood, whose baby son Nicholas has suffered from eczema, appeals on behalf of the National Eczema Society. The society's address is: The National Eczema Society, PO Box 282, London WC1H 9JS. PRODUCER/DIRECTOR KEITH ACKRILL Central Production

6.45pm Highway HARRY SECOMBE from North Donegal Harry visits Glenveagh National Park, Co Donegal, in the northwest corner of Ireland, to meet Father Jimmy Doherty, who, despite suffering from multiple sclerosis has formed a ' successful pop band to raise money for charity.

Harry also meets one of Ireland's finest harpists, Brenda Barron.

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER BILL WARD PROGRAMME ASSOCIATE RONNIE CASS PRODUCER/DIRECTOR BOB BRIEN Ulster Television Production

7.15pm Concentration NICK JACKSON The game show where a good memory and Concentration help the players win fabulous prizes. By solving the hidden puzzles a contestant can win the trip of a lifetime.

Produced in association with Mark Goodson.

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7.45pm Live from The Palladium JIMMY TARBUCK with special guest TOM JONES with JOE LONGTHORNE EDDY GRANT MARTI CAINE DARRYL SIVAD MARK WALKER with The Alan Harding Dancers Alyn Ainsworth and his Orchestra Jimmy Tarbuck is your host at the world's most famous variety theatre, The London Palladium, for this series of shows — featuring the best of British and international music and comedy, with the occasional surprise. Writers are Charlie Adams, Garry Chambers, Gerald Mahlowe, Wally Malston and Alan Wightman.

See page 106 DESIGNER BILL McPHERSON ASSOCIATE PRODUCER SEAN MURPHY EXECUTIVE PRODUCER MARCUS PLANTIN PRODUCER/DIRECTOR IAN HAMILTON LW T Production

8.45pm ITN News FIONA ARMSTRONG followed by Weather Forecast Summary

9.05pm Piece of Cake

BY LEON GRIFFITHS, ADAPTED FROM THE NOVEL BY DEREK ROBINSON

Part 4 Piece of Cake follows the adventures, heartaches and rites of passage of RAF fighter pilots during the chaotic first year of the Second World War. It is March 1940 and Hornet Squadron are

billeted with their Spitfires in France, near the German border.

With the coming of spring there is a double wedding planned, but will romance stand a chance when the real fighting starts? With only one 'lucky kill' to its name, Hornet Squadron's young pilots begin to doubt their textbook training and their courage to take on the might of the Luftwaffe when the big 'push' comes.

See page 10 Oracle subtitles page 888 Pilots of Hornet Squadron: Sqcin Ldr Rex Tim Woodward Trevelyan Jason Calder Chris Hart Boyd Gaines 'Moggy' Neil Dudgeon 'Mother' Cox Patrick Bailey 'Fanny' Barton Tom Burlinson 'Flip' Moran Gerard O'Hare Sticky' Gordon Lovitt 'Fitz' Jeremy Northam 'Pip' Patterson George Anton 'Flash' Gordon Nathaniel Parker Dutton Sam Miller Timothy Lyn Lloyd Officers: 'Skull' Skelton Richard Hope 'Uncle' Rollaway David Horovitch Marriott Stephen MacKenna Bletchley Michael Elwyn Medical Officer Richard Durdon Other ranks: LA C Gullett John Bleasdale Civilians: Mary Helena Mitchell Nicole Corrine Dada Henri Daniel Pageon EXECUTIVE PRODUCER LINDA AGRAN PRODUCER ANDREW HOLMES DIRECTOR IAN TOYNTON Holmes A ssociates Production for LW T

10.00pm Hale & Pace GARETH HALE NORMAN PACE MARGATE VICE Detectives Stubble and Crockery blow their

MELVYN BRAGG An interview with Britain's best-known film producer David Puttnam. Filmed in two parts, the programme first travels to Hollywood to talk to Puttnam the mogul as his stormy period as head of Columbia Studios draws to a close. Puttnam talks about his turbulent 13 months as studio boss during which time he attempted nothing less than a total reworking of the way Hollywood made films. Part two discovers him back in England at his Wiltshire home, preparing to resume his role as Britain's leading film producer.

See page 98 PRODUCER DAVID THOMAS DIRECTOR DANIEL WILES RESEARCH FRANCES DICKENSON CAMERA GEOFF HARRISON FILM EDITOR TIM PEARCE LW T Production

11.30pm Prisoner: Cell Block H Drama from the Australian women's prison as two terrorists break into the prison. followed by ITN News Headlines

12.25am Married...

With Children JOHNNY BE GONE Al has to make the difficult choice between honouring his commitments to his children or attending the final bash at his favourite hamburger stand.

Al Peggy

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Ed O'Neill Katey Sagal David Garrison Amanda Bearse

12-55am First Exposure First in a series of programmes featuring new comedy acts never before seen on television, hosted by one of Britain's best

22-28 October 1988 TVTIMES

3 October SUNDAY baseball season finishes. Mick Luckhurst and John Smith report on Bo Jackson, a unique two sport athlete.

alternative cabaret comperes, Arthur Smith.

DESIGNER JAMES DILLON EXECUTIVE PRODUCER MARCUS PLANTIN DIRECTOR JOHN BIRKIN PRODUCERS JULIET BLAKE, TREVOR HOPKIN LW T Production

1.25am The Other Side Of Midnight ANTHONY WILSON Anthony Wilson meets the stars, analyses the trends and reviews the releases. Your weekly antidote to trendy television.

RESEARCH STEVEN LOCK, BRIAN MACHIN PRODUCER/DIRECTOR JULIAN JARROLD EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DAVID LIDDIMENT Granada Television Production

followed by

ITN News Headlines

IL . 5 5 a m Matlock THE COURT MARTIAL: 1 Matlock combats resentment from the military when he defends Private Chris Hughes who's been framed for murder.

Ben Matlock Andy Griffith Charlene Matlock Linda Purl Tyler Kene Holliday Hughes Tony Becker

followed by

ITN News Headlines

3.00 to 5.00am Indy-Cart Racing BOSCH SPARK PLUG GRAND PRIX ITV variations Programmes in adjoining regions are as A nglia except for: LWT 1.30 LWT Action; 1.90 to 2.00 Link; 5.00 Sunday Sunday; 6.00 to 6.30 The Good Life Guide; 11.30 The Making of Modern London; 12.00 Film - Macho Callahan. A man escapes from an army camp to search for the person responsible for his misfortunes, stars David Janssen, Jean Seberg; 2.00 The Other Side of Midnight; 2.30 to 3.00am Pick of the Week.

CENTRAL 1.30 10 2.00 Here and Now; 5.00 to 6.00 Football; 12.00 Author's Disappointment. 2.05 Pick of the Week; 2.35 The Hit Man and Her; 3.55 The Other Side of Midnight; 4.05 to 5.00 Central Jobfinder '88.

TVS 5.00 to 6.00 Sunday Sunday; 11.30 Poole Proms; 12.35 to 1.30 Hepburn and Tracey; 2.00 to 4.00 Film - Wonder Man. Danny Kaye plays twins in this colourful comedy; 4.05 Coast to Coast People; 4.35 to 5.00am Island Life.

YORKSHIRE 1.00 to 1.15 Calendar News Five Minutes; 1.30 to 2.00 Farming Weather, then Farming Diary; 5.00 The Fall Guy; 6.00 Bullseye; 6.30 News, Calendar News; 6.40 to 6.45 Appeal; 1.30 Scrumdown; 12.30 News Headlines followed by Film - Just Tell Me What You Want Ali MacGraw is a movie mogul's mistress - and so are plenty of other dames. Sidney Lumet directs. 2.30 Pick of the Week; 3.00 Other side of Midnight; 3.30 Music Box; 4.30 to 5.00am Jobfinder.

PRODUCER MIKE WILMOT Cheerleader Production supported by The Daily Telegraph.

4.35pm Obsession A Yugoslav animated film in which a bottle of wine turns into a cat and torments a man.

4.40pm Stone Monkey PORTRAIT OF A ROCK CLIMBER Dynamic movement is the theme of this exciting portrayal of one of Britain's best young climbers, Johnny Dawes. Early boyhood influences are traced as the film moves on to document some of Johnny's unrepeated routes on the Derbyshire Gritstone edges. Then to Wales, and the spectacular Quarryman Groove...

7.00pm Equinox: Bamboo What material can be used in deep drilling for natural gas, the construction of suspension bridges, shipbuilding, paper and scaffolding? The answer is bamboo, the world's fastest growing plant. For thousands of years it has been the mainstay of the Chinese economy and today as China pulls itself towards the 21st century it is playing an increasingly important role in the country's latest economic and industrial revolution.

For series booklet send ÂŁ2.50 to C4 address 1, page 75.

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PRODUCER ALUN HUGHES DIRECTOR HUGH WILLIAMS Hughes Film Productions

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER BARBIE CAMPBELL-COLE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER MICHAEL BLAKSTAD DIRECTOR PATRICK FLEMING W orkhouse Production

5.10pm News Summary and Weather

8.00pm Rebel of the South Seas

5.15pm The Business Programme RICHARD KERSHAW DIARMUID JEFFREYS The series in a live format, presented by Richard Kershaw. Each week, a team of correspondents report from the financial and industrial centres of the world on what is making money, and for whom.

DIRECTOR LOUISE CAPELL EDITOR DIARMUID JEFFREYS Business Television Production

5.45pm American Football Last weekend the Los Angeles Raiders played the Kansas City Chiefs and for the Raiders running back Bo Jackson, the game was highly significant. For Bo is the only professional in both American football and baseball, and from April to September he spends his time playing America's summer sport with the Kansas City Royals. He only starts playing for Los Angeles once the

BY PETER YELDHAM

JOHN McENERY ANGELA PUNCH McGREGOR RAY BARRETT The third episode of the series first screened as Tusitala. With civil war raging in his island home of Samoa, Robert

Louis Stevenson is fighting his own battles, to restore his health and that of his muchloved wife, Fanny, who is beset by mental illness.

Oracle subtitles page 888 Robert Louis Stevenson John McEnery Fanny Angela Punch McGregor Harry Moors Ray Barrett Belle Strong Julie Nihill Lloyd Osbourne Todd Boyce Rev Clarke Norman Kaye A melia Clarke Lynn Dalby Lady Jersey Olivia Hamnett V on Pilsarch Joseph Furst Dr Eisler John Hamblin Maggie Dorothy Allison Cusack-Smith John Gregg Colvin Alfred Bell Henley Kirk Alexander Lord Rosebery Vincent Ball Dr Marks David Nettheirn Thomas Stevenson Ron Haddrick EXECUTIVE PRODUCER IAN WARREN PRODUCER RAY ALCHIN DIRECTOR DON SHARP Portman Production in association with A BC

9.00pm The Media Show Special - TV 2000

the future - offering a taste of the programmes available now on satellite TV, from the United States and Europe - plus studio guests from the worlds of entertainment and media to discuss the implications for viewers. And you won't need a special dish to receive any of it!

PRODUCER VICKI BARRASS DIRECTOR JOHN MAIR DEPUTY EDITOR ANDY LIPMAN SERIES EDITOR ALEX GRAHAM A W all To W all Television Production

10.50pm Comes a Horseman JAMES CAAN JANE FONDA JASON ROBARDS Montana, 1945. Frank a a Athearn has returned from the bloody beaches of Anzio and Sicily to settle on a small piece of the rich western farmland for which he

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MURIEL GRAY What will be the choice for TV viewers in the year 2000? What kind of programme can we expect - from latenight soft porn to 24hour soap operas? How many new satellite and cable TV channels will there be? Will there be any controls over standards - covering sex, violence or political bias? And what will be the impact on the existing services of the BBC, ITV and Channel Four?

Tonight's extended live special promises to be a unique glimpse into

Frank Athearn (fames Caen) joins forces with Ella Connors (Jane Fonda) against landgrabbing J W Ewing (Jason Robards) in the film: 10.50pm

risked his life, but the fighting isn't over...

See film guide, beginning page 42 Frank A thearn James Caan Ella Connors Jane Fonda J W Ewing Jason Robards A tkinson George Grizzard Dodger Richard Farnsworth Blocker Jim Davis Billy Joe Mark Harmon Hoverton

Macon McCalman

Bascomb Ralph Cole Kroegh

Basil Hoffman James Kline

James Keach

SCREENPLAY DENNIS LYNTON CLARK DIRECTOR ALAN J PAICULA

1.00 to 4.00am Baseball If the World Series goes to seven games, you can see the deciding game live tonight. Presented by David Jensen. The programme may change if the World Series is concluded before transmission.

Highlights can be seen on Tuesday at 12.30am, repeated on Thursday at 5.00pm.

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The artist, Fred Erroyl, has combined the rich red blooms of Royal Albert 'Old Country Roses' fame with the poignant theme of a true family Christmas.

His masterly brush strokes have captured the warmth of a real fire, the contentment of a beloved cat, the alluring sparkle from a gift-laden Christmas tree, a child's toy ... All enchanced with the luxury of 22 carat gold, lovingly lavished by hand upon each individual plate.

'Christmas Magic' is a fine example of the tradition of collectable Christmas plates. A perfect start to a Christmas plate collection or a wonderful addition to one already established.

Gift-boxed and complete with a complimentary plate hanger so that it is ready for display, 'Christmas Magic' is available this year from Lawleys by Post.

Please send your order to reach us by 1st December at the latest to be sure of your personal share of Christmas magic.

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MONDAY 11.29 Time For a Story W hen the Moon W inked: retold by Sarah and Stephen Corrin. An introduction to reading for 4-6 year olds.

11.41 Science and Technology

Anglia 5.00am ITN Morning News

9.30am Schools Half-term repeat of last week's programmes.

DAVID CASS

9.30 Environments W hat is if? It's whatever you want it to be in 'Let's Pretend' at 12.10pm

6.00 TV-am The Morning Programme Presented by Richard Keys and Kathy Rochford. The latest news with Gordon Honeycombe, sports results and financial news in Money Matters. Plus an early morning workout with Lizzie.

7.00 Good Morning Britain Anne Diamond and Mike Morris present a fastpaced mix of news, views and interviews. Keep up to date with news from Gordon Honeycombe and weather forecasts with Carol Dooley. Plus, celebrity chat, Jimmy Greaves previewing the week's TV highlights, Huckleberry Hound and birthday requests.

9.00 Wacaday Presented by Timmy Mallett. Timmy returns for a week's worth of Wacaday. Watch out for his adventures in Wales, competitions and more.

9.25am Runway RICHARD MADELEY Nothing is sacred in this fun quiz - even a lady's age is revealed as contestants try to guess each other's birthdates! The climax of the show sees one person in the hot seat attempting to get nine correct answers in only 75 seconds to win the book of travel vouchers.

DESIGNER TIM WILDING RESEARCH MALCOLM QUIGGIN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER STEPHEN LEAHY DIRECTOR STEVE SMITH PRODUCER JANE MACNAUGHT A n A ction Time Production for Granada Television

9.55am Anglia News and Weather

10.00am The Time...

The Place...

MIKE SCOTT Mike Scott starts your week with the lively discussion programme.

He'll be travelling the country to find out what

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Energy: Reducing energy bills by design.

you think about the issues in the news live every weekday morning.

PRODUCER ANNA ARKI

10.40am This Morning JUDY FINNIGAN RICHARD MADELEY A new way to spend your mornings. Join husband and wife team, Richard and Judy, for a live and lively look at the home and family.

There's everything from food and drink to homes and shopping.

There's practical advice on healthy living and money management, and we'll ease your emotional tensions in a problem shared. Lots of familiar faces will be dropping in for a chat.

And we want to hear from you on our daily phone-in, so give us a call on 051-555-1000.

Special features this morning include:

11.00 to 11.10 Childcare How parents can resolve the conflicting needs of home and career.

11.45.10 11.55 Town Gardens The A-Z of how to cope with the smallest of gardens - from patios to window boxes.

Included in today's programme: Anglia News at 11.55 followed

by National Weather with Fred Talbot. Give yourself a break and join Judy and Richard live from Liverpool tomorrow morning for more features and helpful advice.

See page 94 SERIES DIRECTOR DAVID MacMAHON PRODUCERS PETER CONNORS, ANDREW SERRAILLIER, CLARISSA HYMAN DEPUTY EDITOR MAX GRAESSER EDITOR DIANNE NELMES Granada Television Production

TV Tirnes is a member of the European TV Magazines Association

TVIDIES 22-28 October 1988

12.10 to 12.30pm Let's Pretend THE TENT He enjoyed camping, but he hadn't expected his granny, a goose, a cow and a scarecrow to want to share The Tent.

Pretenders are Aidan Hamilton, Janet Rawson.

Writer is Denis Bond. t DEVISER/PRODUCER MICHAEL JEANS

Villages: How patterns of settlement have come about in the countryside.

9.47 Seeing and Doing Toys with wheels: children create toy models from junk materials and construction sets.

10.04 Videomaths Turning: Looking at turns from our own point of view and through the eyes of others.

10.21 Maths is Fun Five garden gnomes: 'Five', 'Fat', 'Dive', 'Alone', 'Choose', and 'Row' are some of today's key words.

10.33 The English Programme

Central Production

GCSE Literature: Five Stories of an Hour - Five different interpretations of Kate Chopin's short story.

ITV variations

11.00 Your Living Body

Programmes in adjoining regions are as A nglia except for: THAMES 12.30 to 1.00pm A Country Practice; 1.30 to 3.25 Film - The Dark Angel. WW1 tale of heartbreak when a woman believes the man she loves has been killed so she marries his cousin, stars Merle Oberon and Fredric March; 6.00 Thames News; 6.30 to 7.00 Reporting London; 10.35 Film - The Red Light Sting. Public funds are used by police to buy a whorehouse to catch a crook, stars Farah Fawcett, Beau Bridges; 12.20am to 1.15 I Spy; 2.00 Film - Never Give An Inch. Paul Newman, Henry Fonda and Lee Remick star in a story about Oregon timberlands; 4.00 to 5.00am 60 Minutes.

CENTRAL 12.30pm Home Cookery Club; 12.35 to 1.00 Young Doctors; 1.30 Film - Thin Ice. Kate Jackson, as widowed school teacher who falls in love with a student; 3.30 to 4.00 Hot Property; 6.35 to 7.00 Heart of the Country; 10.35 Prisoner: Cell Block H; 11.30 Film - Futureworld. Peter Fonda and Ul Brynner in a futuristic adventure; 1.30 Three's Company 2.05 Sportsweek; 3.05 60 Minutes; 4.00 Survival; 4.25 to 5.00am Central Jobfinder '88.

TVS 12.30 to 1.00pm A Country Practice; 1.30 to 3.25 Film Father Dear Father. Comedy starring Patrick Cargill as the harassed father of two teenage girls. With Beryl Reid, Donald Sinden; 6.00 Coast to Coast; 6.30 to 7.00 Country Ways; 10.35 Head to Head; 10.35 Fact to Face; 11.20 Film - Borderline.

Murder on the Mexico/US border, stars Charles Bronson; 1.20 Supercross; 1.50 I Spy; 2.50am Hall and Oates.

YORKSHIRE 12.30 to 1.00pm The Young Doctors; 1.35 to 3.25 Film - Blithe Spirit. Rex Harrison stars in Noel Coward's classic; 3.30 to 4.00 Sons and Daughters; 6.00 Calendar; 6.30 to 7.00 The Calendar Fashion; 10.35 Calendar Commentary; 12.00 News Headlines followed by Film - Day for Night. Francois Truffaut's 1973 film-within-a-film showing the highs and lows of romantic movie making; 2.00 News Headlines followed by Trans World Sport; 3.00 Music Box; 4.00 About Britain; 4.30 to 5.00am Jobfinder.

Looking and listening: Some features of the human eyes and ears.

11.17 Stop, Look, Listen Supermarket: We look behind the scenes at a supermarket.

11.19 History at Hand (Scotland/Grampian/Border)

The Grand Canals: The effect canals have had on the areas through which they pass.

ITV

5.00am ITN Morning News 6.00 TV-am 9.25 Runway 9.55 Anglia News and Weather 10.00 The Time...

The Place...

10.40 This Morning 12.10pm Let's Pretend 12.30 The Snllivans 1.00 ITN News 1.20 Anglia News and Weather 1.30 Film: Three Cases Of Murder 3.25 Anglia News 3.30 The Young Doctors 4.00 Mother Goose Stories 4.10 The Adventures Of Tintin 4.20 The Real Ghostbusters 4.45 Knightmare 5.15 Blockbusters 5.45 ITN News 6.00 About Anglia 6.30 Survival 7.00 The Krypton Factor 7.30 Coronation Street 8.00 Never The Twain 8.30 World in Action 9.00 Game Set & Match 10.00 News at Ten 10.30 Anglia Late News and Weather 10.35 Living Off The Land 11.35 Prisoner: Cell Block H 12.30am 9 to 5 1.00 The Twilight Zone 1.15 Sportsworld Extra 2.00 The Fugitive 2.55 Pop Profile f/b News 3.10 Pick of the Week 3.40 60 Minutes 4.30 Night Beat

12.00noon Sesame Street

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The Count counts telephone rings. Guest star is Bobby McFerrin, Today's letters are F and Z, and the number is 11.

12.30 to 1.00pm Business Daily SUSANNAH SIMONS Britain's only daily business and financial TV news service for businessmen, City professionals and savers and spenders everywhere. Minute by minute, the FTSE 100 index and the £/$ rate come to the screen direct from City computers. There is a full headline news service of major company announcements and price movements, plus interviews with key business news-makers.

With City editor Damian Green, industrial editor lain Carson and reporters Jane Alexander and Judith Dawson.

STUDIO DIRECTORS LOUISE CAPELL, PATRICK HARPUR ASSISTANT EDITOR DAMIAN GREEN EDITOR ANDREW CLAYTON Business Television Production

C4

A toymaker shows how Toys with W heels are made, in today's 'Seeing and Doing' in 'Schools' at 9.47am ,

9.30am Schools 12noon Sesame Street 12.30pm Business Daily 1.00 Make It Count 1.30 Write On 2.00 Film: Rain 3.45 Years Ahead 4.30 Fifteen-to-One 5.00 The Late Late Show 6.00 Landshapes 7.00 C4 News 7.50 Comment f/b Weather 8.00 Brookside 8.30 Film: Reds 12.05am Network 7 , 2.05 Close

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jim Henson Presents: Mother Goose Stories

It's one hour after midnight and the three mice are still awake.

Their mother's left them to go looking for food.

Miss May is played by Laura Goodwin. The puppeteers are Mak Wilson, Karen Prell, Mike Quinby and Angie Passmore.

1.30pm Monday Matinee THREE CASES OF MURDER Three macabre film mysteries: Two members of Parliament fight a 'duel of dreams'; two suitors are suspected when the girl they loved is killed; and a museum guide finds himself trapped inside a painting in his own gallery...

Made in black and white

See film guide, beginning page 42 Lord Mountdrago Mountdrago Orson Welles Ow en Alan Badel Lady Mountdrago Helen Cherry Andre Morell Dr A udlin

Y ou K illed Elizabeth John Gregson Edgar Emrys Jones George Elizabeth Elizabeth Sellars Jack Lambert Map A cheson B arm an Alan Badel

In the Pictyre Mr X Jarvie Snyder W oman Rooke

Alan Bade!

Hugh Pryse Eddie Byrne Lueen McGrath John Salew

SCREENPLAY IAN DALRYMPLE, SIDNEY CARROLL, DONALD WILSON, FROM STORIES BY W SOMERSET MAUGHAM, BRETT HALLIDAY, RODERICK WILKINSON DIRECTORS GEORGE MORE O'FERRALL, DAVID BADY, WENDY TOYE

3.25pm Anglia News 3.30pm The Young Doctors Dr Piper does some sleuthing.

Dr Piper Bartholomew John Alfred Sandor Dr Shaw Lynda Stoner Kim Helen Gordon Lyn James

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BOB HOLNESS The sixth series of Blockbusters continues with Bob Holness quizzing more contestants eager to make the Gold Run.

Norm feigns unconsciousness in a Dutch hospital for POWs.

and Weather

The Great Brandy from the Romantic Rhine

presented by MARK GRANGER

HICKORY DICKORY DOCK

1.20pm Anglia News

It could easily he argued that Ruedesheim is the gateway to that most beautiful part of the River Rhine with its vineyards and castles.

What is beyond dispute is that it is the home of that most sought after German Brandy -Asbach Uralt. For it was here, around the turn of the century that Hugo Asbach founded his world-famous distillery.

It takes five litres of the finest wines to produce one single bottle of Asbach Uralt What it also takes is the family skill in distilling; the maturing in Limousin oak barrels; and of course the blending, handed down through generations, to create this soft, mellow, golden brandy.

The after dinner brandy that isn't just for after dinner.

Discover it in discerning restaurants and off licences, or come and see us here in Ruedesheim from Monday to mid-day Friday for a tasting.

For further information write to: Asbach & Co. Brandy Distillery, Am Rottland 2-10, D-6220 Rucdesheim-on-the-Rhinc, West Germany.

5.15pm Blockbusters

12.30pm The Sullivans

ITN News at One

The Asbach Story

4.00 to 5.15pm Children's ITV

BY DAVID ANGUS

DESIGNERS GORDON TOMS, MALCOLM STONE DIRECTOR BRIAN HENSON PRODUCER ROBERTA J KURTZ PRODUCTION EXECUTIVE PAUL STEWART LAING A Jim Henson Production in association with TSW

4.10pm The Adventures of Tintin BLACK ISLAND: FUGITIVE Tintin continues his adventures on the mysterious Black Island.

Previously shown on Channel Four

4.20pm The Real Ghostbusters THE LONG, LONG GOODBYE The Ghostbusters are called in to investigate when construction workers disturb a sleeping 'Black Shadow' who has been guarding stolen jewels.

ITN News at 5.45 ALASTAIR STEWART Oracle subtitles page 888

6.00pm About Anglia Location reports by Charlie Lee-Potter and Rebecca Atherstone (Norwich), Greg Barnes (Cambridgeshire News Centre), Peter Lugg (Bedford), Owen Spencer-Thomas (Northampton), Surrey Beddows (Essex) and Lindsay Brooke (Suffolk). Plus a look at tomorrow's weather.

EDITOR JIM WILSON DIRECTORS ALAN BURRELL, PETER TOWNLEY A nglia Television Production

6.30pm Survival ALL AT SEA Seabirds spend most of their time far from land, exploiting the biggest and richest habitat on earth â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the open ocean. When they do come ashore, it is to breed, for a short period each year.

Survival investigates how they choose their breeding areas, and what factors affect their success. Narrated by Anthony Valentine.

EDITOR HOWARD MARSHALL FILMED BY SURVIVAL CAMERA TEAMS WRITER/PRODUCER MALCOLM PENNY A nglia Television Production

4.45pm Knightmare HUGO MYATT TV's award-winning adventure game.

Treguard the Dungeon Master (Hugo Myatt) plays host in the computerised catacombs, while John Woodnutt (Merlin the Magician) hands out the rewards in terms of the odd useful spell.

Hugo Myatt Treguard Merlin/Mogdred John Woodnutt Lillith/Mildread Mary Miller Folly the Jester Alec Westwood Cedric/Caspar Lawrence Werber Guy Standeven Troll Tom Karol Dwarf/Olaf Gretel the Maid Audrey Jenkinson Sir Gumboil Edmund Dehn DIRECTOR SALLY FREEMAN DEVISER/PRODUCER TIM CHILD A Broadsword Production for A nglia Television

22-28 October 1988 TV TIMES

etobt,-1 MONDAY in his own den. When Percy feels that Emily's privacy is being invaded, he goes into battle with a paint brush!

7.00pm The Krypton Factor GORDON BURNS The first Heat Final.

Tonight's contestants are one step closer to becoming the Krypton super-person of 1988, but to achieve this they must join the navy and master the controls of the Sea Harrier jump jet. And there's a bit of Moonlighting', too, as Jessica Martin and Andrew O'Connor — looking not unlike Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis — test the heat finalists, and your powers of observation.

Oracle subtitles page 888 R ita Barbara Knox V era Duckworth Elizabeth Dawn Ivy Brennan Lynne Perrie Don Brennan Geoff Hinsliffe Gloria Todd Sue Jenkins A lec Gilroy Roy Barraclough Jack Duckworth William Tarmey Derek W ilton Peter Baldwin Mavis Riley Thelma Barlow Jenny Sally Ann Matthews Carole Irene Skillington A lan Bradley Mark Eden Deirdre Barlow Anne Kirkbride Emily Eileen Derbyshire Percy Sugden Bill Waddington Martin Platt Sean Wilson A lf Roberts Bryan Mosley Ken Barlow William Roache Sue Nicholls A udrey Bill Lund Milkman

Oracle subtitles page 888 DIRECTOR RICHARD SIGNY PRODUCER PATRICIA PEARSON Granada Television Production

7.30 to 8.00pm Coronation Street Jenny is blaming Rita for the outcome of recent sad events, then decides to beard a lion

WRITER BARRY HILL STORIES TOM ELLIOTT, DIANE CULVERHOUSE DESIGNER DAVID BUXTON DIRECTOR SPENCER CAMPBELL PRODUCER BILL PODMORE Granada Television Production

Sadie Thompson (roan Crawford) and Sgt O'Hara (W illiam Gargan) in 'Rain', based on Maugham's powerful parable: 2.00pm

1.00pm Make It Count The fourth programme in the series about dealing with numbers.

Today, Fred Harris looks at adding and multiplication and ways to improve your calculating skills.

Linked to an Open College course. For further information, write to C4 address 2, page 75, or phone (0235) 555444.

Oracle subtitles page 888 PRODUCER DAVID WILSON Y orkshire Television Production

1.30pm Write On 4: NOTE AND WRITE Writing is not a one-off exercise and this programme looks at how writers need to select their material.

Linked to the Open College course 'The Writing Course', price £25 or £49.99. For information see above programme.

Oracle subtitles page 888 DIRECTOR IAN FELL PRODUCER DAVID WILSON Y orkshire Television Production

2.00pm Rain `The Real Ghostbusters' intend to make spirits' spirits sink at 4.20pm

A young knight errant receives timely advice from Master of the Dungeon Treguard (Hugo Myatt) in Ifnightmare', 4.45pm

A tramp steamer is forced to dock at a remote port in the Samoas after a disease breaks out on board. Among the passengers is a prostitute Sadie Thompson whose curves quickly attract the eyes of womenhungry soldiers on the island.

Made in black and white

See film guide, beginning page 42 Joan Crawford Sadie Rev A lfred Davidson Walter Huston Sgt O'Hara William Gargan Joe Horn Guy Kibbee SCREENPLAY MAXWELL ANDERSON, FROM THE STORY BY W SOMERSET MAUGHAM DIRECTOR LEWIS MILESTONE

3.45pm Years Ahead The topical magazine programme for the over-60s, presented by Robert Dougall.

This week, as Britain awaits publication of the Government's white paper on broadcasting, Y ears A head talks to

TVTIMES 22-28 October 1988

Mary Whitehouse about her 25 years of campaigning against violence and sex on TV. Plus a look at a campaign by the Office of Fair Trading and the charity Help The Aged, designed to stop older people becoming the victims of doorstep criminals and con-men.

Finally we survey some of the latest travel writing and talk to the veteran writer and walker, John Hillaby.

For weekly factsheet write to C4 address 1, page 75.

DIRECTOR COLIN FINNIE PRODUCER JOHN KELLEHER EXECUTIVE PRODUCER STEVE CLARK-HALL Skyline Film and Television Production

4.30pm Fifteen-to-One WILLIAM G STEWART Of the 22 winners from the last series who have been back, five have won again, but only three with high enough scores to still be on the Finals Board. Two of them are Enid Crispin and Mal Collier joint top with 230 points.

MUSIC DIRECTOR PAUL MAGUIRE PRODUCTION DESIGNER COLIN PIGOTT DIRECTORS ROYSTON MAYOR, SIMON PEARCE PRODUCER WILLIAM G STEWART Regent Productions

5.00pm The Late Late Show A mixture of the reverent and irrelevant, of music and chat, hosted by Gay Byrne.

RTE/Roberts W ykeham Productions

6.00pm NEW Landshapes

7.50pm Comment

TIM PREECE 1: IN SEARCH OF THE STIPERSTONES Presenter Tim Preece revisits his childhood haunts in Shropshire at the start of this sevenpart series telling the story of our landscape.

Filmed from the air, with helicopter pilot Jerry Grayson, throughout the UK, the series shows the building-blocks the landscapes are made of, and the processes that have shaped them. This programme tells how the landscape is not fixed, but constantly changes: in sudden catastrophes, as well as in processes taking hundreds of millions of years like those that have destroyed mountains as big as the Himalayas, to leave the tors of Dartmoor as their only remains. Music by John Keane. For study guide send large sae to address 1, page 75.

A guest speaker gives a personal view on a current issue. Anyone with something thought-provoking to say can appear on Comment. For full details write to Comment, Channel 4, 80 Charlotte Street, London W1P 2AX. followed by

Oracle subtitles page 888 CAMERA CHRIS COX FILM EDITOR AMANDA SMITH PRODUCER TIM FELL Landmark Productions

7.00pm Channel 4 News Presented by Peter Sissons.

Oracle subtitles page 888 Oracle News Summary page 401, Oracle City Headlines page SOO, both throughout the week.

DIRECTORS LORRAINE JACKSON, ANDREW PETLEY EDITOR RICHARD TAIT ITN Production

Weather 8.00 to 8.30pm Brookside Another visit to the Merseyside housing estate. Today important decisions are made in some quarters whilst elsewhere there are problems, but also romance.

Oracle subtitles page 888 A nnabelle Collins Doreen Sloane Paul Collins Jim Wiggins Billy Corkhill John McArdle Rod Corkhill Jason Hope Ralph Hardwick Ray Dunbobbin Terry Sullivan Brian Regan Sheila Grant Sue Johnston Chrissy Roger Eithne Browne Frank Rogers Peter Christian Sammy Rogers Rachael Lindsay Mrs A dams Lesley Daine Cheryl Boyanowsky Jennifer Calvert Kirsty Brown Joanne Black Pc Chalkley Cohn Fay Gordon Collins Mark Burgess Annie Miles Sue Harper Noreen Kershaw Kathy John O'Gorman Tommo WRITER JOHN OAKDEN DESIGNER CAROL SHEERAN DIRECTOR ROB ROHRER EXECUTIVE PRODUCER PHIL REDMOND Mersey Television Production

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However, John follows her and together they cover the biggest story of all — the workers' revolution in Russia...

See page 14 and film guide, beginning page 42

Anglia 8.00pm

8.30pm Reds

Never the Twain

WARREN BEATTY DIANE KEATON JACK NICHOLSON GENE HACKMAN An epic film about the love story of renowned journalist and radical John Reed and an aspiring writer, Louise Bryant, set against the turmoil of 1915 America. Intrigued

by John's offer to join the artistic and political radicals of New York's Greenwich Village, Louise leaves her husband to go and live with him. Surrounded by many famous intellectuals, Louise has an affair with playwright Eugene O'Neill while John is away. This prompts John to marry her, but soon after America's entrance into the war, Louise flees to France to try and establish her

BY JOHNNIE MORTIMER

DONALD SINDEN WINDSOR DAVIES Tacy Kneale Christopher Morris GRANDFATHERSIN-LAW A new series about the feuding antique dealers. They finally find they have something in common... a grandson.

Simon Peel Donald Sinden Oliver Windsor Davies Lyn Peel Tacy Kneale David Christopher Morris Doctor Gordon Peters Baby Martin Ian Finnis DESIGNER JAN CHANEY PRODUCER ANTHONY PARKER DIRECTOR DOUGLAS ARGENT Thames Television Production

8.30pm World in Action A report from the award-winning team.

PRODUCERS STEPHEN CLARKE, IAN McBRIDE, DAVID MILLS, LAURIE FLYNN, DEBBIE CHRISTIE, CHARLES TREMAYNE, VYVIAN SIMSON, BRIAN BLAKE, STEPHEN BOULTON, DON JORDAN EDITOR STUART PREBBLE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER RAY FITZWALTER Granada Television Production

9.00pm Game, Set & Match

BY LEN DEIGHTON ADAPTED BY JOHN HOWLETT

IAN HOLM MEL MARTIN MICHAEL DEGEN GOTTFRIED JOHN MICHAEL CULVER FREDERICK TREVES ANTHONY BATE The mole, Giles Trent, has been mysteriously shot in London...

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Simon (Donald Sinden) and Oliver (W indsor Davies). Is it still true that the Twain' shall Inapt without

an exchange of insults? See at 8.00pm Tarrant Bret Doris

Shaun Lawton Anthony Bate Barbara Thorn Baz Barker Fletcher Musicians David David Francis Richard Muncy DESIGNERS CHRIS TRUELOVE DIRECTOR KEN GRIEVE ASSOCIATE PRODUCER MILLY PREECE PRODUCER BRIAN ARMSTRONG Granada Television Production

10.00pm News at Ten

12.30am 9 to 5

2.55am Pop Profile

THE INTERNS High school intern Rhonda joins Barkley Foods to study under Bud and is soon after Russ's job.

GEORGE HARRISON — MAKING RECORDS AGAIN After all his problems the ex-Beatle has a right to feel fed up with the music business. So what brought him back into the studio again? followed by ITN News Headlines

Marsha Sally Struthers Judy Valerie Curtin Doralee Rachel Dennison Russ Peter Evans

See page 27

1.00am The Twilight Zone

10.30pm Anglia Late News and Weather

EXAMINATION DAY Young Dickie Jordan's birthday wish — to do well in his examinations — makes his parents uneasy.

10.35pm Living Off The Land Britain's farmers have a new surplus problem — a surplus of land. Some experts estimate that by the year 2000 ten million acres, an area twice the size of Wales, will not be needed for food production.

Butterfly houses and deer farming, golf courses and leisure parks are the new farm enterprises while, especially in the South East, many farmers have simply cashed in on the development boom. The narrator is John Hedges.

Richard Christopher Allpost R uth Elizabeth Normant Dickie David Mendenhall

1.15am Sportsworld Extra Tony Francis introduces top class sporting action from around the world, including highlights of the weekend's European football. followed by ITN News Headlines

2.00am The Fugitive

11.35pm Prisoner: Cell Block H

NEVER WAVE GOODBYE: 2 Kimble realises he has left an identifiable match where Lt Gerard can find it. In desperation he attempts a daring plan that can give him permanent freedom.

Emergency surgery is set up in the prison hospital.

Kimble Karen Lt Gerard Eric

FILM EDITOR RICHARD KENNAN ASSOCIATE PRODUCER RICHARD FOXTON PRODUCER WILLIAM SMITH

TVT1MES 22-28 October 1988

David Janssen Susan Oliver Barry Morse Robert Duvall

3.10am Pick of The Week

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John Reed Warren Beatty Louise Bryant Diane Keaton Eugene O'Neill Jack Nicholson Emma Goldman Maureen Stapleton Pete V an W herry Gene Hackman Louis Fraina Paul Sorvino Speaker at Liberal Club M Emmet Walsh Mr Partlow Ian Wolfe Mrs Partlow Bessie Love Police chief Ramon Bieri Pinkerton guard Jack O'Leary Julius Gerber William Daniels A llan Benson Dave King Joe V olski Joseph Buloff SCREENPLAY WARREN BEATTY, TREVOR GRIFFITHS DIRECTOR WARREN BEATTY

12.05 to 2.05am Network 7 Yesterday's last edition of the 100mph show.

Last secrets are revealed in Room 113.

Celebrity Sam brings the Hollywood hot news, there's another True or False? hard news stories and lots, lots more...

MOWN.

This week's guest presenter selects the best bits from all ITV's regional programmes.

Funny bits, odd bits, even sad bits. They're bits you'll have missed unless you were in the right region at the right time, but you'll be glad you stayed up late for them. And each week, too, there are Pick of The W eek sweatshirts on offer in the phone-in competition.

RESEARCH LINDA BARKER EXECUTIVE PRODUCER CHRIS MEEHAN PRODUCERS DAVE BEHRENS, GLYNN BRAILSFORD Y orkshire Television Production

3.40am 60 Minutes From America, correspondents Mike Wallace, Morley Safer, Harry Reasoner, Ed Bradley and Diane Sawyer bring you interviews, incisive investigations and illuminating features.

4.30 to 5.00am Night Beat THE UK TOP 10 A lively programme giving a rundown of what's happening in the UK charts.

Tempestuous lovers: John Reed (W arren Beatty) and Louise Bryant (Diane K eaton) in 'Reds' at 8.30pm

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Anglia

DIRECTOR ALAN RODMAN PRODUCER HOWARD ANDERSON 17W Production

9.30am Schools

5.00am ITN Morning News

Half-term repeat of last week's programmes.

DAVID CASS See page 94

9.35 Start the Day What I'd like to be: Jobs children would like to do, and who they'd like to be.

6.00 TV-am

9.35 Swings and Roundabouts

The Morning

(Ulster only)

Programme Presented by Richard Keys and Kathy Rochford. Keep up to date with the latest news from Gordon Honeycombe, sports bulletins and Money Matters.

Birds of a feather: The three main groups of wildfowl: swans, geese and ducks.

9.47 Talk, Write and Read Old Mrs Stanton: Children's fears and fantasies about a strange house and an old lady.

7.00 Good Morning Britain Anne Diamond and Mike Morris discuss the issues of the day with a variety of studio guests. Plus, halfhourly news bulletins and weather, plus Gyles Brandreth's 'postbag'.

9.00 Wacaday

10.04 Middle English the family. Phone us on air on 051-555 1000.

Special features this morning include: 11.00 to 11.10 The Woolstrand

Presented by Timmy Mallett. Tune in to Timmy for 25 minutes of fun, games and competitions.

Tips, patterns and discussion on all aspects

9.25am Runway

A parents' guide to teaching babies and young children to swim.

RICHARD MADELEY Get away from all the doom and gloom of the news and start your day by switching on to Runway. If after watching the show, you feel that you, too, could be a contestant, then please apply on a postcard to: Runway Contestants, Action Time, PO Box 121, Manchester M60 1EX. You could soon see what it's like to be on the other side of the screen!

Included in today's programme: Anglia News at 11.55 followed

by National Weather with Fred Talbot. Give yourself a break and join Judy and Richard live from Liverpool tomorrow morning for more features and helpful advice.

9.55am Anglia News and Weather

10.00am The Time...

The Place...

MIKE SCOTT Presenter Mike Scott travels the country to discuss the issues in the news.

10.40am This Morning JUDY FINNIGAN RICHARD MADELEY A new way to spend your mornings, the magazine show that takes a live and lively look at the home and

interviews, sound coverage of the proceedings of the House of Commons and television coverage of the House of Lords.

Reporter is Nicholas Woolley.

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11.45 to 11.55 Water babies

12.10pm Rainbow PROBLEM SOLVING TOGETHER Appearing are Geoffrey Hayes, Stanley Bates, Jane Tucker, Rod Burton, Freddy Marks, Roy Skelton and guest John Styles. There are lots of apples on the tree in the Rainbow garden and Geoffrey, Bungle, Zippy and George are going to have one each, but the apples are too high to reach. So how will they get them down?

Everyone has an idea, and in the end they solve the problem together. Puppeteers are Ronnie Le Drew and Malcolm Lord.

WRITER ROY SKELTON RESEARCH PETER BAILEY DIRECTOR ANDREW THOMAS PRODUCER LESLEY BURGESS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER CHARLES WARREN Thames Television Production

TVTIMES 22-28 October 1988

12.30pm The Sullivans

Nina Bawd en discusses how she includes her own experiences in her writing.

Walter and Tom execute a daring rescue attempt to save Norm's life; Dr Donovan appears at the Sullivan's.

10.21 The German Programme

For cast, see Monday

Partner TV 2: A magazine programme for those learning German.

Programme 10 includes: Einkaufen, Der Flohmarkt, Handeln, Klaus and Uli 5.

10.43 History in Action

ITN News at One ITV variations Programmes in adjoining regions are as A nglia except for: THAMES 12.30 to 1.00pm A Country Practice; 1.30 to 3.25 Film - High Tide at Noon.

Reminiscences on a desert island with Betta St John and William Sylvester; 11.35 Film Short Walk to Daylight. Earthquake leads to terror on the New York Subway, stars James Brolin; 1.00 Donahue; 2.00 Film - The Spirit of the Beehive. Two young sisters become obsessed with Frankenstein, Spanish film with English subtitles; 4.00 to 5.00am Superstars Wrestling.

CENTRAL 12.30pm Home Cookery Club; 12.35 to 1.00 The Young Doctors; 1.30 to 3.25 Film - Hostile Witness. Thriller starring Ray Milland and Sylvia Sims; 3.30 to 4.00 Sons and Daughters; 6.00 to 6.30 Central News; 7.30 to 8.00 Venture; 11.25 Fight Night; 12.30 Film - The Manitou. Supernatural thriller starring Tony Curtis; 2.30 America's Top 10; 3.00 Space; 4.00 Vietnam; 4.25 to 5.00 Central Jobfinder.

TVS 1.30 to 3.25 Film - My Teenage Daughter. Anna Neagle has problems as the mother of two girls, one of whom has a boyfriend she disapproves of; 3.30 to 4.00 Sons and Daughters; 6.00 to 6.20 Coast to Coast; 11.35 Prisoner: Cell Block H; 12.20 Donahue; 1.25 to 3.00 Film - Cattle Queen of Montana.

Western starring Barbara Stanwyck as a pioneer in struggle to keep her late father's land; 3.05 Night Beat: Off the Wall; 4.05 About Britain; 4.30 to 5.00am The Human Factor.

YORKSHIRE 12.30 to I.00pm Young Doctors; 1.30 The Autumn Garden; 2.00 Highway to Heaven; 2.55 The Doctor; 3.00 to 3.25 Who's the Boss?; 3.30 to 4.00 Sons and Daughters; 6.00 to 6.30 Calendar; 11.25 Fight Night; 12.30 News, Scene of the Crime; 2.00 News, The Concert; 3.00 Three's Company; 3.30 Music Box; 4.30 to 5.00am Jobfinder.

Lifeline of the Empire: (Contemporary A ccount) `Police action' or 'Active aggression'? - Britain and the world divided over the Suez Canal crisis.

11.05 Seeing and Doing Toys with Wheels: Repeat of Monday's programme.

11.22 Science - Start Here!

Colour: A look at the importance of light and colour in our lives.

11.22 Looking Forward (W ales only)

Clearing Up: How can we undo the harm done to the environment and the quality of our lives by The Industrial Revolution?

11.39 How We Used To Live Easter Holiday: The beginning of CND, and families on holiday.

11.39 Standard Grade Miscellany (Scotland/Grampian/Border)

Cait a bheil na h-eileanaich? (Where are the islanders?): A stimulus for native Gaelic speakers through the written, and spoken word.

12.00noon The Parliament Programme GLYN MATHIAS ALASTAIR STEWART Television's only programme providing up-to-the-minute coverage of the work of both Houses of Parliament on a daily basis - with live

5.00am ITN Morning News 6.00 TV-am 9.25 Runway 9.55 Anglia News 10.00 The Time...

The Place...

10.40 This Morning 12.10pm Rainbow 12.30 The Sullivans 1.00 ITN News 1.20 Anglia News 1.30 Film: The Thief Of Baghdad 3.25 Anglia News 3.30 The Young Doctors 4.00 Tickle on the Tum 4.10 The Adventures of Tintin 420 The Sooty Show 4.45 Count Duckula 5.15 Blockbusters 5.45 ITN News 6.00 About Anglia 6.30 Prove It 7.00 Strike It Lucky 7.30 Rising Damp 8.00 The Bill 8.30 Return of Shelley 9.00 Viewpoint '88 Special 10.00 News at Ten 10.30 Anglia News 10.35 Viewpoint '88 Special 11.35 Film: Christine 1.25am At. The Maintenance Shop f/b News 2.00 Ainerica's Top 10 2.30 Throb f/b News 3.00 Quiz Night 3.30 The Outsiders 4.30 Farming Diary

12.30pm Business Daily SUSANNAH SIMONS Britain's only daily business and financial TV news service. The FTSE 100 index and the ÂŁ/$ rate come to the screen direct from City computers and there is news and analysis of the main business and industrial stories of the morning. With commentary from industrial editor lain Carson, City editor Damian Green and reporters Jane Alexander and Judith Dawson.

1.00pm Tourism: The Welcome Business 4: DEALING WITH VISITORS If customers can be a problem individually, how can large groups of them be coped with.

Linked to the Open College course 'Tourism: The Welcome Business'. For further information, write to C4, address 2, page 75, or phone (0235) 555444.

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9.30am Schools 12noon The Parliament Programme 12.30pm Business Daily 1.00 Tourism: The Welcome Business 1.30 Catering With Care 2.00 Film: The Gaucho 3.35 Magoo's Young Manhood 3.40 The Oprah Winfrey Show 4.30 Fifteen-to-One 5.00 American Football 6.00 The Cosby Show 6.30 Design Matters: Cities With A Future?

7.00 C4 News 7.50 Comment f/b Weather 8.00 The Divided Kingdom 8.30 4 What It's Worth 9.00 The Other Europe 10.00 St Elsewhere 11.00 The New Statesman 11.30 American Football 12.30am Baseball 1.30 Beats of the Heart 2.25 Close .

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But if you want to make a crisis out of a drama, Barney Bodger's your man! Dexter's assistant is John Eccleston. Script

by Charlie Moritz.

Drawings by Valerie Pye. DESIGNER NICK KING EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DAVID LIDDIMENT PRODUCER MARTYN DAY DIRECTOR RICHARD SIGNY Granada Television Production

1.30pm Tuesday Matinee RODDY McDOWALL PETER USTINOV THE THIEF OF BAGHDAD

Handsome young Prince Taj is robbed of his worldly goods while travelling to Baghdad, but he refuses to be robbed of what he cherishes most: the beautiful Princess Yasmine. The Caliph, Yasmine's father, offers her hand in marriage to the man who can bring her 'the most valuable thing in the world'. For help, Taj turns to a wily thief named Hasan and they embark on a great adventure aboard their magical flying carpet. lb

See film guide, beginning page 42 Roddy McDowall Hasan The Caliph Peter Ustinov The W azir Terence Stamp Prince Taj Kabir Bedi A bu Bakar Frank Finlay Perizadah Marina Vlady Y asmine Pavla Ustinov Gatekeeper Ian Holm SCREENPLAY A J CAROTHERS DIRECTOR CLIVE DONNER

3.25pm Anglia News 3.30pm The Young Doctors

4.10pm The Adventures of Tintin BLACK ISLAND: INTRIGUE

Tin Tin continues his adventures on the mysterious Black Island.

Previously shown on Channel Four

4.20pm The Sooty Show MATTHEW CORBETT CUDDLY TOYS

When Sweep and Sooty ruin Soo's bean bag, all is not well in the Sooty household. Matthew comes to the rescue with his do-it-yourself manual when he makes a cuddly toy machine.

However, Sooty isn't so keen when Soo has the idea of making some toy Sootys. Things go very wrong and they all have to rely on the real Sooty and his magic to sort things out.

Puppeteers are Judy Palmer, Peter Saxon and Richard Lockwood.

Soo's voice, Brenda Longman.

WRITER DANNY McCARTHY DIRECTOR STAN WOODWARD PRODUCER CHARLES WARREN Thames Television Production

Drama with the doctors and nurses at the Albert Memorial hospital. A cheque bounces; and an engagement is announced.

4.45pm Count Duckula

For cast, see Monday

BY JIMMY HIBBERT

4.00 to 5.15pm Children's ITV presented by MARK GRANGER

Tickle on the Turn -

JACQUELINE REDDIN DEXTER THE CAT and TIM HEALY BARNEY BUILDS THE SCENERY

BY DORIS M DAY

You'd better lock-up the tool shed and hide the paint because Bodger's back - and

DOWN UNDER DUCKULA

Bill Platypus goes walkabout and Count Duckula goes flyabout in the Australian outback. Animation directors are Carlos Alfonso and Juan R Pina.

5.15pm Blockbusters

7.30pm Rising Damp

BOB HOLNESS More teenagers line up to race either up and down or across the Blockbusters board and hopefully go on to the Gold Run trail and win exciting prizes.

BY ERIC CHAPPELL

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6.00pm About Anglia HELEN McDERMOTT CHRISTINE WEBBER ALASTAIR YATES News, views and features on the serious and lighter sides of life in the East of England.

The newscaster is Helen McDermott..

6.30pm Prove It CHRIS TARRANT Chris Tarrant introduces another selection of extraordinary people who claim to have something to prove.

Tonight, among those who have said: 'You'll never guess what I can do!' Chris meets a kebab creator, some appetising skirts, a man with a beard, and a peculiar plate-spinner.

DIRECTORS MARTIN SCOTT, JOHN GORMAN PRODUCERS DANNY GREENSTONE, RICHARD HEARSEY TV S Production

7.00pm Strike It Lucky MICHAEL BARRYMORE The top-rating quiz game that combines modern technology with a lot of oldfashioned fun now has a jackpot of £3000. As always, the unique Michael Barrymore is in charge.

RESEARCH JOANNA STEWART, SHEILA DUANE ASSOCIATE PRODUCER JOHN GRAHAM PRODUCER MAURICE LEONARD DIRECTOR BRIAN PENDERS Thames Television Production

LEONARD ROSSITER RICHARD BECKINSALE FRANCES DE LA TOUR DON WARRINGTON

TV TIMES 22-28 October 1988

PHYSICIAN OF THE YEAR Theo accepts the prestigious Physician of the Year award on behalf of his Dad.

MOONLIGHT AND ROSES

Another episode from the popular Seventies sitcom about landlord Rigsby, and his tenants.

When told there's a new man in Ruth's life, Rigsby quickly decides to tell her of his own feelings. But he arrives too late, she is otherwise engaged.

Rigsby Leonard Rossiter Richard Beckinsale A lan Ruth Frances de la Tour Philip Don Warrington Desmond_ Robin Parkinson Brenda Gay Rose DESIGNER COLIN PIGOTT DIRECTOR/PRODUCER RONNIE BAXTER Y orkshire Television Production

8.00 to 8.30pm The Bill HERE WE GO LOOPY LOU

BY JULIAN JONES

More danger and excitement in the life of crime in another episode from Sun Hill police station.

Cryer, Edwards and Brind investigate reports of a man wearing a flowing white robe. Under closer inspection, they become involved in a dangerous game of hide-and-seek.

See page 116 Oracle subtitles page 888 Pc Edwards .

Colin Blumenau Sgt Cryer Eric Richard W pc Brind Kelly Lawrence Forem an Phil Horsley Poodle owner Marcia Ashton McGregor Kevin McMonagle Skip driver Ricky Garrett W orried woman V ioletta Y oung woman Juliette Grassby Pc Stamp Graham Cole W orkman Terry Duran Nurse Race Davies Porter Vince Rayner Doctor Mellan Mitchell SERIES ADVISER GEOFF McQUEEN DESIGNERS ROBIN PARKER, COLIN ANDREWS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER PETER CREGEEN PRODUCER MICHAEL FERGUSON DIRECTOR BRIAN FARNHAM Thames Television Production

2.00pm The Gaucho A little girl falls from a ledge into a canyon and appears to have died. But an ethereal force rejuvenates her.

In black and white

See film guide, beginning page 42 The Gaucho Douglas Fairbanks The Mountain Girl Lupe Velez The Girl of the Shrine Geraine Greear Girl of the Shrine, as a child Eve Southern Ruiz Gustav von Seyffertitz Ruin's lieutenant Michael Vavitch Gaucho's lieutenant Charles Stevens The padre Nigel de Brulier Black Doom victim Albert MacQuarrie Lady of the Shrine Mary Pickford SCREENPLAY LOTTA WOODS, FROM A STORY BY ELTON THOMAS (DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS) DIRECTOR DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS

`The Adventures of Tintin' take him to Black Island. Follow - if you dare

Oracle subtitles page 888 Cliff Bill Cosby Clair Phylicia Ayers-Allen Denise Lisa Bonet Theodore Malcolm-Jamal Warner V anessa Tempestt Bledsoe Rudy Keshia Knight Pulliam

6.30pm Design Matters: Cities With A Future?

2: GLASGOW 'Glasgow's Miles Better' says the slogan, and this can be seen in the way old Victorian warehouses have been converted into flats; tenements now glow in their red and yellow stone; and radical patterns of tenure and management are affecting even the most notorious estates. And design is playing an increasing part in the rehabilitation of industry. Series consultant Ken Baynes.

For series booklet, send £1.50 to C4 address 1, page 75.

3.35pm Magoo's Young Manhood

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER NANCY THOMAS PRODUCER/DIRECTOR CHARLES MAPLESTON Malachite Production

Magoo happily reminisces about his college-boy dates with the famous actress Lilly Larrabee.

7.00pm Channel 4 News

3.40pm The Oprah Winfrey Show

7.50pm Comment

Oprah Winfrey hosts the top-rated US chat show that discusses all the questions you would never dare to ask.

4.30pm Fifteen-to-One More contestants join the semi circle.

5.00pm American Football

Count Duckula David Jason Igor Jack May Nanny Brian Trueman Doctor V on Goosewing Jimmy Hibbert A dditional voices Ruby Wax DIRECTOR CHRIS RANDALL EXECUTIVE PRODUCER JOHN HAMBLEY PRODUCERS MARK HALL, BRIAN COSGROVE Thames Television Production

6.00pm The Cosby Show

The big games this week are Houston at Cincinnati, the Los Angeles Raiders at New Orleans and San Francisco at Chicago.

Join Mick Luckhurst for all the weekend's news from the National Football League.

Repeated later tonight at 11.30.

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Weather 8.00 to 8.30pm The Divided Kingdom 2: THE NORTH IDENTITY IN DOUBT Is the break-up of Britain into its constituent nations and regions, becoming more likely as the 21st century approaches?

Kim Howells, from Wales, describes the North/South divide within England, and queries where the North begins. He ends up in Geordieland.

Beatrix Campbell, from the North, responds.

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Anglia 8.30pm The Return of Shelley

8.30pm 4 What It's Worth

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BY GUY JENKIN

Shelley finds that London is not dissimilar to New York in this new forceful Britain.

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The difference is America doesn't enjoy the wonderful facilities of the National Health Service, with all its humanitarian potential.

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Many people disbelieve the official version of what happened that fateful day in Dallas.

This programme reveals startling new evidence. Continued after News at Ten.

James Shelley Hywel Bennett Carol Caroline Langrishe Graham Andrew Castell Consultant Geoffrey Whitehead Pc Barnes Christopher Driscoll N urse Gillian Bevan Dr Hall Philippa Haywood Palmer Joseph Marcell Guscott James Goode Robinson James Barron Swift Julia Gilbert

CAMERA STEPHEN McNUTT, JOHN VARNISH SOUND ALGIS KAUPAS, VAUGHAN ROBERTS FILM EDITOR PAUL JACKSON ASSOCIATE PRODUCER SUSAN WINTER PRODUCER/DIRECTOR NIGEL TURNER Central Production

DESIGNER ROBERT IDE PRODUCER/DIRECTOR ANTHONY PARKER Thames Television Production

with ALASTAIR BURNET SANDY GALL

9.00pm Viewpoint '88 Special

10.30pm Anglia Late News and Weather

THE MEN WHO KILLED PRESIDENT KENNEDY It is 25 years since the assassination of President John F Kennedy. His death has been the subject of two US Government .commissions, 300 books and countless media investigations. Are we

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10.00pm News at Ten

Bed sore in more ways than one, Shelley (Hywel Bennett) makes a far from patient patient. It's enough to cure Carol (Caroline Langrishe) and Graham (A ndrew Castel]) of hospital visiting for keeps. See 8.30pm

destroy anyone in her way. It is 1978 and meek 17-year-old Arnie Cunningham becomes inexplicably obsessed with the rusty old '58 Fury he buys from strange Mr LeBay. Arnie's family and friends watch helplessly as his personality radically alters under the evil influence of Christine...

TV version

See film guide, beginning page 42 A rnie Keith Gordon Dennis John Stockwell Leigh Alexandra Paul Junkins Harry Dean Stanton Darned Robert Prosky Mrs Cunningham Christine Belford LeBay Roberts Blossom Buddy William Ostrander Mr Casey David Spielberg Mr Cunningham Robert Darnell Moochie Malcolm Danare R ich Steven Tash V andenberg Stuart Charno Roseanne Kelly Preston

Pepper Boyd Richard Collier

10.35pm Viewpoint '88 Special THE MEN WHO KILLED PRESIDENT KENNEDY Concluding this programme which reexamines the assassination of President John F Kennedy.

11.35pm Carpenter's Craft HARRY DEAN STANTON CHRISTINE 'She' is not just a car.

She is Christine, a red and white 1958 Plymouth Fury whose standard equipment includes a terrifying power to seduce those of her choosing — or to

TVTIMES 22-28 October 1988

SCREENPLAY BILL PHILLIPS BASED ON THE NOVEL BY STEPHEN KING DIRECTOR JOHN CARPENTER

1.25am At the Maintenance Shop A concert featuring New York born David Bromberg, a guitarist and fiddler who has worked with Bob Dylan and Carly Simon. t followed by ITN News Headlines

2.00am America's Top 10 CASEY KASEM Casey Kasem, the celebrated music historian and radio and television personality, presents the top 10 hits from this week's US pop music charts.

2.30am Throb BRIEF ENCOUNTER Sandy's jogging accident leads to a romantic interlude with a paediatrist who dreams of settling down to married life.

Sandy Beatty Diana Canova Zach A rmstrong Jonathan Prince B lue Jane Leeves Phil Richard Cummings Jr

followed by ITN News Headlines

3.00am Quiz Night ROSS KING THE PEARTREE (Wolverhampton) v THE BOOT (Sarratt) A fast-moving competition for quiz enthusiasts. Twentyeight top teams from Quiz Leagues all over Britain compete for the coveted title of Quiz Night Champions 1989.

Ross King puts the contestants through their paces with a wide range of questions.

PROGRAMME CONSULTANTS DAVID ELIAS, SARA LOW GRAPHICS VALERIE PYE DESIGNER PAUL ROWAN RESEARCH LINDA CLIFFORD EXECUTIVE PRODUCER STEPHEN LEAHY PRODUCER/DIRECTOR CRISPEN EVANS Granada Television Production

3.30am The Outsiders GOLDEN GIRL Charlie and Pete join the staff of a luxurious hotel.

Pete Jarrett Sacha Hehn Charlie Cole Andrew Kerr Dicky Michael Craig Susan Wendy Hughes

4.30 to 5.00am Farming Diary A repeat of Sunday's programme.

PRODUCER GERARD MELLING DEPUTY EDITOR ELEANOR STEPHENS DIRECTORS CHRIS BOULD, RANDAL BEATTIE EDITOR MARY McANALLY Thames Television Production

9.00pm The Other Europe JACQUES RUPNIK 2: THE ICE AGE The series about Communist Europe. In 1945 the Red Army had conquered the heart of Europe. Soviet troops were quartered amid the rubble of Berlin, Budapest and Warsaw.

By 1953, when Joseph Stalin died, the countries of Central Europe had passed into an Ice Age. Everywhere Soviet-style socialism was installed, it was followed by the transfer of 'The technology of power' — the apparatus of terror accompanied by the promise of Utopia.

Presenter Jacques Rupnik, born in Czechoslovakia and an expert on the subject, presents an anatomy of the Stalinist system in the countries of The Other Europe.

SERIES EDITOR MICHAEL JONES EXECUTIVE PRODUCER NICK FRASER PRODUCER/DIRECTOR TOM ROBERTS Panoptic Production

10.00pm St Elsewhere SLIP SLIDING AWAY Dr and Mrs Craig's worst dream materializes when the mother of their baby granddaughter recovers enough to return for her infant.

Dr W estphall Ed Flanders Dr Morrison David Morse Dr Craig William Daniels Dr Fiscus Howie Mandel Nurse Rosenthal Christina Pickles Dr Ehrlich Ed Begley Jr

11.00pm The New Statesman

BY LAURENCE MARKS, MAURICE GRAN

FRIENDS OF ST JAMES Alan organises a parliamentary factfinding expedition to a sun-kissed Caribbean island... whose only export seems to be the world's strongest marijuana!

Previously shown on ITV

A lan B'Stard Rik Mayall Norman R R Cooper Piers Michael Troughton Sarah Marsha Fitzalan Lance Trevor Laird Catchpole William Simons Capt Hirsch Angus MacInnes Cy ndy Steffanie Pitt Headmaster Neville Phillips Co-pilot John Jay Police Sgt Chris Turnmings House of Commons Speaker John Carlin DESIGNER ROGER ANDREWS DIRECTOR GEOFFREY SAX PRODUCER DAVID REYNOLDS Y orkshire Television Production

11.30pm American Football Another chance to see the programme shown earlier this evening.

12.30am Baseball One of the world's great sporting events — the World Series — is concluded tonight on Channel Four. Looking back at the climax of the 1988 Major League Baseball season is David Jensen.

Programme may change if World Series is concluded before transmission.

1.30 to 2.25am Beats of the Heart RHYTHM OF RESISTANCE — BLACK MUSIC OF SOUTH AFRICA This week's programme depicts, through music, the struggle of black South Africans against apartheid. Jeremy Marre traces the music's roots to remote areas of Zululand, travels secretly to an all-night song contest in a migrant workers' hostel and visits black radio stations controlled by whites with rigid censorship.

PRODUCER JEREMY MARRE DIRECTORS CHRIS AUSTIN, JEREMY MARRE Harcourt Films Production

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11.45-11.55 Value for Money How to get the best from your shopping choices.

5.00am ITN Morning News BRENDA ROWE

6.00 TV-am The Morning Programme Presented by Richard Keys. Switch on to regular news bulletins with Gordon Honeycombe, sports reports and Money Matters.

7.00 Good Morning Britain Presented by Kathy Rochford and Mike Morris.

Keep up to date with the latest national and international news read by Gordon Honeycombe. For younger viewers, Gyles Brandreth's 'postbag', and there's chat from the world of showbusiness. Plus Huckleberry Hound and birthday requests.

9.00 Wacaday Presented by Timmy Mallett. Catch up on Timmy's tour of Wales and studio fun.

9.25am Runway RICHARD MADELEY Get your brain into gear this morning by watching Runway! This fast-moving quiz has a light-hearted look at the three contestants as bouncing babies and later moves on to Dirty Tricks, a taxing round of general knowledge questions where, if correct, the contestant can lower his opponents' score!

9.55am Anglia News and Weather

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MIKE SCOTT Presenter Mike Scott travels the country to discuss the issues in the news.

10.40am This Morning JUDY FINNIGAN RICHARD MADELEY with FIONA ARMSTRONG The magazine show that takes a lively look at the home and the family. We want to hear from you, so phone us on air on 051-555-1000.

Included in today's programme: ITN News Headlines at 10.55 and Anglia News at 11.55 followed by National Weather with Fred Talbot. join Judy and Richard live from Liverpool tomorrow morning for more features and helpful advice.

12.10pm Allsorts ON MY OWN

BY MARTIN RILEY

Natty's gone to visit her auntie and cousin.

Dandy comes to stay.

Bonzo, Jiffy and Spike go out for the day and the programme explores Castle Allsorts, meets `Ompom' and enters Dandy's secret world.

Bonzo Andrew Wightman Jan Alphonse Dandy Jiffy Wayne Jackman Spike Virginia Radcliffe RESEARCH KATY JONES EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DAVID LIDDIMENT PRODUCER/DIRECTOR IAN WHITE Granada Television Production

12.30pm The Sullivans After Walter has been killed by the Germans, Tom shepherds Norm back to the mill to recover from his head injury.

ITN News at One JULIA SOMERVILLE

1.20pm Anglia News and Weather

1.30pm Heirloom JOHN BLY FAMILY ALBUM Some more rummaging around attics by members of the studio audience has produced a wealth of items for the programme. John Bly identifies and values these finds and is joined later by Sotheby's Hilary Kay to look at some music boxes, both large and small.

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2.00pm Richmond Hill

12.30pm Business Daily

Mad killer Kevin is captured after a dramatic confrontation which leaves Susan unconscious and Smokey injured. Anne Costello grows more devious...

SUSANNAH SIMONS Britain's daily business and financial TV news service with computer links to City securities houses and a network of studios around the Square Mile. There is news and analysis of the main business and industrial stories of the day. With lain Carson, Damian Green and reporters Jane Alexander and Judith Dawson.

Frank Hackett Robert Alexander Janet Bryant Paula Duncan W arren Bryant Tim Elston A ndrew Ryan Marc Gray Dan Costello Ross Higgins Ivy Hackett Maggie Kirkpatrick Connie Ryan Amanda Muggleton Jill W arner Dina Panozzo Marty Bryant Ashley Paske Mum Foote Gwen Plumb Tim Shannon Robert Sampson Susan Miller Felicity Soper A nne Costello Emily Symons Neil Travers Serge Lazareff Rick Reid Martin Maddell Mark Johnson Warren Blondell Roger Lawson Peter Kowitz

2.55pm The Vet STERILISATION Vet John Baxter gives us tips and friendly advice about the care of animals. The best time for sterilisation is when puppies and kittens are small otherwise stand by for a greatly-increased pet population.

3.00 to 3.25pm Take the High Road Dougal avoids an encounter with the iron.

Sorry puts his toe in some very muddy waters indeed. Ritchie talks to Sheila about his past and a lot of things start to fall into place.

This week's cast: Sorry W atson Ron Paterson Isabel Blair Eileen McCallum A rchie Menzies Paul Kermack Murdoch Robert Trotter Fiona Cunningham Caroline Ashley A lice Taylor Muriel Romanes Lorna Seton Joan Alcorn Sheila Ramsay Lesley Fitz-Simons Mark Ritchie Peter Raffan Peter Cunningham Donald Douglas Dougal Lachlan Alec Monteath Donald Lachlan Steven Brown Fergus Jamieson Frank Wylie Mrs Mack Gwyneth Guthrie Mr McPherson John Young Lady W illiam Madeleine Christie Kalsang Sedhar Chozam Inverdarroch John Stahl Mrs McTaggart Jean Faulds Julie Miller Claire Millar Effie Mary Riggans Carol McKay Teri Lally Joanna Tamara Kennedy WRITER SUE GLOVER DESIGNER NEIL PARKINSON EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ROBERT LOVE PRODUCER BRIAN MAHONEY DIRECTOR ANDREW GARDNER Scottish Television Production

9.30am Schools Half-term repeat of last week's programmes.

9.30 The French Programme Viddotheque. La table, la sante et le bien-Aire: au cafe, chez un medecin, dans une pharmacie.

9.52 Environments Villages: Repeat of Monday's programme.

10.09 Good Health Healthy eating: the importance of eating sensibly and avoiding too much sugar and salt.

10.26 Mathematical Eye Measurement: Direct and indirect measurement, standards, units, instruments and accuracy.

10.48 Choices A Right Charlie: A dramatised story about smoking, stealing and peer group pressures.

11.05 Middle English Nina Bawden: Repeat of Tuesday's programme.

11.22 Picture Box The Kingfisher. Film extracts to stimulate creative work.

11.41 Designing and Making Funfair: The materials and design of rides at a traditional fairground and at an amusement park.

12.00noon The Parliament Programme GLYN MATHIAS ALASTAIR STEWART Television's only programme providing up-to-the-minute coverage of the work of both Houses of Parliament on a daily basis - with live interviews, sound coverage of the proceedings in the House of Commons and television coverage of the House of Lords.

Reporter is Nicholas Woolley.

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1.00pm Interviewing

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SARAH KENNEDY 4: GRIEVANCE AND DISCIPLINARY" This fourth programme in the series looks at the type of problems that may arise in the difficult area of grievance and disciplinary interviewing. Careful handling is important as is the need for consistency and fairness. Frequently assumptions and, occasionally, stereotyping, may cloud the interviewer's true perception of the problem, and these two areas are identified in the programme. For details of course material accompanying the series, please contact the Open College on (0235) 555444.

Oracle subtitles page 888 RESEARCH MELANIE DAVIS DIRECTOR TAN FELL PRODUCER DAVID WILSON Y orkshire Television Production

1.30 to 2.00pm The Customer Connection: Who Cares Wins 4: THIS ONE'S YOURS Today, customer complaints and how to handle them. Suzie shows an example of how not to react to a customer, and Len shows how to save the situation when things go badly. Plus an inside look at how staff are trained to cope with angry customers.

Linked to the Open College course 'Customer Care'. For further information write to C4 address 2, this page or phone (0235) 555444.

With Felicity Montague, Jaye Griffiths, Peter Capaldi, Rachel Davies, Nick Orchard.

Oracle subtitles page 888 WRITER SALLY JONES DIRECTORS CARRIE THOMAS, ALAN BELL PRODUCER FRANCES BERRIGAN W alberry Production

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10.40 This Morning 12.10pm Allsorts 12.30 The Sullivans 1.00 ITN News 1.20 Anglia News 1.30 Heirloom 2.00 Richmond Hill 2.55 The Vet 3.00 Take the High Road 3.25 Anglia News 3.30 Sons and Daughters 4.00 Raggy Dolls 4.10 The Adventures of Tintin 4.20 Dogtanian 4.45 Toksvig 5.15 Blockbusters 5.45 ITN News 6.00 About Anglia 6.30 Emmerdale Farm 7.00 This is Your Life 7.30 Coronation Street 8.00 Des O'Connor Tonight 9.00 Film: City Heat 10.00 News at Ten 10.30 Anglia News 10.35 Film: City Heat (cont) 11.35 Crazy Like a Fox 12.30am P.O.V. 1.30 Soap f/b News 2.00 Film: Hawk The Slayer 3.40 Night Gallery 4.00 Wildwatch 4.30 Jack Thompson

C4 9.30am Schools 12noon The Parliament Programme 12.30pm Business Daily 1.00 Interviewing 1.30 The Customer Connection: Who Cares Wins 2.00 Film: White Cargo 3.40 The Oprah Winfrey Show 4.30 Fifteen-to-One 5.00 Cartoon Alphabet 5.30 Mork & Mindy 6.00 Family Ties 6.30 The March of Time: Reporting The Dictators 7.00 C4 News 7.50 Party Political Comment f/b Weather 8.00 Brookside 8.30 Dispatches 9.15 Signals 10.20 Friday Night Almost Live 11.20 Lou Grant 12.20am The Late Shift 2.25 Close

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6 Oc t Buckingham, to the Royal Palace. Richelieu, aware of the Queen's plan, orders Rochefort to kidnap Juliet.

Anglia 3.25pm Anglia News 3.30pm Sons and Daughters Beryl is worried that Craig is tempted by the lure of easy money.

Wayne discovers that Janice is hiding something from Neville.

This week's cast: Gordon Brian Blain W ayne Ian Rawlings Fiona Pat McDonald Charlie Sarah Kemp Caroline Morrell Abigail A lison Can- Belinda Giblin Beryl Palmer Leila Hayes Mr A bbott John Stone Craig Jared Robinson M ay Georgie Sterling Neville Keith Robinson Janice Reid Rina Te Wiata Doug Fletcher Normiw Rowe S usan Oriana Panozzo Glen Y oung Mark Conrad

4.00 to 5.15pm Children's ITV presented by MARK GRANGER

The Raggy Dolls CREATED BY MELVYN JACOBSON

THE TERRIBLE TWINS This week, Mr Grimes's twin nephews come to stay for the weekend, and cause all sorts of trouble. Animation by Roy Evans, voices and music by Neil Innes.

4.45pm Toksvig SANDI TOKSVIG Heather Couper in a space dustbin, and Toksvig with spots! If you're 5ft 3M to 5ft 7in, very hairy with a receding chin and forehead and live in the Urals - if you're about 8ft or taller and live in California or the high Himalayas you probably won't be reading this. But be warned: Almas, Big Foot Yeti - Toksvig is coming to get you! You can write to Toksvig at TVS, Television Centre, Vinters Park, Maidstone, ME14 5NZ. The Rep: Paddy Ward as Marion and Vincent Brimble, Deddie Davies, Janet Spencer-Turner, Christopher Whittingham with Joolz and jim Havilland Researchers: Harriet Llewellyn, Roz Peters WRITERS ELLY BREWER, SANDI TOKSVIG EXECUTIVE PRODUCER JANIE GRACE ASSOCIATE PRODUCER RICHARD MORSS DIRECTOR LIDDY OLDROYD TV S Production

5.15pm Blockbusters BOB HOLNESS Bob Holness poses the questions that could lead to the Gold Run.

ITN News at 5.45 FIONA ARMSTRONG Oracle subtitles page 888

6.00pm About Anglia HALEN McDERMOTT CHRISTINE WEBBER ALASTAIR YATES News, views and features. Plus tomorrow's weather.

6.30pm Emmerdale Farm Seth Armstrong is determined to get his old job back at Home Farm.

This week's cast: A nnie Sugden Sheila Mercier M att Frederick Pyne A mos Brearly Ronald Magill Henry W ilks Arthur Pentelow Joe Sugden Frazer Hines Dolly Skilbeck Jean Rogers Jackie Merrick Ian Sharrock Kathy Malandra Burrows S andie Jane Hutcheson A lan Turner Richard Thorp Mrs Bates Diana Davies Seth Stan Richards Nick Bates Cy Chadwick A rchie Tony Pitts Kate Hughes Sally Knyvette Phil Pearce Peter Alexander Eric Christopher Chittell Rachel Glenda McKay Mark Hughes Craig McKay Denis Richard K Franklin Hugh Cyril Appleton WRITER BARRY WOODWARD DESIGNER LOU BEAUMONT DIRECTOR JOHN DARNELL PRODUCER STUART DOUGHTY EXECUTIVE PRODUCER KEITH RICHARDSON Y orkshire Television Production

7.00pm This Is Your Life MICHAEL ASPEL Who is going to get the surprise of their life when Michael Aspel opens the famous red book? Programme

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consultant is Roy Bottomley.

See page 4

6.00pm Family Ties

DIRECTORS DAVID CLARK, BRIAN KLEIN PRODUCER MALCOLM MORRIS Thames Television Production

7.30 to 8.00pm Coronation Street `Sherlock' Sugden investigates when he falls victim to a phantom leg puller!

And Mavis is privy to a piece of devastating news.

Oracle subtitles page 888 For cast, see Monday WRITER JOHN STEVENSON

ITV variations Programmes in adjoining regions are as A nglia except for: THAMES 12.30 to 1.00pm A Country Practice; 11.30 Film The Riddle of the Sands. Sinister spy story set in 1901, stars Michael York, Simon MacCorkindale and Jenny Agutter; 1.30 America's Top 10; 2.00 Hammer House of Mystery & Suspense; 3.30 Quiz Night; 4.00 Three's Company; 4.30 to 5.00am Fifty Years On. CENTRAL 12.30pm Home Cookery Club; 12.35 to 1.00 The Young Doctors; 11.30 Donahue; 12.30 Film - The Eyes of Charles Sand. Supernatural chiller starring Peter Haskell and Joan Bennett; 1.55 Superstars of Wrestling; 2.45 The Twilight Zone; 3.15 P.O.V.; 4.10 to 5.00am Central Jobfinder '88.

TVS 2.55 to 3.00 Gardening Time; 3.30 to 4.00 The Young Doctors; 11.30 Film chosen by viewers - either Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack, a space adventure starring Richard Hatch and Dirk Benedict; or American Gigolo, with Richard Gere as a gigolo framed for murder; 1.35 The Twilight Zone; 2.00 to 2.55 The Fugitive; 3.00 The Hit Man And Her; 4.00 to 5.00am Night Beat.

YORKSHIRE 12.30 to 1.00pm Young Doctors; 6.00 to 6.30 Calendar; 10.00 to 10.35 News, Calendar News, Weather; 11.30 Crazy Like A Fox; 12.30 News, Film - The Executioner. Sam Wannamaker's vision of murder and mayhem in British Intelligence, with George Peppard, Joan Collins. 2.30 News, Pub Quiz Night; 3.00 WKRP in Cincinnati; 3.30 Music Box; 4.30 to 5.00am Jobfinder.

2.00pm White Cargo Harry Witzel, a hard-bitten, determined overseer of an African rubber station, sees his assistant Wilbur Ashley board a boat for England, broken by the demands of the Dark Continent. Arriving on the same boat is his new assistant, Langford, who is determined to maintain his standard of living and not let Africa conquer him. Witzel regards Langford and his ideals with some cynicism and warns him to stay clear of the beautiful Tondelayo.

6.30pm The March of Time: Reporting The Dictators

DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER HALE Flashback Television Production in association with SFM Media Corporation

Quiz show.

5.00pm Cartoon Alphabet

4.10pm The Adventures of Tintin

Today - T for Tom and Jerry (but not the cat and mouse). Written and introduced by Ray Alan with Lord Charles.

BLACK ISLAND: MAD MEN Tintin continues his adventures on the mysterious Black Island.

PRODUCER RICHARD EVANS

Previously shown on Channel Four

5.30pm Mork & Mindy

4.20pm Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds

MORK'S NIGHT OUT Mork and neighbour find more excitement than they bargained for when they unwittingly choose a singles bar for a big night out..

Juliet is chosen by the Queen for a very delicate mission - to take the English politician, The Duke of

Meredith Baxter Birney Steven Michael Gross A lex Michael J Fox Jennifer Tina Yothers Mallory Justine Bateman Skippy Marc Price Mrs W illis Doris Belack

9: MISSIONS TO MOSCOW Is Glasnost really new?

In the 1930s, The March of Time looked at many sides of the Soviet Made in black and white experience - a See film guide, concern for White beginning page 42 Russians in Exile gives way to a celebration of Harry W itzel Walter Pidgeon Stalin's Five Year Plan.

Tondelayo Hedy Lamarr The Nazi-Soviet Pact The doctor Frank Morgan shatters initial Langford Richard Carlson sympathy for the Skipper Reginald Owen Soviets in 1939, but with Rev Roberts Henry O'Neill the German invasion of W ilbur A shley Bramwell Fletcher Russia in June 1941, we Ted Clyde Cook are all Comrades again.

But in 1946 The March SCREENPLAY LEON GORDON of Time's hopes for DIRECTOR RICHARD THORPE democracy in Czechoslovakia are illfounded just two years 3.40pm before the Communist The Oprah coup in that benighted Winfrey Show country. Presenter is Murray Sayle.

Another edition of the Oracle subtitles page 888 chat show hosted by PRODUCER actress Oprah Winfrey.

VICTORIA WEGG-PROSSER

4.30pm Fifteen-to-One

WRITERS JOY WHITBY, NEIL INNES EDITOR STEVE GANNON DIRECTOR/PRODUCER JOHN MARSDEN Y orkshire Television Production

FABRIC SMARTS Mallory's enthusiasm for her part-time job at a boutique causes her school grades to slip even lower than usual and Steve and Elyse agree that she must quit the job. Then Alex comes up with a proposal that could resolve the situation.

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W hy are backroom girls Roz Peters (left) and Harriet Llewellyn, responsible for research, flanking `Toksvig' on screen this week?

TV TIMES 22-28 October 1988

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Robin Williams Pam Dawber Elizabeth Kerr Conrad Janis Tom Poston

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7.50pm Party Political Comment The regular Wednesday Party Political Comment, this week with a Conservative politician. followed by

Weather 8.00 to 8.30pm Brookside Suspicions are aroused, desires revealed and warnings given on the Close.

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W EDNESDAY Channel Four's live music and comedy show.

2.00am Cinema 104 Presents Heroes and Villains HAWK THE SLAYER Once upon a time, long ago, there were two brothers: Hawk, the younger, destined for greatness; and Voltan, the elder hideously deformed, who roams the land under a concealing black mask.

See film guide, beginning page 42 V oltan Jack Palance John Terry Hawk High A bbot Harry Andrews Eliane Catriona MacColl Gort Bernard Bresslaw Sparrow Graham Stark Crow Ray Charleson Peter O'Farrell Baldin Ranulf Morgan Sheppard Blind witch Patricia Quinn A bbess Annette Crosbie Drogo Shane Briant Sister Monica Cheryl Campbell Fitzwalter Christopher Benjamin Innkeeper Roy Kinnea r ^ Priest Patrick Magee t, SCREENPLAY TERRY MARCEL,

Introducing you to the start of a new series, Des O'Connor Tonight' brings you superstars, songs and miles of smiles and laughs: 8.00pm

8.00pm NEW Des O'Connor Tonight with FREDDIE STARR Join Des for the first of a new 10-week series.

There's all-round family entertainment packed with comedy and music and Des meets some of the biggest international names in showbusiness, plus people who are in the news. Music director is Colin Keyes. Script associate is Eric Davidson, special material by Eddie Braben.

See page 40 ASSOCIATE PRODUCER JOHN GRAHAM PROGRAMME ASSOCIATE NEIL SHAND PRODUCTION DESIGNER HARRY CLARK PRODUCER/DIRECTOR BRIAN PENDERS Thames Television Production

9.00pm Starring Clint Eastwood...

CLINT EASTWOOD BURT REYNOLDS CITY HEAT Kansas City in 1933: Mike Murphy runs a none-too-profitable detective agency with a secretary, Addy, who hasn't been paid for three months and a partner, Dehl Swift, who doesn't know his own limitations. Swift's attempt to play off one criminal kingpin against another ends in a fatal shoot-out,

leaving Murphy to pick up the pieces. Dogging Murphy's footsteps is police lieutenant Speer.

Concluded after News at Ten. See film guide, beginning page 42 Clint Eastwood Lt Speer Mike Murphy Burt Reynolds A ddy Jane Alexander Caroline Howley Madeline Kahn Rip Torn Primo Pitt Tony LoBianco Leon Coll Irene Cara Ginny Lee Dahl Swift Richard Roundtree Lonnie A sh William Sanderson Troy Roker Nicholas Worth Robert Davi Nino Jude Farese Dub Slack Fat Freddie John Hancock T uck Tab Thacker Louis Gerald S O'Loughlin Bruce M Fischer Bruisers { Art La Fleur SCREENPLAY SAM 0 BROWN, JOSEPH C STINSON DIRECTOR RICHARD BENJAMIN

10.00pm News at Ten 10.30pm Anglia Late News and Weather 10.35pm Starring Clint Eastwood...

CITY HEAT Concluding part of the film. indicates Repeat

TV TIMES 22-28 October 1988

HARRY ROBERTSON e DIRECTOR TERRY MARCEL

11.35pm Crazy Like a Fox THE FOX WHO SAW TOO MUCH Harrison and Cindy's plans for a romantic weekend away from Harry are ruined when they spot an old friend who supposedly died years earlier, and find themselves on the trail of an insurance fraud case.

Jack Warden Harry Harrison John Rubinstein Cindy Penny Peyser Josh Robby Kiger

12.30am P.O.V. The eighth of nine programmes that use unusual drama, documentary and comedy. This week includes a pastoral comedy, a short film about Feet as well as a documentary about life in Coventry.

DEVISER/PRODUCER JOHN DALE TV S Production

1.30am Soap The real murderer of Peter Campbell is revealed after Jessica is sentenced to prison.

Jessica Katherine Helmond Robert Mandan Chester Mary Cathryn Damon Richard Mulligan Burt

followed by ITN News Headlines

3.40am Night Gallery JOSEPH WISEMAN KIM HUNTER ROOM WITH A VIEW An invalid schemes to revenge himself of his unfaithful wife. followed by ITN News Headlines

4.00am Wildwatch CHRIS PROBERT SIMON HOOTON HABITATS FOR WILDLIFE Do birds and beasties suffer from a chronic housing shortage?

Chris Probert creates and improves all sorts of habitats in the W ildwatch garden, and Simon Hooton creates a village wildlife nature trail. For a free W ildwatch back-up pack, send an A4 sae to Cathy Mason, W ildwatch, Anglia TV, Anglia House, Norwich, NR I 3JG. PRODUCER/DIRECTOR ANDREW THOMAS CAMERA RAY MOORE SOUND NEIL ELPHINSTONE A Lion Styles Production for A nglia Television

4.30 to 5.00am Jack Thompson Down Under Jack Thompson explores the characters and lifestyles in Australia.

DIRECTOR IAN HAMILTON PRODUCTION GEOFFREY PERKINS, GEOFF POSNER LINT Production

11.20pm Lou Grant

8.30pm Dispatches

INHERITANCE A story in the news hits close to home for Billie, who is horrified to learn she could be a cancer victim as a result of a miracle drug taken by her mother while pregnant.

The weekly series of topical documentaries.

Each 'dispatch' is selected from the widest range of journalists and each reveals an important story.

9.15pm Signals FASCINATING RHYTHM Steve Reich is a major American composer.

Many people fear the prospect of listening to new music, but Steve Reich's lush and shimmering crossrhythmic pieces sell out concert halls and turn his records into best sellers. In Margaret Williams' revealing tour through Reich's captivating rhythms, concerts filmed in England and New York, Signals offers viewers the chance to get to know one of the most exciting composers working today.

DIRECTOR MARGARET WILLIAMS PRODUCER MARY JANE WALSH EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ANDREW HOLMES ASSOCIATE EDITOR JOHN ARCHER SERIES EDITOR ROGER GRAEF Holmes A ssociates

10.20pm Friday Night Almost Live BEN ELTON with HARRY ENFIELD ARLOE BARLOE MORAY HUNTER AND JACK DOCHERTY MADNESS THE PROCLAIMERS MICHAEL REDMOND DARRYL SIVAD The best moments from

Lou Grant Edward Asner Joe Rossi Robert Walden Billie Newman Linda Kelsey Charlie Hume Mason Adams A rt Donovan Jack Bannon A nimal Daryl Anderson Mrs Pynchon Nancy Marchand Betty Newman Allyn Ann McLerie Paul Newman Marshall Thompson

12.20 to 2.25am The Late Shift More late-night music ranging from blues to funk, reggae to jazz, and fusion to punk.

Tonight:

Six A documentary film on the tragic life of legendary jazz cornetist Bix Beiderbecke, who drank himself to death at the age of 28, charting his rise to fame against the background of the Big Band era and the misery and poverty of the Depression. Among his friends and associates featured are: Hoagy Carmichael, Artie Shaw, Spiegel Willcox, piano player Jess Stacy, Doc Cheatham, plus the voice of Louis Armstrong.

See film guide, beginning page 42 SCREENPLAY BRIGITTE BERMAN, VAL ROSS DIRECTOR BRIGITTE BERMAN

Tune in to American composer Steve Reich's `Signals' at 9.15pm

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When we found that children weren't impressed with our in-flight cuisine, we decided to offer them fish fingers, burgers and chips instead. With the result that as far as they're concerned, we're back in the Good Food Guide. Ask your travel agent for further details about our new service for children.

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Make it another wonderful 'W acaday' with madcap Timmy Mallett on TV-am

Anglia

9.30am Schools

5.00am ITN Morning News

Half-term repeat of last week's programmes (except for 10.41 World Studies).

BRENDA ROWE

9.30 Scientific Eye

6.00 TV-am

Gravity: Which way is down? Weight and falling objects.

The Morning Programme

9.52 Maths is Fan

Presented by Richard Keys and Kathy Rochford. Wake up and tune in to the latest news with Gordon Honeycombe, sports results and financial reports.

Five Garden Gnomes: Repeat of Monday's programme.

7.00 Good Morning Britain

Talking With Your Hands: Sign language and learning to sign a song.

Anne Diamond and Mike Morris interview the people making the news and headlines. Catch up on events at home and abroad in half-hourly news bulletins with Gordon Honeycombe, and weather reports with Carol Dooley.

10.23 Teaching CDT

9.00 Wacaday

Join in the fun with Timmy Mallett for more wacky stories and competitions.

9.25am Runway RICHARD MADELEY Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Well actually it's... Richard Madeley hosting today's edition of Runway. On the receiving end of his testing questions are three new contestants from Scotland, Worcestershire and Sussex vying with each other to face the final ordeal in the Runway hot seat.

9.55am Anglia News and Weather

10.00am The Time...

The Place...

MIKE SCOTT Presenter Mike Scott travels the country to discuss the issues in the news.

PRODUCER JOHN PLATT

10.40am This Morning JUDY FINNIGAN RICHARD MADELEY The magazine programme that takes a lively look at the home and the family. Phone us on air on 051-555 1000. Features today

10.04 Our World

Control: The importance of controlling components in a project to achieve results.

10.41 World Studies include: 11.00 - 11.10 Family File Positive ways to cope with familiar family problems.

11.45 - 11.55 As Good as New Repair your own furniture and possessions.

Included in today's programme: Anglia News at 11.55 followed

by National Weather with Fred Talbot. Join Judy and Richard tomorrow for more features and helpful advice.

12.10pm Puddle Lane

BY RICK VANES

It's a very sad day for Toby and his friends in Puddle Lane because Mr Hooter is going away to Zorn. But Toby and his friends mix up a spell in Barrel to give Mr Hooter a surprise party. Neil Innes plays the magician. Kate Lee is Aunty Flo. Puppeteer is Richard Robinson and stories are by Sheila McCullagh RESEARCH SALLY WELLS DESIGNERS MIKE JOYCE, AGNES HALL DIRECTOR DON CLAYTON EXECUTIVE PRODUCER CHRIS JELLEY PRODUCER MICHAEL HARRIS Y orkshire Television Production

12.30pm Santa Barbara Sophia (Judith McConnell), as the bag lady, spins a tale about a small metal object she's found in the sand.

TVTIMES 22-28 October 1988

She gives it to Ted (Todd McKee). He's swept up and charmed by this little old lady.

ITN News at One JULIA SOMERVILLE

1.20pm Anglia News and Weather

1.30pm Nocon on Photography Gene Nocon is photographic adviser to Prince Andrew and recognised as one of the finest photographic printers in the country.

He is known and respected throughout the industry and in this series he allows us unique access to some of the world's top photographers. Today he profiles the natural history photographer Heather Angel at work with snakes and deer in the New Forest.

Land: The rich world's responsibility towards political and social change in developing countries.

11.03 Time For a Story W hen The Moon W inkedl - Repeat of Monday's programme.

11.15 All Year Round Keeping Safe: Safety at home, in the street and at play.

11.15 Wrth Reswm (W ales only)

Cylfwynir pontydd ac adeiladwaith tray beirianneg papur.

Edrychwn ar bontydd enwog Cymru a'u defnyddiau adeiladu.

11.32 Stop, Look, Listen Supermarket: Repeat of Monday's programme.

11.44 Choices

GLYN MATHIAS ALASTAIR STEWART The programme providing up-to-theminute coverage of the work of both Houses of Parliament. Reporter is Nicholas Woolley.

12.30pm Business Daily SUSANNAH SIMONS Britain's daily business and financial TV news service with computer links to City securities houses and a network of studios around the Square Mile. There is news and analysis of the main business and industrial stories of the day. With lain Carson, Damian Green and reporters Jane Alexander and Judith Dawson.

1.00 to 1.30pm Autocare 4: BODY & SAFETY Britain's top female rally driver, Louise Aitken-Walker takes Steve Blacknell for a spin. Suzanne Dando visits a breakers yard to find out where cars rust and Tony Howarth explains how to deal with rust. Linked to an Open College course, 'Autocare', price £35 or £49.99 with tutorial support. For further information write to C4 address 2 page 75 or phone (0235) 555444.

For cast, see W ednesday

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10.40 This Morning 12.10pm Puddle Lane 12.30 Santa Barbara 1.00 • ITN News 1.20 Anglia News 1.30 Nocon on Photography 2.00 Richmond Hill 2.55 Gardening Time 3.00 Take the High Road 3.25 Anglia News 3.30 Sons and Daughters 4.00 Button Moon 4.10 The Adventures of Tintin 4.20 Gilbert's Fridge 4.50 Dangermouse 5.15 -Blockbusters 5.45 ITN News 6.00 About Anglia 6.30 Emmerdale Farm 7.00 jimmy's 7.30 Chain Letters 8.00 The Bill 8.30 This Week 9.00 The Equalizer 9.55 Party Political Broadcast 10.00 News at Ten 10.30 Anglia Late News 10.35 Frontiers 11.05 Film: Halloween 12.45am Jethro Tull 1.45 Pop Profile 2.00am Sportsworld 3.00 The Time...

The Place...

3.40 Kojak 4.35 Fifty Years On

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A Right Charlie: Repeat of Wednesday's programme.

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2.00 to 2.55pm Richmond Hill

WRITER REG WATSON

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DIRECTOR ROGER THOMAS PRODUCER STUART CARTER

PRODUCER DAVID MASON DIRECTOR CHRIS BOULD EXECUTIVE PRODUCER JOHN TAGHOLM Thames Television Production

Janet won't give up her new independence and relations with Warren deteriorate.

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Steve Blacknell learns a lot from ace driver Louise Aitken-W alker in 'Autocare', 1.00pm

9.30am Schools 12noon The Parliament Programme 12.30pm Business Daily 1.00 Autocare 1.30 Powerbase 2.00 Mighty Moments From World History 3.00 A People's War 4.00 Time To Talk 4.30 Fifteen-to-One 5.00 Baseball 6.00 The Abbott and Costello Show 6.30 The Sharp End 7.00 C4 News 7.50 Comment f/b Weather 8.00 Hot Property 8.30 A Different World 9.00 Tanner '88 10.00 True Stories: Grey Gardens 11.50 Film: Alpine Fire 2.00am Close

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The fallen leaves scurry along the quiet Cotswold street where The Countryman — the famous little green mag — is edited from a one-time coaching inn. The fields start 200 yards from our door.

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For more than sixty years The Countryman has been a guaranteed passport to the heart of the British countryside.

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THURSDAY Like the travelling Spoon family, you can fly to 'Button Moon'. So be ready for lift-off at 4.00pm

James Bolam.

Oracle subtitles page 888 FILM EDITOR SEAN FULLERTON SERIES PRODUCER RICHARD BROAD PRODUCER LIZ NEESON Thames Television Production

Anglia

4.00pm Time To Talk 1.30pm Powerbase

2.55pm Gardening Time CYCLAMEN

3.00pm Take the High Road Mrs McTaggart has another attack of selective deafness, much to Dougal's chagrin; but Inverdarroch is lucky to have such a wise woman to advise him if he decides to take advice. Mrs Mack catches the minister talking to himself.

W henever needed, Etangermouse' and Pen fold get there fast. See at 4.50pm

For cast, see W ednesday WRITER JANICE RALLY DIRECTOR FIONA CUMMING

3.25pm Anglia News 3.30pm Sons and Daughters Alison's revenge on Susan and Glen brings her to the brink of disaster.

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4.00 to 5.15pm Children's ITV presented by MARK GRANGER

Button Moon

BY IAN ALLEN

DOTTY TEAPOT Mr and Mrs Spoon and Tina fly to Button Moon to join Queenie Jelly who is having a Tea Dance. Dotty Teapot is late, but when she puts on her roller skates to get there quickly a lot of trouble is caused.

Jungle Mouse is seen doing some babysitting for Miss Parrot.

Playboard puppets by John Thirtle, Ian Allen and Ian Brown.

DESIGNER JANE KRALL EXECUTIVE PRODUCER CHARLES WARREN DIRECTOR NEIL STINCHCOMBE Thames Television Production

4.10pm The Adventures of Tintin BLACK ISLAND: TRAPPED This week, Tintin continues his

adventures on the mysterious Black Island.

Previously shown on Channel Four

4.20pm Gilbert's Fridge Simon O'Brien gets a misguided tour of London. Commandant Herr Wolfgang Otterholiday shows Sgt Major Leonard Horrible his carpet. There's more fishy business in Benidorm. Marmaduke Smarmy is giving absolutely nothing away. And Dodgy Dudley's being decidedly dodgy.

Kelsey and Brian Trueman. Music by Mike Harding.

Oracle subtitles page 888 DIRECTOR BRIAN COSGROVE PRODUCERS BRIAN COSGROVE, MARK HALL Thames Television Production

5.15pm Blockbusters BOB HOLNESS Another swarm of contestants face the honeycomb Blockbusters board and try to find the words to match the letters.

ITN News at 5.45

WRITER PHIL CORNWELL RESEARCH NICOLA LONG, AMANDA STEVENS DIRECTOR MALCOLM DICKINSON PRODUCER MICHAEL FORTE Tyne Tees Television Production

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4.50pm Dangermouse

HELEN McDERMOTT CHRISTINE WEBBER ALASTAIR YATES News, views and features on life in the East of England. Also, a look at tomorrow's weather.

BY BRIAN TRUEMAN

STATUES/JOURNEY TO THE EARTH'S COR! A compilation of programmes shown previously. In Statues something strange is happening to all the statues in the city. And in Journey To The Earth's Cor!, there's an awful lot of noise coming from the North Pole. Our heroes set out to find what, or who, is causing it. With the voices of David Jason, Terry Scott, Edward

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6.00pm About Anglia

6.30pm Emmerdale Farm When Joe discovers that Alan Turner has stabbed him in the back it's Phil Pearce who bears the full brunt of his fury.

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7.00 to 7.30pm Jimmy's Life in Britain's largest general hospital. The unique collaboration between ITV and St James's University, Leeds, continues to show that real life is as gripping as fiction. The stories continue next Thursday at 7.00pm.

CAMERA ALAN WILSON SOUND CHRIS CLARKSON FILM EDITORS STEVE FAIRHOLME, ROBIN McDONELL RESEARCH HELEN MAGEE, DIANA MUIR, HELEN SCOTT, JUDITH WEYMONT DIRECTORS IRENE COCKROFT, NICK GRAY, RICHARD HANDFORD, GWYNETH HUGHES ASSOCIATE PRODUCER PETER A GORDON PRODUCERS IRENE COCKROFT, RICHARD HANDFORD EXECUTIVE PRODUCER GRANT McKEE Y orkshire Television Production

ITV variations Programmes in adjoining regions are as A nglia except for: THAMES 2.55 to 3.00 Home Cookery Club; 10.35 The City Programme; 11.05 01- For London; 11.35 Prisoner: Cell Block H; 12.30 A Problem Aired; 1.00 What The Papers Say; 1.15 Rock in the Dock; 2.15 Film - The Tender Years. Peaceful family life is shattered with the arrival of a neighbour who stages dog fights; 4.00 Too Close For Comfort; 4.30 to 5.00am America's Top 10.

CENTRAL 12.30pm Home Cookery Club; 12.35 to 1.00 The Young Doctors; 6.00 Central Lobby; 11.05 Return To Eden; 11.55 Film - Blazing Magnum.

Stuart Whitman and Carole Laure in murder thriller; 1.55 Sportsworld; 2.50 The Time...

The Place. .• 3.30 The Icicle W rks; 4.30. to 5.00am Central o Jobfinder '88.

TVS 12.30 to 1.00 The Sullivans; 2.55 to 3.00 Emergency 999; 6.00 to 630 Coast to Coast; 10.35 Facing South; 11.05 Prisoner: Cell Block H; 12.00 Hodson Confidential; 12.30 Film Satan's Triangle. Kim Novak as the only survivor of mysterious death aboard a boat in the Devil's Triangle. With Doug McClure; 2.00 to 2.55 Sports Action Worldwide; 3.40 Quiz Night; 4.10 to 4.40am America's Top 10.

YORKSHIRE 12.30 to 1.00pm Young Doctors; 2.55 to 3.00 Home Cookery Club; 6.00 to 6.30 Calendar; 10.40 Leeds Film Festival 100; 11.10 Film - The Music Man. Swindler turns good guy in 1912 Iowa. With Hermoine Gingold; 1.50am Love American Style; 2.00 News, P.O.V.; 3.00 Sledgehammer; 3.30 Music Box; 4.30 to 5.00am Jobfinder.

MICHAEL RODD CAROL VORDERMAN 4: MAGNETIC PERSONALITIES Michael Rodd and Carol Vorderman discover how two of the greatest forces of nature, electricity and magnetism, are related.

In a smelting plant there is a look at how huge magnets can be used to melt steel, and Michael explains how Dr Frankenstein made huge sparks climb into the air. With Fenella Hume. Linked to an Open College course, `Powerbase', price £99.95 or £119.94. For further information see billing for previous programme.

Oracle subtitles page 888 PRODUCER/DIRECTOR LORNE MACORY EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DALE LE VACK Blackrod Production

2.00pm Mighty Moments From World History PATRICK BARLOW ROBERT AUSTIN JACK ROTHSTEIN LAWRENCE OF ARABIA

BY PATRICK BARLOW AND JUDE KELLY

Presented by The National Theatre of Brent Not even David Lean in his famous film could match the epic qualities of this production. t Desmond Olivier Dingle Patrick Barlow B ernard Robert Austin Mahmoud Pasha Ibnemouza Jack Rothstein DESIGNER MICHAEL MINAS DIRECTORS JUDE KELLY, JOHN STROUD PRODUCER ANDREW SNELL A n A rtifax Production

3.00pm A People's War 2: BLITZ Second in the series which looks at the impact of World War Two on people on the home front. In 1940 the bombs came. The government expected massive casualties and panic. The reality was different. Narrated by

GERALD PRIESTLAND LESLEY JUDD Gerald Priestland, BBC Religious Affairs Correspondent from 1977 to 1982, talks to Lesley Judd about his life and faith.

PRODUCER BARRIE ALLCOTT DIRECTOR MARTIN SMITH CTV C Production

4.30pm Fifteen-to-One WILLIAM G STEWART Fifteen new contestants - up to 200 questions ready and answers required in 3 seconds.

5.00pm Baseball A review of this year's World Series presented

by David Jensen in a repeat of Tuesday's late night programme. t

6.00pnt The Abbott and Costello Show THE CHIMP Pets are nice to have but when the landlord objects, you have a problem.

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Carol Barnes, as presenter, joins the teams examining the changes in the modern workplace, the issues behind this week's news and the trends that could make news in the future. With reporters Mark Mardell and Tina Jenkins, she will be testing the attitudes of company and union officials, personnel and training directors - and above all of people both in and out of work. This week: the first of several special reports from Hungary, where perestroika is now a way of life.

PRODUCERS RICHARD MAYHEW SMITH, VIRGINIA ASHCOMBE, EMMA WILLIS DIRECTOR CHRIS HEALD EDITOR JOHN BRIDCUT Television V iewpointProduction

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Anglia 7.30pm Chain Letters ANDREW O'CONNOR The compulsive word game where contestants are encouraged to make four-letter words!

Andrew O'Connor helps the contestants to pit their wits against each other and Wordsworth, the computer, to win their way through to the Superchain final.

Excitement is guaranteed as everything can be won on the last press of the buzzer.

RESEARCH SIMON ROSS, AMANDA STEVENS DESIGN PETER BINGEMANN DIRECTOR MICHAEL METCALF PRODUCER CHRISTINE WILLIAMS Tyne Tees Television Production

8.00pm The Bill STOP AND SEARCH

BY GEOFF McQUEEN

Special constables Ronnie Defoe and Mary Kilnair are learning the ropes at Sun Hill police station — but there's one little fact they would much rather not find out about.

Oracle subtitles page 888 Sgt Cryer Eric Richard Pc Edwards Colin Blumenau Pc Smith Robert Hudson W pc A ckland Trudie Goodwin Pc Hollis Jeff Stewart Pc Haynes Eamonn Walker W pc Martella Nula Conwell SC Defoe Chris Samsworth W SC Kilnair Noreen Leighton W pc Brind Kelly Lawrence DI Burnside Christopher Ellison Roger Leach Sgt Penny Mr Baxter Ray Mort Kingsley I William Vanderpuye Junk ie Chris Pitt Kingsley 2 Sylvano Clarke DC Carver Mark Wingett Ch Supt Brownlow Peter Ellis Ch Insp Conway Ben Roberts Insp Frazer Barbara Thorn DC Lines Kevin Lloyd Liz Elsa O'Toole Doctor Daniel Moynihan DS Roach Tony Scannell DC Dash wood Jon Iles

PRODUCERS LORRAINE HEGESSEY, JONATHAN LEWIS, CHRIS OXLEY, STEPHEN SCOTT, ANNE TYERMAN, PAUL WOOLWICH EDITOR ROGER BOLTON Thames Television Production

9.00pm The Equalizer EDWARD WOODWARD THE INNERVIEW Harley Gage receives a job offer to work with Hassan El-Zayat as Director of Intelligence but McCall warns Gage that EI-Zayat's adjutant runs death squads.

McCall takes Gage to a meeting with Karen Alden, a psychic whose visions about the Scrapbook Serial Killer led the police to his last victim. Karen then has a vision in which she is one of the killer's victims.

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McCall Edward Woodward Harley Gage

Richard Jordan Karen A lden Katherine Cortez Sara Hendricks Toni Kalem Jack Cutter Ray Gill Jarrett Paul Hipp Lt Kramer Ron Vawter Shadow man/Carl Lauder Terrence Mann

9.55pm Party Political Broadcast By the Conservative Party.

10.00pm News at Ten 10.30pm Anglia Late News and Weather

10.35pm Frontiers DR MARY ARCHER ENERGY Reporters Bob Ledwidge and Su Ingle investigate the latest scientific research being carried out in the Anglia region — areas where the frontiers of knowledge are being extended. This week, Su Ingle looks at some exciting new projects designed to maximise our use of natural energy, and how that power is being harnessed at a time when fossil fuels start to run out.

RESEARCHERS ANTOINETTE GRAVES, SARAH TOBIN DIRECTOR GIL EDGELEY EDITOR MALCOLM ALLSOP A nglia Television Production

11.05pm Carpenter's Craft DONALD PLEASENCE JAMIE LEE CURTIS HALLOWEEN The small town of Haddonfield in Illinois endures a night of error as deranged Michael Meyers, on the loose after escaping from an asylum, stalks the streets. His face covered by a chilling white mask, Michael becomes the 'Boogie Man' of children's Hallowe'en nightmares.

See film guide, beginning page 42 Dr Loomis Donald Pleasence Laurie Jamie Lee Curtis A nnie Nancy Loomis Michael, aged 6 P J Soles Michael, aged 23 Tony Moran Brackett Charles Cyphers Lindsey Kyle Richards Tommy Brian Andrews Bob John Michael Graham Judy Meyers Sandy Johnson

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12.45am Jethro Tull THIS IS... THE FIRST 20 YEARS One of rock's most original bands throughout the last two decades. Included in the programme are rare recordings from Sweden and America, and Ian Anderson's own views on why Jethro Tull have survived.

1.45am Pop Profile FLEETWOOD MAC ARE BACK...

After the extraordinary album, Rumours, and the experimental Tusk, the band now feel they have gone through a period of selfexamination... followed by ITN News Headlines

2.00am Sportsworld KEITH DANIELL International boxing plus the final round of the world Superbike Championship from New Zealand.

STUDIO DIRECTOR TONY COX PRODUCER JOHN DICKINSON Central Production

followed by ITN News Headlines

3.00am The Time....

The Place...

3.40am Kojak SIEGE OF TERROR Theo Kojak faces a twohour deadline in a daring effort to save the lives of five hostages held by a trio of desperate men.

DESIGNERS ROBIN PARKER, JILL REEDMAN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER PETER CREGEEN PRODUCER RICHARD BRAMALL DIRECTOR TERRY MARCEL Thames Television Production

The issues, the people and the stories that

SCREENPLAY JOHN CARPENTER, DEBRA HILL DIRECTOR JOHN CARPENTER

The programme that travels the country and lets you talk to the nation.

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8.30pm This Week

Boyfriend David Kyle Marion Nancy Stephens Graveyard keeper Arthur Malet Richie Mickey Yablans Lonnie Brent Le Page Keith Adam Hollander Robert Phalen Dr W ynn Laurie's father Peter Griffith The Shape Nick Castle

Theo Kojak Telly Savalas McNeil Dan Frazer Crocker Kevin Dobson Talaba Harvey Keitel James J Sloyan Murzie Jude Farese A mazeen

He shoots only when necessary. Edward W oodward plays McCall, alias 'The Equalizer': 9.00pm

4.35 to 5.00am Fifty Years On Vintage newsreel clips.

makes it to the Democratic National Convention in Atlanta.

Campaign manager TJ Cavanaugh plans the convention strategy...

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Weather 7.50pm Comment Another personel view.

8.00pm Hot Property JUDITH CHALMERS ANDY CRAIG This week — Costa Living. Andy Craig reports from Denia on the Costa Blanca on the boom in Brits buying a second home abroad.

He has some useful advice about how to avoid the shady operators when buying a place in the sun. Hot Property continues to follow the fortunes of the Fitzpatrick family in the frustrating search for a new home. Judith Chalmers drops in on The Guccis at home in their medieval farmhouse in Sussex.

For series booklet, send £1 to C4 address 1, page 75.

DIRECTOR KEITH HALEY PRODUCER GEORGE MITCHELL Central Television Production

8.30pm A Different World RUDY AND THE SNOW QUEEN While visiting Denise at college, Rudy becomes fascinated with Whitley and begins to adopt some of the Southern belle's ways.

Denise Lisa Bonet Cliff Bill Cosby Rudy Keshia Knight Pulliam Jaleesa Dawnn Lewis Maggie Marisa Tomei W hitley Jasmine Guy Dwayne Kadeem Hardison Stevie Loretta Devine Andr Jamal Williams JT Spencer John Woodward

9.00pm Tanner '88

BY CARRY TRUDEAU

MICHAEL MURPHY Final episode of the American satirical drama series about Jack Tanner, dark horse in the race for the Democratic nomination.

The Tanner campaign

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10.00pm True Stories: Grey Gardens Grey Gardens is the Long Island, New York, home of former socialites Edith Bouvier Beale, aunt of Jackie Onassis, and her daughter Edie. The 28room mansion has been allowed to decay so that it is now barely fit to live in. The two women have become completely eccentric but as they reminisce a picture emerges of their lives from their glittering days at the top of society, to the present.

Oracle subtitles page 888 PRODUCER/DIRECTORS DAVID MAYSLES, ALBERT MAYSLES Portrait Films Production

11.50 to 2.00am Alpine Fire A film about a family who live on an isolated alpine farm in the German-speaking part of Switzerland. The daughter, Belli, has given up any hope of a job as a teacher down in the valleys, and instead concentrates on trying to educate her deaf brother. A Swiss film with English subtitles.

See film guide, beginning page 42 The boy Thomas Nock Belli Johanna Lier Mother Dorothea Moritz Father Rolf Illig Grandmother Tim Breidenbach Grandfather Joerg Odermatt SCREENPLAY/DIRECTOR FREDI M MURER

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FRIDAY Anglia 5.00am ITN Morning News BRENDA ROWE

6.00 TV-am The Morning Programme

Presented by Richard Keys and Kathy Rochford.

What's been happening and what's going to happen - find out with all the latest news from Gordon Honeycombe, sports results and financial reports in Money Matters.

7.00 Good Morning Britain

Anne Diamond and Mike Morris examine the issues of the day with studio guests. Plus, halfhourly news bulletins with Gordon Honeycombe.

family. Phone us on the air on 051-555 1000.

Special features on today's programme include: 11.00 to 11.10 Cash Shop Explores some of the financial problems facing women of today.

11.45 to 11.55 Makers Jan Leeming looks at popular crafts.

Included in today's programme: Anglia News at 11.55 followed

by National Weather with Fred Talbot.

12.10pm Rainbow CARING FOR OTHERS George isn't very well today and has to stay in bed. Geoffrey is so busy caring for George and Bungle and Zippy that he gets quite worn out himself. Lines and shapes by Brian Cosgrove and Mark Hall.

WRITER GEOFFREY HAYES DIRECTOR DAPHNE SHAD WELL

9.00 Wacaday

Timmy Mallett rounds off the week with more adventures from Wales, plus competitions, games and stories.

9.25am Runway RICHARD MADELEY This morning is your last chance to watch a lively edition of this travel quiz. Richard Madeley will be piloting our last three contestants towards the final Runway round, in the hope that we can go out on a high, and one of them can take off on a holiday!

12.30pm Santa Barbara The memorial service for Summer (Donna Leigh Stack) begins with most of the principal players in attendance, including Peter (Stephen Meadows) who has slipped into a confessional box.

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ANNA FORD KHALID AZIZ Live from Channel Four's own studio, Anna Ford and Khalid Aziz keep you in touch with the Open College. First, On Course for Success provides news, events and advice for Open College learners, including The Guide to Open Learning with Audrey Shanks; Bulletin Board - latest college events; and In Depth, new courses - are they right for you. At 1.25pm The Training Programme keeps training professionals up to date. From ET to CBT, IV to OC, the programme gets behind the jargon, including Training in A ction; Business End, what training means to a major figure from business and industry; and Toolkit, Hilary Whiteley and the team dissect open learning.

You can ring On Course live on 01-436 4771, or write to On Course, Diverse Production, 6 Gorleston Street, London W14 8XS.

1.30pm Gardens For All TERRY UNDERHILL with MARILYN WHITE POTTING SHED If you have ever wanted to grow prize-winning vegetables then learn some of the secrets of successful showing from Terry's guest Clarence Thomas.

Marilyn visits top fuchsia exhibitor Fred Collett. For a free information sheet send a large sae to Gardens For A ll, Anglia TV, Anglia House, Norwich NR1 3JG. DIRECTOR JEFF BOOTH TSW Production

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10.40am This Morning JUDY FINNIGAN RICHARD MADELEY with JAN LEEMING The magazine show that takes a lively look at the home and the

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Half-term repeats of last week's programmes.

9.30 Start the Day What I'd like to be: Repeat of Tuesday's programme.

9.35 Swings and Roundabouts (Ulster only)

Birds of a feather: Repeat of Tuesday's programme.

9.42 Picture Box The Kingfisher. Repeat of Wednesday's programme.

9.59 How We Used To Live Easter Holiday: Repeat of Tuesday's programme.

10.21 Chemistry in Action Limestone: Experiments and demonstrations for GCSE and A-level students.

10.43 Geography Today Coastal Dunes: A study of sand-dunes

11.05 Going Places People and Work: Classifying jobs and looking at how things are made.

11.22 Our World Talking With Your Hands: Repeat of Thursday's programme.

SERIES PRODUCER PAUL CAMPBELL EXECUTIVE PRODUCER PHILIP CLARKE Diverse Production

11.39 Mathematical Eye

2.55 to 3.00pm Home Cookery Club CRUMBLY FUDGE For full details, send a large sae to The Home Cookery Club, PO Box 690, London SW1P 4AZ.

Richard Madeley runs the Runway' traffic at 9.25am

9.55am Anglia News

9.30am Schools

Measurements: Repeat of Wednesday's programme.

11.39 History at Hand (Scottish/Grampian/Border)

The Grand Canals: Repeat of Monday's programme.

12.00noon The Parliament Programme GLYN MATHIAS ALASTAIR STEWART Coverage of the work of both Houses of Parliament, with live interviews, sound coverage of the proceedings of the House of Commons and television coverage of the House of Lords.

Reporters are Sue Cameron and Nicholas Woolley.

12.30pm Business Daily DAMIAN GREEN Britain's only daily business and financial TV news service. The FTSE 100 index and the ÂŁ/$ rate come to the screen direct from City computers and there is news and analysis of the main business and industrial stories of the morning. With Damian Green, lain Carson, Jane Alexander and Judith Dawson.

2.00 to 4.10pm Strangers When We Meet KIRK DOUGLAS KIM NOVAK ERNIE KOVACS BARBARA RUSH WALTER MATTHAU HELEN GALLAGHER Larry Coe is an architect who apparently has everything a man could possibly want. Besides a highly promising career, he has a nice home, a beautiful wife and cute children. But when the next-doorneighbour turns out to be an extremely attractive blonde, the architect's moral standards fly straight out of the window. It isn't very long before highly organised secret meetings are taking place between the architect and his blonde neighbour...

See film guide, beginning page 42 Larry Coe

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C4 9.30am Schools 12noon The Parliament Programme 12.30pm Business Daily 1.00 On Course 2.00 Film: Strangers When We Meet 4.10 Film: The Three Stooges 4.30 Fifteen-to-One 5.00 Scarecrow and Mrs King 5.55 Murun Buchstansangur 6.00 Redbrick 7.00 C4 News, Weather 7.55 Book Choice 8.00 Irish Reel: Learning To Lose?

9.00 The Golden Girls 9.30 A Houseful of Plants 10.00 Whose Line is it Anyway?

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FRIDAY 5.55pm Murun Buchstansangur More adventures with the mucky little creature, who lives in a crack in the kitchen.

Anglia 3.00pm Take the High Road

4.10pm The Three Stooges

Dougal is suffering a deep hunger for meat.

He's just not coping With the culture clash.

Fiona is learning how long, lonely and sad can be the road she finds herself on.

Everyone gets hurt, not just her father. Brian talks to Sorry and we all learn something very surprising indeed.

Lady Bill comforts Joanna.

PUNCH DRUNKS

For cast, see W ednesday WRITER PETER MAY DIRECTOR FIONA CUMMING

3.25pm Anglia News 3.30pm Sons and Daughters Glen falls for Susan's ploy and believes she and Wayne are seeing each other.

For cast, see W ednesday

4.00 to 5.15pm Children's ITV presented by MARK GRANGER

Scooby Doo A FIT NIGHT OUT FOR BATS

A flat tyre on a rainy night sends Shaggy and the zany dogs for help to a nearby Victorian mansion. The vampiretype inhabitants appear friendly, but our friends soon learn that they plan to have them for dinner - literally.

4.10pm Crush A Grape STU FRANCIS Nikki Ellen Linda Nolan Charlie Cairoli special guest Ward Allen and Roger the Dog Will Stu Francis become the next James Bond? Will Charlie Cairoli become the next gold finger? Will Nikki and Linda become Bond girls? Where do Ward Allen and Roger the Dog come into this?

Confused? You won't be if you join Stu and all the gang and Crush

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7.30pm Me & My Girl

The Stooges are in the prizefighting game - and with some success. Curly is their fighting man and, every time Larry plays Pop Goes the W easel on the violin, Curly becomes a fighting maniac.

BY COLIN BOSTOCK-SMITH

Made in black and white

RICHARD O'SULLIVAN TIM BROOKE-TAYLOR

See film guide, beginning page 42

WHEN YOU'RE SMILING

with Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Dorothy Granger and Arthur Housman

Spend some Treetime i at Drusilla's Zoo with Tristan owl's advice at 4.45pm

A Grape - it's licensed to thrill.

DESIGNER IAN REED ASSOCIATE PRODUCER TONY NICHOLSON EXECUTIVE PRODUCER PAUL CORLEY PRODUCER/DIRECTOR HARRY KING Border Television Production

4.45pm Freetime ANDI PETERS Steel bands, aerobics, mask-making, and mural painting - join Andi and guest star Andrea Arnold from Motormouth for lots of fun down at the local play centre.

Follow some animal lovers who spend their free time helping out at a zoo and take a trip round New York with 11-year-old Sally Foster.

RESEARCH JAYANA AUSTIN, MEGAN LANDLER, EMMA WAKEFIELD PRODUCER/DIRECTOR BRIAN SIMMONS ASSOCIATE PRODUCER KATE CARGIN PRODUCER KATE MARLOW Thames Television Production

ITV variations Programmes in adjoining regions are as A nglia except for: THAMES/LWT 1.30prn Casting

Off; 2.00 to 2.55 The Bill; 6.15 to 7.00 Friday Now; 10.35 London Programme; 11.05 to 1.00am Film - The Triple Echo.WW2 subterfuge with Glenda Jackson and Oliver Reed.

CENTRAL 12.30pm Home Cookery Club; 12.35 to 1.00 The Young Doctors; 1.30 to 2.00 Gardening Time; 2.55 to 3.00 The Vet; 10.35 Central Weekend; 12.05 to 1.00 Kojak; 2.00 Film - An Eye for an Eye. Chuck Norris stare as ex-undercover narcotics policeman still chasing drugs smugglers; 4.00 to 5.00am Live 'n' Loud.

TVS 12.30 to 1.00 A Country Practice; 2.00 to 3.00 Rags to Riches; 3.30 to 4.00 The Young Doctors; 6.00 Coast to Coast: 6.35 to 7.00 Time Out; 10.35 Hunter; 11.30 Police Squad; 1.00 to 2.00 `V'; 4.05 Facing South; 4.35 to 5.00am Jack Thompson Down Under.

YORKSHIRE 12.30 to 1.00pm Young Doctors; 1.30 to 3.00 Film

5.15pm Blockbusters BOB HOLNESS The last chance of this week for someone to make an attempt on the Blockbusters Gold Run trail.

ITN News at 5.45 FIONA ARMSTRONG Oracle subtitles page 888

6.00pm About Anglia HELEN McDERMOTT CHRISTINE WEBBER ALASTAIR YATES Switch on for the programme that's really regional. People, places, controversies and curiosities, they're all in today's edition.

Gerry Harrison and Stuart Jerrold bring you news, action and comment on the region's sports. Helen McDermott has your letters, comments and criticisms in W rite Now. Send your letters to W rite Now, Anglia Television, Anglia House, Norwich NR1 3JG. Also Patrick's Pantry with another helping of food, fun and Irish blarney. John Bacon presents today's news. Plus, a look at the weekend weather.

7.00pm Family Fortunes

Film - The Death of Me Yet.

LES DENNIS The Morris family from Carmarthen play the Ward family from Kent.

Les Dennis mixes facts and fun, the teams play for ÂŁ3000. Produced in association with Mark Goodson and Talbot Television.

Small-town newspaper editor haunted by his past - in the form of a Russian assassin; 12.00 to 1.00 Kojak; 4.00 to 5.00am News followed by Night Heat.

DESIGNER RICHARD PLUMB DIRECTOR MIKE HOLGATE PRODUCER TONY WOLFE Central Production

- The Brave Don't Cry.1952

Scottish drama of 118 men trapped for 36 hours in a gasfilled coal mine; 6.00 Calendar; 6.30 to 7.00 Living it Up; 10.35

TVTIMES 22-28 October 1988

Another episode from this sit-com about a father and his teenage daughter. A silent Simon worries everyone.

Daughter Sam and others try to cheer him up, but he's not listening. And if he doesn't listen when everything's all right, what happens when everything goes wrong?

Derek Tim Brooke-Taylor Liz Joanne Campbell Simon Richard O'Sullivan Sandra Clark Isobel Samantha Joanne Ridley

SCREENPLAY MOE HOWARD LARRY FINE, CURLY HOWARD DIRECTOR LOU BRESLOW

4.30pm Fifteen-to-One Quiz show.

5.00pm Scarecrow and Mrs King VIGILANTE MOTHERS

DESIGNER MARGARET HOWAT PRODUCER/DIRECTOR JOHN REARDON DIRECTOR NIC PHILLIPS LW T Production

The theft of a deadly nerve gas that could help conquer the world sends Lee and Amanda in search of a ruthless killer.

8.00 to 9.00pm Beauty and the Beast

A manda King Kate Jackson Lee 'Scarecrow' Stetson Bruce Boxleitner Dotty Beverly Garland Billy Melrose Mel Stewart Martha Smith Francine Paul Stout Philip Greg Morton Jamie

LINDA HAMILTON RON PERLMAN ROY DOTRICE The classic tale of unrequited love updated. Set on the island of Manhattan, the series focuses on the adventures of a beautiful prosecuting attorney, Catherine Chandler, and a powerful man/beast, Vincent, who lives in the vast labyrinth beneath New York city. Vincent saved Catherine's life and has become her friend and protector.

6.00pm Redbrick 1: JOIN THE CIRCUS

Another chance to see the series of 12 films looking behind the scenes at a year in the lives of the people of Newcastle University. It is the summer of 1985.

Three young men battle through interviews for the post of lecturer in the Politics Department.

Meanwhile, two teenagers, Chris Massey from Leicester and Joanne Travers from East London, share with friends their hopes and dreams as they prepare to start life at university.

Oracle subtitles page 888 ASSOCIATE PRODUCER ALEX MURCHIE DIRECTOR DAVID THOMASSON PRODUCER STEPHEN GARRETT Tyne Tees Television Production

7.00pm Channel 4 News Oracle subtitles page 888

followed by

Weather 7.55 to 8.00pm Book Choice Historian and biographer John Grigg reviews the first volume of the authorised biography of Harold Macmillan by Alistair Home.

Oracle subtitles page 888 EDITOR MIRIAM GROSS Channel 4 Production

London teenager Joanne Travers prepares for a new experience: Newcastle University. 6.00pm

Catherine Chandler Linda Hamilton V incent Ron Perlman Roy Dotrice Father Ren Woods Edie Joe Maxwell Jay Acovone Elliot Burch Edward Albert Mouse David Grenlee James Avery W inslow Mary Rutanya Aida Pascal Armin Shimerman

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FRIDAY Anglia 9.00pm A Taste For Death

BY P D JAMES DRAMATISED

BY ALICK ROWE

ROY MARSDEN WENDY HILLER FIONA FULLERTON PENNY DOWNIE The bizarre death of Sir Paul Berowne has brought his family's problem out into the open as Dalgliesh questions the household to try and determine whether it was murder or suicide.

He is particularly interested in Lady Ursula's young nurse, Theresa, who appears to have been the dead man's confidante.

Theresa knows something that has made her afraid.. .

in the middle of the season of ghosts and ghouls. A recent survey showed that more than half the population of Britain still believes in ghosts. A nglia Live gets on the trail of the supernatural, and there is a spooky song from Jon Benns and Bill Zorn.

RESEARCHERS RICHARD BONSER, PHILLIPPA ROBINSON, MICHAEL TALBOT, SARAH TOBIN DIRECTOR GIL EDGELEY PRODUCER MALCOLM ALLSOP

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11.35pm The Desperate Miles TONY MUSANTE JOANNA PETTET A disabled Vietnam War veteran, determined to prove that handicapped people are not helpless, goes on a gruelling 130-mile journey in a wheelchair — an

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Oracle subtitles page 888 A dam Dalgliesh Roy Marsden Lady Ursula Berowne Wendy Hiller Barbara Berowne Fiona Fullerton Kate Miskin Penny Downie Emily W harton Avril Elgar Father Barnes Oliver Ford Davies Dominic Swayne Matthew Marsh Sarah Berowne Kate Buffery Ivor Garrod Rob Spendlove Theresa Nolan Rebecca Saire Evelyn Matlock Gabrielle Lloyd Gordon Hailiwell Derek Newark Mrs Nolan Pauline Delany Mr Nolan Kevin Stoney A lan Scully Terence Edmond Gran Constance Chapman A sst Commissioner Nichols David McAlister Miles Kynaston John Ringham Melvin Sam Smart Tracy Kim Benson Reporter Paul Lowther Policeman Bob Appleby

eventful trip in which his life is threatened by a paranoid truck driver.

See film guide, beginning page 42

There are studio guests, humour and music with James' TV and radio audience having instant access to him via the telephone on 0532 461000.

Joe Larkin Tony Musante Ruth Merrick Joanna Pettet Mrs Larkin Jeannette Nolan Jill Lynn Loring Dr Bryson John Larch Ruiz Pepe Zerna Ted Michael Richardson Lou Shelly Novack Al Richard Reicheg Mr Rhodes Stacy Keach Snr Truck driver John Chandler with John Elerick, Kathy Cronkite, Previs Atkins

PRODUCTION TEAM MELANIE BENTLEY, VERNON GRANT, CHANTAL RICKARDS, MIKE PEARSON, GRAEME POLLARD PRODUCER IAN BOLT

Y orkshire Television Production

followed by ITN News Headlines

TELEPLAY ARTHUR ROSS, JOEL ROGOSIN DIRECTOR DANIEL HALLER

1.00am The James Whale Radio Show

2.00 to 4.00am Night Network

With legends in their own bed time James Whale is one of the most popular lateMICK BROWN night radio broadcasters PAUL THOMPSON in Great Britain. TV and THE BEATLES radio are brought TIM WESTWOOD together from the Leeds TOM WATT studios of Radio Aire.

THE MONKEES MBTV : a magazine of music and news with Mick Brown and guests.

Sing-a-long with another fabulous Beatles cartoon. Join Tim Westwood for his fortnightly rap show broadcast from the pirate radio ship N Sign anchored off the coast of East Anglia. Plus live music and competitions.

The address for your competition entries is: LWT, PO Box 90, London SE1 9PR. followed by ITN News Headlines

4.00 to 5.00am Baseball '88 BOSTON REDSOCKS v OAKLAN'S A'S

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In Hallowe'en mood: K athleen Eatherton, Dick Condon, Jane Sunderland and Rose Gray. l0.35pm

Reproduction in whole or in part, without permission, of any of the programme details published in this issue is strictly forbidden.

DESIGNER SPENCER CHAPMAN PRODUCER JOHN ROSENBERG DIRECTOR JOHN DAVIES

A nglia Television Production

10.00pm News at Ten 10.30pm Anglia Late News and Weather 10.35pm Anglia Live MALCOLM ALLSOP LUCY MEACOCK Hallowe'en is almost upon us, and we are slap

TVTIMES 22-28 October 1988

Insp Dalgliesh (Roy Marsden) questions quiet Theresa (Rebecca Saire) in 'A Taste For Death' 7 0

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update of plant care knowledge in Plant of the W eek. For series booklet send £1.50 to C4 address 1, page 75.

Oracle subtitles page 888 DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER KAY PRODUCERS JACKIE BENNwrI', ROSEMARY FORGAN

Bamboo Production

8.00pm Irish Reel: Learning To Lose?

This week's film looks at the Emerald Isle — a land of Saints and Scholars, a country with some of the best educated young people in Europe. But the education systems in Ireland are failing to deliver the people that they need to survive in the world outside of the classroom. Learning to Lose? shows how people are being failed in real terms. Many of them are fighting back in an effort to regain what they have lost.

Commentary by Damian Gorman.

EDITOR GARETH DAVY PRODUCER/DIRECTOR BRENDAN HUGHES SERIES PRODUCER DAVID HAMMOND

DBA Television, Belfast

9.00pm The Golden Girls THE ARTIST Blanche has some exciting news — her artist friend Laszlo has asked her to pose for one of his sculptures.

Oracle subtitles page 888 Dorothy Bea Arthur Sophia Estelle Getty Blanche Rue McClanahan Rose Betty White Laszlo Tony Jay

9.30pm NEW A Houseful of Plants FLOELLA BENJAMIN MICHAEL JORDAN Return of the successful weekly series on indoor plants — not only how to grow them but offering inspiration for creating the ultimate indoor garden. There's a weekly visit to Dr Chris Fairweather's popular Plant Doctor surgery — this week the hapless John Ayres seeks the advice of his five foot Yucca. For green-fingered advice nearer home there's a computer programme that can select the right plant for any corner of the house. Moving further afield to the Cote d'Azur, a totally unique method of making beautiful big, terracotta pots is discovered. Plus an

10.00pm Whose Line Is It Anyway?

John Sessions and his guests totter and sway precariously amidst a volley of audience suggestions, and chairman Clive Anderson pretends to hold the safety net.

See page 103 DIRECTOR PAUL O'DELL EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DENISE O'DONOGHUE PRODUCER DAN PATTERSON

Hat Trick Production

10.30pm The Last Resort with JONATHAN ROSS and STEVE NIEVE AND THE PLAYBOYS Music!! Comedy!!

Special guests!! Too many exclamation marks!!!

PRODUCER KATIE LANDER DIRECTOR PETER ORTON

Channel X Production

11.20pm Halfway to Paradise Tonight, music from the Jimmy Somerville Orchestra and new American country stars The Waggoners. Plus Scottish post punk novelist Martin Millar, a profile on real soul music from Red Rose Radio and why Glasgow has the funniest taxi drivers in Britain.

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER PADDY HIGSON PRODUCER STUART COSGROVE DIRECTOR DON COUTTS

Big Star in a W ee Picture Production

12.20 to 2.10am Fat Angels

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Through a Lonely Hearts column. Mike and Mary become penfriends and, in an equal state of insecure panic, exchange photographs...

See film guide, beginning page 42 Mike Mary Frank A llison Jackie

Farnham Scott January Stevens jack Aaron Amy Steel Robert Reynolds

SCREENPLAY JOSEPH GONZALEZ, MANUEL SUMMERS, CHUMMY CHAVEZ, LEON ICHAZO DIRECTOR MANUEL SUMMERS

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Elevenses Fruit and nut biscuit thins with a coating of plain chocolate.

Makes approx 20 2oz/50g butter 2oz/50g sugar 1/zoz/15g glace cherries, chopped 1/2oz/15g mixed peel 2oz/50g flaked almonds loz/25g angelica, chopped ltbsp double cream 6oz/175g plain chocolate, broken into squares

Melt butter, add sugar and bring to the boa Remove from heat and add fruit and nuts. Stir in cream. Place teaspoons of mixture on a buttered baking sheet leaving plenty of room to spread. Bake in batches until all the mixture has been used up. Bake at Gas 4, 350°F/180°C until golden. Remove from oven and scoop into rounds with a round pastry cutter, or palette knife. Remove from tray and leave to set until hard. Melt chocolate in a bowl over a pan of simmering water. Carefully spread chocolate over undersides of florentines. Leave until chocolate has set.

Funny Faces A favourite snack for kids, these fun biscuits are cheap and easy to make. The children can help decorate the faces by sticking on the cherry noses.

Makes approx 15 Biscuits: 8oz/225g plain flour 5oz/150g butter 6oz/175 caster sugar 1 egg, beaten

Icing: 1 egg white Toz/200g icing sugar, sifted 1-2tsp lemon juice glace cherries to decorate

Sieve flour into a bowl and nib in butter to breadcrumb stage.

Stir in sugar. Bind mixture with enough egg to make a smooth but stiff dough. Wrap and chill for 30min. Roll out biscuit mix on a lightly floured surface and cut into rounds. Place on a baking sheet and bake at Gas 6, 400F/200°C for 8min or until biscuits are golden brown and firm to the touch. Remove from tray and leave to cool. Put egg white into a bowl, Gradually stir in icing sugar and lemon juice until stiff. Pipe icing faces and hair onto biscuits and add a cherry for the nose. more recipes, page 97 ^

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ITV, Monday-Friday: This Morning

he big kitchen boasts everything you expect to find. „ and more! Next to the kitchen is a family room which has french windows overlooking a wide lawned garden with weeping willow and fruit trees. There is a separate, more formal sitting room for relaxing for grown-ups and guests.

Judy and Richard met while copresenting an early evening news programme for Granada TV - and discovered an instant rapport.

Working together means they spend more time than most couples in each other's company.

We really enjoy the closeness of it all,' says Richard. It's certainly evident in the way they present This Morning, With four children, Tom and Dan, 11-year-old twins, Jack, 21/2, and baby Chloe, 14 months, they are certainly well qualified to fill the programme with family matters. Subjects like health, gardening, DIY, cookery and fashion, plus special topical features are treated in a visual, women's magazine style. And while the children occasionally pop up on film - Chloe recently appeared learning how to swim both Richard and Judy are deter-

mined not to turn their family into a media showpiece.

The daily schedule is arduous.

They leave home at around 7.30am after nanny Julie arrives.

They check in at Albert Dock studios in Liverpool at 8.30am and go straight into wardrobe and make-up. An on-the-hoof briefing provides them with the programme's content and running order.

At 9.25am they're on screen with a promotional snippet about that day's topics. The programme itself lasts for 90 minutes, and at the end of transmission there's a post mortem followed by a snatched lunch before they launch into the content of the next day's edition.

They make sure they're home every day by 5.00pm to have tea with Jack (nick-named Jackie Pots) and Chloe (Coco Pots); then Judy starts thinking about the evening meal they both share with the twins.

All this hectic activity means there's little time for shopping and cooking; although Judy says she

enjoys a session in the kitchen when she has the time.

We usually shop once a week on Saturday mornings,' says Richard. 'Jack and I do the shopping. But we need a huge list.

You have to be phenomenally organised when time is short.' `During the week,' says Judy, we rely on ready meals; they're so good. And I'm forever grateful for the microwave and freezer anything that saves time. But at weekends I do try to cook' Richard also does his bit; they take it in turns to do a traditional Sunday roast. But he's full of praise for Judy. 'She's a great cook,' says Richard. `Her treacle tart could make a man weep, it's so good.

The pastry is fantastic!'

Judy admits to being a competent "plain cook'. Her talent for pastry was learned from her mother. 'She stressed how everything should be kept as cool as possible and I think I'm lucky in having naturally cold hands!'

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MORNING, STORY If you spotted a certain togetherness between the co-presenters of ITV's new magazine programme, 'This Morning', that's because Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan are also husband and wife. JILL COX visited them in their Edwardian home outside Manchester to find out more about this mid-morning couple.

Picture DAVID MAGNUS Time for a break, and in our main picture, Richard and Judy share a selection of coffee-time snacks with three quarters of their family: 14-month-old Chloe, Jack, 20, and twin Dan whose brother Tom came home to find the table bare

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Crisp gingernuts with a delicate ginger taste.

Makes approx 24 4oz/100g plain flour pinch salt ltsp baking powder ltsp bicarbonate of soda ltsp ground ginger

2oz/50g butter 2oz/50g sugar 3tbsp golden syrup Sift flour, salt, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, spices into a large bowL Rub in butter to breadcrumb stage. Stir in sugar. Warm syrup and gradually incorporate into mixture to make a stiff consistency. Break off teaspoonfuls of mixture and roll into small balls. Place on a lightly greased baking sheet.

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Currant Affairs Chewy oat bars filled with nuts and currants.

3oz/75g walnuts, chopped 4oz/100g currants Melt butter in a pan. Stir in remaining ingredients and mix thoroughly. Press mixture into a lightly greased 8in/20cm square tin and press to flatten and smooth surface. Bake at Gas 4, 350°F/180°C for 30min or until browned and firm. Mark into slices with a knife and leave to cool completely. Break flapjacks into slices to serve.

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Icing and decoration; 6o7/175g plain cooking chocolate, in pieces 5tbsp black coffee 6oz/175g icing sugar, sifted 1/2 egg white 4oz/100g icing sugar, sifted Melt chocolate in a bowl over simmering water. Cool slightly.

Beat remaining ingredients until thoroughly mixed. Gradually beat in chocolate. Pour into an 8in/20cm greased and lined square tin. Bake at Gas 4, 350°F/ 180°C for 30min or until firm to the touch. Cool and mark into slabs. For chocolate icing, put chocolate and coffee into a bowl over a pan of simmering water. Stir until chocolate has melted. Remove and beat in icing sugar. Spread mixture over cooked cake, and smooth surface with a palette knife.

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scar winning film rnaker David Puttnam is a man with a mission. At 47, he is not only the most successful film producer of his generation, but a staunch and tireless campaigner in the fight to preserve the beauty of England's countryside.

He sits cross-legged on the floor of his elegant beamed drawing-room.

Puttnam pours fresh coffee into china cups and looks around him with pride. It has taken four long years to restore this 15th-century former watermill to the home that Puttnam and wife Patsy call their 'little bit of paradise'.

'I organised and did everything on the outside of the house and Patsy did everything you see inside it was a division of responsibility,' he explains. When we bought the mill six years ago, it was fine, except that it was only just holding together. There was every kind of rot imaginable - it didn't bear too much investigation.

Ostensibly, it had been kept together with a lot of love but just hadn't had the money it needed spent on it. A house of this age periodically needs to be stripped back and you have to start again.

'I enjoy doing manual things, but I'm not someone who's clever with their hands at all. I love the excitement of trying things and experimenting, and

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we've certainly made a few mistakes. We've planted more than 10,000 trees and shrubs here - some of them have worked and others haven't. We've actually had a low failure rate and have lost about five per cent.

I've treated this home in some respects the way I treat a film. It's not enough that the end titles are beautifully typed or that the music is perfect. I like to think that one hallmark of the films I produce is that they are beautifully made and immaculate productions - whether you like them or not.'

A self-confessed perfectionist with an eagle eye for detail, Puttnam has thoughtfully arranged a perfect welcome. On this soft, late summer's day, a swan glides elegantly through tranquil waters and, inside, the distant sound of soothing classical music provides an ideal backdrop for the interview.

When we set out to look for a house in the country, I was a total urban being,' says Puttnam. 'I was born in North London and had lived in the West End for 20 years - I still can't explain where the idea to move out came from.

When our friends heard of our plans, they said to Patsy: "You're mad! He's never going to settle in the country - he'll hate it." I don't know if she believed them or not, but I think now she's finally accepted that it wasn't true.'

Puttnam grew up in what

David Puttnarn's screen productions will last as long as people love films.

But he's just as proud of his latest creation, the 15th century watermill home he has restored from ruin in rural W iltshire

he calls 'a typical middleclass environment' - a modest, three-bedroom semi-detached house in Southgate, a pleasant London suburb. He can remember joining in a great debate at school on the advantages of living in town and countryside.

'I was a cinema freak, so it was impossible for anyone to describe to me what advantages the countryside had to offer,' he recalls. 'At the time, I argued that it wasn't for me because you couldn't see four different films in a week anywhere out of London, and anyway,' he laughs, 'the jazz clubs were too far away.'

David Puttnam, the man who last year was elected president of the Council for the Protection of Rural England, (CPRE) speaks with the same conviction and passion as David Puttnam the film maker and producer of memorable Eighties screen classics such as Chariots of Fire, Local Hero and The Killing

Fields.

Straight-talking but charming, he has attracted almost as much media interest as some of his leading actors.

Almost exactly a year ago he hit the headlines when he resigned his position as studio boss of Columbia Pictures in Hollywood after serving 12 months of his three-year contract.

Earlier this year, he fought and won a battle to divert a footpath that ran uncomfortably close to his rural retreat. And then, of course, there were the inevitable gossip column stories about the state of Puttnam's marriage when his name was linked with that of the massage parlour made famous by Major Ronald Ferguson, father of the Duchess of York.

The Puttnams were childhood sweethearts who married when he was 20, and his bride just 17. Today, they are the proud parents of daughter Debbie, 26 (married to TV presenter Loyd Grossman), and son Sasha, 22.

'Certainly, it's been a wonderful marriage for me,' says Puttnam. 'We've never bored each other and I think perhaps that it's because I've always spent three, maybe four months a year travelling. We've been able to retain a real interest for each other because we've never really had a

routine. The thing that also kills a lot of relationships is rootlessness. Patsy is a brilliant homemaker. She's always made places cosy and welcoming - the kinds of places you really want to live in.

'Children obviously were also a big factor. Like any other marriage, you go through your good years and bad years, and the fact that you've got children helps bind it together.

Children make you absolutely aware that marriage is a compromise and anyone who thinks otherwise is a fool.

'I'm lucky enough to be married to someone who is perfectly happy to spend the evening sitting in the same room, both reading -

I've treated this home in some respects the way I treat a film,

some couples just couldn't do that.

'This may sound paradoxical and it may surprise you, but I have to confess I love solitude. I have a tremendous yearning for being on my own. I think all sane people need to be on their own. I find I'm dealing with people who can't bear to be alone more and more, and that's tragic.'

Although the Puttnams have a small London base close to the offices of his company, Enigma Productions, they have tried hard to retain their country house as the one place they can really call home.

But it hasn't been easy.

The house in Wiltshire is identically equipped to match his London office. His personal secretary commutes between the two.

'Recently, Patsy and I have been looking for a little cottage in Scotland,' says Puttnam. 'This may sound a bit silly, but I feel in a way we've made this too much of an adjunct to the London office and, in doing that, I've invaded my own privacy.

'Now, we're looking for a

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Pi- continued from page 99 little, secluded cottage with nothing more than water and electricity, to make Patsy's life easier.

When we first bought the mill six years ago we spent the first two years living in the little cottage down the lane. It was just two rooms and a kitchen, but it was lovely - small enough to switch on the TV or pick up a book without moving from the chair.

'The mill has, unfortunately become a rural work-centre, so it's now much harder to switch off.

There's a real need to find a place where you just can't be contacted.'

Earlier this year, the Puttnams took six days off from their hectic life to drive around the west coast of Scotland - a place that has always held a special fascination for Puttnam.

'Ever since we did Chariots, I've felt secure and comfortable in Scotland,' he says. 'Local Hero was the film which really sealed it for me. I don't have any Scottish blood, but I physically feel extraordinarily drawn to the place.

One of the things I most love about it is the romance of the moors and glens. I find them very soothing.'

These days, the Puttnams shy away from the glamorous lifestyle usually associated with movie moguls, preferring to spend time together in their magnificent home.

'I don't like parties,' says Puttnam. 'The truth is, I'm a little uncomfortable at them, so we don't tend to go to many. In the country, we haven't really become part

of the community because, although I'm not anti-social, I'm non-social, for the reason that I come here to be quiet, because we have more of. a social life in London than we'd both like in an ideal world.

We had a terrific strain on us for about two years over this footpath. After Chariots, people began behaving in this really bizarre manner. The footpath wasn't just a footpath it was a convenient excuse for people to come in and nose around. Originally, the footpath ran just 8in from the front door, so not only did we have people looking at us through the window, some of them came into the house as well. My son Sasha woke up one morning to find a chap in his room who claimed he'd lost his way.

'In the end, it was the police who insisted that something was done for security reasons. Now we've had the path officially moved 20 yards and the dust is finally settling. We're opening the gardens of the house for the first time this weekend - it's our way of trying to patch things up after winning the footpath battle. I don't plan to hide away on the day - I'll just have to grin and bear it.'

Two years ago, the Puttnams swapped their idyllic country lifestyle for the ritzy glamour of the Hollywood film set when David took on Columbia Pictures. It was a decision that took a lot of soul-searching and produced some longlasting effects.

'Looking back, I've no regrets at all,' he says. 'I guess I'm quietly relieved

Californian `Spa'-kle Sheila Cluff flew all the way from California to present TV Times Flymo winner Ivy Mison with her prize. She has won a week at the exclusive Palms at Palm Springs health spa, owned by Ms Cluff. Ivy is taking along three members of her family with her on the prize trip; which is being organised by Spa Finders Travel, America's leading health holiday specialists. Eighty second-prize winners each won a Flymo Multi-Trim garden trimmer, and 120 runners-up each received a Flymo Mini-Trim.

The correct answers were: 1 G, 2 D, 3 A, 4 B

`Part of my plan was to create . . .a sort of rural Disneyland,

was once owned by Greta Garbo. But it was a non-life.

I used to work from seven in the morning until I went to bed, with only a short break for dinner. We worked a six-and-a-half-day week for 15 hours a day and I was shattered.

'I became seriously ill immediately after leaving.

My doctor said later that being forced to resign probably saved my life. I think I take things too seriously, you know - it's always been a real problem for me. I can never do half a job. I can become pretty obsessed.'

Puttnam's love affair with

the countryside has also become something of an obsession. His bedside reading is a mixture of gardening reference books, nursery catalogues and agricultural reports. As president of the CPRE, he sees his job as ensuring that vital conservation issues get a proper airing.

'When I first started going around the countryside looking for houses to buy, I realised that I had a vision which was England before World War Two. My rural ideal just wasn't there any more and I had to adjust my thinking. I got such a jolt that I joined the CPRE. Td read a booklet about their aims and knew they were quite different. They are an organisation that is as interested in urban plight and improving urban situations as it is in the countryside.

'Things have hotted up recently and it's a very frontline organisation.

Nicholas Ridley, the Secretary of State for the Environment, has created the most successful membership drive for us because people are genuinely frightened,' he says, revealing a wry sense of humour. 'I think what he's trying to do, however, isn't all wrong. I know I joke about him, but there is an element of truth in it.

'I think the flaws lie in the presentation and not in the policies. I don't believe the Minister doesn't really care.

I know him to be a countryman and he's a fanatical fisherman.

'I believe that it is the fundamental responsibility

W ho'swonwhat?

Sunny smiles all round from just some of our readers who found

that winning streak in recent competitions.. .

Sweet Dreams Denise Barnett and husband Rob of Underwood, Notts, will soon be waking up to a new-look bedroom as winners of the TV Times Room for Change competition. Their prize included £2000 worth of Ducal furniture, £1000 worth of Slumberland products including a luxury new bed as well as £1000 worth of Sanderson

Pictured from left to right: Ivy Meson - our Flymo winner - receives her ticket to ride from health and fitness expert, Sheila Cluff.

Slumberland Ted overwhelms the Barnetts, while Rae Borthwick gets a mighty cheque from Mighty W hite's Martin Hersov

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that I'm back here in one piece. I think in some respects the Coca-Cola experience damaged me.

[Columbia is owned by the multi-million dollar soft drinks company.] I'll never be able to be quite as trusting of anyone again.

'I think, by nature, I am a survivor and it also comes back to the marriage. I think, as a couple, Patsy and I are survivors.

'In Hollywood, we had a nice house at the top of Coldwater Canyon which

fabrics, wall-coverings, carpets and bedlinens. The couple were also given a cuddly Slumberland Ted for their baby daughter Stephanie.

The correct answers were: 1B, 2C, 3A.

Mighty Money Rae Borthwick of Edinburgh used her loaf and won the £10,000 first prize

of any human, whoever you are and wherever you live, to leave behind you a better physical and sociological environment than the one you were born into.

Therefore, to do the opposite - to go along willingly with the deterioration of the environment, so that your children and grandchildren inherit a less human world than the one you were born into, is insane and very wrong.

'With the work we've done here, I'll leave behind an environmentally sensational place. We've planted a complete arboretum (botanical tree garden), lye bought a fantastic collection of 24 English oaks, which will be a unique collection for people to come and see.

Tm lucky that our son, daughter and son-in-law love to spend time down here. Sasha was one of the people responsible for bringing this place back to its former glory. He spent six months just taking down barbed wire, so I think he's paid his dues.

'Part of my plan,' says countryman David Puttnam, 'was to recreate an adventure playground for our grandchildren. It was part of our grand scheme that one day we'd have the kind of place to which our grandchildren would love to come and visit - a sort of rural Disneyland.

What kept us going was the thought that one day we would have the satisfaction of creating an environmental jewel, something which would last beyond our own lifetime. Yes, I think this has been one of our greatest productions...'

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in the TV Times Mighty White competition.

The 10 second-prize winners, who each won a Sharp video camera, were: A Ward of Berwick, E Lothian; A Glossop of Bognor Regis; M A Madeley of Shenstone, Staffs; A limes of Elie, Fife; S Hampson of Runcorn; G Smith of South Anstone, S Yorks; J V Thomas of Gomersal, W Yorks; M Dobson of Glossop; R Blinncowe of Leeds; and M Littlewood of Sheffield.

90 third-prize winners each won a Nikkai 14" colour TV. 50 fourth-prize winners won £100 each and 200 runners-up were given a Light 'n' Easy toaster.

The correct Sandwich answers were: 1 Judith Chalmers, 2 Jimmy Greaves, 3 Michael Aspel, 4 Bruce Forsyth, 5 Jimmy Tarbuck, 6 Anne Diamond.

Talkback winner The first-prize winner of the June '88 TV Times Talkback competition is S Moss of Derby.

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he new C4 game show W hose Line Is It A nyway? is dangerous, off the cuff stuff. Four players have to ad-lib their way through scenes suggested by the studio audience, and there's no safety net. .. Will the lines hold or will the performers fall?

The only certainty is that John Sessions, actor and writer and a regular in the series, never puts a foot wrong. His pleasure at the proceedings is easy to see and enjoy.

'I try to be as relaxed as possible when I do it,' he says, 'but you have to keep the engine running and it's irritating when you have to hold back while someone else has a go. Basically I'd like to be doing the whole programme myself. I once said jokingly that the reason I did one-man shows is that in plays you spend too much time standing around on-stage waiting for other actors to finish speaking. I might have been joking, but there's certainly an element of truth in it.'

We met on one of those sunny autumnal Sundays in his book-strewn, nut-shell of a flat just down the road from Putney Bridge in south-west London. He had been in Harrogate during the week shooting a film for ITV. Later that afternoon he would be enjoying himself again, recording another

Actor, comic, team leader in `W hose Line Is It Anyway?' â&#x20AC;&#x201D; John Sessions is certainly talented but also a misfit. Here, he tells CORDELL MARK S why.. .

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He continually smokes a certain brand of low tar cigarettes; a dumb-bell, with which he occasionally exercises, was being used as a door-stop; and on the table in this main room was a script he had been working on that morning, all in longhand, for another one-man show.

He said that he's known worse Sundays. He said that as a child, brought up in Sessions' character in Torterhouse Blue' had a crush on his bedder, played by Paula Jacobs

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Ayrshire by Presbyterian Church-going parents, he had believed that one seventh of your life was to be written off and the seventh was Sundays.

'There was a funereal misery about our Sundays.

Enjoyment was out.

'I still have the inability to enjoy myself. I find it extremely difficult to be carefree and abandoned.'

Perhaps, but when he performs he is able to let any constraints fly out the window. 'I'd love to be really abandoned occasionally. I don't mean lolling on a couch with 15 concubines...I don't particularly want to do that all the time, maybe once a week. . . but I do find enjoying myself difficult. I'm terribly caught up with the work ethic. I'm one of those people always pacing up and down rooms; always having to work. If I don't work, I don't sleep.'

He was in the West End last year with his show The Life Of Napoleon in which he was not only the Emperor, but some 30 other characters too. He is the voices of Norman Tebbit and Terry Wogan and Lord Olivier in Spitting Image, but, for the moment, he is best know as the sexuallyfrustrated student, the condom-inflating Zipster in

Porterhouse Blue.

At 35 he has some stray grey hairs which he has dyed away. 'I thought: "You've got to give way to vanity eventually." Some people look good when they go grey - Frank Finlay, Paul Scofield - but I'm just going to go grey in a boring, dreary way.'

Somewhere there is an actress girlfriend, but he wouldn't talk about her, nor even give her name.

Before acting there was an academic career which brought him a degree, followed by four years in Canada, where his twin sister lives, studying to be a doctor of philosophy. He will fly back to see his

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There seem to have been several unhappy moments in his life. At school he was repeatedly bullied 'It's an animal thing,' he says. If, as a child you are susceptible to being bullied the others will smell it out in the way a shark will smell blood I suppose I became high profile in a way that wasn't safe. It's safe if you're a ladies man or the captain of games or that sort of nonsense, but because you've taken the mickey out of a lot of people or hung around with the sixth formers while only being in the third form, then it's not safe. There comes a pay day and it did

come. It was terrible. I was beaten up, laughed at, teased. It had an effect on me for years.'

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'And if that means doing shows about great megalomaniacs such as Napoleon, then so be it' Out on stage, he said, he comes alive. What I can't do is all that sort of smarty chat between the teams and the quizmaster. I can't do anything like that I wish I could When I did Wogan, I was just left there looking a bit daft actually. I can't be larger than life at times like that If I was, I suppose I'd be like...

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â?&#x2018;NTV, Sunday: Live from the Palladium W hen you've trodden its well-worn boards, that's when you know you've arrived in showbusiness. Over the past 78 years its billboards have been plastered with the biggest names from the world of entertainment, as the pictures on these pages testify. ANTHONY DAVIS looks behind the scenes of this theatreland legend: the London Palladium

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Yet the Palladium is not that old - it will be 78 next birthday. Nor is it the biggest, even in London. It has 2325 seats, but the Coliseum has more. Nor is it the grandest, though it is impressive. The stage is 80ft x 40ft and 52ft high - but its most famous feature is that revolving stage, divided into three concentric rings. The outer two can be turned in opposite directions, while the centre can be raised 5ft and lowered 6ft.

But it's the international stars who have really attracted the attention.

'Everyone in showbiz has appeared there,' says Tarbuck. 'Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Gracie Fields, Judy Garland, Liberace, Max Bygraves, Morecambe and Wise, Tommy Cooper. .

The almost infinite list also includes Jack Benny, Ethel Merman, Danny Kaye, Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra, Noel Coward, Laurence Olivier, Cliff Richard, Bette Davis, Julie Andrews, Neil Diamond, John Denver and many more.

The site of the Palladium was originally occupied by the town houses of the Dukes of Argyll and Marl-

borough (who gave their names to nearby streets), but these were demolished in the late 19th century. For 20 years the area was the home of a circus, before the present theatre was built.

The Palladium - a music hall - opened on Boxing Day 1910, with Nellie Wallace, Ella Shields, Ella Retford and 'Mr Martin Harvey and his full company' in a mixed bill including melodrama and even opera.

For three months in 1928 the Palladium was used as a cinema, but showman George Black took it over, opening with Gracie Fields, comedian Dick Henderson (father of Dickie), and Ivor Novello in a one-act play called The Gate Crasher.

In the Thirties, it was the annual home of Peter Pan. Elsa Lanchester and Anna Neagle were among the fliers. The Thirties also saw the Crazy Weeks, which later developed into the Crazy Gang Shows.

The Gang were practical jokers - their favourite Rosemary Clooney

Happy and Glorious.

Trinder, also starring in a film about the fire service, The Bells Go Down, once heckled, as was his habit, two Palladium latecomers: 'This isn't a cinema, you know,' he shouted from the stage. 'You can't stay and see the beginning through again. If you want to see a

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All the stars have a story to tell. . . good film, go round the corner to the Empire they're showing one of mine.' To which one retorted: No thanks. If rm going to see you die, rd rather it was here at the Palladium!'

The war years also saw the shortest run of any show. Top of the W orld lasted just four nights, but that was in 1940.

The Palladium achieved its biggest audiences with

Sunday Night at the Palladium, which ran for 12 years from 1955 and was shown on ITV. At its peak, the show was watched by nearly half of the country's population.

The first show starred Gracie Fields and Guy Mitchell and was compered by Trinder. During a later show, a power failure blacked out the television network and Trinder stayed on stage for nearly two hours, ad libbing for the theatre audience, before greeting viewers with: Welcome to Monday at the Palladium.'

Later comperes included Dickie Henderson, Bob

Monkhouse, Hughie Green, Robert Morley, Bruce Forsyth and Norman Vaughan.

Jimmy Tarbuck first swaggered on stage in 1963. An unknown 23-yearold, he was an instant hit. 'I was meant to go on for six minutes and carried on for nine, but I was just a boy and had no idea,' he says.

Xavier Cugat and his band, who were topping the bill with singer Abbe Lane, had to cut their act to make time for him. Just two years later, Tarbuck took over as compere.

The biggest stars were booked for the Sunday shows: Ella Fitzgerald, Jane Russell, Howard Keel, Nat King Cole, Connie Francis, Jo Stafford, Rosemary Clooney, Eartha Kitt and Pat Boone among them. When The Beatles appeared in 1963, fans beseiged the theatre and the word Beatlemania was coined.

During one show, Judy Garland sat in her dressing room, apparently deciding whether or not to go on.

Meanwhile, the band

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played her introductory music, Over the Rainbow, again and again. It was Tarbuck who eventually coaxed her on. On another occasion, however, Tarbuck forgot Petula Clark's name and introduced her as 'someone who needs no introduction'.

When Shirley MacLaine played the Palladium in 1976, London was plagued by bomb threats. She was heading for the stage when she overheard one stagehand say to another: 'There's been a bomb scare, but we've been told not to say anything to Miss MacLaine.' A suspicious brief case had been found under an empty seat. But the decision to carry on with the show turned out to be the right one - the case was later claimed by a couple who had stayed too long in the bar.

All the stars have stories about the Palladium. Harry Secombe plummeted through a prematurely opened trap door; scenery fell on Hughie Green's head; Norman Vaughan

dropped a rifle and nearly broke his toe; Betty Hutton was so dynamic she knocked over a row of microphones; Jimmy Durante, tossing a stool to his drummer, smashed a 20ft mirror.

There's been drama offstage, too. Mario Lanza, in an outburst of temper, knocked his manager halfunconscious, and a mentally disturbed fan of Val Doonican stabbed a props manager when he refused to let her backstage to see her idol.

Recently, the Palladium has been home to a number of other successful shows.

Barnum with Michael Crawford ran from 1981 to 1983; Singin' in the Rain with Tommy Steele from 1983 to 1985; La Cage aux Folles from 1986 to 1987. Dean Martin and Rudolf Nureyev were among others who performed there last year.

Now, after the recent departure of the musical Zeigfeld, the theatre is preparing for the 'Allo ',4110 cast's imminent arrival. The Palladium lives on... wr

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Barbara Thorn has been mad about acting since she was picked for the school play. Her new-found success in 'The Bill' means that the years of struggling have now paid off but, as she tells CORDELL MARK S, there were struggles a-plenty

As Inspector Frazer, Barbara's a force to be reckoned with - but she'd hate the job in real life he was driven to the Savoy Hotel, where we had drinks, and then afterwards chauffeured home to her modest one-bedroom flat in a Neighbourhood Watch area of south-east London.

For Barbara Thorn, an actress who has been struggling for 15 years, with only candle-powered flickers of success, there are treats to be had now that she is a regular in ITV's The Bill, playing Inspector Christine Frazer.

There are the cars to deliver her to appointments, invitations to open fetes, and fan letters from women viewers delighted to see an actress playing a character who is also a boss. (There are occasional letters from men disapproving of that fact, but as Barbara Thorn quite rightly says: 'That's their problem.')

She is likely to be in the series for at least a year and the greatest treat, she says, is that she can rise each morning and go to work as an actress. 'After all the struggles, that's a wonderful feeling. There's never been anything else I've wanted.

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school play. I've been completely single-minded about it, but rm 34 now and it does become more and more difficult to keep persisting as you grow older.

'You see friends in other jobs progressing up their ladders, but an actor doesn't really have a career structure. You just hope that one day there'll be a lucky break. I was out of work for 10 months once and that's terribly depressing. You have to invent things in your day to get you out of bed.

You have to think of the situation long-term. I could have done something else, but could I have lived with myself when I was 65? 'rd have gone on pushing even if The Bill hadn't happened. But it has - lucky break time - and yes, I'll have a gin and tonic.'

There were tears when she told her mother she had the part. We both ended up crying. Relief really. My parents were very moved because they'd been through all my ups and downs. The night my first episode of The Bill went out, my brother and parents all gathered together and we had a wonderful cake and champagne. No, no one else in the family acts. I

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disapprove of women bosses, that's their problem think my mother would haVe liked to. My father's a sales manager and my brother sells bricks. New or second hand bricks? I don't know.

My brother isn't very forthcoming about his bricks.'

As a treat to herseff, she flew to Kentucky a few months ago to see a friend she was with at drama school. She travelled alone.

'The best way to travel. I've always been brought up to fend for myself. And from working in this business I know how to stand in my corner and fight. I've always wanted to stay in control of my own life, which is probably why I've never got near to marriage. I've had some strong relationships, but as I've grown older there have always been other things I've

wanted to achieve. Female liberation, I suppose. rm not anti-marriage, but the thought of it doesn't gnaw away at me. I was never one of those girls at school who just had to have a boyfriend. I wouldn't rule out marriage, but I do enjoy life as it is at the moment.'

A woman writer described Barbara as having the bearing of a netball captain and slightly schoolmarmy looks. But though as Inspector Frazer her eyes can laser a look of dissatisfaction that could turn a police constable to stone, she comes across as much jollier than that. 'Netball captain. Schoolmarmy looks,' she says slowly. 'Hmmm.

Well, I'm glad you don't think so. I suppose I'm quite an organised person, though

and friends do say rm bossy.

My mother says rm bossy.'

Before the series, she spent time with a woman chief inspector from Notting Hill Gate. 'You realise that though they're dealing with the most awful of crimes, they don't get hardened to it. I remember she was talking about a local rapist and she talked as a woman who could relate precisely to what it means, the enormous fear and the terrible suffering of such a crime. Before, I'd thought of the police as superhuman, but they can be as vulnerable as the rest of us. Good policewomen, and policemen, can be very caring, though understandably they don't suffer fools gladly.

'I wouldn't like to earn my living like that at all. I'm sure the rewards can be great, helping people, making lives better, but so much of it I'd find too upsetting and I'd get too emotionally involved. Much of the job is horrible.

Accidents, breaking the news to relatives, even having to deal with drunks - it takes someone special to work in the police force.'

Inspector Christine Frazer would agree with every word...

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Mrs H R Hardy W are, Hertfordshire

This is a very good tip and doesn't apply just to names. A ll kinds of familiar sounds, either live or recorded, can speed recovery and cut down a patient's time in regaining consciousness.

Play a favourite piece of music or the sound of some special hobby, like tennis balls bouncing over the net or horses' hooves clip-clopping.

Record the bark or miaow of the patient's pet. V aried voices can be helpful, so encourage as many relatives and friends to take turns to sit by the bedside and talk. (A best friend is ideal) For some reason we do not understand, sound seems to get very deep into the brain, stirring up all kinds of memories and bringing back consciousness.

I want a son Can you please tell me if it is possible to influence the sex of a baby at conception? We are already parents of two lovely little girls, but it is my husband's dearest wish to have a son Marilyn Fielding Colchester, Essex

Y es, it is possible, though by no means foolproof. In the past, sons were so valued that all kinds of tricks were devised to have a male baby. Some ancient writings, including the Bible, give advice which today sounds like witchcraft. Here are a couple more practical tips. Make a note of the day you ovulate (14 days after the day your last period started). Have a few days' abstinence from love-making

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It's my life, too As a 14-year-old girl of recently divorced parents, I am experiencing great conflict with my father. He expects to see me and my sisters on the day he suggests and gets hurt when we refuse. Could I appeal to all fathers and mothers who live away from their teenage children to remember that we, too, have lives to lead. It is often centred on the friends who comforted us while our parents were too emotionally involved in their own problems. We are not making excuses if we say we are busy, but stressful evenings being asked about school and what the other parent is up to are not much fun. How can we tell them without hurting their feelings?

Debbie R Harrogate, Yorkshire

I am sending you £10 for my Topic of the W eek. Y our father is making the mistake of treating you like the children you used to be, which is unreasonable of him. This may stem from natural insecurity after the divorce, but the best way to show him you are adults is to act as if you are. .Arrange a meeting with your mother and father and tell them that though you love them and always will, present arrangements do not take into consideration the way you want to lead your lives. Say they should be proud of you having been mature enough to cope with the divorce, and that wanting early independence shows what a terrific job they made of bringing you up. They, too, may find those evenings heavy going and be relieved to make other arrangements. Let them put their case and listen sensibly. I am sure they will understand you need more freedom. beforehand and douche with a solution of bicarbonate of soda one teaspoon to a pint on that day. Girl babies are said to be more likely if you make love on the 12th and 13th days, and douche with a solution of very weak vinegar - one teaspoon to a pint.

My hernia hurts: For years I have suffered with indigestion, heartburn and a nasty acid taste from food I have eaten before I go to bed. Eventually, the pain behind my chest bone got so bad I went to see my doctor who arranged a barium meal.

They tell me I have hiatus hernia. What does this mean, and how can I treat it?

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The stomach contents are acid, but although its lining is protected from burning, the gullet is not - hence that extremely unpleasant sensation. But take heart - you can help yourself quite a lot.

Have a chronic cough treated, for instance, and avoid getting constipated or crying that extra carrier bag from the supermarket. A t night, prop yourself up with about four pillows; keep a glass of milk and a biscuit by the bed.

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girlfriend out she never offers to pay anything towards the evening. We are both 18 and have similar jobs. How can I suggest to her that it would be a good idea?

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Rather a ticklish subject to raise, but raise it you must. I think it's only right that if boy and girl are earning approximately the same amount of money, you go Dutch - that is, each pay half. I think you have the right to expect that. Be straightforward and cool about it. W hy not just say: Do you think we could split the expenses for the evening?' She could pay for the cinema, the disco or the petrol and you could pay for the meal.

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Plea for peace I am at my wits end because my two young daughters aged two and a half and 18 months, will not go to bed and stay there. They do not go to sleep until after midnight and we can't even have a cup of coffee in peace.

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I know you must long for privacy, but I can only tell you what worked for us and our two energetic sleepless toddlers. W e did not put them to bed, we let them play contentedly around our feet until they literally dropped off, usually at about 8.30pm. W e made them comfy, left them until we went to bed ourselves, and carried them to their rooms. I don't believe it matters where they sleep. W hen mine reached four or five, they toddled upstairs on their own and got into bed without us even knowing. If this doesn't sound as if it would work for you, try restricting the children's sleep during the day, give them a warm bath, a warm drink and a nottoo-exciting story at bedtime. If you really are at the end of your tether, contact Crysis, Heath Cottage, Patmore Heath, Albury, Herts SG11 zra Enclose a cheque/PO for 50p plus a large sae for a leaflet on children's sleep problems.

Stop Press The much maligned common old aspirin may turn out to be a lifesaver. A recent study confirms that if it is taken intermittently by patients who have had a heart attack, it can prevent a recurrence, It thins the blood and opens the arteries, both crucial to those people who have had one - but healthy people should leave well alone.

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