THURSDAY
12.00noon The Sullivan Harry encounters difficulties in employing Terry. Norm requests that Tom take over his Company as Sergeant Major.
2.30pm All Our Yesterdays
420pm The Sooty Show
BERNARD BRADEN Among the items included in this weeks look back to the past are the premiere of the musical Sparrers Can't Sing and a change of cast for the long-running radio serial Mrs Dale's Diary. With archive footage from Pathe Newsreel, ITN and Granada Television.
MATTHEW CORBETT OVERNIGHT AWAY Matthew decides he will have an overnight away from Sooty, Sweep and Soo. Puppeteers are Peter Saxon, Brian Sandford and Richard Lockwood. Soo's voice is by Brenda Longman.
RESEARCH WALLEN MATTHIE DIRECTOR MIKE BECKER PRODUCER MIKE MURPHY
Granada Television Production
For cast, see Monday
ITN News at 12.30 Up-to-the-minute reports on the main stories of the day with reaction from people in the news as they make the news.
12.50pm HTV News
3.00pm Gems Bob discovers the identity of Lynne's mysterious companion and also a secret from her past. And there's romance in the air between Malcolm and the boss's daughter, Jessica.
325pm HTV News
PENELOPE KEITH Under the watchful eye of Penelope Keith, a celebrity panel tries to guess contestants' occupations and identify a mystery guest.
3.30pm Sons and Daughters
Vicki and Simon make preparations for Simon's mother's arrival. A group of unemployed young people try to find the means to make a living in Wandin Valley. Brendan has trouble finding a suitable nurse's aide for the hospital. Dr Terrence Elliott Shane Porteous Dr Simon Bowen Grant Dodwell Shirley Gilroy Lorrae Desmond V icki Bowen Penny Cook Brendan Jones Shane Withington Molly Jones Anne Tenney Sgt Frank Gilroy Brian Wenzel Cook ie Syd Heylen Hodge Benjamin Franklin Dinny Julie Nihill Philby Martin Sacks A ileen Bowen Lynne Murphy
Karen uses her hold over Wayne to deny him his chance of happiness with Amanda. For cast, see W ednesday
4.00 to 5.15pm Children's ITV presented by GARY TERZZA and DEBBIE SHORE
Creepy Crawlies 3 AND 5 AND SO ON BY PETER RICHARD REEVES
Another ordinary day in the garden. The sun is shining, the birds are singing and Suppose the worm is bouncing. Perhaps it's not such an ordinary day after all. The story is told by Paul Nicholas. Animation by Marj Graham. Music by Keith Hopwood and Malcolm Rowe and sung by Paul Nicholas. ASSOCIATE PRODUCER CHRIS TAYLOR DIRECTOR BRIAN LITTLE PRODUCERS MARK HALL, BRIAN COSGROVE
225pm Thames Television Production Home Cookery Club 4.10pm OAT 'N' APPLE Towser PUDDING CAKE A delicious pudding when hot, a nourishing cake when cold. For full details, please send a large sae to Home Cookery Club, PO Box 690, London SW1P 4AZ.
4.45pm Dennis INVASION OF TEE BLOB A blob from outer space comes in search of a good place to plan an invasion but decides a planet full of people like Dennis is unconquerable.
TOWSER AND THE BLACK KNIGHT Towser shows that chivalry is not dead when Sadie is kidnapped by the Black Knight.
TVTIMES 20-26 February 1988
4.50pm The Book Tower WINCEY WILLIS Wincey meets Zoo Vet David Taylor and some of the most dangerous animals in the world. RSPCA Chief Inspector Sid Jenkins visits Linton Zoo, and there's some tips on how to look after gerbils, budgies and mice. Plus an extract from Fred by Posy Sinunonds. The
Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler comes to the last day of term. The Book Tower W atcher's Guide is a colour leaflet with details of all the books mentioned in the programme. For a copy, send a sae to The Book Tower, Children's ITV, PO Box 55, Birmingham B1 2DA, or ask at any branch of W H Smith. Oracle subtitles page 888
The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler 'Tyke' Curtis Robert Rumsby Mark Low Andrew Usher Classmates 1 Jack Maynard I Jane Taylor Headmaster Peter Ivatts Sir Jon Palmer Miss Honeywell Bryonie Pritchard Mrs Somers Kate Dove Mum Kay Mellor Tyke Danny
FILM EDITOR CHRIS SUTTON DESIGNER MARY AINLEY PRODUCERS/DIRECTORS RICHARD CALLANAN, PATRICK TITLEY
Y orkshire Television Production
5.15pm Connections SUE ROBBIE Contestants try to make the right Connections and win the holiday of a lifetime.
John Lloyd tests attitudes among company and union officials, personnel and training officers above all, among people both in and out of work.
Oracle subtitles page 888
6.00pm W est HTV News
PRODUCERS GWYNETH HUGHES, RICHARD MAYHEW-SMITH, SANDRA GREENWOOD DIRECTOR CHRIS FOX EDITOR JOHN BRIDCUT SharpEnd V iewpoint Productions
Richard Wyatt presents the latest news from the West Country.
6.00pm W ales Wales at Six The day's news with Alan Rustad and Nicola Heywood-Thomas.
Thames Television Production
For cast, see W ednesday
1.00pm What's My Line?
1.30pm A Country Practice
WRITER MATTHEW CORBETT DEVISER HARRY CORBETT PRODUCER/DIRECTOR STAN WOODWARD EXECUTIVE PRODULER CHARLES WARREN
ITN News at 5.45
6.30pm Emmerdale Farm 'Martyrdom doesn't suit you, Sandie. Stick to what you do best - a bit of viciousness.' As Jackie and Kathy start to enjoy married life, Phil and Sandie find their relationship tough going. For cast, see W ednesday
7.00pm Sporting Triangles NICK OWEN The sports quiz for all the family. Team captains Jimmy Greaves, Tessa Sanderson and Andy Gray are partnered by England cricketer Chris Broad, snooker star Stephen Hendry and England footballer Neil Webb. EDITOR MIKE INMAN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER GARY NEWBON DIRECTOR DAVID MILLARD PRODUCER JET-t FARMER
Central Production
4.20pm Rush Hour A 1940s comedy about how British workers cope with the transport system during a typical rush hour. With Joan Sterndale Bennett, Beatrice Varley, Muriel George. Made in black and white DIRECTOR ANTHONY ASQUITH
4.30pm Fifteen-to-One Fifteen more hopefuls take their places on the semi-circle. Will anyone get knocked off the Finals Board?
5.00pm Tawny Pipit BERNARD IVIMF'S ROSAMUND JOHN Convalescing in the country after being wounded in action during World War Two, airman Jimmy Bancroft, together with Hazel, the girl who has nursed him in hospital, comes across unusual birds nesting on waste ground. The birds prove to be tawny pipits and before long most of the villagers become involved in the battle to save them.
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Made in black and white
7.30 to 8.00pm Bless This House SIDNEY JAMES DIANA COUPLAND Robin Stewart Sally Geeson IT'S ALL IN THE MIND BY VINCE POWELL AND HARRY DRIVER
It doesn't often happen that Sid is able to get home from work early but when he can, he does - and this time it doesn't do him much good. It isn't so much that he jumps to conclusions but when he sees it with his own eyes and hears it with his own ears, he has to take some action. And when he does, the generation gap in the Abbott household widens to a guff. Sid A bbott Sidney James Jean A bbott Diana Coupland Mike Robin Stewart Sally Sally Geeson DESIGNER DAVID FERRIS PRODUCER/DIRECTOR WILLIAM G STEWART
Thames Television Production
See film guide, beginning page 33 Col Barton-Barrington Bernard Miles
Hazel Brooke
7.00pm Channel 4 News Oracle subtitles page 888
7.50pm Comment Another speaker gives a personal view on a current topic. followed by
Weather 8.00 to 8.30pm Take Six Cooks KAY AVILA MARCO PIERRE WHITE 2: THE SECOND COURSE - SOUPS, STOCKS AND SAUCES At only 25 Marco Pierre White, of Harvey's Restaurant, is a controversial star in the cooking world, but his skills are undeniable. Today he cooks a lamb sauce for noisettes of lamb with a tarragon mousse, a soup of shellfish and he demonstrates his love of pasta with tortellinis of lobster served with a sauce of warmed olive oil infused with basil and chopped tomato. Presented by Kay Avila. FILM EDITOR CHRIS SAMES DIRECTOR CIUUSTOPHER KAY PRODUCER CATHERINE FREEMAN Thames Television Production
Rosamund John
Jimmy Bancroft Niall MacGinnis
Nancy Forrester Jean Gillie Rev Mr Kingsley Christopher Steele
Pick ering John Salew Mrs Pickering Marjorie Rhodes
Russian sniper Lucie Mannheim
Uncle A rthur Brefni O'Rourke
W himbrel George Carney Croaker Wylie Watson Capt Dawson Grey Blake Tommy Ernest Butcher Rose Joan Sterndale-Bennett SCREENPLAY/DIRECTORS BERNARD MILES, CHARLES SAUNDERS
6.30pm The Sharp End JOHN LLOYD The current affairs series about work - the challenges facing people who do it and the people who want it. With reporters Mark Mardell and Patricia Murphy,
Y oung culinary wizard Marco Pierre W hite in `Take Six Cooks', 8.00pm