30 July 1981

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ITV - Thames/LWT

Source: TV Times 25-31 July 1981 (Thames/LWT)

09.40 Cities: "Rome" - A look at the eternal city of Rome with writer Anthony Burgess.

10.30 The Outsiders: "Charlie Cole, Esquire" - Charlie (Andrew Keir) takes on an official post with the Australian Federal Government and becomes involved in political intrigue.

11.20 A Big Country: "A Funny Place" - At the age of 58, Margaret Powell began her second life when she published her first book, Below Stairs.

12.00 The Ark Stories: "Crockle and the Kite" - Another story in this series about animals of Noah's Ark, presented and illustrated by John Ryan. Animal voices are by Percy Edwards.

12.10 Stepping Stones: "Building Tall, Building High" - Vicky Ireland mixes entertainment and education for young viewers. With puppet Stiggy, she finds out why some buildings are taller than others. They also look at skyscrapers and lighthouses. Today's story, "The Three Surprises", is by Mary Burn.

14.00 Here Today: Today's edition of this magazine, presented by Marjorie Lofthouse and Richard Wyatt, focuses on silk. There is a look at the silkworms from which the thread was spun for Lady Diana's wedding dress. Also, Diana Moran studies the latest silk fashions. The guest is Elaine Paige, silky star of the West End musical "Cats".

14.25 Sea of Sand: Richard Attenborough, John Gregson, Michael Craig - The action takes place in North Africa in 1942, just before the famous battle of El Alamein, and centres on the Long Range Desert Group - a formation designed to knock out selected targets behind enemy lines.

16.15 Foghorn Leghorn: "Weasel Stop" - The loud-mouthed barnyard rooster, Forhorn Leghorn, teams up with a small but ambitious weasel, who's been unsuccessfully trying to raid the chicken yard.

16.20 Survival: Richard Briers in "In Praise of Penguins", by Colin Willock. Most people think of penguins as primitive, rather backward birds - perhaps because they can't fly. This programme sets the record straight, showing how magnificently they are adapted to their chilly surroundings.

16.50 Sierra: "Poachers" - Chief Ranger Jack Moore is seriously injured while out fishing.

18.40 The Comancheros: John Wayne, Stuart Whitman, Ina Balin, Nehemiah Persoff, Lee Marvin - Gambler Paul Regret kills a man in a gun duel. Avoiding arrest, he heads for Texas, travelling on a riverboat aboard which he has an affair with Pilar.

20.30 Rule Britannia: "Pictures of a People Like Us" - Family Fortunes: Second of a six-part series, written and presented by James Bellini, which seeks to uncover the underlying attitudes that have made the nation what it is. In 1880 William Lever was able to earn a fortune making soap. A hundred years later another Liverpudlian, part-time entertainer Johnny McDonough earns a bit of extra cash telling jokes. James Bellini examines the changes which have occurred in the business of making money.