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Schedule Monday 2nd February 1981

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Radio 4

Frank Muir Goes Into...

Series 8, Episode 3 - Hypocrisy

In the first series of the new decade, Frank Muir takes a look at various human failings.

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 8pm
25 min
Shelley. James Shelley (Hywel Bennett). Copyright: Thames Television

Shelley

Series 3, Episode 6 - Dry Rot

Shelley has a go at rewiring the house. Meanwhile, the state of the cupboard under the stairs causes much consternation.

BBC Two 9pm
30 min
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. Arthur Dent (Simon Jones)

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

Episode 5 - Fit The Fifth

The crew awake to find themselves not in the afterlife as expected, but at Milliways, the restaurant at the end of the universe, where Ford meets an old friend and Arthur argues the merits of vegetarianism with the dish of the day. In the car park Zaphod gets light fingered and they head off in a ship for excitement, adventure and really wild things. But the autopilot it seems, has already been given directions as to its destination...

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