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Schedule Friday 9th October 1981

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 8pm
25 min
ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV

Roots

Episode 5 - Doctor? - No!

Things must be really serious for Harry Solomons when he admits to his wife that he is upset but, for once, it is not about money!

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 8:15pm
30 min
BBC One. Copyright: BBC

Rosie

Series 4, Episode 4 - The Eight-Foot Goat

Rosie and Wilmot succeed in getting his lordship's goat.

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 8:30pm
30 min
Kinvig. Image shows from L to R: Miss Griffin (Prunella Gee), Des Kinvig (Tony Haygarth). Copyright: London Weekend Television

Kinvig

Episode 6 - The Humanoid Factor

Kinvig finds a factory making shop-window dummies. Suspecting that the dummies will be used by the sinister Mr. Horsley as humanoids to help the Xux conquer Earth, he sets off to destroy the factory.

BBC Two 9pm
25 min
Not The Nine O'Clock News. Image shows from L to R: Rowan Atkinson, Mel Smith, Pamela Stephenson, Griff Rhys Jones. Copyright: Getty Images

Not The Nine O'Clock News

1981 Highlights Compilations, Highlights Special - Not Another Not The Nine O'Clock News

First of three of bits of the best of the last three series shoved together in a different order.

BBC Two 10:15pm
30 min
BBC Two

Revolting Women

Episode 4

Tonight Margerine Teapot and her Teacosies invite you to a Party Political. And - as our serial draws to its climax - the heroic Bogwomen fight off another wave of corruption from the men of Manchester.

Radio 4 10:35pm
25 min
Radio 4

Week Ending

Series 38, Episode 1

A satirical sketch show that started many comedy careers and ran for more than 1,100 episodes, for nearly 30 years.

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