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Schedule Thursday 29th January 1987

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 8pm
30 min
Never The Twain. Image shows from L to R: Simon Peel (Donald Sinden), Oliver Smallbridge (Windsor Davies). Copyright: Thames Television

Never The Twain

Series 6, Episode 3 - Love Is A Many-Splendoured Thing

Oliver has fallen in love with a well-to-do young woman - young enough, in fact, to be his daughter. Following a swift romance he proposes marriage, but there's the not-inconsiderably matter of her disapproving aristocratic mother to get over first.

BBC Two 9pm
30 min
The Mistress. Image shows from L to R: Maxine (Felicity Kendal), Luke (Jack Galloway)

The Mistress

Series 2, Episode 2

Maxine is fed up with being Luke's mistress and decides to call the whole thing off. That is, until Luke phones to say his wife has gone away and that he is free to spend a whole week with her.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 9:30pm
30 min
Bread. Image shows from L to R: Joey Boswell (Graham Bickley), Aveline Boswell (Melanie Hill), Nellie Boswell (Jean Boht), Grandad (Kenneth Waller), Shifty (Bryan Murray), Adrian Boswell (Jonathon Morris), Billy Boswell (Nick Conway), Freddie Boswell (Ronald Forfar). Copyright: BBC

Bread

Series 2, Episode 4

Things are looking up for Billy when he starts making money on his sandwich round. Unfortunately, his sudden realisation that money can come out of a hole in the wall is spoilt when it is stolen out of his hand. Meanwhile, Grandad gets a wheelchair. Or two.

Radio 2 logo 10pm
30 min
Radio 2 logo

Pull The Other One!

Series 1, Episode 2

A repeat of this 1987 radio.

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