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Television

TV schedule Wednesday 10th October 1979

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 5:10pm
30 min
Grandad. Grandad (Clive Dunn). Credit: BBC

Grandad

Series 1, Episode 2

Grandad's cooking causes worse than indigestion - it's capable of wiping out Mr Digby Rigby's entire cast! The only solution is a food dispenser in the Rehearsal Hall, so Grandad determines to get one.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 8:30pm
30 min
Rings On Their Fingers. Image shows from L to R: Sandy (Bennett) Pryde (Diane Keen), Oliver Pryde (Martin Jarvis). Copyright: BBC

Rings On Their Fingers

Series 2, Episode 6 - Mother's Old - Pastures New

The move is underway but while they wait to take possession of their new house, Sandy & Oliver are forced to spend a week at her mother's.

BBC Two 9:25pm
30 min
Ripping Yarns. Michael Palin. Copyright: BBC

Ripping Yarns

Series 2, Episode 1 - Whinfrey's Last Case

Dashing, debonair Gerald Whinfrey saves his country twice a week. But in 1913 a German plot - to start the First World War a year early, without telling anyone - coincides with his holiday. Where will Whinfrey's priorities lie? A knock-about tale of international intrigue. Suitable for some children.

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