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Television

TV schedule Saturday 5th January 1985

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 6:40pm
35 min
Little And Large. Image shows from L to R: Syd Little, Eddie Large. Copyright: BBC

Little And Large

Series 5, Episode 1

Long-running series of stand-up and sketch comedy with Syd Little and Eddie Large.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 7:30pm
30 min
The Optimist. The Optimist (Enn Reitel)

The Optimist

Series 2, Episode 6 - The Brush Off

After unintentionally whitewashing the walls and then the entire garden of a suburban home, The Optimist is mistaken for a new impressionist painter. His absurd abstracts sell for thousands and the art world flocks to his new master of the brush. When his artistic muse Mimi suddenly leaves him, he is left in despair and attempts to paint his masterpiece - but unveiled at an exhibition it is proclaimed a complete and total disaster. Back on the streets as a labourer, The Optimist unwittingly creates a true masterpiece

BBC Two 8:55pm
120 min
BBC Two

Love's Labour's Lost

Comedy about the romantic affections confouding the court of Ferdinand, King of Navarre. Ferdinand and three associates commit sto ascetic study for three years - which means no women - but things quickly unravel.

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