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Television

TV schedule Wednesday 3rd June 1987

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 8:30pm
25 min
Farrington Of The F.O.. Image shows from L to R: Fidel Sanchez (Tony Haygarth), Harriet Emily Farrington (Angela Thorne), Major Percy Willoughby-Gore (John Quayle), Annie Begley (Joan Sims). Copyright: Yorkshire Television / REX / Shutterstock

Farrington Of The F.O.

Series 2, Episode 1 - That Old Black Magic

The British consul in a Latin American banana republic gets its first female Consul-General. Stern Emily Farrington is not what the staff are used to.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 9pm
60 min
Porterhouse Blue. Skullion (David Jason). Copyright: Carnival Films

Porterhouse Blue

Episode 1

Mediaevel Cambridge college Porterhouse has barely changed since its founding. The arrival of a stern new Master, appointed by Government, appears set to turn the ancient institution upon its head, but neither the existing staff nor the students are remotely pleased by the prospect.

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