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The Word BACK butonlyjust isThe Word the outspoken chat comedy and music show presented by Terry Christian and Dani Behr Now in its fifth series the programme has never shied away from controversy but it took a fairly tasteless joke about incest by American actor Alexis Arquette to get it even more notoriety in its last series The Independent Television Commission actually considered banning live talk and comedy shows after that but The Word survives and doubtless there will be more moments during this series for TV watchdogs to grow grey hairs about Editor Duncan Grey denies that the programme sets out to shock to establish its credentials among its young viewers "I get tired of hearing that The Word just sets out to shock The show is not gratuitous there is always a clever twist behind the items Some might ask what the clever twist was behind a man eating a pile of toe nail clippings just to be seen on TV in the last series Regular presenter Terry Christian who is joined by two new hosts as well as Dani Behr says he finds it hard to see why The Word is so popular Weighty problem Star Profile Patrick Robinson CASUALTY regular Robinson who plays charge Ash Ashford is to dealing with Despite some friction Patrick has had a happy time with Casualty but he reveals he he may soon be moving on for belles "You cant put your finger on why people like The Word But I could never put my finger on why people like Noel Edmonds It doesnt mean he's no good does it? "Some people can't bear to watch mistakes but they're being over-critical I think the show needs flaws You've got to have low points to have the high points Joanne Whalley-Kilmer walking out on me live on air that was a high point I basically accused her of being a snob and she got the hump about it!" The Word remains one of Channel 4's most popular programmes and a cult show Patrick hard-pressed nurse used stress in his real-life private and working life Because of the colour of his skin he was the first black actor to play Romeo for the Royal Shakespeare Company he has always had to endure the taunts of racists "Racism is always there even on the set of Casualty" he claims "I know that if I make a big fuss about something I will be dismissed as having an attitude" "There's talk of this now becoming twice weekly with two half-hour episodes "At the moment you can develop several storylines and see them through in a proper conclusive way I'm not sure that would be the case with half-hour programmes" He could well be back on stage before long already he has been seen as Heathcliff in the stage version of Wuthering BILLED as Britain's answer to The Golden Girls BRIGHTON BELLES ITV Wednesday at 650pm the Brighton Belles didn't exactly hit the spot during its first series but Carlton's producers have bravely persisted and here we see the start of series two Four of Britain's most experienced comedy actresses have been drafted in for this tale of four lively 50-plus-some-things who refuse to slow down just because they're getting older Jean Boht Sheila Hancock Sheila Gish and Wendy Craig are the four glamorous grans Jean Boht plays Josephine the mother of Sheila Hancock's character Frances despite the fact that in real life she is two years younger than her on-screen daughter "We're none of us in our first flush" she says Wendy Craig said: "I got down to my target weight and was feeling very pleased with myself but I realise that my face was looking so haggard and lined and it was all from the constant dieting "It meant I had to make a big decision I had to choose between remaining slim or allowing myself to put on a bit of weight Giving up dieting was a big relief" says Wendy Sheila Gish said: "I had forgotten that I was no longer 21 and weight doesn't come off so easily any more "I have lost it slowly by eating sensibly and not mixing carbohydrates and proteins found this far more effective than rigorous dieting" THE WORD Channel 4 Friday at 1110pm THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE BBC1 Saturday at 805pm Shirley tops the bill SINGING stars from different generations come together for the Royal Variety Performance at the Dominion Theatre London Topping the bill will be perennial favourite Shirley Bassey and American crooner Tony Bennett while top teen group Take That will entertain with a medley of Motown songs 600 925 955 1000 1035 1220 1230 1255 125 150 GMTV Supermarket Sweep Granada News (Teletext) -The Time the Place -This Morning Granada News (Granada Weather) ITN Lunchtime News Weather Shortland Street Home and Away (Teletext) Danielle Steel's Fine Things The moving story of Bernie Fine's struggle to keep his adopted daughter from her ruthless father concludes (Final part) Gardeners' Diary ITN News Headlines (Teletext) Granada News (Teletext) The Magic House The Spooks of Bottle Bay Avenger Penguins Taz-Mania Virtually Impossible Take the High Road ITN Early Evening News Weekend Weather (Teletext) Home and Away (Granada Weather) Granada Tonight (Teletext) KickOff Catchphrase (Teletext) Coronation Street Raquel has to decide how she feels about her life her career and Curly Watts (Teletext) The Bill 'King of the Boyden has a lonely night with only a villain for company (Teletext) Strange but True? (Teletext) Peak Practice 'Listening Skills' Will faces some stormy seas with the bank putting pressure on him and his wife showing little interest (Teletext) News at Ten Weekend Weather Granada News (Granada Weather) Live and Direct Love and War 'Valentine's Day' Jay Thomas Susan Dey Coach 'The Marion Kind" (Second of two parts) (Followed by ITN News Headlines) 250 320 325 330 345 400 425 440 510 540 600 625 650 700 730 800- 830 900 1000 1030 1040 1140 1210- 1240 FILM SIGHT TESTS FOR SENIOR CITIZENS EYEDEAL OPTICIANS 27 A MARKET ST BACUP TEL: 870100 NOW! Heights "The feedback was enormous even though I'm sure that maybe a few people turned up wanting to see if Patrick Robinson could really act" 700- Crystal Tipps and Alistair 705- Barney 710- Thundercats 730- Blue Peter 800- Breakfast News (Sign Language) 81 5-The Record 835- Crawl into My Parlour Come into My Parlour' The world of predatory spiders 900- The Business (Last in series) 930- Overthe Moon 945- Wordsand Pictures 1000- Playdays 1025- Look and Read 1045-Teaching Today 1115- See You See Me See Maps 1130- English File 1 200- TV6 Living with the Enemy 1 230- Working Lunch 100- Scene 1 30- and A 1 45- Come Outside 200- Fireman Sam 210- Sport on Friday British Skating Championships from the Humberside Ice Arena Plus the World Triathlon Championship from Wellington New Zealand (Including 3 00 News Weather) News Weather Regional News and Weather Today'sthe Day Ready Steady Cook Esther All in the Mind Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) 'Never Trust a Ghost' The O-Zone Sounds of the Sixties 964-6: The Beat Public Eye Hard drinking among the forces abroad More Front Gardens New Series) 'The Long Thin Garden' TheTrial 'OneAngry Man' Funky Black Shorts: A Chance to Dance Disappointed that he can't take his son out for the day Dotun takes off in search of 'somewhere fast and furious' Have I Got News for You Newsnight Newman and Baddiel Rest in Pieces The Larry Sanders Show Broadcast Nudes' Weatherview The Fugitive 'Rat in a Corner' (Black 8i White) 1000 1030 1115 1145 1210 1215 600- Business Breakfast 700- BBC Breakfast News 905- Kilroy 1000- News Regional News Weather 1005- Good Morning with Anne and Nick (Including 11 00 News Regional News Weather) 1200- News Regional News Weather 12 05- Pebble Mill 1255- Regional Newsand Weather 1 00- One O'clock News Weather 1 30- Neighbours 1 50- The Great British Quiz 215- Holiday (Shown on Tuesday) 245- The Flying Doctors Family' 330- Popeye Double Bill 345- TVK 400- The New Yogi BearShow 405- Get Your Own Back 430- Record Breakers 455- Newsround 505- Byker Grove 535- Neighbours 600- Six O'clock News Weather 630- North West Tonight 700- The World's Strongest Man (New Series) Sun City South Africa provides the setting for the first of four heats 730- Tomorrow's World 800- Good Fortune! 850- TV Heroes 900- Nine O'clock News Regional News Weather 930- Harry Enfield and Chums 1000- Crimewatch UK Nick Ross and Sue Cook attempt more crime-busting smr SKY MOVIES 600- Sky Movies Showcase 1000- Bushfire Moon 1200- Cold Turkey 200- Nurses on the Line 400- Thicker Than Blood 600- Bushfire Moon 800- The Super 930- Unforgiven 1140- BruceandShaolin Kung Fu 110-TheSuper 235- The Inner Circle SKY ONE 600- The DJ Kat Show 800- The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 845-Cartoons 930-Card Sharks 1000-Concentration 1025-Dynamo Duck 1030-New Candid Camera 1100- Sally Jessy Raphael 1200-The Urban Peasant 1230-E Street 100-Falcon Crest 200-Monte Carlo 300-The Trials of Rosie O'Neill 350-The DJ Kat Show 500-Star Trek: The Next Generation 600-Gamesworld 630-Blockbusters 700- Street 730-M'ASH 800-The Andrew Newton Hypnotic Experience 830-Coppers 900-Chicago Hope 1000- Star Trek: The Next Generation 1100-Late Show with David Letterman 1145-WIOU 1245-Barney Miller 1 15-Night Court 145-Close MOVIE CHANNEL 600-Young People 720-Care Bears Movie 840- Spiderman -Con CaperCurse of Rava 1 020-The Arizonian 1135-Can-Can 150-The Man Who Never Was 335-Spider-man Con CaperCurse of Rava 515-King Rat 730-The Movie Show 800-Fade to Black 940-US Top Ten 1000-Ricochet 1 1 46-Crisscross 125-Fires Within 255-Mo' Money 425-The Arizonian SKY SPORTS 700-Soccer News 715-World Wrestling Federation Action Zone 815-Soccer News 830-A to of Sport 930- Aerobics Oz Style 1000-World of Rugby Union 1030-ATP Tennis Magazine 1100-Golf (Live) 330-The Rugby Club 430-Windsurfing Tour 500-NBA Action 530-World Soccer Magazine 600-Sky Soccer Weekend 700-Boots 'n' All 800-ATP Tennis 1000-Andy Gray's Boot Room 1100-Sky Soccer Weekend 1200-World Soccer Magazine 1230-Boots 'n' All 130 Close 635- Terrytoons 700- The Big Breakfast 900- You Bet Your Life 930- Schools 1 200- Profiles of Nature 'The Canada Goose' 1230- Sesame Street 130- Bluffers 200 FILM A Pair of Briefs (1 963 Comedy) Michael Craig Mary Peach Brenda de Banzie Ron Moody James Robertson Justice Roland Culver A breezy satire on the British legal system from the team behind the celebrated series of 'Doctor' comedies Two newly qualified barristers from the same chambers one male one female are hired to represent the opposing sides in a bizarre marital case But their courtroom bickering nearly gets them disbarred until a kindly judge manages to bring them together both professionally and personally (Black White) (Teletext) 340- The Thrill of it All The fairground (Followed by The Rink) 400- Travelog (Shown on Wednesday) 430- Fifteen to One (Teletext) 500- Cutting Edge 'Glasshouse' A focus on military corrective training centre (Shown on Monday) 600- Blossom 'You Can't Go Home Again' 630- Moviewatch 700- Channel 4 News Weather (Teletext) 750- Belfast Lessons 800- Short Stories 'Moving Edna' (Teletext) 830- Brookside Barry decides to take Terry on one final journey (Teletext) 900- Ellen Hand that Robs the Cradle' (Teletext) 930- Cheers 'Suspicion' (Teletext) 1000- Roseanne (Teletext) 1 030- Clive Anderson Talks Back 1110-The Word 1215- Red Hot Plus Cool The latest in a series of concerts which aim to raise money for and awareness of AIDS Small Time (In Your Face season) (Network TV Premiere) (1990 Drama) Richard Barboza Carolyn Kine-brew Documentary-style in which the brutality of life in Harlem is depicted in uncompromising fashion through the eyes of a small-time street hood Vince who has just been arrested for robbery speaks from his prison cell about the factors that have shaped his life and offers a bleak vision of his future and that of his friends and family (Black 8i White) 300- Close 500- 4-Tel on View 130 FILM 1045 FILM She'll Take Romance (1990 Comedy) Linda Evans Tom Skerritt Larry Poindexter Delane Matthews Heather Tom Alan Blumenfield Light-hearted tale of a TV weathergirl who is cajoled into judging a Romantic Man contest by her Seattle TV station bosses Wined dined courted and charmed by all manner of males she still feels totally unsuitable for the job and very much committed to her sensible fiancee But then (Concluded after Crimewatch UK Update) 11 35- Crimewatch UK Update 1145 FILM She'll Take Romance Conclusion of tonight's comedy 1230 FILM Hell Night (1981 Horror) Linda Blair Four sorority and fraternity pledges are obliged to spend the night in a spooky mansion as part of their initiation rites Garth Mansion was once the scene of a mass murder and it is rumoured that the retarded killer still haunts the house (ITN News Headlines) 225- Whale On 325- Noisy Mothers 420-Night Shift 430- The New Music 530- ITN Morning News Dr Terror's House of Horror (Dr Terror's Vault of Horror) (1964 Horror) Peter Cushing Christopher Lee Roy Castle Enjoyable horror-fantasy about a strange doctor who tells five men's fortunes on a train 205-Weather 210-Close The Last Supper (1976 Drama) Cuban film about a rich plantation owner and rebellious slaves (Spanish with English subtitles) 300- Close 105 FILM.