NOTE: After 8.50pm, the rest of the evening’s programmes will start 25 minutes earlier than usual.

17:35 – Sheepy’s opening caption and music.

17:40 – Thames TV morning start-up music.

17:45 – Only When I Laugh S03E04 – Postman’s Knock – with Mary “Romana I” Tamm.

18:10 – You Must Be Joking! S01E04 – the kids take on Brucie and his generation game! First shown by ITV on 25th June 1975.

18:34 – The Owl Service S01E04 – HD remaster.

18:59 – Clangers (New) S01E37 – The Box

19:10 – Star Trek (TOS) S03E18 – The Lights of Zetar – Co-written by Shari Lewis. Yes, THAT Shari Lewis, of Lamb Chop ventriloquist fame!

20:00 – Tales of the Unexpected S03E02 – A Picture of a Place – with Jessie Matthews, Bill Maynard, Michael Troughton, Peter Sallis and Judy Riley.

20:26 – BBC Archive: Tomorrow’s World (1970) – James Burke on Perfect Acoustics – Are you getting the best sound from your concert hall? Fear not, for here is presenter James Burke – one of the all-time great explainers of things – demonstrating how to get the best acoustics possible from any building, using nothing but the scientific principles of acoustic scaling, an anechoic chamber, a miniature Maida Vale studio, a guitar, some sweet fretwork… and a gun. Originally broadcast as part of Tomorrow’s World on Fri 30th Oct 1970 at 6.20pm by BBC1.

20:34 – Special Branch DVD EXTRA – lnterviews with George Sewell and Patrick Mower done in 2004.

20:51 – Eurotrash S09E06

21:15 – The Persuaders! S01E24(P21) – Someone Waiting – written by Terry Nation, with Jenny “Magpie” Hanley, Lois “Moneypenny” Maxwell (who sadly shares no scenes with Roger Moore), and Sam Kydd. First broadcast on Fri 25th Feb 1972 by ITV. Last in the series.

22:05 – Keep It In The Family S03E04 – Matter Over Mind

22:28 – Hot Metal S02E05 – Crown of Thorns – with Graham “PC Stamp / Police Stop!” Cole in an uncredited role as a random employee.

22:53 – Studio ’64: The Crunch – a 1964 television play, written by Nigel Kneale. A megalomaniac dictator in charge of a former colony, installs a nuclear bomb in its London Embassy. He threatens to set it off, unless a huge ransom is paid. The question for the government is whether he will set it off anyway? First broadcast on Sun 19th January 1964 by ITV. The ATV logo at the start of this is bloody scary enough, I shudder to think about the rest of it!

23:45 – Closedown music.

23:50 – Closedown.