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Schedule Friday 24th February 1978

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 7pm
30 min
Mind Your Language. Jeremy Brown (Barry Evans). Copyright: London Weekend Television

Mind Your Language

Series 1, Episode 9 - Kill Or Cure

A bad attack of flu forces Jeremy Brown to take to his bed. Then his whole class of foreign students decide to look after him.

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 7:30pm
30 min
Maggie And Her. Image shows from L to R: Mrs. Perry (Irene Handl), Maggie (Julia McKenzie). Copyright: London Weekend Television

Maggie And Her

Series 1, Episode 7 - Private Tuition

It's Sunday morning and Mrs. P. arrives with a demand to borrow £50 so that she can repay a debt! It's not money Maggie has any more than Mrs. P. does, but agrees to lend her a little of her earnings from private tuition.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 8:30pm
30 min
Going Straight. Norman Stanley Fletcher (Ronnie Barker). Copyright: BBC

Going Straight

Episode 1 - Going Home

Norman Stanley Fletcher is out of prison and determined to go straight but no-one seems to believe him. Certainly not senior prison officer Mackay who he ends up sharing the train home with. And as normal for Fletch, temptation and trouble are never far away.

Radio 4 10:30pm
25 min
Radio 4

Week Ending

Series 24, Episode 8

A satirical sketch show that started many comedy careers and ran for more than 1,100 episodes, for nearly 30 years.

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