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Television

TV schedule Thursday 17th October 1991

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 4:35pm
25 min
BBC One. Copyright: BBC

Uncle Jack...

Uncle Jack And The Loch Noch Monster, Episode 3 - Operation Rescue

The mysterious McLog marine base has a secret.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 8:30pm
30 min
Waiting For God. Image shows from L to R: Diana Trent (Stephanie Cole), Tom Ballard (Graham Crowden). Copyright: BBC

Waiting For God

Series 2, Episode 7

Diana gets involved - with only good intentions - in Basil and Betty's love life, with potentially disastrous results. Meanwhile, Harvey's keen that Bayview plays its part in a nationwide 'Glamorous Grannies' search with a top prize.

BBC Two 9pm
30 min
Alexei Sayle's Stuff. Credit: BBC

Alexei Sayle's Stuff

Series 3, Episode 3 - Buckle My Chives

Anarchic and often satirical sketch show starring then-Marxist stand-up comedian Alexei Sayle.

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 9pm
60 min
Minder. Image shows from L to R: Arthur Daley (George Cole), Terry (Dennis Waterman)

Minder

Series 8, Episode 7 - A Bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In Shepherd's Bush

Long-running comedy drama about the London criminal underworld, focusing on dodgy entrepreneur Arthur Daley and his 'minder', Terry.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 10pm
30 min
So You Think You've Got Troubles. Ivan Fox (Warren Mitchell). Copyright: Alomo Productions

So You Think You've Got Troubles

Episode 1 - Old Dog, New Tricks

Ivan Fox is torn when his boss asks him to go and run a company he's about to buy in Belfast. The Jewish atheist north-Londoner isn't too enthusiastic about a move to volatile Northern Ireland, but after his home is burgled, agrees to visit for a few weeks and see what it's like.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 10pm
30 min
Drop The Dead Donkey. Image shows from L to R: Henry Davenport (David Swift), George Dent (Jeff Rawle), Helen Cooper (Ingrid Lacey), Sally Smedley (Victoria Wicks), Damien Day (Stephen Tompkinson), Gus Hedges (Robert Duncan), Joy Merryweather (Susannah Doyle). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions

Drop The Dead Donkey

Series 2, Episode 4 - Baseball

Sitcom set at GlobeLink News, a TV news station which is ordered to start taking a sensationalist stance to the news by its new owner.

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