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Television

TV schedule Thursday 24th October 1991

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

Uncle Jack...

Uncle Jack And The Loch Noch Monster, Episode 4 - Terror in Edinburgh

Jack treads the boards in Edinburgh - but he has been followed from Loch Noch.

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 8

Tom's craving that feeling of youth again. Unfortunately his body is far weaker than his mind, and despite collapsing after a run, he refuses to heed Diana's or the doctor's advice to slow down. Harvey, however, is feeling wonderful about his plans to replace all English-speaking staff with cheap immigrant workers.

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

Alexei Sayle's Stuff

Series 3, Episode 4 - Why Are They Now?

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 8 - Him Indoors

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 2 - Someone To Watch Over Me

Ivan Fox, the Jewish widower who reluctantly moved from London to Belfast, continues to be surprised by the pressure he is under to rediscover his own faith. And just as he's settling into his new job a stranger calls into the factory demanding protection money.

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 5 - Drunk Minister

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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