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Television

TV schedule Thursday 14th November 1991

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 8:30pm
30 min
An Actor's Life For Me. Robert Neilson (John Gordon Sinclair). Copyright: BBC

An Actor's Life For Me

Episode 1 - A Kiss Is Just A Kiss

Robert asks his agent to get him a romantic lead and Desmond comes up with the goods - a part in a film with Kim Basinger! First, Robert must do a screen test and he finds his competition for the role is none other than Sebastian Groom - an old college friend who is handsome, debonair and a star of commercials.

BBC Two 9pm
30 min
Murder Most Horrid. Dawn French

Murder Most Horrid

Series 1, Episode 1 - The Case Of The Missing

The local planning officer's head has been set in concrete by three hooded men in full view of 18 people on a number 49 bus. Overnight WPC Softly (Traffic Division) is mysteriously promoted to Inspector to head the murder investigation.

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 11 - The Odds Couple

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 4 - South Of The Border

When 20 Belfast Jews on their way to a wedding in Dublin are stopped at a roadblock, Ivan thinks it's a joke. But the police are searching for terrorists, and they aren't laughing.

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 8 - Don't Mention The Arabs

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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