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Television

TV schedule Thursday 5th December 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 4 - May The Farce Be With You

There are thirty minutes to "curtain up" and backstage Robert is preparing for his first West End lead. When Sue, Desmond and Desmond's wife, Marjorie, come to wish him luck, confusion abounds. Desmond has worse stage fright than his client and somehow manages to lead everyone to believe he is to become a father at 54 - but who is the mother?

BBC One. Copyright: BBC

9:30pm
30 min

Canned Carrott. Jasper Carrott. Copyright: Celador Productions

Canned Carrott

Series 2, Episode 3

Popular sketch show starring Jasper Carrott, plus Hugh Dennis, Steve Punt and Robert Powell.

BBC Two

10pm
30 min

Murder Most Horrid. Dawn French

Murder Most Horrid

Series 1, Episode 4 - A Determined Woman

Quantum physicist Rita Proops is made redundant but manages to carry on her research in her garage.

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 11 - George's Daughter

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.