05 April 1996

Good Friday 05 April

1996-04-05

TV

 * BBC One
 * 4.20 pm Disneytime
 * 5.05 pm Neighbours
 * 8.45 pm A Question of Sport Bill Beaumont and Ian Botham captain two teams of sporting celebrities as they answer the questions put to them by David Coleman.




 * 9.15 pm News with Peter Sissons.
 * 40,000 HIV tests found to be unreliable; Cunard cruise ship strikes coral reef in Red Sea; fighting in Chechnya; Prince Edward breaks silence over treatment of Wallace Simpson. Midlands Today - council office workers working on Good Friday. Weather - 'glorious' sunshine but frost at night, mostly dry Easter weekend.
 * 9.35 pm Eskimo Day A poignant, heartfelt comedy, written by Jack Rosenthal, about the ultimate test for a parent - how to let go. Shani:Maureen Lipman
 * 11.00 pm The Road to Golgotha: The Crucifixion In the windy landscape near St Piran's Cross at Penhale in Cornwall, Rob Duncan reflects on the Crucifixion of Jesus in this Good Friday programme. Also, Ruth Proudfoot tells of the suffering she experienced while watching her mother die of Huntington's disease, and the suffering that she herself expects to undergo now that she has inherited the disease as well.