29 April 1986

Tuesday 29 April

1986-07-29

Events

 * Wallis, Duchess of Windsor, wife of the Duke of Windsor, the former King Edward VIII dies aged 89.

TV
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 * BBC One
 * 5.35 pm Newsround in China: Pandas in Peril The giant panda is one of the world's best-loved creatures, but also one of the most threatened. There could be as few as 1,000 left in the wild, mist-covered mountain forests of China. John Craven reports from behind the 'bamboo curtain'.
 * 8.00 pm World Snooker Embassy World Professional Snooker Championship Quarter-finals
 * 9.30 pm Kenny Everett Video Show Why did Gerald climb the au pair? What were the morris dancers doing behind the bottle-bank? Is Vivian's moustache really a tax dodge? Watch Kenny tonight and learn the answers to these questions and less.
 * 11.15 Film 86 with Michael Parkinson. Jewel of the Nile, The Legend of Billie Jean
 * [[File:Pet Shop Boys Opportunities (Let's make lots of money) (BBC 2's Whistle Test 29.04.86)|thumb|232x232px]]BBC Two
 * 6.00 pm Whistle Test Andy Kershaw meets ZZ Top in Texas. Mark Ellen investigates the black market in pirate cassettes. Studio sessions from Pet Shop Boys and We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It. Plus Cactus World News from the Town and Country Club.
 * 9.00 pm Heimat The last of a series of 11 programmes starring Marita Breuer. The Feast of the Living and the Dead. 1982.

Radio

 * BBC Radio 1
 * 12.45 Gary Davies begins his show with a run-down of this week's Top 40 discs.
 * N1 George Michael - A Different Corner (3/3), HNE/N19 Patti Labelle and Michael McDonald - On My Own. NE/N30 Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer.
 * 7.30 pm Janice Long with music on record and in session, and in concert tonight. Cactus World News
 * 10.00 pm John Peel in session The Housemartins, Stump.