08 October 1982

Friday

1982-10-08

TV

 * BBC Two
 * 2.25 pm Conservative Party Conference 1982. Live coverage of the speech by the Prime Minister and Leader of the Conservative Party The Rt Hon Margaret Thatcher MP.
 * 9.30 pm Dad's Army The first of ten programmes starring Arthur Lowe John Le Mesurier and Clive Dunn. The Man and the Hour. This is the first, black-and-white episode of Dad's Army, originally shown on 31 July 1968.
 * 10.00 pm The History Man. A four-part screenplay by Christopher Hampton, from the novel by Malcolm Bradbury starring Antony Sher as Howard Kirk. 1: October 2nd 1972.
 * 11.45 pm The Old Grey Whistle Test -  in the company of David Hepworth and Mark Ellen takes its own look at the rock scene with studio guests Bauhaus, Orange Juice.

Radio

 * BBC Radio 2
 * 12.30 pm Workers' Playtime. Thank Goodness It's Friday. Presenter Ray Moore from a record factory in Hayes. (The last programme from a week featuring a revival of the old BBC radio show to mark the 60th anniversary of the BBC.)