29 September 1979

Saturday

1979-09-29

Events

 * Pope John Paul II arrives in Dublin for his pastoral visit to the Church in Ireland. (BBC One coverage from 9.50 am)

TV
scans GraemeWood
 * BBC One
 * 9.30 am Multi-Coloured Swap Shop Noel Edmonds, Keith Chegwin, John Craven and Maggie Philbin present a special two-part edition of the show to launch a new season of swapping.
 * 10.45 Part 2. Carry on swapping!!
 * 6.05 pm - Doctor Who: City of Death, Part 1. A four-part story by David Agnew. The Doctor and Romana visit Paris, but what starts as a holiday turns rapidly into something more sinister as cracks appear in the fabric of time itself.
 * 8.20 pm Shirley Bassey in the first programme of a new series of six television spectaculars.