24 September 1980

Wednesday 24 September

1980-09-24

TV

 * BBC One
 * 10.00 pm Year of the Car A Risk Business Special. This autumn sees the launch of two cars vital to the survival of Britain's car industry. BL's long-awaited Metro is the first all-British volume car for a decade arriving at a time when two out of three cars sold here are imports, and when there are severe doubts that Britain can sustain its own car-making company, The new Ford Escort is the result of years of collaboration between Ford in Britain, Germany and the USA. This multi-national car will determine the fate not only of Ford's European companies, out also of its debt-ridden American car operation. As Michael Rodd reports, 1980 will be the turning-point in Britain s car industry.
 * 11.02 Parkinson Join Michael Parkinson and his guests for the first of a new mid-week series of conversation, entertainment and the occasional surprise
 * ITV
 * 4.45 pm The Best of Marc Another programme in the series honouring the memory of pop idol Marc Bolan. With David Bowie The Rods Generation X.