The bottom of the swingometer demonstrates the effect of a national net movement

of votes between Conservative and Labour. If Labour advances, the pointer moves to the left. Up to a four per cent swing should mean John Major retains his overall majority. If the swing is more than four per cent but less than eight per cent, a hung Parliament is probable. If it is over eight per cent, Labour should gain an overall

majority. The upper part of the swingometer shows all the marginals that Labour needs to take from the Tories, arranged by region (see vertical scale) and according to the swing needed for them to change hands (bottom scale). The one blue seat in the top row between four and five per cent is Edinburgh Pentlands, held by transport secretary Malcolm Rifkind. If Labour gets a 4.5 per cent swing there, it will take the seat.

LABOUR WIN If Labour can average a swing of more than eight per cent, the party will be on Its way to forming government In Its own right, with an overall majority

HUNG PARLIAMENT If the swing Is more than four per cent but less than eight per cent, the pendulum's arm points to hung-Parllament territory. If all regions move In the same way, the Conservatives will probably lose their majority. If Labour gets a swing of around six per cent, It should become the largest party - but without an overall majority

CONSERVATIVE WIN The pointer starts In the centre at zero per cent, which represents the position at Parliament's dissolution, where the Tories had an overall majority of 89. If It swings anything up to four per cent, John Major should retain his majority - so long as the pattern of voting Is similar across the country

THE FATHER OF SWING David Butler became known as "the father of swing" when he first showed how a switch of political al- legiance measured in one seat could be used to predict the outcome of a general election. Dr Butler, a Fel- low at Nuffield College, Oxford,

demonstrated the swingometer during BBCtv's cov- erage of the 1955 election. Four years later, it was used throughout the night, with Butler at the con- trols. He will be covering his 13th general election when he joins Radio 4 presenter Brian Redhead.

BAC KINT

Wping Remember the swingometer? A high-tech

version of the election-night gadget returns on Thursday to predict the winners and iosers in the closest of polls. BBC presenter Peter Snow

describes to William Greaves the political pendulum's colourful comeback

It somehow man-

aged to be baffling,

instructive, en-

lightening and en-

tertaining all at the

same time, and it

grew out of the 1959 Gen-

eral Election to become

television's most beloved

and enduring gadget. For

millions of red-eyed view-

ers, that night of 33 years

ago proved to be a pretty

unexciting event. From

the first handful of results

the outcome was never in doubt, and prime minister Harold Macmillan duly improved on

an already comfortable position to win an over-

all majority of 99. It will go down in history,

however, as the election which gave birth to the

swingometer. And on Thursday night, after

Britons have once again cast their votes, it makes

its glorious comeback.

Ah, the swingometer! What joy it brought to

those of us who had hitherto supposed that gen- eral elections were the deadly serious centre-

point of the whole awesome democratic process. New phrases such as, "If this 5.2 swing is main-

tained, then Fred Bloggs looks to be in

danger in Cleckheaton..." became part of the big-night vocabulary. Suddenly, the up-and-coming Bloggs, junior min-

ister for something-or-other, had become

not so much a national

servant whose policies and power were under re-

view but merely a rat-

race punter whose

fortune depended on a

twitch of the perfidious

pendulum. The man who con-

trolled it on that grand

opening night was its in-

ventor, David Butler, Fel-

low of Nuffield College, Oxford, who had already

given a brief demonstra-

tion of the revolutionary device during the 1955

election (see panel left). But it was during Harold

Wilson's narrow victory of 1964 that it was

really turned into a piece of broadcasting folklore

by the ebullient Robert McKenzie, who managed to ascribe to its cardboard arm an almost men-

acing clairvoyance. Now established as one of television's most

unlikely stars, the swingometer held sway

throughout Wilson's follow-up win in 1966, took time out for Edward Heath's triumph of 1970

but re-emerged for both the 1974 contests. Its

prescience was tested to the limit then by a cou-

ple of cliffhangers which saw first

Edward Heath lose his overall majority and then Wilson win the replay by a

whisker. It swung into action for the

last time in 1979 on the night

Margaret Thatcher began her reign. Bob, as

we were all allowed to know him, died two years later. Either out of respect for its genial inventor, or because the emergence of the Liberal-SDP

Alliance made the next election less of a two-

horse race, or perhaps because no one else could

control its capricious moods, the much-loved

swingometer vanished from the political scene.

Now, after 13

years of hibernation, no television come-

back performance will be more nostal-

gically or warm-

heartedly received.

And my, how it's

grown! This time, its

20ft-tall arrow is

connected to some

L20,000 of com-

puter technology, whose information bank has been crammed with every minute

detail it needs to disentangle a sea of statistics and point to the likely winners and losers. Re-

placing the bubbling McKenzie at the controls is

53-year-old Newsnight presenter Peter Snow.

"What the old swingometer showed was how

many seats would change hands if a certain

swing was maintained," says Snow. "It was a

clear and expressive way of demonstrating how

changes in voting pattern and seats were relat-

ed. But what we are now doing is using com-

puter graphics to allow viewers to see which

particular seats would change colour at a certain

swing of the pendulum and, in some instances, which candidates would manage to hold on to their seats in defiance of that national swing.

"As we focus on 200 marginal seats, the colours of the seats really will change on the

screen as I move the pendulum. Mr Kinnock

needs to change 94 seats from blue or yellow to

red in order to win the election with an overall

majority. I will be able to show people very vivid-

ly how a four per cent swing will turn just

enough of these blue MPs red for him to dislodge Mr Major from his overall majority, and how an

eight per cent swing - right across to the left - will give him an outright victory."

Snow is that rarest of journalists - a man who

gets a self-confessed buzz out of playing with

computer graphics. No one knows better than he

that elections are not only won and lost on na-

tional swings, but are also fought over a mine-

field of imponderables. "By pressing one button

I can show a forecast of the colour changes based

on the results so far declared," he says, "and by

pressing others I can concentrate on the picture in various regions. It is quite possible that results

in Scotland, say, will follow a quite different pat- tern than in the Southeast. And there are very few seats in Wales in which Labour is vulnera-

ble but quite a small swing in the Midlands

would change the colour of a lot of the seats."

As he sits at the console, Snow will be in total

control of his selection of highly-coloured dis-

play information - instead of having to wait

while appropriate graphics are screened to

match his words. And another departure from

previous BBC general election-night practice will mean that his electronic brainpower will be

augmented by the

results of a nation-

wide exit poll. "We

will be talking to

14,000 people as

they leave their

polling stations in 100 key constituen- cies. We will not be

attempting to fore- cast the winner of

any specific seat, but the results will be fed into the comput-

er to enable it to start making predictions about the eventual overall outcome right from the word

go - and not to have to wait until the very first result comes in. Of the Government front-

benchers, for example, David Mellor, chief sec-

retary to the Treasury, needs only a 7.3 per cent

swing against him to lose Putney. Now an exit

poll swing of around that figure would not seal his fate, but would signal that his seat would be an exciting one to watch."

While Peter Snow battles

with the mathematics, David Dimbleby will

front the BBC's cover-

age of Election 92 and, at his side, John Curtice

of Strathclyde University will be on hand to an-

alyse local factors behind some of the more sig- nificant results: a lot of repossessions, large eth-

nic vote, suspicion of a tactical vote, and so on.

Over in the swingometer comer, Peter Snow's

face positively glows with merriment as he re-

veals the final toy in his armament. "We have got the front door of No 10 on screen and, whenever

the computer comes up with a really significant result, it will swing open to reveal the face of its

likely winning occupant. I mean, if Labour wins

Norwich North, which happens to be the critical

94th in the list of Conservative-held marginals, then the door will open automatically and behind

it will be Mr Kinnock." At this stage in the pre- match conjecture, a wicked glint comes into his

eye. "Of course, it could be opening and shutting all night - with a different face behind it each

time. It's really all terrific fun."

Terrific fun? On the night when Britain's po- litical destiny will be decided? Robert McKenzie

would doubtless have approved of the choice of

his successor. In the words of the song, "It don't

mean a thing, if it ain't got that swing." TW

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5.35pm Neighbours Josh and Todd try to save Melissa's reputation. (For cast see Monday. Shown at 1.30pm) STEREO � TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888

6.00pm Six O'Clock News With Anna Ford and Andrew Harvey. Weather Rob McElwee * TELETEXT SUBTITLES (news): page 888

6.30pm Regional news magazines (See Monday for details)

7.00pm Top of the Pops The weekly chart show with the best of today's music, introduced by Femi Oke and Tony Dortie. Director Arch Dyson Producer Stanley Appel STEREO

7.30pm EastEnders Pat is shocked when she finds Mandy has been lying to her. (For cast see Tuesday) STEREO � TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888

8.00pm Last of the Summer Wine Roy Clarke's gentle comedy, starring Bill Owen Peter Sallis, Brian Wilde Cashflow Problems. The future seems brighter when Compo recalls a boy who borrowed a shilling from him at school. Compo BILL OWEN

Clegg.....PETER SALLIS

Foggy. BRIAN WILDE

Edie. THORAHIRD

Ivy..... JANE FREEMAN

Nora..... KATHY STAFF

Marina JEAN FERGUSSON

Howard..... ROBERT FYFE

Pearl..... JULIET KAPLAN

Glenda.....SARAH � THOMAS

Director/Producer Alan J W Bell (Rpt) � STEREO; TELETEXT SUBTITLES: p 888 � PETER SALUS'STV DINNER: page 18

CEEFAX ELECTION

COVERAGE Ceefax will offer a complete list of all 65 results, in alphabetical order with four constituencies to a page. For details of this special service, and the index which will apply to BBC 1 from 6.00pm this evening and all day tomorrow, see page 70 of this issue.

On Ceefax page 103 the state of the parties can be viewed as a small in-vision box while watching BBC 1 's Election 92 programme.

9.55pm As the polls close on what promises to be the closest election contest since 1974, the BBC's experts assess the

voting patterns which will determine who wins power

8.30pm 2 Point 4 Children Another chance to see Andrew Marshall's comedy about the role of women in family life Starring Belinda Lang Gary Olsen Leader of the Pack. Meet the Porter family: Bill Porter, her husband Ben, their children David and Jenny, and Bill's best friend, Rona. But who is the "point 4"? Bill..... BELINDA LANG

Ben GARYOLSEN

Rona. JULIAHILLS

Jenny. CLARE WOODGATE

David..... JOHN PICKARD Biker. RAY POLHILL

MrTavener. JOHN CATER

Mr Gorridge..... GARETH OWEN

Clive. STEPHEN AINTREE

Bobby GWYNNE DAVIES Director/Producer Richard Boden (Rpt) STEREO � TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888

9.00pm Nine O'Clock News and Campaign Report With Martyn Lewis. Regional News Weather Rob McElwee � TELETEXT SUBTITLES (news): page 888

9.25pm Porridge Classic comedy written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais starring Ronnie Barker Richard Beckinsale An Evening Out. Fletcher tries to lift young Godber's spirits. ProducerSydney Lotterby (Rpt) 0 TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888

9.55pm Election 92 David Dimbleby hosts the BBC's results coverage. He is joined in the studio by Peter Snow who introduces a giant, hi-tech version of the famous swingometer to help make sense of the flow of results. And Peter Sissons explores the implications with a continuously changing panel of key politicians. John Cole - assessing his 12th

General Election - is joined by Professor Anthony King and Peter Kellner. And Drjohn Curtice offers a computer analysis of the changes. John Simpson is shadowing John Major, Jeremy Paxman is with Neil Kinnock and Michael Buerk with Paddy Ashdown. Martyn Lewis reports from Downing Street. Cameras will also be present at the vital declarations around the country. The first result is expected at around 11pm. This is David Dimbleby's fourth time as election-night presenter. It is a nerve-racking experience, yet he aims to make it fun: "Millions of viewers will be following the drama, waiting to see their heroes and villains rise or fall. And if we in the studio make an occasional slip, they'll probably enjoy it just that much more." Editor Peter Horrocks � CEEFAX: see panel on page 70 COVER STORY: page 20

4.00am* Moment of Truth The massacre of the Israelites by the Philistines: a report by Tony Wilkinson on how this scene in the 1985 film of King David was realised. (Rpt)

4.30am* Catch a Fallen Star A portrait of Jessie Matthews, musical star of the 30s, adored by the British public. (Rpt)

5.10-6.00am* Midnight Caller Drama starring Gary Cole as late-night DJ Jack Killian. Wrong Side of the Wall. For

some ex-convicts, the outside world can be a prison. (Rpt) * TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888

* Approximate time

NOTE: the programmes scheduled between 4.00am and 6.00am may be dropped If election coverage Is extended throughout the night.

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5.30pm Nora Prentiss Starring FILM Ann Sheridan

When a doctor begins an affair

with a nightclub singer, he is led

into deception and despair. With Kent Smith, Bruce Bennet, Robert Alda, Rosemary Decamp and John Ridgely. Director Vincent Sherman (Black and white) 0 FILMS: pages 37-42

7.20pm Young Musician of the Year String Final The last of this week's final rounds features five players. (The concerto final can be seen next Saturday) OSTEREO

8.00pm Taking Liberties The investigative series. Blue on Blue. More than half the British soldiers killed in the Gulf War died in an American attack - a tragic incident of "friendly fire" or, in military jargon, blue on blue. Official accounts of how it happened differ, but more than a year later the soldiers' families are still waiting to find out the truth. David Jessel reports. Producer Robert Del Maestro Series producer Steve Haywood � TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888

8.30pm Top Gear Including a road-test on the Porsche 968 and Jaguar XJR-S to answer accusations that those two manufacturers have given up introducing all-new models. And a report from the Lake District on the Cumbria Rally. Producer Jon Bentley Executive producer Dennis Adams (Repeated tomorrowat 5.30pm) 0 CAR LINES: new car test phone 089 335547; second-hand car information. 0891-335548. Calls 36p/48p perminute. 0 MOTORING: page 12

9.00pm Harry Enfield's Television Programme More comedy sketches and caricatures. With Paul Whitehouse and Kathy Burke. Director Geoff Posner Producers Geoffrey Perkins, GeoffPosner A Hat Trick production for BBCtv � TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888

9.30pm Treble Top A showing for three animated films featured in recent award ceremonies: Bafta nominee Adam by Aardman's Peter Lord; Manipulation, Daniel Greaves's Oscar-nominated film; and Cinanima Grand Prix winner Balloon, by the National Film School's Ken Lidster.

10.30pm MrSpeaker (Robbie Coltrane) keeps order as the Comic Strip goes election mad

10.00pm Have I Got News for You - Election Special Angus Deayton gets together with Paul Merton, Ian Hislop and their guests for some pungent, topical entertainment. Producer Harry Thompson A Hat Trick production for BBCtv

10.30pm The Comic Strip Red Nose of Courage. John Major is Prime Minister by day, but at night he is Coco the Clown in the Balls Brothers Circus. His double life becomes even more complicated when the Labour leader, the beautiful Miss Kinnock, falls hopelessly in love with Coco. Written by Peter Richardson. Pete Richens Producer Lolli Kimpton Director Peter Richardson A Comic Strip production for BBCtv

11.20pm Golf From Augusta, Georgia, coverage of the first round of the US Masters tournament in which Britain has claimed the Green Jacket for the past four years. Sandy Lyle, Nick Faldo and Ian Woosnam are joined by Colin Montgomerie, Steve Richardson and David Feherty, who are all making their tournament debut. 12.10amWeathervlew

12.15-1.55am Manhattan r Starring Woody Allen ! Diane Keaton Woody Allen's classic black and white film about a discontented television comedy writer who is unsure about his girlfriend and whose ex-wife is about to publish an expose of their marriage. Isaac Davis. WOODY ALLEN

Mary Wilke. DIANE KEATON

Jill..... MERYLSTREEP

Tracy. MARIEL HEMINGWAY

Yale. MICHAEL MURPHY

Emily..... ANNEBYRNE

Connie..... KARENLUDWIG

Dennis..... MICHAELODONOGHUE � TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888 � FILMS: pages 37.42

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ITV THAMES

5.40pm Early Evening News The latest national and international reports from ITN's team of correspondents. Weather Sian Lloyd 0 TELETEXT SUBTITLES (news): page 888

6.00pm Home and Away (Shown at 1.20pm) 0 TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888

6.30pm Regional news magazines � TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888

7.00pm Emmerdale Seth develops an interest in

banking, while Turner hatches a new money-making scheme and Aindow demands a

lump-sum from Pollard. Mark Hughes..... CRAIG MCKAY

Michael Feldmann MATTHEW VAUGHAN

RachelHughes. GLENDA MCKAY

Alan Turner.....RICHARD THORP

Seth Armstrong. STAN RICHARDS

Elizabeth Feldmann KATE DOVE

Sarah Connolly. MADELEINE HOWARD

JackSugden CUVE HORNBY

JoeSugden FRAZERHINES

ChristopherTate. PETER AMORY

Frank Tate. NORMAN BOWLER

Charlie Aindow DAVID FLEESHMAN

Eric Pollard CHRISTOPHER CHITTELL

CarolNelson PHILOMENAMCDONAGH Bill Middleton.....JOHNNY CAESAR

NickBates. CY CHADWICK

ArchieBrooks TONY PITTS

Dan..... JULIAN WALSH

Kathy Tate..... MALANDRABURROWS

Kim Tate. CLAIRE KING

AnnieSugden SHEILA MERCIER

Alex GUYSCANTLEBURY

Robert Sugden CHRISTOPHER SMITH

This week'sepisodes written byJimmieChinn Producer Morag Bain Director Romey Allison 0 TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888

7.30pm Just for Laughs Compilation of clips taken from classic British comedy films featuring many popular artists. Producer Gerald Thomas (Rpt)

8.00pm The Bill Party Politics. While Martella refuses to celebrate her birthday at Sun Hill, Burnside and Roach attend a party filled with known criminals. Burnside's attention is drawn to a beautiful blonde - then he gets an offer he cannot refuse. WDC Martella NULACONWELL Dl Burnside. CHRIS ELLISON

8.30pm Love is the drug: Jardine (James Macpherson, left) falls for a suspect when he investigates a grisly murder with Jackie Reid (Blythe Duff) and Jim Taggart (Mark McManus)

PC Loxton.....TOM BUTCHER

Mrs Johnson.....LORREN BENT

PC Stamp. GRAHAM COLE

Mrs Callaghan..... BARBARA HICKMOTT

WPCDatta SEETAINDRANI

WPCAckland. TRUDIE GOODWIN PC Smollett. NICKSTRINGER

Insp Monroe..... COUNTARRANT

Jenny KRISTY BRUCE

ChlnspConway. BEN ROBERTS

DS Roach..... TONY SCANNELL

Georgejenson LEE MONTAGUE

DC Lines. KEVIN LLOYD

DC Dashwood.....JONILES Helen Guthrie. BARBARA WILSHERE

DSGreig. ANDREW MACKINTOSH

Monique.....ANDREE BERNARD

Andrew Jenson.....DOMINIC KEATING Episode written by Susan B Shattock Producer Richard Handford Director Alan Bell 0 TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888

8.30pm Taggart Another chance to see this extended episode about the tough Scottish detective. Starring Mark McManus Rogues' Gallery. The gruesome discovery of a body in the boot of a car going through a crusher presents Taggart and Jardine with a case that appears to link the world of art and artists with dangerous drug dealers. Jim Taggart..... MARK MCMANUS

Mike jardine..... JAMES MACPHERSON

Valerie Sinclair. EDITA BRYCHTA Neil Gallagher. JACK GALLOWAY ScottKerr. ROSSDUNSMORE Peter Latimer. PETER MULLAN

Supt Mc Vitie..... IAIN ANDERS

JackieReid. BLYTHE DUFF

JeanTaggart. HARRIET BUCHAN

Dr Andrews.....ROBERT ROBERTSON

JackGreig. BILLMURDOCH

EnzoFabrizzi. VINCENT MARZELLO

TracySmeaton JULIE ANN GILCHRIST

Sheila Ross.....VIVIENNE BROWN

David Ross.....ANDREW GILLAN

Sheenagh Patience..... EILIDH FRASER Frank McGovern ALLAN SHARPE

Danny Ferguson..... DAVID ARNEIL

Ian McKenzie..... IAINGLASS

Tommy Wilson..... DAVID MCGOWAN

Joe Harvey GEORGE DRENNAN

Episode written by Stuart Hepburn Producer Robert Love Director Alan Macmillan (Rpt) � TELETEXTSUBTITLES: page 888

10.00pm-6.00am Election 92 ITN's comprehensive results service for what promises to be the closest-run General Election for years. Throughout the country reporters and camera crews bring live coverage of declarations and interviews with the night's winners and losers. Jon Snow heads the ITN team covering the race to Downing Street. He is joined in the studio by Alastair Stewart, who gives detailed results and explains voting trends. Julia Somerville examines ITN's exit poll prediction, forecasting the result as the polls close and explaining why the public voted the way they did. John Suchet illustrates regional swings, gains and losses with the aid of some new computer graphics. And election veteran Robin Day interviews some of the politicians making the news tonight. The polls close at 10.00pm with the first results expected soon after. There is coverage of these declarations as they happen and immediate reaction from leading politicians. The peak time for results, with declarations coming every five or six seconds, is usually between midnight and 2.00am. This period may be crucial as key marginal seats change hands. ITN results coverage continues at 9.25am. Director Tim Sumner Editor Nick Pollard � TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888

ITV VARIATIONS Regions may be showing different

episodes of late-night soaps

ANGLIA 5.40pm as Thames 6.25

Regional news magazine 7.00 as Thames 7.30 Food Guide 8.00 as Thames CENTRAL as Anglia TVS 5.40pm as Thames 6.00 Regional news magazine 6.30 Blockbusters 7.00 as Thames 7.30 TV Weekly 8.00 as Thames

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5.00pm The Oprah Winfrey Show Today, the love stories of famous Hollywood couples like Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn, Donald and Ivana Trump.

5.55pm Laurel and Hardy Cartoon fun. (Rpt)

6.00pm My Two Dads American comedy series. Michael and Joey both start jobs at a new financial magazine. (Rpt) * TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888

6.30pm Remote Control The crazy quiz show. Director JohnO'Regan Producer Brian Park � STEREO

7.00pm Channel 4 News With Jon Snow and political editor Elinor Goodman. * TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888

Followed by Weather

8.00pm Opinions

First of a six-part series of personal opinions.

The Image of Africa. Chief Emaka Anyaoku, former Nigerian Foreign Secretary, now Commonwealth Secretary- General, argues that Africa is misrepresented in the media. Producer John Lawton Executive producer Bernard Clark

8.30pm The Big One Comedy series starring Sandi Toksvig Mike McShane Father Apart. James's father comes to stay to meet Deddie. Director John Henderson Producers Mary Bell and Jimmy Mulville � STEREO

9.00pm Israel: a Nation Is Born Fourth in a five-part documentary series exploring the turbulent history of Israel. In the mid 1960s, Nasser once again declared a naval blockade of the Straits of Tirhan. Abba Eban, who was Foreign Minister, tells of how he attempted to create an international maritime force to break Nasser's blockade. When this failed, the Israeli government was forced to go it alone. The Six Day War in 1967 was to change Israel far beyond the scope of anyone's imagination. Producer Haggai Pinsker Executive producer DrZvi Almog � STEREO; TELETEXT SUBTITLES: p888 0 BOOKLET: send a cheque or postal order for L 2. 00, payable to Channel 4 to Israel/Palestineseason.PO Box 4000. London W36XJ.

10.00pm Christine Keeler

(Joanne Whalley-Kilmer) causes a political scandal

10.00pm Scandal

First showing on network television for

this drama based on real-life events, starring John Hurt Joanne Whalley-Kilmer Socialite Stephen Ward introduces a call girl to both Captain Ivanov, a Soviet naval attache, and to John Profumo, Secretary of State for War in Harold Macmillan's cabinet. When she leaks her story to the press, one of the biggest political scandals in postwar Britain erupts. Stephen Ward. JOHN HURT

Christine Keeler.. JOANNE WHALLEY-KILMER

MandyRice-Davies. BRIDGET FONDA

John Profumo IANMCKELLEN

Lord Astor.....LESLIE PHILLIPS Marietta Novotny BRITT EKLAND

Mervyn Griffith-Jones. DANIELMASSEY

Johnnie Edgecombe. ROLAND GIFT

Mrs Keeler. JEAN ALEXANDER

Eugene Ivanov. JEROEN KRABBE Kevin KEITH ALLEN

Paul Mann RALPH BROWN

LordHailsham IAINCUTHBERTSON Director Michael Caton-Jones � TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888 � FILMS: pages 37-42

12.10am Kit and the Widow Satirical election-night special. With special guest Sandi Toksvig. Producer Jon Plowman Executive producer Judy Craymer

12.50-2.05am Duck Soup

Comedy starring the Marx Brothers

Hired by the state of Freedonia to become their new dictator, Rufus T Firefly declares war on their rivals in Sylvania. Rufus T Firefly. GROUCHO MARX

Chicolini.....CHICO MARX

Brownie..... HARPO MARX

Bob Rolland.....ZEPPO MARX

Vera Marcal..... RAQUEL TORRES AmbassadorTrentino. LOUIS CALHERN

MrsTeasdale.....MARGARET DUMONT

Secretary..... VERNAHILLIE Director Leo McCarey (Black and white) 0 FILMS: pages 37-42

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4.00pm Mister Ed 4.30 Petticoat Junction 5.00 The New Leave It to Beaver 5.30

Greenacres 6.00 Here s Lucy 6.30 Small Wonder 7.00 F Troop 7.30 McHale's Navy 8.00 Working It Out 8.30 Babes 9.00 Hogan's Heroes 9.30 Here's Lucy 10.00 In Living Color 10.30 McHale's Navy 11.00pm Close

SKY SPORTS 6.30am Aerobics 7.00 Supercross from Houston 8.00 Indy Cart Racing 10.00

Australian Rules Football 12.00 Aerobics 12.30pm Boots 'n' All- rugby league 1.30 European League Roundup - football 2.30 NASCAR 3.30 Netbusters - football 4.00 Indy Cart Racing 6.00 Torque - motor sports 7.00 Sky Soccer Weekend 8.00 German League Football 10.00 Sky Soccer Weekend 11.00 Australian Rugby League 1.00am Supercross 2.00am Close

I EUROSPORT 8.00am Tennis - ATPTourfrom Barcelona 11.00 Speed Skating World Championships

12.00 Motor Racing - American Supercross Grand Prix 1.00pm Tennis 2.30 Motor Sport News 3.00 Trans World Sport 4.00 Speed Skating 5.00 Tennis 8.30 Eurosport News 9.00 International Boxing 10.00 Tennis 11.30 Eurosport News 12 midnight Close

SCREENSPORT 7.00am Eurobics 7.30 Augusta Masters 9.30 International Show Jumping 10.30

Eurobics 11.00 NHL Ice Hockey 1.00pm Warsteiner Ski Magazine 2.00 Eurobics 2.30 Bowling- Dutch Open 3.30 Revs - motor sport 4.00 Argentina Soccer 5.00 Indy Car Grand Prix 6.00 Porsche Carrera Cup 6.15 Golf- European and US PGA Tour news 6.30 NBA Basketball - week's action 7.00 Gillette World Sports Special 7.30 Go! - motor sport 8.30 US Men's Pro Ski Championships 9.00 Augusta Masters 11.00pm NBA Basketball

1 LIFESTYLE 10.00am Getting Fit with Denise Austin 10.30 American Gameshows 11.20 Star

Time 11. 25Searchfor Tomorrow 11.50 Sally Jessy Raphael 12.45pm David Hamilton's People 1.15 Joan Rivers Show 2.05 Power Hits USA 3.05 Sell-a-Vision 3.30 Cover Story 4.00 Tea Break 4.10 Dick Van Dyke Show 4.40 American Gameshows 5.30 Seii-a-Vision 6.00 Remington Steele 7.00 Sell-a-Vision 10.00 Satellite Jukebox (see Saturday) 3.00am Close

CHILDREN'S

MTV

6.00am-7.00pm Cartoons, drama and entertainment series for kids.

Rock and pop 24 hours, with videos, news and documentaries.

NOTE: morning and afternoon schedules may be disrupted as a result of election coverage.

6.00am Breakfast News Election 92: the result and what it means for Britain ina specially extended programme. Nicholas Witchell and Laurie Mayer with all the latest news. Comprehensive coverage from the BBC's political correspondents and reporters and live interviews with senior politicians.

9.30am Election 92 David Dimbleby with Peter Snow explores the consequences of last night's results. Peter Sissons interrogates the politicians and John Cole interviews the party leaders. Peter Kellner will be analysing the results of the BBC's election day poll. Martyn Lewis and Nicholas Witchell will be in Downing Street to see the arrival of the new Prime Minister. James Cox will be in Scotland with a panel of politicians and opinion- makers. Sally Magnusson, Olenka Frenkiel and Felicity Goodey will be discussing the consquences with party supporters in Yeovil, Huntingdon and in Labour's target area in the north west of England.

Including at 10.00,11.00, 12.00 News; Weather

12.30pm Regional News; Weather

1.00pm One O'Clock News Followed by Weather

1.30pm Election 92 Coverage of the final stage of the election. Cameras will be in Downing Street, outside Buckingham Palace, and with the party leaders to discuss the final outcome.

4.00pm Rockies and Rollers A look at animal life in the Falkland Islands, narrated by David Attenborough. (Rpt)

4.30pm Goodbye to the Good Old Days A look at the television variety show, which ended its final run in 1983 after 30 years. fRpt;

5.00-5.35pm A Question of Sport (Shown on Tuesday at 8.30pm) � STEREO; TELETEXT SUBTITLES: p 888

2

BBC

6.45-7. 10am

Open University Arts: Handel's Messiah

8.00am Breakfast News

8.15am Party Time A film on all the fun of a party. (Rpt) � TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888

9.00am Dot and the Smugglers

Cartoon adventure. In the depths of the

Australian outback, Dot has to stop a band of heartless smugglers from attempting to steal the legendary Bunyip. 0 FILMS: pages 37-42

9.55am The Angel and the Soldier Boy Cartoon fun. fRpt)

10.20-10.45am Children's BBC With Philippa Forrester. 10.20am Playdays At the Tent Stop. � STEREO

10.40am The Family Ness Animation. (Rpt)

10.45am Son of Monte Cristo I Swashbuckling

adventure starring Louis Hayward The dashing Count of Monte Cristo joins the fight to savethe Grand Duchy of Lichtenburg and its beautiful princess from the tyranny of a ruthless dictator. With Joan Bennett. George Sanders, Florence Bates, Lionel Royce and Montagu Love. Director Rowland V Lee (Black and White) 0 FILMS: pages 37-42

12.30pm The Invisible World Invisible worlds exist on scales too fast, too slow, too big or too small to be perceived by the naked eye. Among the wonders visible through new technology, are the tracks of sub-atomic particles, bullets slicing through playing cards, microscopic mites which live Qn the human skin and water crystallising into ice. A National Geographic Society film (Rpt)

1.20pm Brum Animation narrated by ToyahWilcox. (Rpt)

1.30pm Spot Animation read by Paul Nicholas. (Rpt)

1.35pm In the Post Famous stamp collections. (Rpt)

12.30pm The path of a bullet through the heart of a playing card, made visible by new technology

2.00pm News; Weather Followed by Weekend Outlook A preview of OU programmes.

2.10pm Made by Hand A short film which looks at the skills of the professional ornamental metalworker. (Rpt)

2.25pm Racing From Newbury. Today's spring meeting features the Gainsborough Stud Fred Darling Stakes. Who will follow in the footsteps of Salsabil and Shadayid, who won this race on the way to the 1,000 Guineas in the previous two seasons? 2.40 Spring Maiden Stakes (1 m 3f) 3.10 Gainsborough Stud Fred Darling Stakes (7f 64yds) 3.40 Newbury Trade Stands Stakes (Handicap. 5f) 4.10 Stroud Green Handicap Stakes (lm) Introduced by Julian Wilson with commentaries by Peter O'Sullevan, Tracy Piggott, Jimmy Lindley and John Hanmer. Producer Malcolm Kemp

Including at 3.00pm News; Weather

3.50pm News; Weather and Regional News; Weather

4.00-5.30pm Children's BBC With Andi Peters. The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse Cartoon fun. fRpt; 4. 10pm New Lassie Lassie befriends a young autistic boy. (Rpt)

4.30pm Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles

More cartoon fun from the turtles.

� TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888

4.50pm Newsround The news for children.

5.00-5.30pm Gentle Ben A baby elephant needs saving from its cruel owner. fRpt; 0 TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888

THURSDAY

R4 FM 92.4-94.6 MHz LW 198 kHz (1515m) MW See panel page 86 For bulletin details

see Monday

6.00am New* Briefing

6.10am Fanning Today 6.25am Prayer for the Day with Terry Tastard.

6.30am Today with Brian Redhead and Sue MacGregor. Details as Monday plus: 7.45 Thought for the Day with the Rev Philip Crowe.

9.00am News

9.05am Punters Listeners report on a variety of issues that affect their lives and could affect

yours. With Susan Marling. (Repeated Sunday at 8.00pm) 0 WRITE TO: Punters, BBC Radio 4. Bristol BS8 2LR 9 PHONE: 0272-742186

9.45am Beloved Country

A series of five talks in which

South Africans look at what the future holds for their country. In the first, the writer and poet Don Mattera appeals to the children of South Africa to start afresh. Producer Geoff Spink (Repeated Saturday at 10.45pm)

10.00-10.30am FM only Crown Papers A six-part drama serial by Peter Ling and Juliet Ace.

2: Scandal follows close on

the heel of tragedy for the

Minster family ...

Alice, Lady Minster

DINAH SHERIDAN

WUham, Lord Minster

......................GEOFFREY WHITEHEAD

The Hon. Nicholas Gaunt

.....MARK STRAKER

The Hon. Mrs Jenny Gaunt

....................................HELENA BRECK

Lady Caroline Gaunt

.....DEBORAH MAKEPEACE

Poiy, Viscountess Ebony .....MELINDA WALKER

Sr Charles Bowyer .......................................BRETT USHER

Lady Gina Bowyer .........................SHELLEY THOMPSON

Paul Weyman.....PHILIP SULLY

Scott Hanson.....COLIN MCFARLANE Director Tracey Neale. Stereo (Rpt;

10.00am LWonly An Act of Worship

10.15am LWoniy The Bible Obadiah and Jonah JuneBarrie and Christian Rodska read from the Authorised Version. Abridged by Sandra Willingham Producer Elizabeth Taylor

10.30am Woman's Hour with Jenni Murray. (Revised repeat at 7.20pm LW) Serial: The Getting of Wisdom (6) (For details see Monday)

11.30am From Our Own Correspondent Producer Geoff Spink

12.00 You and Yours with John Howard.

12.25pm King Street Junior by Jim Eldridge. Starring Karl Howman as Mr Sims and James Grout as Mr Beeston, the Head Teacher. 2: Witch Hunt A dissatisfied parent challenges the "teacher knows best" syndrome... and Mrs Rudd refuses to take "no" for an answer. Mr Holliday.....TOM WATSON

Mrs Stone MARGARET JOHN

Mrs Rudd .....VIVIENNE MARTIN

Mr Long PAUL COPLEY

Miss Lewis .......MARLENE SIDAWAY

Mrs Patterson

DEIRDRE COSTELLO

Mr Hammond

CRAWFORD LOGAN Producer John Fawcett Wilson Stereo

1.00pm The World at One with Roger Hearing.

1.40pm The Archers (Broadcast yesterday at 7.05pm)

2.00pm Sunshine Sally Zane's first radio play is a comedy. It was runner-up in last year's Radio Times script competition. The play opens in family therapy at the local hospital. Jo, Tim and Tessa's only son, has stolen from the shop where he's started his first job, to finance his local pirate radio station. Tessa ..........................ANNA MASSEY

Tim STEPHEN THORNE

Jo .....RICHARD PEARCE Rowan CAROLYN BACKHOUSE

Dr Merinium .............JUNE BARRIE

Greenham Teenager JULIET PREW

Greenham WomanjCB girl CAROLE JAHME Director Shaun MacLoughlin Stereo

3.00pm Down Your Way (Broadcast Sunday at 5.00pm)

3.40pm Poetry Please! Simon Rae introduces your poetry requests, with readers Richard Pasco and Sara Markland and guest Les Murray. Producers Susan Roberts and Julian Wilkinson e REQUESTS TO: Poetry Please! BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR

4.00pm News

4.05pm Kaleidoscope Paul Allen is at the first night of The Beggar's Opera in a new production by the Royal Shakespeare Company; the teaching of drama in schools is under scrutiny; and the Kronos Quartet play Pieces of Africa. Producer Anthony Denselow Stereo

4.45pm Short Story Shirley by Anne Liddon. "She said I had to go, that probation officer. I used to argue with her all the time, but it never gets you anywhere. It never got me my kid back." Read by Kate Byers. Producer Gillian Hush

5.00pm PM with Frank Partridge and Hugh Sykes.

6.00pm Six O'Clock News

6.30pm Winston in Europe A six-part comedy series by Peter Tinniswood. 5: Questions and Answers

Father's got a plan. He

wants to do a skedaddle.

He wants to roam all over

Europe with Winston and

his bit of fluff.

Nancy SHIRLEY DIXON

Father MAURICE DENHAM

Rosie LIZGOULDING

William CHRISTIAN RODSKA

Winston .....BILL WALLIS Director Shaun MacLoughlin Stereo

7.00pm New*

7.05pm The Archers Time for Jennifer to come

clean. (Repeated tomorrow at 1.40pm)

7.20-8.00pm FM only Soundtrack The Second Coming? Miraculous visions,

healings, uncanny

predictions - all are part of

the curious world of

Benjamin Creme.

Mick Brown goes in search

of the new Messiah. Producer Cathie Mahoney Stereo

7.20pm LWonly

Woman's Hour (Revised repeat of 10.30am)

8.00pm Analysis Public Interest, Private Lives Peter Hennessy examines the conflicting needs for openness and privacy in political life. Producer Zareer Masani (Repeated Sunday at 4.00pm)

8.45pm Does He Take Sugar? with Kati Whitaker. Producer Marlene Pease ePHONE: 071-927 4909 (Mon-Fri 10.00am-5.00pm)

9.15pm The Million Pound Radio Show Election Special Who will be living in No 10 tomorrow? Sadly a politician. Andy Hamilton and Nick Revell try not to get too depressed about it. Producer Paul Mayhew-Archer Stereo

9.45pm The Financial World Tonight with Stephen Chilcott. Stereo

9.55pm-4.00am Election 92 Throughout the night, Brian Redhead presents the results of the General

Election, with David

Butler of Nuffield College, Oxford and Huw

Edwards. BBC Political

Correspondent. Including live coverage of

declarations from election

counts, and interviews

with top politicians. Producer Charles Sigler Editor Anne Sloman e BRIAN REDHEAD'S MY KIND OF ELECTION DAY: page 98 eCOVER STORY: page 20 (For details see box below)

OEO RADIO

MW 909. 693 kHz (330,433m) News and Sport as Monday

6.00am World Service 6.00 Newshour

6.30am

Danny Baker's

Morning Edition

9.35am Schools 9.35 Geography Resources; 9.55 English Study Texts

10.25am 1,2,3,4,5

(Repeated at 1.15pm)

10.40am Johnnie Walker with The AM Alternative Derrick Evans joins Johnnie with advice on how to get fit. Phone: 0345 909693. (Local telephone rates apply)

12.30pm Fashion Icons Katie Puckrik looks at some fashion classics. This week she is joined by Andy Kershaw in paying homage to the black leather jacket. (Rpt)

1.00pm News Update

1.15pm 1,2,3,4,5 (Broadcast at 10.25am)

1.30pm BFBS Worldwide 2.30pm Wodd Service 2.30 International Call; 3.05 Outlook; 3.30 Meridian Feature; 4.05 Assignment

4.35pm Five Aside

7.15pm I Can Jump Puddles 4: "Most men patronised me when I spoke to them," remembers Alan - "but not those who worked deep in the bush." Despite his crippled legs, Alan sets off on an expedition to a remote loggers' camp and is forced to think about how others see him.

7.30pm Talking Poetry

Join the fun and games in the first

of a new series, with Adrian Henri and pupils of Heathfield Community School in Taunton.

8.00pm Formula Five

8.30pm Vibe! with Nick Fisher.

9.30pm The Collection Fly Away by Ayshe Raif When Mel and Nicky go on holiday together after their A levels it becomes a journey towards self awareness.

10.10pm-12.00 Eastern Beat with election fever! Call Danny Choranji and Perminder Khatkar on 021-432 5432 to reflect on the day's results.

Election 92

Tonight's the night - and for Brian Redhead and David Butler this Election night is going to be another long one. Together with Huw Edwards, BBC Political Correspondent, they will be in the Election 92 studio from before 10 o'clock tonight, right through to the early hours of tomorrow morning - by which time it should be clear which party is going to form the next government - or if a hung parliament is in the offing. David Butler, the political

analyst and Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford, will be predicting the trends and analysing the results. Meanwhile Huw Edwards will reveal the political stories behind the statistics, and Peter Day will be reporting from the overnight money markets. There will be live coverage of declarations from election counts across the country - including special reports from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland - and interviews with leading politicians as they learn their fate. As the 651 constituencies choose who is to be their MP, the scene at the parties' headquarters will be described by James Naughtie (at Conservative Central Office), Nick Clarke (at Labour Party Headquarters) and Robin Lustig (at the National Liberal Club). And there will be first reactions from all the party leaders. The BBC Exit Poll at 10.00pm should

give an early indication of the way events are going to unfold. The first results will start coming in at around 11.00pm, and from then on the identity of the next government should gradually become apparent.

FRIDAY

R4 FM 92.4-94.6 MHz LW 198 kHz (1515m) MW See panel page 86

For bulletin details see Monday

6.00am

Today With most of the Election results in, will Britain be

waking up to find that John Major will be staying at Number 10? Or will Neil Kinnock be taking over? Or will we have elected a hung parliament? John Humphrys and Sue MacGregor will be examining the political future of Britain with the winners and losers. Plus: 6.25 Prayer for the Day with Terry Tastard. 7.45 Thought for the Day with the Rev Dr Donald English.

9.00am News

9.05am FM only Desert Island Discs Stereo (Broadcast Sunday at 12.15pm)

9.45am FM only

The Village Nigel Farrell returns with more

real-life stories of the folk of Bentley in Hampshire. Producer Chris Paling (Repeated Sunday at 6.15pm)

10.00am FM only

Carry On Up the

Zeitgeist Six features in which Edward Blishen recalls radio, TV and theatrical events which touched the national nerve. 4: Beyond a Joke As the 50s bent into the 60s four young graduates took to the stage at the Edinburgh Festival with an irreverent, pointed and satirical revue. It took Edinburgh, London, New York - and Edward Blishen - by storm. It was Beyond the Fringe. Producer Amanda Mares (Repeated Wednesday at 11.00pm)

10.30am FM only

Woman's Hour from the North.

With Christa Ackroyd. (Revised repeat at 7.20pm) Serial:

The Getting of Wisdom

(7)

11.30am FM only

The Natural History Programme Presented by Jessica Holm. Producer Simon Roberts (Repeated Sunday at 9.00pm)

12.00 FM only

You and Yours with John Howard.

12.25-1.00pm FM only

The Food Programme with Derek Cooper. Producers Sheila Dillon and Marie Helly (Repeated Monday at 7.20pm FM)

9.05am LWonly

Election 92 As the final results come in. Brian Redhead follows the political action of the day that will decide the future government of the country. The news live as it breaks; analysis of how people voted, from David Butler; the constitutional process, from Peter Hennessy; political commentary; and interviews with politicians. Producer Charles Sigler Editor Anne Sloman (For details see box)

10.00am LWonly Daily Service Let us praise God together (Calhoun Melody); Matthew 20, w 20-28; The Servant King (Kendrick) Lord, for the years. Director of Music Shaun Islip.

10.15am LWonly The Bible Micah

Anna Massey reads the

first of two selections from

the Authorised Version. Abridged by Sandra Willingham Producer Elizabeth Taylor

10.30am-1.00pm LW only

Election 92 (For details see box)

1.00pm The World at One with Nick Clarke and James Naughtie.

1.40pm The Archers (Broadcast yesterday at 7.05pm)

2.00pm FM only

Classic Serial Tess of the

d'Urbervilles

The second of three

episodes dramatising Thomas Hardy's novel. Stereo (Broadcast Saturday at 7.50pm)

3.00pm FM only

Special Assignment BBC correspondents report on one of the main British

or foreign topics in this

week's news. Producers Carole Lacey and Howard Rogers (Repeated Sunday at 9.30pm)

3.30pm FM only

Bookshelf In a special edition from Wales, Nigel Forde explores the life and work of the century's foremost prose writer in Welsh, Kate Roberts. Producer Abigail Appleton. Stereo (Repeated Sunday at 7.30pm)

4.00pm News FM only

4.05pm FM only

Kaleidoscope Natalie Wheen is at two events that celebrate George Bernard Shaw: a new production of Pygmalion at the National Theatre and photographs and letters at the National Portrait Gallery. Producer Julian May. Stereo

4.45-5.00pm FM only Short Story The Little Heidelberg by Isabel Allende. Diana Quick reads a tale of a love that vanishes. Producer Janet Whitaker (Rpt)

2.00-5.00pm LWonly

Election 92 (For details see box)

5.00pm PM with Frank Partridge and Hugh Sykes.

6.00pm Six O'Clock News

6.30pm Going Places with Janet Trewin. Producer Jill Thomas

7.00pm News

7.05pm The Archers Nelson raises an eyebrow at the change in Lizzie's habits. Phil NORMAN PAINTING

Jill PATRICIA GREENE

Shula ..........................JUDY BENNETT

David TIMOTHY BENTINCK Ruth FELICITY FINCH

Elizabeth ALISON DOWLING

Jennifer.....ANGELA PIPER

Brian .......CHARLES COLLINGWOOD

Debbie TAMSINGREIG

Tony COLIN SKIPP

Pat PATRICIA GALLIMORE

John .......................SAM BARRISCALE

Tom BOB ARNOLD Nelson .................................JACK MAY

Martha MOLLIE HARRIS

Joe ...........................EDWARD KELSEY

Clarrie ROSALIND ADAMS Neil BRIAN HEWLETT

Susan ...............CHARLOTTE MARTIN

Sharon .......................CEUA NELSON

Cameron ...............DELAVAL ASTLEY

Robert GRAHAM ROBERTS

Lynda ..........................CAROLE BOYD

Nigel GRAHAM SEED Written by Louise Page Director Vanessa Whitburn (Repeated Monday at 1.40pm)

7.20-8.05pm FM only

Pick of the Week with Chris Serle. Producer Matt Thompson Stereo (Repeated Sunday at 11.30am)

7.20pm LWonly

Woman's Hour (Revised repeat of 10.30am)

8.05pm Any Questions? From Duffield, Derbyshire. Chairman

Jonathan Dimbleby. (Repeated Saturday at 1.10pm)

8.50pm Stop Press with Geoffrey Goodman. Producer Andrew Denwood

9.15pm Kaleidoscope (Broadcast Saturday at 7.20pm)

9.45pm Letter from America by Alistair Cooke. (Repeated Sunday at 9.15am)

10.00pm The World Tonight with Richard Kershaw. Stereo

10.45pm A Book At Bedtime Love Is Blue. Part 9. (For details see Monday)

11.00pm Week Ending with Bill Wallis,

Sally Grace, David Tate

and Alistair McGowan. Producer Gareth Edwards. Stereo (Repeated tomorrow at 6.25pm)

11.25pm The Financial Week with Heather Payton. Stereo

11.45pm Cutler the Lax Complete the following sentence in no more than 12 words: "Three programmes in which humorist Ivor Cutler delves into the archives and..." Producer Mark Savage. Stereo (Rpt)

12.00-12.30am News

BBC RADIO

MW 909, 693 kHz (330,433m) News and Sport as Monday

6.00am World Service 6.00 Newshour

6.30am

Danny Baker's

Morning Edition

9.35am Schools 9.35 Geography Resources: 9.55 English Study Texts

10.25am 1,2,3,4,5 with Andrew Sachs. (Repeated at 1.15pm)

10.40am Johnnie Walker with The AM Alternative

12.30pm House of Stars

The House of Stars re-opens its

doors to a galaxy of celebrities beamed in from the cosmos of youth entertainment. Resident diviner Craig Charles will lay the cards on the table and draw the guest into the revelatory world of the tarot. The pace is frenzied, the suspense factor is high and the secret question is, well, secret.

1.00pm News Update

1.15pm 1,2,3,4,5 (Broadcast at 10.25am)

1.30pm BFBS Worldwide

2.30pm World Service 2.30 Global Concerns; 2.45 International Money Programme

3.00pm Racing from

Newbury with Peter Bromley. Featuring commentary on the Gainsborough Fred Darling Stakes.

4.05pm Network UK from the World Service.

4.35pm Five Aside

7.15pm I Can Jump Puddles 5: Despite his crippled legs, Alan makes his father's dream come true and leams to ride a horse. He also has a dream of his own - to become a writer - but can he ever find a way to make this come true?

7.30pm Stage 5

8.00pm Multitrack 1 Tim Smith looks at the Top 20 chart.

8.30pm Vibe-Line Call Pete Wardman on 0345 909693. (Local telephone rates apply)

9.30pm Bull! with Simon Fanshawe, Nick Revell and Kit Hollerbach, plus guests Jenny Eclair and Phil Davey.

10.10pm-12.00 Rave with Rob Brydon.

Will John Major be staying on at Number 10 Downing Street? Will Neil Kinnock be taking over? Will it be a hung parliament? By the time Today comes on air at 6.00am, most of the Election results will be in, and with them the answers to the burning questions. On the day that will decide the future government of the country, Brian Redhead returns at 9.05am with Election 92, which will continue at intervals throughout the morning and afternoon,

reporting the news as it breaks. There will be live reports from the parties' headquarters, from Downing Street and Buckingham Palace. David Butler will be analysing how people voted - and why - and Peter Hennessy will examine the constitutional implications. Political commentary on who will be forming the next government will be provided by Huw Edwards, Peter Jenkins, Andrew Marr, Robin Oakley, Peter Riddell and Michael White. There will be reactions from around the world - America, the European Community, Russia, South Africa, Japan and Hong Kong. Closer to home, Peter Day will be on the trading floor of a merchant bank in the City, Steve Punter at the Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester, Niall Dickson at a London teaching hospital, Wendy Jones at an inner-city comprehensive school, and Kevin Bouquet at a factory in the

North-West. The future of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will be discussed, and there will be interviews with senior politicians of all parties. And newly elected MPs will look ahead to a new parliament.

My kind of Election day

BRIAN REDHEAD

TI he great joy of election night is that

it's such a wonderful exercise in

concentration. I have done this job for the last three elections and sat

in the same chair from 10pm until

getting on for Sam without for a moment think-

ing I ought to be hungry, because concentra-

tion is both a necessity and a pleasure. I'm very interested in politics and particu-

larly interested in politicians - what I like

about them is that they retain a kind of youth- ful enthusiasm. Although this mostly stems

from the conflict of the House of Commons, in

a curious way a General Election is when they come together with a kind of fellow feeling.

They are the players and we are the spectators - and yet they, too, remember that they were

once spectators and may become so again. It's

a night for humanity, even between opponents. Ever since I left the Manchester Evening

News in 1975, I have been getting up three

mornings a week at 4.30am for Today but, like

all journalists, I have been used to all sorts of

hours, so working right through election night and again from 9am until 4pm the following

day presents no problems. The election day it-

self starts at my Barbican flat with a lie-in. I

also take a nap in the afternoon, get up again

at about 5pm, have a bath, put on a clean shirt

and get into Broadcasting House around 6pm. All the planning has been done by that time, so

Anne Sloman, my editor, and I will have din-

ner together and then at 5 minutes to 10,

whoopee, we're off. From then on you could

saw my leg off and I wouldn't notice! The only thing which makes me tired is

tedium and you know there isn't going to be

any of that. All the information comes up on

screens in front of me and the only person talk-

ing to me through the earphones is Anne. She

says "go there" - and I go. I don't ask why. As

she says, it's like being on a trapeze - you have

to trust each other so that when you fly you know the hands are going to catch you. There

are high spots, of course. At 10pm there is the

exit poll and then at about llpm there is the

first result. Suddenly, it's all for real.

And even if it is a safe seat, this time turnout

is going to be fascinating. There's a curious

feeling floating about that the electorate isn't at

all sure what it wants and that a greater pro-

portion than normal will decide not to bother. I

don't believe this, but the first evidence will be

interesting. After that, it is the first marginals. There are perhaps a hundred constituencies

which, in the end, will determine the result and

the first seat to change hands gets you won-

dering whether it's a one-off or a pointer to the

rest of the night. And then there are the senti-

mental moments when someone who has been

much loved loses his or her seat and you say "ah, what a shame, he was such a lovely man

or she was such a lovely lady." There was a magical time in 1983 when

David Owen, who had just held Plymouth

Devonport, came on the line and then Anne got Shirley Williams on, who had just lost hers at

Crosby, and the two of them started talking. Then on came Bill Rodgers, who had lost

Stockton, and Roy Jenkins - he'd held on to

Glasgow Hillhead - and suddenly we had the

whole Gang of Four having a private conver-

sation while the rest of us listened in. That is

the wonder of radio.

Between 12.30 and 2am there is a rush when

over 300 results come in and it's like the 90

minutes of the Cup Final. Then the pace dies

down and you can go back over what has hap-

pened. It's such fun. To be on a running story in which you know people are interested - it's a journalist's delight. WILLIAM GREAVES

E Brian Redhead presents Radio 4's election night coverage

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