source: The London Sunday Times
RETRO LONDON TV- Wednesday May 7, 1986
BBC1
6.00am- Ceefax AM
6.50- Breakfast Time with Frank Bough and Selina Scott- (Weather at 6.55, 7.25, 7.55, 8.25, 8.55, regional news, weather, and traffic at 6.57, 7.27, 7.57 and 8.27; national and international news at 7.00, 7.30, 8.00, 8.30 and 9.00, sport at 7.20 and 8.20; the new top Twenty at 7.32 and a review of the morning newspapers at 8.37)
9.20- Ceefax
10.30- Play School
10.50- Gharbar
11.15- Ceefax
12.30- News After Noon with Richard Whitmore and Frances Coverdale
1.00- Pebble Mill at One
1.45- Bertha
2.00- Ceefax
3.52- Regional News
3.55- Up on Street
4.10- Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds
4.30- Take Two
4.55- John Craven's Newsround
5.05- Jossy's Giants
5.35- Teh Flintstones
6.00- News with Nicholas Witchell and Andrew Harvey
6.35- London Plus
7.00- Wogan
7.40- Lame Ducks
8.10- Dallas
9.00- A Party Political Broadcast
9.05- News with Andrew Harvey and John Humphrys
9.35- Q.E.D: The Body in the Bog
10.05- Sportsnight
11.30- Late Night in Concert
12.00am- Weather
TV-AM
6.15am- Good Morning Britain with Anne Diamond and Nick Owen
News with Jayne Irving at 6.30, 7.00, 7.30, 8.00, 8.30 and 9.00
sport at 6.40 and 7.45
cartoon at 7.25
pop music news at 7.55
video review 8.40
remembering the 50's 9.03
healthy advice at 9.12
ITV London
9.25am- Thames news headlines
9.30- For Schools- Celebrations- Thanksgiving
9.47- Portugal's main industries- cork, wine and sardines
10.04- Children talk about being picked upon and called names
10.21- Children go to a Railway station
10.33- English:the play- Derek by Edward Boind
11.00- English the play- Izzy by Jan Mark
11.20- Avoiding the use of the word- "nice" (for the hearing impaired)
11.40- Chemistry- mass spectrometry
11.55- Cartoon
12.00pm- Portland Bill
12.10- Our Backyard
12.30- Talking Personally
1.00- News at One with Leonard Parkin
1.20- Thames news presented by Robin Houston
1.30- The Champions
2.30- Farmhouse Kitchen
3.00- University Challenge
3.25- Thames News
3.30- Sons and Daughters
4.00- Portland Bill
4.10- The Blunders
4.15- Basil's Joke Machine
4.30- Poparound
4.55- Cartoon
5.00- Bellamy's Bugle
5.15- Silver Spoons
5.45- News with Carol Barnes
6.00- Thames News
6.25- Help!
6.35- Coronation Street
7.05- European Cup Finals
9.00- Film- High Plains Drifter (1972)
10.00- A Party Political Broadcast
10.05- News with Alastair Burnet and Sandy Gail
10.35- Film: High Plains Drifter continued
11.40- That's Hollywood
12.10am- Night Thoughts
BBC2
6.55- Open University- Technology- UK Power (ends at 7.20)
9.00- Ceefax
9.38- Daytime on Two- Science- floating
10.00- For Four and Five-year olds
10.15- Young people using CSE maths at work
10.38- Statistics- simulation
11.00- Words and pictures
11.17- Episode 3 of a 5 part adventure in French
11.33- Problems for 10 to 12 year olds
11.40- Too Nice by Half! a play by Wally K. Daly about the perils of drug taking
12.10pm- Ceefax
1.43- German language course
2.00- Different types of houses in different countries
2.18- Pictures of the environment
2.40- A studio reconstruction of an ancient Greek households
3.00- Ceefax
5.25- News Summary with Subtitles, weather
6.00- Film- Whisky Galore! (1949)
7.00- The Cost of Caring: Nicola and Jenny
7.50- Going to Pot
8.20- Forever England
9.00- M*A*S*H
9.25- Beckett at 80
10.25- Sing Country
10.50- A Party Political Broadcast
10.55- Newsnight
11.40- Weather
11.45- Open University
12.10am- Chateau and Cottage
12.40- Closedown
Channel 4
2.15pm- Their Lordships House
2.30- Film: Hallelujah I'm a Burn (1933)
4.00- Can Horses Sing?
4.30- Counttdown
5.00- Alice
5.30- Phil the Fluter's Ball
5.55- Mother and Son
6.30- Flashback
7.00- Channel Four News with Peter Sissons and Nicholas Owen, weather
8.00- Gallery
8.30- Diverse Reports
9.00- Prospects
10.00- What a Way to Run the Revolution!
12.00am- Their Lordships'
12.15- Closedown
RETRO LONDON TV- Wednesday May 7, 1986
BBC1
6.00am- Ceefax AM
6.50- Breakfast Time with Frank Bough and Selina Scott- (Weather at 6.55, 7.25, 7.55, 8.25, 8.55, regional news, weather, and traffic at 6.57, 7.27, 7.57 and 8.27; national and international news at 7.00, 7.30, 8.00, 8.30 and 9.00, sport at 7.20 and 8.20; the new top Twenty at 7.32 and a review of the morning newspapers at 8.37)
9.20- Ceefax
10.30- Play School
10.50- Gharbar
11.15- Ceefax
12.30- News After Noon with Richard Whitmore and Frances Coverdale
1.00- Pebble Mill at One
1.45- Bertha
2.00- Ceefax
3.52- Regional News
3.55- Up on Street
4.10- Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds
4.30- Take Two
4.55- John Craven's Newsround
5.05- Jossy's Giants
5.35- Teh Flintstones
6.00- News with Nicholas Witchell and Andrew Harvey
6.35- London Plus
7.00- Wogan
7.40- Lame Ducks
8.10- Dallas
9.00- A Party Political Broadcast
9.05- News with Andrew Harvey and John Humphrys
9.35- Q.E.D: The Body in the Bog
10.05- Sportsnight
11.30- Late Night in Concert
12.00am- Weather
TV-AM
6.15am- Good Morning Britain with Anne Diamond and Nick Owen
News with Jayne Irving at 6.30, 7.00, 7.30, 8.00, 8.30 and 9.00
sport at 6.40 and 7.45
cartoon at 7.25
pop music news at 7.55
video review 8.40
remembering the 50's 9.03
healthy advice at 9.12
ITV London
9.25am- Thames news headlines
9.30- For Schools- Celebrations- Thanksgiving
9.47- Portugal's main industries- cork, wine and sardines
10.04- Children talk about being picked upon and called names
10.21- Children go to a Railway station
10.33- English:the play- Derek by Edward Boind
11.00- English the play- Izzy by Jan Mark
11.20- Avoiding the use of the word- "nice" (for the hearing impaired)
11.40- Chemistry- mass spectrometry
11.55- Cartoon
12.00pm- Portland Bill
12.10- Our Backyard
12.30- Talking Personally
1.00- News at One with Leonard Parkin
1.20- Thames news presented by Robin Houston
1.30- The Champions
2.30- Farmhouse Kitchen
3.00- University Challenge
3.25- Thames News
3.30- Sons and Daughters
4.00- Portland Bill
4.10- The Blunders
4.15- Basil's Joke Machine
4.30- Poparound
4.55- Cartoon
5.00- Bellamy's Bugle
5.15- Silver Spoons
5.45- News with Carol Barnes
6.00- Thames News
6.25- Help!
6.35- Coronation Street
7.05- European Cup Finals
9.00- Film- High Plains Drifter (1972)
10.00- A Party Political Broadcast
10.05- News with Alastair Burnet and Sandy Gail
10.35- Film: High Plains Drifter continued
11.40- That's Hollywood
12.10am- Night Thoughts
BBC2
6.55- Open University- Technology- UK Power (ends at 7.20)
9.00- Ceefax
9.38- Daytime on Two- Science- floating
10.00- For Four and Five-year olds
10.15- Young people using CSE maths at work
10.38- Statistics- simulation
11.00- Words and pictures
11.17- Episode 3 of a 5 part adventure in French
11.33- Problems for 10 to 12 year olds
11.40- Too Nice by Half! a play by Wally K. Daly about the perils of drug taking
12.10pm- Ceefax
1.43- German language course
2.00- Different types of houses in different countries
2.18- Pictures of the environment
2.40- A studio reconstruction of an ancient Greek households
3.00- Ceefax
5.25- News Summary with Subtitles, weather
6.00- Film- Whisky Galore! (1949)
7.00- The Cost of Caring: Nicola and Jenny
7.50- Going to Pot
8.20- Forever England
9.00- M*A*S*H
9.25- Beckett at 80
10.25- Sing Country
10.50- A Party Political Broadcast
10.55- Newsnight
11.40- Weather
11.45- Open University
12.10am- Chateau and Cottage
12.40- Closedown
Channel 4
2.15pm- Their Lordships House
2.30- Film: Hallelujah I'm a Burn (1933)
4.00- Can Horses Sing?
4.30- Counttdown
5.00- Alice
5.30- Phil the Fluter's Ball
5.55- Mother and Son
6.30- Flashback
7.00- Channel Four News with Peter Sissons and Nicholas Owen, weather
8.00- Gallery
8.30- Diverse Reports
9.00- Prospects
10.00- What a Way to Run the Revolution!
12.00am- Their Lordships'
12.15- Closedown