... NEW SERIES THURSJULY28 THE FASTEST MAN ON EARTH Thames six-part sports series (8.30- 9.00pm) Series originator: Neil Duncanson. FRIJULY29 PLAYING FOR REAL BBC Scot land six-part drama for BBC1 (9.30- 10.20pm) Cast includes: Patricia Kerrigan, Alex Hcggic, Jake D'Arcy, Lawrie McNicol, Iain Andrew, David Meldrum, Sandy Welch, Anne Kristen, Juliet Cadzow. Writer: Julie Welch. Director: Jim Hill. ...

... THE ENDLESS GAME mini-series, on location in the UK and Austria. Production company: TVS Films with Reteitalia and Pixit (UK). Cast includes: Albert Finney, George Segal. Writer and direc tor: Bryan Forbes. Producer: Fer nando Ghia. Executive produc ers: Nicola Carraro, Graham Benson. STRAPLESS film, in pro duction at Shepperton Studios and on location in Lisbon. Production company: Granada ...

... j JONATHAN MILLER'S produc tion of Candide, by Leonard Bern stein, in a new version adapted by John Wells and John Mauceri from the text by Hugh Wheeler, is set for a December 6 opening- at the Old Vic. The cast is headed by Nickolas Grace, Mark Beudert, Rosemary Ashe and Marilyn Hill-Smith shar ing the role of Cunegonde, and Patricia Routledge. It is being spon sored by Standard Life. A GALA ...

... BARB Ratings THE NATIONAL TOP TENS Individuals viewing BBC1 (Millions) 1 EASTENDERS(THU/SUN) 19.50 2 EASTENDERS (TUE/SUN) 18.15 3 BREAD 17 10 4 NEIGHBOURS (MON 13:30/17.36) 16.40 4= NEIGHBOURS (TUE 13:29/17:36) 16.40 6 NEIGHBOURS (THU 13:30/17:36) 16.35 7 NEIGHBOURS (WED 13:30/17:36) 15.70 8 NEIGHBOURS (FR1 13:30/17:36) 15.05 9 ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL 12.00 10 HOWARDS' WAY (SAT 21:07) 11 ...

... 1 XcLCLG SllOW OO is the tenth London trade show to be presented by the Association of British Theatre Technicians and the fifth to be held at Riverside Studios. Trade Show 88 is organised by Theatrical Trading Ltd on behalf of the ABTT. Show organiser and manager Roger Fox Administrator Ethel Langstreth The Annual ABTT Awards Ceremony will be held in the Riverside Cinema at 1.00 on Thursday ...

... THURSDAY, NOV 3 A WALK IN THE WOODS by Lee Blessing. Comedy. Management: Duncan C. Weldon and Jerome Minskoff for Triumph Theatre Pro ductions Ltd and Lucille Lortel. Cast: Alec Guinness, Edward Herr mann. Director: Ronald Eyre. De signer: Robin Don. Lighting: Rick Fisher. Press: Genista Streeten, 435 1461. ACTS OF KINDNESS by Peter Robert Scott. Everyman, Chel tenham to November 19. Cast: ...

... GUYS AND DOLLS, directed by Peter Lichtenfels, opens for the Christinas season at the Hay market, Leicester on November 23, with a cast headed by Susannah Fellows, Bob Grant, Emil Wolk, Joanne Campbell, Mark McGann and Martyn EUis. TWO SUCCESSES from this year's Edinburgh Fringe, Mikhail Bui- I gakov's satire The Heart of a Dog and the New Zealand comedy duo the Front Lawn, are in a season at ...

... THE NATIONAL TOP TENS Individuals viewing BBC1 (Millions) 1 EASTENDERS(THU/SUN) 19.00 2 EASTENDERS (TUE/SUN) 18.00 3 BREAD 17.25 4 NEIGHBOURSHIP 13:30/17.36) 15.80 5 NEIGHBOURS (MON 13:29/17:36) 15.40 6 NEIGHBOURS (WED 13:30/17:36) 15.10 7 NEIGHBOURS (THU 13:30/17:36) 14.85 8 NEIGHBOURSIFR1 13:29/17:36) 14.50 9 'ALLO'ALLO 14.00 10 NEW. SPORT AND WEATHER (SAT21:07) 12.55 BBC2 1 FRAN 6.00 2 THE ...

... [OUT OF TOWN ABERDEEN AbardMn Art* Cntra>- Curtain Up '88 (10-12) Hit MaiMtv't Scottish Opera ALOERSHOT Prine** Hall Camberley School of Ballet (11-12) ALTRINCHAM Gtrrkk Die Fledermaus BANGOR Thaatr Gwynwld Diversions Dance Company (11-12) BARNET OM Bull Arts Cwitr* Habeas Corpus (10-121 BASINGSTOKE Hiymirk.t The Cherry Orchard (10-26) BATH Thutrs Royal Kent Opera (10-12) BELFAST Civic Arts Dr ...

... SATURDAY, FEB 20 BOBBY DAVRO'S TV WEEKLY comedy series, TVS for ITV (6.35 pm) YOU BET! game show for ITV (7.05 pm). Stan: Bruce horsy th. LONDON'S BURNING drama series, LWT for ITV (9.00 pm) THE COMIC STRIP six-pan comedy series for Channel 4 10.50 pm-I2.O5 am). Production company: The Comic Strip. Executive producer: Michael White. STUMIAU game show for S4C (7.50- 8.20 pm). Production company ...

... FOLLOWING the announce ment of ITV's new networking arrangements, six sub-groups have been formed to assist in programme selection to make up the schedules. Heading each group will be Andy Allen of Cen tral Drama; Alan Boyd of TVS Daytime; Greg Dyke of LWT Sport; John Fairley of YTV Entertainment; Gus MacDonald of STV Children's; and Steve Morrison of Granada Factual, Education and Religion. ...

... ELEANOR SOUTHALL has been appointed Presentation Manager at Central Television having been em ployed for two and a half years as presentation executive at Screensport. PAULINE HYDE has joined the Scot tish Television board as a non-executive director. ANDREW SNELL has been appointed editor of Britain's longest running an programme, the BBC's Omnibus. JOHN NICHOL has been appointed Tyne Tees ...