GOLD TV Guide
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One Foot in the AlgarveThe Meldrews embark on a two-week holiday in Portugal in David Renwick's feature-length special from 1993. However, there are one or two disasters Victor does not quite believe, such as rising damp, a plague of mice and a troublesome boxer - not forgetting the dreaded donkeys. Guest starring Joan Sims and Peter Cook
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- 4:10am
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Last of the Summer WineSeason 7 Episode 7: Getting Sam Home
Compo, Clegg and Foggy try to grant Sam his final wish and sneak him out of his sick-bed for a secret assignation - but when he drops dead, things begin to get out of hand. Feature-length Christmas special from 1983, starring Peter Sallis, Bill Owen and Brian Wilde
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- 6:10am
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Eric and Ernie
Drama charting the early years of one of Britain's best comedy double acts, focusing on the influence of Eric Morecambe's mother Sadie (Victoria Wood). A chance meeting on the children's variety circuit sees the start of an unlikely friendship and Eric soon becomes the funnyman to Ernie Wise's 'feed'. But as they grow older, the duo struggle to make their way in mainstream entertainment with a few dubious tours and an ill-advised TV series that has the critics gunning for them. Daniel Rigby and Bryan Dick star as Eric and Ernie, with Jim Moir (better known to comedy fans as Vic Reeves) and Reece Shearsmith as their fathers
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- 8:10am
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Only Fools and HorsesSpecial Episode 6: A Royal Flush
Rodney dates an artist who turns out to be the daughter of the Duke of Maylebury. Del sees the chance for the Trotter family to marry into the aristocracy, and disastrously gatecrashes a party at the Duke's country estate. Christmas special from 1986, starring David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst
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- 9:30am
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Only Fools and HorsesSpecial Episode 7: The Frog's Legacy
The Trotter brothers are guests at a wedding, where they are intrigued to hear their dear departed mother inherited the ill-gotten gains of an East End bank robber - but nobody has ever found the loot. Christmas special of the long-running comedy, originally shown in 1987, starring David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst and Buster Merryfield, with a guest appearance by Joan Sims
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- 10:50am
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Oliver!
Carol Reed's unsurpassable multi-Oscar-winning big-screen adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic tale, based on the hit stage musical by Lionel Bart. Mark Lester stars as the lonely workhouse orphan who dares to ask for more gruel. His actions leave him on the cold streets of London, where he falls under the wing of petty crook Fagin (Ron Moody) and his gang of young backstreet thieves. Oliver Reed plays villain of the piece Bill Sikes, and Jack Wild is notorious pickpocket the Artful Dodger, starring alongside Harry Secombe, Shani Wallis and Leonard Rossiter. Featuring memorable songs, including You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two and the title number
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- 1:50pm
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Spy Hard
Juvenile espionage spoof in the Naked Gun vein, which sends up everything from Die Hard and James Bond to Home Alone. Leslie Nielsen stars as inept secret agent Dick Steele - codename WD-40 - who sets out to thwart a megalomaniac general intending to destroy the world with a missile he is building at his secret island lair. The mission forces Steele to team up with a mysterious femme fatale hiding a sinister secret. Like most films of its kind, it's a hit-and-miss affair - unfortunately far more miss than hit. With Nicollette Sheridan, Charles Durning, Marcia Gay Harden and Barry Bostwick, and featuring a cameo appearance by Ray Charles
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- 3:40pm
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Eric and Ernie
Drama charting the early years of one of Britain's best comedy double acts, focusing on the influence of Eric Morecambe's mother Sadie (Victoria Wood). A chance meeting on the children's variety circuit sees the start of an unlikely friendship and Eric soon becomes the funnyman to Ernie Wise's 'feed'. But as they grow older, the duo struggle to make their way in mainstream entertainment with a few dubious tours and an ill-advised TV series that has the critics gunning for them. Daniel Rigby and Bryan Dick star as Eric and Ernie, with Jim Moir (better known to comedy fans as Vic Reeves) and Reece Shearsmith as their fathers
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- 5:45pm
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My Best Friend's Wedding
Sparkling, hugely popular comedy, starring Julia Roberts as a food critic who is devastated to hear her best friend is getting married, and sets out to wreck his relationship. Cameron Diaz and Dermot Mulroney co-star as the bride and groom-to-be, with a scene-stealing performance by Rupert Everett as Roberts' colleague and confidant, who also gets roped into the plot - most memorably when leading a rousing rendition of I Say a Little Prayer around the dinner table
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- 7:50pm
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A Bit of Fry and LaurieEPISODE: 5
Irreverent comedy with duo Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, featuring guests Stephen Moore and Phyllida Law
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- 8:30pm
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BreadSeason 4 Episode 4: Bread
The family makes an insurance claim following an accident involving Jack's van. Everyone sets out to get a job, but things don't run smoothly when Mr and Mrs Boswell have a fierce argument in church. Jean Boht and the late Kenneth Waller star
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- 9:10pm
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BreadSeason 4 Episode 5: Bread
Joey runs into old flame Roxy, but her husband Stan is less than ecstatic about the reunion. Meanwhile, Freddie and Lilo Lil have an accident in a watchman's hut. Carla Lane's comedy, starring Jean Boht, Ronald Forfar and Peter Howitt
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- 10:00pm
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