My partner has now fixed this problem from some inf. he got from another forum.
For anyone who may have a similar problem some wires had become detached from the dryer time selector. Re-attached them and works fine again now :D :D :D
Whatever wash programme I select, when i press the start button the dryer light comes on even though the dryer time is set to '0' :evil:
At the end of the wash cycle the dryer then comes on and will not stop until stopped manually by turning the programme selector knob to a 'stop/reset'...