Religious meditation
First shown on BBC Wales
(Crystal Palace, Wenvoe West, Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield)
(to 13.25)
For the very young
A film series of the adventures of Hammy and his friends.
The friends of Roddy, Hammy, and Guinea witness one of the most daring spectacles ever seen along the Riverbank.
Commentary spoken by Johnny Morris.
Graham Parker
(to 13.53)
with Alan Bennett
Jackanory is on every day except Boxing Day this week but not always at its usual time. The storytellers will be different too: you have probably seen all of them on Jackanory before. They have each chosen one of their favourite stories to tell you.
Today Alan Bennett tells the story of Babar and Father Christmas by Jean de Brunhoff
with Valerie Singleton, John Noakes, Peter Purves
A film serial in thirteen parts
Cesar returns in time to see the completion of Sebastian's happiness.
English version written and told by Eric Thompson.
Graham Parker
A weekly programme of private opinion and public interest
featuring The Winner of the Home Movie Contest
A contest in speed and wits between families from all over the United Kingdom
Introduced by Robert Robinson
From England: The Walkington Family v. From Northern Ireland: The Gee Family
by David Ellis
Starring James Ellis, John Slater, John Woodvine
with Paul Angelis, Ron Davies, Bernard Holley
With only two days to go to Christmas, Bobby Dawson, having returned from carol-singing, tells his mother that the 'man at number fifty-two' was very generous; he gave Bobby five shillings. But the family at number fifty-two have gone away for Christmas...
Written by Ronnie Taylor
Harry Worth in a new series of unlikely situations
featuring June Whitfield as Fiona Culpepper, Dudley Foster as Neville Culpepper,
Michael Robbins as Mr. Tickle
You have to be a very strong character indeed actually to look forward to going to the dentist, but when you are a self-confessed coward like Harry Worth, the prospect of such a visit becomes a nightmare...
People, places, and problems that matter most to Britain and the world
Introduced by Robin Day with Panorama reporters Michael Charlton, David Dimbleby, Richard Kershaw, Robert MacNeil and James Mossman
with Robert Langley
followed by The Weather
Dramatised by Stanley Miller
Starring Peter Cushing
and Nigel Stock as Dr. Watson
also starring Madge Ryan as Lady Morcar
"Just one of those whimsical chances which will happen when you have four million human beings jostling each other within the space of a few square miles."
who invites you to join him and some friends in the last programme of a new series of music and songs
accompanied by The Mike Sammes Singers
What matters in the news and out of it with Kenneth Allsop and Michael Barratt,
Robert McKenzie, Vincent Kane
with on-the-spot reports by Fyfe Robertson, Julian Pettifer, David Lomax, Philip Tibenham, Denis Tuohy, Linda Blandford
or Cindy-Ella
Written by Caryl Brahms and Ned Sherrin
Starring Cleo Laine, Elisabeth Welch, Cy Grant, George Browne
with the Peter Knight Singers
(First shown on BBC-2)
