Casey helps a friend in distress.
starring Robert Newton
with Kit Taylor, Connie Gilchrist
Stranded in Portobello without a ship, the rascally Long John Silver is soon reunited with Jim Hawkins, his young Treasure Island shipmate now held captive by the villainous Captain Mendoza. Long John schemes to sack the king's warehouse and follow new clues to Flint's gold.
This exciting adventure, with Robert Newton re-creating the role he made famous, was photographed on location in Australia.
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All for fun! Fun for all!
A Christmas edition of Zokko! with all kinds of treats - including an excerpt from Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland, Anna-Lou and Maria: a feather and fur fantasy
Skayn and the Moon People: Part 4 - 'We will all be facing danger...' with the voices of Sheelagh McGrath, Gordon Clyde, Anthony Jackson, and pictures by Leslie Caswell
and the usual jokes and songs
Introduced by Frank Bough featuring three races from Kempton Park, and from Fairyhouse in Ireland the Irish Sweeps Hurdle, the richest hurdle race of the year; a top-of-the-table Rugby League clash in which Leigh meet near-neighbours Salford; Moto-Cross; and a spectacular performance by the world-famous white stallions of the Spanish Riding School of Vienna.
12.55* Football Preview
Introduced by Sam Leitch
1.10, 2.10* Moto-Cross from Caerleon, near Newport
The second round of the television Grandstand trophy (organised by the Newport and Gwent mc in conjunction with the A-CU).
1.20, 1.50, 2.50* Racing from Kempton Park
1.30 Kempton Handicap Chase (3 miles)
2.0 Ladbroke Christmas Handicap Chase (2 miles and 170 yards)
3.0 Kempton Park Handicap Hurdle (3 miles)
2.20* Racing from Fairyhouse
2.30 Irish Sweeps Hurdle (over 2 miles)
TV presentation by the Irish Television Service
2.40, 3.10* Rugby League: Leigh v Salford
4.0* The Spanish Riding School of Vienna
The world-famous white stallions in a spectacular and varied programme showing the beauty of supreme horsemanship.
With full musical accompaniment, 17 Lipizzaner stallions and 12 riders, under the direction of Colonel Hans Handler, CVO, Director of the Spanish Riding School, present The Classical Art of Riding as practised at the Imperial Court of Vienna for 400 years.
The State Trumpeters of the Blues and Royals by permission of the Officer Commanding
Outside broadcast from the Empire Pool, Wembley
(Presented by arrangement with the Anglo-Austrian Society and Victor Hochhauser Ltd)
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Mr Spock's first independent command looks like being his last. Lost on unexplored Taurus II and under attack from its monstrous inhabitants, his only hope is the USS Enterprise; but Captain Kirk is also engaged in conflict - with no chance of winning!
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by Eric Paice
starring Jack Warner
Sgt Dixon's and Sgt Crawford's Christmas festivities are disrupted by the disappearance of a prisoner from Cell 4.
(Peter Byrne is in "There's a Girl in My Soup" at the Comedy, London)
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starring Petula Clark in a new television special for BBC1
accompanied by Johnny Harris and the Orchestra
Pianist and musical associate Frank Owens
The Breakaways, London Welsh Association Choir
My Movie Scrapbook written by Dick Vosburgh and Bill Solly
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Written by Eddie Braben
Starring Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise
Their guests: Edward Woodward, Kenneth McKellar, The Pattersons, Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen
and featuring Ann Hamilton
With Janet Webb, Karen Burch, Rex Rashley, Richard Scott
(first shown on BBC2)
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Tonight's presentation in this season of feature films with action, spectacle and excitement stars Robert Mitchum, Curt Jurgens with Al Hedison and Theodore Bikel
During World War II, in the South Atlantic, an American destroyer encounters a German U-boat. In the ensuing days the two captains play a desperate game of cat-and-mouse as they assess and exploit their knowledge of each other's strategy.
Robert Mitchum and Curt Jurgens give outstanding performances as the rival captains in this tense and exciting story directed by ex-actor Dick Powell.
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With Richard Baker and Weather
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For the last Saturday in 1969 Match of the Day visits one of the leading Football League grounds for a fixture involving Championship issues.
Highlights of a second match featuring a prominent club in the South-East.
(Today's matches are announced at the end of Grandstand)
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Ned Sherrin tests the wits and memories of rival teams who might be expected to know what has been going on in 1969... a year of earth-shattering events like the end of the Dales, the death of Bonny the Space Monkey, the publication of Goodbye Baby and Amen....
Richard Ingrams, William Rushton, John Wells of Private Eye magazine are challenged by Malcolm Muggeridge, Bernard Levin, Patrick Campbell
(The Sixties: see pages 101-106)
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