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Starring Chips Rafferty, Sybil Thorndike
with Keith Calvert as Smiley

In this, the second of the Smiley films, a friendly police sergeant promises a young boy a rifle - if he can prove he is a responsible citizen.
(Christmas Films: pages 17-19)
(Colour)

Contributors

Producer/Director:
Anthony Kimmins
Sergeant Flaxman:
Chips Rafferty
Granny:
Sybil Thorndike
Smiley:
Keith Calvert
Joey:
Bruce Archer
Ma Greevins:
Margaret Christensen
Pa Greevins:
Reg Lye
Stiffy:
Grant Taylor
Miss McCowan:
Verna Kimmins
Mr Stevens:
Leonard Teale
Jean Holt:
Jannice Dinnen
Fred Jackson:
Brian Farley
Jimmy Goodwin:
Richard Pusey

Starring Maureen O'Hara, John Payne and Edmund Gwenn

Is there really a Santa Claus? This solemn question is treated in this film with plenty of humour in a heartwarming comedy set in New York's famous department store, Macy's.
(Christmas Films: pages 17-19)

Contributors

Director:
George Seaton
Doris Walker:
Maureen O'Hara
Fred Gailey:
John Payne
Kris Kringle:
Edmund Gwenn
Judge Henry X Harper:
Gene Lockhart
Susan:
Natalie Wood
Mr Sawyer:
Porter Hall
Charles Halloran:
William Frawley
Thomas Mara:
Jerome Cowan
Mr Shellhammer:
Philip Tonge
Dr Pierce:
James Seay
Mr Macy:
Harry Antrim
Mothers:
Thelma Ritter
Mothers:
Mary Field

by Ted Hughes

A nativity play with a difference. A fortune-teller tells the inn-keeper and his wife that three kings will visit them; but how do you recognise a king when you see one?

(Colour)

Contributors

Writer:
Ted Hughes
Designer:
Paul Munting
Director:
Daphne Jones
Executive Producer:
Anna Home
Fortune-teller:
Brian Peck
Innkeeper:
Harry Towb
His wife:
Alex Marshall
Priest:
Ferdy Mayne
Businessman:
Al Mancini
Police Inspector:
Bill Pertwee
Minstrel:
Sebastian Graham-Jones
Joseph:
Barry Wilsher
Mary:
Susannah Williams
First King:
Earl Cameron
Second King:
John Moore
Third King:
David Thomas

Bringing you news and views in your region tonight (including Regional Weather)
Presented by Michael Barratt, Frank Bough and Bob Wellings
(Regional details as Monday)

Contributors

Presenter:
Michael Barratt
Presenter:
Frank Bough
Presenter:
Bob Wellings

A new Western series
[Starring] Stewart Granger as Col Mackenzie, James Drury as The Virginian, Doug McClure as Trampas, Lee Majors as Roy Tate

Trampas encounters the incredible Valentine gang and hardly knows whether to laugh or gape at their audacity and guile.
(Colour)

Contributors

Col Mackenzie:
Stewart Granger
The Virginian:
James Drury
Trampas:
Doug McClure
Roy Tate:
Lee Majors
Captain Skeet:
Art Carney
Hoy Valentine:
Tom Ewell
Billy Valentine:
Jack Albertson
Corey Skeet:
Deborah Walley
Deputy Sheriff Jason:
Ben Cooper
Harv:
Gene Evans
Leroy:
Ed Faulkner
Hawkins:
George Chandler

from the Dunhill International Show Jumping Championships at Olympia, featuring tonight The Victor Ludorum for the Dunhill Trophy: The fourth and final night of these exciting and new Championships will bring together the top 24 riders who have qualified throughout the week's previous competitions.

(Colour)

Contributors

Commentator:
Dorian Williams
Commentator:
Raymond Brooks-Ward
Television Presentation:
Alan Mouncer
Television Presentation:
David Kenning

A special seasonal programme
Tony Davis, Mick Groves, Hugh Jones, and Cliff Hall celebrate the coming of Christmas together with 2,500 accompanying voices from Preston's new Guild Hall.
(from Manchester)
(Colour)

Contributors

Singer/Musician:
Tony Davis
Singer/Musician:
Mick Groves
Singer/Musician:
Hugh Jones
Singer/Musician:
Cliff Hall
Double-Bass Player:
Bill Brown
Producer:
Nick Hunter

[Starring] Brigitte Bardot, Jeanne Moreau
with George Hamilton

Viva Bardot! Viva Moreau! The 60s, and the spotlight swings from Hollywood to Europe with "Viva Maria", featuring France's two great screen goddesses of recent years.

(Christmas Films: pages 17-19)
(Colour)

Contributors

Director:
Louis Malle
Maria O'Malley (II):
Brigitte Bardot
Maria I:
Jeanne Moreau
Flores:
George Hamilton
Diogene:
Gregor von Rezzori
Madame Diogene:
Paulette Dubost
Rodolfo:
Claudio Brook
Rodriguez:
Carlos Lopez Moctezuma
Werther:
Poldo Bendandi
Father Superior:
Francisco Reiguera
Juanito:
Jonathan Eden
Janine:
Adrian Roel

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