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The Star of Bethlehem bestows the gift of speech on the animals of the Stable
A cartoon film produced by David Gerber with music by Sammy Cahn

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Including scenes from Way Out West, Swiss Miss and Blockheads.

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Introduced by Frank Bough

12.45* Football Preview
Introduced by Sam Leitch

1.0* Olympic Review
The highlights and personalities of the 1972 Olympic Games in Sapporo and Munich, including:
From the Summer Games:
Olga Korbut, Valeri Borzov, Lasse Viren, Mark Spitz, Mary Peters...
From the Winter Games:
Janet Lynn, Ard Schenk, Marie-Therese Nadig, Yukio Kasaya...

2.20* International Show Jumping from Olympia: The Dunhill International
Show Jumping Championships
Excitement and nostalgia from the magnificent Olympia arena which has not been used for show jumping since 1939.

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says Basil Brush in his Christmas show featuring Derek Fowlds and guests Maina Gielgud, Eric Bramall and his Puppets
Written by George Martin

(Maina Gielgud appears by arrangement with London Festival Ballet Company)
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Including classified football and rugby results and reports
Introduced by Frank Bough
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Some of the highlights of the 40th Anniversary Gang Show televised from the stage of the Odeon Theatre, Golders Green, in the presence of HM The Queen, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh
Introduced by Ken Dodd with a cast of 150 Scouts and Guides

Interviews with former members of the 'Gang Show' and the Scout movement, including: Dick Emery, Brian Johnston, David Lodge, Graham Stark
Written and produced by Ralph Reader

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Weatherman Bert Foord
Today's Sport
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On TV for the first time, two of Chaplin's famous comedies, with music composed by Charlie.

Shoulder Arms
Charlie, as a raw recruit in World War I, dreams of the adventures that await him at the front.

The Pilgrim
Charlie, as an escaped prisoner, becomes a respected man of God for a few hilarious hours.

Written and directed by Charles Chaplin
(The clown of the century: pp 16-17)

with guest stars Ann Howard, Harry Friedauer, The King's Singers
and featuring Julian Orchard

(Julian Orchard is in 'Babes in the Wood' at the London Palladium)
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starring John Wayne, Kirk Douglas
with Howard Keel, Robert Walker, Keenan Wynn, Bruce Cabot, Joanna Barnes

Taw Jackson sets about taking revenge on Pierce, the man who put him in prison. But he must first capture Pierce's horse-drawn steel fortress - the war wagon.
(Christmas Films: pages 17-19)
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with Kenneth Kendall; Weather
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In a programme specially recorded for Christmas week
Michael Parkinson talks to Bing Crosby
'It's been great to appear on British television for all the friends I've had here for so many years. I've never seen a following as loyal as they are and I'm grateful for it.'

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