Topical events

with MARIAN FOSTER
DAVID SEYMOUR and DONNY MACLEOD Collectors' Corner with Arthur Negus and a chat with today's Weatherman GRAHAM FARKER at 1.30

The Wizard Who Spat on the Floor
THOMAS ALVA EDISON was perhaps the most creative inventor in the history of mankind. Edison was the incarnation of the All-American Dream. The country boy who made good. He made invention a commercial proposition, changed the course of science and made a decisive contribution to how we all live today. Narrator CLIVE SWIFT
Written and directed with distinction
(THE GUARDIAN)
Editor PETER GOODCHILD Producer ROBERT VAS

with Thora Hird
Bill Tidy , Mike Harding Dave, June and Sam Brian Fitzgerald and Stuart talking to collectors and cooks
Producer DOUGLAS BOYD
(Thora Hird is in ' No. No, Nanette! at Drury Lane Theatre, London)

Alfred Marks with more memories and anecdotes.
Producer JOHN LONGLEY

A programme for children under 5

by Oliver Postgate
The Clangers' caves are sweetly lit but Small Clanger is too inquisitive.

with Elaine Stritch
The Christmas Bower by TOLLY REDFORD
Today: The Best Christmas Ever
Pictures by QUENTIN BLAKE Adapted and directed by ANGELA BEECHING
Executive producer ANNA HOME

Valerie Singleton presents a personal report on some happenings today and yesterday in six capital cities of Europe.
5: The City of London
Val meets the Pearly King and the Lord Mayor of the City, which has been called ' the richest square mile in the world.'
Producer EDWARD BARNES
Director PETER RIDSDALE SCOTT

by Elisabeth Beresford
Told by Bernard Cribbins

with Richard Baker Weather

Bringing you news and views in your region tonight (including Regional Weather)
Presented by Michael Barratt, Frank Bough, Bob Wellings and Sue Lawley
with Sport on Friday: Jimmy Hill looks ahead to the weekend and spotlights the major sporting events.
(Regional details as Monday)

starring
David Frost
Written by EDDIE BRABEN featuring
Graham Stark with Julia McKenzie , Brenda Arnau, Bill Pertwee , Roger Kitter
Henry Woolf , Alison Steadman David Casey
International musical guests: Dionne Warwicke
Ray Conniff, his Orchestra and Chorus
The New Seekers The Cover Girls
Tonight, David Frost turns the pages of the first edition of his new television magazine - his all-comedy show which includes regular features of music, song and dance.
Choreographer NIGEL LYTHGOE
Musical director RONNIE HAZLEHURST
Lighting PETER SMEE
Sound LARRY GOODSON Costumes PAULA BRUCE
Design JOHN BURROWES
Producer MICHAEL HURLL

with Richard Baker and Richard Whitmore and the BBC's reporters and correspondents around the world Weather

... goes to Israel with David Dimbleby
An Israeli audience remember war and talk of peace.
Producer ANTONY ROUSE

and Weekend Weather

A film series starring
Raymond Burr as Robert Ironside with Don Galloway as Det-Sgt Brown Don Mitchell as Mark Sanger and Elizabeth Baur as Officer Fran Belding with guest stars Vera Miles Brandon de Wilde
In the Line of Duty
A policeman on routine night duty is murdered. Ironside grimly investigates the mystery killing of his friend, Sergeant Jack Campbell - and finds that some of the facts just do not add up. For one thing, why did Campbell go out alone in the two-man patrol car that night?