A film cartoon series.
Starring Mike Hope and Albie Keen with Jennifer Hill and special guests Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band
Each week Mike and Albie will be taking a light-hearted look at a different subject. In this Christmas show, you'll see Mike and Albie as Ugly Sisters, join them on a spy-packed adventure serial -and you'll meet the zany Whoopee Band. It's Christmas Crackers all right!
The Royal Institution Annual Christmas Lectures to Young People by David Attenborough
David Attenborough continues his lecture by showing how animals say 'Look out, there's danger.'
Speed Buggy is the 'pet' of engineer Tinker and his pals Mark and Debbie.
Told by Richard Briers
In the aftermath of a violent storm, Captain Kirk is charged with causing the death of a missing officer through cowardice; but, as the investigation proceeds, a more sinister motive emerges.
His version of events is at variance with the record, his word against the computer-and the computer never lies!
(Thursday: Cat's Paw)
Forty boys and girls from ten countries meet for the first time to work and play together for a summer month, without the help of a common language. They're all 11 - old enough to travel from the ends of the earth, yet young enough not to know or care about race prejudice.
They talked to Harold Williamson about why grown-up foreigners don't always like each other; about England's heritage and her fish and chips.
Turning the clock back a hundred years, Bob Langley, Donny Macleod, David Seymour, Marian Foster, Ken Hutchings and Roy Hudd present the songs, comedy, food, games and customs of a Victorian Family Christmas.
starring The Mitchell Minstrels featuring TED DARLING
LES RAWLINGS, LES WANT KARL SCOTT , JANE MARLOW
ELSPETH HANDS, DOROTHY OGDEN and THE MONARCHS: ERIC and CEDRIC
THE TELEVISION TOPPERS
Choreography by FRED PETERS
Vocal arrangements by GEORGE MITCHELL Orchestrations by ALAN BRISTOW
Orchestra (leader STAN RODERICK ) conducted by GEORGE MITCHELL , ALAN BRISTOW Designer PETER BRACHACKI Producer ERNEST MAXIN
A film starring Elizabeth Taylor, Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp
Velvet Brown wins a hunter in a raffle and determines to turn him into a champion race-horse with the help of her young friend Mi.
Holiday Films: pages 17 and 18
Music and song with Christmas in mind, starring Diane Solomon with special guests Spike Milligan, Demis Roussos, Arthur Negus
(Bristol)
featuring
Michael Aspel, Jacqueline Clarke, Dana, Peter Glaze
The Goodies, Barrie Gosney
Derek Griffiths, Deryck Guyler, Jan Hunt, Don Maclean
Pan's People, Ed Stewart, Richard Wattis
Music BERT HAYES AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Script BOB HEDLEY and TONY HARE Make-up JACQUIE JEFFERIES Costume PENNY LOWE Sound HUGH BARKER
Lighting PETER WESSON
Designer RICHARD MORRIS Producer ROBIN NASH
Richard Whitmore; Weatherman
(London only. English regions except London: Regional News)
A film starring
Peter Finch , James MacArthur
After his father's death, young David Balfour leaves home with a letter to his unknown uncle Ebenezer. It is to lead him into peril on both land and sea and the company of a bonny fighter and staunch friend.
Based on the book by R. L. STEVENSON Written, directed by ROBERT STEVENSON Holiday Films: pages 17 and 18
starring Dick Emery
Written by JOHN WARREN and JOHN SINGER With PAT COOMBS
MICHAEL NAPIER BROWN
GEOFFREY CHATER , GORDON CLYDE ROBERT DORNING , HELEN FRASER REG LYE , ELLA MILNE VICTOR MADDERN
Designer ROBIN TARSNANE
Executive producer JOHN AMMONDI Producer HAROLD SNOAD
A film starring Rock Hudson
with Ernest Borgnine, Patrick McGoohan, Tony Bill, Lloyd Nolan
Alistair MacLean's exciting Arctic adventure. The race to reach Station Zebra starts when a secret film capsule from a Russian space craft falls nearby.
Lost in the vastness of the polar icecap, the tiny British base becomes the unlikely setting for a sub-zero super power confrontation.
Holiday Films: pages 17 and 18
with Richard Whitmore and the BBC's reporters and correspondents around the world Weather
Family Eucharist from the parish church of Hale, St Peter , Cheshire. Celebrant REV DON LEWIS Organist and choirmaster DUNCAN EYRE
Presented for television by STEWART CROSS
