by Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate with music by Sandra Kerr and John Faulkner

Bagpuss, an old cloth cat.
(Repeat)

A film cartoon series

New comedy adventures of the enchanting Samantha and her mere mortal husband Darrin starring Elizabeth Montgomery as Samantha Dick York as Darrin Agnes Moorehead as Endora

Today: Weep No More My Willow
Samantha can't cut out the sob stuff!

A feature film starring Luke Halpin, Pamela Franklin, Tom Helmore and Flipper

Threatened with being parted from his pet dolphin, Flipper, young Sandy runs away to a remote island where he hopes they will never be found.
Films: pages 16-17

A MACK SENNETT comedy

Introduced by Frank Bough
12.20*
Football Focus
BOB WILSON introduces the last Football Focus of 1975, with action, personalities, and the latest news of today's matches.
12.40, 1.10, 1.35, 2.20* Racing from Kempton
12.45 Kenton Handicap 'Chase (21m)
1.15 Egham Novices' Hurdle (2m)
1.45 Ladbroke Finale 'Chase (Handicap. 3m)
2.20 Ladbroke Spot Ball Handicap Hurdle (3m)
Commentators PETER O'SULLEVAN
JULIAN WILSON , RICHARD PITMAN and at 1.55* from Leopardstown
2.5 The Irish Sweeps Hurdle
Champion hurdler Comedy of Errors clashes with the new Irish star, Bannow Rambler , in a bid to win Ireland's most valuable hurdle race for the third successive year.
Commentator MICHAEL O'HEHIR
12.55, 1.25, 2.40*
Motor Racing from Brands Hatch
This traditional Christmas meeting features a mixture of Formula Ford, Formula Libre and saloon car racing.
Commentator MURRAY WALKER
Today's Timetable
12.20 Football Focus; 12.40 Racing
12.55 Motor Racing; 1.10 Racing
1.25 Motor Racing; 1.35 Racing
1.55 Irish Sweeps Hurdle; 2.20 Racing
2.40 Motor Racing
• Timings may be changed by events Television presentation:
Football Focus TERRY LONG Racing DENNIS MONGER
Motor Racing RICHARD TILLING
Irish Sweeps Hurdle IRISH TV SERVICE Grandstand producer BRIAN VENNER Editor ALAN HART

by Terry Nation.
A complete adventure in one programme starring Tom Baker.
The Time Lords have a mission for the Doctor. He finds himself stranded on Skaro - the planet of the Daleks where a war of attrition is reaching its bitter final stages.

Introduced by Roy North with RUTH KETTLEWELL
ERIK CHITTY , DAVID MORTON
MAURICE QUICK, FRAN FULLENWIDER and special guests
Donny and Marie Osmond
Script GEORGE MARTIN
Music THE BERT HAYES SEXTET Designer DAVID CROZIER DirectorBRIAN PENDERS
Producer ROBIN NASH. BBC Birmingham

Frank Bough : classified results

Weather MICHAEL FISH

Cliff Richard presents the first of a new series featuring new artists, new songs, new talents and new friends.

starring Spencer Tracy and Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Jimmy Durante, Buddy Hackett, Ethel Merman, Mickey Rooney, Dick Shawn, Phil Silvers
Terry-Thomas, Jonathan Winters.
This comedy is about a group of crooks in pursuit of the loot of bank robber Smiler Grogan. A mammoth spectacular farce which features every conceivable comedy situation and slapstick joke ever perpetrated on the screen.
Director Stanley Kramer Films; pp 16-17

From the triumphs of a world tour, this superbly talented artist arrives for another high-flying television special.
Tonight Shirley sings many of her famous hits together with a selection of new songs.
Orchestra conducted by ARTHUR GREENSLADE
Choreographer NIGEL LYTHGOE
Costume designer NICHOLAS ROCKER Sound HUGH BARKER
Lighting DICKIE HIGHAM Designer TONY ABBOTT
Producer STEWART MORRIS

Another episode starring a tough cop with a tough job in a tough town - New York.

with Richard Baker Weather

The words and music of one of the most successful singer-songwriters of our age starring Paul Simon including a guest appearance by Art Garfunkel

Paul performs many of the greatest hits from the Simon and Garfunkel era as well as songs from his latest album in a special programme for Christmas
with the Jesse Dixon Singers

BBC Bristol

Muhammad Ali (the Champion) v Joe Frazier (the former Champion) for the Heavyweight Championship of the World
Billed as 'the thrilla in Manila' and 'the saga of our lifetime,' the meeting completely justified its pre-match publicity.
Harry Carpenter, who was at the ringside in the Philippines in October, introduces a complete recording of Ali's finest victory.