9.38 Countdown. The Q game
10.0 Merry-go-Round: The Family
Who will care for the children when Mum has to go to hospital? Merry-go-Round explores the problem with the Baptiste family.
10.23 Exploring Science: Food
Introduced by Susan Calland. (Rpt)
11.6-11.15 Treffpunkt: Deutschland Arbeit
11.22 Music Time
KATHRYN HARRIES and PETER COMBE make musical preparations for a Christmas Journey.
Series producer JOHN HOSIER
11.45 General Studies
The Sickly Sea: 2
The programme evaluates the dangers of pollution, and analyses some of the political problems which prevent effective anti-pollution measures.
Produced by CHRISTOPHER RILEY
Weather MICHAEL FISH
with Donny MacLeod , Marian Foster
Jan Leeming and David Seymour including Ashley's Art Class with Ashley Jackson
Editor TERRY DOBSON
2.1 Words and Pictures
The Journey: a mouse sets off to drive to his mother's house.... Presenter HENRY WOOLF Puppet sequence ERIC MIVAL
Animation BURA AND HARDWICK Producer MOYRA GAMBLETON
2.18 Near and Far
Bars of Tin
2.40 Going to Work
The Electricity Industry
Told by BERNARD CRIBBINS
with Cyril Cusack
The Lazy Leprechaun by ROBIN CLOSE
Seamus O'Leary had no wish to spend the rest of his life amongst the Little People searching for the Crock of Gold at the end of the rainbow. So he set out for
England to look for adventure on the open road.
Today: Seamus Leaves Home
starring Rod Hull and Emu with Billy Dainty and Barbara New
EBC takes to the air with the final fun-packed programmes from Emu's very own television studio.
Devised and written by ROD HULL Designer RAY LANGHORN
Director HAZEL LEWTHWAITE
Producer PETER RIDSDALE scott BBC Manchester
with John Noakes, Peter Purves and Lesley Judd
Blue Peter Fourteenth Book, 11.25, from bookshops
with Angela Rippon ; Weatherman
Look North, South Today
Look East, Midlands Today
Points West, Spotlight South West present news and views in your region tonight. Then at 6.20
Britain's most popular current affairs programme presented by Frank Bough , Sue
Lawley Valerie Singleton , John Stapleton and Bob Wellings
Each weekday evening they present analysis of topical events plus features and films. including
Pigeonhole, with Richard Stilgoe
Producers RONALD NEIL , ANDREW TAUSSIG GORDON WATTS, HUGH WILLIAMS
Deputy editor STUART WILKINSON Editor JOHN GAU
Starring James Garner
About to set off for a carefree day's fishing, Jim and Rocky are landed with an appealing nine-year-old girl looking for her father. It's hardly surprising that they get hooked but there are some very deadly predators also after the bait.
with Angela Rippon Weather
starring
Cliff Robertson
Robert Duvall
One of the most violent chapters in American outlaw history is vividly portrayed in this reconstruction of the last raid by the James-Younger gang.
After hearing that a promised amnesty is not to be granted to them, the famous bandit brothers - Cole and Bob Younger , and Frank and Jesse James-decide on a final bank raid. They intend it to be without violence but fate has other plans ...
Written and directed by PHILIP KAUFMAN Films: page 17
(First showing on British television)
The Prime Minister
The Rt Hon James Callaghan , MP attends this traditional annual occasion and replies to the toast to Her Majesty's Ministers. The new Lord Mayor, Air Commodore
The Hon Sir Peter Vanneck welcomes over 700 distinguished guests to London's Guildhall. Introduced by MICHAEL COLE
Outside broadcast produced by JOHN VERNON
