Told by BERNARD CRIBBINS
by Ursula Moray Williams
with Gwen Watford
Henrietta, Charles, Peregrine and Lucinda arrive on their first visit to Grandpapa's magnificent new country house. At the same moment, a woodworm bookworm is travelling to Grandpapa's new library....
The Sun's daughter has been stolen by Frost and nothing is growing on earth. A hunter goes on a long and adventurous journey to rescue her.
Part 2
Story told by GARY WATSON
The classic serial in 12 episodes 7: The Land of the Dead
with Joan O'Brien , Gary Lockwood
Freelance pilots Mike Edwards and Danny Burke , broke and without a plane, find themselves in Seattle at the time of the World's Fair. Here Mike soon gets himself involved with two girls.
Directed by NORMAN TAUROG
Weather MICHAEL FISH
In this documentary Hugh Burnett looks at some of the evidence, eyewitness accounts and opinions which suggest either that Loch Ness is the world's most amazing natural aquarium or that it is just another Scottish loch haunted by the legend of the water horse of folk lore.
Day Begins
The feature film starring Teddy Eccles, Theodore Bikel
Thirteen-year-old aspiring botanist Sam Gribley decides to leave home and emulate his hero Thoreau by living alone for a year in the woods of the Canadian mountains. Accompanied by his pet raccoon Gus, he boards an Eastbound bus out of Toronto.
Ollie is in hospital but a visit from Stan is definitely not what the doctor ordered.
A Hal Roach film.
A cartoon about a character with a highly individual life-style.
with Rosemary Leach A Year and a Day by WILLIAM MAYNE
Today: The Saracens
with John Noakes, Peter Purves and Lesley Judd
Relive Blue Peter's highlights of 1977 as John climbs to the top of Nelson's Column. Spot the disappearing cats and listen to James Galway's double tin whistles and the Vicar who sounds like a train. Fly over Brazil's mighty Iguacu Falls and sail in a force nine gale with Clare Francis.
Kenneth Kendall ; Weatherman
All other English Regions: Regional News
by MARK TWAIN
Dramatised in two parts by RICHARD HARRIS
King Henry VIII of England is dying. The heir to the throne, the boy Prince Edward, meets by chance a pauper's son, Tom Canty. The two boys look exactly alike and Edward decides they will change places for one hour, but unfortunately things go wrong ... Part 1
Directed by BARRY LETTS
During the past six weeks, 40 top international personalities from over 20 different sports have met in sporting competition - each with the one aim of becoming the Sporting Superstar of Europe for 1977. The Final from Rotterdam
The contenders:
From Great Britain: double international in rugby union and rugby league
Keith Fielding
From France: eleven-times French judo champion and bronze medallist at the Munich Olympics Jean-Paul Coche and four times their pole-vault champion and finalist in the past two Olympics
Francois Tracanelli
From Belgium: their star volley-ball player with 275 international appearances Roger Maes
From Holland: their top hockey player Ties Kruize and former world champion at speed skating
Hans Van Helden
From Spain: silver medallist in canoeing at the Montreal Olympics
Herminio Menendez
From Switzerland: the world cyclo-cross champion in 1976 and 1977 Albert Zweifel
Produced in association with Trans World International and Candid Productions Inc.
with Kenneth Kendall ; Weather
starring
Part 2
Richard Monckton has pledged that his will be ' a presidency of all the people', but immediately following his inauguration White House doors begin to close, sealing off the President from all but his closest aides. As Chief of Staff, Frank Flaherty creates an atmosphere of fear and insecurity among the staff and exercises dictatorial control over all.
Young White House staff members Adam Gardiner , Hank Ferris and Roger Castle begin their careers in government, each with different hopes and ambitions.
starring
Julia McKenzie , Elizabeth Seal Teddy Green and David Kernan
Introduced and narrated at the piano by the composer and Hollywood film producer Arthur Schwartz
'They Didn't Believe Me', 'Ole Man River ', ' I Won't Dance ', ' A Fine Romance', 'Look for the Silver Lining ', Smoke gets in Your Eyes', 'All the Things You Are'.
A cast of singers and dancers and a 30-piece session band get together in an informal appreciation of the many flawless melodies of a master composer of theatre music. Jerome Kern (1885-1945) was the father-figure of American popular composers whose song ' They Didn't Believe Me ', written in 1914, influenced them all and set America on the path away from imported European operetta. Dancers: CHRISTINE CARLSON
JANE DARLING , CAROLYNN HAMILTON
HARRY HIGHAM
GERARD HUNT , BRYAN PAYNE
THE MIKE SAMMES SINGERS DON LUSHER (trombone) Pianist and arranger
DENNIS WILSON
Musical director RONNIE HAZLEHURST Choreography GILLIAN GREGORY Script associate BENNY GREEN Lighting ROBBIE ROBINSON Sound LEN SHOREY
Designer STEPHEN BROWNSEY Director RON ISTED
Producer KENNETH CORDEN
A feature film starring Fred MacMurray Barbara Stanwyck
Edward G. Robinson
A corruptible insurance salesman and the ruthless wife of a wealthy customer plan the perfect fraud - and the perfect murder.
Director BILLY WILDER