with Noel Edmonds
Noel, John, Keith and Maggie will be getting their stockings out.How are your Christmas preparations? Give us a ring and let us know on [number removed]- or drop us a line.
Swaporama with Keith Chegwin: Where is he today? Find out this morning at his special Singorama! Join in wherever you are with Maggie Philbin as well, and the town band from ???? for a good, loud Christmas singalong - and if you happen to be passing ???? - don't forget to bring your swap.
9.45* Calling Cartoon Control, is Huckleberry Hound around? Yes! Jolly Roger and out!
Magic and mystery with John Salisse. Pit your wits against this magician - and if you don't know any tricks, you will do by the end of the morning!
There's a chance to see a bit of Sleeping Beauty this morning, but it could be a Catastrophe - if the phones go wrong! Find out why.
11.0* Gather round the dustbins for a get-together with Boss Cat!
News Swap with John Craven. Who will be Stringer of the Week? Find out and... just a minute! Something peculiar is going to happen to John Craven...
It's Cliff Richard. He'll be here this morning for a chat and a swap - give him a ring on [number removed] and wish him a Merry Christmas!
Get your last-minute shopping done before this morning and then settle down to enjoy the last Swapping Day before Christmas. Lines open at 9.30 am and the post box is open all day and every day for anything you want to write to us about, at: Multi-Coloured Swap Shop, [address removed].
Thanks to everyone who's sent us Christmas cards! They'll all be in the Swap Shop somewhere, so watch out for yours!

12.13 pm Weather Jack Scott

Introduced by Frank Bough
12.20*
Football Focus
BOB WILSON looks forward to the pre-Christmas football fixtures.
12.50; 1.20; 1.50*
Racing from Chepstow
1.0 Tom Caxtun Home Brew Handicap (Qualifier. 2m)
1.30 The Finale Junior Hurdle (2m)
2.0 The Panama Cigar Hurdle Race (Qualifying Race. 2m)
Commentators PETER O'SULLEVAN
JULIAN WILSON and RICHARD PITMAN
1.10*
International
Cyclo-Cross from The Eastway Circuit in the Lea Valley Park
The Halfords Grand Prix
Riders from five countries cover ten laps of a fast, tough 1 3/4-mile course. Britain's hopes were 20-year-old National Champion CHRIS WREGHlTT and experienced professionals JOHN ATKINS and KEITH
MERNICKLE.
Commentator BARRY DAVIES
1.40; 2.35*
Swimming from The Derby Baths, Blackpool
The Cadbury's Dairy Milk Club Championship of Great Britain
This is a new event to find the leading swimming club. Over 40 teams have been whittled down to the select eight who will swim off for the first prize of E500. Commentators
ALAN WEEKS, HAMILTON BLAND
2.10*
International Modern
Pentathlon from the National Sports Centre, Crystal Palace
Imperial Leather Champion of Champions
For the first time ever the five events of the Modern Pentathlon - shooting, fencing, riding, swimming and running- are contested in one day by a dozen of the world's best athletes. The two men who have dominated every World and Olympic Pentathlon since 1973, PAVEL LEDNEV of the Soviet Union, and JANUSZ PYCIAK-PECIAK of Poland, head a world class entry which includes Britain's DANNY NIGHTINGALE and NIGEL CLARK.
Today's timetable
12.20 Football Focus: 12.50 Racing
1.10 CycioCross; 1.20 Racing
1.40 Swimming: 1.54 Racing
2.10 Modern Pentathlon 2.35 Swimming
• Timings are subject to alteration Television presentation:
Football Focus MIKE MURPHY Racing RICHARD T)LLING Cyclo-CrossTERRY LONG
Swimming JOHNNIE WATHERSTON Modern Pentathlon
CHATSWORTH FILM PRODUCTIONS
Grandstand producer MARTIN HOPKINS Editor HAROLD ANDERSON

Three famous families from sport in a contest to test their all-round sporting ability and knowledge. Mother, Father and two children from the Bobby Charlton. Robbie Brightwell and Brian Close families compete for the A.G. Barr trophy and a first prize of 11.000 in ten different sports from volley ball to cycling, shot putting to swimming as well as some questions to discover the families' sporting knowledge.
Introduced from the Oval Sports Centre. Bebington, by Peter Alliss and Richard Duckenfield Guests Daley Thompson
Hugh Porter , Bobby McGregor and Judy Hashman
Quizmaster Ann Jones
Director GEOFF WILSON
Producers NICK HUNTER, HAZEL LEWTHWAITE BBC Manchester

A film series starring Lynda Carter as Diana Prince and Wonder Woman and Lyle Waggoner as Maj Steve Trevor
Today: Diana's Disappearing Act
The sinister Count Cagliostro, master of occult, sees something in a picture of Diana which makes her the subject of his magic.
Written by s. s. SCHWEITZER Directed by MIKE CAFFEY

Tom and Jerry playing cat and mouse.

with Angela Rippon ; Weatherman
5.35 Sport/Regional News

with Howard Williams and Len Lowe Special guests David Nixon
Deryck Guyler and Richard Baker
With FRAN FULLENWIDER and THE NIGEL BROOKS SINGERS
Music by THE BERT HAYES ORCHESTRA Designer CYNTHIA KLJUCO Director PAUL CIANI
Producer JIM FRANKLIN

starring Syd Little and Eddie Large special guest star Cliff Richard with DANA GILLESPIE , BERNI FLINT GEOFF RICHER'S FIRST EDITION
Written by EDDIE BRABEN , ERIC DAVIDSON With RON MCDONNELL and TERRY RAVENSCROFT Choreography GEOFFREY RICHER
RONNIE HAZLEHURST AND HIS ORCHESTRA Vocal backing
THE MAGGIE STREDDER SINGERS
Costume designer LINDA MARTIN Sound KEITH GUNN
Lighting BILL MILLAR Designer ANNA RIDLEY
Producer MICHAEL HURLL

A feature film starring Martin Balsam as Admiral Kimmel, Joseph Cotten as Henry L. Stimson, E.G. Marshall as Lt-Col Bratton, James Whitmore as Admiral Halsey, Jason Robards as General Short, Tatsuya Mihashi a Cmdr Genda, Takahiro Tamura as Lt-Cmdr Fuchida, Eijiro Tono as Admiral Nagumo, Koreya Senda as Prince Konoye

Tora! Tora! Tora! (Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! in Japanese), was the code signal flashed by the Japanese squadron leader to his carrier signifying the success of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbour.
With events seen from both sides as they happened, this spectacular film tells the story.

Films, pp 16-17

with Angela Rippon ; Weather

For nearly 15 years, the Bing Crosby Christmas Shows were a memorable part of American TV's Yuletide celebrations.
Tonight we join the Crosby family as they take a nostalgic took back at the warmth, the humour and the music of some of these shows. starring Fred Astaire, David Bowie, Jackie Gleason, Robert Goulet, Michael Landon and Connie Stevens.