Introduced by CARMEN MUNRO Rainy Day

In 12 episodes, starring
Buster Crabbe as Buck Rogers 3: The Enemy's Stronghold

starring
Guest stars
Beyond the Mountain

The feature film starring Victor Mature, Susan Hayward, Barry Jones, Jay Robinson

In a Rome ruled by the crazed Emperor Caligula and the whims of Claudius's wife, Messalina, Demetrius finds his faith in Christianity being increasingly undermined.

Films: pp 16-17

Introduced by Frank Bough
12.15*
Rugby League from Headingley, Leeds
Leeds v Wakefield Trinity
A traditional holiday fixture between these local rivals which always provides an entertaining game. Leeds, the Challenge Cup
I holders, face a difficult task against
Wakefield who, with some signings from Rugby Union, have been having their best season for several years.
Commentator EDDIE WARING

Bob Wilson looks at the important Boxing Day fixtures affecting the Football League.
Five races from two of the major meetings of the holiday period.
1.10; 1.40; 2.10* Racing from Kempton Park
1.15 G. J. Novice Hurdle Race (2m)
1.45 William Hill Christmas Hurdle Race (2m)
2.20 King George VI 'Chase (3m) Gold Cup winner Midnight Court faces the top steeplechasers from Britain and Ireland for this prestigious mid-season prize worth over £15.000 to the winner
Commentators PETER O'SULLEVAN and RICHARD PITMAN
1.25; 1.55*
Racing from Wincanton
1.30 Joe Coral Handicap Steeplechase (2m 5f)
2.0 Joe Coral Golden Hurdle Qualifying Race (Handicap) (22m) Commentators JULIAN WILSON and JOHN HANMER
Television presentation:
Football FOCUS MIKE Ml'RPHT Rugby League NICK HUNTER Racing from Kempton Park DENNIS MONGER
Racing from Wincanton BOB DUNCAN
Grandstund producer MARTIN HOPKINS Editor HAROLD ANDERSON

Comedy and magic are the ingredients of this traditional Christmas visit to the world of Walt Disney films.
Introduced by Paul Daniels Films include:
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Fantasia
Return from Witch Mountain Alice in Wonderland Pete's Dragon
Cat from Outer Space Sword in the Stone Sleeping Beauty
Presented by RICHARD EVANS

with Jimmy Savile, OBE
Emma [name removed] meets the real James Herriot and becomes a vet for a day. Magnus Pyke describes a lunar eclipse with his hands tied behind his back. These are two of Jim's many 'fixes' for this special Boxing Day edition.

with Peter Woods ; Weatherman

with Magnus Magnusson
The Mastermind title and trophy are now within the reach of four worthy contenders, who meet tonight in competition at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. ROBERT GLEESON, bookseller Westminster Abbey
NEIL WRIGHT , medical laboratory scientist: Julius Caesar DAVID MCKIBBIN , teacher
History of professional boxing BEST RUNNER-UP
Director PETER M4SSEY Producer BILL WRIGHT

with Peter Woods ; Weather

The feature film starring Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider.

Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle, a relentlessly tough New York policeman, becomes obsessed with the breaking of a narcotics ring operating between Marseilles and America, and in his pursuit of the truth gradually finds himself at odds with both criminals and his superiors.

This exciting police story was shot with almost documentary realism on Brooklyn streets, and, apart from the vividness of Hackman's portrayal, contains a car chase that has never been surpassed for virtuosity or excitement.

(First showing on British television) Films: pages 16-17

by Roy Clarke
starring Bill Owen, Peter Sallis , Brian Wilde
with John Comer, Jane Freeman, Kathy Staff, Joe Gladwin