Mr Curry Takes a Bath

with Arthur Lowe
Joan Aiken Short Stories
Today: The True History of Good King Wenceslas
Pictures by PETER RUSH

A programme for children

(Repeat)

The classic serial in 12 episodes 4: The Sky Patrol

starring
The Children of the Gods

Introduced by Ronald Harwood

What are you going to do with that Christmas Book Token?
Michele Dotrice - Betty Spencer from Some Mothers do 'Ave 'Em, Christopher Timothy - James Herriot from All Creatures Great and Small, and author Bernard Ashley join children in the studio to talk about books.
Shirley Hughes will be there to draw some pictures.
Kenny Everett will set a quiz - with book token prizes for six lucky winners.
With children from CORSHAM COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL, CORSHAM; ENGLISH MARTYRS' RC COMBINED SCHOOL, RUGBY; ETON COLLEGE, ETON; HOLLAND PARK SCHOOL, LONDON; PIMLICO SECONDARY SCHOOL, LONDON; SPURLEY HEY HIGH SCHOOL, MANCHESTER.

Weather JACK SCOTT

Introduced by Tony Gubba
Four races from today's meetings Racing from
Kempton Park
1.15 Feltham Novice 'Chase (3m)
1.45 Ladbroke Finale Steeplechase (Handicap) (2m)
2.20 Ladbroke Betcha Hurdle Race (Qualifier) (2m)
Commentators PETER O'SULLEVAN
JULIAN WILSON , RICHARD PITMAN Racing from
Leopardstown
2.5 Irish Sweeps Hurdle (2m)
The tenth running of Ireland's richest hurdle race which British challengers have already won seven times.
Commentator MICHAEL O'HEHIR
1.25*
Trampolining from Huddersfield Sports Centre
The Butlins Multi-Sports Festival provided the setting for an international match between the top British trampolinists STEWART MATTHEWS and SUE LANE against the top French pair FRANK BARDI and MARIE-FRANCE RICARD.
Commentator PAT THORNTON
Television presentation:
Racing from Kempton Park DENNIS MON(;ER
Racing from Leopardstown RTE Trampolining JIM RESIDE
Grandstand producer MARTIN HOPKINS. Editor HAROLD ANDERSON

Story: Noah's Ark by TREVOR BLAKEMORE Presenters
Sarah Long , Don Spencer

Medicine Avenue

with Timothy Davies
The Last of the Dragons by E. NESBIT
Every well-brought-up Prince was expected to kill a dragon and rescue a Princess. The trouble was, that when the King of Cornwall's daughter became 16, there was only one dragon left. pictures by JAN BRYCHTA

at Christmas
Mole invites his friend, the mouse, for Christmas dinner.

goes to the Music-hall for a feast of song and dance, and a chance to see some of your favourite presenters in very unusual roles. Introduced by Roy Castle with Brian Cant , Keith Chegwin Bernie Clifton , Jonathan Cohen John Craven , Sam Dale
Simon Groom , Maggie Henderson Jan Hunt , Lesley Judd , Susan King Carol Leader, Lucy Mathen
Stuart McGugan , John Noakes Maggie Philbin , Peter Purves
Julie Stevens , Christopher Wenner David Wood and Norris McWhirter
Musical arrangements
FRANK BARBER , JOHNNY COLEMAN JOHNNY PEARSON , DEREK WARNE
Steel band adviser RUSSELL HENDERSON Musical director JOHNNY PEARSON Choreography SALLY GILPIN Lighting CLIVE THOMAS Sound ADRIAN STOCKS Designer KEN STARKEY Producer ALAN RUSSELL

with Richard Baker ; Weatherman

The Christmas favourite starring Judy Garland with Frank Morgan , Ray Bolger Bert Lahr , Jack Haley
Dorothy, a little girl living on a farm in Kansas, dreams of a fairytale world ' somewhere over the rainbow'. Then one day a cyclone hits the farm and soon Dorothy finds herself transported to the wonderful land of Oz.
Screenplay by NOEL LANGLEY . FLORENCE RYERSON and EDGAR ALLEN WOOLF
Based on the book by FRANK L. BAUM
Songs by E. Y. HARBURG. and HAROLD ARLEN Produced by MERVYN LE ROY Director VICTOR FLEMING Films: pages 16-17

It's a time for music - and comedy -when VAL invites some top international guests to join him for a special Christmas celebration with Kelly Monteith from Los Angeles Stephane Grappelli from Paris and introducing
Janie Fricke from Nashville also featuring
Laurie Holloway
The Diz Dizley Trio and the NIGEL LYTHGOE DANCERS THE TONY HAYES SINGERS
Musical director RONNIE HAZLEHURST Musical associate ROGER RICHARDS Special material
CIRIS ALLEN and VAL DOONICAN
Costume designer JOHN PEACOCK Sound LARRY GOODSON Lighting BILL MILLAR Designer
MARTIN COLLINS
Production YVONNE LITTLEWOOD

with Richard Baker Weather

The first of three British comedies for the Christmas Holiday starring
and members of the Carry On team. Sidney Fiddler bullies the town council of Fircombe, a seaside resort, into staging a beauty contest - persuading them that it will be a marvellous publicity stunt. Naturally, complications abound in this typical - the 25th - comedy in the Carry On series.
Screenplay by TALBOT ROTHWELL Produced by PETER ROGERS Directed by GERALD THOMAS (First showing on British television) Films: pages 16-17

A personal selection by Barry Norman
Is Close Encounters of the Third Kind the best film of 1978? What about Midnight Express? Is Bunuel's That Obscure Object of Desire the best foreign film? Is John Travolta 's Saturday Night Fever a contender?
Assistant producer MARGARET SHARP Producer BARRY BROWN

starring
Here a Spy, There a Spy
British test pilot Colonel Barring-ton-Stone sells classified blueprints to a foreign power and commits murder to cover up.
Harry's intervention as a secret service agent brings the redoubtable Carter Shelby , Head of British Intelligence, on to his own track.