Weather Jim Bacon

with DONNY MACLEOD
MARIAN FOSTER
BOB LANGLEY and BOB HALL
Today's programme includes
Family Matters - Dr David Delvin , Pat Petch and Vincent Duggleby discuss and offer advice on legal, financial and medical matters affecting every household.
Editor JIM DUMIGHAN BBC Birmingham

Bagpuss, an old cloth cat, lives with his friends in the window of Emily's shop ... where anything can happen.

Learning Welsh
(English transmitters only. First shown on BBC Cymru/Wales)

A programme for children under 5

Ship of Spies
Secret Squirrel and his assistant Morocco Mole uncover villains in fountain pens and potted plants while pursuing their role of super secret agents,

with Spike Milligan
Help! I'm a Prisoner in a Toothpaste Factory by JOHN ANTROBUS
Part 1: One morning, when Ronnie is brushing his teeth, a message appears in the toothpaste - it says: ' Help ! I'm a prisoner in a toothpaste factory.'

with Roy Castle , Norris McWhirter explores the first - fastest -highest - heaviest - strongest - smallest - laziest - anything or anyone with a place in the record books.
In Hawaii Roy attempts to visit the wettest place on earth. Norris looks at a very remarkable book. Special guest Red Rum Designer DINAH WALKER Producer alas russell

with Angela Rippon ; Weatherman

Including at 6.20 A Song for Christmas - The 1979 Nationwide Carol Competition.
In October young people all over the country were invited by Nationwide to write original Christmas carols. Tonight, from Coventry Cathedral, Sue Lawley presents the nine finalists who perform their songs before a panel of judges including Peter Skellern, Dana and Justin Hayward of The Moody Blues.

starring Murray Head
Ciaran Madden , Nigel Green
The arrival of the Green Knight at a royal banquet, and his challenge to the King's fat and lazy knights are the events which set young Gawain off on a year-long quest in which he is to have many magical encounters, including one with the beautiful maiden Linet. This tale of magical adventure is based on the anonymous early medieval poem.
Music by RON GOODWIN
Screenplay by STEPHEN WEEKS , Philip breen Produced by PHILIP BREEN
Directed by STEPHEN weeks . Films: p 2. (First showing on British television)

with Richard Baker Weatherman

The last of a new four-part film series starring
Vincent Price as Jason Winters
Coral Browne as Margaret Winters Two bitter-sweet broken love affairs are given the opportunity to make fresh starts as the Time Express train takes another trip into the past. =
Written by STEPHEN KANDEL
RICHARD BLUELL and PAT FIELDER Directed by MICHAEL CAFFEY