A See-Saw programme
Producer DAVID YATES

With ALISON CHRISTIE-MURRAY , JOHN DRYDEN , JILL SHAKESPEARE and GLEN STUART.
Dodo begins the story of St Paul 's work for Christ, and J.D. tells of Herbert the Undecided.
Devised by NORMAN STONE Director ALAN WALSH
Producers CYRIL GATES , DAVID BROWN
Executive producer STEPHEN WHITTLE BBC Manchester

A magazine for Asian viewers including discussions, review of recent news, music and stories from the communities.
Presented and produced by MAHENDRA KAUL
Director KRISHAN GOULD. BBC Birmingham

ROY CASTLE talks to PROFESSOR PETER FENTEM about the benefits of taking regular exercise, to BREN-DAN FOSTER about jogging in Gates-head, and to DAVID HAMILTON and members of Carlton Jogging Club. Producer PETER RIDING

The last of ten programmes for beginners in Spanish. Revision
Producer MADDALENA FAGANDINI
(Complementary radio programme on Radio 4 VHF at 5.0 and on Wed at 11.0 pm)

A practical guide to everyday writing. Today a look back at five methods for remembering spelling.
Presented by BARRY TOOK
Producer CAROLINE PICK
Book (same title), £1.50, from bookshops

Brush up your reading and writing
With BRIAN REDHEAD and MICHAEL GAMBON
MILLICENT MARTIN
Book (same title), £1.20, from bookshops

A course in 25 parts for beginners in German
9: Wahrscheinlich Morgen
Producer MADDALENA FACANDINI
(Also on Radio 4 VHF at 4.30 pm and on Friday at 11.0 pm)

Ten projects for making furniture at home, presented by DAVID DAY and ALBERT JACKSON
4: Bedroom Storage Range
Produced by RON BLOOMFIELD
Book (same iitle), £7.50, from bookshops

Signs of the Times
' You know how to read the face of the sky but you cannot read the signs of the times.' Jesus's rebuke to the Pharisees is the theme for this Advent exploration of the city of Leeds. What are the signs of the times? Are they signs of hope? In the first of two Advent programmes DR PATRICK NUTTGENS , director of Leeds Polytechnic, is joined by THE REV GRAHAM COOK , a minister working in south Leeds; MARJORIE AYTON , a schoolteacher; KEN GLENDENNING , community relations officer; THE REV ALAN GRIGGS , an Anglican industrial chaplain; with the steel band, PARADISE.
Director ALAN WALSH
Producer STEPHEN WHITTLE BBC Manchester

Six programmes in which John Noakes and Shep take a Sunday afternoon drive down the by-ways of Britain.
4: Coasts and Cottages
John races a 'cat' at Gosport, breaks a record with Roy Castle , and thatches a roof at Milton Abbas; Shep drops in for tea with Lesley Judd and Brillo
Film cameraman JULIEN BALCHIN Sound recordist MALCOLM HILL Film editor MORRIS BAKER Producer DAVID BROWN
Director CYRIL GATES. BBC Manchester See Back Page 102

One hundred judges in BBC centres throughout the country are invited to choose The Rising Star of 1980
Arthur Askey and Jenny Lee-Wright introduce tonight's rising stars from the ABC Theatre, Blackpool.
Dream Machine, Mike Sutton, The Faralees John and Jim Lavelle, Burke and Hare, Antonio, Angela Christian, Vonny's Magic
THE RISING STARS ORCHESTRA conducted by BERNARD HERRMANN
Designer PETER MAVIUS
Director TONY HARRISON
Producer BARNEY COLEHAN
BBC Manchester

Kenneth Kendall ; Weatherman

by SIR WALTER SCOTT dramatised in nine episodes by ANTHONY STEVEN starring
2: King Richard lies mortally ill in the Christian camp. Sir Kenneth, carrying terms for an honourable peace with the Saracens, has fallen in with one of their knights, Ilderim.
Music composed and conducted by STEPHEN DEUTSCH. Script editor ALISTAIR BELL Designer JULIAN WILLIAMS Producer BARRY LETTS
Directed by Richard BRAMALL

starring Cliff DeYoung
Glenn Ford , Blair Brown
Courier Matt Considine is well used to the hazards of carrying valuables across the world, but when he agrees to escort a frightened man to New York he discovers that he is up against the biggest organisation yet. As bullets fly on the very first leg of their journey, Matt has two problems: to stay alive and to discover just whose side he is on. Teleplay by PHILIP DEGUERE JR Produced by ROY HUGGINS and JO SWERLING JR
Directed by RUS MAYBERRY . Films: p 25 (First showing on British television)

with Magnus Magnusson
The setting for this Semi-final match is the MacRobert Arts Centre, at the University of Stirling.
It includes an Englishman specialising in a Scottish Queen and a Scot specialising in an English King!
The contenders are: Duncan Forrest
(computer programmer) William the Conqueror
John Keogh (postgraduate student) Life and times of King Alfred Thomas McBrearty (teacher) Astronomy
Don Young (teacher)
Life of Mary Queen of Scots
Series producer BILL WRIGHT
Production ANTONIA CHARLTON , MARY CRAIG

starring Trevor Eve in Another Man's Castle by DAVE HUMPHRIES with Michael Medwin
Doran Godwin and Liz Crowther and featuring
A young couple's stolen furniture becomes a moveable feast as Eddie takes on the case and causes the thieves to panic.
Theme music composed by GEORGE FENTON Film recordist BRYAN SHOWELL Film editor BERNARD ASHBY Designer GERRY SCOTT
Photography PETER HALL
Producer ROBERT BANKS STEWART Directed by DOUGLAS CAMFIELD

Weather

Advice columnist CLAIRE RAYNER meets people who have faced up to personal crises in their lives and suggests some ways of approaching such problems.
In the last of ten programmes Claire meets people who are under strain from being without work because of unemployment, redundancy and retirement,
Research VICKY MOORE
Producer DAVID CORDINGLEY

The Quadrantids
Meteors or shooting stars are familiar objects in the night sky. Several times during the year showers of meteors occur. One of them, known as the Quadrantid shower, will be at its maximum on 3 January and could provide an impressive display of cosmic fire-works. Patrick Moore tells about this interesting phenomenon and explains what observers should look for.
Director ROBYN WALLIS Producer PATRICIA WOOD