Super Flea
with Mike Read, Keith Chegwin, John Craven and Sarah Greene
Amazing New Year's Eve Bargains in Store this morning.
Manager Mike offers you:-
Rolf Harris in the Coffee Shop - he's got a very special Star Bargain that could be yours.
Howard Jones - he'll be singing his new song live in the store.
Behind the scenes with Keith at a very special New Year's Eve Celebration.
Pop superstar David Essex: Hear his latest single and phone him on [number removed]
Customer Services with Sarah. She'll have all the latest news and information.
Don't forget our address for all your tellygrams and letters:
Saturday Superstore, BBCtv, [address removed]
Mike Read and the Superstore team wish you all a very Happy New Year.
Record and cassette (same title) REB/ZCF486 from retailers
Introduced by David Coleman
12.20
Football Focus
BOB WILSON looks back at the busy Christmas programme and reflects on the past year in football.
12.55; 1.25; 1.55; 2.25
Racing from Newbury
1.0 The Challow Hurdle Race (2½m 120yds)
1.30 The L'Oreal Handicap Hurdle Race (2m 100yds)
2.0 The Tote Mandarin Handicap Steeplechase (3m 2 furlongs, 82yds)
2.30 The New Year Handicap Steeplechase (2m 160yds)
Commentators PETER O'SULLEVAN ,
RICHARD PITMAN
1.10
Boxing from Campobasse, Italy
European Bantamweight C'ship
Hartlepool's JOHN FEENEY who recently became British Bantamweight Champion challenges for
WALTER GIORGETTI 'S European crown, in the Southern Italian town of Campobasse. Commentator HARRY CARPENTER
2.10
Basketball Preview
A look at the characters and teams that make today's World Club Championships most exciting basketball staged in this country.
Reporter KIERAN PRENDIVILLE
2.50, 3.55
World Darts from Jollees Showclub , Stoke on Trent
The Embassy
World Professional Championship
Thirty-two players compete for a first prize of £9,000, in this 8-day tournament. This afternoon, reigning World Champion, KEITH DELLER , and last year's runner-up, world no. 1, ERIC BRISTOW , both play their first-round matches.
Commentators SID WADDELL , TONY
GREEN
3.20, 4.15
International Basketball from The National Sports Centre, Crystal Palace
The Philips World Invitational Club Championships
The first semi-final in this tournament which is now in its seventh year. Hosts CRYSTAL PALACE, who did so well to be runners-up last year, will have to play even better to emulate that performance as the standards get higher and higher. Commentators
STUART STOREY , TOM WISMAN
3.50 Half Times
4.35 Final Score
The classified check and pools news Television presentation
Football Focus BRIAN BARWICK Racing bill TAYWR
Boxing ITALIAN TV SERVICE DartS KETTH PHILLIPS
Basketball JOHNNIE WATHERSTON
Producer Grandstand MARTIN HOPKINS Editor Grandstand JOHN PHILIPS
with Moira Stuart Weatherman
Dear Jim....
Please may I drive a team of huskies?; pick up Torvill and Dean's flowers?; be picked up by Geoff Capes ?; be a pigeon in Trafalgar Square?
Jimmy Savile OBE fixes these and other requests in this New Year's Eve special.
Sound RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN Lighting PETER WESSON Designer JOHN STOUT
Director PETER CAMPBELL Producer ROGER ORDISH
starring Eddie Large and Syd Little with Russell Grant
Roy Jay , Roy Wood and CLEO ROCOS
MICHAEL SHARVELL-MARTIN
TREVOR STEEDMAN
Special guests Status Quo
Written by GAVIN OSBON
WAL1.Y MALSTON. ERIC MERRIMAN
Music RONNIE HAZLEHURST AND HIS ORCHESTRA SoundADRIAN BISH0P-LAGGETT Lighting director ALAN HORNE Designers PAUL JOEL. JIM CLAY Produced and directed by bill WILSON and BRIAN WHITEHOUSE
Introduced by Frank Muir
The first of a two-part celebration of BBC comedy, with excerpts from the most popular series over the last 25 years. Including tonight. Hancock's Half-Hour, Dad's Army, Till Death Us Do Part, The Good Life, Porridge and many more.
Music arranged by RONNIE HAZLEHURST Produced by Richard BODEN
with Moira Stuart ; Weatherman
from the Famous City Varieties Theatre, Leeds
For your delectation and delight your chairman
Leonard Sachs introduces
Stars of the Music-Hall with EIRA HEATH
THE SIMMONS BROTHERS
RICHARD ROSS
Guest artist Frankie Vaughan
Members of the Players' Theatre, London
PENNY RIGDEN, WENDY JONES
LISA WESTCOTT, JULIA LEWIS
CHRIS CONNAH, GRAHAM RICHARDS
DERYK PARKIN, SCOTT ST MARTYN
By arrangement with Stanley Joseph and Michael Joseph
ChoreographyDOREEN HERMITAGE
Musical director BERNARD HERRMANN
Produced and directed by BARNEY COLEHAN
BBC Manchester
Old Father Time - a traditional Celebration of New Year's Eve.
Marian Foster and Eric Robson join the revellers live at the Greater Manchester Museum of Science and Industry as we enter 1984-'Heritage Year'. As Big Ben chimes in the New Year Keith Chegwin talks to some of the people of Manchester while Old Father Time arrives by steam train accompanied by sporting celebrities of past and present. Traditional songs come from Besses o' th' Barn Brass Band and The St Winifred's School Choir with special New Year messages from June Whitfield, Sir Peter Scott and The Rt Rev David Sheppard, Bishop of Liverpool.
Event organiser BRUNO PEEK Sound ROY BRADSHAW
Lighting ROMILLY MEAGER
Television presentation Tim Marshall
Start the New Year with Michael Barrymore who hosts an informal and entertaining evening of music and comedy with guest stars Anita Harris, The Shadows, Harvey and the Wallbangers, Stefan Bednarczyk.
Featuring Syd Lawrence and his Orchestra
BBC Pebble Mill