starts your day with half-an-hour of news, sport, weather and travel available to all viewers whether or not they have teletext sets.
With just seven shopping days left till Christmas,
Frank Bough and Nick Ross present a seasonal mix of news, comment and features. Their guest this morning is John Inman. News with Debbie Rix
(Fern Britton , Thurs, Fri)
6.30, 7.0, 7.30, 8.0, 8.30 with headlines every quarter hour and at 8.59
Weather with Francis Wilson :
6.31, 6.57, 7.27, 7.57, 8.27 Sport with Bob Wilson and David Icke : 6.40 and 7.40 Regional News, traffic and weather: 6.45, 7.15, 7.45, 8.15 TV Choice with David Wheal ; the pick of the day's BBC programmes at 6.55
The Morning Papers, reviewed by a personality making the headlines: 7.18 and 8.18
Plus today: Lynn Faulds Wood with her 'black stocking' - a consumer unit guide to the Christmas scene; and Glynn Christian 's feastive cooking tips.
Christmas is Coming
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with Richard Whitmore and Frances Coverdale Weather JIM BACON
Marian Foster , Paul Coia and Josephine Buchan launch Pebble Mill's countdown to Christmas - a bumper week of stars, celebrities music and fun. Today Hilary James presents some last-minute
Sew Easy gifts for Christmas and you can meet the last of the 'Youth in Business' finalists.
Editor PETER HERCOMBE BBC Pebble Mill
A See-Saw programme
Christmas Special
(with subtitles and sign language)
from
The Grand Hall, Olympia More thrills, spills and the Christmas entertainment which makes this show unique.
Introduced by DAVID VINE Commentators
RAYMOND BROOKS-WARD
STEPHEN HADLEY
Producers JOHNNIE WATHERSTON ALASTAIR SCOTT
Space for Everything
Presenter Chloe Ashcroft
Story: The Birthday Present by JAN LOOF
Choreography ANTHONY JOHNS with GEOFF BAPTISTA and FRANCESCA LUCY
Fancy Fencing
The Fox turns Officer
Flanagan's jail-house into a prison without bars.
Read by Michael Barrymore for Jackanory
Fortune preserve you, oh gentle viewer, and may this story please you. Prince Abu Ali is the noble hero, and the magic floating Land of Green Ginger is his search. His tales of fantastic adventures are brought for your delight and joyous entertainment.
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The Knighties by CHRISTOPHER RUSSELL It's so boring being the daughters of a swashbuckling knight like Sir Torrence. He has all the fun, while Ellie and Tilly are expected to arrange flowers, sew, and comb their hair all day. Then comes news of an exciting quest - a chance to grapple with danger and mystery....
Fairy voices.ELIZABETH PROUD Costume PAULA BRUCE Lighting CHRIS WATTS Designer ALLAN ANSON
Producer ANGELA BEECHING Director DAVID BELL
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with Simon Groom, Janet Ellis , Michael Sundin
Winter Wonderland!
Michael reports from Mora in Sweden and the official opening ceremony of the very latest theme park - Santaworld. The winner of Blue Peter's Winter Wonderland
Competition is a VIP guest-join them on a whirlwind tour of Aurora Lake, Santa's House, the Snow Queen's Palace and Troll Land!
Assistant editor LEWIS BRONZE Editor BIDDY BAXTER
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with Sue Lawley and Jeremy Paxman
It sings, it jokes, it's curlyhaired, it's bubbly, it's Max Boyce with Richard Davies, Jane Freeman, Dorothea Phillips, Sue Roderick, Geoff Morgan.
Special guest Linda Nolan.
0 Come, All Ye Faithful? Presented by Fred Emery Religious instruction and daily morning assembly are the only compulsory requirements in Britain's state schools. But many head teachers are abandoning Christmas carols and nativity plays - they say that the religious requirements are now out-of-date in a secular, multi-faith society.
Some groups want more radical changes: Muslim parents are agitating for their own state-financed schools, while Christian fundamentalists are rejecting the state system outright.
Margaret Jay reports on the muddle of religion in the classroom.
Producer SUZANNE FRANKS Editor PETER IBBOTSON
with John Humphrys Weatherman
The second of three films featuring one of Hollywood's most versatile stars, with Robert Ryan
President John F. Kennnedy was assassinated on 22 November 1963.
Speculation still continues as to whether there was a conspiracy. Burt Lancaster stars as the 'Director of Operations' in this drama of how the most devastating crime in recent American history might have been committed.
Screenplay by DALTON TRUMBO
Based on a story by DONALD FREED and MARK LANE
Produced by EDWARD LEWIS Directed by DAVID MILLER
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from The Grand Hall, Olympia featuring The Radio Rentals Grand Prix and The Modern Alarms Fancy Dress Relay Two totally contrasting classes in which the riders have to change not only their apparel but also their mood from the lighthearted fancy dress relay to the most serious class of the week with nearly E17,000 at stake - the Grand Prix.
Introduced by DAVID VINE Commentators
RAYMOND BROOKS-WARD
STEPHEN HADLEY
Producers JOHNNIE WATHERSTON ALASTAIR SCOTT
