with Frank Bough and Selina Scott
Including today: The New Top 20 with Mike Smith
Glynn Christian continues his search for the traditional Christmas menu.
Six programmes featuring people who live and work in Dorset.
Today Dennis Skillicorn visits Poole Harbour and the village of Tyneham, deserted since 1940.
Film editor BEV AMBROSE Producer JOHN COLEMAN
The Birmingham Christian Choir present a song for Christmas, and for your holiday entertainment a selection of musical favourites.
An Asian Unit presentation BBCPebbleMill
with Richard Whitmore and Frances Coverdale Weather MICHAEL FISH
Live and lively Christmas entertainment, featuring seasonal music ranging from traditional Victorian songs around the piano to today's pop videos. Michael Smith serves some more Fine
Festive Fare to delight some surprise star guests.
A See-Saw programme
Grandmother Clock
A See-Saw programme Relief Days
Last of six programmes Models
A Land For All Seasons
In this sequel to
The Affairs of Annabel, the scatterbrained actress finds her career at Wonder
Pictures taking a nose dive. There's only one man who can bring her back into the public eye - Lanny Morgan. His plan for a countrywide publicity tour results in a series of comic disasters.
Screenplay by BERT GRANET and OUVE COOPER
Produced by LOU LUSTY
Directed by LEW LANDERS
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Snowbody Loves Me
Presenter Ben Thomas Guest Kate Copstick
Story: Collecting a Christmas Tree by JOHN M. A. LANE
with the voices of TIM BROOKE-TAYLOR, BILL ODDIE, GRAEME GARDEN, JILL SHILLING
Written by BERNIE KAY Music by DAVE COOKE
Produced by TREVOR BOND Directed by TERRY WARD
by JOHN MASEFIELD dramatised by ALAN SEYMOUR in six episodes 5: Beware of Yesterday
The power and magic of the box allows Kay to travel back in time. But he who dares to go must face terrible dangers.
Studio lighting BRIAN CLEMETT Studio sound BARRY BONNER Video effects ROBIN LOBB Producer PAUL STONE Director RENNY RYE
(The final episode will be shown on Christmas Eve)
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It is Christmas Eve, Abner BROWN is convinced that the missing box is at the Bishop's Palace.
by JOHN ESMONDE and BOB LARBEY starring
Richard Briers Felicity Kendal and Penelope Keith with Paul Eddington The Happy Event
How Tom and Barbara have babies, babies, and more babies.
Designer PAUL MUNTING
Producer JOHN HOWARD DAVIES
Nicholas Witchell and Jeremy Paxman present 30 minutes of the latest pictures, stories and events of the day from Britain and around the world.
London Plus, Spotlight Points West, Look East North West Tonight
Look North, South Today Midlands Today
Episode 11 by WILLIAM INGRAM
'And no sooner the telegram come than Sergeant Gomer comes pounding on the door.... matter's been reported to the Carmarthen Constabulary and what have we got to say for ourselves?'
Senes devised by JULIA SMITH and TONY HOLLAND
Script editor BARRY THOMAS Designer GERALD MURPHY Associate producer
GWYN HUGHES JONES
Produced by BRIAN SPIBY
Directed by BERNARD THOMPSON BBC Wales
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It's nine months since
Britain's Olympic Champions Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean retired from competitive skating after a memorable amateur career which changed the face of ice dancing. Their first World Championship triumph in 1981 was followed by the magical era of 'Mack and Mabel', then came the brilliant 'Barnum' routine, and finally that inspired climax to Ravel's 'Bolero' in Ottawa last March.
Standing ovations became the order of the day as audiences from Hartford to Helsinki and Copenhagen to Canada acclaimed skating perfection.
Tonight Alan Weeks responds to repeated requests to raid BBC Television's videotape vaults and introduces the four gold medal performances which captivated the sporting world. Producer JM RESIDE
starring
The Homecoming
Miss Ellie returns from her honeymoon a changed woman but how many changes is she prepared to make at Southfork to help her husband feel at home?
With J.R. fighting a rearguard action on the domestic front, the enemy makes an assault on Ewing Oil and key personnel start defecting to the Barnes-Wentworth camp. Written by ARTHUR BERNARD LEWIS Directed by MICHAEL PREECE
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Barry Took with your comments in the programme you help to write.
Producer BERNARD NEWHAM
with John Humphrys Weatherman
from the Ulster Hall, Belfast. Introduced by Desmond Lynam
Tonight Northern Ireland's
Barry McGuigan defends his British and European featherweight titles against Clyde Ruan of Slough.
Britain's Boxer of the Year has stopped his last 17 opponents inside-the-distance, but Ruan says he is far from impressed by that record. Commentator
HARRY CARPENTER
(Fight sponsored by Smirnoff)
with Barry Norman
Dune: Sting, Francesca Annis and newcomer Kyle MacLachlan star in an adaptation of Frank Herbert 's science-fiction story about a civilisation on a planet threatened by giant sand worms.
Last Starfighter: the Intergalactic Space League takes the unusual step of recruiting Lance Guest to them in their struggle against Xur and the Ko-Dan armada. Only he can save the galaxy.
Water: Michael Caine and Valerie Perrine talk on location about their roles in a new comedy by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais.
1: North Africa
'I had a feeling that this was the most historic moment my life was likely to have'. in January 1943
Harold Macmillan , mp was sent to North Africa by Prime
Minister Winston Churchill to take up the new post of Minister Resident - a politician at the heart of events which were to shape the future of the Mediterranean. In the first of three programmes based on his recently published War Diaries, Harold Macmillan , now Lord Stockton, talks to Ludovic Kennedy.
He describes his first 'chilly' meeting with Eisenhower, assesses De Gaulle , and describes the behaviour of General Alexander during the crucial battle for Tunis. Video cameramen TONY POOLE , DOUGLAS PUDDIFOOT
Research ELLY BEINTEMA Producer NICK WELLS
(Part 2, Italy and Greece, tomorrow
11.15 pm)
The Cars. Outright winners of the first San Tropez Video Festival, The Cars have this year begun to achieve success in Europe that they have long enjoyed in America. This concert was recorded earlier this year in the States. Television presentation MICHAEL APPLETON