A Magic Box for Boxing Day! Presenter Wayne Jackman Guests Carol Chell Jonathan Cohen
Karen Paisey a principal dancer of the Royal Ballet Story: The Nutcracker
Adapted by WAYNE JACKMAN from the ballet
An animated film version of SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE 'S famous novel. Featuring the voices of Peter O'Toole.
Helen Morse , Ron Haddrick Dr Mortimer is not satisfied with the coroner's verdict that Sir Charles Baskerville 's death on the moors was caused by a heart attack and engages Sherlock Holmes to investigate.
Written and produced by EDDY GRAHAM
The programme that gives you the opportunity to comment on BBCtv.
Josephine Buchan introduces this special edition with guests Mark Curry ,
Les Dawson , Debbie Greenwood Lennie Henry , John Craven Sue Lawley and Noel Edmonds and presents them with a Boxing Day surprise.
Production assistant
BELINDA LANGFORD
Producer philip CHILVERS
starring
Virginia McKenna Ronald Fraser For the Walker children, a holiday in the Lake District becomes the adventure of a lifetime when they set sail to camp on an island in the middle of the lake.
Wntten by DAVID WOOD
From the book by ARTHUR RANSOME Produced by RICHARD PILBROW Directed by CLAUDE WHATHAM
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The final heat of BBC Television's junior motorcycling competition when a dozen more riders, aged between 8 and 15, compete for the Lombard Tricity Trophy. The competitors, who have all qualified via regional events, attempt to master a challenging course at Easton Neston in Northamptonshire. They come from Lancashire, Bedfordshire, Clwyd,
Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire, Oxfordshire, Avon, Tyne and Wear, Derbyshire and Surrey. Commentators
PETER PURVES and JACK STITES (Final programme tomorrow 12.20pm)
with Jan Leeming
Weather News IAN MCCASKILL
Ziggy - a little guy in a big world, overweight and underwhelmed - takes a job as a street-corner Santa, but he finds himself working for a con man ...
Music and lyrics by HARRY NILSSON
Produced by LENA TABORI
Animation by ERIC GOLDBERG
Directed by RICHARD WILLIAMS (R)
starring Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough
Stalag Luft North was - seemingly - escape proof, the highest security camp run by the Germans during World War II. In an attempt to contain unwilling PoWs, the Nazis collected them into one camp, but unwittingly brought together the finest escape team in military history.
This spectacular and tense classic war film includes one of the strongest casts ever assembled in the 1960s.
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The traditional Christmas visit to the world of Walt
Disney films introduced by Jan Francis
Films include: Peter Pan
Bambi, The Black Cauldron Jungle Book, Pinocchio
The Adventures of Natty Gann Produced by RICHARD EVANS
All the headline makers and day's results.
with Jan Leeming
Weather News
starring Bob Monkhouse
A special festive edition of this exciting comedy quiz show. Four contestants each represent a charity and for every number lit, there is a cash reward which is donated to that charity. A Golden Holiday is on offer for the winner of the Full House. Game devised by TERRY MARDELL and DAVID MOORE Sound LAURIE TAYLOR Lighting PETER WESSON Designer JOHN STOUT
Director DAVID TAYLOR Producer JOHN BISHOP
In a special holiday programme, Paul Daniels presents a magical version of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs featuring Debbie McGee as Snow White and Fenella Fielding as the Wicked Queen; and, with the accent on youth, introduces his remarkable guests.
From the USA, Lance Burton combining swordplay and magic with incredible results; The Jazzy Jumpers, skipping as you have never seen before; and, from China, the intriguing skills of gymnast, Zhou Shurong.
Special guest appearance by Sooty with Matthew Corbett featuring KATE BELLAMY and THE BRIAN ROGERS DANCERS Musical director KEN JONES
Programme associate ALI BONGO Technical consultant GIL LEANEY Sound MALCOLM JOHNSON Lighting BILL MILLAR Designer
Oliver BAYLDON DirectorGEOFF MILES
Produced by JOHN FISHER
with Jan Leeming
Weather News
Barry Norman reflects on 1985's outstanding releases and chooses his ten favourite films. These are jusf some of the contenders -
Amadeus
A Passage to India Witness
A View To A Kill
Mad Max - Beyond Thunderdome and Back To The Future.
Which would you choose? He'll also be picking out awful moments from this year's movies and assessing current trends and tastes. Director
BRUCE THOMPSON Producer
JANE LUSH
The first of four films for the festive season from the master of suspense, tonight starring
Farley Granger Ruth Roman
Robert Walker with Leo G. Carroll
On a train from Washington to New York, tennis star Guy Haines is provoked into conversation by a rich - and obviously neurotic - young man, Bruno Anthony. Guy wants to divorce his wife,
Bruno hates his father. Half jokingly Bruno suggests the perfect crime - they will each commit the other's murder.... Hitchcock's classic thriller, a tense and ingenious murder story, was based on Patricia Highsmith 's novel and co-scripted by Raymond Chandler.
Screenplay by RAYMOND CHANDLER and CZENZI ORMONDE From the novel by PATRICIA HIGHSMITH
Adapted by WHITFIELD COOK
Directed by ALFRED HITCHCOCK
(The next Hitchcock film is Suspicion tomorrow 11.40)
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