Wayne Jackman and friends say Hello Again
We wish you a Merry Christmas And a Happy New Year
Musician JONATHAN COHEN
Story: The Nutcracker adapted by WAYNE JACKMAN from the ballet
Director GREG CHILDS
Series producer BARBARA RODDAM
Editor CYNTHIA FELGATE
Rediscovering Religious Belief
The Church and the Kingdom The Church's interpretations of the kingdom of God and its demands have varied: social action, political involvement and spiritual activism.
Charles Elliott argues that any true discernment of the kingdom of God involves each person as both an individual and as a member of the community: a private as well as a public commitment, for only with such involvement can 'thy kingdom come'. Director LELIA GUINERY-GREEN Producer DAVID CRAIG
For the Sunday after
Christmas, the theme is Recognising Christ. The speaker is The Rev Richard Holloway , Vicar of St Mary
Magdalene's, Oxford, and the programme is introduced by Michelle Guinness , from a viewer's home in Oxford. Director DAVID CRAIG
Producer ELIZABETH GORT
Today's programme celebrates New Year with a musical extravaganza. Artists taking part are: Lata Mangeshkar Mehdi Hassan
Runa Laila , Yesudas Musarrat Nazir
Suresh Wadkar
Producer BISH MEHAY
Executive producer ASHOK RAMPAL BBC Pebble Mill
A weekly magazine for the deaf and hard-of-hearing with sign language and subtitles. Introduced by Maggie Woolley
Clive Mason and John Lee Producer CHARLES PASCOE
(R)
starring
John Wayne
Richard Widmark
Laurence Harvey Richard Boone rhe siege of the Alamo in 1836 has become a legendary chapter in American history. Directed by John Wayne , this lavish and spectacular Western pays homage to the 187 heroic
Texans and their supporters who battled for 13 days against overwhelming odds. To wrest their state from the Mexicans, they paid the ultimate sacrifice ...
Screenplay by JAMES EDWARD GRANT Produced and directed by JOHN WAYNE
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with Jan Leeming
Weather news for farmers
MICHAEL FISH
Omnibus edition by Jim Hawkins and Tony McHale.
(Ceefax Subtitles)
starring
Errol Flynn
Olivia de Havilland Basil Rathbone
Claude Rains
Alan Hale
Warner Brothers's colourful excursion into
Sherwood Forest gave Errol Flynn one of the most spectacular roles of his career. For his Maid Marian he has the lovely Olivia de Havilland and for his villainous rival Sir Guy - Basil Rathbone , who makes a worthy duelling partner for the exciting climax.
Screenplay by NORMAN RAINE and SETON r MILLER
Produced by HAL WALLIS
Directed by MICHAEL CURTIZ
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Presented by Sheila Walsh and Alvin Stardust
Six of the best from the world of rock gospel in this action-packed programme with Alvin and Sheila co-presenting the show for the first time. Also appearing are Paul Jones (once of Manfred Mann fame) and his wife Fiona Hendley with a gospel duet; Lon Satton , currently one of the stars in Starlight Express; Russ Taff , one of America's best-known and loved gospel stars and, making their own unique contribution, the London Community Gospel Choir.
Designer PAUL MUNTING
Research CAROLINE STEVENSON Series producer jim MURRAY
A nature fantasy from a story by PAUL THOMAS
Into a young girl's dreams at Christmas time come tales of faraway lands and strange creatures, of three weary travellers and the bright light which they follow.
The stories carry her away into the sparkling night on a magical journey that not only reveals the hidden star shapes of nature but also leads her to the mysterious Star of Bethlehem.
Music by ELIZABETH PARKER Designer SALLY HULKE Film editor LIZ THOYTS
Photography MAURICE FISHER Producer MICHAEL BRIGHT Director DAVID GLADWELL BBC Bristol
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with Jan Leeming Weather News
Carol Aid, linking Trafalgar Square with East Africa.
This year people in Britain have responded with great generosity to the victims of famine and poverty in Africa. For tonight's programme, supporters of Christian Aid and the Catholic Fund for Overseas Development
(CAFOD) have gathered in Trafalgar Square to celebrate that giving, and to sing carols with, and raise funds for, their partners in East Africa. In Trafalgar Square Roger Royle meets some of the agencies' well known supporters and, from Kenya, news of how the money is being spent and a visit to a village to share in the Christmas songs of Africa. Angels from the realms of glory: Gloria, gloria: A star in the sky: Silent night: 0 little town of Bethlehem; As with gladness men of old.
Conductor NOËL TREDINNICK THE CHALK FARM BAND OF THE SALVATION ARMY
Bandmaster MICHAEL CLACK
Assistant producer STEVE BENSON OB director SIMON HAMMOND Producer CHRISTOPHER MANN
Series producer STEPHEN WHITTLE
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Richard Attenborough 's epic biography of the great Indian leader starring
Southern Africa 1893 - a young advocate is thrown off a train for refusing to travel second class as a coloured immigrant. Spurred on to liberate his oppressed countrymen, Gandhi engages in a long struggle to change the system by peaceful revolution. His subsequent return to India in 1915 begins a course of events that will shape world history and affect the lives of millions. Winner of eight Academy Awards, including Best
Picture, Gandhi combines spectacular action sequences with Ben Kingsley 's highly acclaimed and charismatic performance in the title role.
Screenplay by JOHN BRILEY Produced and directed by RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH
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with Jan Leeming Weather News
Presented by John Tusa
The year of the Riots. The year of the Terrorists. The year Reagan got cancer and met Gorbachev. The year of the Famine. The year of Bob Geldof. Was Britain booming or in decay?
Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Hijacks, South Africa, the Titanic, AIDS, Joan Collins , Princess of Wales,
Raisa Gorbachev. New species, new diseases, new technologies. Football Violence, Moaning Minnies, Battered Babies. As we wish 1985 goodbye, are we glad to see it go? What will we remember it for? Producers
TIM GARDAM. PETER HORROCKS
