The adventures of the monster family of Loch Ness and their friends Elspeth and Angus.
(R)

Piggy Hyperactivity Book The Babies are singing the rainy day blues until Nanny sparks their imaginations with an indoor activity book. Created for television by JIM HENSON

with Mike Read Keith Chegwin Sarah Greene and Vicky Licorish Mike Read and the Superstore gang have crammed the store full to bursting point with Christmas entertainment. Morten, Pal and Mags from a-ha are live in the store - you can chat to them on [number removed](lines are open from 8.30). There's music from the London Community Gospel Choir, joined in the store by young Welsh singing superstar Aled Jones.
Phillip Schofield has another TV Talkback feature. This week he looks at comedy shows on television.
Paul Nicholas , the star of top comedy show Just Good Friends, is calling in too.
Superstore vet Nigel Taylor will be with Keith, who's out and about with the delivery van this morning. Dreaming along with them are rock group Status Quo. Mike and Sarah present two more astounding acts in a special Christmas Teacher's Turn and Vicky has news of a giant caterpillar. There's a terrific selection of Christmas cartoons, competitions and surprise guests in store too. Editor CHRIS BELLINGER

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including at 12.50 News Summary
Weather Bill Giles

12.15-5.5pm
Grandstand
Introduced by Desmond Lynam
Featuring Rugby League

Timetable
12.20 Football Focus
12.55 Racing
1.10 Sports Review
1.25 Racing
1.40 Sports Review
2.0 Racing
2.15 Rugby League
2.55 Ice Hockey
3.5 Rugby League
3.50 Half times
3.55 Ice Hockey
4.35 Final Score
* Timings are subject to alteration

Rugby League
Featuring live coverage of the first John Player Special trophy semi-final. Grandstand will be carrying the second semi-final next Saturday and the final will be shown the following Saturday, 10 January.

Ice Hockey: Nottingham Panthers v Dundee Rockets
Autumn Cup winners Nottingham against the Heineken League leaders - look out for Jaroslav Lycka, the Czech rocket.

Racing from Chepstow
1.0 Philip Cornes Novices' Hurdle Race (Qualifier, 2 1/2m)
1.30 Finale Junior Hurdle Race (2m)
2.5 Coral Welsh National (H'cap 'chase, 3m 6f)
Rhyme and Reason, last year's third Kumbi, and and the Hennessy first and second Broadheath and Two Coppers: some of the early fancies.

Football Focus
with Bob Wilson
Half times, final score

with Jan Leeming Weather

starring Bob Monkhouse More exciting prizes to be won on television's bingo quiz show, as the four hopeful contestants compete for the chance of a dream holiday when one of them wins the final round of Bob's Full House. Game devised by and DAVID MOORE Programme associate COLIN EDMONDS
Lighting FRED WRIGHT Sound JOHN DELANY Director GEOFF MILES
Producer BRIAN WHITEHOUSE
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starring with The adaptation of Dickens's famous story about little orphan Oliver, and his adventures with the Artful Dodger and master pickpocket Fagin, won six
Academy Awards for director Carol Reed. The memorable musical numbers include 'Food, glorious food',
'Consider yourself, 'You've got to pick a pocket or two', and 'As long as he needs me'.
Screenplay by VERNON HARRIS
Music and lyrics by LIONEL BART Produced by JOHN WOOLF Directed by CAROL REED
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In this week's show, Paul Daniels goes down on the farm to discover 'Where Did the Ducks Go?' and pays tribute to the legendary mind-reader Maurice Fogel in > 'Extra-sensory Deception'. He also introduces his remarkable guests: from the USA, puppeteer extraordinaire Bob Hartman and world champion horseshoe pitchers
Danny and Sue Kuchcinski and from The Philippines,
Acro-Mechanico with their
] unique blend of acrobatics and robotics.
Special guest Percy Edwards Featuring DEBBIE MCGEE Musical director KEN JONES
Programme associate ALI BONGO i Technical consultant GIL LEANEY I Sound MALCOLM JOHNSON ' Lighting BILL
MILLAR Designer DACRE PUNT
Director MICHAEL LEGGO Produced by JOHN FISHER
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by Wally K. Daly

'I doubt whether there's a husband in a thousand who has any idea what their wives are going through, after this.'

(Ceefax subtitles)

with Jan Leeming ; Weather

Harry Secombe made his professional stage debut at the Windmill Theatre in 1946. Forty years on, after a wide-ranging career, the Variety Club of Great Britain gave a celebration dinner in honour of Sir Harry Secombe CBE, D Mus.
His own brand of humour, the high-pitched giggle and thrilling tenor voice are much in evidence, as he celebrates his special anniversary surrounded by family and friends including:
Michael Bentine , The Beverley Sisters Leslie Crowther , Barry Cryer Sir Geraint Evans
Lulu, Jimmy Tarbuck
Viscount Tonypandy and the Treorchy Male Voice Choir Introduced by Ron Moody Sound JOHN CAULFIELD Lighting JOHN MASON Designer JOHN HURST
Production RICK GARDNER

starring Bo Derek
Richard Harris
John Phillip Law and Miles O'Keeffe Jim Parker , his beautiful daughter Jane and the safari photographer Holt, search the wilds of Africa for a fabled elephant graveyard. Instead, they find an inland sea and Tarzan, the legendary ape man. The shapely Bo Derek stars as a sexy new Jane in this version of Edgar Rice
Burroughs's fantasy, directed by her husband, John Derek.
Screenplay by TOM ROWE and GARY GODDARD
Produced by BO DEREK Directed by JOHN DEREK
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