in Gay Nighties

with Sally Magnusson and Jeremy Paxman
Reports from Bill Neely Peter Marshall
Mike Stewart
Mark Easton , Gail Foley Margaret Gilmore James Cox
Sports news and comment from Sally Jones
Local news and travel updates at 7.15, 7.45 and 8.15 The weather forecast from Francis Wilson at 7.25, 7.55 and 8.25

Weather followed by Neighbours

with Simon Parkin starting with:

Laurel and Hardy: Pie in the Sky
Laurel and Hardy head for a fall when they try accident insurance (R)

You'll need lots of concentration and a few plastic cups for today's programme. Bobby introduces his new pal, who is the strong, silent type, and Neil is almost floored.
You're advised to sit well back from the screen lest
Pink Splodge takes revenge. Director JOHN NORTHOVER
Series producer KIRSTIE FISHER BBC Belfast

by Michael Bond
(R)

Weather followed by Children's BBC with Simon Parkin

(R)

Presenters Elizabeth Watts Robert Kitson
Story: Mog's Christmas by JUDITH KERR

Christmas readings with Laurence Olivier

Written by Tim Kelly.
With guest stars Jose De Vega as Sourdough, Dennis Safren as Saddleblanket

Buck is filled with fatherly pride when he turns two Apache runaways into valuable ranch hands. But his loyalty is tested when they join an Apache war party.
(R) (For cast see page 64)

Weather followed by Daytime Live with Pamela Armstrong Alan Titchmarsh
Ross Davidson and Judi Spiers
Today the lunchtime team travel out to meet you making that last-minute dash to the shops. Watch out they could be on your doorstep! Plus cookery with John Tovey and the final entry in the search for A Song for Christmas
Editor STEVE WEDDLE BBC Pebble Mill

with Michael Buerk
Weather MICHAEL FISH

Des and Daphne's big day finally arrives. Will the Clarke Curse strike again? Who is the surprise guest at the wedding and who is the unwanted one?

Hosted by Henry Kelly
With nine contestants left in the first semi-finals, who is going to be today's winner? Each daily winner this week will go through to the finals in March when they will be one step nearer to their ultimate goal - European Quiz Champion and a ringside seat at the Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea.

starring
Robert Logan
Susan Damante Shaw Ham Larsen
Hollye Holmes
The true and exciting story of a modern pioneer family who turn their back on modern civilization and head for wilderness in search of a better life. They make their home high in the majestic Rocky Mountains and prepare to live off the land and in harmony with nature. But nature is not always kind to the Wilderness Family Robinson.
Screenplay by STEWART RAFFlLL Produced by ARTHUR R. BUBS Directed by STEWART RAFFILL
0 FILMS: page 25

Andy Crane - starting with

Fireman Sam: Norman's Tricky Day

with Michael Barrymore The Cloud Catcher
Today's story is about Mr Catchit , a man who could catch anything, a cold, the flu, a bus! Mr Catchit is given a special assignment; catch the clouds in the sky to stop it raining. Sebastian illustrates the story.
Devised and illustrated by DAVID MYERS
Sebastian assisted by RICHARD ROBINSON
RICKY GREENE
Music by MIKE MCNAUGHT (R)

with Johnny Ball
Today Philomena and Boniface find a new friend.
(R)

A 13-part serial by VALERIE GEORGESON from a story by MARGARET STUART BARRY
12: The casting for the school pantomime causes more problems than Miss Phoeble would have wished for.

Roy Castle and Cheryl Baker host the last in this series of television's top record-breaking show.
Star guests Richard Branson and Per Lindstrand recall their spectacular transatlantic hot-air balloon flight. There's an attempt to launch the greatest number of balloons from one place. And as the climax to the show another balloon record with a twist in the Record Breakers studio. Bobo the Clown and magician Kevin Woolley compete to blow their way into the record books by modelling balloons into poodles against the clock under the watchful eye of Norris McWhirter.
Designer GEORGE KYRIAKIDES Director KATHRYN WOLFE Producer ERIC ROWAN

A Newsround Special with John Craven
Every year, members of the Uphill Ski Club join the thousands of Britons who head off to the snow slopes of Europe. But to be in this club, you have to be physically or mentally handicapped.
John Craven went with one party to St Johann in Austria, and saw near-miracles happening in just a few days, as disabled children mastered the nursery slopes and joined in all the fun of a demanding sport - one that makes them feel equal to anyone. Picture editor IAN LAVELLE Producer NICK HEATHCOTE Editor ERIC ROWAN

Today: Early Bird Dood It, Betty in Blunderland and The Vanishing Duck

with Nicholas Witchell and Debbie Thrower

Weather Bill Giles

London Plus, Spotlight Points West, Look East
Look North, South Today North West Tonight Midlands Today

by JOHN E. WATKINS starring William Gaunt and Patricia Garwood
Arthur becomes a local hero after foiling a supermarket raid.
Sound GRAHAM WILKINSON
Lighting director HENRY BARBER Designer MICHAEL TREVOR Produced and directed by ROBIN NASH
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by Jane Hollowood.
"Funny smell in here, Arthur. Is it gas?"
(Ceefax subtitles)

by JEREMY LLOYD and DAVID CROFT General Von Klinkerhoffen has taken personal control of the district. The Resistance decide that their operations will be inhibited by the general's presence and so decree that he must be blown up. The colonel comes to a similar conclusion, deciding on poison, while Herr Flick is no longer prepared to tolerate the general's interference and elects to terminate the general's appointment with a poisoned dart. Designer DAVID BUCKINGHAM Produced and directed by DAVID CROFT (R) *CEEFAX SUBTITLES

Anne Robinson with your comments in the programme you help to write.
Producer VICKI MARRIOTT Please send letters to:
Points of View, BBCtv Centre, London W12 8QT

with Martyn Lewis and Debbie Thrower
Regional News; Weather

The great Belgian detective Hercule Poirot can hardly guess how many enemies the beautiful American heiress, Linnet Ridgeway , has made. When she is murdered on her honeymoon cruise, Poirot begins his investigation. The problem is, everybody on board could have done it and had a reason for doing it!
Screenplay by ANTHONY SHAFFER Produced by JOHN BRABOURNE and RICHARD GOODWIN
Directed by JOHN GUILLERMIN
(Agatha Christie 's 'Evil Under the Sun' next Saturday at 10.00pm) 0 FILMS: page 25
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