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Join the Going Live! gang for a very special Boxing Day programme. There are star guests, live music, competitions, treasure hunts, pen pals, jokes, video voters, and cartoons too.
Editor CHRIS BELLINGER

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Editor:
Chris Bellinger

Good grief! An action-packed feature film starring the entire Peanuts gang and their adventures at Camp Remote, where they brave the bullies and attempt to win the contest for 'top tent' in the hairiest, scariest river race you've ever seen!
(First showing on British television)
Film: page 25

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Writer:
Charles M. Schulz
Director:
Bill Melendez

starring
Steve McQueen James Garner
Richard Attenborough Charles Bronson In an attempt to contain unwilling
POWs, the Nazis brought them together in Stalag Luft North, a seemingly escape-proof top security camp run by the Germans during
World War II. Unwittingly they had assembled the finest escape team in military history. Adventure and excitement abound in this film, with its all-star cast headed by Steve McQueen.
Screenplay by JAMES CLAVELL and . w R. BURNETT
Based on the book by PAUL BRICKHILL
Produced and directed by JOHN STURGES
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Unknown:
Steve McQueen
Unknown:
James Garner
Unknown:
Richard Attenborough
Unknown:
Charles Bronson
Unknown:
Steve McQueen.
Unknown:
James Clavell
Unknown:
W R. Burnett
Book By:
Paul Brickhill
Directed By:
John Sturges
Hilts:
Steve McQueen
Hendley:
James Garner
Barlett:
Richard Attenborough
Ramsey:
James Donald
Danny:
Charles Bronson
Blythe:
Donald Pleasence
Sedgwick:
James Coburn
Willie:
John Leyton
MacDonald:
Gordon Jackson
Ashley-Pitt:
David McCallum
Cavendish:
Nigel Stock
Von Luger:
Hannes Messemer
Werner:
Robert Graf

It's champions all, as the Telly Addicts family of 1987 plays the Telly Addicts family of 1986 in a special holiday edition of Britain's favourite television quiz. Noel Edmonds puts the questions - but will the contestants have the answers?
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Presenter:
Noel Edmonds
Director:
Annette Martin
Producer:
Tim Manning
Executive Producer:
John King

Starring Les Dawson
Tonight Les is in a festive mood, so watch out as he showers the contestants with more fabulous prizes. Joining Les tonight in a Dickensian mood are Lynda Baron,
Joe Brown, Geoff Capes, Lorraine Chase, Roy Hudd, Wendy Richard

Produced in association with Mark Goodson and Talbot TV Ltd
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Presenter:
Les Dawson
Panellist:
Lynda Baron
Panellist:
Joe Brown
Panellist:
Geoff Capes
Panellist:
Lorraine Chase
Panellist:
Roy Hudd
Panellist:
Wendy Richard
Sound:
Mark Holland
Lighting:
Graham Rimmington
Designer:
Chris Webster
Director:
Tony Newman
Producer:
Stanley Appel

starring Bob Monkhouse
This year four contestants, all working within the health service, compete for prizes and cash to be donated to their hospital. On offer as always is the chance for one of them to win themselves a fabulous holiday. Game devised by TERRY MARDELL and DAVID MOORE Programme associates
COLIN EDMONDS , JOHN JUNKIN Lighting BILL MILLAR Sound JOHN DELANY Designer jo DAY
Series producer JOHN BISHOP Produced and directed by GEOFF MILES
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Unknown:
Bob Monkhouse
Unknown:
Terry Mardell
Unknown:
David Moore
Unknown:
Colin Edmonds
Unknown:
John Junkin
Unknown:
Bill Millar
Unknown:
John Delany
Directed By:
Geoff Miles

In a special programme for the festive season Paul Daniels takes a magical trip back into childhood, re-creates one of his funniest routines, and attempts to saw a horse in half! He also introduces: from
Argentina the famous sleight-of-hand artist Rene Lavand; from France the spellbinding puppets of Philippe Genty; and from Korea the unusual climbing skills of The Brave Seamen.
Featuring Debbie McGee

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Magician:
Paul Daniels
Magician:
Rene Lavand
Puppeteer:
Philippe Genty
Acrobats:
The Brave Seamen
Magician's Assistant:
Debbie McGee
Technical Consultant:
Gil Leaney
Technical Consultant:
Jim Steinmeyer
Sound:
Tony Philpot
Lighting:
Bill Millar
Designer:
Don Giles
Director:
Kevin Bishop
Producer:
John Fisher

by Rod Beacham
Series created by Robert Banks Stewart
starring John Nettles with Terence Alexander, Sean Arnold, Louise Jameson
Guest stars Liza Goddard, Peter Jeffrey, James Maxwell
Murder and a series of apparently unrelated robberies bring Jim Bergerac face to face with his old adversary, Philippa Vale, with unforeseen consequences for them both.
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Writer:
Rod Beacham
Series created by:
Robert Banks Stewart
Theme music by:
George Fenton
Incidental music by:
Ray Russell
Script Editor:
John Chapman
Film Editor:
Bernard Ashby
Designer:
Phil Roberson
Photography:
Kevin J. Rowley
Producer:
Jonathan Alwyn
Director:
Robert Tronson
Jim Bergerac:
John Nettles
Charles:
Terence Alexander
Philippa Vale:
Liza Goddard
Terence:
Peter Jeffrey
Raymond:
James Maxwell
Simeon Fox:
David Horovitch
Cyril Clavering:
John Grillo
Miranda:
Lynette Davies
Crozier:
Sean Arnold
Susan Young:
Louise Jameson
Gregory Ormond:
Greg Hicks
Tina Bragg:
Carole Harrison
Insp Petch:
Michael Melia
Sgt Grieve:
Steve Paget
Museum curator:
Rosemary Frankau
Peggy:
Nancy Mansfield
Det Con Wilson:
Geoffrey Leesley
Det Con Goddard:
Jolyon Baker
Sir Roger Carfax:
Stuart Saunders
Leao:
John Cassady
Vincent:
David Beckett
Security assistant:
Christopher Donat
Shopkeeper:
John Crocker
Desk clerk:
Marilyn Le Conte
Chaplain:
Chris Dunne
Waitress at garden party:
Penny Smith
Waitress at cafe:
Theresa Fresson
Lady with dog:
Dorothea Alexander
Tony Bragg:
Gareth Milne

A Hercule Poirot murder mystery.
Tonight starring Peter Ustinov

'Everyone has the alibi, so you see nobody did it. And yet we still have a body.' (Poirot)

On a spectacular island in the Adriatic, a group of the wealthy (and not so wealthy) gather to drink, relax and bitch in a luxury hotel. It becomes clear that all are connected with one of the guests and for one of them the connection is a deadly one....

(First showing on British television)
(Agatha Christie's 'Murder on the Orient Express' New Year's Eve at 8.45pm)
Films: page 25
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Contributors

Screenplay:
Anthony Powell
Based on the novel by:
Agatha Christie
Producer:
John Brabourne
Producer:
Richard Goodwin
Director:
Guy Hamilton
Hercule Poirot:
Peter Ustinov
Christine Redfern:
Jane Birkin
Sir Horace Blatt:
Colin Blakely
Patrick Redfern:
Nicholas Clay
Odell Gardener:
James Mason
Rex Brewster:
Roddy McDowall
Myra Gardener:
Sylvia Miles
Captain Marshall:
Denis Quilley
Arlena Marshall:
Diana Rigg
Daphne Castle:
Maggie Smith
Linda Marshall:
Emily Hone
Flewitt's secretary:
Barbara Hicks
Flewitt:
Richard Vernon

starring
Michael Redgrave Googie Withers
Acknowledged as a masterpiece of British cinema, this five-part film includes the famous 'ventriloquist' sequence among its stories of comedy, murder, horror and the unknown. Architect
Walter Craig goes to the home of a new client, but finds the house and its inhabitants strangely familiar. Each of the guests has a story to tell and gradually Craig realises that he is living a recurring nightmare....
Screenplay by JOHN V. BAINES and ANGUS MACPHAIL
Produced by MICHAEL BALCON Directed by CAVALCANTI CHARLKS CRICHTON , BASIL DEARDEN and ROBERT HAMER
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Unknown:
Michael Redgrave
Unknown:
Googie Withers
Unknown:
Walter Craig
Unknown:
John V. Baines
Unknown:
Angus MacPhail
Produced By:
Michael Balcon
Directed By:
Cavalcanti Charlks Crichton
Directed By:
Basil Dearden
Directed By:
Robert Hamer
Maxwell Frere:
Michael Redgrave
Walter Craig:
Mervyn Johns
Joan Cortland:
Googie Withers
George Parratt:
Basil Radford
Larry Potter:
Naunton Wayne
Sally O'Hara:
Sally Ann Howes
Eliot Foley:
Roland Culver
Dr Van Straaten:
Frederick Valk

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