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Elizabeth Watts and her guests say Hallo Again.

Last programme in the series Prayer ...Asa Way of Life Is prayer remote from everyday life?
Angela Ashwin suggests that the ordinary events of the day's common round would also be an opportunity for prayer. Assistant producer STEVE BENSON Producer HELEN ALEXANDER

This morning's service comes from the newly-established Roman Catholic Cathedral of St Joseph's, Swansea.
Bishop Mullins of Menevia leads the mass in honour of the Holy Family.
Readings: Ecclus 3, vv 2-6, 12-14 Colossians 3. w 12-21
Hymns: Joy to the world; Lord Jesus Christ; Lord of all hopefulness;
Adeste fideles
Organist DAVID ALEXANDER
Choirmaster JACK HUMPHRIES Television presentation
DAFYDD OWEN. BBC Wales

ARTHUR DOOLEY 'S sculpture shows Joseph holding up the child he has helped to deliver.

A programme with sign language and subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. Today, an edited version of The Turkey
A fun film made by the Natural History Unit about the Christmas turkey
Introduced by Jeffery Boswall Filmed by MARTIN SAUNDERS Film editor ANDREW NAYLOR Poetry by PAMELA HALFORD Research by CATHERINE MANN , ROBIN PRYTHERCH Written and produced by JEFFERY BOSWALL (e)

starring
Eric Morecambe Ernie Wise
Eric and Ernie accidentally get mixed up in the shady world of espionage.
Screenplay by s.c. GREEN and R.M. HILLS from a story by PETER BLACKMORE Produced by HUGH STEWART Directed by ROBERT ASHER
('Ernie Wise Introduces' on New Year's Eve BBC1 8.00pm)
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On 19 June, BBCtv presented a unique event with teams of international celebrities led by royal captains competing in sponsored games to raise money for charity.
This specially edited version recalls the flavour and excitement of the occasion. Team captains:
HRH The Duke of York on behalf of the World Wildlife Fund
HRH The Duchess of York on behalf of International Year of Shelter for the Homeless HRH The Prince Edward on behalf of the Duke of Edinburgh's
International Project 87 HRH The Princess Royal on behalf of the Save the Children Fund
Games designer STUART FURBER Television presentation MARTIN HUGHES
Director GEOFFREY C. D. WILSON Producer ALAN WALSH BBC North West (R)

Weather for farmers
With MICHAEL FISH

by Jane Hollowood and Charlie Humphreys.
"You'd all better make the most of me. I expect this'll be me last Christmas."
(Ceefax subtitles)

starring
Michael Caine ,
Sylvester Stallone and 18 of the world's top soccer players feature in this exciting World War II drama.
Captain John Colby , ex-soccer star and prisoner of war, agrees to field a team of prisoners against the German national team. The
Germans intend to use the match as a propaganda exercise but Colby's team have other ideas ...
The Players
The French
Screenplay by EVAN JONES and YABO YABLONSKY Produced by FREDDIE FIELDS Directed by JOHN HUSTON
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Rolf Harris presents classic cartoon comedy. Today featuring: The Million Hare Cat Feud
The Dog House

The Most Talented Pets in Britain
Remember the dog who said 'sausages'?
Or the mysterious Lirpa Loof who appeared at London Zoo on 1 April 1984?
Or Shimmy the ping pong pussy?
Or the budgie who fell in love with a goldfish?
Esther Rantzen , with a little help from the Panto stars of MONTPELIER SCHOOL, Ealing, introduces these and other memorable pets who have appeared in That's Life! over the past 15 years.
Producer BRYHER SCUDAMORE Editor JOHN MORRELL

with Philip Hayton Weather BILL GILES

Songs of Praise joins London and Jamaica in a celebration of Christmas. Jamaica was the first Caribbean member of the Commonwealth to achieve its independence and as everybody of Jamaican origin in the UK will tell you, this year is the 25th anniversary of that event. The year's celebrations are to be rounded off with a special link-up edition of Songs of Praise in which Christians from many churches in Kingston join in singing their favourite carols with relatives, friends and well wishers in London.
Roger Royle introduces the London end and meets Christians of Jamaican origin who talk about their experiences of living in Britain.
In Jamaica Leonie Forbes tours round the island and tells something of its history including 'Jonkunnu', the carols and dance performed each year at Christmas by wandering bands of musicians.
Joy to the world (Antioch); No snow on our Carib island; Island in the sun; Sing de chorus, clap yu han; Silent night; And the glory of the Lord (Messiah); The Virgin Mary had a baby boy; Mary's boy child; Isaiah cried; Rejoice my soul Conductors
RICHARD BECKFORD, NOEL DEXTER, THE CHALK FARM BAND OF THE SALVATION ARMY
Assistant producer SIMON HAMMOND
Producer CHRISTOPHER MANN
Editor STEPHEN WHITTLE
Records and cassettes: 'Songs of Praise Vol 2' REC/ZCM 338; 'Your Songs of Praise Choice' REQZCM 469; Top Ten Hymns: the most popular hymns from BBCtv Songs of Praise REQZCM 556, from retailers
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A film written by Roy Clarke
Starring Michael Aldridge, Bill Owen, Peter Sallis and Thora Hird
featuring Jane Freeman, Kathy Staff, David Ellison and Ray McAnally

Other than the fact that Nora Batty is to be the VIP waitress and that Seymour is looking after the public address system, Gary and Vi's annual garden fete is of no great interest to Compo and Clegg. That is, until they happen upon a tramp with a special interest in donkeys, and one in particular....
(Ceefax subtitles)

Starring Raymond Burr
Forty million viewers and a live studio audience watch in horror as a famous film star shoots late-night chat-show host Steve Carr. Are they witnesses to a cold-blooded murder or a cool-headed frame up?
Despite his friendship with Carr's widow Perry takes on the case. Can he convince the jury that 40 million eyewitnesses are wrong?
(First showing on British television)
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with Philip Hayton Weather

Madonna
In the past 150 years there have been thousands of reported appearances of the Virgin Mary , usually to children. The visions warn of disaster and call to prayer. The Pope, a keen visitor to the shrines where the visions are commemorated, has declared 1987-88 a Marian year.
Many women in the Church are troubled by the cult: they say it has gone hand in hand in the Christian tradition with the subjection of women and the fear of sexuality. Yet it remains magnetic. The Virgin Mother still draws thousands of sick and despairing to her shrines in search of wholeness and hope.
Film cameraman MARTIN PATMORE Film editor RICHARD SEEL Assistant producer CEUA LOWENSTEIN
Producer ANGELA TILBY
Everyman editor JANE DRABBLE
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