(R)

Three cartoons (R)

An animated Christmas special.
Preparations for the annual Wormingham Christmas Celebrations are progressing nicely until Bert Worm tries to help.
(R)

(R)

Simon Parkin - starting with:

Boss Cat: Dibble Breaks the Record
(R)

The Liverpool gang tries out a dry-ski slope.

(R)

A cartoon of the second Alice story by Lewis Carroll, first shown on Russian television.

With Nigel Hawthorne as the voice of Lewis Carroll and Tracey Childs as Alice
(R)

with Simon Parkin

followed by:
Play School
Presenters Sheelagh Gilbey, Nick Mercer
Story: "Mrs Wobble the Waitress" by Allan Ahlberg

with Joanna Lumley

Happy Birthday Mom (R)

Written by Dale Mcraven
Starring Bronson Pinchot as Balki, Mark Linn-Baker as Larry, Ernie Sabella as Twinkacetti

Larry fills Balki's head with wonder at the prospect of Christmas with the Appleton family, but a snowbound airport has a way of spoiling that seasonal feeling.

with Dr Desmond Morris and Sarah Kennedy

What makes reindeer fly? And robins sing? Who got turtle doves as a present?
Which animal would find a welcome in Fawlty Towers? Brian Blessed introduces his family and other animals. Michael Fish, the weatherman, brings an unexpected pet.
And they are joined by Ken Dodd, Robert Kilroy-Silk, Rick Wakeman, Andrew Sachs, Rustie Lee and a lot of friends. Donner and Blitzen turn up too.

BBC Scotland

1.00 The Philip Comes Novices Hurdle (2m)

1.30 The Finale Junior Hurdle (2m)

2.05 The Coral Welsh National (H'cap'Chase 3m, 6f)

Introduced by Julian Wilson

Starring Kirk Douglas

Tom Burlinson, born and orphaned in the spectacular Australian High Country. Jim Craig is sent to the Harrison lowland farm where he must use his outstanding horsemanship to prove himself and regain his legacy.

(First showing on British television)
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(Ceefax Subtitles)

The traditional Christmas visit to the world of Walt Disney films
Introduced by Kenny Everett
Films include: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, The Rescuers, Mary Poppins, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Mickey's Christmas Carol

Introduced by Ralph Dellor

A round-up of the day's football programme.

with Richard Whitmore

Weather Michael Fish

Starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jan-Michael Vincent, Brian Keith

One of Hollywood's most likeable leading men is the producer and star of this comedy tribute to Hollywood's stuntmen - a tough, easy-going breed who take unbelievable risks only to see the credit go to well-protected stars and directors. Sonny Hooper is at the peak of his career as a stuntman, but is already looking over his shoulder at a dazzling young rival called Ski.
Compelled to outdo Ski's exploits, Hooper agrees to perform the most dangerous stunt of all time....

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(Ceefax subtitles)

In the first of a two-part special, Terry celebrates the golden years of radio comedy with those who took part.
Among his guests tonight are Harold Berens, Bernard Braden and Barbara Kelly, Pat Coombs, Maurice Denham, Jimmy Edwards, Percy Edwards, Cyril Fletcher, Ronald Fletcher, Deryck Guyler, Pearl Hackney, the late Irene Handl, Patricia Hayes, Max Jaffa, Noel Johnson, Bob Monkhouse, Richard Murdoch, Leslie Phillips, Cardew Robinson, Saveen and Daisy May and Molly Weir

(Part 2 on Wednesday at 7.00pm)

Starring Les Dawson
with Roy Barraclough, Graeme Garden, Brian Godfrey, Peter Goodwright, Johnny More, Mo Moreland, Patrick Mower, Toni Palmer and Jane Marie Osborne
The Roly Polys
Les's talents are shown to their fullest in this hilarious mixture of comedy and music. The Great Dawsoni is desperate to get his feet on the ground. Zebadiah Twine attempts to saw a Roly Poly in half! Confusion reigns in a doctor's surgery and Cissie and Ada are out on the town.

(Ceefax subtitles)

Starring Christopher Lambert as John CLayton - Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, Ralph Richardson as the Earl of Greystoke, Ian Holm as Capitaine Phillippe D'Arnot, James Fox as Lord Esker, John Wells as Sir Evelyn Blount and Andie McDowell as Jane Porter

When Lord Clayton and his pregnant young wife are shipwrecked off the coast of Africa in 1886 a legend is born. Their son John, reared in the jungle by apes, is master of all he surveys - until the day that a hunting party strays into his territory, bringing with it the violence of civilisation.
This breathtaking epic, based On Edgar Rice Burroughs's famous tale, comes from
Hugh Hudson, the director of Chariots of Fire.

(First showing on British television)
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(Ceefax subtitles)

with Richard Whitmore

Weather

Introduced by Jimmy Hill

The good news for the New Year is that the crowds are returning to football.
As a breath of fresh air over the holiday, here's action highlights from two Barclays League First Division matches with analysis and interviews.

Starring Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley

A jury adjourns to consider its verdict. It is a seemingly open-and-shut murder case but one man, while not convinced of the prisoner's innocence, is equally unsure of his guilt.

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