in Dad Always Pays.
Leon tries to get Suzi to marry a wealthy client's son. Directed by HAL YATES
An RKO film

with Kirsty Wark and Jeremy Paxman

The Sweepstake Ticket
A HANNABARBERA production (R)

Weather followed by Open Air
Talk to wildlife producer John Downer about his new series Supersense on [number removed]. Producers ROGER W1LKES
KAREN BLUMENFELD. LIZ MCCALLUM CHARLES BRUCE. TONY HARRISON
Directors ROGER NEALE. JANE RIDLEY Editor SUSAN WOODWARD BBC North West

with Robert Kilroy-Silk . Studio directors
LINDA NASH. ANN MORLEY
Deputy editor JOHN GETGOOD Editor DAVID WICKHAM

Weather followed by Going for Gold

Andy Crane - starting with Playbus which stops today at The Playground Stop.
The children meet a duck and a hen.
With Dave Benson Phillips Puppeteer JANE EVE
Storyteller Anthony Lapsley Story: Sticky Beak and the Mysterious Pet by MARCIA VAUGHAN , illustrations by ESTER KASEPUU.
Music JONATHAN COHEN
Producer BARBARA RODDAM

Trouble at Number 32 by MICHAEL BOND. Narrated by Michael Hordern (R)

with Judi Deneh

Weather followed by Open Air
Do campaigning wildlife films have any impact on the animals that they are trying to save? Question two wildlife experts.

Weather followed by Daytime Live with Alan Titchmarsh and Floella Benjamin. Join Britain's brightest magazine for another sneak preview of one of this year's Song for Christmas finalists, and there's more practical advice for people taking tranquillisers in 'Stepping Out'. A helpline on 0[number removed]is open from
1.00pm to 6.00pm.
The booklet 'Stepping Out' is available from PO Box 7, London W3 6XJ.

with Philip Hayton
Weather MICHAEL FISH

Mrs Mangel is rushed to hospital. Mike has to make a decision which will affect his future.
Written by C. V. SCHOFIELD
Directed by KENDAL FLANAGAN
(Cast page 52. Repeated at 5.35pm)

Hosted by Henry Kelly.
Question writer DR NIGEL LEIGH
Executive in charge of production BILL
MASON Designer DAVID LASKEY
Associate producer KERENSA BUNCE Executive producer MICHAEL WHYTE Director STEVE CHILVER
A REG GRUNDY production in association with BBCtv

Written by William Douglas and Irv Pearlberg
starring Raymond Burr as Robert T. Ironside
with Don Galloway as Det Sgt Ed Brown
Barbara Anderson as Officer Eve Whitfield
Don Mitchell as Mark Sanger.

Mark suffers deep remorse after his van knocks down an elderly woman.
(R)

from the Grand Hall, Olympia. A look back over five days of top class show jumping as well as some of the more lighthearted moments at this year's show.
Introduced by David Vine. Commentators
RAYMOND BROOKS-WARD and STEPHEN HADLEY
Producers JOHNNIE WATHERSTON and WENDY SHEPPARD

Andy Crane -
starting with Laurel and Hardy in Fair Play (R)

4.00pm A Paddington Special: Paddington Goes to the Movies
by MICHAEL BOND.
After being inspired by Gene Kelly to 'sing and dance in the rain'. Paddington persuades the Brown family to take him back to the cinema, where he gets caught up in the projection room.
Narrated by Michael Hordern Animated and directed by BARRY LEITH
Music by HERBERT CHAPPELL Executive producer GRAHAM CLUTTERBUCK (R)

4.20pm Simon and the Witch
Last of a 12-part serial by VALERIE GEORGESON , from a story by MARGARET STUART BARRY. Can Lady Fox-Custard use her influence with the police to close down Valdini's? (For cast see page 53)

4.35pm What's That Noise?
Note to Craig Charles, re who's playing:
1: Busy day: Swing Band from Wells School.
2: Bass guitar and amp for Gail Ann Dorsey.
3: Hue and Cry arrive with band. Give parts to the MD Allan Rogers for Ordinary Angel.
4: I thought Susuki was a sort of motorbike?
5: Ieuan Jones - Does he play Elton John songs on a harp?
6: Go and see Tristan Fry.
7: Phone Nigel Kennedy.
Format devised by TIM GRAHAM and RICHARD ADDISON
Executive producer CHRISTOPHER PILKINGTON
Directed by STEVE SMITH Produced by PIPPA DYSON

5.00pm Newsround

5.05pm Grange Hill
Last of 20 episodes by MARGARET SIMPSON.
Will Ziggy be back next year?
Devised by PHIL REDMOND
Producer RONALD SMEDLEY
Director ROBERT GABRIEL (R)
(New series starts on 3 January.)
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with Nicholas Witchell and Andrew Harvey

Weather JOHN KETTLEY

'It's all about you, the Great British Public,' says Derek Jameson , along with reporters Jeni Barnett , Lucy Pilkington and Chris Serle. Tonight, Derek returns for a special Christmas show and another chance to see the best of People. Lucy visits Derek Paravacini , a blind 8-year-old with an exceptional musical talent. Jeni meets a Lincolnshire 'supermum' who's had a baby a year for the last 11 years. Chris joins a ghoulish tour of the ancient alleyways of Edinburgh. And Derek will be asking, 'Hope and Glory, what's your story?' - and if you would like People to tell your story (a new series begins in the spring) - write to [address removed]Producer SARAH CAPLIN
Series producer PETER BAZALGETTE

by Juliet Ace.
"You loved me, all I wanted to do was love you back."
(For cast see page 128)
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Questionmaster David Coleman.
Ian Botham and Bill Beaumont continue their weekly sporting battle of wits. Among their guests this week are Steve Davis , five times World Snooker
Champion: Wayne Gardner , Australia's only World 500cc Motor Cycle Champion and Chris Cahill , Olympic finalist and 1982 Commonwealth
Games Champion in the 1500m. Director MICK DEMPSEY Producer MIKE ADLEY. BBC North West
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with Michael Buerk
Regional News; Weather

starring Sylvester Stallone with Talia Shire, Burt Young, Burgess Meredith.
Rocky Balboa is a second-rate Philadelphia street fighter. Depressed and in a near penniless state, Rocky suddenly finds himself in the right place at the right time. Just before the World Heavyweight Championship fight, the leading contender is injured. The Champ decides to give a local boy a shot at the title and picks the unknown Rocky. The stage is set for the most famous fight in movie history - Apollo Creed versus the Italian Stallion.
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with Barry Norman.
The Michael Jackson film, Moonwalker, opens on Boxing Day and might provide you with your post-Christmas entertainment.
Barry Norman reviews it and looks forward to the movies opening in the New Year: including David Cronenberg's latest shocker, Dead Ringers, starring Jeremy Irons; and Young Guns, a western loaded with Brat Packers including Charlie Sheen, Emilio Estevez and Kiefer Sutherland.
Director DOMINIC BRIGSTOCKE Producer JANE LUSH
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starring Gene Kelly Van Johnson Cyd Charisse
While in Scotland,
Americans Tommy and Jeff lose their way in - the mist. When it clears they find themselves in a most 'unusual village'... The romance of the Highlands inspired Alan Jay Lerner to invent the village of Brigadoon which comes to life only once every 100 years. This lavish screen version of the successful show, currently in London's West End, includes such songs as Almost Like Being in Love,
Heather on the Hill and I'll Go
Home to Bonnie Jean.
Screenplay and lyrics by ALAN JAY LERNER
Music by FREDERICK LOEWE Produced by ARTHUR FREED
Directed by VINCENTE MINNELLI
('Carousel', Christmas Day 11.40pm)
0 FILMS: page 24
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