Clive's off to Oz for Christmas so he and Dennis exchange presents today. Dennis is pleased with his present, but Clive's present gets a bit out of hand! With
Wayne Jackman and Ian Tregonning. Production CHRISTINE HEWTIT
Playbus
The Dot Stop
Blue is the colour of the day - and blue with cold the colour of the music Dot and Domino play.
Puppeteer: Saskia Wright. Producer MICHAEL COLE (R)
Jinglebells Jimbo
Written and created by Peter Maddocks.
Directed by KEITH LEARNER (R)
Shirin Taylor tells the story After Dark by Nick McIvor. Director GRAHAM BOOTH Producer CELIA BONNER BBC North West
Scrappy's Playhouse
Scrappy and his friends go to the movies on 'Cartoon Day'.
Starring The Chuckle Brothers. Paul and Barry are still looking after Uncle Henry's mansion. But at night the house gets very cold and creepy ... Could it be haunted?
BBC North West
The Doomgaze
Mumm-Ra plots to release an Egyptian princess who is enslaved on a floating space ship. Three things are needed to release her. Can
Mumm-Ra get these without upsetting the Thundercats? (R)
With Sarah Greene and Phillip Schofield. Featuring
Peter Simon Trevor Neal and Simon Hickson.
A special Christmas edition featuring cartoons, music, special guests, competitions and surprises all with a seasonal flavour. Why don't you join in the festivities as the Going Live! gang get ready for Christmas in Studio Seven? You're guaranteed a good time. Editor CHRIS BELLINGER
With Suzanne Charlton.
Introduced by Desmond Lynam.
Provisional Timetable
12.20 Ski-ing
12.35 Boxing
12.45 Racing
1.00 News
1.05 Boxing
1.15 Racing
1.30 Boxing
1.50 Racing
2.10 Rugby League
2.55 Racing
3.10 Rugby League
4.00 Boxing
4.40 Final Score
Rugby League Regal Trophy
Live coverage of the first semi-final.
Commentators: Ray French and Alex Murphy.
Amateur Boxing From the Coventry Sports Centre.
England v Ireland
Important points for the Commonwealth Games - not to mention the match! Commentators: Harry Carpenter and Jim Neilly.
Ski-ing
From Panorama, Canada.
Women's Downhill Championship Commentator: Julian Tutt.
Racing
From Chepstow.
12.50 Philip Comes Novices' Hurdle Race (2½m)
1.20 Curran Group Finale Junior Hurdle Race (2m)
1.55 Coral Welsh National (Handicap) Chase (3m 6f)
Former Gold Cup winner The Thinker, National hero Little Polvier and Hennessy winner Gho Far make this a vintage Welsh National.
3.00 Racing International Challenge Hurdle (2½m) The final of the 100,000 dollars Sport of Kings series. Commentators:
Peter O'Sullevan Julian Wilson and Richard Pitman. Television presentation:
Rugby League KEITH PHILLIPS Amateur boxing
CAMPBELL FERGUSON Ski-ing CBC. Canada Racing BOB DUNCAN
Producer MARTIN HOPKINS Editor JOHN PHILIPS
Chris Lowe presents the latest stories and pictures from
Britain and around the world. Weather
Starring Bob Monkhouse. Join Bob for a seasonal edition of his popular game show. With guest celebrity contestants:
Pamela Armstrong Ken Bruce
Debbie Greenwood and Adrian Love competing for prizes and cash to be donated to their personal charities.
Game devised by TERRY MARDELL Programme associates
COLIN EDMONDS and JOHN JUNKIN Director TONY NEWMAN Producer GEOFF MILES
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White Christmas at the Holiday Inn
Starring Les Dennis,
Lisa Maxwell , Bella Emberg , Mac McDonald , with Mark Walker ,
Martin Daniels , Gary Lovini and the Jeff Richer Dancers.
Bob Stubbs leaves a Broadway song and dance act to open an hotel. A heatwave plus Miss Maisy's appalling cooking mean Christmas at the inn looks anything but merry, until Bob's old dancing partners Ted and Betty La Bottomy help out. Written by GEOFF ATKINSON Musical director RAY MONK Choreographer JEFF RICHER Produced and directed by KEVIN BISHOP
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Written by Roy Clarke. Starring Special guest appearances of , and What's Santa Brought for Nora Then?
Compo is determined to get
Nora a special present. Where will he find something that he can afford and will anywhere be open on Christmas Eve?
With CHARLIE DICKINSON ,
ANTHONY HAVERING, MIKE KELLY. JACQUELINE NAYLOR ,
JAMES THACKWRAY , JOYCE KENNEDY. Music RONNIE HAZLEHURST
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With Martyn Lewis. Weather
Starring Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot.
The great Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot , can hardly believe how many enemies beautiful American heiress Linnet Ridgeway has made.
When she is murdered on her honeymoon cruise, Poirot has only one problem - everybody on board could have done it and everybody had a reason for doing it!
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Symphonique
This concert, filmed in Montreal in July 1987, features Brubeck with his Quartet and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra.
Starring
Holly Martins arrives in Vienna to work for his friend Harry Lime , but is told that Lime is now dead.
Screenplay by GRAHAM GREENE
Produced and directed by CAROL REED
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