With Wayne Jackman and Ian Tregonning. Clive had a fabulous
Christmas down under in Australia - a bonzer party with Kylie, Jason, Michael Jackson , Bros, Superman, Batman and Spiderman. Dennis had Christmas lunch with his girlfriend Margaret. Liver-and-bacon trifle with brandy butter was the dessert - yuck!
Production CHRISTINE HEWITT
Playdays
The Tent Stop (R;

Shrinking Shrieks
Lost on a night-time drive,
Stan and Ollie come across an old, haunted house.(R)

Billy Butler tells the story of Eric and the Chip Shop by Beryl Lomas.

All You Need is Glove
Mike Mouse is at work when he hears a call for help - Pearl Pureheart is being attacked.

Batten down the hatches and hoist the lanyard as Paul and Barry set out to prove they're completely shipshape-less!

Lord of the Snows
A meteor containing
Thundrillium, the source of power, is hurtling towards the planet. The Thundereats need to find it, but others plan to stop them. (R)

With Sarah Greene and Phillip Schofield.
Featuring Trevor and Simon and Peter Simon.
In a special year-end show there's cartoon action from Defenders of the Earth and Muppet Babies. Celebrity Double Dare: Sammy and Owen from Brookside take on Sharon and Ian from EastEnders.
Also making an appearance are Phil Collins, Anneka Rice and Jason Donovan.
Plus Philderella, Going Live!'s New Year extravaganza based very, very loosely on a well-known story.

Bands ...Big Fun, Sydney Youngblood

Plus appearances by Anne Charleston, Noel Edmonds, Ian Smith, Tony Robinson, Nigel Kennedy, Bill Giles, Michael Fish, Suzanne Charlton, Liz Kershaw, Bruno Brookes, Tessa Sanderson, Duncan Goodhew, John Leslie, Andy Crane, Lisa Stansfield, The London Boys, Ruby Turner, Curiosity Killed the Cat, Brother Beyond, Halo James and And Why Not?

Director PETER LESLIE
Producer DAVID MERCER

When their owner is asleep, rag dolls Ann and Andy come to life and lead the other toys on incredible adventures. This time they must go in search of new doll Babette, who has been kidnapped by the Captain, a notorious buccaneer. Their quest will lead them to meet many strange and wonderful creatures, including the camel with wrinkled knees, greedy King Koo Koo and the Gazooks. But how can Ann and Andy rescue Babette and get home before daybreak? Produced by RICHARD WILLIAMS A Harmony Gold production
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12.15 5.05 pm
GRANDSTAND
With Desmond Lynam. Provisional Timetable
12.20 Athletics; 12.35 The 80s
12.50 News; 12.55 Racing
110 Ski Jumping; 125 Racing
1.40 Athletics; 1.55 Racing
2.10 Rugby; 2.55 Ski Jumping
3.05 Rugby; 3.50 Football
4.00 Athletics; 4.40 Final Score
Athletics
From Durham.
General Portfolio Cross Country Invitation Race
Peter Elliott and Steve Cram in the 2,000 metre event. Commentators:
David Coleman and Brendan Foster.
Rugby League Regal Trophy
Live coverage of the second semi-final.
Commentators:
Ray French and Peter Fox.
The 80s
Some of this you'll remember, some you may have forgotten.
Racing
From Newbury.
1.00 Philip Comes Novice Hurdle Race (Qualifier. 3m 120yds)
1.30 Save and Prosper
Mandarin Handicap Chase (3m 2f 82yds)
2.00 L'Oreal Handicap Hurdle Race (2m 100yds) Commentators:
Peter O'Sullevan , Julian Wilson and Richard Pitman.
Ski Jumping
From Oberstdorf.
Commentator: Ron Pickering. Television presentation:
Athletics JOHN SHREWSBURY Rugby league KEITH PHILLIPS Racing BOB DUNCAN
Ski jumping ZDF. West Germany Producer MARTIN HOPKINS Editor JOHN PHILIPS

With Laurie Mayer. Weather

Starring Bob Monkhouse.
Final round of the bingo quiz show with four hopeful contestants.
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A Distant Echo
Violet is preparing a memorial to honour her grandfather but an anthropologist comes to town with evidence that he may have been responsible for an Aboriginal massacre.
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A special holiday edition of the popular showbiz quiz. With Kenny Everett , Gloria Hunniford and their guests Michael Ball ,
Nicola Pagett , Peter Howitt and Anneka Rice.
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Les Dawson is like your favourite store at sale time - you wish he'd wrap up. Here is Les entertaining us as only he knows how.... or why.
Special guests: Michael Ball
Marti Webb and John Williams with Stuart Anderson
Lia Malcolm , Michael Corder and Jay Jolley.
Musical director JOHN COLEMAN Written by LES DAWSON,
CHARLIE ADAMS , PAUL ALEXANDER and GAVIN OSBON
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Starring and High-school student
Scott Howard finds when puberty ends, his problems begin - as he becomes a teenage werewolf.
Screenplay by JOSEPH LOEB III and MATTHEW WEISMAN Directed by ROD DANIEL
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With Martyn Lewis. Weather

Evil Is Live Spelled Backwards
A serial killer is stalking San Francisco. Known only as 'The Iceman', he uses
Jack Killian 's show to publicise his deeds. Would Jack allow him the air time if he knew the identity of the Iceman's ultimate target?
Written by DAVID ISRAEL
Directed by BRADFORD MAY
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The World According to Me Jackie Mason : American,
Jewish and one of the world's funniest men recorded live on Broadway.
This former rabbi casts his eye across sex, politics and the superficial world of Beverly Hills.
A special edition of the show, which was a great hit in the West End last year and garnered a collection of glowing reviews, is presented here.

Starring Ruth Cracknell as Doris Bannister and John Frawley as Humphrey Bannister.
Felicity lives with her middle-class suburban parents, and claims that she has been attacked by a prowler. Is it true, or a horrific living nightmare?
This unusual and disturbing thriller from the director of The Rocky Horror Show is based on a story by Australia's Nobel Prize winning author, Patrick White.
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