Introduced by Lisa Jones and Andi Peters, starting with:

Henry's Cat
(Repeat)

7.05am Hallo Spencer: See, I Told You So

7.35am Playdays: The Why Bird Stop
(Repeat)

7.55am Smoggies: Zombies of Coral Island

8.20am Around the World with Dot
Starring Drew Forsythe
A yuletide adventure in colourful animation.

9.25am Defenders of the Earth: Book of Mysteries

9.50am Haunters of the Deep
An old mine in Cornwall is being reopened. Becky and Josh hear of ghosts who warn of impending disasters...
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(Ceefax subtitles)

With lain Cuthbertson.

Presented by Julian Pettifer , Jonathan Scott , Fergus Keeling. Last September, Africawatch filmed the action in Kenya's Masai Mara. This programme highlights the wonder of life in one of the most stunning regions of East Africa. OB director ROY CHAPMAN Producer ROBIN HELLIER BBC Bristol

The River Dee at Llangollen, North Wales, provides a stem test for Europe's outstanding canoeists, all bidding for places in the 1992 Olympics.

Presents Britain's most talented pets. Esther Rantzen introduces some favourite pets from the last series. Producer ESTHER RANTZEN Editor SHAUN WOODWARD

With Chris Lowe. Weather Bill Giles

The International Ice Bowl in Belfast plays host to the 1976 World and Olympic free-skating champion
John Curry. Over the next five days John shows six people of different ages and standards how to improve their skating. Today: how to get on and off the ice, how to stop, and the beginnings of choreography.

Harold becomes a hero, but is it too late? The search begins for the cause of the fire. Written by RAY HARDING , LOIS
BOOTON, IAN SMITH. C.V. SCHOFIELD MALCOLM FRAWLEY
Directed by TONY OSICKA and STEVE MANN
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Starring and with and Outside Covent Garden Opera House, Henry Higgins , professor of phonetics, boasts to his friend Pickering that he could teach a cockney flower girl to speak like a duchess. The next morning Eliza arrives on his doorstep demanding to be taught ...
This classic Lerner and Loewe musical won eight Academy Awards.
Eliza is sung by Mami Nixon. Screenplay by ALAN J. LERNER Directed by GEORGE CUKOR 0 FILMS: page 25
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Results and football pools service.
Introduced by Ralph Dellor.

With Chris Lowe. Weather

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Starring and September 1961: and it's back to school for the students of Rydell High. As the T-Birds and Pink Ladies reassemble, Michael, a handsome young Englishman, joins the senior class. The accepted status quo is soon under threat when he falls in love with Stephanie, the most beautiful of the Pink
Ladies. This lively musical features Maxwell Caulfield , star of The Colbys, and gave Michelle Pfeiffer her first starring role.
Johnny Nogerelli. .. ADRIAN ZMED Goose.....CHRISTOPHER MCDONALD
Produced by BILL OAKES and ROBERT STIGWOOD
(First showing on British television)
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Starring Les Dawson with another edition of this popular quiz. His special guests this week are Lynda Baron, William Gaunt, Bonnie Langford, Adrian Mills, Mike Reid and Carmen Silvera.

Comedy: page 9
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Beginning a major season featuring the leading lady of contemporary cinema, Meryl Streep , here as Karen Blixen. and The remarkable story of Karen Dinesen who left her native
Denmark in 1913 to marry a Swedish Baron and run a coffee farm in Kenya.
Travelling to Nairobi she briefly encounters adventurer Denys Finch Hatton and a love story begins that is inextricably bound up with the beauty of Africa.
Stunning photography and an immaculate performance by Meryl Streep distinguish this highly acclaimed film.
Screenplay by KURT LUEDTKE Produced and directed by SYDNEY POLLACK
(First showing on British television. Meryl Streep in 'Falling in Love' on Friday at 9.30pm)
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With Chris Lowe.
Weather

Devised by Gillian Lynne and Marvin Laird.
A music and dance spectacular based on the songs of Burt Bacharach and Hal David.

Their words and music have entranced generations and now some of their greatest hits. Anyone Who Had a Heart, What's New Pussycat?, Trains and Boats and Planes, Alfie and many more, have been brought together to tell the age-old story of love.
With Courtney Pine and members of the BBC Philharmonic.

BBC North West