Dennis and Clive decide to turn over a new leaf and try for different jobs. Clive thinks he'd like to be king - he's already been turned down as a traffic warden in the Sahara desert and an underwater fire-eater, so what's left? With Wayne Jackman and Ian Tregonning.
Production Christine Hewitt

Playdays
The Playbus stops today at The Why Bird Stop. The Driver and Why are having transport problems.
Puppeteer: Fiona Beynon Brown
Producer Clare Bradley (R)

7.55am Laurel and Hardy: Hillbilly Bully
(R)

8.00am Mersey Tales
Shirin Taylor tells the story Calling Terry Ashworth by David Self.
Director Graham Booth Producer Celia Bonner
BBC North West

8.05am The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse: It's Scrappy's Birthday
Scrappy disappears because everyone has forgotten about his birthday.

8.20am ChuckleVision
Starring the Chuckle Brothers.
'Hey Paul, what are we doing this week?'
'Well Barry, I've got us a window cleaning round...' 'Round what?'
'Oh, round about.'
'Great! I love roundabouts!'
Writer John Sayle Cameraman Michael Farr Producer Martin Hughes
BBC North West

8.35am Thundercats: The Spaceship Beneath the Sands
(R)

A special New Year edition of Going Live!
With Sarah Greene and Phillip Schofield.
Featuring Trevor, Simon and Peter Simon with Double Dare.

With Suzanne Charlton.

With Desmond Lynam.

Provisional Timetable
12.20 Football; 12.40 Racing; 12.55 News; 1.10 Racing; 1.25 Ski Jumping; 1.40 Racing; 1.55 Table Tennis; 2.25 Ski Jumping; 2.40 Cyclo Cross; 3.50 Football; 4.00 Table Tennis; 4.35 Final Score.

Table Tennis
From Manchester.
Leeds English Open Championships
The world champions from Sweden and China, plus a strong UK entry.
Commentators: Peter Walker and Don Parker.

Cyclo Cross
From Sutton Park, Birmingham. Falcon National
Championships
Steve Douce tries for a sixth consecutive title.
Commentator: Hugh Porter.

Ski Jumping
From Bischofshofen and Innsbruck.
Commentator: Ron Pickering.

Racing
From Haydock Park.
12.45 Philip Comes Novices Hurdle (Qualifier. 2%m)
1.15 Steel Plate and Sections
Young Chasers (Qualifier. 2½m)
1.45 New Year Handicap Chase (2½m)
Commentators:
Peter O'Sullevan and Richard Pitman.

Football
The FA Cup
Continuing along the road to Wembley.

Television presentation:
Table tennis HUW JONES
Cyclo cross ALASTAIR SCOTT
Ski jumping ORF, Austria
Racing BOB DUNCAN
Producer MARTIN HOPKINS
Editor JOHN PHILIPS

With Chris Lowe.
Weather

Phar Lap and Carbine Cochrane are shattered when they hear their mother is dying. However, when they unlock her trunk and discover riches hoarded over a lifetime, they wreak havoc throughout the countryside.
Written by Graham Hartley Directed by Dan Burstall
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Jimmy Savile makes more dreams come true. Director PETER LASKIE
Producer ROGER ORDISH
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Starring Bob Monkhouse. Another chance for four hopeful contestants to compete for exciting prizes and a chance to win a dream holiday in the final round of television's bingo quiz.
Game devised by TERRY MARDELL Programme associates
COLIN EDMONDS and JOHN JUNKIN Director TONY NEWMAN
Produced by GEOFF MILES
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Paul gets to grips with Dem Bones, turns water into wine and introduces you to his psychic car. Special guests: Barry McGuigan, the award-winning trapeze act
Mouvance from Canada, and from Las Vegas, the exciting Esqueda family.
Featuring Debbie McGee.
Musical director RAY MONK
Programme associate ALl BONGO
Produced and directed by GEOFF MILES
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First episode, first day.
Stolen cars and a murder inquiry. Some old crimes but lots of new names, new faces and a few new problems. The new Divisional Commander, Don Henderson , arrives to find not only that his office is not ready - his building isn't either!
Music STEVE WRIGHT
Director RICHARD STANDEVEN Written and produced by PHIL REDMOND
A New Media Age production for BBCtv
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With Martyn Lewis. Weather

The hour is late - time for the Nighthawk to fly the airwaves. The Tarnished
Shield Killian 's talk show turns into horror when a caller commits suicide on the air. Jack and Deacon Bridges discover that the dead man was a corrupt cop - and only one tragic factor in a police scandal....
Written by JOHN SCHULIAN Directed by KEVIN HOOKS
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Dave Allen returns, but this time, solo. Half an hour of pure Dave - sharp, irreverent, wicked -just him, the microphone and you. Written by DAVE ALLEN
PETER VINCENT and IAN DAVIDSON
Additional material PENNY HALLOWES Produced and directed by BILL WILSON
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Featuring highlights of three of the day's ties plus a comprehensive round-up from the most romantic
Saturday of the football season - the Third Round of the FA Cup.
Presented by Desmond Lynam with comment from Jimmy Hill. Commentators: John Motson
Barry Davies and Tony Gubba. Reporter: Gerald Sinstadt.
Senes producer JOHN SHREWSBURY Editor BRIAN BARWICK
('Match of the Day' is on tomorrow at 3.00pm)

Starring and
Starkwater Hall , an exclusive school for girls, is in its summer session when the unimaginable happens - a pupil is found murdered. The headmistress, Miss Wade, is determined to hide the fact and preserve the school's reputation but, when a second killing occurs, the secret is out. Terrified, the remaining girls decide to protect each other from the unseen horror.
Screenplay by JENNIFER MILLER Directed by WILLIAM WIARD
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