Starring Barbara Stanwyck Visiting Cincinnati, the world's champion shot is challenged to a shooting contest by a girl. This comedy adventure tells the story of America's celebrated shooting star.
Director George Stevens
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Last in the series.
Discovering Holiness. The
Quest reaches Whitby, where St Hilda founded an Abbey. Rosemary Hartill meets
Gordon Bates , the Bishop of Whitby. The service at the parish church of St Mary is led by the vicar, Ben Hopkinson. Reading: Matthew 1, w 18-23. Producer Noel Vincent Editor Helen Alexander
The annual pro-celebrity driving competition for the Dunlop Trophy from Perth. From The Flying Doctors,
Rebecca Gibney teams up with World Motorcycling Champion Barry Sheene ; Peter O'Brien is with Formula 1 racing driver Martin Donnelly ;
Lenore Smith is paired with Australian rally driver Ross Dunkerton ; and cricketer Dennis Lillee joins Aussie
Touring Car Champion Peter Brock. Presented by Murray Walker and Sybil Ruscoe. TV production Peter Hylton Cleaver An MG production for BBCtv (R)
Starring
Bing Crosby , Danny Kaye Old army buddies Phil and Bob are rehearsing their new musical comedy when they meet the glamorous Haynes sisters and follow them to
Vermont to stage a show.
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A look at Christmas from children's point of view. John Mundy finds out why
Christmas is so special. Producers John Mundy and Geoffrey Smith (R)
With Lynette Lithgow. Followed by Joy to the World
Sarah Greene introduces a celebration of Christmas in the Victorian style, held at the Royal Albert Hall , London, in the presence of HRH the Princess Margaret. Artists appearing include Jane Asher , Peter Bowles , Chris De Burgh, David Copperfield ,
Paul Daniels , Evelyn Glennie , Bonnie Langford ,
Diane Langton , Benjamin Luxon ,
Suzi Quatro , Bertice Reading, Leo Sayer , Wayne Sleep , Robert Tear , singers and dancers from Poland and Lithuania, the London Oriana Choir, English Baroque Choir, Waverley Singers,
Haberdashers' Aske's Boys Choir, English Baroque
Orchestra and London Brass, conducted by Leon Lovett. Pipes and Drums of the Second Battalion Scots Guards and Massed Fanfare
Trumpeters of the Household Division (Director of Music: Lt Col P Hannam).
Event devised and produced by Major Michael Parker
Television presentation Simon Betts Concert organised in aid of Save the Children and the NSPCC by the Westminster Christmas Appeal Trust in association with Vauxhall.
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Another chance to see last week's episodes.
Mark and Diane go in search of Disa.
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Starring Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale
Cell-mates Fletcher and Godber become unwilling accomplices to an escape attempt in this cinema version of the popular BBCtv comedy.
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Devised and presented by Esther Rantzen with Michael Groth. With special guests, actress Jean Boht, pantomime star John Inman and dancer Bonnie Langford.
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Last programme in the series of lively looks at Europe with Phillip Schofield. Featuring actress and former cabaret artist Lotti Huber; 'Werner', a former East German secret agent; rising pop star Inga; and Claus Jurichs, the German voice of Dallas's Cliff Barnes. At a watchtower along the Berlin Wall, Schofield visits the bizarrely named '5 Year Plan Cafe', and takes a drive in a two-stroke Trabant.
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Last part of the adaptation of the classic children's stories by C.S. Lewis.
Dramatised by Alan Seymour.
Jill, Eustace, Prince Rilian and their brave friend Puddleglum face a fight to the death with the Green Lady.
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With Lynette Lithgow. Weather John Kettley
Carols from Prague,
Czechoslovakia, with Placido Domingo , Ileana Cotrubas with the Virtuosi di Praga and the Choir of Christ Church
Cathedral, Oxford (musical director: Stephen Darlington ). With Jeremy Irons , the Bambini di Praga , President Vaclav Havel and the choirs and people of Prague in the Old Town Square and the Church of St Jakub.
Presented by Sally Magnusson. Producer Harry Marshall Editor Roger Hutchings
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The last in the present comedy series by Jimmy Perry and David Croft.
Starring Paul Shane, Jeffrey Holland, Su Pollard
Lord Meldrum holds a musical evening.
With Frank Williams, Angela Scoular, John Horsley, Yvonne Marsh, John D Collins, Sorel Johnson, Guy Siner, Geoffrey Hughes, Barry Howard, Davy Kaye and Robbie Barnett
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An Alleyn Mystery
Adapted by T R Bowen from the book by Ngaio Marsh. Starring Simon Williams
When an exercise for artists ends with the death of the model, it's a case for Chief Inspector Alleyn.
Producer George Gallaccio Director Silvio Narizzano FEATURE: page 43 CEEFAX SUBTITLES
With Michael Buerk.
Weather John Kettley
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A new comedy by Alistair Beaton and John Wells.
Starring Angela Thorne, John Wells
Dulwich: the distant future. Some people never really retire.
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To Give or Not to Give
Sam Oliner has devoted his life to the study of why some people give while others walk on by. His research shows some surprising results.
James Thompson looks at
Oliner's work and meets two people who have made a choice: one to donate bone marrow to a stranger and the other to risk her life in order to save a family of social outcasts.
Producer Angela Kaye Editor Jane Drabble
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Starring Goldie Hawn William Atherton
Four months before he is to be released from prison,
Clovis Poplin is persuaded by his wife Lou to escape. She is determined to stop their baby son being taken for adoption. But when they steal a young policeman's car and take him hostage, the full force of the law pursues them.
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