6.30-6.55
Business Breakfast
Business and financial news from Paul Burden and Fiona Foster. Followed at 7.00am by the morning news programme with Nicholas Witchell and Laurie Mayer.
Headlines or news summaries every quarter hour. Business news:
7.12,7.40,8.12,8.40.
Sport: 7.23, 7.50, 8.23, 8.50. Weather, regional and traffic news:
6.55, 7.25, 7.55, 8.25.
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Introduced by Simon Parkin , Andi Peters and Philippa
Forrester, and starting with Cartoon fun. (R)
Regional News and Weather
Cartoon adventures. (R)
...turn off your TV set and do something less boring instead. Wheel Meet Again! Cycle, ski, then a long walk - why not simply take the bus? Director Alex Lonsdale
Producer Trevor Stephenson Long
Regional News and Weather
The Playbus stops today at the Patch Stop. Simon Davies tells the story The Sleepy Owl by Marcus Pfister. With Vanessa Amberleigh. (R)
Cartoon narrated by Ray Brooks. (R)
The final heat of television's international canoeing series. Commentary by Chris Rea and John Gosling.
Regional News and Weather
Starring
Stewart Granger Eleanor Parker
A stirring adventure based on Rafael Sabatini 's novel set in and around Paris at the time of the French Revolution.
Director George Sidney 0 FILMS: pages 51-64
With Philip Hayton.
Weather Ian McCaskill
Kerry takes up Mrs Mangel 's mantle.
(For cast see Friday 28 December. Repeated at 5.35pm) 0 CEEFAX SUBTITLES
Starring
June
Allyson Louisa May Alcott's much-loved classic story about the fortunes of four sisters growing up in 1860s America.
Producer/Director Mervyn LeRoy 0 FILMS: pages 51-64
Introduced by Andi Peters
Dooby Duck sets off on a worldwide concert tour.
Producer David Crichton
The furry Going Live star gets his own show.
Will Phillip Schofield foil Gordon's audacious plans?
Children: page 24
More Jackanory writing competition winners. Today: Birthdays told by Christopher Timothy and Jan Francis.
Cartoon about Max the toddler. (R)
Children's drama in six parts based on characters created by Andrew Davies and written by Steve Attridge.
1: It was an ordinary day - for Billy's street.
Children's news programme.
With Yvette Fielding, John Leslie and Diane-Louise Jordan.
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With Andrew Harvey and Jill Dando.
Weather Bill Giles
Was Diane wise to bring Disa home? And what's the secret that Jason's hiding from Pete?
Episode written by Ayshe Raif
(For cast see Thursday 27 December)
(Ceefax subtitles)
Starring Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles
When first shown, this episode of the classic comedy gained one of the ten largest TV audiences recorded in Britain.
(R)
(Ceefax subtitles)
A comedy series written by Richard Fegen and Andrew Norriss.
Starring Chris Barrie
At Whitbury New Town's leisure centre there are wet sports and dry sports - and it's a manager's job not to confuse the two. When new man in charge Gordon Brittas arrives harbouring dreams of perfect harmony, he sees the centre as a force for good; but his plans for world peace are set to be disrupted when he puts the non-swimming table tennis coach on poolside duty.
Picture story: page 125
(Ceefax subtitles)
With Michael Buerk.
Regional News
Weather Bill Giles
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Last in the series starring Mel Smith
Griff Rhys Jones
A preview of a new movie about the Welsh mafia, and clairvoyant Doris Cockney. 0 CEEFAX SUBTITLES
First showing on network television, starring Michael Caine
James Fox , Nigel Havers There is a 'mole' somewhere in GCHQ leaking top secret information to the Russians and the press. Bob Jones , a linguist in the Russian section, suspects official involvement.
Director Simon Langton FILMS: pages 51-64 CEEFAX SUBTITLES
Starring
Deborah Kerr
Michael Redgrave Peter Wyngarde
A chilling ghost story based on Henry James 's short story The Turn of the Screw.
Screenplay William Archibald and Truman Capote
Producer/Director Jack Clayton
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