6.30-6.55am
Business Breakfast
Business and financial news from Paul Burden and Sarah Coburn. Followed at 7.00am by the morning news programme with Laurie Mayer and Jill Dando.
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.
Cartoon. For the Mother of the Year picnic, Ranger Smith has trained his dog to stop
Yogi's picnic-basket filching. (R)
Regional News and Weather
Cartoon. Adventures of strongman sailor Popeye, girlfriend Olive Oyl and their son, Popeye Jr. (R)
After 10,000 years living peacefully in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, the Yanomami Indians are in grave danger. Seized by a greed for gold, an army of miners has invaded, bringing diseases which are wiping out the tribe. Newsround's Paul Welsh reports from the Brazilian rainforest on the Yanomami's fight for survival.
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Regional News and Weather
The Playbus stops today at the Tent Stop. Will Brenton, Carolene Hinds ,
Robert Hopkins and Luke Strain ten the story The Case of the Forgotten Watsitsname! by Will Brenton.
Cartoon. The Inventor gives
Rupert a pair of flying buttons, but when the little bear tries to fly home, he ends up travelling to all sorts of strange places. (R)
The grand final of television's international canoeing competition for the Norwich Union Trophy. Men, women and juniors tackle two new courses. Commentary by Chris Rea and John Gosling.
Regional News and Weather
Starring
Michael Redgrave Michael Denison
Edith Evans
The classic version of Oscar
Wilde's comedy about two wealthy bachelors, Jack and Algernon, who invent the imaginary Ernest as a scapegoat for their escapades. But when courting Gwendolen and Cecily, they are both shocked to discover the girls are falling for Ernest's charms.
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With Philip Hayton.
Weather John Kettley
Sharon leaves Nick tired and emotional.
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Starring Rod Taylor
The St Gregory in New Orleans is a bastion of old-style hospitality, and the setting for blackmail, racism, robbery and romance. Based on the novel by Arthur Hailey.
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Introduced by Andi Peters.
What's in a pizza? Who invented cornflakes? And how do they make it rain and snow in films? Presented by Sophie Aldred and Simon Davies with Jo Korna.
Producer Alison Stewart
Series producer Jane Tarleton
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The final day of stories and poems from the winners of the Jackanory writing competition. Today's story Surprises is told by Victoria Wood and Danny John Jules.
Cartoon about Max the toddler. (R)
A game show hosted by spy master Julian Parkin. Mission control at the Spy Training
Centre gets four new would-be secret agents - all struggling to be the master spies of today's contest. Join in the decoding of top secret messages, observation and detection tests and try to unravel the villains' fiendish plot. Can the new agents crack open the safe before it self-destructs?
Director David Crichton
Producer Christine Hewitt
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A news programme for children.
A three-part ghost story for children by Robert Westall.
3: Anne, reunited with Pat and Timmo, solves the mystery of the Watch House and helps the Old Feller to rest in peace. (R) (For cast see Friday 28 December at
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With Anna Ford and Chris Lowe.
Weather Ian McCaskill
Conversation and entertainment with Terry Wogan and his guests.
Starring
John Candy
Richard Crenna
Jack Chester and his family set off to Florida for a few weeks of sun and relaxation, blissfully unaware of the catalogue of disasters that awaits. And with the Chesters, disaster is always an understatement. This fast-moving family comedy stars big John Candy , Steve Martin 's unwelcome companion in Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
Director Carl Reiner
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With Michael Buerk.
Regional News
Weekend Weather
Ian McCaskill
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A special feature-length opener for a new American murder-mystery series. Starring
Edward Woodward, Jessica Lundy
Max Beckett is a crime novelist who has built his reputation on being a retired
Scotland Yard inspector. Nicki Page is a young obituary writer for the San Francisco press who is just itching for her big journalistic break. When Nicki witnesses the murder of a young woman - only for the body to disappear and the police to doubt her story - she seeks Max's help. But as the mysteries pile up, the biggest mystery is how this unlikely duo ever get on.
(The new series starts next Friday)
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Starring Ken Wahl
Nancy Allen , Robert Culp Los Angeles is being held in the grip of the 'Skull', a homicidal maniac who kills motorists with his 'death car'.
When his younger brother becomes the Skull's latest victim, mechanic Rick Benton converts his pick-up truck into a powerful armoured weapon to take revenge.
Director Able Ferrara
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