Third of four programmes following four young people walking the Pennine Way.

The first of four Advent services from East
Anglia. Today, Advent calendars are opened, and the first candle on the Advent wreath is lit as Christians begin the season of Ad vent - a time of prayer and preparation for the coming of Christ. Dr Donald English, General Secretary of the Methodist Church, Home Mission Division, joins the congregation in Ely Cathedral to reflect upon the significance today of this special time.

The magazine programme for the deaf community. With signing and subtitles.

German for beginners.
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Today's quick-to-make dish is tandoori chicken salad.

A series designed to encourage further education and training.
Mosaic
Second in a three-part series on equal opportunities.
Make It Work. Many equal opportunity policies exist in name only. A look at three different organisations taking positive action to make their policies work in practice.
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And at 11.30am Skillshop
Advice on jobs and training. ●STEREO
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Fourth of a six-part series about the social history of dress.
Rationed Fashion. After years of rationing, Dior's "new look" of 1947 restarted the fashion cycle.
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John Craven with the latest countryside stories. Plus at
12.55 weather for next week.

Followed by On the Record
The live political programme presented by Jonathan Dimbleby , with John Cole.

Omnibus edition. Grant has his own ideas about how to secure the Queen Vic for Sharon.
(Stereo)
(Teletext Subtitles: page 888)

The final of the UK
Championship from the Guild Hall, Preston. Presented by David Vine. Commentary by Ted Lowe , Jack Karnehm , Clive Everton , John Virgo ,
Ray Edmonds , Eddie Charlton and John Spencer.
(The final continues at 8.05pm on BBC1)

An extended episode of this nostalgic comedy written by David Croft and Jimmy Perry.
Love comes to Corporal Jones.
With Arthur Lowe , John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn , John Laurie , Arnold Ridley ,
Ian Lavender , Bill Pertwee.

Today, the Bride of the Year is selected from ten couples who were shortlisted from hundreds. Plus, frou-frou party frocks, gems and jewels. With Jeff Banks , Selina Scott and Caryn Franklin. Producer Clare Stride
Executive producer Roger Casstles ●STEREO

Third of a six-part drama series. Ambrosius. The young Merlin is increasingly threatened by his Uncle Camlach, now King of South Wales. His mother has retreated to a convent, and now friendless Merlin realises that he must run away from the dangers that surround him.
Written by Steve Bescoby
Producers Hilary Bevan Jones. Shaun Sutton Director Michael Darlow
A Noel Gay production for BBCtv ●STEREO
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Developing self-confidence.
Can You Take It?Responding constructively to criticism. Producers Anne O'Dwyer and Julian Stenhouse
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With Chris Lowe.
Weather Ian McCaskill

Debbie Thrower joins an Advent Sunday candlelit celebration at Bath Abbey. Hymns: 0 Come, 0 Come,
Emmanuel (Veni Emmanuel); Dear
Lord and Father of Mankind
(Repton); At the Name of Jesus (Camberwell); How Great Thou
Art; Lo, He Comes With Clouds
Descending (Helmsley); There Is a Flower.
Producer Diane Reid
Editor Roger Hutchings
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Comedy series by Jimmy Perry and David Croft.
Meet the Workers. Lord
Meldrum invites some of his factory staff to dinner.
Director Roy Gould
Producer David Croft ●STEREO
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Final of the UK Championship from the Guild Hall, Preston. Presented by David Vine. Editor Rick Waumsley
A Grand Slam Sports production for 8BCtv (Further coverage at 10.05pm)

With Michael Buerk.
Weather Ian McCaskill
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Third in the four-part serial starring Alex Jennings Joss Ackland
Ian Bannen
MrHarrington's Washing The latest assignment for Somerset Maugham's semi-autobiographical First World War playwright-spy mirrors the author's own espionage activities in Russia in 1917. On the eve of the Revolution, Ashenden - like Maugham himself - is sent to
Petrograd with funds to prop up the shaky Kerensky government and keep Russia on the side of the Allies. On the Trans-Siberian Express he meets an obsessive American businessman who may provide a useful cover, though they will both need the help of their
Russian guide to steer them through the chaos and violence of the Bolshevik uprising.
Screenplay David Pirie Producer Joe Knatchbull
Director Christopher Morahan A Kelso production for BBCtv ●STEREO
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Further coverage of the final.

Series exploring issues of conflict, ethics and belief. The Peoples' Opium? After 70 years of the suppression of Christian faith in Russia, people are turning to a bizarre blend of the traditional and the trendy. The Russian Orthodox Church vies with astrology and New Age teaching for the attention of the devout, the disillusioned and the desperate. In Shelkovo, a small community outside
Moscow, Everyman asks why faith is in fashion.
Producer Catharine Seddon
Editor John Blake
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Four films on culture and identity viewed from a variety of black perspectives. Who Stole the Soul?
Director Ngozi Onwurah Producer Sarah Carr
A Non-Aligned production for BBCtv