With Simon Parkin, Philippa Forrester and Esther McVey.

Tottie
Animation.

7.15am Playdays
The Dot Stop.
Stereo

7.35am Dot and Keeto
First showing on network television for this cartoon adventure.
Dot shrinks after making a meal of wild berries, and finds herself on a mosquito menu.
Director Yoram Gross
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8.50am Snoopy's Reunion
A nostalgic Snoopy organises a family get-together.

9.15am The Really Wild Dinosaur Show
No one has ever seen a living dinosaur, only their fossil skeletons. Dinosaurs were huge, agile, dangerous, caring, vegetarian, noisy animals, not just piles of bones. How did they move? What colour were they? Where are their nests? Watch them come to life with Terry Nutkins, Chris Packham and Sue Dawson.

9.45am The Raccoons and the Lost Star
Cartoon adventure.

Paddlers from Latvia, Germany, Scotland, USA, Slovenia, the Netherlands and England compete on a hazardous course for a place in the final of BBCtv's canoeing competition.

Roald Dahl's delightful fantasy confection, starring Gene Wilder.
Most children hunger for their own chocolate factory to play in. For young Charlie Bucket, the dream comes true, courtesy of the eccentric Willy Wonka.
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Cat and mouse triple bill.
12.55pm Regional News; Weather

Followed by Weather

Animated fun.

(Details at 5.35pm) ●STEREO
●TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888

Agatha Christie whodunit starring Peter Ustinov

Detective Hercule Poirot is left with a boatload of suspects when an heiress is murdered on her honeymoon cruise.
(Teletext subtitles: page 888)
Films: pages 41-67

Full classified football results.

●TELETEXT SUBTITLES (news): page 888

Puss Gets the Boot. The cartoon that began the classic capers.

Josh gives Jim and Todd a few lessons in self-defence.
(For cast see Monday 23 December. Shown at 1.25pm) STEREO
●TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888

First showing on network television for this magical musical journey into the world of Michael Jackson
From show-stopping dance routines to amazing special effects, from fact to fantasy, this spectacular movie features Jackson hits including Smooth Criminal, Leave Me Alone and a new version of the Bad video.
Featuring Sean Lennon , the younger son of John Lennon.
Directors Jerry Kramer and Colin Chilvers ●STEREO
●TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888 ●FILMS: pages 4 1-67

A new Screen One production starring lain Glen, Patsy Kensit, Susannah Harker, James Wilby
This first film adaptation of George Eliot's classic novel was written by Maggie Wadey, who wrote the much-praised adaptation of Precious Bane.

Two young men, the carpenter Adam Bede and the squire Arthur Donnithorne, find themselves competing for the love of the beautiful dairymaid Hetty Sorrel. It is a triangle which eventually leads to tragedy for all of them.

When Adam Bede was published in 1859 it was greeted as the work of a major new talent. Charles Dickens was sure the author was a woman. He was right, for George Eliot was the pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans, a country girl who told her publisher that Adam Bede would be full of "the breath of cows and the scent of hay". Director Giles Foster was responsible for the award-winning television production of Eliot's Silas Marner.
(Stereo)
(Teletext subtitles: page 888)
Drama: page 8
Films: pages 41-67

With Philip Hayton. Regional News
Weather Peter Cockroft
0 TELETEXT SUBTITLES (news): page 888

Comedy starring
Dustin Hoffman
Jessica Lange
Actor Michael Dorsey has a problem with work - nobody wants to hire him. His agent blames his reputation for being "difficult" - Michael is outraged and determined to prove him wrong. He wins a part in a daytime soap opera - a good career move, except that it's a female role. Dustin Hoffman gives a virtuoso performance in the double lead role.
Director Sydney Pollack
●TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888 0 FILMS: pages 41-67

Starring
Robert Urich
The Winslow family can't believe their luck when Matt lands a prestigious job. The new house, new friends, and new town seem fine at first, even if everything seems to depend on membership of the country club. Reluctantly, Matt agrees to join. Then he makes a horrifying discovery about the club's true purpose. A horror movie from the creator of A Nightmare on Elm Street.
DirectorWes Craven
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