6.30-6.55 Business Breakfast
News every quarter hour.
With Philippa Forrester and Toby Anstis. • STEREO
2: Antipater, one of Herod's sons, plots against his father.
Cartoon.
2: Biff outwits the enemy. (For cast see tomorrow at 9.30am)
and Regional News; Weather
Today: the Playground Stop. ● STEREO
Cartoon. Babar returns to the jungle to be crowned King of the Elephants.
and Regional News; Weather
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Musical comedy starring Cliff Richard
Susan Hampshire The
Shadows Johnnie and his friends find themselves at sea - but the film world beckons. With Walter Slezak , Melvyn Hayes , Richard O'Sullivan , Una Stubbs and Gerald Harper. Director Sidney J Furie 0 FILMS: pages 41-65
Anne Diamond and Nick Owen open the doors on Santa Claus. ● STEREO
With Philip Hayton.
Weather Rob McElwee
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The greatest moments from the golden age of MGM movie musicals.
Narrators include Fred Astaire , Bing Crosby , Gene Kelly , Peter Lawford , Liza Minnelli ,
Donald O'Connor , Debbie Reynolds ,
Mickey Rooney , Frank Sinatra , James Stewart and Elizabeth Taylor. Plus performances by Judy Garland , Esther Williams , Eleanor Powell and Clark Gable.
Director Jack Haley Jr
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With Andi Peters.
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The last of the series looking at children's picture books includes Janet and Allan Ahlberg 's The Jolly Christmas Postman. STEREO
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Puppet music show. The Euro Tour visits Berlin today. * STEREO
Last in the sci-fi comedy series. Will the Dispensable escape the Great Black Hole of Nauphragia? ● STEREO
Cartoon adventures.
Last in the series about design. Today: who designs children's computer games? Plus the results of the Artifax top ten computer game survey. With Margot Wilson , Adrian Rose and Helen Fort.
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Chrissy has to answer difficult questions about the baby.
Written by Margaret Simpson
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There's a deep rift between Caroline and Christina.
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With Peter Sissons and Anna Ford.
Weather Peter Cockroft
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Two teams of youngsters battle it out in this special edition, having won local and regional heats organised by Fast Forward magazine.
Noel Edmonds asks the questions. Director Graham Wetherell Producer
Richard L Lewis
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Ian helps Kathy to make her mind up and Mrs Hewitt gives Arthur an ultimatum. Grant threatens to explode - can Phil manage to defuse the situation?
This week's episodes written by Tony McHale
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Bill Beaumont and Ian Botham captain two teams of sporting celebrities answering questions put to them by David Coleman. Executive producer Mike Adley
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With Michael Buerk.
Regional News
Weather Peter Cockroft
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Horror about evil forces from another world starring Jobeth Williams, Craig T Nelson
It is four years since the Freeling family's horrific encounter with unfriendly spirits and they are safely resettled. Then the site of their old home is disturbed, and an Indian burial ground is uncovered.
Director Brian Gibson
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American singer and songwriter Neil Diamond sings festive favourites in informal settings, accompanied by choirs from around America.
Songs include Christmas standards like White
Christmas, Little Drummer
Boyand Santa Claus Is Coming to Town, and carols such as We Three Kings, Silent Night, God Rest YeMerry Gentlemenand 0 Come, 0 Come Emmanuel. ● STEREO
Tonight's Movie Classic is
John Huston 's adaptation of a novel by the mysterious B Traven about gold, greed and human nature at its worst, starring Humphrey Bogart Walter Huston
Tim Holt
Humphrey Bogart gives a memorable performance as the most bitter of a trio of itinerant
Americans caught up in the Mexican gold rush.
Huston received Oscars for both screenplay and direction, and his father Walter won Best
Supporting Actor in the part of the grizzled prospector whose predictions come true when the trio strike it rich.
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