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With Philippa Forrester and Toby Anstis.
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Hallo Spencer
Puppet adventures.
Classic story of Babar the elephant.
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Return of the comedy about a house with a life of its own.
Animated adventures.
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4: Spack and the Shire Secretary, Harrison, lose their motion to dispose of "Wombat".
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The new gang is at large in a whacky mansion, offering activities, recipes and games for the school holidays. Today: juggling, ballroom dancing and pizza-making. STEREO
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Animation. Tom is a talkative boy with a vivid imagination. His pet dog Rags leads him to a mysterious treehouse, the entrance to a strange, colourful land.
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Adventure starring Maureen O'Hara
The throne of France is in deadly peril - only four swashbuckling avengers can save the succession.
With Cornel Wilde, Robert Douglas, Gladys Cooper, Dan O'Herlihy, Alan Hale Jr and June Clayworthy.
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With Chris Lowe.
Weather Peter Cockroft
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Gwen is concerned about Terry's effect on Blair.
Episode written by Peter Jones
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The original movie based on the successful television series, starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy
An unknown force is destroying Klingon spaceships. The USS Enterprise, after a refit, is ordered back into service, with James T Kirk in command.
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The excesses of Christmas Day are only too obvious when an overweight Peter Pan teaches Wendy how to fly. With special guest star Les Dennis, and Bella Emberg , Tom Bright , Sherrie Hewson , Lisa Maxwell and Barry Craine.
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Introduced by David Davies.
With Chris Lowe.
Weather Bernard Davey
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Toby is riding for a fall, and Brad is shattered when his birthday present has a devastating effect on Beth. Gaby catches a shoplifter and then makes a surprising decision.
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A seasonal special in which Jimmy Savile plays Santa Claus for viewers and makes their dreams come true. Among the wishes granted is that of 7-year-old John [name removed], who wants to get in the ring with World Wrestling Federation champion "Rowdy" Roddy Piper. Most requested "Fix It" of the year was to meet the pop group Take That, and Sonia [name removed] 15, even ends up in their latest video. But the strangest wish sees Jimmy secretly attending a very special event - a Jimmy Savile Lookalike Party.
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In this special edition of the television knowledge quiz, Noel Edmonds raids the archives for some festive goodies to challenge his celebrity guests. Answering the questions are Birds of a Feather Pauline Quirke and Linda Robson, singer Michael Ball, Keith Barron (Good Guys), EastEnder Michelle Collins, Rosemarie Ford (Generation Game), Geoffrey Hughes (Keeping Up Appearances), and radio and TV personality Danny Baker.
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First showing on network television of this comedy blockbuster, starring
Arnold Schwarzenegger Danny DeVito
Separated at birth, after a genetic experiment, gentle giant Julius Benedict seeks his twin, only to find the vigorously devious Vincent in a whole mess of trouble.
Menaced by loan sharks and targeted by a killer, the mismatched siblings set out on a cross-country quest to unravel their parentage, only to get tangled up in further misadventures.
Director Ivan Reitman
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With Michael Buerk.
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One of Britain's funniest sit-down comedians returns to the stool with some acerbic new material delivered from the stage of the Theatre Royal in London's Drury Lane. And this time. he says, he's angry. Director/Producer Paul Smith
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Highlights from two of the day's top Premier League games. There's a double helping of roundups, with all of today's other goals and a look at how everyone fared on Boxing Day. Plus a chance to vote in December's Goal of the Month competition. Commentary by Clive Tyldesley and Tony Gubba. Introduced by Ray Stubbs , with comment and analysis from
Gary Lineker and Alan Hansen. Series producer John Shrewsbury Editor Brian Barwick
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Documentary director Michael Ritchie 's first feature film, featuring some dazzling location ski-ing sequences, and starring Robert Redford
Gene Hackman
An ambitious downhill racer, a loner from Colorado, pursues his chance in the Winter
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