Regional News; Weather
With Philippa Forrester, Zoe Ball and Chris Jarvis.
7.10 Timeless Tales
Animated story of the emperor's new clothes (Repeat)
7.35 Smoggies
Animation (Repeat)
8.00 News; Regional News; Weather
8.10 Babar
Cartoon (Repeat)
8.35 Litt'l Bits
Cartoon (Repeat)
9.00 News; Regional News; Weather
9.05 Henry's Cat
Cartoon (Repeat)
9.10 Defenders of the Earth
Animation (Repeat)
9.40 Why Don't You?
Today: how to make a microphone and a savoury Swiss roll (Stereo)
10.05 Playdays
The Roundabout Stop (Stereo)
10.25 Funnybones
Animation (Repeat) (Stereo)
Britons at war are the heroes of today's movie extracts.
r Adventure adapted from
Mark Twain 's classic novel. When
Prince Edward meets his double, a street urchin, he thinks it would be fun to change places with him for the night.
With David Hemmings and Harry Andrews. Director Richard Fleischer ( 1 977)
Suotitled Weather
(Details at 5.35pm) Stereo Subtitled
Sci-fi adventure starring
River Phoenix, Ethan Hawke
Ben and computer whizz Wolfgang put their dreams of space flight into practice.
Director Joe Dante (1985)
More cartoons and viewers' requests.
With Tony Robinson.
With Zoe Ball and Chris Jarvis.
The dodo's story. Rpt Subtitled
A seasonal edition of the quiz.
From the Shetlands oil spill to dinomania, Juliet Morris and Krishnan Guru-Murthy look back over 1993.
Benito declares war on Jim. Rick and Annalise forge a foolproof plan - or is it?
Stereo Subtitled
With Andrew Harvey.
Weather Suzanne Charlton
Comedy starring Bill Cosby
Too busy trying to earn a living, widower Elliot Hopper is losing touch with his children. Then an accident means he loses touch with everything - he discovers he has become a ghost. Elliot, however, is too determined to make things right for his kids to let that inconvenience him. On the verge of a major business deal, Elliot must use his wits to make people think he is still alive and kicking.
Director Sidney Poitier (1990)
FILM REVIEWS pages 46-65
Two teams of celebrities have their knowledge of television tested by Noel Edmonds.
With Diane Bull, Frank Carson , Craig Charles ,
Philippa Forrester , Jonathon Morris , Gary Olson and Gwen Taylor.
With Andrew Harvey.
Regional News
Weather Suzanne Charlton
A special Christmas adventure for the unconventional
Newcastle detective, written by Jimmy Nail and based on the series created by Nail and Ian La Frenais.
The starting-point for the story seems straightforward.
" want you to go to Marseilles to pick up a naughty boy, and then bring him back here," says
Spender's boss Gillespie. But a car crash puts Spender in hospital and his prisoner apparently dead, burned alive. Except that there's no body.
Producers Steve Lanning and Jen Samson Director Matt Forrest
A Big Boy/Tnsquare production for BBCtv
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Highlights of two of the evening's top games, and news and views from the other matches in the Premiership over the Christmas period.
Plus December's Goal of the Month competition.
The chart-topping singer, recorded in concert, performing some of his best-loved hits, including Time,
Love and Tenderness and When a Man Loves a Woman.
