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7.10 Favourite Songs: Christmas Tree
Animation.
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7.35 The Little Drummer Boy
Animation.
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8.00 News
(Subtitled)
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8.10 The Legend of Prince Valiant
Animation.
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8.35 Blue Peter
(Shown last Friday) (Stereo)
9.00 News
(Subtitled)
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9.05 Incredible Games
Fantasy Challenge.
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9.35 Sweet Valley High
Teenage drama about 16-year-old twin sisters.
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9.55 The Foxy Christmas Story
Animation.
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10.05 Playdays
Christmas decorations.
(Stereo)
10.30 The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Tom Kitten and Jemima Puddleduck
The first in a short series of animated Beatrix Potter Stories.
(Next tale on Boxing Day 4.30pm)
General-knowledge quiz, with Paul Daniels.
Comic highlights from the first three months of Carol Smillie's chat show. With Victoria Wood, Bruce Forsyth, Jimmy Tarbuck, Brian Conley, Maureen Lipman, Hugh Laurie and Rory Bremner.
The final of the 21st annual BBC competition for young songwriters, from Symphony Hall, Birmingham. Judges include Julian Lloyd Webber, Mike Read and Diane-Louise Jordan, and star guest Dina Carroll sings The Perfect Year. Introduced by Darren Day.
(Details at 5.35pm)
(Stereo) (Subtitled)
Team captains Alan Coren and Sandy Toksvig are joined by Terry Wogan, impressionist Steve Nallon, Radio 2's Fran Godfrey and Mastermind's Magnus Magnusson.
Chaired by Bob Holness.
Comedy. Ayounggirl whose mother is about to remarry asks
Santa to bring her divorced parents back together. Featuring appearances by Lauren Bacall and Leslie Nielsen. Director Robert Lieberman (1991, U)
♦ See Films: pages 50-72
Animated fun.
(Stereo)
Holiday entertainment featuring many of the regulars from Children's BBC. Including Peter Simon and Chris Jarvis appearing as the ugly sisters, and seasonal cartoon action with Ace Ventura - Pet Detective.
With Tim Vincent, Stuart Miles, Katy Hill, Romana D'Annunzio.
(Repeated tomorrow 9.35am)
(Stereo) (Subtitled)
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Stonie's dream machine is a nightmare and Jo's wedding plans fall through.
(Shown at 1.15pm)
(For cast see Friday 3 January)
With Andrew Harvey.
Weather Bill Giles
Regional news updates on the issues affectingthe South East. Presented by Gwenan Edwards with sports reports from Jonathan Wills.
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An episode of Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft's department store comedy.
Changes in staffing arrangements at Grace Brothers lead to fun and games.
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Noel Edmonds is the host as soap stars from EastEnders and Emmerdale take part in a Christmas edition of the light-hearted TV knowledge quiz. The EastEnders line-up is Deepak Verma, who plays Sanjay Kapoor, Syan Blake (Frankie), Howard Antony (Alan Jackson) and Brian Croucher (Ted Hills). The Emmerdale team is Lisa Riley (Mandy Dingle), Paula Tilbrook (Betty Eagleton), Paul Loughran (Butch Dingle) and Tonicha Jeronimo (Linda Glover).
Last Christmas a tiny orphaned lion cub named Salaam was rescued in the African bush. John Craven reports from Africa, where a British charity is attempting to reintroduce Salaam to the wild.
See today's choices.
Mark gets some unexpected news and is thrown into a panic.
For cast see Monday 30 December
The comedy series starring Lenny Henry as the fearsome chef Gareth Blackstock.
Love is in the air when a wedding is held at the restaurant and Gareth falls for his childhood sweetheart, Rochelle.
With Michael Buerk.
(Subtitled)
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A Christmas edition of the comedy sports \ quiz. Host Nick Hancock and regulars David Gower , Gary Lineker , Lee Hurst and RoryMcGrath are joined byjavelin throwerSteveBackleyand Fantasy Football League's David Baddiel.
Director Ian Lorimer ; Producer Harry Thompson / Repeated next Saturday at 12.05am
A look back at the European football championships held in England in June. Key personalities relive the drama, including Terry Venables, Jurgen Klinsmann, Alan Shearer, Ally McCoist, Stuart Pearce, David Seaman, Tony Adams and Gareth Southgate.
Introduced by Desmond Lynam.
See today's choices.
HighIights of a cinema year, selected by Barry Norman, that has seen box office blockbusters such as Independence Day and Mission Impossible, and controversy with Trainspotting.
Barry Norman's pick of the Christmas films: page 48
In the first of a Phil Collins double bill, this film incorporates live concert performance and fly-on-the-wall documentary footage.
Collins goes acoustic to demonstrate a variety of musical styles, from ballads to Motown and funk.
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