(Subtitled)
Regional News; Weather
7.10 Poddington Peas
Animation.
(Repeat)
7.15 Teletubbies
Po's present is a little frosty Cloud.
(Shown last Friday)
7.40 The Busy World of Richard Scarry
Animation.
(Repeat)
8.05 Yakky Duck
Animation.
(Repeat)
8.30 Gadget Boy
Animation.
(Stereo)
8.55 The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
Animation.
(Repeat)
9.20 Sweet Valley High
Teenage drama.
(Repeat) (Stereo)
9.45 Pingu
Penguin adventures.
(Repeat)
9.50 Teletubbies
The Teletubbies see children at a level crossing.
(Repeated tomorrow at 7.15am)
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Disney children's comedy starring
Dean Jones , Suzanne Pleshette
Brutus, a Great Dane puppy, develops an identity crisis when he is brought up with a litterof dachshunds.
Director Norman Tokar (1966. U) ............. * See Films: pages 43-76
Christmas comes but once a year but perhaps on the Grantleigh estate it's just as well. With Penelope Keith , Peter Bowles and Angela Thorne.
Written by Peter Spence Repeat Subtitled.
Today Gladiator Hunter and Honor Blackman challenge chefs Ainsley Harriott and Nick Nairn. Presented by Fern Britton.
(Stereo)
Regional News
Ruth caves in to her children's pressure, while Amy wants to know Lance's secrets.
(Repeated at 5.35pm) (Stereo)
Children's animation. During the age of the dinosaurs, climate changes shrink food supplies. The plant-eaters must make a dangerous journey to a fabled land of plenty.
(1988, U)
See Films: pages 43-76 ****
Coverage of the third heat from Nevada, USA. Presented by Philippa Forrester and Paul Dickenson.
Family science fiction adventure. In 1978, a 12-year-old boy takes a tumble and wakes up to find it is 1986. Meanwhile, Nasa scientists discover a mysterious alien spacecraft. Show more
Science-fiction adventure starring Joey Cramer
Twelve-year-old David Freeman takes a tumble and wakes up in an altered world.
(1986, U)
See Films: pages 43-76 ****
First of two reviews of the Blue Peter year.
(Repeated tomorrow at 8.55am; part 2 on Thursday at 4.35pm) (Stereo) (Subtitled)
(Shown at 1.15pm) (Stereo) (Subtitled)
(For details see Monday 22 December)
Noel Edmonds launches the new-look 17-part series with this celebrity Christmas show. His guests are Angela Griffin and Tracy Shaw from Coronation Street, pop duo Ant and Dec, television game show host Shane Richie and Claudia Winkleman from Talking Telephones. (Stereo)
Michael Aspel lies in wait with the infamous red book for another unsuspecting person.
(Stereo) (Subtitled)
John Craven visits Chimfunshi in Zambia. the world's largest chimpanzee sanctuary. Here Sheila and David Siddle have created a natural haven for 67 abandoned and maltreated chimps, acting as parents and nursing the sick animals. Now after more than 15 years, many of the chimpanzees have established family groups and are themselves having young.
See today's choices.
Boxing Day festivities continue downstairs at the Vic, while upstairs tempers flare and a violent story unfolds.
(For cast see Tuesday 23 December)
The second of two outings into Auntie BBC's biggest bloomers. Tonight's victims having their shortcomings held up to ridicule include the stars of period dramas Tom Jones and Drovers' Gold, comedy performers from Get Well Soon and Men Behaving Badly and gaffes from BBC's Election 97 coverage.
With Peter Sissons.
(Subtitled)
Regional News; Weather Suzanne Charlton
Concluding the two-part mystery-drama. based on the novel by Wilkie Collins.
Marian and Laura are virtually prisoners at Blackwater Park. In fear of their lives, they determine to escape from Sir Percival Glyde and his sinister mercenary Count Fosco.
See today's choices.
See Drama: page 8; and Andrew Lincoln: People, page 16
He selects his ten favourite films from the past year. Will The Full Monty, Britain's most successful film ever, be in his choice? What about The English Patient, Men in Black, Star Wars and My Best Friend's Wedding? And whatever his choice, will viewers agree?
See Barry Norman: page 43
In this second programme, former Beatles producer George Martin looks at the role of melody in our everyday lives, in his view the most important element of music. The programme includes music performed by Celine Dion, Paul McCartney, and the late Sir Georg Solti.
(Part 3 is on Monday 5 January)
Comedy starring Kenneth Connor, Windsor Davies
The new captain of an experimental mixed sex anti-aircraft battery is determined to keep the men and women apart. But just try telling the unit members.
(1976, PG)
See Films: pages 43-76 *
Revenge thriller starring Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy
Young drifter Billy Turner returns to his home town after a five year absence, and is shocked to discover his father has been murdered.
(1986, 18)
See Films: pages 43-76 **
Followed by Weather
BBC1 joins the continuous-news station through the night.
