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Introduced by David Coleman.
Today's Timetable:

12.5 Boxing in America: Garnett 'Sugar' Hart v. Luis Rodriguez
An exclusive recording of this week's Welterweight fight in Miami, Florida

Motor Racing direct from Brands Hatch
12.35 Production Sports Car Race
1.10 Christmas Trophy Race for unlimited Sports cars
2.10 John Davy Trophy Race for Formula Junior cars
3.0 Silver City Trophy Race for Formula Libre cars

Racing direct from Kempton Park
1.0 Mistletoes Novices Steeplechase
1.30 Hunter Simmonds H'Cap Hurdle
2.0 The King George VI Steeplechase over 3 miles, to the value of £3,000
2.30 Holly Handicap Steeplechase

Amateur Boxing direct from Cardiff
3.30 app. The Boxing Day Trophy
The Welsh A.B.A. annual competition

4.30 app. Football and Racing Summaries
including Classified Football Results

(All transmitters)

Contributors

Presenter:
David Coleman
Boxer:
Garnett 'Sugar' Hart
Boxer:
Luis Rodriguez
Commentator (Boxing):
Jack Drees
Commentator (Motor Racing):
Raymond Baxter
Television Presentation (Motor Racing):
John Vernon
Commentator (Horse Racing):
Peter O'Sullevan
Commentator (Horse Racing):
Clive Graham
Television Presentation (Horse Racing):
Dennis Monger
Commentator (Amateur Boxing):
Harry Carpenter
Television presentation (Amateur Boxing):
Selwyn Roderick

A tale of the Thousand Nights and One Night
Made into a play for television by Rex Tucker.
With Ann Sears, Barry Letts, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Laurence Hardy, Roger Delgado, Patrick Cargill
See Junior Radio Times

Contributors

Writer:
Rex Tucker
Producer:
Shaun Sutton
Film Cameraman:
John A. S. Turner
Film Editor:
Alan Martin
Costumes:
Angela Flanders
Make-Up:
Maureen Winslade
Special Effects:
Jack Kine
Special Effects:
Bernard Wilkie
Designer:
John Cooper
The Princess Yasmin:
Ann Sears
The Caliph:
Laurence Hardy
The Janissary:
Lionel Ngakane
The Slave Girl, Shalima:
Lisa Peake
The Prince of the Yellow Moon:
Paul Whitsun-Jones
The Prince of the Rising Sun:
Roger Delgado
The Prince of the Isles of Nowhere:
Barry Letts
Egyptian:
Peter Russell
Persian:
David Rayner
Indian:
Bobby Naidoo
Mongolian:
David Waller
Syrian:
Wilfrid Groves
African:
Geoffrey Biddeau
The Vizier:
John Woodnutt
The Moon Prince Guard:
Philip Rose
The Carpet Dealer:
Patrick Cargill
The Ifreet Kafur:
Ralph Truman
The Doctor:
Nigel Arkwright
The Sun Prince Attendant:
Frank Singuineau
The Sun Prince Guard:
Stanley Jack
Others taking part:
Rashidi Onikoyi
Others taking part:
Beverley Bennett
Others taking part:
Janice Wood
Others taking part:
Margot Evans
Others taking part:
Clovissa Newcombe
Others taking part:
Kismet Shahani
Others taking part:
Leonard Kingston
Others taking part:
Alan Holden
Others taking part:
Michael Harrison
Others taking part:
Colin Dudley
Others taking part:
Ray Marioni
Others taking part:
Rustom Jehangir
Others taking part:
Dara Jehangir
Others taking part:
Roy Alexander
Others taking part:
Willie Payne
Others taking part:
Samuel Mansaray
Others taking part:
Michael Ely
Others taking part:
Bob Marshall
Others taking part:
Norman Miller
Others taking part:
Robert Pitt
Others taking part:
Richard Holden
Others taking part:
Gillian French
The Voice of Scheherazade:
Gwen Watford

A Western series starring John Smith, Robert Fuller, Robert Crawford, Jnr., Hoagy Carmichael.
Guest star, James Gregory

Incited by unscrupulous white traders, the Sioux are on the warpath. A crusading priest believes that the threat can be overcome by love and understanding, rather than by guns.

Contributors

Slim Sherman:
John Smith
Jess Harper:
Robert Fuller
Andy Sherman:
Robert Crawford, Jnr.
Jonesy:
Hoagy Carmichael
Father Elliott:
James Gregory

by Ted Willis
[Starring] Jack Warner as Dixon of Dock Green

Contributors

Writer:
Ted Willis
Designer:
Richard Wilmot
Production:
Douglas Moodie
P.C. George Dixon:
Jack Warner
P.C. Lauderdale:
Geoffrey Adams
Solly Pike:
Sydney Keith
Ellie Martin:
Diane Clare
Andy Crawford, C.I.D.:
Peter Byrne
Mary:
Jeannette Hutchinson
Sergeant Grace Millard:
Moira Mannion
Sister McKerchar:
Betty Cardno
Sergeant Flint:
Arthur Rigby
Cadet Jamie MacPherson:
David Webster
P.C. Hughes:
Graham Ashley
Janice Wilson:
Marion Collins
Mrs. Allard:
Joyce Donaldson
Mr. Martin:
Jack Holloway

Bertram Montague's traditional pantomime Mother Goose
Starring Frankie Howerd with Harry Granley
Also appearing:
Dave Jackley, Jack Daly, Sunny Rogers, Lee Young, The Dagenham Girl Pipers, Twelve Peggy O'Farrell Juveniles, The Television Toppers.
(BBC recording)

(Frankie Howerd is appearing in "Alice in Wonderland" at the Winter Garden Theatre, London; Joe Church is at the Connaught Theatre, Worthing; Eddie Leslie is in Tom Arnold's "Robinson Crusoe" at the Palace Theatre, Manchester; Wendy Cook in Emile Littler's "Jack and Jill" at Golders Green; The Dagenham Girl Pipers are at the Lido in Paris; and Woolf Phillips at the Pigalle Restaurant, London)
See page 10

Contributors

Writer:
Bertram Montague
Musicians:
The Dagenham Girl Pipers
Performers:
Twelve Peggy O'Farrell Juveniles
Dancers:
The Television Toppers
Orchestra conducted by:
Woolf Phillips
Dance Direction:
Jack Billings
Producer:
Richard Afton
Mother Goose:
Frankie Howerd
The Goose:
Harry Granley
Johnny:
Joe Church
The Mayor:
Eddie Leslie
Colin:
Anne Daly
Jill:
Wendy Cook
The Brokers Men:
The Trio Sparkes
The Fairy:
Rhoda Rogers
The Demon:
Leslie Adams
King Goose:
Austen Gaffney
King Frog:
Myrta Esteves
Water Lily:
Gillian Blair
[Actor]:
Dave Jackley
[Actor]:
Jack Daly
[Actress]:
Sunny Rogers
[Actor]:
Lee Young

A new detective thriller by John Elliot and Geoffrey Bush
Starring Dorothy Allison, Gordon Jackson, Bill Owen, William Russell, Katherine Kath, Jack Watling

The play is set in a chateau in a village in Northern France and takes place during Christmas Week.
(BBC recording)
(See page 11)

Contributors

Writer:
John Elliot
Writer:
Geoffrey Bush
Designer:
Stewart Marshall
Producer:
John Jacobs
Nobby Clark:
Bill Owen
Odette Marceau:
Katherine Kath
Tommy Thompson:
Jack Watling
Ginger O'Donnell:
Barry Keegan
Ernie Holt:
George A Cooper
Bett Holt:
Ruth Gower
Jean Marceau:
Jacques Cey
Ted:
David Nettheim
Ian ('Jock') Bell:
Gordon Jackson
Mary Bell:
Dorothy Alison
Charlie:
Raymond Barry
Inspector:
William Russell
Pierre:
Andre Charise

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