A programme for children at home
Presenters this week, Julie Stevens, Brian Cant
Today: "The Willow Pattern Story"
Candles, holly, and tinsel for the tree - today Brian and Julie are busy decorating Play School for Christmas.
(to 11.20)
The World Tonight
Reporting: John Timpson and Peter Woods
with Martin Bell, Michael Blakey, Michael Clayton, Tom Mangold, Brian Saxton, David Tindall, Richard Whitmore and the correspondents at home and abroad of BBC News
followed by The Weather
(Colour)
The High Chaparral ...is the bid of a family seeking roots in the newly won West
...is the threat to the new settlers from Mexicans and Indians
...and spells adventure in the Arizona territory of 1870
Tired of beef, the men of the High Chaparral set out to make their dream of a real roast turkey dinner come true. But they are not alone in their quest...
(Colour)
Co-starring John Junkin, Tim Brooke-Taylor
with Roland MacLeod, Mary Miller, Carol Needham
(Colour)
A look forward to the television performance of Rudolf Nureyev's production of The Nutcracker on Christmas Day (BBC-2, 3.5 p.m.)
In this film, first shown in Release at the time of the gala premiere last March, Rudolf Nureyev talks about the ballet and is seen in rehearsal with Merle Park
(Colour)
by Frank Clements
with Leslie Sands as Commander Edward Dusting, R.N. (Retd.)
Commander Dusting is used to commanding men and having his slightest wish obeyed. So it comes as a great shock when he suddenly finds himself redundant. What does such a person do? What kind of life can he find in the commercial world when all he has to offer is integrity and loyalty? The Commander is soon to find out when his first 'port of call' is at a high-powered P.R. firm and he steps into a world so alien that he can hardly contain himself.
(Colour)
(Colour)
A last look around the daily scene with Michael Dean, Joan Bakewell, Tony Bilbow, Brian King and Sheridan Morley
(Colour)
