Story: The Fox and the Tomten written by ASTRID LINDGREN illustrated by HARALD WIBERG Presenters
Sarah Long , Don Spencer
from The Royal Albert Hall, London, in the presence of HRH The Princess Anne (President of the Save the Children Fund)
The Goldsmiths Choral Union, musical director Brian Wright
Carols for Choir and Audience led by a choir which came into existence nearly 50 years ago at Goldsmiths College in London
With Antony Saunders and Roger Vignoles (pianos), Christopher Bowers Broadbent (organ), Robert Howes (percussion), Musicians of London
Introduced by Richard Baker
A fairytale for television by IAN KEILL and PETER GLIDEWELL Based on the story by HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
Illustrations by ERROL LE CAIN Music by CARL DAVIS
The Devil makes a mirror - and it shatters. This is the story of what happens to little Kay when one of the pieces finds its way through his eye and into his heart.
The powers of evil are unleashed ... the Summer Garden Witch, the Robbers in the Wood - but above all, the mysterious elemental figure of the Snow Queen. Only Gerda, Kay's friend, has the power to overcome them all. and the voices of ARTHUR MULLARD as the Rose JOHN WELLS as the Crow VIVIAN STANSHALL as the Reindeer PENELOPE LEE as the Doves and SHEILA STEAFEL as the Snow Queen
Director of animation BETH MCFALL Graphic designer BERNARD LODGE Director ANDREW GOSLING
Producer IAN KEILL
Directed by AKIRA KUROSAWA The feature film starring
Maksim Munzuk as Dersu Uzala
Yuri Solomin as Capt Arsenyev
In 1902, a Russian army unit commanded by Captain Arsenyev is conducting a topographical survey of the huge forest of the Ussuri taiga on Russia's Pacific seaboard. Taiga means infinity and to the little gang huddled in a clearing, the surrounding jungle does indeed seem endless. When a strange old man emerges from the forest, they are at first inclined to ridicule him-but their amusement soon turns to respect. Dersu Uzala is a woodsman with an uncanny instinct for survival and after he has saved the life of Captain Arsenyev, a bond of affection grows between the two men.
Based on the novels by VLADIMIR ARSENYIEV (A Russian film with English sub-titles) (First showing on British television) Films: pages 16-17
Perils of Magoo
Thirty-five years ago Able Seaman Richard Baker arrived at Rosyth in Scotland to join the fleet mine-sweeper HMS Brave. Despite the discomforts, dangers and the appalling conditions on convoy runs to Russia, Baker formed a love for the sea and ships that's lasted down the years. When he came out of the Navy to a career in acting, music and BBC Television News, he decided to keep up his associations with the service through the Volunteer Reserve.
Earlier this year the Navy invited him to sail with the very latest thing they have to offer-a Task Force exercising in the Pacific off Central America. This film is a record of that journey. It's very much Richard Baker's story, but it also says something about the Navy's changing role and the new strategy that's come to dominate Admiralty thinking.
Film cameraman Nick Lera Film editor Noman Lowes Producer Gordon Carr
A Christmas Day programme in which The Queen speaks to the Commonwealth
Producer RICHARD CAWSTON
In the 18th century a young farmer's wife wrote a diary. She wrote about her cooking, her quarrels, her butter making, and the love story of her maid, Sarah.
This film re-creates 18 months in her life on a remote Herefordshire farm. starring Elin Jenkins as Anne Hughes with Barry Jackson, Joanne Pearce, Juliet Harmer and Ann Way
BBC Bristol
Weather
Music by FRANZ LEHÃR Libretto by A. M. WILLNER , R. BODANSKY
Set in the romantic atmosphere of Paris before 1914, this lavish and colourful production features some of Franz Lehar 's best-loved music, including the famous waltz.
An impoverished aristocrat, Count Rene of Luxembourg, agrees (for the sum of 100,000 francs) to marry an unknown lady-whose identity is concealed from him at the wedding ceremony - and then to divorce her after six months, in order to raise her social status to that of the elderly Russian Prince who wishes to marry her. Count Rene subsequently meets the lady in question - Angele, who is a beautiful singer at the Paris Opéra - and they fall desperately in love, not knowing that they are already married ...
Orchestra conducted by Walter Goldschmidt
Sung in German with English sub-titles
Executive producer FRITZ BUTTENSTEDT
Directed by WOLFGANG GLOCK
A BETA Film Production
Sing Christmas with The Richard Hickox Orchestra
leader SIMON STANDAGE
conductor RICHARD HICKOX
Traditional carols and original music for Christmas played and sung by two complementary groups of outstanding musicians.
Part of a concert given in High Wycombe Parish Church in support of the RAF Benevolent Fund.
Lighting BERT ROBINSON Sound JEFF BAKER
Producer KEN GRIFFIN
continues the season of classic musical comedies starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Dancer Lucky Garnett has one weakness - gambling. And when he gets involved in a dice game and is late for his wedding to Margaret, the family are understandably annoyed. To make amends he must make his fortune in New York. From a capital of just 25 cents.
Screenplay by HOWARD KINDSAY and ALLAN SCOTT from a story by ERWIN GELSEY Music by JEROME KERN
Produced by PANDRO S. BERMAN Directed by GEORGE STEVENS
. Films: pages 16-17
The third of five horror stories on the theme of childhood. Read by Tom Baker
Tonight The Emissary by RAY BRADBURY
Producer TONY HARRISON
