Story: How the Robin Got His Red Breast (traditional). Presenters Carol Chell , Fred Harris

That Certain Age
Starring Deanna Durbin, Mervyn Douglas, Jackie Cooper
Alice Fullerton is at an impressionable age. The arrival of a handsome war correspondent at the family home brings romance - and confusion into the household.
Screenplay by BRUCE MANNING Produced by JOE PASTERNAK Directed by EDWARD LUDWIG
Films: page 116 and at 5.10

Christmas Matinee: 2: Because of Him
Starring Deanna Durbin, Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone
Deanna Durbin plays a would-be actress who tricks her way into a Broadway production. Laughton steals the film as a flamboyant actor, and Franchot Tone is on hand as the romantically inclined author.
Screenplay by EDMUND BELOIN Produced by FELIX JACKSON
Directed by RICHARD WALLACE
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Continuing the series of some of the world's great paintings dating from Renaissance times to the present day. Each week a new theme. This week: Outdoor Life Anon (13th century)
Clear Weather in the Valley at the Museum of Fine Art, Boston
This scroll is at least 700 years old. It has been studied over the years by connoisseurs who have given written opinions on it and some of these have been mounted to the left of the painting. Written and presented by Penelope Mason
Executive producers
BILL MORTON and KENNETH CORDEN Director CHRIS JEANS
(Tomorrow: Avercamp's ' Winter Scene ')

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The first in a special Christmas season of films starring America's versatile actor Walter Matthau
Tonight also starring Jack Lemmon

When a TV cameraman is injured while filming a football match his wily brother-in-law sees a golden opportunity to sue for a million dollars in damages.

Films: page 116

Last of four programmes from the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester starring Alan Price his musicians and singers and special guest Georgie Fame

Tonight the programme features songs by some of the best pop composers of recent decades including 'Fire and rain' and 'American pie'.

BBC Manchester

'Police shut Scots border....' 'Scots enthusiasts suspected...'

On Christmas Eve 1950 the Coronation Stone was stolen from Westminster Abbey by a group of young Scottish Nationalists. The police closed the roads to the north. The Serpentine was dredged, and the CID brought in a Dutch mystic to help. The Dean of Westminster said he would go 'to the ends of the earth' to get it back. But the stone was slipped through the border to begin a series of hilarious adventures and near mishaps in Scotland. The Pinch reveals what the newsreels of 1950 dared not show, and in the living monochrome of the period presents the full comedy of what actually went on.

BBC Scotland
(A Gesture to Destiny: Radio 4, Christmas Day 10.5 pm)

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