Story: The Train to Glasgow Written by WILMA HORSBRUGH Presenters
Floella Benjamin , Chris Tranchell Guest storyteller Brian Cant
Pianist MICHAEL OMER
Graphic designer JOANNA ISLES photographer BARRY BOXHALL DesignerPAUL TRERISE
Written and directed by PIPPA DYSON Producer MICHAEL COLE
Executive producer CYNTHIA FELGATE tRepeated on BBCl at 3.55 pm)

The first day of the December meeting.
1.5 The Coral Golden Hurdle (Qualifying race. Handicap. 3m)
1.40 The McEwans Lager Steeplechase (Handicap. 3m If)
Twelve months ago Diamond Edge won this valuable chase, over the full Gold Cup distance.
2.15 State Express Young Steeple-chasers' Qualifier (Novices. 2m)
2.50 The Kineton Opportunity Handicap Steeplechase (2m) Introduced by JULIAN WILSON Commentators
PETER O'SULLEVAN , RICHARD PITMAN
TV presentation by RICHARD TILLING Racing results on Ceefax

Six of the Best
Bruce Forsyth and Tony Jacklin v Bing Cresby and Johnny Miller
PETER ALLISS introduces some of the outstanding matches since the first BBC2 Pro-Celebrity Golf series was made in 1974.

(piano) plays Berceuse by Chopin
(Repeal)

The Life and Death of the Scharnhorst
Written and presented by Ludovic Kennedy
On Sunday 26 December 1943, the most successful warship in the German navy was sunk off the North Cape of Norway by the guns and torpedoes of the British Fleet. So ended a career during which the German battleship had sunk an aircraft carrier, two destroyers and well over 100,000 tons of merchant shipping.
LUDOVIC KENNEDY (whose father commanded HMS Rawalpindi, the first ship sunk by the Scharnhorst) tells the story of the battleship's four years of war. The programme includes participants in both navies and remarkable action film shot at the time.
The film is super (SUNDAY TIMES) A dramatic, moving tale (THE OBSERVER) Produced by EDWARD UIRZOErF and TONY BROUGHTON

A season of classic films starring
It's ' Tarzan v Hitler' as Nazi paratroopers arrive in the jungle to take control of a hidden city.
In his first picture without Maureen O'Sullivan as Jane, Johnny Weissmuller takes on the airborne might of the Third Reich - with only Boy and Cheetah to back him up.
Screenplay by ROY CHANSLOR Produced by SOL LESSER
Directed by WILLIAM THIELE
(Btaet and white). Films: page 15

with subtitles for the hard-of-hearing, followed by Weather

The weekend starts here, with an unpredictable 40 minutes of music, opinion and entertainment, live from Studio A in Oxford Road, introduced by Robert Elms and Jackie Spreckley. Ring in on [number removed](lines open during the programme and up to 9.0 pm) or write to [address removed]
Producer PETER HAMILTON
Editor COLIN ADAMS BBC Manchester

A ten-part beginners' course in folk guitar with JOHN PEARSE
5: Two new chords in the key of i); another right hand style and a new song ' Skip to my Lou '.
Director CHRIS LENT

French Lessons
At a time when Britain and America are refusing to spend their way out of the recession, France, under her new socialist government, is pursuing unashamedly expansionist policies.
David Jessel looks at the progress of the Mitterrand experiment, at its critics on the Left and on the Right, and its lessons for the economic argument in Britain.
Producer WILLIAM THEHARNE JONES Editor PETER 1BBOTSON

Another unpredictable half-hour with one of Britain's funniest comedians.
Within tonight's programme Mike attempts to get to grips with American expressions - and fails as only he can.
Additional music RICHIE CLOSE Produced by BARRY REVINS BBC Manchester

by ROSE
TREMAIN Gerald is on the edge of a complete breakdown. During an afternoon spent with his father, he starts to come to terms with the wounding confusions and mistakes of his past-his lies, his girl-friend's suicide, his mother's obsessive love of his - younger brother and her death in a hospital when he arrived too late to communicate his real feelings for her.
Studio lighting MIKE JEFFERIES Designer MARJORIE PRATT Producer JUNE Roberts Director RICHARD MARTIN

Sit back and relax
There's a weekend dawning
Friday night, Saturday morning at last ...
Geoffrey Robertson with guests and music.

PETER SNOW ,JOHN TUSA , PETER HOBDAY and DONALD MACCORMICK present an informed account of what's happening in the world; what's going on behind the headlines, the latest news and weather forecast from LOUISE BATCHELOR and MARGARET HOUNSELL , plus Sports results from MARSHALL LEE.

A way of ending the week.
GEOFFREY ROBERTSON with late-night conversation and guests from the Greenwood Theatre, London.
Director PHILIP CHILVERS
Producer FRANCES WHITAKER