Samson and Sally are two young whales for whom life in the ocean can be fun, but also full of danger. In the face of whalers and polluted waters, the future looks threatening; but what can a little whale do about it? Then Samson hears the story of a great white whale who will return one day to save his species and, summoning all his courage, he goes in search of the legendary Moby Dick. Based on tne novel by BENT HALLER Written and directed by JANNIKHASTRUP

A 40 Minutes documentary. Ever condemned to be the butt of crude humour, or clad in the garb of awful euphemisms, at last the lavatory comes out of the closet. This documentary film reveals everything you ever wanted to know about them.
In a pilgrimage through
Britain's loveliest lavatories, Lucinda Lambton at long last pays a debt of gratitude to
Britain's plumbing pioneers and sanitary magnificoes. Executive producer ROGER MILLS Producer RICHARD UGHTBODY (R)

starring
Steve McQueen
Richard Attenborough Candice Bergen and Richard Crenna. 1926: China is in the throes of civil war as Jake Holman , a ship's engineer, makes his way to join the USS San Pablo, a gunboat patrolling the Yangtze. Then comes the order to evacuate a group of American missionaries - the San Pablo, trapped in a dangerous bottleneck, must run the gauntlet in a spectacular river battle.
Screenplay by ROBERT ANDERSON Based on the novel by RICHARD MCKENNA
Produced and directed by ROBERT WISE
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Close Encounters
Patrick Moore talks about close-approach asteroids to the American astronomer Eleanor Helin.
Producer PIETER MORPURGO

The cream of British sport gathered recently at the Queen Elizabeth n Conference Centre,
Westminster, to celebrate the sporting year of 1988. In Seoul, there were gold medals; Celtic achieved the 'double' but Liverpool were upset by Wimbledon in the FA Cup.
There's action, too, from other great sporting occasions of the year:
Ballesteros's comeback at the Open, Steffi Graf and Stefan Edberg at Wimbledon, the Grand National, Grand Prix and the Test matches against the West Indies.
The climax is the presentation to the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year.
Introduced by Desmond Lynam and Steve Rider. Producer MARTIN HOPKINS Editor JOHN ROWLINSON

with Moira Stuart.
Lisa Davidson reviews the week, with subtitles. Weather

In celebration of its 100th anniversary, the National Geographic Society has combined rare archival footage with new material to produce an exciting programme which chronicles the awe-inspiring feats of some of this century's most daring heroes. Explorations featured include
Robert Peary 's historic journey to the North Pole and Richard Byrd 's amazing flight to the South Pole; Howard Carter 's discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb; and Jacques Cousteau 's pioneering studies of undersea life.
Narrated by E. G. Marshall Produced and written by NICHOLAS NOXON
A NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETYI WQED production

The Last Romantic Couple This year's Oscar-winning film director
Bernardo Bertolucci introduces Godard's revolutionary first film and a classic B-movie, typical of the genre that inspired it.
A bout de souffle
(Breathless) starring
Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg.
Speeding from
Marseilles to Paris in a stolen car, Michel Poiccard is involved in a fracas with the police. Despite the danger, he lingers in Paris, held by his reckless attraction to an American girl.
Jean-Luc Godard 's stylish first feature, a tribute to
American gangster movies, was recently re-released to great acclaim. A bout de souffle inspired Breathless, Jim McBride 's 1983 remake, which is to be shown in American Wave 2 tomorrow.
Sceenplay by JEAN-LUC GODARD from an original scenario by FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT Produced by GEORGES DE BEAUREGARD Directed by JEAN-LUC GODARD
(A French film with English subtitles. Black and white. First showing on British television)
('American Wave 2: Jim McBride 's Breathless' tomorrow at 10. 10pm)

Starring John Dall and Peggy Cummins.
As a young boy, Bart Tare has an obsession with guns. After a spell in reform school for stealing a pistol, he returns home and joins his friends at a carnival. There he meets the beautiful Annie Laurie Starr, a trick-shot artist. Their mutual passion seems a marriage made in heaven, but when poverty strikes they turn to violent crime.
This much-acclaimed B-movie, an inspiration to Godard and used in Jim McBride's remake of Breathless, was directed by Joseph H. Lewis , a master of the genre.
Screenplay by MACKINLAY KANTOR and MILLARD KAUFMAN f from a story by MACKINLAY KANTOR Produced by FRANK KING MAURICE KING
Directed by JOSEPH H LEWIS (Black and white)
Film Club presentation by DAVID THOMPSON
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Join 11,000 Erasure fans on the band's Christmas tour from Birmingham's NEC. Glimpses of backstage madness, and the live performance includes A Little Respect Ship of Fools
Sometimes and their current hit, Stop. Producer NEIL FERRIS DEFII editor
JANET STREET PORTER