The Chases of Pimple Street Directed by CHARLES PARROTT

The animated adventures of the little white whale.
Based on a novel by BENT HALLER Written and directed by JANNIK HASTRUP

A day in the life of an animal hospital.
Producer NIKKI STOCKLEY BBC Norwich (R)

Longthorpe Tower
Bryan McNerney visits this medieval building near Peterborough.
Producer PAUL CORT-WRIGHT BBC Norwich
(First shoum on BBC East)

5: Green Guerrillas
The final show of the series reports on how local people are stopping destruction of green sites.
Presented by Chris Baines. Produced by RON BLOOMFIELD (First shoum on BBC1) (e)
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The Making of a Musical The world premiere of an important new musical based on opera singer Dame Nellie Melba was performed by a West Yorkshire amateur company.
Director ROGER KEECH Producer MIKE MURRAY BBC Leeds (R)

4: Sea Mail
The growth of sea mail is traced.
Introduced by Gwyn Richards and Jill Cochrane.
Produced by JOHN PERCIVAL BBC Bristol (R) (e)

4: The Down
Barbara Woodhouse with three methods to teach dogs to go down and stay.
Producer PETER RIDING (R) (e)

Palace Party
The last programme of the series, broadcast from the Camden Palace in London, presents the best in Indian fashion. Also featured are singing duo Romi and Jazz and the debut performance of London singer Sejal.
Presented by Shyama Perera and Krishnan Guru-Murthy . Producer PAUL SEN
Editor NARENDHRA MORAR BBC Pebble Mill

Starring Louis Hayward as Count of Monte Cristo, Joan Bennett as Grand Duchess Zona and George Sanders as Gurko Lanen

The Count of Monte Cristo joins the fight to save the Grand Duchy of Lichtenburg and its princess from the tyranny of a ruthless dictator.
(Black and white)
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Voyager's Grand Tour
Patrick Moore sums up what Voyager 2 has told us.
(Shoum last Sunday on BBC1)

Starring and Two brothers battle for the honour of joining Bonnie Prince Charlie 's cause.
Screenplay by HERB MEADOW
Directed by WILLIAM KEIGHLEY
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Presented by Moira Stuart. Lisa Davidson reviews the week, with subtitles.
Followed by Weatherview.

The Nutt Cracker Suite
Last of the series starring
The appearance of a Russian ballet company at the Nutt House nearly causes an international incident.
Created by MEL BROOKS and ALAN SPENCER

An evening devoted to animals and us.
A series of short films and a live debate from the Royal Institution of Great Britain will examine questions raised about animal rights and other issues concerning them. To present the evening,
Spitting Image has created a team led by Gloria the cat and the Sir Alastair the dog. From the lower decks of Noah's Ark they'll be talking to prawns and anteaters, and asking turkeys about Christmas. This menagerie provides an amusing commentary on the issues under debate.
7.30pm*
Smashing Pigs
Some people see the pig as representing dirt, sloth and obesity; others view it with affection. In this film we see them all: farmyard pigs, performing pigs, pigs as pets, piggy banks, pigs on film - in all its many rotund forms. Film editor POLLY MOSELEY Director KRISTIENE CLARKE
8.15pm*
Sacred Elephant
A film version of Heathcote Williams 's epic poem, an impassioned hymn of praise to one of nature's most magnificent creatures, and a lament at man's folly of hunting it to near extinction. The poem is read by its author, intercut with extraordinary film of elephants, and accompanied by a specially composed soundtrack from the BBC
Radiophonic Workshop. Director JULIAN BIRKETT
9.15pm*
Great Wildlife Presenters
Through the Ages
The animals in wildlife films have always been vying for attention with that eccentric breed - the animal presenter. This medley of classic clips of wildlife films from the last 50 years celebrates the naive enthusiasm of these rare creatures and charts the changing attitudes to animals on television.
Director CHARLIE PATTINSON
9.40pm*
John Daniel the First
In the 1920s a middle-aged spinster went to buy a yard of ribbon and came out with a baby gorilla. He was the first gorilla to survive captivity.
His uncanny intelligence and versatility became legendary, inspiring King Kong stories. But he came to a tragic end when he was shipped to the Barnum and Bailey circus in New York where he pined for his owner and then 'died of a broken heart'.
Film editor STEPHEN EVANS Director NIGEL FINCH
10.10pm*
A Day in the Life of Sam the Dog
What does Sam get up to when he's left on his own all day? This verite portrait looks at an ordinary day in the mysterious life of a very ordinary dog.
Film editor GUY CROSSMAN
Director CATHERINE MEYNELL
10.30pm*
Animals on Trial
Novelist Julian Bames , philosopher
Nicholas Humphrey and French historian Dr Michel Rousseau help to uncover one of the most bizarre chapters in criminal history: the judicial prosecution and capital punishment of animals throughout Europe during the Middle Ages and beyond. Film editor DAVID KITSON Director JAMES MARSH
10.50pm*
The Animal Night Debate Speciesism, vivisection, vegetarianism, farming, sport, zoos, circuses and pets will be some of the topics discussed in a live debate chaired by Donald MacCormick at the Royal Institution of Great Britain. Writer
Germaine Greer and philosophers Tom Regan and Mary Warnock are among the speakers who debate the motion: 'The animal kingdom needs a bill of rights'.
Director RON ISTED
Producer ANDREW EATON For Spitting Image:
Script by IAN HISLOP , NICK NEWMAN , GEOFFREY PERKINS
Puppets by LUCK AND FLAW
Studio director JOHN HENDERSON For Arena:
Producer MARY DICKINSON Editors NIGEL FINCH and ANTHONY WALL
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Starring Oliver Reed
In this lavish version of Guy Endore 's novel set in 18th-century Spain, Leon is doomed by the circumstances of his birth to an unholy fate.
Produced by ANTHONY HINDS Directed by TERENCE FISHER
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