Starring Tom Conway Madge Meredith
The Falcon and his sidekick
Goldie plan to get away from it all, but wind up in the thick of things when they foil an abduction. Asked to protect a formula for synthetic diamonds, and pursued by various criminals, the pair head for Miami - and even bigger trouble.
Director William Berke ● FILMS: pages 4 1-65
Comedy continuing the Alfred Hitchcock season starring Carole Lombard Robert Montgomery
When a State boundary change renders their marriage void,
David Smith finds that his wife
Ann is not too certain about their future together.
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A look at the world of master model animator Will Vinton.
Cartoon fun.
Animal drama from wildlife film -makers John and Simon King , featuring a female hedgehog called Priddy. ● TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888
As an introduction to
BBC2's complete cycle of the 24 Preludes and Fugues (Op 87), Tatiana Nikolayeva talks about her friendship with the composer
Dmitri Shostakovich and of how she came to champion these works. She begins the cycle with Numbers 1 to 5.
(Preludes and Fugues 6 to 9 tomorrow at 12.1 0pm) ● STEREO
We Were the Lambeth Boys Over 30 years ago a documentary called We Are the Lambeth Boys featured a group of teenagers who were all members of one of London's largest youth clubs. This is the story of the group's reunion. (Part 2 is tomorrow at 12.40pm)
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Sung by the choir at Ely Cathedral.
Followed by The Warlords
Douglas McArthur : the Defiant General. An investigation into McArthur's childhood and the powerful character which made him great, but also destroyed his military career.
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Followed by Songs of Praise
From St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
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and Regional News; Weather
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Eight of the world's top players including Nick Faldo ,
Ian Woosnam , Sandy Lyle and Seve Ballesteros take part in the Canon shoot out over nine holes at Wentworth. The players donate their winnings to a charity of their choice.
From the Grand Hall, Olympia. A look back at last night's two main classes, the Fancy Dress Relay and the Olympia Grand Prix. ● STEREO
Continuing the daily series of comic vignettes detailing the preoccupations of Barry Pain 's fictional Edwardian, starring John Sessions
The Hexapod. When is a cockroach not a cockroach?
When it's all in the mind.
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Progress and the Addams
Family. The Addamses are suddenly startled by a series of loud explosions. 0 TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888
American comedy series.
That's No Lady...... That's My Cousin. When girls are admitted to Bel-Air prep school, Will Smith and his cousin think their fantasies are about to come true.
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Lisa Stansfield and 2 Unlimited are favourites from the series included in tonight's final programme. And there's the video from the winner of the Lift Off competition. With
Normski and Vas Blackwood.
Director Rick Gardner
Series producer Danielle Lux ● STEREO
Followed by Advent Calendar(Txt)
This fantasy adventure from Muppets creator Jim Henson features an imaginative and sometimes grotesque cast of creatures.
A thousand years have passed and a time of change has arrived. Raised by the gentle Mystics, Jen, a young Gelfling, has been chosen to go on a hazardous journey. He must find the shard to heal the Dark Crystal. If he fails, the evil Skeksis will rule the world forever.
(Teletext subtitles: page 888)
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Taking a wry look at what being British actually means, performer and writer Pete McCarthy anticipates the European welcome awaiting the country that gave the world garden gnomes, hostess trolleys and pork scratchings. Director Caroline Roberts ● STEREO
Miss Pym's Day Out
Drama blending fiction and reality, starring
Patricia Routledge
On 23 November 1977, novelist Barbara Pym travelled to London to attend the Booker
Prize ceremony. Tonight's Bookmark is an imaginative re-creation of that day.
With performances as themselves by JiUy Cooper , Penelope Lively , A N Wilson, Hilary Pym , Hazel Holt ,
Henry Harvey , Tom Maschler and Will Wyatt. managing director of BBC Network Television.
Producer/Director James Runcie Series editor Nigel Williams
This ingenious short from
Daniel Greaves won the 1992 Oscar for animation.
Presented by Sue Cameron.
French passion and American toughness combine in this remake of Jean-Luc Godard 's 1959 film, starring Richard Gere
On the run after killing a cop, a streetwise car thief seeks help from a French student with whom he hopes to escape to Mexico.
Director Jim McBride
(Richard Gere is in American Gigolo tomorrow at 11.1 5pm)
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