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Enchanted Lands
Animation based on End Blyton's books.

6 40 Moomin
The friends do some redecorating.

7 05 UBOS
Zarlak plans to steal all the Earth's plants.

7.30 Mona the Vampire
Will the honey producer's dense son win the annual spelling bee?

7 45 Tom and Jerry Kids
Cat and mouse antics.

8 05 Looney Tunes
Four helpings of cartoon fun.

8.35 The Scooby-Doo Show
The gang solve the mystery of a missing football quarterback.

Period drama starring
Ingrid Bergman and Yul Brynner. imposter or Grand Duchess of Russia? A destitute young exile in 1920s Paris claims to be Anastasia, daughter of the last Tsar. Review page 49. Director Anatole Litvak (1956, U)

Contributors

Unknown:
Ingrid Bergman
Unknown:
Yul Brynner.
Director:
Anatole Litvak

Three races from Ascot, the highlight of which is the Ladbroke Handicap Hurdle at 2.20. Last year's race was won by Irish horse Chauvanist. ridden by Norman Williamson. The two other starts are at 1.15 and 1.45. Hosted by Clare Balding. TV presentation Gerry Morrison
Editor Alastair Mclntyre Racing from Chepstow is next Sat at lpm

Contributors

Unknown:
Norman Williamson.
Unknown:
Gerry Morrison
Editor:
Alastair McLntyre

Second World War mystery starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. Beginning a run of Sherlock Holmes films. Holmes and Watson investigate acts of sabotage announced in Nazi broadcasts. Review page 49. Director John Rawlins
(1942, U) (BW) The Woman in Green is on Tuesday 23 December at 12.40pm

Contributors

Sherlock Holmes:
Basil Rathbone
Doctor Watson:
Nigel Bruce
Director:
John Rawlins

Paul Martin is joined by antiques experts Kate Alcock and David Barby on the hunt for unwanted collectables in Swansea. Their auction estimates will be put to the ultimate test in the saleroom - can they make a small fortune for the owners?
Series producer Hannah Corneck ; Executive producer Jane Lomas
www.bbc.co.uk/flogit

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Martin
Unknown:
Kate Alcock
Unknown:
David Barby
Producer:
Hannah Corneck
Producer:
Jane Lomas

The Great Ship. In an episode from the series focusing on key achievements of the industrial age, Isambard Kingdom Brunei's seemingly doomed attempt to build the world's largest ship is profiled. Narrated by Robert Lindsay. JeremY Clarkson 's appraisal of Brunei's achievements follows.
Writer/Director Christopher Spencer
Series producer Deborah Cadbury

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Lindsay.
Unknown:
Jeremy Clarkson
Director:
Christopher Spencer
Producer:
Deborah Cadbury
Isambard Kingdom Brunei:
Ron Cook
John Scott Russell:
Michael Carter
Mary Brunei:
Anna Famworth
Jacomb:
Jo Stone-Fewings
Ned Hepworth:
Shaun Prendergas*
William Hope:
Michael Attwell
John Donovan:
John Bennett
Capt Harrison:
Fred Pearson
Jack Donovan:
John Bennett

Designer of audacious bridges, revolutionary railways, gigantic boats and elegant buildings, Isambard Kingdom Brunel proves an inspiration to Jeremy Clarkson, who follows in the great man's footsteps in this documentary originally shown as part of BBC2's Great Britons season.

Contributors

Presenter:
Jeremy Clarkson
Director:
Edward Bazelgette
Series Producer:
Mark Harrison

Biographical drama starring Judi Dench, Kate Winslet and Jim Broadbent , that traces the complex relationship between acclaimed novelist Iris Murdoch and her writer husband, John Bayley , by flashing back and forth between their student days at Oxford and old age. Review page 49.
Director Richard Eyre (2001, 15) The Omnibus profile, Iris Murdoch : Strange Love, is at llpm on BBC4 Film highlights: page 44

Contributors

Unknown:
Kate Winslet
Unknown:
Jim Broadbent
Unknown:
Iris Murdoch
Unknown:
John Bayley
Director:
Richard Eyre
Iris Murdoch:
Judi Dench
John Bayley:
Jim Broadbent
Young Iris:
Kate Winslet
YoungJohn:
Hugh Bonneville
Janet Stone:
Penelope Wilton
Young Janet Stone:
Juliet Aubrey
Young Maurice:
Samuel West
Old Maurice:
Timothy West
College principal:
Eleanor Bran
TV presenter:
Joan Bakewell

Top soccer pundit Ron Atkinson nominates snakes, complaining footballers, Spaghetti Junction and schmaltzy 1982 chart-topping duo Renée and Renato for oblivion.
Shown last Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Ron Atkinson

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