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Enchanted Lands
Animation based on Enid Blyton's books.

6.40 Moomin
Snork's flying machine takes to the air.

7.05 UBOS
Is Cassy vandalising school property?

7.30 Mona the Vampire
Angela's new parrot is a magician.

7.45 Tom and Jerry Kids
A triple bill of antics.

8.05 Taz-Mania
Double bill of fun with the Tazmanian devil.

8.30 Arthur
DW invents an imaginary friend called Nadine. Then Arthur misplaces a scary book.

Mystery starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce , the last in a run of Sherlock Holmes films. The sleuth investigates a series of suicides but soon realises that the deaths were in fact murders. Review page 65. Director Roy William Neill (1944, U)
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Contributors

Unknown:
Basil Rathbone
Unknown:
Nigel Bruce
Unknown:
Sherlock Holmes
Director:
Roy William Neill

A statement in a local newspaper outlines the details of a future murder in Chipping Cleghorn.
Dramatised by Alan Plater ; Producer Guy Slater Director David Giles
The Mirror Crack 'd from Side to Side is tomorrow at 2.25pm

Contributors

Dramatised By:
Alan Plater
Producer:
Guy Slater
Director:
David Giles
Miss Marple:
Joan Hickson
DS Fletcher:
Kevin Whately
Dl Craddock:
John Castle
Rudi Scherz:
Tim Charrington
Myrna Harris:
Liz Crowther
Col Easterbrook:
Ralph Michael
Mrs Easterbrook:
Sylvia Syms
Miss Murgatroyd:
Joan Sims
Mrs Swettenham:
Mary Kerridge
Edmund Swettenham:
Matthew Solon
Miss Blacklock:
Ursula Howells
MissBunner:
Renee Asherson
Julia Simmons:
Samantha Bond
Patrick Simmons:
Simon Shepherd

A celebration of Jim Henson 's chaotic vaudevillians and their attempts, between 1976 and 1981, to stage a smooth-running show. It uncovers little-known facts about the players, relives memorable moments and talks to famous people who took part, including Debbie Harry , James Coburn , Cleo Laine and Julie Andrews. It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas is on New Year's Eve at 1.30pm on BBC1.
Producer Gerard Barry : Executive producer Alan Brown

Contributors

Unknown:
Jim Henson
Unknown:
Debbie Harry
Unknown:
James Coburn
Unknown:
Cleo Laine
Unknown:
Julie Andrews.
Producer:
Gerard Barry
Producer:
Alan Brown

5/8. An episode from the series about covert operations techniques. Tonight's fictitious scenario shows how a counter terrorist team prepares for, and conducts, a building assault, and looks at the various methods of entry - from explosives to Land Rovers - and the skills needed for room-to-room fighting. More next week.
Producer Charlie Clay ; Executive producer Paul Wooding

Contributors

Producer:
Charlie Clay
Producer:
Paul Wooding

Broadcaster Gloria Hunniford , Sabrina Washington from R 'n' B outfit Mis-Teeq, Ibiza club favourite DJ Sammy and Alison Goldfrapp , one half of experimental electronic duo Goldrapp, join regulars Phill Jupitus and Bill Bailey for a festive edition of the comedy pop quiz. With Mark Lamarr. Director Paul Wheeler ; Producers Richard Wilson and Warren Prentice
Our exclusive Buzzcocks-style quiz: page 35 i

Contributors

Unknown:
Gloria Hunniford
Unknown:
Alison Goldfrapp
Unknown:
Phill Jupitus
Unknown:
Bill Bailey
Unknown:
Mark Lamarr.
Director:
Paul Wheeler
Producers:
Richard Wilson
Producers:
Warren Prentice

3/6. By the first week in November 1982, the nation was welcoming Channel 4 into their homes and, with it, Countdown, Brookside and The Tube. Meanwhile, Hi-De-Hi! was establishing itself as a popular sitcom, while The Boys from the Blackstuff was the pride of BBC2 and BBC1 had Tenko.
(Continues tomorrow at 11pm)

Highlights from the second series of the sketch show, featuring Paul Whitehouse , Charlie Higson , Simon Day , Caroline Aherne and John Thomson.
Directors Mark Mylod and Sid Roberson

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Whitehouse
Unknown:
Charlie Higson
Unknown:
Simon Day
Unknown:
Caroline Aherne
Unknown:
John Thomson.
Directors:
Mark Mylod
Directors:
Sid Roberson

3/4. A Life in the Day. Will Self, Bob Geldof , Tony Hawks, Rory McGrath , Rick Stein , John Sessions and Lemm Sissay have a good old moan about coffee bars, keep fit fads, banks and discos.

Contributors

Unknown:
Bob Geldof
Unknown:
Rory McGrath
Unknown:
Rick Stein
Unknown:
John Sessions
Unknown:
Lemm Sissay

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