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Des O'Connor on fatherhood - and fame

In my mew Christmas is about fun and family. It's about giving and receiving. But it also should be, I think, a time for taking stock. As the Eighties give way to the decade that will hurtle us into the next millenium, perhaps this Christmas more than most is an appropriate time to pause and reflect on priorities and values. Television is often blamed for being a bad influence. But it can also be a source of great joy. The recent scenes from Eastern Europe remain indelibly in the mind. Performers in the public eye, whether they like it or not, inevitably set an example - and some are found wanting. But again, many are a force for good. This year saw the passing of the great Sir Laurence Olivier. One of the reasons for his greatness - apart from his towering talent - was the way he carried himself with such dignity down the years. Hardly surprising, then, that his widow speaks of him triumphantly in the present tense in our interview on page 127. This year also saw the arrival of Alexander Owen, the longed-for son of that fine actress Patricia Hodge (see page 10). When I asked her if she would have any more children, her reply was simple. 'How could I dare wish for more? This will sound corny but he is my blessing.' Corny? No, it sounds to me like she's got her priorities right. It also sounds a pretty good sentiment to express at this Christmas time.

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It could be 3am when Des gets home from a one-man show many miles away, but no matter how tired he feels the next morning, his alarm call never fails. 'As soon as I hear that little voice saying "Daddy", I'm up. I can't wait to get into her room, pick her up and hold her. There are no words to describe it.' For Des O'Connor, his two-and-a-half-year-old daughter Kristina makes every morning a Christmas morning. 'I'm a second-timearound dad and I'm very lucky,' says Des, who married Swiss-born Jay Rufer - a model some 30 years his junior - in March 1987. Two previous marriages gave him three daughters (Karen, 29; Tracey, 26; and Samantha, 24). 'I love them with a passion which I believe is returned and my relationship with them now is fabulous, but when they were Kristina's age, I was so busy out there doing the jobs that I wasn't always around when I should have been. 'I'd be away on long tours, sometimes for 10 weeks. Someone has to go out and be the breadwinner - but there are times when it's more important just to be with your family. 'One of the nice things about being established and successful is that you can pick and choose what you do. 'I've just turned down 16 weeks' work in Australia. That's because Kristina starts kindergarten in January and I want to be here for her first day at school.' Meanwhile, there are other excitements. Kristina is looking forward to opening her Christmas stocking and Des is looking forward to a Christmas that for him will be very special. 'I will have just finished the busiest year of my life,' says Des, whose latest album, Loving Feeling, brings the tally to 31 and whose record sales now amount to 11 million. 'So this Christmas I'm taking a 10-week break, the longest I've ever had.' Des's last show in his

series is on Wednesday 27 December (a new series is in the pipeline for next year) and he presents the

TV Times Top 10 A wards the following Tuesday. He is a man of apparently boundless energy - but he admits to sometimes feeling tired. 'Luckily, I'm fitter than I have ever been and this Christmas I'll be putting my feet up and enjoying the family. 'There's such a nice warm feeling about Christmas. I'm a Capricorn and I'm told Capricorns are very familyminded. 'Christmas is a chance to put the work away, eat good food, watch a bit of telly, or if the weather's good maybe go to a football match or have a day at the races or even get in a round of golf. 'I might do a bit of work on the book I'm writing. It's my life story - called

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may nb d e sbus) tim ebut, t li y i Des O'Connorrest f _ _put his feet up at Christmas._A_nd thes days, the festive season is more special than ever, as he tells STEW A RT KNOW LES. Picture FRA NCIS LONEY ,

They A ll Laughed. 'And we'll certainly be taking Kristina to a pantomime - some good clean fun. I think it's important that kids enjoy theatre right from the start.' Kristina has reached the age where she can grasp the idea of Santa Claus bringing presents, but is she aware just who her father is? 'I hope not. I hope she doesn't know I'm Des O'Connor - the one who gets knocked all the time. She'll have enough of that when she grows up. 'All those Des-can'tsing-a-note jokes never really hurt me, but they did hurt my family. My other daughters were teased at school. 'Children can be very cruel. They used to make jokes about Dozy Des and Desperate Des and my kids used to get into fights about it. 'Kristina sees me sometimes on the TV screen but it doesn't mean very much to her at the moment. She points and says "Daddy" but she says the same thing when Wogan is on, so I don't know what that means! I think she'd much rather watch Postman Pat.' Ten years ago, when Des and jay first met, Jay was living in Switzerland, where her father, now retired, was an airline executive. 'Jay hadn't even heard

of Morecambe and Wise, who started all the Des jokes, so I had to explain it all to her. But she is a very intelligent lady and being half-Swiss - her mother comes from Yorkshire she understands about business.' If there were any risk of Des being hurt by the jokes, he has the perfect antidote. 'Always get in there first. I can understand people making jokes about a man having a young wife. 'For instance, "I'm glad she's got the baby now it means she's got someone her own age to play with." I know them all and sometimes in a quiet moment I wonder what is going to happen in the future. One day Kristina will be asking me about the facts of life - and I'll be too old to remember them! 'But I think when people see this picture [right] in TV Times they'll realise that the age gap doesn't matter. They will see that Jay is not a silly giggling kid and although I'm in my mid-50s, for my age I am still fairly fit,' says Des, who believes he has been in television now longer than any individual performer in the world. 'That is a frightening thing to realise. 'But you can only stay in the business if you move with the times. This is why

we have subtly changed the content of Des O'Connor Tonight, bringing on a more varied range of guests, like Sir Robin Day and Bros. You must be aware of, and keep in touch with, what the public is thinking.' Right now, his thoughts are of Christmas - and of Christmasses past. Des was born in Stepney in London's East End. His mother, who died four years ago, was a charlady and his father, now 93,

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She sees me on TV and says `Daddy!' - but says the same about W ogan, was, for a time, a roadsweeper. 'They say you only remember the sunny days, and that may well be true, but I don't really remember much of those early days. I have very vague recollections. Whispers of the past come back. I see little misty pictures of my grandma's front room in the Mile End Road. 'All the relatives were there. My mother came from a very big family, she was one of 11, and her

mother would invite all her children and their families. It seems to me there were 50 or 60 people crowded into the front room where all the ornaments were. You weren't normally allowed in there - except at Christmas. 'We had to have two sit-, tings for Christmas dinner because you couldn't get everyone round the table in one go. A turkey? I wouldn't have thought so, unless turkey was cheap in those days.' Wartime rationing and hard times are things of the past. For Des, Christmas Present will be rather different. 'Of course, I love a chicken or a turkey or a bit of beef - but it won't matter to me what the meat is as long as Jay does some roast potatoes. I just love roast spuds. I can eat a bowl of them with a bit of gravy . But best of all there is his daughter Kristina. 'First time around you seem almost to take families for granted. But as you mature, your values and priorities change. 'With this second chance you appreciate it more, really enjoy it more. There is something wonderful about a child asking you the most simple thing. 'Watching her smile at a puppy - that's something yolican't buy.' TVT

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THE STORY TELLER OF MY LIFE To children of all ages, Roald Dahl is the creator of characters such as 'The BFG' and 'Danny the Champion of the W orld: To TESSA DAHL, he is Dad - the man who used to pace her bedroom floor weaving wonderful tales from his rich imagination. Here she remembers the magic of her childhood

If I was to ask you, 'Where is the greatest launching pad in the world?' you'd probably answer Cape Canaveral. I would look smug and shake my head. 'Guess again,' I'd tease. In Russia?' you'd suggest. I'd look even smugger. You would be getting irritated now. 'All right, where then?' you'd snap. 'One more try,' I'd tickle. 'I really don't know,' you'd answer scratchily. 'Where? Just tell me.' And I would smile. Just a little one not a show-off grin or a humble smirk, but a revealing, twinkling, twitchylipped smile. 'The bedroom above the hall, the one with the beams, at Gipsy House,' I'd tell you. 'Where on earth is that?' you'd ask. 'Great Missenden. It's up Whitefields Lane, past the allotments, under the bridge. It's Roald Dahl's house.' 'But what's that got to do with launching pads?' you'd ask. (You'd be pretty brassed off by now.) The bedroom above the hall is where the chidlers - as the BFG (Big Friendly Giant) calls children - sleep. Every night when there has been a chidler in that room, Roald Dahl has paced the floor slowly, thinking mysteriously as he weaves a story. That room has so much creative energy vibrating through it that it's practically hot. The carpet makes the the soles of your feet tingle (even through shoes) as you tread the strip

that he trod. The walls hold little particles of stories. As you brush past them, you can hear them hum. But the beds are the best. Oh, what a treat to lie on! They are submerged in stories. They have been moulded by little humans totally content, sleepy and saturated children who have sunk into a fantasy world created by Roald Dahl. Ah, what dreams! And that is why that bedroom is the launching pad . It began in 1965, when my father started to make up the story of James and the Giant Peach. Each evening, my sister Olivia and I would sit in our beds in that little bedroom aching, just longing, for Daddy to come up. Our ears would be finely tuned, like a dog listening for its master's car at the end of the road. We would wait, and then we'd hear him - the lolloping step, the sigh as he pulled himself up the stairs. Oh, the joy as he said, 'Right, you filthy beasts, quieten down.' Mesmerised we were, while he paced, often stopping, rubbing his head as he turned the cogs, intricately and carefully clicking each piece of the story until it was wound tightly into a glorious tale. Usually, we'd just get 10 minutes, then he'd wander off downstairs. It was a delicious bedtime. We never complained or horsed about. In the morning, he would fill his flask with coffee. If it was term time, he would drive us all to school in High Wycombe - five children - each schoolday for 14 years. Those car journeys were so precious: filling us with sparky things, telling little secrets, teaching fascinating facts. We were absorbent, germinating little personalities, lucky enough to have him as a master gardener sowing the seeds. If he was writing a script, he would share the action. We children lived every moment of James Bond's adventures when Dad was writing Y ou Only Live Twice. 'Bondwas dressed totally in black today,' he'd start, and we were enthralled. If there was no school, he would take his flask up to his hut. The bedroom was the launching pad, but the but was the workshop. It sat alone, a sort of garden shed, where the roses meet the apple trees, on the edge of the orchard and the garden. It was (and still is) in the but that the tales from the night before were transformed into Father and what I believe are the best children's daughter, top, have a books written this century. There is magic performed in that very strong relationship and Tessa has a hut, yet if you walked in you would passionate love of probably gasp at the shoddiness of Roald's work. She grew this powerful, secret room. My father sits on a leather chair that up in a world peopled by characters created belonged to his mother. Tied to the by her father; some of chair with crummy, frayed bits of them now feature in string is an ancient suitcase. My father films like 'The BFG, is covered in my aged school blanket, and Sophie above, his feet resting on the battered case. and 'Danny the The blanket (still bearing my name Champion of the tape) is dropped over his enormously W orld, which long legs. Beside him, a little desk light starred Jeremy with a bare bulb pours harsh rays over Irons and son the yellow legal pads he writes on. On Samuel the other side lie 20 pre-sharpened pencils. He has rituals, one of which is continued overpage ^

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RIGHT, Y OU FILTHY BEASTS, QUIETEN DOW N' the pencil-sharpening, which takes at least 10 minutes at the start of each day. (He once told me that he would do anything to put off starting work, and the long and intricate pencil-sharpening is a wonderful tactic.) He leans on a carved piece of hardwood covered with green baize and slowly, very slowly, he starts to write. All morning, every morning, he smokes and sips coffee. In the winter, he shovels the snow from the path. In the summer, he opens the windows and the cows stick their heads in and eat the curtains. The walls are covered with evidence of sentiment - the only hint that he really has a vast vat of emotion. The tables are dusty, cluttered with eccentric paraphernalia, including part of his femur. The simplicity, discipline and ritual are among the secret ingredients that make him pour so slowly and artfully such a pure stream of enchantment. But the major component

got our quota of stories. Ones that were given to my younger brother and sisters I never heard. I have missed the making of many, but I got some classics: James and the

Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Fantastic Mr Fox, The Magic Finger. Each story has a story behind the story, but they all started in that room.

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Tessa and her little brother Theo were two of the first children to enjoy Roald's enchanting stories is love. It is love that produced the stories as he paced our bedroom floor. The BFG was an idea which sprouted as he took my daughter Sophie for walks. But it was hatched

in the bedroom. Just a simple plot, told to a little girl with glasses; the Eft 4in giant wandering up our lane, holding the hand of the tiny three-year-old. You see, each one of us

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my brother Theo. It is the most extraordinary tale of love and adventure between a father and son. What a legacy we have been given, and on and on it goes. As we provide grandchildren, so my father provides the stories. But more. He is, like a master carpenter, teaching me his craft. Nowadays, I don't sit listening to his stories - I work. And at last he has decided that I have proved myself sufficiently on my own as a fledgling writer, and he is showing me, slowly and methodically, the art of his profession. Last week, he

took me up to his work but and opened a drawer I had never gazed into before. He lovingly removed a little school exercise book. 'This, Teds, is my thesaurus,' he whispered, handing it to me. I gently turned the creamy pages of his own handwritten thesaurus. Such dedication . . . and now he was sharing it with me. Together, we walked down to the house, went up the stairs and into the office - and we photocopied every page of spidery handwriting. It was a glorious moment. I felt like a soldier being awarded the Victoria Cross. The room next door to the study is the one with the beams - yes, the launching pad. We stopped as we passed, and, instead of going downstairs, we ambled in. I'll never know why, but as we stepped into the room, I felt the heat - that white heat, those smouldering embers . . . And I knew then that I was part of that special magic. TVT

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PATRICIA HOD GE However successful she may have been professionally, it seemed that Patricia Hodge was to be denied the joy of motherhood. Then one day her luck changed. RICHARD BARBER reports. Main picture BRIAN ARIS

There's just no escaping Patricia Hodge at the moment, The quintessentially English actress with the fine-boned face and the effortless ability to bring strong men to their knees is on the small screen in what will almost certainly be one of the most talked about dramatic offerings of the season - and she's just opened at London's Comedy Theatre in Sheridan Morley's musical revue Noel and Gertie opposite Simon Cadell. Last week, she was seen on ITV in The Shell Seekers. Hodge fans, who have been suffering severe withdrawal symptoms, will be delighted. The object of their affections, meanwhile, when she isn't impersonating Gertrude Lawrence, will be otherwise engaged in an activity that, both in her wildest dreams and in sobering moments of clear-eyed rationality, she had come to accept would never be her lot. To her huge delight, Patricia Hodge will spend her first Christmas ever changing nappies. On Saturday 18 February 1989, at the ripe old age of 42, Miss Hodge gave birth - at Queen Charlotte's Hospital in

West London - to a 71b 4oz baby boy, Alexander Richard Charles. 'And whenever I think of that moment,' she says now, 'I find it almost impossible not to cry. Nothing I say can adequately describe that moment.' It was a moment she truly thought she would never know. She married music publisher Peter Owen in the mid-Seventies, when her career was just gathering momentum, and decided, for the time being anyway, that work must come first. (Her husband has twin daughters in their late 20s from his first marriage.) Her decision, in terms of her career, paid off. On television, her natural elegance, matched by her economical acting style the slow, half-smile has

become something of a trademark - brought the satisfaction of critical acclaim and public popular i t y . She was the formidable Rumpole's formidable adversary - and rather easier on the eye, to boot. She was Lady Diana Cooper in Edward and Mrs Simpson. And she was Antonia Fraser's supercool sleuth, Jemima Shore, making it impossible to imagine anyone else in the role. The list seems almost endless. A string of theatrical successes, meanwhile, was perhaps topped with her starring role in the musical, The Mitford Girls. Then there were her leading parts opposite Jeremy Irons and Ben Kingsley in Betrayal - and Bruce Willis - in Sunset - on the large screen. And, if that

Denis Quilley, Patricia Hodge and Angela Lansbury in 'The Shell Seekers, seen last week

wasn't enough, there were also any number of perfectly judged performances and readings on the radio. In her private life, though, all was not going according to plan. As the Seventies gave way to the Eighties, as her 30s gave way to her 40s, and despite countless consultations and tests, it became clear to her that she was to remain childless. Even now, over lunch in a smart hotel restaurant, she recalls her unhappy acceptance of what she thought to be her fate. 'It can be such a hard thing to come to terms with,' she says. 'It gets into the corners of your life.' But she doesn't want to sound self-pitying nor, she stresses, did she imagine that life wasn't worth living at the time. 'Being childless isn't an illness,' she says simply, 'it's a condition.' And she is well aware that, for many people, it is a condition which doesn't particularly win endless sympathy. 'If you stood on a street corner with a box for a cancer charity or for Children in Need, you'd get plenty of donations - and quite rightly. But if you did the same thing for research into childlessness, you'd be given virtually nothing. To most continued on page 15 ^

Traitor's mate? Patricia plays Stella, who has suspicions of her lover Robert (Michael Y ork) in Harold Pinter's TV adaptation of 'The Heat of the Day'

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Patricia's secret passion people, it's a simple function. Yes, it's a joyous miracle, but still it's as much a part of being a human as eating and digesting food; it's no more than a biological ability.' Most people would never have guessed Patricia Hodge's secret heartache - first, precisely because it was something private and personal that she chose to keep to herself and, second, because she came to be identified with the parts she most habitually played. It was easy, therefore, to assume that the sophisticated actress with the perfect silhouette would not wish to upturn her wellordered existence with something as disruptive as a child. The truth was quite different. 'There had been no moment when I hadn't been passionate about babies and children.' Accepting, though, that she must get on with life but 'in mourning,' she says, 'for something I had never had,' she held her head up high and applied herself to her work. Then, to her utter amazement in the spring of last year, she awoke one day to a feeling she had never before experienced. 'And I knew, without a shadow of a doubt, that I was pregnant.' What she didn't dare think was that this pregnancy would go to full-term but she did what her doctor advised - 'he told me to carry on working for as long as I felt comfortable and not to touch another drop of alcohol' - until the day, nearly nine months later, when Alexander was born by Caesarean section. For his first six months in this world, Alexander Owen had a mother who, by her own admission, was in shock. But as he approaches his first Christmas, Patricia Hodge is getting her life back into some sort of perspective. She feels strongly that it would be plainly silly to abandon work altogether - particularly since she has such a flourishing career in which she has invested so much time and energy. And anyway, she says, Alexander wouldn't thank her in years to come

if his mother had sacrificed everything for him. 'A child is brought into a set of circumstances and that's his lot - whatever it may be. So I think that as long as you make him a priority and that he's comfortable, then whatever his stimulation is immaterial. If I stayed at home the whole time, then he'd have me. Great. If not, then sometimes he'd get the bonus of different people and different experiences. Either way, he'd be loved.' As it is, by New Year Alexander will have been able to watch his mother with his mother twice on the box. In Harold Pinter's adaptation of the Elizabeth Bowen novel The Heat of the Day, Patricia Hodge plays Stella, a woman who is coming to terms with the fact that her lover Robert (Michael York) may It's a hard be a traitor. In a strong thing to come cast, Michael to terms with. Gambon, who at- It gets into the tempts to corners of blackmail Stella into your life, becoming his mistress, and Dame Peggy Ashcroft ensure a production - under Christopher Morahan's direction - of real worth. Anyone who has read Rosamunde Pitcher's surprise bestseller The Shell Seekers (on ITV last week) won't be surprised at its success. A family saga set in the Cotswolds, the West Country and Majorca, it traces the moving story of a woman in her 60s (Angela Lansbury) attempting to make sense and order out of her life and her family. Patricia Hodge plays one of her daughters. 'I loved working with Angela,' she says. 'There's nothing artificial about her. She just gets out there and gives it to you. And she's such a motherly person that to play her daughter was the easiest thing in the world,' But when it comes to motherhood, the fulfilled Patricia Hodge can happily - at last - talk with real authority. TVT

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The lady who was once down and out in Beverly Hills is back at the very top, swanning around her glorious pale-pink Mediterranean villa overlooking the town that almost wrecked her career. She's in high spirits, cracking salty jokes, sending up her neighbours â&#x20AC;&#x17E; . and generally enjoying life as a bona fide Hollywood superstar. Yet, until four years ago, Bette Midler had been wallowing in the wilderness. After an Oscar nomination for her performance in the 1979 film The Rose, she had sat back, delighted and dazed, confident that film offers would pour in. There wasn't even one. Then, in 1982, the director Don Siegel signed her for Jinxed. The title was apt; making the film proved to be a nightmare, with stories raging in the press about rows between Bette and Siegel, Bette and co-star Ken Wahl. Hollywood blacklisted her. Today, she's the biggest thing at Disney Studios (where she's under contract) since Mickey met Minnie. She's earned more than 220 million dollars so far for just five films with 12 more in the pipeline, she has her own production company, a bank balance she can scarcely believe . . . and Down and Out in Beverly Hills to thank for it all. This was the film that, just three years ago, launched her comeback, and she'll be forever grateful to it - in her fashion. 'Listen,' she says, lighting a blue cocktail cigarette with a flourish. 'It's all so relative. One day you're the most successful woman in Hollywood, the next you're, you know, like a dish rag. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. 'I've learned you should be more devil-may-care. You have to feel like your whole world isn't going to come crashing down over your head. It's hard to do. My whole world did come crashing down. I was in the most horrible state of anxiety, but everything's turned around. I'm as happy as a clam and I'm grateful to everyone who

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gave me another chance, but I know this isn't going to last for ever because nothing does. 'I'm going to have a thoroughly good time because this is as good as it gets. I have a wonderful child, a husband who adores me, a beautiful home, five hit films [Down and Out in Beverly Hills, 1986; Ruthless People, also 1986; Outrageous Fortune, 1987; Big Business 1988; Beaches, also 1988] and a lot more offers. I mean, this is just faaabulous! 'This is what I wanted all my life, although I never imagined I'd be working for Disney. Never, never, never, never. If Walt were alive today, he probably wouldn't even let me near the lot!' Tinseltown has been amazed at the comeback of the Divine Miss M, the bosomy, bawdy prima donna who's said to eat studio executives for breakfast - and then come back for lunch. She's trying to be on her best behaviour today, but every now and then she lets rip that famous snorting laugh. Wife, mother, Disney darling and deal maker she may be, but underneath the classic white Christian Lacroix suit still lurks the trashy mermaid in sequinned bra and tail who zoomed onstage in an electric wheelchair, unleashing a stream of off-colour patter about her 'bazooms'. At 44, she's both thrilled and cautious about being called the most successful woman in Hollywood. 'It's exactly the same as being one of the most unsuccessful women,' she says, and you wait for the punchline . . 'except I have to be in hair and make-up longer. 'You still have to do the same things. You still have to clean dishes and wash underwear and sweep the floor. And you don't have any privacy. 'There's this idea that Hollywood's a paradise on earth. You drive down Hollywood Boulevard and you see people streaming in because they still believe the streets are paved with gold. But it isn't true. Being a movie star is a lot of drudgery but no one ever talks about that. It's a fantastic dream, Hollywood, and I fell for it.' The only difference is continued overpage ^

^ continued from page 17 that her dream came true. A shy, overweight, ungainly girl, out of place in Honolulu, Hawaii, where her parents had moved from New Jersey before she was born, Bette (named after Bette Davis by her film-crazy mother who thought it was pronounced 'Bet') took :hula lessons, acted in high school, worked in a pineapple-canning factory and couldn't wait to escape to New York. 'I was desperate, just desperate, to get out,' she says. The shyness disappeared in New York. Fast. As the Divine Miss M, she caused a sensation when she took her bizarre singing act to the Continental Baths, a New York steam room for gays, where an aspiring young musician called Barry Manilow was her musical director. Bette Midler had become the most talked-about performer in the city. Soon, she had two gold albums and a Grammy for Best New Artiste of 1973, was headlining at the Philharmonic Hall, Carnegie Hall and Madison Square

Garden in New York, appearing regularly on The Tonight Show, hosted by Johnny Carson, won an Emmy for her TV special, Bette Midler: 01' Red Hair is Back and two Golden Globe Awards and an Oscar nomination for The Rose. Then came the exile. She is still bitter about that. 'Nobody wanted to touch me,' she says. 'I think I had a nervous breakdown. I couldn't eat or sleep for months and I felt as though I had nothing to live for.' By 1984 she was on her way back. Marriage was the start of it. Her husband is a delightfully eccentric man called Martin von Haselberg when he's a commodities trader, and Harry Kipper when he's being off-the-wall in his performance-artiste guise. 'We were both lost lambs when we met,' says Bette. 'I thought, maybe marriage will be different, because I'd lived with men for years and years and I could never get past three years with them. I'd be in love for a year and then I'd sort of be in like for a year and the third year it would

Mutual adoration: Bette with husband Martin von Haselberg be, when am I gonna get rid of this louse? So I thought if I got married I'd have to have a different time clock. 'I liked the fact that he wasn't afraid to be different, that he was sort of an outsider. I knew it as soon as I met him, because he'd shaved his head and he had on a very loud suit. I knew right away, this is a man who likes to draw attention to himself, a man who likes to take on life. I think I got the right guy.' They were married in

the Candlelight Wedding Chapel at two o'clock in the morning by an Elvis Presley impersonator. 'He said he would send us his single,' Bette says with a straight face. Her luck held out. Hollywood thought Down and Out's director, Paul Mazursky, needed his head examined when he recruited three of the town's most notorious free spirits: Bette, Nick Nolte and Richard Dreyfuss. He dubbed his stars 'The Betty Ford Kids' because of their earlier, well-publicised problems with drink or drugs. Although Bette admits that 'it hurt our feelings', the set was friendly and trouble-free. The film was a smash hit. 'I did it because the phone wasn't ringing,' says Bette, who's wickedly funny as the tacky, nouveau riche Beverly Hills wife. The set was a delight of social satire: kingsize bed with recessed fridges on either side, lavender art deco fireplace, Spanish-style mansion with clashing Roman columns, sly maids, anorexic daughter, gay

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Irg On a bitter cold day last February, at a trestle table set up in the rain outside an ugly cottage at the end of a muddy lane, Sir John Mills celebrates his 81st birthday on location for Ending Up, an uproarious black comedy of old age. The crew has bought him a pot plant, there's a cake and a surprise visit from his wife Mary, and a song from his shivering fellow actors: 'Eighty-one today, eighty-one today . . . and have you got your teeth in for the picture, dear?' 'Rotten cast,' says Sir John, beaming around at Dame Wendy Hiller, now 77, Googie Withers, 72, Sir Michael Hordern, 78, and the one they refer to as Young Lionel - the 63year-old Lionel Jeffries. Based on the novel by Kingsley Amis, Ending Up is about five old people who have pooled their resources to live together cheaply in TuppennyHa'penny Cottage. Bernard (played by Sir John) is the leader of the pack. A cashiered army officer with a cruel tongue (possibly the result of constipation) and a nasty line in practical jokes, he spends his days plotting small acts of revenge on his fellow ancients and the long-suffering cat. His former batman, Shorty (Lionel Jeffries), is now a roaring drunk; and his sister Adela (Dame Wendy Hiller) is a houseproud martyr desperately trying to keep the little community going and happy. Her cause isn't helped by her old schoolfriend Marigold (Googie Withers), a baby-talking ex-actress who thinks she's a cut above the others - based, incidentally, on a woman who once offered Amis a little 'fishy-wishy-dishy'. Finally, there's George (Sir Michael Hordern), Bernard's brother-in-law, who has suffered a stroke and cannot remember the names of common objects: 'You know . little green things . grow up into beautiful . . fly about when it's hot, but before they can fly .. , godzillas. No. Caterpillars!' Left to themselves they

on Ending Up in the same way.' It is 60 years since Sir John made his acting debut. 'Ridiculous, isn't it?' he says. 'I have seen tremendous technical changes in that time. We used to be burnt alive by the lights and plastered with bright yellow make-up for a start. The make-up men were all exacrobats, for what reason I don't know. 'But acting hasn't changed that much. Good

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THE FAMOUS ITS; Thursday 4 January: Ending Up In K ingsley Amis's wickedly funny 'Ending Up; five old people retire to share a country cottage - but the actors who play them have no intention of retiring themselves! ADRIAN FURNESS reports. Picture BERT HILL might just muddle through, But one Christmas -'Holly . . ivy . . sending merry . . you know' they are visited by Marigold's grandchildren and great-grandchildren, the dreaded Young People. The outcome is wonderfully awful to behold. 'I think,' says Amis, 'the film may attract some criticism. But while nobody can make old age and pain

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bearable, you can make the thought of it bearable. At least one can laugh about it - till it arrives.' The cast are laughing, anyway. 'Hardly a dignified story,' says Sir John. 'I thought the book was wildly funny when I read it but I didn't think you could film it. 'The director, Peter Sasdy, had to spend three

hours persuading me it was possible. 'Bernard is an extraordinary character, fiendishly difficult to do. But it's the difficult roles that have always given me the most satisfaction. The CO in Tunes of Glory was a difficult one, and playing the village idiot in Ryan's Daughter [for which he won an Oscar] wasn't easy. I think I'll look back

actors are always good actors - which makes it such a great pleasure to work with this cast.' A roam around the set reveals Googie Withers who won her first film contract 55 years ago, at the age of 17 - sipping a little drinkie-winkie and denying that her character Marigold is an itsy-bitsy pain in the backside. 'She's simply the sort of woman who doesn't want to face old age,' she says. 'We all know them, don't we? They dress too young for themselves, talk baby talk, they're domineering and impossible and great fun to play.' Googie, a much-loved film star of the Forties and Fifties, moved to Australia 30 years ago with her actor husband John McCallum. Just as they were thinking of returning to live in Britain, McCallum went and invented Skippy (the TV adventures of a kangaroo), which, as Googie enthusiastically explains, 'has been shown in 89 countries and 29 languages.' Skippy has brought them a fortune, but both still choose to travel the globe as actors. 'My life is spent on roller skates,' she says. 'People

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the entire production either in bed or in a chair. 'On the other hand, it is rather difficult to act in bed, and it is even more difficult to act when you are supposed to be half paralysed and have to wear a sort of false gum to put your mouth out of true. 'Also, George's speeches are very hard to learn because they are so inconsequential - rather like learning the telephone directory. 'Have you spoken to all the others? Don't forget Young Lionel . . ' True to his role as the eternal squaddie Shorty, Lionel Jeffries is to be found sitting in a sort of glory hole in a corner of the set, drinking tea from a paper mug, reminiscing about the old days. 'You know, one of my first films was with Johnny Mills. That was The Colditz Story, and on the first morning he asked how I was getting to the studio. I said I didn't know, I didn't have much money. The next morning, and every morning after that, he picked me up in his huge chauffeur-driven RollsRoyce. I learned an awful lot about films from him He knows more about the camera than any other British actor I can think of. 'And what about the others? I've worked with some marvellous casts in my time, but never before with four from the top of the totem pole. Of course, poor Shorty's a bit out of his class with this lot . . Shorty, in fact, is Amis's own favourite among the five characters - he's warm, off-duty, drunk and getting drunker. And he feels he's winning, whatever the others may think, as the world crumbles about them. 'What we hope,' says Jeffries, 'is that viewers will react to Ending Up as I did when I first read the book. You wonder what is going to happen to these people jangling together in a little cottage. How's it going to end? Where's the sting? 'What happened to me was that I threw the book in the air and yelled: "That is the funniest ending I have ever read in my lifer" TVT

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and last Christmas he topped the charts with Mistletoe and W ine. However, Cliff doesn't see all this success as a matter of luck - 'no one can be consistently lucky for more than 30 years' but more as a reward for his total dedication. Even though some might_ say he's pursued it to the exclusion of other things including marriage. It's a well-worn topic which Cliff seems to have long tired of - 'if marriage was going to come into my life, I think it would have done by now'. Another recurring subject is the media accusation that he's gay: 'I tell people I'm not. I answer their questions happily. But what I find so painful and nasty is when they continue to speculate. 'I've lived through it all for so long now that in a way I almost feel untouchable as far as the press goes. I don't feel threatened by them the way I used to. I can still be hurt very easily - but I don't necessarily show it.' What Cliff does show, as he approaches his 50th birthday, are healthy, boyish good looks. His hair, which is tended by two hairdressers near his Surrey home, is still jauntily bouffant. But for someone who once said he'd contemplate cosmetic surgery, his vanity doesn't extend to dyeing the few grey hairs now peeping through. He is still remarkably lean - thanks mainly to a healthy diet and tennis and keeps up a disciplined and precise approach to his appearance and career. His stage and TV performances may look carefree and spontaneous, but in reality they are meticulously planned; when to look into camera, when to look away, which clothes continued on page 30 ^

Congratulations! More than 30 astounding years at the top of the charts and Cliff Richard, pop's Peter Pan, is still flying high. He tells CAROL PRICE the fame, the fortune and a career in the fast lane 29

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Enter Aspel, carrying small red book, and disguised as TV Times Special Offer. He speaks: 'Surprise, surprise. You thought you were going to settle down with your favourite magazine. Well, I'm here to tell you - reader, viewer, critic and letter-writer that young Richard Barber, Editor of TV Times, has made me an offer I can't refuse. In return for an undisclosed sum, I'm to have my very own column. This little red book is my diary, filled with deadlines, as we journalists say. At this stage I'm not prepared to divulge what I'll be writing about each month, mainly because I've no idea. I hope inspiration will come, or young Richard will want his undisclosed sum back. Anyway, I hope this first effort is an acceptable gift and taken in the spirit in which it's intended. At the moment I'm in a rather strange state, physically. I'd just got my body into mint condition, all quivering whipcord, ready for shinning up the loft ladder to get the Christmas decorations. Then, today, I had a haircut, and it's sapped my strength. This may come as a surprise to you; not that it's sapped my strength but that my hair ever needs cutting. For years there's been a widespread rumour to the effect that I wear a wig. Indeed, when I look at photographs of myself in programmes of the Sixties, I get a bit suspicious, too, Those were the days of the Italian-style haircut neat and close to the skull. Nowadays I submit to the scissors every four or five weeks, or whenever the barnet gets so long that it looks as if This Is Y our Life is presented by an elderly headmistress. My new trim would have pleased my old Dad. An Army man, he favoured the short-backand-sides approach to life, but he was always prepared to let his Brylcreemed strand down for the Christmas party. Our little flat was always the

W hat better Christmas present! This week we welcome Michael Aspel as a regular monthly columnist. Is there no end to the man's talents? venue for the family gettogether. I was put in charge of balloons and gramophone needles, while Dad administered the brown ale. Every year, a sure sign that festivities had reached their height was when Uncle Arthur announced that it was time to walk to Brighton. As he lived in Wandsworth, this seemed a bit reckless. He would have to be restrained, and Mum would

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was evacuated, the presents sometimes had a surreal quality. One year, my parcel from home contained a wedge-shaped block of wood, painted silver and black, and bore the words 'Never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few'. Churchill's stirring words were, I'm afraid, lost on a boy of eight. Boxing Day was an anticlimax. The front room, like the family, had a tired look about it, all flaccid balloons and tattered paper bells. As a teenager, I regularly took part in the local rowing-club's Boxing morning marriedversus-single race - a suicidal affair. The single fellows always won for some reason. We 'never, ever, watched television. Not because of any religious or moral objection on the part of my parents, but because we didn't have one. Nobody did. It's difficult to imagine that for many years the British nation survived Christmas without The Great Escape. Sympathetic viewers say to me, 'You people all seem to work so hard over Christmas.' Not so, I reply. Almost all the shows have been recorded a long time before, and the presenters are at home being trampled to death by their children, just like everybody else. For a few years, I did host a live programme on Christmas morning from a children's home in Hertfordshire. Eric Morecambe lived nearby, and I would always call in at his place on the way home to have a mince pie and choke on it while Eric provided several thousand pounds' worth of free entertainment. That other much-missed funny man, Roy Kinnear, once asked me, 'Have you noticed that people don't seem to write books any more? They get other people to write for them.' He was referring to the seasonal growth industry, the anthology of celebrity quotes on practically anything - from The Moment That Changed My Life to My Favourite Brand Of Custard. A proportion of royalties from most, but not all, of these anthologies goes to charity, so some good

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4gkOP does come out of it all des pite boring the socks off the readers. My wife and I buy our Christmas cards, as I expect you do, from our favourite charities. I always like the ones designed by children. I recently had the joyful job of declaring open Cadbury's National Exhibition of Children's Art, which is about to tour the country. If it comes round your way, do go and see it, particularly if you're feeling a bit low. You'll come out revived and full of hope. Every day, my fiveyear-old son brings home drawings of monsters,

6 W e never, ever, watched telly • • • there wasn't any, skeletons, space creatures - all with beaming faces. For homework, his eightyear-old brother drew King Arthur slaying Mordred. It was a graphic scene: Arthur triumphant with bloodstained sword, Mordred standing there, head 15ft away, still wearing that cheerful smile. By the way, if The Great Escape is not showing on a TV screen near you this Christmas, take comfort in the fact that National V elvet will be. It stars the teenage Elizabeth Taylor, such a nice girl and a marvellous kisser, as my right cheek will bear witness. A Merry Christmas to one and all. And now, the weather forecast. TVT

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popular I get, the less time I have.' Yet it wasn't so long ago that Kylie stressed' how she didn't want to end up like Michael Jackson: mobbed by fans wherever he goes. As it's now rumoured that she's an even bigger money-puller than Jackson, she's experiencing the same problems - 'Greenland will be the only place I can get some peace,' she laughs. Weeks before Christmas a photograph of a handsome, musician appeared in a paper dvith the caption 'Kylie's New Love'. Usually, though, the speculation surrounds her relationship with former Neighbours co-star Jason Donovan. The Is she?' 'Isn't she?' saga of Kylie and Jason (who played a married couple in Neighbours) is a popular debate. The Australian press say the relationship is definitely on but have made a pact not to print anything about it. 'You've got to give the kids some privacy,' one Australian critic said. 'I don't know what I'd do without Jason,' she's said. 'He understands the pressure I'm under.' Kylie is rumoured to have checked into health clinics in Australia and in England, due to overwork. 'She's like a little rag doll being pushed around by minders and managers,' observed a British stage-hand. 'People say she's stand-offish but she's not - she's scared and exhausted.' One of the biggest debates has been about her weight. She's only five feet tall and weighs a mere six-and-a-half stone. 'I lost more than a stone in five weeks,' she said while filming Neighbours. 'I really thought I was going to fade away. I've not managed to put it back on - despite a high energy diet. 'Apart from being exhausted I love it,' she says. 'I actually have to keep pinching myself to make sure it's all happening.' Happy Christmas Kylie and, in the words of your new album . . .

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The perils of Peter Piper Ever since he set foot on the stage at the age of 17, Peter O'Toole has been dogged by sensational stories about his private life. Today, the 57-year-old actor claims he's done with hellraising and hardliving, which he blames on being an adolescent during the war. 'All we knew then were restrictions and death, so there was this great urge to live the liberated life, if not the libertine life'. The early days of World War Two are the setting for ITV's film Pied Piper (Christmas Eve), based on the Nevil Shute novel. O'Toole plays a retired English solicitor on holiday in occupied France who ends his vacation by leading a group of children on a perilous journey across the country.Â

Yule love this! Where's Anneka Rice spending Christmas morning? At a funfair in London's Docklands. Viewers can join in, too, as ITV's The Other Side of Christmas is transmitted live from the London Arena. 'We're also linking up with a church service,' says Anneka, 'and announcing the arrival of Christmas Day babies; proud parents can phone in to boast of new arrivals.' But, as the programme shows, Christmas isn't always happy and Coronation Street actors will talk about how loneliness makes holidays far from festive. The focus of the programme, though, is on fun and Anneka is looking forward to what she describes as 'a terrific jamboree'. 'And,' she adds, 'it means I won't be home to peel potatoes for the family's Christmas dinner'.

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Jose's opera lasses Opera star Josè Carreras - the goldenvoiced tenor with fan clubs from Tokyo to Vienna - has always been a favourite with the ladies. And his latest venture is no exception. Back in Britain for a TV special - singing the songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber - he's surrounded by such unlikely operatic support as (pictured with him, left to right) Jane Harrison, Marti Webb and Stephanie Lawrence. So how does the renowned Barcelona-born superstar feel about the match? 'I am honoured and frightened,' says the modest Carreras, 42, about appearing in Music of the Night (ITV, Saturday 23 December). 'It's me stepping into their domain - not they into mine.'

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Richard Burridge backed a real winner with the proceeds from his first film script - he bought a horse. The movie was never made but his purchase became one of the greatest racehorses of modern times - Desert Orchid. Three-times steeplechaser of the year, the much-loved punter's favourite has now been rewarded with a TV programme, Desert Orchid (C4, Christmas Eve) - made by Richard. `Desert Orchid loved every moment of it,' he says. 'He's a terrible show-off. If he sees a camera, he'll head straight for it. When he's in a bad mood, you just show him a lens and he cheers up instantly.' So he's sure to be in a good mood at Kempton Park on Boxing Day, when C4 cameras will be focused on his bid to win the King George VI Rank Chase for the third time.

'I used to have a splendid guardian angel,' says Tom Conti. 'Unfortunately, she gave up on me when I became an actor. I must admit I sorely tried her patience with so many occasions of sin: she'd punish me by stealing single socks and stuffing wire hangers in my wardrobe.' She seems to have returned, though, to nudge Scottish-born Conti into presenting Facing the Angels (C4, Saturday 23 December) - a look at her and her colleagues, including the fallen ones, throughout history. Her? 'Oh, I'm absolutely convinced my guardian angel is a her,' adds the star of Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence (being shown on ITV, Friday 29 December, in most regions). 'She's got such a hands-on, nurturing female role. And frankly, the costume is just a wee bit cissy for a fella

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David Quinlan, Monty Smith and Dean Bartram preview the feature films and TV movies for this festive season SATURDAY 23rd The Batman C4, 10.20am - 10.50am With Batman all the rage this year, C4 presents the original 15-episode serial based on the characters created by Bob Kane. J Carrol Naish makes a highly superior villain as the fiendish Dr Daka. This is Chapter 1: further episodes will play throughout the festive season. See programme pages for exact details. 1943

Road to Zanzibar C4, 10.50am - 12.30pm

The second Road film, a bungle through the jungle that's possibly the most riotous of the lot. Said the publicity: '152 more laughs (count 'em) than Road to Singapore: Bob Hope's Fearless Frazier has some terrific one-liners while Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour parody their romantic duets in You're Dangerous. Tomorrow's Road heads hopefully towards Utopia. 1941

The Holly and the Ivy C4, 12.30pm - 2.00pm Adaptation of Wynyard Brown's play - about a country cleric at Christmas and the resolution of his own life and those of his three children - strikes all the right emotional notes. Acted with great understatement and feeling for character, especially by Ralph Richardson (as the clergyman) and Celia Johnson and Margaret Leighton as his daughters. 1952

Hollywood Shuffle C4, 11.30pm - 1.05am Lively series of comic sketches lampooning Hollywood's stereotyped depiction of blacks with an engaging central performance from talented young writer-director Robert Townsend (Denzel Washinton's co-star in The Mighty Quinn). Eddie Murphy was so impressed he snapped up Townsend to take charge of his big-screen 'live on stage' show, Raw, considerably enlivening proceedings with a 'mockumentary' prologue. 1987

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Red Alert ITV, 12.35am - 2.20am Well above average by TV movie standards, a suspenseful piece about an accident at a nuclear power plant. The script packs the drama with tension, while director William Hale loses no chance to emphasise the human dilemma that lurks behind the cold logic of the machine. It's fully the measure of the cinema hit The

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Will Scrooge (George C Scott) get the Christmas spirit? Susannah York, Edward Woodward and David Warner provide the party mood, ITV

ITV, 2.20am - 4.05am Romantic soap sagas like this used to be catnip to Hollywood in its golden years. But nowadays only French director Claude Lelouch seems able to get away with them. Still, pretty Kathleen Quinlan (who got involved with the equally tacky Dreams Lost, Dreams Found a few years back) is a sensitive enough actress to give it a touch of class. Alternative title: The Promise. 1978

Pied Piper ITV, 7.15pm - 9.15pm A brand new treatment of Nevil Shute's thrilling, uplifting novel, much Hollywoodised in 1942 with Monty Woolley in the role here played with distinction by Peter O'Toole - currently the toast of London's West End in Jeffrey

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The Reluctant Dragon ITV, 1.10pm - 1.35pm Brightly coloured, outrageously funny Disney 'novelette' cartoon, originally part of a feature narrated by the great Robert Benchley. Highly original nonsense that kids and adults will love. 1941

A Christmas Carol ITV, 1.35pm - 3.20pm George C Scott channels every morsel of his considerable talent into a memorable portrayal of Ebenezer Scrooge - a perform, ance which won him an Emmy Award nomination. Originally made for American television, this British production has been hailed by some as the best ever adaptation of Charles Dickens' enduring classic. Curious coincidence: the director is Britain's Clive Donner, no relation of Richard Donner who directed Bill Murray in the recent comedy version Scrooged. TVM 1984

ITV, 9.30pm - 11.30pm Nigel Kneale, who wrote the original Quatermass serials for television, returns to the field of the chiller in this ghost story for Christmas. Tuck the children up in bed to wait for Santa's visit and enjoy a polished late-night quiver and quake. TVM 1989

pered herring' barrels and try to get through customs - all of them disguised as Maurice Chevalier. The scene where Harpo joins a Punch and Judy show is a gem of comic invention. 1931

Burning Rage ITV, 3.20am - 5.15am In an age when it has become commonplace for singers to make the transition from stage to screen (Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, David Bowie and Sting have all had varying success), the casting here of country & western star Barbara Mandrel! as a geologist must go down as the most bizarre. Director Gil (Gilbert) Cates hit his stride later the same year with the more substantial and Emmy-nominated

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Flood! ITV, 1.30am - 3.20am Three million dollar TV disaster epic, also shown in cinemas. Predictable fare slickly done (as one would expect from producer Irwin Allen) with good special effects and a stalwart cast that features rare latter-day appearances by three great character players: Whit Bissell, Ann Doran and James Griffith. TVM 1976

Monkey Business C4, 1.40am - 3.05am The Marx Brothers stow away on board a ship, pour themselves tea and coffee while living in 'kip-

CHRISTMAS DAY On Her Majesty's Secret Service ITV, 12.25pm - 3.00pm

'Big Fry'-man George Lazenby steps athletically into Sean Connery's 007 shoes, managing to stay one step ahead of arch-villain Blofeld (Telly Savalas) and to get hitched to Diana Rigg. Former series editor Peter Hunt directs pacily and stages an exciting snow chase. 1969

Pride and Prejudice C4, 1.10pm - 3.25pm An elegant, marvellously wellproduced version of Jane Austen's book, liberally laced with charm, humour and style. Delightfully acted by a very strong cast, it's full of good things - the type of smoothly upholstered movie that M-G-M excelled at, without peer. Aldous Huxley, during an unhappy stay in Hollywood, worked on the screenplay. First in a short season of Laurence Olivier films. 1940

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C4, 9.00pm - 11.55pm Not even in the same actor-director's Henry V has Shakespeare ever made such dazzling, hypnotic screen entertainment as in Laurence Olivier's Richard Ill. His power-hungry Richard Crookback is unforgettable - a ruthless, dominant, unstoppable gross black spider of a figure that devours or possesses everything in its path. 1955

Raiders of the Lost Ark ITV, 11.10pm - 1.20am High adventure driven along with tremendous panache by director Steven Spielberg. It's the kind of movie where the hero can say 'Meet me at Oscar's' while parting from a friend in the middle of the desert and no-one seems to think it amiss. Harrison Ford is terrific as the intrepid archaeologist transformed into a man of action at the drop of his spectacles while Karen Allen more than matches him as the spunky heroine following him through fire, water and (in one especially hackle-raising sequence) a pit of writhing snakes. , 1981

All Night Long ITV, 1.20am - 3.00am This is quite a nice little comedy in its gently quirky way. Gene Hackman's demotion to nightstore manager results in some highly amusing encounters with shoplifters and assorted felons and there are elements of The Graduate in there somewhere. Hackman is very good in a rare comedy role. 1981

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ITV, 11.20am - 1.20pm More magical adventures from the fertile imagination and painstaking creativity of special effects genius Ray Harryhausen. This time Sinbad's escapades are a bit padded out and Ray's colleagues let him down a little with some North Pole backprojection work, which might well be the Land of the Wobbly Lines. Harryhausen's own work is well up to standard, especially in the swarm of flying devils. 1977

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C4, 3.15pm - 5.40pm One of the very few successful films about ballet, helped by striking design and ravishing Technicolor to delight the eye. The highlight is The Red Shoes Ballet (with music by Brian Easdale), perhaps the most effective and entertaining thing of its kind ever put on celluloid. 1948

Danny the Champion of the World ITV, 5.10pm - 7.00pm The heroes and villains are engagingly whiter than white and blacker than black in this charming adaptation of Roald Dahl's story about a father and son who hold out against scheming landgrabbers. Robbie Coltrane and Jean Marsh score well as the obnoxious developer and the child welfare agent. 1988

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ITV, 9.00pm - 10.45pm A broad blue-collar farce about a kidnapped wife who is so gross her husband is only too pleased not to pay the ransom, especially as he was planning to bump her off. The comedy gets funnier as it goes on, due mostly to the increasing role played by Bette Midler as the wife. For her, it's an unalloyed triumph. 1986

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ITV, 11.00pm - 1.30am Tremendous and unusual western, directed by as well as starring Clint Eastwood. The script is laconic, amusing and literate, the best lines going to Chief Dan George as an Indian as sardonic as he is ancient. The Chief, treating them all to the same glorious deadpan delivery, just walks off with the movie. 1976

The Prince and the Showgirl C4, 11.15pm - 1.25am Playwright Terence Rattigan wrings a few laughs and a tear or two from this screen version of his stage success The Sleeping Prince. The performances are delightful, especially Marilyn Monroe's sophisticated innocent and Sybil Thorndike's dotty dowager. Laurence Olivier provides an unselfish foil to Monroe's breathy charm. 1957

At the Circus C4, 1.25am - 3.00am Groucho Marx (as J Cheever Loophole) sings Lydia the Tattooed Lady long before it was immortalised by The Muppets. He also woos statuesque Margaret Dumont for the penultimate time. 'That night,' he tells her, 'I drank champagne from your slipper - two quarts. It would have held more but you were wearing inner soles.' 1939

Escape from New York ITV, 1.30am - 3.20am A stylish, eye-catching thriller from the excellent John Carpenter, set on Manhattan Island in 1997. Broody and exciting with a tough lead performance from Kurt Russell. One scene of a boxing ring turned into a gladiatorial area is really imaginative both in conception and execution, as Russell and a massive opponent do battle with spiked clubs. 1981

Give My Regards to Broad Street ITV, 3.20am - 5.20am Closer in spirit to The Beatles' own whimsical excesses in their 1967 Magical Mystery Tour TV film than the irreverent wit of the features they made with Richard Lester, Paul McCartney's big budget extravaganza is engagingly old-fashioned. 1984

WEDNESDAY 27th A Very Brady Christmas ITV, 10.45am - 12.30pm Remember The Brady Bunch back in the Seventies? Well, they've met the cast from thirtysomething along the way and 'adult' problems plague Mr and Mrs B's plans for a Christmas reunion. TVM 1988

Ride a Wild Pony ITV, 1.30pm - 3.10pm All the familiar elements of the boy-loves-horse-loses-horse

outdoor weepie are present1 in this cunningly crafted Disney adventure beautifully shot (by Jack Cardiff) in Australia. The eponymous pony (wild, white and Welsh) is quite a character and the tug-of-love over his ownership (between a bush-farmer's son and a spoiled - but crippled - rich girl) is genuinely affecting. The acting is impressively naturalistic, with ruddy-cheeked John Meillon outstanding as the impish lawyer who defends the boy's rights. An excellent family film, intelligently written by Rosemary Anne Sisson. 1975

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A Long Way Home ITV, 3.45pm - 5.10pm An emotional adventure story exquisitely shot on location in Sweden and above the Arctic Circle by JOrgen Persson, whose previous credits include art-house hits such as Elvira Madigan and My Life Asa Dog . TVM 1989

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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid C4, 12.40am - 2.20am Supremely funny and inventive parody of Forties film noir thrillers, with a gimmick: director Carl Reiner has edited into his story a series of carefully chosen clips from Hollywood movies of the era. Steve Martin (never before as likeable as this) is the detective trying to solve what must be the most baffling case any Chandleresque private eye can ever have faced. 1981

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The 10th feature to be made by the Children's Film Unit, Hard Road eschews sentimentality in its treatment of adolescent waywardness. A handful of mild expletives, an alcoholic party and miles of high-speed racing make this a `warts-and-all' representation of teenage hijinks as two 13-year-olds with similar hangups but disparate lifestyles take to the road in a sports car. 1989

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Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence ITV, 12.50am - 3.05am In deliberate and dreamy passages, Mr Lawrence possesses a lingering fascination that shows the original cinematic mind of Nagisa Oshima (director of Empire of Passion and Empire of the Senses). David Bowie is well cast as the enigmatic PoW arriving at the camp at the same time as a young Japanese officer who seems hypnotised by his personality. Tom Conti gives a civilised performance as the Japanesespeaking Allied officer who tries to keep the camp's atrocities within bounds, while Jack Thompson is excellent as the far less cerebral group captain in charge of the prisoners. 1982

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As disaster movies go, this one is pretty disastrous - although the avalanche scene at the end is a triumph of editing over matter. A number of major stars (including a miscast Mia Farrow and a worried-looking Rock Hudson) battle gamely against the prevailing wintry conditions. 1978

SATURDAY 30th The Care Bears Movie ITV, 9.25am - 10.50am Candy floss philosophy and pretty pastel colours dominate this cartoon adventure with the animated soft-toy teddies. Harry Dean Stanton and Mickey Rooney are among those lending their voices to a story designed for a very young audience. 1985

The Pickwick Papers ITV, 2.10pm - 3.30pm A full-length Australian cartoon version of the classic Charles Dickens story, successfully filmed as a British feature in the Fifties with James Hayter as the celebrated Mr Pickwick. Among the actors providing voices is Wallas Eaton, who also appeared in the radio series Take it from Here with Jimmy Edwards and June Whitfield. TVM 1985

The Assisi Underground ITV, 7.55pm - 10.00pm Brilliantly photographed in colour by Guiseppe Rotunno, this is a large-scale drama dealing with the efforts of the religious communities in Italian towns during World War Two to help Jewish refugees escape the Nazis. Ben Cross, James Mason (in his last film) and especially German actor Karl-Heinz Hackl do their best to bring the characters alive. 1984

The Manchurian Candidate C4, 10.30pm - 12.55am Chilling, suspenseful, bang-on target adaptation of Richard Condon's novel about a brainwashed Korean War veteran. Electrifying direction by John Frankenheimer, good work from Frank Sinatra, Janet Leigh and Laurence Harvey (never better cast) and a fine performance by Angela Lansbury. 1962

The Wild Bunch ITV, 12.20pm - 3.05am Sam Peckinpah's infamous, much-imitated western epic which changed the face and concept of the genre, tinged with the sadness of an inevitable tragic ending. Its climactic orgy of annihilation is justly famous, writing finis both to its characters and to the old-style western. 1969 TV version

Horse Feathers C4, 12.55am - 2.10am Sheer Marx mania: Chico helps to run a speakeasy. Harpo catches a dog-catcher. Groucho takes over a college and gives a lecture on the human body that is pure Ronnie Barker. All this and a riotous football match for the finale. Remember - the password is 'Swordfish'. 1931

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ITV, 2.10pm - 5.00pm The musical western that put Lee Marvin's gravel voice at the top of the charts (with the millionselling Wandrin' Star). Director Joshua Logan takes a picturepostcard approach to history while Ray Walston bolsters the lumbering plot with some raucous good humour. 1969

ITV, 12.35pm - 2.30pm More star wars, eminently suitable for all ages. Robert Preston is terrific in his last cinema film and the action's cut to pattern , with the exception of the 'robot ' Alex who gets involved in adventures of his own. 1984

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The Karen Carpenter Story

ITV, 7.15pm - 9.05pm Although it soft-pedals on its subject's anorexia nervosa and drug addiction, this biopic of the singing duo Karen and Richard Carpenter makes its dramatic points well and offers plenty of music. Solid performances by the leads, an outstanding one from Oscar-winning Louise Fletcher as their mother. TVM 1988

The Pirates of Penzance C4, 9.15pm - 11.20pm This 'pop' version of Gilbert and Sullivan was an absolute smash on stage and director Wilford Leach obviously sees no reason to tamper with a winning format. Kevin Kline prances vigorously as the Pirate King. 1982

Under Siege

ITV, 12.30am - 3.10am Imaginative if implausible telefilm that goes a few steps further than John Milius' cinema movie Red Dawn and Chuck Norris' Invasion USA. The terrorists in this one not only invade the United States, they kill hundreds of soldiers and blow up airliners as well. The thundering direction by Roger Young ensures the drama starts with a bang and never lets TVM 1986 up for a moment.

Christina ITV, 3.10am - 5.00am While it might seem a good idea - especially if, like the character played by Peter Haskell, you are unemployed - never marry for money. Before long, hapless Haskell is in love with his cheque book bride - then she vanishes, plunging him into a nightmare of murder and intrigue. 1973

The Last Starfighter

C4, 2.00pm - 4.20pm One of the greatest tear-jerkers that M-G-M ever made: a warmhearted piece of escapism about an 11-year-old girl and her horse, who take on the world's best steeplechasers in the Grand National. Elizabeth Taylor's moving portrayal of Velvet made millions reach for their handkerchieves and shot her to stardom. It all adds up to an outsize dose of nostalgia for film fans and a treat for children. 1944

Trail of the Pink Panther ITV, 12.10am - 1.55am The first half of this curious Blake Edwards venture is a coy, affectionate look at the late Peter Sellers' famous creation Inspector Clouseau, with the help of footage not previously used in Pink Panther pictures. Later developments are less interesting but the comedy is briefly enlivened by the performance of Richard Mulligan (helped by a talented dog) as Clouseau's father. 1982

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ITV, 1.55am - 4.00am Army comedy from the Ghost Busters team with a few modern trimmings and original laughs, but otherwise it's pretty much like every other army comedy from Abbott and Costello to Private Benjamin. Most of the visual jokes are telegraphed, apart from one belly laugh early on involving a football. 1981

TUESDAY 2nd Knight Rider ITV, 10.45am - 12.30pm Fast-moving and fanciful pilot for the successful series, popular with younger viewers. David Hasselhoff is an inexpressive hero - a mild-mannered mixture of The Six Million Dollar Man and RoboCop and he's here flanked by two experienced scene-stealers, Vince Edwards and Richard Basehart. TVM 1982 -

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TV PREMIERE n Return of the Jedi Boxing Day, ITV, 2.30pm-4.55pm Delightful finish to the trilogy that George Lucas always said was intended for children but ended up - because of its scale, style and imagination - as fabulous, unbeatable entertainment for all. Some marvellous new creations (especially Jabba and the Ewoks) keep Luke Skywalker and pals on their toes while the tremendous special effects more than make up for a slightly tired storyline. Though it is more sentimental than its two predecessors it is certainly no less enjoyable or uplifting for that. The fireworks at the end restore it to the realm of super-pantomime to which it so proudly belongs. 1983

TV PREMIERE n Down and Out in Beverly Hills Christmas Day, ITV, 9.00pm-10.55pm Hugely successful Hollywood comedy based (yet again) on a French original, this time the 1932 classic Boudu Saul/6 des Eaux. Nick Nolte is the vagrant causing chaos in a farce that totally revived the star careers of Richard Dreyfuss and Bette Midler - though the film is stolen from all of them by a dog called Mike (pictured left with Nolte). 1986

TV PREMIERE n The Big Chill Thursday 28th Dec, ITV, 12.20am-2.20am Reminiscent of Return of the Secaucus Seven (shown a while ago on C4) this is a drama with many thoughtful touches, human moments and fragments of natural comic dialogue. Eight people reunite for the funeral of one of their friends from a close-knit group of a few years back when their angry set-the-world-to-rights fervour burned more brightly. Glenn Close, William Hurt (right) and Meg Tilly give stand-out performances in an excellent ensemble cast. The dead friend was originally played by Kevin Costner in flashback scenes but his role was cut. 1983

TV PREMIERE n Moscow on the Hudson

Friday 29th Dec, C4, 12midnight-2.10am Episodic account of a Russian musician (Robin Williams, below, in a tour-de-force) defecting to America in the middle of New York: Bloomingdale's department store. His plight gives rise to amusing moments even if it rather lacks charm. Director Paul Mazursky himself helped to write the script, which is liberally peppered with sardonically funny lines and spicy bitter-sweet 1984 entanglements.

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Goin' South ITV, 12.25am - 2.20am Rough-hewn comedy western with director Jack Nicholson doing better than actor Nicholson, possibly suffering the strain of split responsibilities. 1978

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ITV, 10.45am - 12.30pm Delightful for children, a light but exciting comedy-thriller full of marvellously inept and humorous crook characters. 1963

Till the Clouds Roll By C4, 2.00pm - 4.30pm Never mind the quality of the script, feel the width of Jerome Kern's songs (more than 20 of them) in this potted M-G-M biography of the composer's life. Awash with guest stars and a rather earnest Robert Walker as Kern himself. 1946

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Audrey Rose ITV, 2.00am - 4.00am Be prepared for two highly charged hours with this gripping drama of possession. 1977

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Rolf Harris with bumper seasonal edition.

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North West football magazine.

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There's not much Christmas cheer about for Mike, Rita or Derek.

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Comedians introduced by Chris Tarrant.

9.00pm Empty Nest Harry learns about the medical centre sale.

9.30pm NEW Australian Beautiful Gardens From the home of Prof Eben Gowrie Waterhouse.

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International artists perform live in the studio.

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7.55pm Book Choice 8.00pm The Art of Pleasing People Focusing on two film men who 'know' the formula for blockbusting success.

6.00 to 9.25am 6.00 Saturday Sport Presented by Geoff Clark. Preview of the week's sporting events - plus views and comment. Beatrice Hollyer reads the news at 6.00 and 7.00, with weather updates.

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Musical, based on The Who's rock opera. Stars include Roger Daltrey, Oliver Reed, Ann-Margret. f/b ITN News Headlines

Complaints about press coverage are aired.

7.00pm Channel 4 News

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4.50 to 5.00am The Comedy Store

1.05am Film: Tommy

Eric Idle and Muriel Gray in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Sit-corn American style.

5.00am ITN Morning News

Sci-fi thriller about alien invaders, starring Mark Lindsay Chapman.

Detective thriller starring Raul Julia. f/b ITN News Headlines

Canadian cartoon.

5.00pm Eisenhower and Lutz

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Tommy Boyd and Michaela Strachan present a funpacked programme. Charlie the Vet joins the team with this morning's Vet Check. Watch contestants get soaked in the game 'Singing in the Shower', plus the latest news, views and gossip. And don't miss WAC '90's Christmas panto, Robin Hood. Also at 7.35 Adventures of the Wac Wac Bird; 8.00 The Shoe, People; 8.30 An Egg Grows - Part One of an exciting Batman adventure - and at 9.00 pop guests. Write to: WAC '90, PO Box 21, Manchester M60 9GR.

8.30pm Walkie Talkie

The Grand Final.

Andrea McCordle stars as young Judy Garland.

In final episode of comedy thriller, starring Dennis Waterman, Jan Francis, the missing painting is found.

4.20pm Lucretia 4.30pm Fifteen-to-One

2.30pm Film: Rainbow

9.00pm Stay Lucky

11.20pm TV Movie: Death Scream

6.30pm Kick Off

Stories of the Anglo-Irish.

Arrival of a lodger horrifies Matthew and forces. Henry to give up drink.

Last in present series.

5.10pm Home and Away

12.10pm Rainbow

6.00am The Channel Four Daily 9.25am The Art of Landscape 12.00noon Time to Talk 12.30pm Business Daily 1.00pm Sesame Street 2.00pm Crown and Shamrock

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With Ursula Andress and Sir Les Patterson.

More festive features.

ITN News at One

It's the day after the Chris encounter and Pam offers homely advice...

4.45pm Knightmare

5.55pm Granada Reports

Bobby receives some devastating news.

8.00pm Watching

PRODUCER/DIRECTOR NICK WILSON

9.25am Motormouth 2 at Christmas

live from the Motormouth studio . As well as a pop-packed line-up of studio guests there's the second exclusive interview with Kylie Minogue, plus concert clips of her on tour. Brother Beyond,. Big Fun and Fuzzbox' are guests in the celebrity Gunge 'Em In The Dungeon. Sonia will be adding to the festive fun and Sinitta provides the Christmas music. There's also the grand final of the game show you all love to hate - It's Torture. The regional finalists are back to battle it out with Steve Johnson and Ratchet. The Real Ghostbusters cartoon begins at 9.30am. To contact the programme, write to: Motormouth 2, PO Box 1, Maidstone, Kent ME14 5LL. DESIGNER PHIL MURPHY DIRECTORS DAVID CROZIER, ADRIAN EDWARDS PRODUCER SUE MORGAN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER JANIE GRACE

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11.30am The ITV Chart Show The great British allvideo chart show, with the chart action and the fastest Top 10 on TV, plus the best new releases. The specialist chart is Indie, and Vintage Videos features Bruce Springsteen. SERIES PRODUCER PHILIP DAVEY EXECUTIVE PRODUCER KEITH MACMILLAN

A Video Visuals Production

12.30pm The Partridge Family DR JEKYLL & MR PARTRIDGE More fun on the road with the Partridge family. Keith volunteers for responsibility, but gets more than he can handle. Shirley Keith Laurie Danny

Shirley Jones David Cassidy Susan Dey Danny Bonaduce

Chris Tracy

Brian Forster Suzanne Crough

Reuben Kincaid Dave Madden

Coach Dawson Lawrence Haddon Bruce Kimmel Freddy

1.00pm ITN News Oracle ITN News Headlines throughout the week, page 101

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1.05pm Granada Reports A look at the news in the North West.

1.10pm Saint & Greaysie IAN ST JOHN JIMMY GREAVES A festive special which promises to be even more irreverent than usual. Some of the moments which have entertained you throughout the season. PRODUCTION TEAM JIM RAMSEY, JAMIE OAKFORD, DAVE MOSS DIRECTOR DAVE WOOD

Independent Television Sport Production

NEIL BUCHANAN TONY GREGORY GABY ROSLIN STEVE JOHNSON ANDREA ARNOLD SONIA SINITTA BIG FUN BROTHER BEYOND FUZZBOX KYLIE MINOGUE This special Christmas party celebration comes

11.00pm Film: The Man with Two Brains Sci-fi spoof starring Steve Martin, Kathleen Turner.

12.45 to 2.45am Film: A Day at the Races Marks Brothers farce. Made in black and white

Mickey Mouse ushers you into a Bavarian castle, where Chris Tarrant introduces The Disney Christmas Special' and guests such as Five Star

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23 December sArwttmy 1.40pm First Division Special LIVERPOOL V MANCHESTER UNITED Elton Welsby presents full, uninterrupted coverage of one of the great fixtures in the football calendar. Kenny Dalglish's 'machine' boasts a team full of internationals such as Peter Beardsley, John Barnes and Ian Rush, while Alex Ferguson's squad includes million pound plus men Paul Ince, Gary Pallister and England captain Bryan Robson. Martin Tyler is the commentator at Anfield, with expert analysis from former United boss Ron Atkinson. Reporter is Clive Tyldesley. PRODUCTION TEAM ALISTAIR MANN, NICK BEAUMONT, ROB McCAFFREY, WAYNE GARVIE PRODUCER CHRIS BROWN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER PAUL DOHERTY

Worldwide Soccer Limited Production for Granada Television

4.50pm Porky Pig Animated antics in Awful Orphan.

5.00pm ITN News followed by ITV National Weather

5.10pm Granada Reports 5.15pm The Disney Christmas Special CHRIS TARRANT TOM JONES FIVE STAR RUTH POINTER JULIA MIGENES Chris Tarrant hosts this family spectacular featuring favourite Disney characters and a feast of music, action and entertainment. Plus a couple of surprise guests .

3.50pm Home to Roost Christmas Special

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER PAUL JACKSON DIRECTOR WALTER MILLER PRODUCERS RICHARD HEARSEY , NICK SYMONS

A Noel Gay and Buena Vista Production for ITV

BY ERIC CHAPPELL

JOHN THAW REECE DINSDALE FAMILY TIES Another chance to see this extended festive edition of the popular sit-com. Henry's children decide to visit him for Christmas - but Henry has other plans . . . Music by Peter Knight. Henry Willows Matthew Willows

John Thaw

Reece Dinsdale Julie Willows Rebecca Lacey Frank Willows Ian Tucker Cynthia Sherrie Hewson Roger Anthony Smee Manager Tim Barron PRODUCER/DIRECTOR DAVID REYNOLDS

6.00 to 9.25am Early Morning 6.00 Just 4 Fun Cartoon adventure.

6.30 Christopher's Christmas Mission Animation about a boy who, one Christmas Eve, decides to take from the rich and give to the poor.

7.00 Christmas Tree Train Animated tale of Buttons and Rusty who live in the forest where the train comes to pick up the Christmas trees.

7.30 International Times - World News

TWI Production

9.00 Channel 4 Racing: The Morning Line Today's racing preview.

9.25am On the Twelfth Day A George K Arthur film interpreting the song about the 12 days of Christmas.

ROY WALKER Su Pollard, Ruth Madoc, Paul Shane and Geoffrey Holland from Hi De Hi play against Debbie Rix, Nick Owen, Christopher Biggins and Steve Nallon to win money for the charity of their choice.

9.50am 4 What It's Worth

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TVS Production

Yorkshire Television Production

7.15 to 8.15pm Cliff Richard the Event Join pop legend Cliff Richard as he celebrates 30 years in showbusiness with a sell-out summer concert. The show, recorded at Wembley Stadium, features Cliff singing his greatest hits, including We Don't Talk Anymore, From a Distance, I Could Easily, Fall in Love with You, Joanna, the tear-jerker . Miss You Nights, everpopular Summer Holiday and Just Don't Have the Heart. See page 29 DIRECTOR TERENCE BULLEY PRODUCER RICHARD LEYLAND

Central Production

4.05pm Le Cirque Imaginaire

Carnival men Chuck Reardon and `Fearless' Frazier are on a whi (wind tour of Africa - rying to earn enough cash to get back to America.

This enchanting theatrical production, a family feast of illusion, is conceived and performed by Jean Baptiste Thierr6e and Victoria Chaplin, with their two children, five ducks and two rabbits.

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See film guide, beginning page 47 Chuck Reardon Bing Crosby Fearless Frazier Bob Hope Dorothy Lamour

Dimples Soubrette Taonga Boy Scarface Gorilla

Una Merkel Eric Blore

Lionel Royce Joan Marsh Iris Adrian Buck Woods Leo Gorcey Leigh Whipper Charles Gemora

SCREENPLAY FRANK BUTLER, DON HARTMAN DIRECTOR VICTOR SCHERTZINGER

12.30pm The Holly and the Ivy The Gregory family gathers together at Christmas in a little Norfolk village where the vicar, Martin Gregory, is looked after by his daughter, Jenny. She would like to marry but feels she cannot leave her father. Then a second daughter, Margaret, arrives. Made in black and white

Repeat of last Tuesday's final edition with Penny Junor. DIRECTORS GABY KOPPEL,' RANDAL BEATTIE PRODUCER/DIRECTOR JULIE CLIVE EDITOR MARY McANALLY

Thames Television Production

10.20am The Batman Chapter 1 The first of 15 chapters of the film serial to be shown every morning for the next 15 days. Bruce Wayne, outwardly a rich and idle playboy, is in reality America's deadliest crimefighter. Made in black and white

See film guide, beginning page 47. Bruce Wayne/The Batman Lewis Wilson Dick Grayson/Robin Douglas Croft Dr Daka J Cerro! Naish Linda Page Shirley Patterson Ken Colton Charles Middleton Capt Arnold Charles C Wilson Alfred William Austin Foster Robert Fiske Preston Michael Vallon Martin Warren Gus Glassmire

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WRITER/PRODUCER/DIRECTOR JEAN BAPTISTE THIERREE

Etablissement des Arts Visuels/Britannia Entertainment

Donna Latour Julia Quimby Charles Kimble Monsieur Leben

ITN Production

8.00 Trans World Sport

6.45pm Catchphrase Celebrity Special

DESIGNER QUENTIN CHASES DIRECTOR LIDDY OLDROYD PRODUCER GRAHAM C WILLIAMS

10.50am Road to Zanzibar

See film guide, beginning page 47 Rev Gregory Ralph Richardson Margaret Margaret Leighton Jenny Celia Johnson Mick Denholm Elliott David John Gregson Richard Hugh Williams Sgt Maj William Hartnell The Major Robert Flemyng Lord B Roland Culver SCREENPLAY ANATOLE DE GRUNWALD FROM THE PLAY BY WYNYARD BROWNE DIRECTOR GEORGE MORE O'FERRALL

2.00pm Anne of Green Gables ADAPTED BY KEVIN SULLIVAN FROM THE BOOK BY L M MONTGOMERY

The first of a two-part adaptation of the classic novel set in Canada at the turn of the century. Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla decide to adopt an orphan boy to help on the farm. Oracle subtitles page 888 For cast see Christmas Eve

3.50pm The Playful Robot Classic cartoon by Oscar-winning Yugoslav animator Dusan Vukotic.

5.05pm Brookside Billy and Barry provide some explosive entertainment. Oracle subtitles page 888

6.00pm Right to Reply BRIAN HAYES If you have a point to make about TV write to Right to Reply at Channel 4 TV, 60 Charlotte Street, London W1P 2AX (01-631 4444), or use the Video Box in London; or at STV in Glasgow; Tyne Tees TV, Piccadilly, York; Central TV, Birmingham or Albion Place, Oxford; HTV, Bath Road, Bristol; or at the National Museum of Photography, Film and TV, Bradford. DIRECTOR PETER HOOD PRODUCER PETER HIGGINS EDITOR BOB TOWLER

ITV 5.00am ITN News TV-am 6.00 9.25 Motormouth 2 at Christmas 11.30 The ITV Chart Show 12.30pm The Partridge Family ITN News 1.00 Granada Reports 1.05 1.10 Saint & Greaysie 1.40 First Division Special 3.50 Home to Roost Christmas Special 4.50 Porky Pig ITN News 5.00 5.10 Granada Reports 5.15 The Disney Christmas Special 6.45 Catchphrase Celebrity Special 7.15 Cliff Richard the Event 8.15 Blind Date 9.10 London's Burning 10.40 ITN News and Sport 11.00 Music of the Night: The Songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber 12.05am Saturday Night at the Movies 12.35 Film: Red Alert 2.20 Film: The Face of a Stranger 4.05 The ITV Chart Show -

Channel 4 Production

6.30pm A Walk Up 5th Avenue BERNARD LEVIN For almost a quarter of its great length, 5th Avenue plays host to Harlem. In this last programme Bernard Levin walks the dark side of the Avenue. PRODUCER TIM CLARK EXECUTIVE PRODUCER BERNARD CLARK

Clark Production

7.00 to 8.00pm News Summary and Weather followed by

Facing the Angels Tom Conti presents this enchanting look at angels and the special part that they play in our lives. With Rabbi Lionel Blue, Judy Collins, Michael Waddell, Michael Maloney, Jack Shepherd and eightyear-old Edward. EDITOR JAKE BERNARD PRODUCERS TIM COOPER. ALISON PORTEOUS

HED Production

C4 6.00am Early Morning 9.25 On the Twelfth Day 9.50 4 What It's Worth

10.20 10.50

Film: The Batman, Film: Road to Zanzibar 12.30pm Film: The Holly and the Ivy 2.00 Anne of Green Gables 3.50 The Playful Robot Le Cirque 4.05 lmaginaire 5.05 Brookside 6.00 Right to Reply 6.30 A Walk Up 5th Avenue News, Weather 7.00 fib Facing the Angels 8.00 Chris Bonington The Everest Years 9.00 4 Play: Shalom Joan Collins 10.10 Christmas Present 10.30 Class of 69 11.30 Film: Hollywood Shuffle 1.05am The Session 2.00 Close -

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,ga Deeembei 10.10pm Christmas Present Tony Robinson in search of C4's Christmas present.

10.30pm Class of 69

Granada 8.00pm Chris Bonington - The Everest Years

8.15pm Blind Date CILLA BLACK Blind Date hangs up the mistletoe for Nancy from Middlesex and Simon from Cheshire. Will they find romance for the New Year or rejection? Oracle subtitles page 888 DIRECTOR JOHN GORMAN PRODUCER KEVIN ROAST

LWT Production

9.10pm London's Burning BY TONY HOARE

DING DONG MERRILY The Blue Watch crew of Blackwall Fire station are back in action with this 90-minute Christmas special. As the holiday approaches, the Watch prepares for the extra work the festivities inevitably bring. However the season of goodwill only extends so far - as some members of the Watch soon find out. t Oracle subtitles page 888 Rupert Baker Malcolm Kevin Ross Boatman James Haze!dine Bayleaf Katharine Rogers Josie Glen Murphy George Gerard Horan Charisma Sean Blowers Hallam Richard Walsh Sicknote Mark Arden Vaseline Treva Etienne Tony James Marcus Tate Kim Clifford Sandra Maggie Shirley Greenwood Donna Paddy Navin Yvonne EdgeII Nancy Marion Helen Blizard Jean Amanda Dickinson Dorothy Carole Harrison Jim Medhurst Doug Fisher Albert Charles Simon Edith Hazel Bainbridge Cyril Henry Goodman Blake Joseph Long Dave Atkins Alf Burgess Joyce Burgess Toni Palmer Miranda Sanderson Isabelle Lucas Barney Sanderson Ruddy L Davies Josie's mum Sandra Voe Josie's dad Glenn Williams Josie's brother David Warwick Buttons Simon Butteriss Theatre director Richard Syms Paul Paul Carter RIDEocursERR L EP iz uBLL KNIGHT EXECUTIVE PRODUCER LINDA AGRAN

LWT Production

10.40pm ITN News and Sport followed by ITV National Weather

Andrew Lloyd Webber (inset), Josá Carreras, Stephanie Lawrence (top), Marti Webb: 11.00pm

11.00pm Music of the Night: The Songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber JOSE CARRERAS with guests MARTI WEBB STEPHANIE LAWRENCE JANE HARRISON THE CHOIR OF ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL Celebrated tenor José Carreras and his guests sing songs by Andrew Lloyd Webber, including favourites from the musicals, Aspects of Love, The Phantom of the Opera, Cats, Evita, Tell Me on a Sunday and Jesus Christ Superstar. Musical director is George Martin. DESIGNER TONY FERRIS PRODUCER RICHARD HOLLOWAY DIRECTOR JON SCOFFIELD

Central Production

Hooch and the awardwinning Jesus of Montreal. RESEARCH SAM ANTHONY, ANNA BATEMAN, JANE BIGGER SERIES DIRECTOR ANYA CAMILLERI SERIES PRODUCER STEVE PINHAY

An Initial Film and TV Production for Granada Television

12.35am Red Alert WILLIAM DEVANE The giant Proteus computer in Colorado, which monitors a nationwide network of 84 nuclear plants, erroneously detects escaped radiation at the Minnesota plant, and seals off the building, trapping 14 technicians. Investigator Frank Brolen begins an onsite probe but his superior refuses to counteract the shutdown. See film guide, beginning page 47

12.05am Saturday Night at the Movies TONY SLATTERY If 1989 has been the year of Batman and Sex, Lies and Videotape then the Eighties has been the decade of E.T., Diva and Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Or has it? Tonight the results of the Saturday Night at the Movies poll of the year and poll of the decade are revealed. The programme also talks to stars and filmmakers including Roland Gift, Patsy Kensit, Matt Dillon and Ron Howard about their personal favourites. Tony Slattery reviews forthcoming January releases including Tom Hanks in Turner &

Frank Brolen William Devane Henry Stone Ralph Waite Carl Wyche Michael Brandon Judy Adrienne Barbeau Larry Cadwell David Hayward Sheriff Sweeney M Emmet Walsh Malcolm Wittman Lou Don Wiseman Bill Yancy Harry Holland Howard Finch Charles Krohn Stover Dixie Taylor Mrs Kerwin Jim Siedow Howard Ives TELEPLAY SANDOR STERN DIRECTOR WILLIAM HALE

followed by ITN News Headlines

2.20am The Face of a Stranger Michael, a budding architect, has, much to his mother's displeasure, fallen in love with a young art student named Nancy. Against

Michael's mother's wishes, a wedding is arranged but on the way to the ceremony, Nancy's car crashes. Michael's mother offers Nancy expensive plastic surgery on condition that she never sees Michael again. When Michael, who has been in a coma since the crash, recovers he is told that Nancy is dead. See film guide,

Chris Bonington crowned an already distinguished career by reaching the summit of Everest at the age of 50. This documentary delves into the psyche of the climbing `superstar'. Included is rare footage of Bonington's early climbs as well as his major expeditions and the realisation of his personal dream to stand on the summit of Everest. Previously shown on ITV EXECUTIVE PRODUCER PAUL CORLEY DIRECTOR ALLEN JEWHURST PRODUCER CHRIS LISTER

Border Television/Chameleon Production

beginning page 47

9.00pm 4 Play: Shalom Joan Collins

Kathleen Quinlan Michael Stephen Collins Marion Beatrice Straight Or Gregson Laurence Luckinbill George William Prince Ben Avery Michael O'Hare " Bibi Besch Dr Allison Dr VVickfield Robin Gammell Wendy Katherine Dehetre Dr Fenton Paul Ryan Painter Tom O'Neill Nurse Kirchy Prescott

ANNA MASSEY JULIA SWIFT MAXINE AUDLEY Miriam is a dental assistant who lives with her mother. One evening she arrives home with the news that Joan Collins is coming to tea.

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SCREENPLAY GARRY MICHAEL WHITE DIRECTOR GILBERT CATES

followed by ITN News Headlines

4.05 to 5.05am The ITV Chart Show Another chance to see the programme shown earlier today.

BY PETER MORGAN AND MARK WADLOW

Oracle subtitles page 888 Anna Massey Julia Swift Maxine Audley John Grillo Judith Kay Stonham Dora Hilary Mason Felix Cyril Shaps Elsa Helena McCarthy David Sugarman Dick Waring Roger Griffiths Messenger James Ryan Freedman Adam Maximilian Oppenheim Mama Miriam Rachel Cantor

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER MARK FORSTATER PRODUCER NICKY LUND DIRECTOR MANDIE FLETCHER

Mark Forstater Production

ITV variations Viewers in the Granada region who can receive alternative programmes from adjoining ITV areas will find that transmissions alter as follows: CENTRAL 12.30pm to 1.00 The Fashion Show; 3.50 Coronation Street; 4.45 to 5.00 Cartoons; 2.15am Comedy Store; 3.20 to 5.05am Film: The Face of a Stranger. YORKSHIRE 12.30pm to 1.00 Christmas Comes To Pacland; 3.50 Coronation Street; 4.45 to 5.00 Cartoons; 2.20am The Comedy Store; 3.20 to 5.00am Film: The Face of a Stranger. HTV (Wales) 12.30pm to 1.00 Batman; 3.50 Coronation • Street; 4.45 to 5.00 Cartoons; 2.20am Comedy Store; 3.20 to 5.00am Film: The Face of a Stranger.. BORDER 3.50pm tO-4.50pm Kylie - on , the Go.

RUBY WAX On 1 July this year, the class of 69 from Evanston Township High School in Chicago held their 20 year school reunion. The event gave Ruby the chance to meet some of her school friends (and enemies) for the first time in 20 years. PRODUCER/DIRECTOR MARK CHAPMAN

Aspect Production

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11.00am Meditation FRANK WRIGHT with PETER BARKWORTH CHRIST COMES THIS CHRISTMAS From the Parish Church of St Mary's, Nether Alderley, Cheshire, comes the final Advent Meditation, exploring in words and music the way in which Christ comes to us this Christmas. Written and presented by Frank Wright, with readings by Peter Barkworth. Prayers are said by Fr

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12.30pm This Is Your Right PAULA RIDLEY VANESSA KIRKPATRICK Paula, Vanessa and the team advise viewers about their rights. Write to: PO Box 166, Manchester M1 2AQ. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER JOE SIMPSON RESEARCH SHASHI SINGH, VANESSA KIRKPATRICK, LOUISE ROBERTSON PRODUCER GRAHAM MATTHEWS

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8.30 Christmas Box A Christmas arts and entertainment guide for young people presented by Garry Rice and David Roper.

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1.10 to 1.35pm Disney's The Reluctant Dragon A Walt Disney cartoon featurette, about a small boy who makes friends with a lovable dragon who hates living up to his image of a fearsome beast. See film guide, beginning page 47 SCREENPLAY TED SEARS, AL PERKINS, LARRY CLEMMONS, BILL COTTRELL FROM A STORY BY KENNETH GRAHAME DIRECTORS HAMILTON LUSKE, JIM HANDLEY, FORD BEEBE, ERWIN VERITY, JASPER BLYSTONE

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1.00 to 2.00pm Fish People Five million people in Britain keep fish. Some cost a few pence, others ยฃ1000, but all provoke extraordinary enthusiasm and even affection. What is the magic of fish? The fish people of Britain, from a millionaire to a 'lifer' in Edinburgh prison, describe the reasons behind their special love. Narrated by Ray Gosling. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ROD CAIRD PRODUCER/DIRECTOR MAURICE MELZAK

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C4 6.00am Early Morning Follow That Star 9.25 Starlight 10.25 Serenaders 10.35 The Batman 10.55 Christmas Fairytale Film: Road to 11.05 Utopia 12.45pm Air Pirates of the Outback f/b The Wall 1.00 Fish People Anne of Green 2.00 Gables Star of 3.50 Bethlehem 4.10 Cinderella News, Weather 5.55 American 6.00 Football Desert Orchid 7.00 To Hell with the 8.00 Devil 9.00 One Hour with Jonathan Ross 10.00 American Football 11.30 Film: Julia 1.40am Film: Monkey Business 3.05 Close

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Granada 1.35pm Movie Premiere: A Christmas Carol GEORGE C SCOTT FRANK FINLAY EDWARD WOODWARD DAVID WARNER SUSANNAH YORK JOANNE WHALLEY Miserly Victorian businessman Ebeneze Scrooge dismisses the season of goodwill as pure 'humbug'. He underpays and bullies his clerk Bob Cratchit, refuses the friendship of his nephew Fred Holywell and is grasping and ruthless. On Christmas Eve, he is visited by the ghost of his late partner, Jacob Marley, who says that unless Scrooge changes he will suffer a horrible fate after death. See film guide, beginning page 47 Ebenezer Scrooge George C Scott Jacob Marley Frank Finlay Ghost of Christmas Past Angela Pleasance Ghost of Christmas Present Edward Woodward Ghost of Christmas Yet to Michael Carter Come Bob Cratchit David Warner Mrs Cratchit Susannah York Anthony Walters Tiny Tim Fred Holywell Roger Rees Janet Holywell Caroline Langrishe Belle Lucy Gutteridge Silas Scrooge Nigel Davenport Young Scrooge Mark Strickson Fan Joanne Whalley Mr Fezziwig Timothy Bateson Mr Poole Michael Gough Mr Hacking John Quarmby Old Joe Peter Woodthorpe Mrs Dilber Liz Smith Tipton John Sharp Forbush Danny Davies Pemberton Derek Francis Brian Pettifer Ben Meg Catherine Hall Belle's husband Peter Settelen Mrs Fezziwig Pat Rose George Joe Blatchley Alfred Gavin Asher Anne Rebecca Burrill Kate Cathryn Harrison William Daniel Chatto Tim Munro Mr Topper Alan Bodenham Poulterer Dick Wilkins Spencer Banks Martha Louise Gasser Peter Cratchit Kieron Hughes Belinda Cratchit Sasha Wells Little Boy Cratchit Orlando Wells Little Girl Cratchit Nancy Dodds Boy who gets turkey Ian Giles SCREENPLAY ROGER 0 HIRSON FROM THE NOVEL BY CHARLES DICKENS DIRECTOR CLIVE DONNER

BASINGER'S NEW YORK When a New York journalist reveals he has lost his faith in society, Jonathan and Mark take him on a tour of the city to prove he is wrong. Jonathan Mark Jed Shepherd Cop Senator Cindy Charlie Joseph Bert Ed Clary Bill 011ie Mary

Michael Landon Victor French Richard Mulligan Dan Halleck Richard Zavaglia Dennis Howard Frances Megan Ralph Manza Laurence Braude Eddie Ouillan Len Pera Lisa Richards Nick La Tour Don Hamner Tara Zuker

4.15pm Bullseye Christmas Special JIM BOWEN TONY GREEN Chrissy Johns Cliff Lazarenko Ronnie Sharp This year's charity show features representatives from the nursing, fire and ambulance services. Joining them are darts aces Chrissy Johns, Ronnie Sharp and Cliff Lazarenko, with Tony Green keeping best of order. The West Midlands Fire Brigade Band and the Nottingham Hospitals Choir add to the festive spirit. Host is Jim Bowen. Script associate is Howard Imber. Produced in association with PHI Television. DESIGNER NORMAN SMITH PRODUCER/DIRECTOR RICHARD BRADLEY

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5.00pm Coronation Street Another opportunity to see the episodes shown on Wednesday and Friday. Martin and Gail exchange threats but will they co-operate with each other? And will Jenny Bradley allow the events of the past month to cast a shadow over Christmas?

6.00pm ITN News followed by ITV National Weather with ALEX HILL

6.10pm Granada Reports

6.15pm Highway HARRY SECOMBE DURHAM CATHEDRAL For this Highway Christmas special, Sir Harry visits historic Durham Cathedral. Special guest, Jessye Norman joins Durham's famous choir to sing This Christmastide and Once in Royal David's City. International opera baritone, Thomas Allen, sings In the Bleak Midwinter. Sir Harry meets the new Dean of Durham, the Very Rev John R Arnold and there are seasonal readings from the Rt Rev David Jenkins and actors Robert Hardy and Patricia Brake. ASSOCIATE PRODUCER VIN ARTHEY EXECUTIVE PRODUCER BILL WARD PROGRAMME ASSOCIATE RONNIE CASS PRODUCER/DIRECTOR JOHN REAY

Arthur (Adrian Rawlins) flees from the gaze of The Woman in Black' (Pauline Moran): at 9.30pm

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7.15pm Pied Piper PETER O'TOOLE MARE WINNINGHAM In the summer of 1940, retired solicitor John Howard has to cut short his fishing holiday in France as the Germans begin their advance. On his journey home to England, Mr Howard finds himself a reluctant chaperone to a growing number of children whose lives have been put in danger by the onset of war. See film guide, beginning page 47 Oracle subtitles page 888 John Sidney Howard Peter O'Toole . Nicole Rougeron Mare Winningham Mrs Cavanagh Susan Wooldridge Maj Diessen Michael Kitchen Mlle Tenois Juliette Mole Ronnie Cavanagh Alastair Haley Sheila Cavanagh Clare Drummond Little Rose Dorothee Boeuf Pierre David Newton Schmitt Frederik Heringa Willem Philippe Vadillo Marjan Henriette Baker Anna RAF corporal Ron Donachie RAF driver James Gaddas Railway official Claude Le Sache French woman on bus Annette Badland Bus driver Olivier Pierre Mme Lucard Pamela Stirling Mme Rougeron Jeannine Lockett French officer in lobby Francoise Montagut French woman on train Katherine Kath Older French man on train John Serrett 1st woman Elizabeth Kaza 2nd woman Fidesse Hunter German captain Hugo Bower Bernard Lincot Fouquet Daniel Pageon Waiter SS officer Louis Sheldon Charendon Timothy Ackroyd Wounded man Les Clack

Brian Mitchell 'John' Barmaid Eve Shickle German soldier Alan Barker German sentry at tavern Metin Venal 1st passenger on train Amedee Brunet MUSIC CARL DAVIS DESIGNER STEPHEN FINEREN DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY KEN MORGAN EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS STAN MARGULIES, MICHAEL COX TELEPLAY JEROME KASS FROM A BOOK BY NEVIL SHUTE PRODUCER CRAIG McNEIL DIRECTOR NORMAN STONE

Granada Film Production

John Howard (Peter O'Toole) is the 'Pied Piper' in occupied France: 7.15pm

9.15pm ITN News followed by ITV National Weather with ALEX HILL

9.30pm The Woman in Black TELEPLAY BY NIGEL KNEALE BASED ON THE BOOK BY SUSAN HILL

ADRIAN RAWLINS BERNARD HEPTON Young solicitor Arthur Kidd is sent to Crythin Gifford, a small coastal town, to tie up the estate of a Mrs Drablow. Despite warnings from the locals, he goes to the Drablow house and encounters the ghostly Woman in Black. Made in association with Carglobe Limited. .

See film guide, beginning page 47 Oracle subtitles page 888 Arthur Kidd Adrian Rawlins Sam Toovey Bernard Hepton Josiah Freston David Daker

Woman in Black Pauline Moran David Ryall Sweetman Clare Holman Stella Kidd Arnold Pepperell John Cater Rev Greet John Franklyn-Robbins Mrs Toovey Fiona Walker John Keckwick William Simons Bessie Robin Weaver Stella's mother Caroline John Joseph Upton Eddie Kidd Steven Mackintosh Rolfe Andrew Nyman Jackie Mr Girdler Robert Hamilton Trevor Cooper Farmer Gipsy woman Alison King Stallholder Peter Guinness Lorry man Timothy Block Fireman Albie Woudington f Mary Lawlor Gipsy children IClare Thomson EXECUTIVE PRODUCER TED CHILDS PRODUCER CHRIS BURT DIRECTOR HERBERT WISE

Central Production

11.30pm A Service for Christmas Eve This traditional Christmas Eve service comes from Dryfesdale Parish Church in the

Scottish border town of Lockerbie. It is conducted by the Minister, the Rev James M Annand, and the readers are Hazel Oliver and the Rector of Lockerbie Academy, Andrew Blake. DIRECTOR WILLIAM CARTNER

Border Television Production

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12.30am Rich Little's Christmas Carol Versatile actor Rich Little plays 14 major roles in his own unique adaptation of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. In Little's concept, Ebenezer Scrooge is WC Fields. Other characters appear in the guise of Humphrey Bogart, Peter Falk, Peter Sellers' Inspector Clouseau, John Wayne, Groucho Marx and

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6.00pm American Football

ITN News Headlines

Christmas Eve at the Movies: 1.30am Flood! ROBERT CULP BARBARA 1-IERSHEY MARTIN MILNER Helicopter pilot Steve Brannigan ferries wealthy tourists to the sports lodge at •Brownsville Lake. The weather appears calm, although dark clouds pose an ominous threat to the town directly •beneath an earthen dam. As the helicopter approaches the lake, young Andy Cutler waves but loses his footing. As he falls, he notices water seeping through the rocks. See film guide, beginning page 47 Brannigan Robert Culp Mary Cutler Barbara Hershey Paul Blake Martin Milner John Cutler Richard Basehart Abbie Adams Carol Lynley Mr Franklin Roddy McDowell Sam Adams Cameron Mitchell Andy Cutler Eric Olson Alice Cutler Teresa Wright Daisy Kemple Francine York Dr Home Whit Bissell John Lowman Leif Garrett Emma Fisher Ann Doran TELEPLAY DON INGALLS DIRECTOR EARL BELLAMY

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3.20 to 5.10am Burning Rage BARBARA MANDRELL EDDIE ALBERT A small mining town where the mines are burning out of control below the streets, calls for help. Geologist Kate Bishop is sent to discover the most dangerous parts of town. However what seems a simple task turns into a murder mystery with Kate and her friend, Tom Silver, pitted against the mine owner, the local newspaper and police. See film guide, beginning page 47 Kate Bishop Barbara Mandrell Will Larson Eddie Albert Mary Harwood Carol Kane J D Moses Bert Remsen Tom Silver Tom Wopat Frank Vandenburg John Pleshette Nettie McFadden Mary G Canfield Sara Vandenburg Carol Pritikin TELEPLAY KAROL ANN HOEFFNER, CLIFFORD CAMPION DIRECTOR GIL CATES

2.00pm Anne of Green Gables ADAPTED BY KEVIN SULLIVAN FROM THE BOOK BY L M MONTGOMERY

The second instalment of this two-part adaptation of the , classic novel set in Canada at the turn of the century. After a trouble-filled beginning at Green Gables, Anne finds her element in academic life, competing neck-andneck with her classroom rival Gilbert Blythe. Their rivalry at school gradually develops into deep affection and friendship. Anne of Green Gables - The Sequel starts next Saturday. Oracle subtitles page 888 Anne Shirley Megan Follows Matthew Cuthbert Richard Farnsworth Marilla Cuthbert Colleen Dewhurst Gilbert Blythe Jonathan Crombie DIRECTOR/PRODUCER KEVIN SULLIVAN

Sullivan Films Production

3.50pm Star of Bethlehem Lotte Reiniger's silhouette film in colour. Musical accompaniment is provided by the Glyndebourne Festival Choir.

4.10pm Cinderella French choreographer Maguy Marin's astonishing production of this fairy-tale ballet tells the familiar story of Cinderella from a child's point of view. Dancers from the Lyon Opera Ballet perform in exquisite doll-like costumes and all the action takes place in a' doll's house. The ball becomes a birthday party for the Prince who later pursues Cinderella on his rocking-horse. Digital Stereo Sound (London/Yorkshire only) DIRECTOR MAANS REUTERSWAERD PRODUCER REINER MORITZ

RM Arts Production

5.55pm News Summary and Weather

MICK LUCKHURST A chance to watch the best game from last weekend as well as a full review of the matches. Plus there's the latest news from the venue for tonight's game which can be seen at 10.00pm. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER CHARLES BALCHIN SERIES PRODUCER PETER HUSSEY

Cheerleader Production supported by the Daily . Telegraph

7.00pm Desert Orchid: Living with the Legend A glimpse behind the scenes into the everyday life of a superstar. Desert Orchid, the country's favourite racehorse, has attracted a huge following with his obvious love of racing and winning. This film, made by owner Richard Burridge, covers nine months in the life of the people's champion from his triumphant victory in the Cheltenham Gold Cup to his carefree holidays in the north of England and back to the serious training in Wiltshire for the coming season. While Desert Orchid captivates all those who come in contact with him, his 'staff' rise to the challenge of living with a national treasure.

first brought them fame in the States. PRODUCERS LAURENS POSTMA, PHILIP BARTLETT DIRECTOR LAURENS POSTMA

Yo Yo Films Production

9.00pm One Hour with Jonathan Ross Jonathan cooks up a seasonal feast of music, laughter and chat from which the giblets have been carefully removed. Digital Stereo Sound (London/Yorkshire only) PRODUCERS ALAN MARKE, JONATHAN ROSS SERIES PRODUCER KATIE LANDER DIRECTOR PETER ORTON

Channel X Production

10.00pm American Football The last weekend of the regular season and Super Bowl places are the ultimate prizes left for those still in the hunt. The once-mighty Chicago Bears, who spluttered so badly in mid-season, are playing

the champions at San Francisco, while Art Shell's resurgent Los Angeles Raiders must travel north to take on the powerful New York Giants.

11.30pm Julia JANE FONDA VANESSA REDGRAVE JASON ROBARDS MAXIMILIAN SCHELL In 1934 playwright Lillian Hellman s living with Dashiell Hammett. Her new play is not going well and Lillian returns to her childhood friend Julia. In the Twenties, Julia studied at Oxford and then went to Vienna where she became involved with the anti-Nazi • movement. See film guide, beginning page 47 Lillian Hellman Jane Fonda Julia Vanessa Redgrave Dashiell Hammett Jason Robards Johann Maximilian Schell Alan Hal Holbrook Dorothy Rosemary Murphy

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Cathleen Nesbitt Undertaker Maurice Denham Young Julia Lisa Pelikan Susan Jones Young Lillian Woman passenger Dora Doll Girl passenger Elisabeth Mortensen Passport officer Gerard Buhr Hamlet Stefan Gruyf SCREENPLAY ALVIN SARGENT FROM A STORY BY LILLIAN HELLMAN DIRECTOR FRED ZINNEMANN

1.40 to 3.05am Monkey Business THE MARX BROTHERS Four brothers stow away on an ocean liner. Bu , with the discovery of their hiding places (in four barrels meant for kippered herrings), the quartet is forced to flee and they are pursued through the ship - pausing only to play a musical number on piano and three saxophones. The passengers applaud the performance and the madcap chase resumes. Made in black and white

See film guide, beginning page 47 Stowaways

Groucho Marx Chico Marx Harpo Marx Zeppo Marx

Mary Helton Ruth Hall Joe Helton Rockliffe Fellows Gibson Tom Kennedy Alky Briggs Harry Woods The Captain Ben Taggart

with Evelyn Pierce, Otto Fries and Maxine Castle SCREENPLAY S J PERELMAN. WILL B JOHNSTONE, ARTHUR SHEEKMAN DIRECTOR NORMAN McLEOD

Oracle subtitles page 888 WRITER/DIRECTOR RICHARD BURRIDGE PRODUCER GEOFF LOWE

Zenith Production

8.00pm To Hell with the Devil Despite their skintight black and yellow striped spandex outfits, their . coiffured hair and pouts, American rock, quartet Stryper are a Heavy Metal band with a difference. Only in America could a group , of born-again earsplitters describe themselves as 'both missionaries and mercenaries'. They conduct raids on the music world on behalf of God, with the goal of changing the face of rock and roll from evil to good. Yet astonishingly this US, Top 30 band, with album sales of over five million, is now attracting large European audiences too, by causing the same controversy among believers and non-believers which

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Desert Orchid, the country's favourite racehorse with jockey Simon Sherwood: 7.00pm

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TV-am celebrates the season with a Christmas party. A host of celebrity guests have been invited along to share in the festivities. Among them are Bros, Jason Donovan, Russ Conway, Timmy Mallett, Lizzie Webb, Gyles Brandreth, Russell Grant, Kathy Tayler, Jimmy Greaves and Ulrike Jonsson. Plus there's an opportunity to see a white Christmas wartime home movie from 1939. The news bulletins come from Beatrice, Hollyer.

9.25am Bugs Bunny & Friends at Christmas Cartoon fun with Bugs Bunny, Roadrunner, Tweetie Pie and Daffy Duck, Porky Pig and Foghorn Leghorn.

10.15am The Other Side of Christmas ANNEKA RICE with Michael Aspel Nick Owen David Bellamy Thelma Barlow Helen Worth Bill Waddington Anneka Rice hosts a live family Christmas morning show from the Arena in London's

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David Bellamy steps into 'The Other Side of Christmas' when he takes children to meet Santa Claus: 10.15am

Thanks to Central. Television's Find a Family project, David Bellamy takes 23 children - who were in care last Christmas but who now have new families - to Lapland to meet the real Santa Claus. CENTRAL PRODUCER WENDY NELSON ASSOCIATE PRODUCER TONY MAYCOCK

The festive season can be a difficult time for people who are lonely, ill or homeless. Stars from Coronation Street talk about the other side of Christmas, while Michael Aspel and Nick Owen look forward to Telethon '90 and make a dramatic pledge for the homeless. For a free factsheet phone 01-436 7777 during the programme or write to The Other Side of New Year PO Box 2LE, London W1A 2LE. RESEARCH DAVID HORBURY, PETE TRAVIS, CLAIRE WALDING OB DIRECTOR MELANIE ERIKSEN PRODUCER JANE CLARKE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER SIMON BUXTON

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Nancy Catherina Von Schell Virginia North Olympe Brian Worth Manuel Julie Ege Scandinavian girl English girl Joanna Lumley Australian girl Anouska Hempel Italian girl Jenny Hanley SCREENPLAY RICHARD MAIBAUM DIRECTOR PETER HUNT

3.00pm The Queen The Queen's Christmas message to the Commonwealth.

12.25pm The James Bond 3.15pm The B.F.G. Film: On Her Little Sophie Majesty's Secret awakes in the cold Service GEORGE LAZENBY DIANA RIGG TELLY SAVALAS Once again, arch villain Ernst Stavros Blofeld is threatening he world's peace, blackmailing world leaders by threatening bacteriological destruction of plant and animal life. British agent 007, James Bond, is assigned to track him down.

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Oracle subtitles page 888 JTaramceys Bond George Lazenby Diana Rigg Blofeld Telly Savalas D Gabriele Ferzetti Irma Bunt Ilse Steppat George Baker Sir Hilary Crunther Yuri Rorienko Bernard Horsfall Campbell Bernard Lee 'M' Desmond Llewelyn

orphanage to see an awesome giant 'blowing dreams' to the children. The giant, known as the B.F.G., scoops her up and transports her away to his home. See page 7 and film guide beginning page 47 Voice cast: The B.F.G. David Jason Sophie Amanda Root The Queen of England Angela Thorne Head of the Army Ballard Berkeley Head of the Air Force Michael Knowles Giants and Sergeant Don Henderson Molly Sugden Mary TELEPLAY JOHN HAMBLEY BASED ON THE NOVEL BY ROALD DAHL EDITOR NIGEL RUTTER MUSIC KEITH HOPGOOD, MALCOLM ROWE PRODUCERS MARK HALL, BRIAN COSGROVE DIRECTOR BRIAN COSGROVE

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7.25 Aladdin An animated feature.

8.45 Countdown Masters 8.55 Dai Mouse Read by David Jason.

9.10 Poetry Book Poems read by Paul Scofield, Alan Bennett, Derek Jacobi and others.

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9.25am Sesame Street Big Bird attempts to uncover a secret in this special edition shown annually in the US.

10.30am NEW The Adventures of Tintin

1.10pm Olivier Tribute: Pride and Prejudice The Bennets have five • 101111. daughters for whom Mother is bent on finding husbands, often to Father's despair. Made in black and white

See page 127 and film guide, beginning page 47 Oracle subtitles page 888 Elizabeth Bennet

Greer Garson Mr Darcy Laurence Olivier Mrs Bennet Mary Boland Mr Bennet Edmund Gwenn Jane Bennet

is really the birthday of us all. Written and presented by Alan Ecclestone. PRODUCERS TIM COOPER, ALISON PORTEOUS

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3.40pm An Evening For Armenia International opera and ballet stars came together at the Royal Opera House for a gala in aid of The British Red Cross Armenian Earthquake Appeal. These highlights feature stars of the Bolshoi and Kirov Ballets, Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet, Thomas Allen, Natalia Makarova, Anthony Dowell, Carol Vaness, The Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus. Everyone involved in the production donated their services. Holmes Associates Production

Maureen O'Sullivan Kitty Bennet Heather Angel Mary Bennet Marsha Hunt Lydia Bennet Ann Rutherford

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3.25pm Birthday

Her Majesty The Queen gives her traditional address to the nation and the Commonwealth. Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Dame Judi Dench with the poetry of The Rev Alan Ecclestone, whose message is that the greatest birthday of all

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ITV 5.10am ITN Morning News 5.15 Scooby Goes to Hollywood 6.00 TV-am 9.25 Bugs Bunny & Friends at Christmas 10.15 The Other Side of Christmas 12.25pm Film: On Her Majesty's Secret Service 3.00 The Queen 3.15 Film: The B.F.G. 5.00 Home and Away 5.30 ITN News Strike It Lucky 5.40 Christmas Special Comedy 6.30 Christmas Box Coronation Street 8.00 After Henry 8.30 Film: Down and 9.00 Out in Beverly Hills 10.55 ITN News 11.10 Film: Raiders of the Lost Ark 1.20am Film: All Night Long Film: Hard 3.00 Country 4.50 Rich Little's Robin Hood

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Indiana (Harrison Ford) hangs on. ITV, 11.10pm

11.00am Silent Mouse The classic true story of the Christmas carol Silent Night. Music by John Moore. Narrator Lynn Redgrave Franz Gruber Gregor Fisher Joseph Mohr Jack McKenzie Karl Maraycher Bill McCue Patter Nostler Phil McCall Fr Ambrosius John Cairney Felix Gruber Richard Blane Felix Gruber's voice

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6.30pm Comedy Christmas Box JIM DAVIDSON Join Jim in his home on Christmas Day, when he presents a special box of comedy goodies, with clips from his favourite shows and performers. Artists appearing include: Michael Aspel, Michael Barrymore, Billy Connolly, Tommy Cooper, Charlie Drake, Kenny Everett, Benny Hill, Henry McGee, Spike Milligan, Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, Des O'Connor, Elaine Paige, Joan Rivers, Rita Rudner, Gary Shandling, Peter Skellern, Freddie Starr, Bob Todd, Bernie Winters, Terry Wogan and Mike Yarwood. Script by Neil Shand.

Christmas comes but once a year, but as far as Ken Barlow is concerned once is quite enough as he finds he has a lot of explaining to do. The Brennans, Roberts, Gail and Martin share a peace offering. See page 117 Oracle subtitles page 888 This week's cast: Ken Barlow William Roache Deirdre Barlow Anne Kirkbride Helen Worth Gail Tilsley Martin Platt Sean Wilson Vera Duckworth Elizabeth Dawn Jack Duckworth William Tarmey Bet Gilroy Julie Goodyear Alec Gilroy Roy Barraclough Curly Watts Kevin Kennedy Mavis Wilton Thelma Barlow Derek Wilton Peter Baldwin Emily Bishop Eileen Derbyshire Percy Sugden Bill Waddington Mike Baldwin Johnny Briggs Alma Sedge wick Amanda Barrie Audrey Roberts Sue Nicholls Bryan Mosley Alf Roberts Ivy Brennan Lynne Perrie Don Brennan Geoff Hinsliff Rita Fairclough Barbara Knox Jenny Bradley Sally Ann Matthews Kevin Webster Michael Le Vell Sally Webster Sally Whittaker Betty Turpin Betty Driver Nicky Tilsley Warren Jackson Sarah Louise Tilsley Lynsay King Tracy Barlow Dawn Acton Mark Casey Stuart Wolfenden Nicholas Cochrane Andy Simon Gregory Steve Ling Tai Chinese student Liz Beverley Callard Charles Lawson Jim Tina Fowler Michelle Holmes Wendy Crozier Roberta Kerr Eddie Ramsden William Ivory Kimberley Suzanne Hall Tommy Markham Ted Beyer WRITER PETER WHALLEY STORY EDITOR TOM ELLIOTT STORIES DIANE CULVERHOUSE TREVOR SUTHERS DIRECTOR SPENCER CAMPBELL DESIGNER STEPHEN GRAHAM PRODUCER MERVYN WATSON

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8.30pm After Henry BY SIMON BRETT

PRUNELLA SCALES JOAN SANDERSON JANINE WOOD JONATHAN NEWTH A WEEK OF SUNDAYS Christmas at home will never be the same without Henry, so Sarah, Eleanor and Clare decide to accept all the invitations they're offered. Anything to get out of the house .. . Prunella Scales Sarah Eleanor Joan Sanderson Clare Janine Wood Jonathan Newth Russell Vera Poling Peggy Ann Wood Mr Kettering John Yeates DESIGNER PHILIP BLOWERS PRODUCER/DIRECTOR PETER FRAZER-JONES

Thames Television Production

9.00pm Movie Premiere: Down and Out in Beverly Hills NICK NOLTE BETTE MIDLER RICHARD DREYFUSS LITTLE RICHARD Dave Whiteman, owner of a clothes-hanger factory, is not a happy man at his palatial Beverly Hills home. His son is a transvestite, his daughter refuses to eat and has a boyfriend on drugs, his wife is more interested in her guru than sex, and, to cap it all, a tramp tries to drown himself in Dave's luxurious swimming pool. He fishes him out - and soon wishes he hadn't .. . See page 17 and film guide, beginning page 47 Oracle subtitles page 888 Nick Nolte Jerry Baskin Barbara Whiteman Bette Midler Dave Whiteman Richard Dreyfuss Orvis Goodnight Little Richard

RESEARCH LYN McCONNELL ASSOCIATE PRODUCER COLIN FAY PRODUCER/DIRECTOR DAVID CLARK

Thames Television Production

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BORDER 9.25am The Moderator's Message; 9.35 Christmas Comes to Pacland; 10.05 to 10.15am Cartoons.

If you're 'Down and Out in Beverly Hills' you can still lead a dog's life. But with this family?

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Jenny Tracy Nelson Carmen Elizabeth Pena Max Evan Richards Dr Von Zimmer Donald F Muhich Pearl Valerie Curtin Paul Mazursky Sidney Lou Waltzberg Barry Primus Sheila Waltzberg Irene Tsu Mel Whiteman Jack Bruskoff Sadie Geraldine Dreyfuss Roxanne Sue Kiel Felton Perry Al Felton Tom Tom Eloy Casados Mike Matisse SCREENPLAY PAUL MAZURSKY, LEON CAPETANOS DIRECTOR PAUL MAZURSKY

10.55pm ITN News followed by ITV National Weather with MARTYN DAVIES

Christmas Night at the Movies: 11.10pm Raiders of the Lost Ark HARRISON FORD KAREN ALLEN Buccaneering archaeologist Indiana Jones learns that Nazi treasure hunters are believed to have found the 'lost' Egyptian city containing the Well of Souls, supposed to be the hiding place of the 'ark' containing the tablets of God's law. Indiana finds the trail to Egypt packed with perils. See film guide, beginning page 47 Indiana Jones Harrison Ford Marion Ravenwood Karen Allen Paul Freeman Belloq Toht Ronald Lacey Sallah John Rhys-Davies

Marcus Brody Denholm Elliott Satipo Alfred Molina Dietrich Wolf Kehler Imam Tutte Lemkow Gobler Anthony Higgins Barranca Vic Tablian Col Musgrove Don Fellows Maj Eaton Williams Hootkins Bill Reimbold Bureaucrat Jock Fred Sorenson Ratty Nepalese Malcolm Weaver Mean Mongolian Sonny Caldinez Mohan Anthony Chinn Giant Sherpa Pat Roach Christopher Frederick Otto !shag Bux Omar Kiran Shah Abu Fayah Souad Messaoudi SCREENPLAY LAWRENCE KASDAN DIRECTOR STEVEN SPIELBERG

followed by ITN News Headlines

1.20am All Night Long BARBRA STREISAND GENE HACKMAN Frustrated by years of boredom in a 'middle management' job, Geo ge Dupler throws a chair through the plate glass window of his boss's office and finds himself relegated to managing one of the firm's 24hour drug stores - on the night-shift. It is here that George meets the distinctively offbeat Cheryl, who is having an affair with his son, Freddie. See film guide, beginning page 47 Cheryl Gibbons Barbra Streisand George Dupler Gene Hackman Freddie Dupler Dennis Quaid Bobby Gibbons Kevin Dobson Helen Dupler Diane Ladd Richard H Copleston William Daniels French teacher Annie Girardot Grandma Gibbons Ann Doran Grandpa Gibbons Jim Nolan Joan Gibbons Marlyn Gates Jenifer Gibbons Nevins Cherie Siebert Hutchinson James Ingersoll Shuster secretary Tandy Cronyn Day Manager Terry Kiser Barney Len Lawson Emily Vernee Watson

Russell Munk Chris Mulkey Leon Steven Peterman Patricia Bonnie Bartlett Loft Landlady Irene Tedrow Michele Miller Marilyn Tokuda Buggoms Hamilton Camp Gibson Lone Wolf Charles Whit Eagle SCREENPLAY W D RICHTER DIRECTOR JEAN-CLAUDE TRAMONT

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3.00am Hard Country

5.30pm The Snowman

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JAN-MICHAEL VINCENT KIM BASINGER MICHAEL PARKS Life in a small town in Texas is just one long round of buddy-buddy drinking and roistering for Kyle and his wheeler-dealer brother Royce. Kyle's girlfriend Jodie is sick and tired of this lifestyle and bids to become an air hostess based in Los Angeles. But Kyle cannot bring himself to make any sort of compromise over their relationship.

ni • snow is falling. A boy rushes out to build a snowman. And, when everyone's asleep, the snowman comes alive in this now traditional Christmas animation. Music by Howard Blake.

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4.50 to 5.50am Rich Little's Robin Hood Rich Little, the internationallyacclaimed impressionist, plays the part of Robin Hood, Maid Marion, Little John and 13 others in this hilarious comedy.

See film guide, beginning page 47 ANIMATION HILARY AUDUS, JOANNE FRYER PRODUCER JOHN COATES DIRECTOR DIANNE JACKSON

6.00pm The Little Sweep BY BENJAMIN BRITTEN

eight-year-old chimney sweep who is rescued from a life of Dickensian misery by a group of children and their governess. Digital Stereo Sound (London/Yorkshire only)

Miss Baggott Maureen Forrester Black Bob Dennis Wicks Clem Neill Archer Ellen A P Robert Juliet Rowan Susan Bullock Sam Jamie Adams Jonny Crome Benjamin Child Hughie Crome Matthew Kitteridge Gay Brook Christopher Riches Tiny Crome Tracey Garratty Sophie Brook Cecilia Osmond Tom the coachman Roderick Kennedy Alfred Gerard O'Beirne EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IAN MARTIN PRODUCER SYDNEY NEWMAN DIRECTOR BASIL COLEMAN

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7.00pm Circus of the Sun A circus of superbly

talented human performers, beautiful surprises and thrills. DIRECTOR BERNARD PICARD

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8.00pm Brookside Jimmy and Sinbad leave Billy's Christmas present on his lawn. For cast see page 95

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With such gloomy faces Clare (Janine Wood) and Sarah (PruneIla Scales) don't seem to be looking forward to the festive season. Watch at 8.30pm

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Unusual things happen when the Corkhill family celebrate Christmas by the tree. See at 8.00pm

WRITER PETER COX DESIGNER CANDIDA BOYES DIRECTOR A J QUINN PRODUCER VANESSA WHITBURN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER PHIL REDMOND

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8.30pm Cheers HOME IS THE SAILOR The first in a run of classic episodes from hit American comedy series. Since Sam's (Ted Danson) departure on a round-the-world sailing trip, the Boston bar has seen a few changes. Oracle subtitles page 888

9.00pm Olivier Tribute: Richard Ill England in the 15th century. The power-hungry Richard Crookback covets the throne of England. He plans to murder all those who stand in his way. See page 137 and film guide, beginning page 47 Richard Ill Laurence Olivier Buckingham Ralph Richardson Lady Anne Claire Bloom Clarence John Gielgud Edward IV Sir Cedric Hardwicke Henry Tudor Stanley Baker Alec Clunes Hastings Norman Wooland Catesby Queen Elizabeth Mary Kerridge Jane Shore Pamela Brown Dighton Michael Gough Stanley Laurence Naismith Duchess of York Helen Haye Lovel John Laurie Brakenbury Andrew Cruickshank Rivers Clive Morton SCREENPLAY ALAN DENT, LAURENCE OLIVIER FROM THE PLAY BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE DIRECTOR LAURENCE OLIVIER

Beauty Claire Bloom and beast Laurence Olivier in Richard Ill

11.55pm La Nativitè du Seigneur BY OLIVIER MESSIAEN

Messiaen's organ masterpiece celebrates the glory of Christmas. Performed by Jennifer Bate in the magnificent Cathedral of Norwich. Digital Stereo Sound (London/Yorkshire only) PRODUCER/DIRECTOR CLEM SHAW

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1.00 to 2.35am The Prince's Trust 88 Rock Gala Another chance to see last year's Prince's Trust Gala Concert from the Royal Albert Hall, London, in the presence of The Prince and Princess of Wales. Featuring Rick Astley, The Bee Gees, Eric Clapton,'Joe Cocker, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Elton John, Mark Knopfler, T'pau, Midge Ure, Wet Wet Wet, Leonard Cohen, Steve Ferrone, Howard Jones, Mick Karn, Brian May and others. PRODUCER TRISH KINANE DIRECTOR GAVIN TAYLOR

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ELIZABETH ESTENSEN JOHN HASLER KELLIE BRIGHT T-Bag sets out to make people unhappy at Christmas, taking T-Shirt along with her. She picks on Sally and transports her rival to Victorian England, making her a street urchin. Will Sally have a cold and lonely Christmas out in the snow or will her newfound friends Mrs Emily Scrumptious and the author Giles Pickens help her?

Hood and his merrie men. Robin has been outlawed by the corrupt tyranny of Prince John whose crony Sir Hiss, a treacherous snake, has hypnotised King Richard into going away on a crusade. As soon as Richard has gone, Prince John and Sir Hiss ride through the countryside extorting ruinous taxes. See film guide, beginning page 47 Voice cast: Brian Bedford Robin Hood Maid Marian Monica Evans Peter Ustinov Prince John Terry-Thomas Sir Hiss Little John Phil Harris Sheriff of Nottingham Pat Buttram Roger Miller Allan-a-Dale Carole Shelley Lady Kluck George Lindsey Trigger SCREENPLAY LARRY CLEMMONS DIRECTOR WOLFGANG REITHERMAN

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1.30pm Run the Gauntlet Christmas Special THE MITSUBISHI SHOGUN CHALLENGE Presenters of the trailblazing 1989 series of Run the Gauntlet, Ross Davidson and Alison Holloway, now take on the captaincy of rival teams of celebrities in this action adventure special. Daredevil Eddie Kidd and Olympic swimmer David Wilkie leapt at the chance of competing in this unique mixture of land and water races. They are joined by Coronation Streets Nigel Pivaro and pop star, Curt Smith, from Tears for Fears. Watch out too for stunning models, Jilly Johnson and Gail McKenna, water-skiing champion, Liz Hobbs, Radio One's Sybil Ruscoe and sports presenter Sally Jones. See too how the professionals tackle the daunting Beekse Bergen course in Holland as the programme looks back over the highlights of the 1989 series. PRODUCERS ANDREW NORGATE, JULIAN GRANT EXECUTIVE PRODUCER KEITH MOSEDALE DIRECTOR RICK GARDNER

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2.30pm Movie Premiere: Return of the Jedi Final segment of .1110110. the Star Wars trilogy. The evil Darth Vader is building a new 'Death Star'. Meanwhile mercenary space pilot Han Solo has been captured by the atrocious Jabba, and Princess Leia with the robots, C3PO and R2-D2, sets out on a rescue. After killing Jabba they return to team up with Luke Skywalker, the rebel forces and the Ewoks to destroy the 'Death Star'. See film guide, beginning page 47 Luke Skywalker Mark Hamill Han Solo Harrison Ford Princess Leia Carrie Fisher Lando Calrissian Billy Dee Williams C3PO Anthony Daniels Chewbacca Peter Mayhew Anakin Skywalker Sebastian Shaw Emperor Palpatine Ian McDiarmid Yoda Frank Oz Darth Vader Dave Prowse Voice of Darth Vader James Earl Jones Obi-Wan Alec Guinness R2-D2 Kenny Baker Moff Michael Pennington Admiral Piett Kenneth Colley Bib Fortuna Michael Carter

5.10 to 7.00pm Roald Dahl's Danny the Champion of the World Life couldn't be better for nine-year-old Danny - a gipsy caravan or a home, a garage where he can work all day on cars, and a best friend who never runs out of surprises. One day his whole existence is threatened by the sinister Victor Hazell. See page 7 and film guide, beginning page 47 William Smith Jeremy Irons Danny Smith Samuel Irons Victor Hazell Robbie Coltrane Doc Spencer Cyril Cusack Lord Claybury Michael Hordern Mr Snoddy Lionel Jeffries Miss Hunter Jean Marsh Jimmy Nail Rabbetts Capt Lancaster Ronald Pickup Talton John Woodvine Springer William Armstrong Duke Andrew Maclachlan Sgt Samways Jonathan Adams Mrs Clipstone Can Jackson Wheeler Anthony Collin Sidney Jonathan Leigh Mr Parker John Grillo Inspector Richard Cubison SCREENPLAY JOHN GOLDSMITH PRODUCER ERIC ABRAHAM DIRECTOR GAVIN MILLAR

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6.00 to 9.25am Early Morning 6.00 Hallelujah! The Bobby Jones Show the best of American hot gospel.

6.30 Christmas Box A repeat of the Christmas Eve edition of the arts and entertainment guide for young people presented by Garry Rice and David Roper.

7.00 Dennis More animated fun with the mischievous Dennis.

7.26 The Gnomes' Great Adventure Feature-length adventure story about David the Gnome and his quest for the King of the Gnomes' missing gold.

8.51 Countdown Masters With Richard Whiteley.

9.00 Channel 4 Racing: The Morning Line Preview of the Boxing Day racing.

9.25am Sesame Street Animal sounds and rhymes - 'Mary Had a Little Baa'. The letters are A and D and the number is 20. With special guest stars Billy Joel and Marlee Maitlin.

10.25am The Adventures of Tintin SHOOTING STAR

10.35am The Batman Chapter 4 SCREENPLAY LESLIE SWABACKER, VICTOR McLEOD, HARRY FRASER FROM BOB KANE S STRIP CARTOON DIRECTOR LAMBERT HILLYER

10.55am Road to Singapore BING CROSBY BOB HOPE DOROTHY LAMOUR Lovers of the sea and haters of matrimony, Josh Mallon and Ace Lanigan flee from a posse of shotgun weddings and turn up in Kaigoon, a small village on an .

C3PO, Chewbacca and Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) in 'Return of the Jedi' at 2.30pm

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Dancer Victoria (Moira Shearer) enchants in `The Red Shoes' island somewhere south of Singapore. They both fall in love with the exotic Mima, but there's a tough islander called Caesar to contend with. Made in black and white

See film guide, beginning page 47 Josh Mallon Bing Crosby Ace Lanigan Bob Hope Mima Dorothy Lamour Joshua Mallon IV Charles Coburn Caesar Anthony Quinn Achilles Bombanassa Jerry Colonna Gloria Wycott Judith Barrett Sir Malcolm Drake Miles Mander Morgan Wycott Pierre Watkin Gordon Wycott Gaylord Pendleton Timothy Willow Johnny Arthur Zato Pedro Regas Babe Greta Granstedt SCREENPLAY DON HARTMAN, FRANK BUTLER DIRECTOR VICTOR SCHERTZINGER

12.30pm Channel 4 Racing from Kempton Park Introduced by Brough Scott There was Arkle in the Sixties, Red Rum in the Seventies and now Desert Orchid closes the Eighties deep in the hearts of National Hunt followers everywhere. Today the hero of the King George VI Rank Chase of 1986 and 1988 bids to emulate Wayward Lad and win the big race for a record-equalling third time. 12.45 Haven Novices' Hurdle (2m) 1.15 Butlin's Feltham Novices' Chase (3m) 1.45 Royal Garden Hotel Handicap Hurdle (2m) 2.20 King George VI Rank Chase (3m)

2.50 Novair Wayward Lad Novices' Chase (2m 4f) Race commentator Graham Goode; paddock commentators John Oaksey, John Francome; betting and results John Tyrrel, John McCririck.

5.50am ITN News 6.00 TV-am 9.25 T-Bag's Christmas Carol Film: Robin Hood 9.50 11.20 Film: Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger 1.20pm ITN News Run the Gauntlet 1.30 Film: Return of 2.30 the Jedi 4.55 ITN News and Sport Film: Danny the 5.10 Champion of the World Celebrity Wheel 7.00 of Fortune 7.30 George & Mildred The Bill 8.00 Shelley 8.30 9.00 Film: Ruthless People 10.45 ITN News 11.00 Film: The Outlaw Josey Wales 1.30am Film: Escape from New York Film: Give My 3.20 Regards to Broad Street

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER MARK JACKSON EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ANDREW FRANKLIN DIRECTOR BOB GARDAM

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3.15pm The Red Shoes Dancer Victoria Page and composer Julian Craster join the famous Lermontov Ballet Company. Vicky is groomed by Lermontov for the leading role in Julian's new ballet, based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairy story about the girl who is bewitched by her own red dancing shoes. Ballerina and composer fall in love. The ballet is a great success but Lermontov demands that Vicky choose between her career and her lover.

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See film guide, beginning page 47 Oracle subtitles page 888 Victoria (Vicky) Page Moira Shearer Boris Lermontov

Anton Walbrook Julian Craster Marius Goring Ljubov Leonide Massine Ivan Boleslawsky Robert Helpmann Ratov Albert Basserman Bronskaja Ludmilla Tcherina SCREENPLAY/DIRECTORS MICHAEL POWELL, EMERIC PRESSBURGER

5.40 to 5.45pm News Summary and Weather -)

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C4 6.00am Early Morning 9.25 Sesame Street 10.25 The Adventures of Tintin 10.35 The Batman 10.55 Film: Road to Singapore 12.30pm Channel 4 Racing 3.15 Film: The Red Shoes 5.40 News, Weather 5.45 Swan Lake Matters of Taste 8.00 9.00 The Fabulous Singlettes Short and 10.00 Curlies: Unusual Ground Floor Conversion Rotten Apples 10.15 11.15 Film: The Prince and The Showgirl 1.25am Film: At the Circus Close 3.00.

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7.00pm Celebrity Wheel of Fortune NICKY CAMPBELL DEBBIE GREENWOOD ANDREW O'CONNOR TESSA SANDERSON Carol Smillie Nicky Campbell hosts a festive edition of the popular game show. Celebrities Debbie Greenwood, Andrew O'Connor and Tessa Sanderson spin the big wheel which could put £5000 in the bank account of the charity of their choice. SERIES PRODUCER STEPHEN LEAHY PRODUCER/DIRECTOR ANNE MASON

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7.30pm George & Mildred

Burnside is delighted when the Rev Marcus Ogun - clergyman, hard man and drug dealer is pulled in. But arresting Ogun and charging him are two very different things . . . Oracle subtitles page 888 Pc Garfield Huw Higginson Pc Turnham Chris Humphreys Rev Marcus Ogun Norman Beaton Pc Edwards Colin Blumenau Jeff Stewart Pc Hollis Eric Richard Sgt Cryer Harry Ben Keaton lnsp Frazer Barbara Thorn DI Burnside Christopher Ellison Mrs Gardner Betty Romaine Tommy Morris Carlton Dixon Pc Able Mark Haddigan Wesley Nicholls Stephen Persaud Janet Palmer Ms Saxton Clinton Blake Claud Farris Ch lnsp Conway Ben Roberts Sharon Stephens Donna DESIGNERS BILL PALMER, COLIN POCOCK EXECUTIVE PRODUCER MICHAEL CHAPMAN PRODUCER PAT SANDYS DIRECTOR JULIAN AMYES

Thames Television Production

YOOTHA JOYCE BRIAN MURPHY NORMAN ESHLEY SHEILA FEARN NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS BY JOHNNIE MORTIMER AND BRIAN COOKE

Another opportunity to see those old favourites the warring Ropers in a seasonal episode of the hit comedy series. When the Hampton Wick Players put on Cinderella, Mildred finally gets her chance to act. It's not the title role . . . in fact, it's an ugly sister, which George gleefully describes as typecasting. Mildred Roper Yootha Joyce George Roper Brian Murphy Norman Eshley Jeffrey Sheila Fearn Ann Fourmile Tristram Nicholas Bond-Owen Humphrey Reginald Marsh Ethel Avril Eiger Cab driver Derek Deadman Policeman Mike Lewin DESIGNER DAVID RICHENS PRODUCER/DIRECTOR PETER FRAZER-JONES

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8.30pm Shelley HYWEL BENNETT COLD TURKEY BY ANDY HAMILTON AND GUY JENKIN

Comedy with the laconic wit who's philosophical about life but determined to keep it at a healthy distance. Shelley was intent on climbing under a duvet with a bottle and hiding from the commercial horrors of modern-day Christmas, only to be distracted by a festiveconscious Phil and an emotionally disturbed Graham.

kidnappers will execute her so that he can marry his mistress appear to be coming to naught. Despite the fact that she's driving them crazy, the kidnappers are amateurs who wouldn't harm a fly ... See page 17 and film guide, beginning page 47 Oracle subtitles page 888 Danny DeVito Sam Stone Barbara Stone Bette Midler Ken Kessler Judge Reinhold Sandy Kessler Helen Slater Anita Morris Carol Bill Pullman Earl Art Evans Lt Bender Lt Walters Clarence Fielder Commissioner William G Schilling SCREENPLAY DALE LAUNER DIRECTORS JIM ABRAHAMS, DAVID ZUCKER, JERRY ZUCKER

10.45pm ITN News followed by ITV National Weather

11.00pm Starring Clint Eastwood .. . The Outlaw Josey Wales with SONDRA LOCKE When his Missouri farm is burned and his wife and child murdered by Capt Terrill's Union raiders during the Civil War, farmer Josey Wales vengefully joins Bloody Bill's Southern Guerillas. After the war, Wales is determined to wreak vengeance on every member of Terrill's gang. See film guide, beginning page 47 Oracle subtitles page 888

James Shelley Hywel Bennett Andrew Castell Graham Phil Stephen Hoye Graham's dad John Cater Andrew Dennis Mel Tel Matthew Ashforde

Josey Wales Clint Eastwood Lone Watie Chief Dan George Sondra Locke Laura Lee Terrill Bill McKinney Fletcher John Vernon Paula Trueman Grandma Sam Bottoms Jamie Little Moonlight Geraldine Keams Carpetbagger Woodrow Parfrey Bloody Bill John Russell

DESIGNER DAVID RICHENS PRODUCER/DIRECTOR ANTHONY PARKER

SCREENPLAY PHIL KAUKMAN, SONIA CHERNUS DIRECTOR CLINT EASTWOOD

Thames Television Production

followed by ITN News Headlines

9.00pm Movie Premiere: Ruthless People DANNY DeVITO BETTE MIDLER JUDGE REINHOLD HELEN SLATER Sam Stone, a loathsome businessman who has married his wife for her money, and now plans to murder her, is delighted when fate lends a hand and the awful Barbara is kidnapped. Sam has no intention of paying, but his hopes that the

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Xitit Shangri-las, Connie Francis, The Crystals and Martha Reeves and the Vandellas is recreated by this outrageous Australian group, The Fabulous Singlettes.

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Bette Midler, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater and Danny DeVito go for outrageous laughs: 9.00pm

ROYAL FESTIVAL BALLET Natalia Makarova introduces her production of Swan Lake with the London Festival Ballet, starring Peter Schaufuss and Evelyn Hart in the principal roles. Digital Stereo Sound (London/Yorkshire only) DESIGNER GUNTHER SCHNEIDER-SIEMSSON DIRECTOR THOMAS GRIMM

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8.00pm Matters of Taste 3.20 to 5.20am Give My Regards to Broad Street PAUL McCARTNEY BRYAN BROWN RINGO STARR BARBARA BACH Musical spectacular set in Eighties Britain. Paul, an internationally famous rock star, is sitting in the back of his limousine stranded in a massive traffic jam. He drifts into a reverie . . . Soft hearted Paul has given Harry, a former criminal, a job but the hangdog Harry has vanished along with the priceless master tapes for the singer's new album .. . See film guide,

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Christmas spirit of the liquid kind might just help `Shelley' (Hywel Bennett) survive all at 8.30pm

1.30am Escape from New York

KURT RUSSELL LEE VAN CLEEF ERNEST BORGNINE DONALD PLEASENCE HARRY DEAN STANTON 1997: New York's Manhattan Island has been turned into a vast maximum security prison. When the US President is hijacked on his way to an important security conference and bales out over the prison, he is taken hostage by convict gangs. 'Snake' Plissken, a former war hero about to be sentenced to the island, is offered the chance of a reprieve if he can get the President out alive before the end of the summit in 24 hours. To ensure he keeps to the

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bargain, two explosive electrodes are implanted in his neck. See film guide, beginning page 47 'Snake' Plissken Kurt Russell Bob Hauk Lee Van Cleef Ernest Borgnine Cabbie The President Donald Pleasence The Duke of New York Isaac Hayes Adrienne Barbeau Maggie 'Brain' Harry Dean Stanton Girl in Chock Full O'Nuts Season Hubley Rehme Tom Atkins Secretary of State Charles Cyphers Joe Unger Taylor Romero Frank Doubleday Cronenberg Jon Strobel SCREENPLAY JOHN CARPENTER, NICK CASTLE DIRECTOR JOHN CARPENTER

followed by ITN News Headlines n Be sure to lace a Times regular order Li Li P

beginning page 47 Paul McCartney Paul Steve Bryan Brown Ringo Ringo Starr Journalist Barbara Bach Linda Linda McCartney Tracey Ullman Sandra Jim Ralph Richardson Producer George Martin Harry Ian Hastings Mr Rath John Bennett Big Bob Luke McMasters Philip Jackson Alan Marie Collett Valerie Ernest John Harding Mark Kingston Terry William Frank Duncan Tom the roadie John Salthouse Rath's manager Christopher Ellison John Burgess Chauffeur 2nd chauffeur Clive Ellis City banker Anthony Bate Office receptionist Amanda Redman BBC engineer Arthur Cox Engineer Geoff Emerick Leslie Sarony Gatekeeper Big lady Ruby Buchanan John Murphy Wino Gordon Rollings Monster SCREENPLAY PAUL McCARTNEY DIRECTOR PETER WEBB

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ELIZABETH DAVID Elizabeth David is Britain's greatest food writer. Yet remarkably little is known about this ex-deb, actress and model who is now a CBE and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. She has maintained her privacy until today, her 76th birthday, when she reveals in her first ever interview something of her character and the forces that shaped it. With Jane Grigson, Sir Terence Conran, Hilary Spurling, Marguerite Patten, the Taruschios, Simon Hopkinson and Martin Lam. Written and presented by Jancis Robinson. For factsheet send large sae to C4 address 1, page 87. Oracle subtitles page 888 EXECUTIVE PRODUCER NICHOLAS LANDER PRODUCER/DIRECTOR FRANK HAYES

Eden Production

9.00pm The Fabulous Singlettes The music of The Supremes, The

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER JACKIE TYLER PRODUCER/DIRECTOR JOHN KAYE COOPER

John Kaye Cooper Production

10.00pm NEW Short and Curlies: Unusual Ground Floor Conversion BY MARK HERMAN

Launching a nightly season of short British films. A young author moves into a ground floor flat, hoping for peace and quiet and looking for inspiration to write his next book. He soon discovers why the former occupants were so desperate to move. Alan Simpson Adrian Dunbar Upstairs neighbour Danny Schiller Removal man Roy Kinnear Previous owner Desmond Adams Literary agent Diane Fletcher Old woman Ann Way PRODUCER BETH PORTER DIRECTOR MARK HERMAN

Picturegame Production

10.15pm Rotten Apples BY NIALL LEONARD

IAN McELHINNEY B J HOGG A comedy set in a police station in a border town in Northern Ireland. Bigoted and blustering Detective Inspector Spallen is demoted following a disastrous security operation and swears revenge on the informant who made him look a fool. Det lnsp Spallen Ian McElhinney Dan Maguire B J Hogg Chief lnsp Blakey Des McAleer Det Con Brian McCaul Aiden Hamilton Det Sgt Dargan Toby E Byrne Mrs Maguire Lynda Steadman

Mark Aiken Pc Tyler Frank Brennan 1st Nun Ingrid Craigie 2nd Nun Lollie May Security guard Redmond Roche Aine Maguire Adele Silva Pc Perry

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER GEOFF AUSTIN PRODUCER ALAN JANES DIRECTOR NIALL LEONARD

MVP Production

11.15pm Olivier Tribute: The Prince and The Showgirl England 1911. Among .110111 _ 0. the visitors for the impending coronation of King George V are the Regent of Carpathia and his teenage son King Nicholas. In the interests of diplomatic relations, the Foreign Office is anxious to accede to the Regent's every wish, even to the extent of sending along an American showgirl. See page 125 and film guide, beginning page 47 The Regent Laurence Olivier Elsie Marina Marilyn Monroe Queen Dowager Sybil Thorndike King Nicholas Jeremy Spenser Maisie Springfield Jean Kent Richard Wattis Northbrook Hoffman Esmond Knight Vera Day Betty SCREENPLAY TERENCE RATTIGAN DIRECTOR LAURENCE OLIVIER

1.25 to 3.00am At the Circus THE MARX BROTHERS J Cheever Loophole, a • "IMP • lawyer of sorts who hasn't had a case in nine years, is asked to save a circus. Made in black and white

See film guide, beginning page 47 J Cheever Loophole Groucho Marx Chico Marx Antonio Pirelli Punchy Harpo Marx Mrs Dukesbury Margaret Dumont Peerless Pauline Eve Arden Goliath Nat Pendleton Kenny Baker Jeff Wilson Julie Randall Florence Rice SCREENPLAY IRVING BRECHER DIRECTOR EDWARD BUZZELL

Demented Det lnsp Spallen (Ian McElhinney) subjects a nun (Ingrid Craigie) to an irreligious tirade in 'Rotten Apples'. See at 10.15pm

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Fun with your animated favourites in: Daffy's Inn Trouble; Doggone People; All Fowled Up; and Past Performance.

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5.50am ITN Morning News

6.14 Weather and Travel 6.16 Business Daily 6.30 World News 6.43 News Headlines, Weather, Travel; Comic Book

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6.00 Good Morning Britain End of the 80s, presented by Richard Keys and from 7.00 by Mike Morris and Lorraine Kelly. A look back at the decade with guests Spandau Ballet and Ken Livingstone with his mother, plus journalist Nigel Dempster. The news comes from Lisa Aziz with weather updates.

8.50 Wacaday Presented by Timmy Mallett with cartoons. Join in The Ten Days Of Wacmas with the Wacvent Calendar.

9.25am The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin MUSICAL OPPRESSORS LB finds the black box and becomes the Supreme Oppressor. Immediately he is called on to decide Teddy's fate.

9.50am Granada Reports 10.00am The Magic Mirror NERYS HUGHES GARY GLITTER THE DEVIL'S BRIDGE/BEAUTY PINKERTON AND THE SPINY LEGGED WART GROVELLER Nerys Hughes climbs the gorge at Devil's Bridge, near Aberystwyth, explaining the legend behind the building of the bridge. Gary Glitter introduces Beauty Pinkerton, a version of Beauty and the Beast in which a

pop star is transformed into a monster. DESIGNER BOB BERK PRODUCER ANNE WOOD DIRECTOR DOUG WILCOX

10.25am Daffy Duck Double bill of fun with Daffy Duck in: Stupor Duck and Tease For Two.

10.40am ITN News Headlines 10.45am A Very Brady Christmas ROBERT REED FLORENCE HENDERSON Mum and Dad Brady excitedly plan heir first family Christmas in years but ail to realise that each of their six children has a secret 'grown up' reason for not wishing to attend. See film guide, beginning page 47 Mike Brady Robert Reed Carol Brady Florence Henderson Alice Ann B Davis Marcia Maureen McCormick Jan Eve Plumb Greg Barry Williams Peter Christopher Knight Bobby Michael Lookinland Cindy Jennifer Runyon TELEPLAY SHERWOOD AND LLOYD J SCHWARTZ DIRECTOR PETER BALDWIN

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12.30pm Home and Away David shocks Roo with news of his engagement. Repeated at 5.10pm. For cast, see Friday

ITN News at One Including the ITV National Weather.

1.20pm Granada Reports 1.30 to 3.10pm Disney's Ride a Wild Pony Charles Quayle, a benign awyer, hears that bush-farmer's son Scotty Pirie is being charged with truancy because he cannot walk the 10 miles to his nearest local school. He arranges for Scotty to be given a wild white pony from the stock of rancher Ellison Eyre.

7.00 News Summary 7.08 Business Daily 7.15 News Headlines, Weather, Travel; Box Office 7.30 World News 7.50 International Sports News Including Kickback.

7.55 Weather, Travel 8.00 News Headlines; Streetwise 8.16 News, Weather, Travel; Box Office 8.30 World News 8.45 Countdown Masters 8.50 Comic Book Dennis

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9.25am Sesame Street Star guests include Paul Simon, Madeline Kahn, Andrea Martin, Wynton Marsalis, Pete Seeger, ltzhak Perlman, Jane Curtin, and John Candy.

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5.20am Cartoon Time 5.50 ITN News 6.00 TV-am Teddy Ruxpin 9.25 Granada Reports 9.50 10.00 The Magic Mirror 10.25 Daffy Duck ITN News 10.40 10.45 Film: A Very Brady Christmas 12.30pm Home and Away 1.00 ITN News 1.20 Granada Reports 1.30 Film: Ride a Wild Pony Coronation Street 3.10 3.40 Granada Reports 3.45 Film: A Long Way Home 5.10 Home and Away 5.40 ITN News Granada Reports 5.55 6.30 Jimmy's at Christmas This Is Your Life 7.00 7.30 Coronation Street 8.00 Des O'Connor 9.00 Till We Meet Again ITN News 10.00 10.15 Granada Reports 10.20 Till We Meet Again 11.20 Film: Missing 1.40am Film: Morons from Outer Space Film: When 3.20 Dreams Come True

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11.30am Rhythmic Gymnastics THE DAILY MIRROR RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS INTERNATIONAL Ten of the world's best rhythmic gymnasts take part in this competition at London's Wembley Conference Centre, including Bianka Panova of Bulgaria and the promising Soviet, 17-year-old Oksana Kostina. Presented by Suzanne Dando and Jacqui Leavy. PRODUCER TREVOR MORRIS DIRECTOR DEREK BRANDON

Grand Slam Production

12.30 to 3.10pm Channel 4 Racing from Kempton Park Introduced by Brough Scott 12.45 Rank Motorway Services Novices' Chase (2m) 1.15 Odeon Cinemas H'cap Chase (3m) 1.45 Top Rank Christmas Hurdle (2m) 2.20 'Ghostbusters II' H'cap Chase (2m 4f) 2.50 Showboat Novices' Hurdle (2m 4f) Race commentator Graham Goode; paddock commentators John Oaksey, John Francome; betting and results John Tyrrel, John McCririck.

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER MARK JACKSON EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ANDREW FRANKLIN DIRECTOR LEWIS WILLIAMS

LWT Production

See film guide, beginning page 47 Ellison Eyre Michael Craig Charles Quayle John Meillon Scotty Pine Robert Betties Josie Eyre Eva Griffith Jane Eyre Lorraine Bayly Mrs Pine Melissa Jaffer Mr Pine Alfred Bell Mrs Quayle Wendy Playfair Jeannie Kate Clarkson Kit Quayle John Meillon Jr Miss Hildebrand

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Russia's Oksana Kostina is bent on victory in the `Rhythmic Gymnastics' international at 11.30am

6.00am The Channel Four Daily Sesame Street 9.25 10.35 The Batman 10.55 Abel's Island 11.30 Rhythmic Gymnastics 12.30pm Channel 4 Racing 3.10 The Chord Sharp 3.20 Film: Intolerance 6.30 Rarg 7.00 Channel 4 News Hostages 7.50 f/b Weather Brookside 8.00 8.30 The Golden Girls 9.00 Heartbreak House 11.20 Short and Curlies: The Loss Adjuster 11.40 Halfway to Paradise 12.40am Film: Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid 2.20 Close

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ITN News at 5.40

Granada 3.10pm Coronation Street Another chance to see Monday's episode. t For cast, see Monday

3.40pm Granada Reports 3.45pm A Long Way Home KATE BUFFERY MELINDA KINNAMAN Remote and difficult, Rupert is the 11-year-old son of single parent TV journalist Valerie Hammond. Maya, his new au pair, manages to win him over but Val becomes jealous of this new relationship and Maya is fired. See film guide, beginning page 47 Valerie Hammond Kate Buffery Maya Stalnacke Melinda Kinnaman Rupert Hammond Alexander Goodman Bradley Lavelle Nick Anne Ekblom Jessica The headmaster Alister Cameron Mrs Pole Jean Leppard nsp Steglund Krister Henriksson ennart Stalnacke Sten Johann Hedmann Fireman Vas Blackwood hip shop girl Dawn Hope Police inspector Stephen Oxley orry driver Jan Mybrand Carl Kjellgren TV reporter ELEPLAY MICHAEL BAKER (RECTOR COLIN NUTLEY

Oracle subtitles page 888

followed by ITV National Weather

5.55pm Granada Reports John Huntley and Lucy Meacock present news from across the North West supported by Bob Greaves, Ann Lester and Chris Kerr. Bob Smithies and Paul Crone are in Lancaster; Carl Hawkins and Rob McBride in Chester; Fred Talbot on weather and Jim Hancock on politics. Reporters: Brian Edes, Trevor Green, Amanda Metcalf, John Moulson, Christine Ruth and Tim Wyatt. EDITOR LUISE NANDY PRODUCERS ROB McLOUGHLIN, JEFF ANDERSON NEWS EDITORS GED CLARKE, KEN DALY, MIKE NALLY, HELEN BOWDUR

Granada Television Production

6.30pm Jimmy's at Christmas After a year of major operations, little Sarah Clinch is hoping for her best present ever - to be able to walk. You are invited to join Sarah and other children for a Christmas party at St James' University Hospital in Leeds. RESEARCH DIANA MUIR EDITOR STEVE FAIRHOLME PRODUCER/DIRECTOR IRENE COCKCOFT

Yorkshire Television Production

7.00pm This Is Your Life MICHAEL ASPEL Someone, somewhere is about to get a big

7.30pm Coronation Street As far as Deirdre is concerned Ken is asking for the impossible from her. How will she react? Alma has plans for a belated Christmas dinner, but does she know what she's letting herself in for? Oracle subtitles page 888 For cast, see Monday WRITER STEPHEN MALLATRATT

8.00pm Des O'Connor Tonight with KEN DODD DIONNE WARWICK Join Des's Christmas party full of festive fun. Among those performing their party pieces are the incomparable comedian Ken Dodd, top American singer Dionne Warwick, plus a host of surprise guests. Script associate is Eric Davidson, with special material from Eddie Braben. See page 4 ASSOCIATE PRODUCER SEAN MURPHY PROGRAMME ASSOCIATES BARRY CRYER, NEIL SHAND DESIGNER ALEX CLARKE PRODUCER/DIRECTOR BRIAN PENDERS

Thames Television Production

9.00pm NEW Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again

wars that follows the lives and loves of the de Lancel champagne dynasty. Headstrong Eve Coudert brings disgrace on her family by eloping to Paris in 1913 with a music hall artist. Later, as a singer herself, she entertains the troops on the French Front during World War One. And there, in strange and dangerous circumstances, she meets the man who is to change her whole life. Music composed by Vladimir Cosma. Continued at 10.20pm after Granada Reports. See page 147 Oracle subtitles page 888 Lucy Gutteridge Eve Michael York Paul Niamh Cusack Louise Dr Coudert Olivier Pierre Madame Coudert Caroline Blakiston Alain Marais Maxwell Caulfield Vivienne de Biron Juliet Mills Felix Penroux Vernon Dobtcheff Jacques Charles Anthony Newlands Marquis de St Fraycourt Roland Curram Marquise de St Fraycourt Rosalind Knight Laure de St Fraycourt Susannah Harker Jean-Luc de Lancel Paul Daneman Anette de Lancel Phyllida Law Terence McGuire Barry Bostwick Freddy de Lancel Courteney Cox Delphine de Lancet Mia Sara Bruno de Lancel Hugh Grant Swede Castelli Denis Arndt Jacques Sette Christopher Chaplin Armand Sadowski Charles Shaughnessy Jock Hampton Bruce Boxleitner Jane Longbridge Serena Gordon David Griffin Capt Douglas

Capt Rutteman Wolf Kehler Gen Von Stern Michael Same Lady Penelope Longbridge Angela Browne Tony Longbridge John Vickery Lord Longbridge Geoff Tomlinson Philippe Paul Humpoletz Marcel Ferriere Michael Johnson Keith Anderson Jules Rachel Bell Jeanette Mike Kelly Charles Martin Madame Martin Joyce Grundy Edward Martin Nick Wright Nico Ambert Jonathan Burn Guy Marchant Jasper Jacob Claude de Koville David Marrick Priest Aubrey Woods Madame Grillon Hope Johnstone Roger Grillon James Langton Seamstress Joan Campion DIRECTOR CHARLES JARROTT PRODUCERS STEVE LANNING, ANNE W GIBBONS EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS STEVE KRANTZ, KEITH RICHARDSON

Yorkshire Television Production

10.00pm ITN News Oracle subtitles page 888

followed by ITV National Weather

10.15pm Granada Reports 10.20pm Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again PART TWO Eve and Paul are compelled to leave their beloved France. Episodes three and four tomorrow. Oracle subtitles page 888

Wednesday Night at the Movies: 11.20pm Missing JACK LEM MON SISSY SPACEK Based on the true story of an American film-maker who disappeared without a trace from his home in Santiago at the height of a military coup in Chile in 1973. Neighbours report that Charles Norman was taken - at gunpoint - to a small truck. A witness saw the vehicle enter a football stadium used by the police as a holding pen for thousands of political prisoners. For two weeks, Norman's wife, Beth, searches for him in a city where bloodshed has become terrifyingly commonplace. Then John's father, Ed, arrives from New York.

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See film guide, beginning page 47 Ed Norman Jack Lemmon Beth Norman Sissy Spacek Terry Simon Melanie Mayron Charles Norman John Shea Capt Tower Charles Cioffi Consul Putnam David Clennon US Ambassador Richard Venture Col Patrick Jerry Hardin Carter Babcock Richard Bradford Frank Teruggi Joe Regalbuto SCREENPLAY COSTA-GAVRAS, DONALD STEWART DIRECTOR COSTA-GAVRAS

followed by ITN News Headlines

BRUCE BOXLEITNER COURTENEY COX

MIA SARA LUCY GUTTERIDGE and MICHAEL YORK Five-part mini-series spanning two world

an consul Putnam (David Clennon) help Ed (Jack Lemmon) find his son, nd Beth (Sissy Spacek) her husband? Join the hunt in 'Missing': 11.20pm

Paul (Michael York) finds bubbling Eve (Lucy Gutteridge) as heady as the champagne his family ferments. See 'Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again'

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1.40am Movie Premiere: Morons from Outer Space MEL SMITH GRIFF RHYS JONES When a section of • their galactic holiday home is accidentally jettisoned into space, three humanoid aliens from the planet Blob crash on to the Ml, survive and are captured. Aided in their escape by inept reporter Graham Sweetley, the aliens are then fashioned by him into pop stars. See film guide, beginning page 47 Mel Smith Bernard Graham Griff Rhys Jones Sandra Brock Joanne Pearce Col Laribee James B Sikking Desmond Brock Jimmy Nail Paul Bown Julian Tope Matteson Dinsdale Landen Tristram Jellinek Simpson Stanley George Innes Ch lnsp Miller John Joyce Godfrey Mark Jones Trousseaux Andre Maranne Lady Farmer Joanna Dickens Klutz R J Bell Friborg Peter Whitman Jabowlski Olivier Pierre McKenzie John Barcroft M1 policeman Jimmy Mulville M1 policeman's assistant Leslie Grantham SCREENPLAY GRIFF RHYS JONES, MEL SMITH DIRECTOR MIKE HODGES

followed by ITN News Headlines

3.20 to 5.05am When Dreams Come True CINDY WILLIAMS Susan Matthews is spending too much time alone in her expensive apartment, and has taken a parttime job as a museum tour guide to help make ends meet. And then the dreams begin. Susan discovers worrying and unwelcome powers of premonition - and foresees a man's attempt to kill her. See film guide, beginning page 47 Susan Cindy Williams Robert Wynton David Morse Annie Jessica Harper Harry Stan Shaw Alex Koslov Lee Horsley Freida Jeanne Cairns Alice McPhee Ouida White Jack Eli Cummins Mrs Colton Norma Young TELEPLAY WILLIAM BLEICH DIRECTOR JOHN LLEWELLYN MOXEY

ITV variations Programmes in adjoining areas are as Granada except for: CENTRAL 5.10pm to 5.40 Press Gang; 6.00 Home and Away; 6.25 to 7.00pm Central News. YORKSHIRE 6.00pm Calendar; HTV (Wales) 5.55pm Wales at Six. BORDER 6.00pm Lookaround Wednesday.

Policeman Richard Cordery Guinevere Finckelstein Natalie Forbes Barber's customer Richard Cubison Mother Joanna Dickens Barmaid Caroline Holdaway Papa Finckelstein Harry Webster EXECUTIVE PRODUCER PATRICK CASSAVETTI PRODUCER JULIAN ROBERTS DIRECTOR MOLE HILL

3.10pm The Chord Sharp

Creative Film-makers

Musical magic in a British cartoon.

11.40pm Halfway to Paradise

3.20pm Thames Silents: Intolerance

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A special presentation of D W Griffith's massive silent epic demonstrating the inhumanity of man down the ages, depicting, as well as modern times, the Passion of Christ, the Massacre of St Bartholomew and Belshazzar's Babylon. This is a newly restored version by Kevin Brownlow and David Gill with a new orchestral score conducted by Carl Davis.

Gaye), Cana /12mcci. Love) and Christ I, ilflankedh./ the Bride 1 *.• Bridegroom (George Walsh), in the silent masterpiece 'Intolerance' McClanahan) looks bleak when they are taken hostage by Santa Claus. Oracle subtitles page 888

9.00pm Heartbreak House BY GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

REX HARRISON ROSEMARY HARRIS AMY IRVING England basks in the sunset glow of an Edwardian afternoon. Suddenly a shot rings out somewhere in Europe. This re-creation of the Broadway production of George Bernard Shaw's 1920 comedy of manners parallels the domestic troubles of Captain Shotover's household with those of England prior to World War One.

Made in black and white

See film guide, beginning page 47 Woman Who Rocks the Cradle Lillian Gish

1914 story The Dear One Mae Marsh Her Father Fred Turner The Boy Robert Herron Arthur Jenkins Sam de Grasse Vera Lewis Mary Jenkins Walter Long Musketeer

AD 27 story Jesus Christ Howard Gaye Virgin Mary Lillian Langdon Mary Magdalene Olga Grey Bride of Cana Bessie Love Bridegroom George Walsh 1st pharisee Gunther von Ritzau 2nd pharisee Erich von Stroheim

1572 story Prosper Latour

Eugene Pallette Brown Eyes Margery Wilson Her mother Ruth Handforth Her father Spottiswoode Aitken Charles IX Frank Bennett Marguerite de Valois Constance Talmadge

539 BC story Mountain girl Constance Talmadge Elmer Clifton Rhapsode Alfred Paget Belshazzar Attarea Seena Owen King Nabodinus Carl Stockdale SCREENPLAY/DIRECTOR D W GRIFFITH

Thames Television Presentation

6.30pm Rarg An award-winning animated cartoon. The Rargians find they are figments of a dream. With the voices of Nigel Hawthorne (Storyteller), Michael Gough

Private eye with a wink Rigby Reardon (Steve Martin) in spoof 'Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid' (Professor), Ronnie Stevens (Senator/Baby), Anne Jameson (Teacher). PRODUCERS CHRISTOPHER O'HARE, MARGARET ALLISON DIRECTOR TONY COLLINGWOOD

Tony Collingwood Production

7.00pm Channel 4 News Oracle subtitles page 888

and their relatives as they spend this Christmas apart. PRODUCER NICK POWELL

Channel 4 Production

followed by

Weather 8.00pm Brookside Jimmy and Sinbad try being lumberjacks. Oracle subtitles page 888

7.50pm Hostages

For cast, see page 95

British hostages Brian Keenan, John McCarthy and Terry Waite have spent over 1000 days in captivity in the Lebanon. Over the next five nights, viewers will be reminded to spare a thought for hostages

8.30pm The Golden Girls

December 1989-5 January 1990

'TWAS THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS Christmas for Dorothy (Bea Arthur) and Blanche (Rue

Captain Shotover Rex Harrison Rosemary Harris Hesione Ellie Dunn Amy Irving Mazzini Tom Aldredge Ariadne Dana Ivey Mangan George Martin Nurse Guinness Jan Miner Randall Bill Moor Hector Remak Ramsay EXECUTIVE PRODUCER HAROLD A THAU PRODUCERS JOHN H WILLIAMS, HOWARD K GROSSMAN DIRECTOR ANTHONY PAGE

Showtime Entertainment

11.20pm Short and Curlies: The Loss Adjuster BY MOLE HILL AND JULIAN ROBERTS

When a factory burns down the loss adjuster is sent to investigate. Loss adjuster Roger Sloman Barber Matthew Scurfield

Hosted by bingo-caller Mr Sinclair, Halfway to Paradise is a mixture of music, comedy and people. Tonight, music from Irish rockers The Black Velvet Band, Scotland's Love and Money, and deep-soul legend Sam Dees. Plus, profiles of the style kings of ice hockey and master escapologist Mister Roberto. Digital Stereo Sound (London/Yorkshire only) PRODUCER STUART COSGROVE DIRECTOR DON COUTTS

Big Star in a Wee Picture

12.40 to 2.20am Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid STEVE MARTIN RACHEL WARD A comedy spoof detective story, which uses footage from vintage Hollywood movies. Rigby Reardon, private eye, is hired by Juliet Forrest to investigate the death of her father, a noted scientist, philanthropist and . cheesemaker

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Made in black and white

See film guide, beginning page 47 Rigby Reardon Steve Martin Juliet Forrest Rachel Ward Field Marshal Von Kluck Carl Reiner Carlos Rodriguez Reni Santoni Dr Forrest George Gaynes Waiter Frank McCarthy and Alan Ladd, Barbara

Stanwyck, Ray Milland, Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, Burt Lancaster, Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Bette Davis, Lana Turner, James Cagney, Kirk Douglas, Joan Crawford, Charles Laughton, Vincent Price SCREENPLAY CARL REINER, GEORGE GIPE, STEVE MARTIN DIRECTOR CARL REINER

rollicking rooster in:

The Egg-cited Roaster

Oracle subtitles are to be found on these ITV and C4 programmes

and Weasel Stop.

10.40pm ITN News Headlines

Granada 5.05am ITN Morning News

Tv-am SATURDAY 23 DECEMBER 2.00pm Anne of Green Gables* 5.05pm Brookside* 6.45pm Catchphrase Celebrity Special 8.15pm Blind Date 9.00pm Shalom Joan Collins* 9.10pm London's Burning SUNDAY 24 DECEMBER 2.00pm Anne of Green Gables* 7.00pm Desert Orchid: Living with the Legend* 7.15pm Pied Piper 9.30pm The Woman i n Black MONDAY 25 DECEMBER 12.25pm On Her Majesty's Secret Service 1.10pm Pride and Prejudice* 8.00pm Coronation St 8.00pm Brookside* 8.30pm Cheers* 9.00pm Down and Out in Beverly Hills 11.10pm Raiders of The Lost Ark TUESDAY 26 DECEMBER 3.15pm The Red Shoes* 8.00pm The Bill 8.00pm Matters of Taste* 9.00pm Ruthless People 11.00pm The Outlaw Josey Wales WEDNESDAY 27 DECEMBER 5.40pm News (Wed-Fri) 7.00pm Channel 4 News (Wed-Fri)* 7.30pm Coronation St 8.00pm Brookside" 8.30pm The Golden Girls* 9.00pm Till We Meet Again 10.00pm ITN News (Wed-Fri) 10.20pm Till We Meet Again THURSDAY 28 DECEMBER 8.00pm The Bill 9.00pm Till We Meet Again 10.20pm Till We Meet Again FRIDAY 29 DECEMBER 7.30pm Coronation St 8.00pm Brookside* 8.00pm Till We Meet Again 8.30pm Roseanne* 10.20pm Tales of the Unexpected (ex Tyne Tees, HTV West)

* denotes C4

6.00 to 9.25am 6.00 Good Morning Britain

End of the 80s, presented for the first hour by Richard Keys and from 7.00 by Mike Morris and Lorraine Kelly, continues to look back at the decade with guests Anthony Holden, Emma Nicholson and Jimmy Greaves. Lisa Aziz reads the latest news bulletins and there are regular weather updates.

8.50 Wacaday Timmy Mallett presents lots of fun, including Mallett's Mallet. Join in the countdown of The Ten Days of Wacmas with the Wacvent Calendar. Plus the Wacsaw Puzzle phone-in and more tales from Timmy's Travels in Jordan.

9.25am The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin THE MAVO COSTUME BALL Teddy tries to make Gimmick, Grubby and his friends work together long enough to rescue the crystals.

9.50am Granada Reports 10.00am The Magic Mirror BEAUTY AND THE BEAST/THE GOOSE GIRL Joan Hickson explores roses - tokens of love that hold a clue to the story of Beauty and the Beast. And magician Martin Daniels uses his powers of illusion to turn a live goose into a beautiful princess.

10.25am Foghorn Leghorn THE EGG-CITED ROASTER/WEASEL STOP A double helping of cartoon fun with the

10.45am Disney's Black Arrow OLIVER REED STEPHAN CHASE DONALD PLEASENCE BENEDICT TAYLOR England in the 15th century. Returning from the Wars of he Roses, Richard Shelton learns from his uncle, Sir Daniel Brackley, that his father has been murdered. The killer's daughter, Lady Joanna, has been made a ward of the Crown and given into Sir Daniel's guardianship. Joanna protests to Richard that her father is innocent. See film guide, beginning page 47 Sir Daniel Brackley Oliver Reed Black Arrow Stephan Chase Oates Donald Pleasence Richard Shelton Benedict Taylor Lady Joanna Georgia Slowe Earl of Warwick Fernando Rey Roy Boyd Will Lawless Aldo Sambrell Scar Hannah Hannah Gotell Appleyard Robert Russell Ralph Brown Yardley Frank Brana Sykes TELEPLAY DAVID PURSALL, PETER WELBECK, FROM THE NOVEL BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON DIRECTOR JOHN HOUGH

12.30pm Home and Away It's Christmas morning but Fisher is in a foul mood. A copy of Alan's book has been sent to him by Barbara and he regrets giving the goahead for publication. This episode is repeated at 5.10pm. For cast, see Friday

ITN News at One Presented by John Suchet, with the ITV National Weather from Trish Williamson.

1.20pm Granada Reports 1.30pm This Is Your Life Another opportunity to see yesterday's programme.

E-71 An Be sure to lace a Tones P L_J v regular order

The Tailor of Gloucester' (Ian Holm) with Simpkin the Cat (Francois Testory) in this delightful dramatisation of a Beatrix Potter story at 4.20pm

2.00pm A.L.F.'s Christmas Special The wisecracking alien life form learns the true meaning of the holiday through his adventures in a hospital on Christmas Eve. Max Wright Willie Tanner Kate Tanner Anne Schedeen Lynn Tanner Andrea Elson Brian Tanner Benji Gregory Tiffany Ken Houlihan Dr Willoughby Carl Franklin Mr Foley Cleavon Little Denise Molly Hagan Richard Glenn Withrow

3.00pm All Clued Up DAVID HAMILTON Married couples pit their wits against each other and the giant keyboard to win cash prizes. PRODUCER/DIRECTOR PATRICIA MORDECAI

TVS Production

3.25pm Granada Reports 3.30pm The Young Doctors The cold war between Duncan Love and John Forrest erupts, revealing information about Love's past. Peter Holland steps in to defend Tania from Love's wrath and it seems that more than friendship is left between the two. This week's cast: Duncan Love Doug McGrath John Forrest Alan Dale Peter Holland Peter Lochran Tania Judy McBurney Mark Holland Robert Leys Diana McLean Vivienne Ros Wood Kate Rhodes

4.00pm Roadrunner In Zip 'n' Snort, Wile E Coyote tries to outwit the Roadrunner. In

Lady Joanna (Georgia Stowe), Richard (Benedict Taylor) in Disney's 'Black Arrow' at 10.45am Sugar and Spies, Coyote uses a spy kit to capture him. And there's more antics in

Woe Begone.

4.20pm The Tailor of Gloucester BY BEATRIX POTTER, ADAPTED BY JOHN MICHAEL PHILLIPS

IAN HOLM THORA HIRD BENJAMIN LUXON BARRIE INGHAM FRANCOIS TESTORY JUDE LAW KATIE WHITE Musical version of the story of the poor tailor who receives a lastminute commission to make a coat for the Mayor of Gloucester for his wedding on Christmas Day. The tailor becomes ill and is unable to complete the work, but his little friends the mice come to the rescue. Their workmanship is exquisite but they face a race against time to finish the task. The production features an international cast of young singers and dancers: members of the National Youth Music Theatre, choristers from Gloucester Cathedral, quiristers from Winchester College, and children from the Royal Ballet School. Music composer is

Douglas Young, music played by Gemini. DIRECTOR JOHN MICHAEL PHILLIPS PRODUCER TIMOTHY WOODFORD EXECUTIVE PRODUCER IAN MARTIN

A Dreamscape Production for Thames Television

5.10pm Home and Away A repeat of the episode shown earlier today.

ITN News at 5.40 Oracle subtitles page 888

followed by

ITV National Weather

5.55pm Granada Reports 6.30pm Emmerdale It's Christmas Day at Emmerdale. While Jack chooses to move house, two of Kate's presents cause Joe a great deal of unhappiness. This week's cast: Annie Sugden Sheila Mercier Mr Wilks Arthur Pentelow Frazer Hines Joe Sugden Jack Sugden Clive Hornby Alan Turner Richard Thorp Kathy Merrick Malandra Burrows Kate Sugden Sally Knyvette

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28 DeoemberottospAr Mark Hughes Craig McKay Rachel Hughes

The oppressed of `Animal Farm' depose a tyrant but succumb to pig power

Glenda McKay David Hughes Martyn Whitby 'WRITER DAVID JOSS BUCKLEY DIRECTOR TIM DOWD PRODUCER STUART DOUGHTY EXECUTIVE PRODUCER KEITH RICHARDSON

Yorkshire Television Production

ITV

7.00pm T he Chcsrarrel Mission Juno 6.00 Helen Sharman, Tim Mace, Clive Smith and Gordon Brooks all wanted to become Britain's first astronaut and go into orbit in a Russian spaceship. They had beaten off opposition from 13,000 other applicants who responded to the advertisement: Astronaut Wanted - No Experience Necessary. Then they went off to Moscow to see if they were made of the Right Stuff. This programme looks at the tense twoweek period of demanding medical and psychological testing in the Soviet Union as the candidates came nearer the day when they would be told which two of them would be selected for training . . and which two would be ruled out. WRITER LESLIE WOODHEAD EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DAVID SCOTT PRODUCER/DIRECTOR LESLIE WOODHEAD ASSOCIATE PRODUCER PAUL MURR1CANE

Scottish Television Production

8.00 to 8.30pm The Bill SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER BY EDWIN PEARCE

More drama at Sun Hill police station. Burnside is called away from a social function to investigate a murder. Oracle subtitles page 888 Mark Wingett Hospital doctor Francis Middleditch Larry Dann Sgt Peters Pc Melvin Mark Powley Wpc Brind Kelly Lawrence Pc Garfield Huw Higginson Pc Quinnan Andrew Paul Dc Carver

Donkey jacket man

Peter Dineen

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6.00 to 9.25am 6.00 News Summary 6.08 International Sports News Including Kickback.

Christopher Ellison 1st brewery man

P H Moriarty 2nd brewery man

Gordon Salkilld Pc Stamp Graham Cole 1st boy Linus Staples Wpc Martella Nula Conwell Mrs Brown Yvonne Brewster Jimmy the Gutman Spink Joshua Parry Pc Hollis

Breffni McKenna Clive Rowe Billy Braham Edward Harbour Jeff Stewart

DESIGNERS BILL PALMER, COLIN ANDREWS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER MICHAEL CHAPMAN PRODUCER BRENDA ENNIS DIRECTOR BREN SIMSON

Thames Television Production

Condor Features Production

2.00pm Animal Farm The classic animated version of George Orwell's story. Two wily and intelligent pigs, Napoleon and Snowball, lead a revolt of farm animals against the cruelty and inefficiency of the farmer, Jones. He is driven off the farm, and the animals set up an independent republic. An attempt by Jones to regain control is thwarted, but soon Napoleon becomes power-hungry.

Including Kickback.

7.55 Weather, Travel 8.00 News Headlines; Streetwise 8.16 News Headlines, Weather, Travel; Box Office 8.30 World News 8.45 Countdown Masters 8.50 Comic Book Dennis

9.00 News Headlines; Streetwise 9.15 Business Daily

9.25am Sesame Street R, G and number 3.

10.25am The Adventures of Tintin 10.35am The Batman

See film guide, beginning page 47

High-voltage superstar. `Tom Jones Live - At This Moment': 6.00pm

12.05pm Tour de France 1989 EIGHT SECONDS IN JULY Highlights of the 1989 Tour de France, which resulted in the closest and most exciting finish the event has ever seen. Introduced by Phil Liggett, who also updates the 1989 World Cup series. PRODUCER BRIAN VENNER

10.55am Winter's Wish Santa penetrates the industrial smog.

11.05am Badminton THE ORACLE UK ENGLISH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS from Crawley, Sussex Darren Hall defends the Men's title; Fiona Smith defends the Women's.

Andrew Mulquin Darren Max's father David Savile Monique Amanda Murray Tracy Jenni Barrand -I Hitch-hiker Peter Bayliss Woman in garage Helen Bridle SCREENPLAY COLIN FINBOW AND CHILDREN DIRECTOR COLIN FINBOW PRODUCER BRIANNE PERKINS

The Children's Film Unit

7.00 News Summary 7.08 Business Daily 7.15 News Headlines, Weather, Travel; Box Office 7.30 World News 7.50 International Sports News

Delanie Forbes Poetic drunk Alec Wallis Dl Burnside

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Dennis

Chapter 6

Hermione Brown

animator Jan Svankmajer made this fascinating combined animated/live-action film screened in six parts. The full-length film will be broadcast late on New Year's Day.

6.14 Weather and Travel 6.16 Business Daily 6.30 World News 6.43 News Headlines, Weather, Travel; Comic Book

TSL Production

1.10pm Best of Star Test Matt Goss faces the Star Test computer. PRODUCER ANNABEL PECK DIRECTOR PHILIP DAVEY

Alive Production

1.40pm NEW Alice

PRODUCERS MIKE WILMOT, TREVOR MORRIS

Alice, while reading Lewis Carroll's story in her nursery, is carried off on a dream

Grand Slam Sports Production

expedition. Czech

9-5 January 1990

All animal voices Maurice Denham Narrator Gordon Heath SCREENPLAY LOTHAR WOLFF, BORDEN MACE, PHILIP STAPP, JOHN HALAS, JOY BATCHELOR, DIRECTORS JOHN HALAS, JOY BATCHELOR

3.20pm Enemies of the Oak This film portrays one year in the life of a mature English oak tree. Narrated by Sir Michael Hordern. EDITOR RAMON BURROWS WRITTEN BY BRIAN JACKMAN, SEAN MORRIS

Oxford Scientific Films/Anglia Television Production

4.20pm Hard Road Max, a bored 13-year-old, is due to nherit a ed Ferrari on his 17th birthday. One day he meets workingclass Kelly, also 13, who taunts him for being a cowardly 'toff'. .

See film guide, beginning page 47 Kelly

Max

Francesca Camillo Max Rennie

Kelly's father

John Louis Mansi

6.00pm Tom Jones Live - At This Moment Tom Jones in this electric live performance shot at London's Hammersmith Odeon and intercut with scenes from his life backstage. DIRECTOR DECLAN LOWNEY PRODUCER ROCK OLDHAM EXECUTIVE PRODUCER MALCOLM GERRIE

Initial Television/Zomba Video

7.00pm Channel 4 News Oracle subtitles page 888 Oracle News Summary page 401, Oracle City Headlines page 500, both throughout the week. EDITOR RICHARD TAIT

ITN Production

6.00am The Channel Four Daily 9.25 Sesame Street 10.25 The Adventures of Tintin 10.35 The Batman 10.55 Winter's Wish 11.05 Badminton 12.05pm Tour de France

7.5Opm Hostages A reminder to spare a thought for hostages around the world. followed by

Weather

1.10 1.40 2.00

8.00 to 9.00pm Just Like That! A celebration of the comic genius of Tommy Cooper. There are rare and classic routines and contributions from Ade Edmondson, Henry Cooper, Spike Milligan, Steve Murray and Lenny Henry. A title montage sequence features, among others, Alexei Sayle, Bob Todd and Patricia Hayes all imitating Tommy Cooper. ASSOCIATE PRODUCER MAIREDE THOMAS DIRECTOR JEFF PERKS PRODUCER PAUL MADDEN

Screen First Production

5.05am ITN News TV-am 9.25 Teddy Ruxpin Granada Reports 9.50 The Magic Mirror 10.00 10.25 Foghorn Leghorn 10.40 ITN News 10.45 Film: Black Arrow 12.30pm Home and Away 1.00 ITN News 1.20 Granada Reports This Is Your Life 1.30 2.00 ALF's Christmas Special 3.00 All Clued Up 3.25 Granada Reports 3.30 The Young Doctors Roadrunner 4.00 4.20 The Tailor of Gloucester 5.10 Home and Away 5.40 ITN News Granada Reports 5.55 6.30 Emmerdale 7.00 Mission Juno 8.00 The Bill Never the Twain 8.30 Till We Meet 9.00 Again 10.00 ITN News 10.15 Granada Reports 10.20 Till We Meet Again 11.20 Boxing '89 12.20am Film: The Big Chill 2.20 Film: The Hound of the Baskervilles 4.15 CinemAttractions 4.45 America's Top 10

Best of Star Test Alice Film: Animal Farm 3.20 Enemies of the Oak 4.20 Film: Hard Road 6.00 Tom Jones Live At This Moment 7.00 Channel 4 News 7.50 Hostages f/b Weather 8.00 Just Like That! Look Back in 9.00 Anger 11.10 Short and Curlies: Duck 11.30 Film: A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy 1.10am Film: Duck Soup 2.25 Close -

10.15pm Granada Reports

Granada 8.30pm Never the Twain

10.20pm Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again PART FOUR

A WINTER'S TALE

Bruno sees a way of ensuring his own safety. The final episode is tomorrow at 8.00pm.

BY VINCE POWELL

Oracle subtitles page 888

Christmas is a time of peace on earth and goodwill to all men. As far as Oliver and Simon are concerned though, that would be a miracle.

For cast. see Wednesday

Simon Peel Donald Sinden Oliver Windsor Davies Aunt Eleanor Zara Nuttley Ringo Derek Deadman Billy Cunlifer Daniel John Vicar Jasper Jacor Tramp Gordon Gostelow

Nick Owen and Jim Watt look back on an action-packed year for ITV's boxing team. At home Michael Watson destroyed the 'Dark Destroyer' when he knocked out Nigel Benn in one of the most sensational middleweight fights of recent years. Jim McDonnell forced Barry McGuigan into retirement before his unsuccessful world title challenge against Azumah Nelson. And Glenn McCrory won and successfully defended the World Cruiserweight Championship in front of his emotional northeast supporters. In America Mike Tyson continued to look unbeatable and Sugar Ray Leonard was involved in two dramatic fights against ring legends Thomas Hearns and Roberto Duran.

DONALD SINDEN WINDSOR DAVIES

PRODUCER ANTHONY PARKER DIRECTOR NICK HURRAN

Thames Television Production

9.00pm Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again PART THREE Continuing this miniseries tracing the dramatic lives of the de Lance! family. After suffering a terrible tragedy, Freddy comes to Britain during World War Two to join the Air Transport Auxiliary. Continued at 10.20pm after Granada Reports. Oracle subtitles page 888 For cast, see Wednesday

10.00pm ITN News Oracle subtitles page 888

followed by

ITV National Weather

11.20pm Boxing '89

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS STUART McCONACHIE, BOB BURROWS PRODUCER JOHN WATTS

Independent Television Sport Production

Thursday Night at the Movies: 12.20am Movie Premiere: The Big Chill TOM BERENGER GLENN CLOSE JEFF GOLDBLUM WILLIAM HURT KEVIN KLINE : Harold and • Sarah • • Cooper put up six of the mourners at a mutual friend's funeral for the weekend. Bright young idealists of 15 years before, they have almost all, they discover, sold out to the harsh realities of the Eighties. But new friendships spring up over the weekend, and, in some cases, new hope.

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Barrymore. Near to the body are the paw prints of a giant hound. Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson are called in to investigate. See film guide, beginning page 47 Sherlock Holmes Ian Richardson Dr Watson Donald Churchill Dr Mortimer Denholm Elliott Jack Stapleton Nicholas Clay Sir Henry Baskerville Martin Shaw Beryl Stapleton Glynis Barber Mr Barrymore Edward Judd Mrs Barrymore Eleanor Bron Geoffrey Brian Blessed Laura Lyons Connie Booth insp Lestrade Ronald Lacey Sir Charles Baskerville David Langton SCREENPLAY CHARLES POGUE BASED ON THE STORY BY SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE DIRECTOR DOUGLAS HICKOX

followed by

ITN News Headlines

4.15am CinemAttractions

Sam Tom Berenger Sarah Cooper Glenn Close Michael Jeff Goldblum Nick William Hurt Harold Cooper Kevin Kline Chloe Meg Tilly Karen JoBeth Williams Meg Mary Kay Place Richard Don Galloway Minister James Gillis Pete (cop) Ken Place Harold Jr Jon Kasdan Annie Patricia Gaul

The latest lowdown on cinema in the US with Steve March.

Jimmy (Kenneth Branagh) needs a victim Alison (Emma Thompson). 'Look Back in Anger'

4.45 to 5.10am America's Top 10

9.00pm Look Back in Anger

THE TOP 10 SINGLES OF 1989

KENNETH BRANAGH EMMA THOMPSON

SCREENPLAY LAWRENCE KASDAN, BARBARA BENEDEK DIRECTOR LAWRENCE KASDAN

With Casey Kasem.

followed by

Programmes in adjoining areas are as Granada except for: CENTRAL 5.10pm to 5.40 George and Mildred; 6.00 Home and Away; 6.25 to 7.00 Central News; 4.15am America's Top 10; 4.40 to 5.10am

John Osborne's fierce, funny and extraordinary play - described by Kenneth Tynan as 'the most important play of the 20th century' - is brought brilliantly into focus in this Renaissance Theatre Company production by Dame Judi Dench, who directs Kenneth Branagh in the role of the original 'angry young man'.

ITN News Headlines

2.20am The Hound of the Baskervilles IAN RICHARDSON DONALD CHURCHILL DENHOLM ELLIOTT Baskerville Hall, Devon: Sir Charles Baskervi le's dead body is found by his butler

ITV variations

CinemAttractions.

YORKSHIRE 6.00pm to 6.30 Calendar; 4.15am America's Top 10; 4.40 to 5.10am CinemAttractions. HTV (Wales) 3.30pm to 4.00 Sons and Daughters; 5.55 to 6.30 Wales at Six; 4.15am America's Top 10; 4.40 50 Years On; 5.00 to 5.10am Out of Limits. BORDER 6.00pm to 6.30pm Lookaround Thursday.

Jimmy Porter Kenneth Branagh Alison Porter Emma Thompson Cliff Lewis Gerard Horan Helena Siobhan Redmond Col Redfern Edward Jewesbury DESIGNER JENNY TIRAMANI PRODUCER DAVID PARFITT DIRECTOR JUDI DENCH TV PRODUCERS HUMPHREY BARCLAY. MOIRA WILLIAMS TV DIRECTOR DAVID JONES

First Choice/Thames Television Production

11.10pm Short and Curlies: Duck BY DAVID ASHTON

Ten-year-old Charlotte is worried about her parents: they're behaving like children. Then she realises that being a grown-up doesn't mean behaving like one. Mother Father Charlotte Claire

Oliver (Windsor Davies, centre) and Simon (Donald Sinden) stop feuding just long enough to treat Aunt Eleanor (Zara Nuttley) to some seasonal scorn. Don't miss 'Never the Twain' at 8.30pm

Frances Barber Jim Carter Marissa Dunlop Denica Fairman

PRODUCER PAUL BRADLEY DIRECTOR SIMON SHORE

Tandemdock Production

11.30pm A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy WOODY ALLEN MIA FARROW The turn of the century. Wall Street broker and part-time inventor Andrew Hobbs and his wife Adrian are expecting guests at their country retreat. See film guide, beginning page 47 Andrew Hobbs Woody Allen Ariel Weymouth Mia Farrow Adrian Hobbs Mary Steenburgen Dulcy Ford Julie Hagerty Prof Leopold Sturgis Jose Ferrer Dr Maxwell Jordan Tony Roberts Purvis Boris Zoubok Student Foxx Adam Redfield SCREENPLAY/DIRECTOR WOODY ALLEN

1.10 to 2.25am Duck Soup THE MARX BROTHERS Millionairess Mrs Teasdale says she will offer $20 million to the duchy of Freedonia if it will make Rufus T Firefly the dictator. Made in black and white

See film guide, beginning page 47 Rufus T Firefly Groucho Marx Pinkie Harpo Marx Chicolini Chico Marx Bob Rolland Zeppo Marx Mrs Teasdale Margaret Dumont Ambassador Trentino Louis Calhern SCREENPLAY BERT KALMAR, ARTHUR SHEEKMAN, HARRY RUBY, NAT PERRIN DIRECTOR LEO McCAREY

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ITN Production

Granada 5.1 Oam ITN Morning News

Tv-am .00 to 9.25am 6.00 Good Morning Britain End of the 80s. Richard Keys presents the first hour of a special review of the news and stories of the last 10 years. At 7.00 Mike Morris and Lorraine Kelly bring the latest news updates and chat to studio guests, among them Jimmy Greaves. Lisa Aziz reads the news bulletins on the hour and half-hour. Plus regular weather updates.

8.50 Wacaday Presented by Timmy Mallett, who goes Wac to the future with Magic. There's fun and mayhem with Mallett's Mallet, the Wacsaw Puzzle phone-in game, Wactors and Wactresses, Galaxy High and lots more.

9.25am The Day We Flew the Space Shuttle In the tense atmosphere of Mission Control the final checks are made for the launch of the latest Shuttle flight. Ten seconds to go and the countdown begins . . . but this flight is different. The voice of Mission Control has a Geordie accent. In fact it's the voice of 12-year-old Jonathan Laverick, from Tyne and Wear. Jonathan and teenager Anna Marie Moore, from Sunderland, were the winners of ITN's Young Astronaut competition and are training just like real astronauts at the US Space Camp at Huntsville, Alabama. The Space Camp simulators make it all seem as if they are actually flying the Shuttle and walking in Space. For Jonathan and Anna the climax is having key roles in the teams which perform fully simulated Shuttle missions. Things don't always go according to plan. The crews have to solve realistic problems thrown at them by the

9.50am Granada Reports 10.00am The Magic Mirror KENNETH WALLER RITA WOLF THE HOBYAS/THE DRUMMER/THE SELKIE BRIDE Kenneth Waller, with the help of his dog, discovers the mirror which contains the story of the frightening monsters, the Hobyas. Animation by Godfrey Jones. In the next story, a drummer rescues a princess from an evil witch. Animation by Emma Calder. Rita Wolf swims ashore to introduce the story of a mermaid, The Selkie Bride. Animation by Walter McCrorie.

10.30am Porky Pig A triple helping of cartoon fun. In Porky's Film Fan, Porky finds out a children's film is on at the new cinema. And in Porky's Party, the little pig's guests get up to all kinds of amusing antics. Porky also stars in The Case of the Stuttering Pig.

canvases, Shepherd visits six countries to observe wildlife in its natural environment. As he captures his impressions on canvas, he is joined on location by some experts and learns from them more about the threat to wildlife and the environment. Also, they discuss projects aimed at saving animals in peril. WRITER/DIRECTOR TIMOTHY FORDER EXECUTIVE PRODUCER STEVE GODDARD

A Colstar Production in Association with Thames Television and Public Broadcasting Service, USA

12.30pm Home and Away Stacey has big new plans to promote the charms of Summer Bay. But she's in for a surprise when Dr Bruce's replacement arrives. And Bobby and Roo are anxiously awaiting their exam results. This episode is repeated at 5.10pm. This week's cast:

Frank Morgan Alex Papps Carly Morris Sharyn Hodgson Steven Matheson Adam Willits Bobby Simpson Nicolle Dickson Ailsa Stewart Judy Nunn Alf Ray Meagher Donald Fisher

Lance Smart

Norman Coburn Peter Vroom

Celia Stewart Fiona Spence Annabelle Kristen Lyons Simpson George Leppard Marie Vanessa Thomson Sally Keating Kate Ritchie Martin Dibble Craig Thomson Roo Stewart Justine Clark Kathryn Ridley Alison Tom Fletcher Roger Oakley Pippa Fletcher Vanessa Downing David Lee Anthony Wong Christopher Dylan McCreay Barbara Barbara Stephens Betty Barbara Morton

ITN News at One Presented by John Suchet. With ITV National Weather from Trish Williamson.

1.20pm Granada Reports North West news.

1.30pm Cover Story DENNIS WEAVER Profile of the American actor Dennis Weaver, best known perhaps for his role as the Deputy Marshal who is assigned to the New York police in the popular crime series McCloud. Much earlier, he had a regular part in the classic TV western show Gunsmoke as Chester. Weaver's big screen work includes the Orson Welles crime

thriller Touch of Evil and Duel, the Steven Spielberg suspense masterpiece about a driver terrorised by a monster truck.

2.00pm The Bill An omnibus edition of Tuesday and Thursday's stories from Sun Hill station.

3.00pm Chain Letters ALLAN STEWART The only show with 4000 four-letter words and only one of them is rude - rude! Allan Stewart helps three more contestants increase their vocabulary and their bank balance, with ÂŁ1000 just waiting to be won. Produced in association with Barry & Enright Productions and Action Time. RESEARCH SIMON ROSS, AMANDA STEVENS DESIGNER PETER BINGEMANN DIRECTOR JIM BROWN PRODUCER CHRISTINE WILLIAMS

Tyne Tees Television Production

4.00pm Sylvester CANNED FEUD Sylvester Cat is left alone in the house when the family goes on vacation.

4.10pm Oh! Mr Toad BY BRIAN TRUEMAN

A TALE OF TWO TOADS A one-hour special from the creators of The Wind in the Willows offering a foretaste of a new series to be shown in the spring next year. In the war between River-Banker and WildWooder, the Chief Weasel has a new secret weapon - Toad himself. Animators are Paul Berry, Sue Pugh and Loyd Price. Models designed by Brian Cosgrove and Bridget Appleby. Music by Keith Hopwood and Malcolm Rowe. Toad David Jason Badger Sir Michael Hordern Mole Richard Pearson Rat Peter Sallis PRODUCERS MARK HALL, BRIAN COSGROVE DIRECTOR JACKIE COCKLE

Thames Television Production

3.25pm Granada Reports 3.30pm The Young Doctors Vivienne is jealous about Duncan Love's relationship with Kate. For cast, see Thursday

5.10pm Home and Away The episode shown earlier today.

ITN News at 5.40 Oracle subtitles page 888

followed by ITV Weekend Weather

10.50pm ITN News Headlines 10.55am In Search of Wildlife A compilation from David Shepherd's wildlife conservation series. With his easel and a selection of

Jonathan Laverick and Anna Marie Moore at Mission Control. Watch this space: 9.25am

Down by the river, bookish Toad has a tale or two for Chief Weasel and other creatures great and small. For the long and short of it, see 4.10pm

Young lovers Frank (Alex Papps) and Bobby (Nicolle Dickson) in 'Home and Away': 12.30pm

23 December 1989-5 January 1990 TVTIMES

29beeemberr 5.55pm Granada Reports 6.30pm Kick Off ELTON WELSBY Football's fast-moving magazine, providing comprehensive coverage of the region's league clubs. Host Elton Welsby will be joined by some of the biggest names in the game. PRODUCTION TEAM ALISTAIR MANN, WAYNE GAR VIE, ROBERT McCAFFREY NICK BEAUMONT CLIVE TYLDESLEY ALAN NIXON DIRECTOR CHARLES LAUDER PRODUCER TERRY SMITH EXECUTIVE PRODUCER PAUL DOHERTY

Granada Television Production

7.00pm NEW Concentration BOB CAROLGEES A new series of the popular game show with a new host, Bob Carolgees, inviting two contestants to test their skills of memory and concentration as they battle it out to win the holiday of a lifetime and lots more prizes along the way. DESIGNER PHIL MURPHY ASSOCIATE PRODUCER JESSICA GRAY DIRECTOR JOHN GORMAN PRODUCER COLMAN HUTCHINSON

TVS Production

7.30 to 8.00pm Coronation Street Ken and Deirdre both have decisions to make while Tracy shows them she is no longer a child. Alec decides to put his house in order and starts with the past. Oracle subtitles page 888 For cast, see Monday WRITER KEN BLAKESON

ITV variations Programmes in adjoining areas are as Granada except for: CENTRAL 1.30pm to 2.00 Chain Letters; 3.00 to 3.25 Cheap Detective; 5.10 to 5.40 Wheel of Fortune; 6.00 Home and Away; 6.25 to 7.00pm Central News. YORKSHIRE 1.30pm to 3.25 Film: First Men in the Moon. Space yarn starring Lionel Jeffries and Edward Judd; 6.00 Calendar; 6.30 to 7.00pm Faces of the Eighties; 3.05 to 4.50am Film: I Take These Men. Wife fantasises about marriage with other men, stars Susan Saint James. HTV (Wales) 1.30pm Film: The Great Gold Swindle. Dramatic reconstruction of a 1982 fraud at the Perth Mint; 3.30 to 4.00 Sons and Daughters; 5.55 to 6.30 Wales at Six; 6.30 to 7.00 Cinemattractions. BORDER 1.30pm Chain Letters; 2.00 to 3.25 Film: Run, Simon Run. Indian seeks revenge for his brothers murder, stars Burt Reynolds; 6.00 Lookaround Friday; 6.30 to 7.00pm Take the High Road.

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1=10AM.ILY 6.00 to 9.25am 6.00 News Summary 6.08 International Sports News

Golden oarsman Steve Redgrave (inset) leads a British team on the Serpentine. See 11.25am

Including Kickback.

6.14 Weather and Travel 6.16 Business Daily 6.30 World News 6.43 News Headlines, Weather, Travel; Comic Book Dennis

7.00 News Summary 7.08 Business Daily 7.15 News Headlines, Weather, Travel; Box Office 7.30 World News 7.50 International Sports News

4.15pm Stone Fox Wyoming 1905. Willy, a sturdy 12year-old boy, and his beloved Grampa face the loss of their cattle ranch.

Including Kickback.

7.55 Weather, Travel 8.00 News Headlines; Streetwise 8.16 News Headlines, Weather, Travel; Box Office 8.30 World News 8.45 Countdown Masters 8.50 Comic Book Dennis

9.00 News Headlines; Streetwise 9.15 Business Daily

9.25am Sesame Street Guest star Patti Labelle.

10.25am The Adventures of Tintin 10.35am The Batman Chapter 7 Made in black and white

10.55am Bud Bowl 89 Bud Bowl 89 is the climax of the British gridiron season, played at the National Sports Centre at Crystal Palace, London. Birmingham Bulls, the holders, take on Manchester Spartans. Presented by Nick Hailing with commentators Paul Ferguson and Wayne Hardman. DIRECTOR DAVID WOOD PRODUCER MARK SHARMAN

A Chrysalis Television Production

See film guide, beginning page 47

Poor little match girl.., orphan Keshia Knight Pulliam in a story to warm your hearts at 2.00pm

11.25am International Rowing -

2.00pm The Little Match Girl

WESTMINSTER SERPENTINE REGATTA A festival of rowing from the Serpentine in London's Hyde Park. Britain take on Italy, Russia, France and West Germany. Introduced by Keith Daniell and Martin Cross.

Christmas Eve in the 1920s. Homeless orphan Molly is peddling her matches in the cold when Neville Dutton invites her to his wealthy family's New England mansion. See film guide, beginning page 47 Molly Keshia Knight Pulliam Haywood Dutton

DIRECTOR TONY MILLS PRODUCER MICHAEL PARKINSON

William Daniels Frances Dutton

Rue McClanahan

Chrysalis Production

Police Chief Murphy

11.55am Don't Just Sit There Disabled people have a go at exciting sports, including grass skiing, martial arts and sailing. With Martin Duffy and Suzanne Dando. PRODUCER MARTIN DUFFY DIRECTOR NICK PEAKE

The Ideas Factory Production

1.10pm Best of Star Test Today: Luke Goss.

1.40pm Alice Further adventures in Wonderland for Jan Svankmajer's Alice.

ES 23 December 1989-5 January 1990

John Rhys-Davies Joe Dutton Jim Metzler Mary Margaret Hallie Foote .

Neville Dutton

William Youmans Lindsay Dutton

Buddy Ebsen Willy Joey Cramer Doc Smith Belinda Montgomery Stone Fox Gordon Tootoosis Grampa

TELEPLAY WALTER HALSEY DAVIS DIRECTOR HARVEY HART

6.10pm Monster Maker HARRY DEAN STANTON Matt, 14, is obsessed with the monster effects Chancey Bellow engineers in films. Chancey reveals all. Chancey Bellow

Harry Dean Stanton Matt Banting Kieran O'Brien Father George Costigan Mother Amanda Dickinson EXECUTIVE PRODUCER JIM HENSON PRODUCER DUNCAN KENWORTHY DIRECTOR GILES FOSTER

TVS/Jim Henson Organisation

Robyn Stevan TELEPLAY MARYEDITH BURRELL DIRECTOR MICHAEL LINDSAY-HOGG

3.45pm Stars and Stripes The first of four animations. followed by HOT STUFF The history of fire. HEN HOP An early paean to poultry. SAND CASTLE An Oscar-winning Canadian animation.

5.10am ITN News TV-am 6.00 Day We Flew the 9.25 Space Shuttle 9.50 Granada Reports The Magic Mirror 10.00 Porky Pig 10.30 ITN News 10.50 In Search of 10.55 Wildlife 12.30pm Home and Away ITN News 1.00 1.20 Granada Reports Cover Story 1.30 The Bill 2.00 Chain Letters 3.00 Granada Reports 3.25 Young Doctors 3.30 Sylvester 4.00 Oh! Mr Toad 4.10 Home and Away 5.10 ITN News 5.40 Granada Reports 5.55 Kick Off 6.30 Concentration 7.00 7.30 Coronation Street Till We Meet 8.00 Again ITN News 10.00 10.15 Granada Reports Tales of the 10.20 Unexpected 10.50 South Bank Show Arts Review '89 ,12.50am Film: Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence Film: Avalanche 3.05 The Comedy 4.50 Store

7.00pm Channel 4 News 7.50pm Hostages Remembering hostages held worldwide. followed by

Weather 8.00 to 8.30pm Brookside Yet another woman in Billy's life leaves him. Oracle subtitles page 888 For cast, see page 95

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followed by ITV Weekend Weather

10.15pm Granada Reports 10.20pm Tales of the Unexpected ELAINE STRITCH SHANE RIMMER MY LADY LOVE, MY DOVE BY ROALD DAHL DRAMATISED BY RONALD HARWOOD

Rich, bored and bossy Pamela plans to make evil fun out of her weekend bridge guests, a dottily adoring pair. She bullies her puppet husband into bugging

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Friday Night at the Movies:

Oracle subtitles page 888

DAVID BOWIE TOM CONTI Java 1942. In a Japanese PoW camp, • liaison officer Col John Lawrence has a tough time fending off the demands of the young commandant, Capt Yonoi, for the names of weapons experts among the many Allied prisoners. Meanwhile at a military trial in Batavia, Yonoi intervenes on behalf of a taciturn colonel major, Celliers, for whom he feels a strange affinity. Celliers comes to the Java camp where he and Lawrence plan an escape.

Pamela Arthur Sally Henry

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DESIGNER EILEEN DISS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER JOHN WOOLF PRODUCER JOHN ROSENBERG DIRECTOR HERBERT WISE Anglia Television Production

10.50pm The South Bank Show Arts Review '89 MELVYN BRAGG Tonight The South Bank Show presents a two-hour showcase of the best of 1989 in the arts. From John Sessions as Napoleon to Peter O'Toole as Jeffrey Barnard, from Aspects of Love to the dazzling violin playing of Kyung-Wha Chung. Pop music is provided by Neneh Cherry and there are specially commissioned pieces from dancers Michael Clark and Stephen Petronio as well as from award-winning composer, Simon Holt. While these and other outstanding performances of the year celebrate 1989, Melvyn Bragg, the show's host, will also be looking back at the decade in the arts, with contributions and discussion ranging from David Bailey on photography to Muriel Gray on television. Edited and presented by Melvyn Bragg.

12.50am Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence

See film guide, beginning page 47 Maj Jack 'Straffer' Celliers David Bowie Col John Lawrence Tom Conti Capt Yonoi Ryuichi Sakamoto Gp Capt Hicksley Jack Thompson Sgt Geno Hara Takeshi Alistair Browning De Jong Kanemoto Johnny Okura Celliers Minor James Malcolm Jack (aged 12) Chris Broun Chief Doctor Barry Dorking Australian doctor Geoff Glendon PoW officer Grant Bridger Col Fujimura Ryunosuke Kaneda Lt lwata Takashi Naito Kan Mikami Capt Ito SCREENPLAY NAGISA OSHIMA, PAUL MAYERSBERG, DIRECTOR NAGISA OSHIMA

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3.05am Avalanche ROCK HUDSON MIA FARROW David Shelby is a man who gets what he wants. In order to open his new ski centre in the Rocky Mountains, he has ensured that any objections from environmentalists have been overruled - with the help of large sums of money to the right people. At the opening party, a glamorous collection of people are present, including TV personality Mark Elliott, whose estranged wife is having an affair with ski champion Bruce Scott. The next day, just as the opening ceremony begins, a plane carrying Scott and Elliott crashes into the mountain, causing an avalanche. See film guide, beginning page 47 David Shelby Rock Hudson Caroline Brace Mia Farrow Nick Thorne Robert Forster Florence Jeanette Nolan Bruce Scott Rick Moses Henry Steve Franken Mark Elliott Barry Primus Tina Elliott Cathey Paine Phil Frentiss Jerry Douglas Leo Tony Carbone SCREENPLAY CLAUDE POLA, COREY ALLEN DIRECTOR COREY ALLEN

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9.00pm Summertime Blues Pontins Bluecoats have to smile for 16 hours a day, six days a week, for six months. This film follows a year in the life of the Blues. Narrator Brian Conley. PRODUCER/DIRECTOR JANE OLIVER Arthur Mitebay Production

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4.50 to 5.00am The Comedy Store The best in alternative comedy, recorded at London's famous Comedy Store. Luminaries featured tonight include Fiasco Job Job (Arthur Smith and Phil Nice), Nick Revell and Otis Canneloni. Introduced by Chris Tarrant.

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12.00midnight to 2.10am Moscow on the Hudson ROBIN WILLIAMS On a cultural trip to America, Moscow Circus saxophonist Vladimir Ivanoff defects to the West in the New York department store Bloomingdale's. While waiting to hear if he can stay, Vladimir is offered a room by Lionel Witherspoon, a security guard who helped him evade the KGB minders in Bloomingdale's.

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1.40pm NEW Sportsmasters DICKIE DAVIES Sportsmasters returns after a brief Christmas break for a new series, with contestants from England, Wales and Northern Ireland working off their turkey and pud in this opening first round tie. PRODUCER DICKIE DAVIES DIRECTOR MIKE MANSFIELD EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DEREK CLARK An MMTV/MAC Production for HTV

2.10pm The Pickwick Papers A featurelength cartoon version of the classic Charles Dickens story about the hilarious and catastrophic misadventures of Samuel Pickwick, founder and president of the famous Pickwick Club. See film guide, beginning page 47

4.45pm Results Service ELTON WELSBY Elton Welsby reports on today's sports headlines. Oracle Sports Headlines during the week, page 130

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3.30pm Disney Cartoon Time Double-bill featuring Mickey Mouse in: Mickey's Fire Brigade and Pluto in: Pluto's Dream House.

3.50pm The Waltons Meet Mickey Mouse The fabulous Waltons, the only all-girl sextuplets in the world, celebrate their sixth birthday with a fairytale party and enjoy all the razzmatazz of Disney World in Florida. In a riot of spectacular fun and entertainment the girls, with parents Janet and Graham, take America by storm and meet Mickey Mouse, whose official birthday falls on the same day.

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7.00 Ali's Special Day An animation.

7.30 International Times - World News A look back at some of the more newsworthy events of 1989.

8.00 Trans World Sport Sporting news.

9.00 Channel 4 Racing: The Morning Line A preview of the day's racing.

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10.35am The Batman Chapter 8 Made in black and white

10.55am Arenaball THE TRANSATLANTIC CHALLENGE Indoor American football comes to Britain, played on a slimmed-down pitch with eight-a-side. The Chicago Bruisers and Detroit Drive proved to be among the best in the last three seasons in America so expect lots of scoring. Presenter Geoff Clark. DIRECTOR CHARLES BALCHIN PRODUCER ROBIN BARTY-KING Challenge Group Production

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11.55am Le Merle Norman McLaren's animated bird song. followed by

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12.10pm The Only Way Is Up (Year of Yazz) In 1988 the best selling record was The Only Way Is Up and for Yazz it could not have been more prophetic. With performances from her Wanted concerts, Yazz explains how her music and her life are influenced by the culture and politics of her mixed race. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER JAll SUMMERS PRODUCER/DIRECTOR MICHAEL DUFFY Fierce Vision Production

1.10pm Best of Star Test Today, Roland Gift of Fine Young Cannibals faces the Star Test computer. PRODUCER ANNABEL PECK DIRECTOR PHILIP DAVEY Alive Production

2.00pm Anne of Green Gables - The Sequel BY L M MONTGOMERY ADAPTED BY KEVIN SULLIVAN

Now grown up, Anne has become a teacher, but continues her writing. However, when she fails to get her articles published, she decides to take a teaching post away from Prince Edward Island. Part 2 tomorrow at 2.00pm. Oracle subtitles page 888 Anne Shirley Megan Follows Manilla Colleen Dewhurst Gilbert Blythe Jonathan Crombie Mrs Harris Wendy Hiller Morgan Harris Frank Converse PRODUCER/DIRECTOR KEVIN SULLIVAN Sullivan Films Production

4.15pm Shepherd One of 10 million (animated) stories from the Big City.

4.30pm Brookside An unexpected Christmas present left on the Corkhills' lawn has an electrifying effect. Oracle subtitles page 888

5.50 to 6.50pm Living with Dinosaurs Dom is the 10-year-old son of a sculptor father and a hard-working, heavily pregnant doctor mother. For the moment relationships are strained and Dom's toy dinosaur (brought to life by the studio that created The Muppet Show and Labyrinth) is the only one he can trust. -

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Saturday Night at the Movies: 12.20am The Wild Bunch WILLIAM HOLDEN ERNEST BORGNINE ROBERT RYAN Pike Bishop and his gang • • are outlaws of the old West, struggling to come to terms with the rapidlychanging frontier of 1914. Pursued by bounty hunters, they ride into a Texas border town to rob the railroad office, unaware that their deadliest pursuer - former gangmember Deke Thornton - has set a trap for them. In their eagerness to kill Bishop and his highly-priced gang, the trigger-happy bounty hunters precipitate a bloody massacre in the main street. Discovering their

BEN CROSS JAMES MASON IRENE PAPAS MAXIMILIAN SCHELL Italy, World War Two: this is the story of the role played by the city of Assisi in saving Jewish refugees from the Holocaust as it gave them refuge in convents and monasteries. Among the fugitives is nuclear physicist Professor Rieti who is desperately sought by the Germans to help them beat the Americans to the atomic bomb . See film guide, beginning page 47 Oracle subtitles page 888

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haul to be worthless, Bishop and the surviving members of his gang flee to Mexico, where they strike a dangerous bargain with a treacherous bandit called Mapache. TV version See film guide, beginning page 47 Pike Bishop William Holden Dutch Ernest Borgnine Deke Thornton Robert Ryan Lyle Gorch Warren Oates Tector Gorch Ben Johnson Sykes Edmond O'Brien Angel Jaime Sanchez Mapache Emilio Fernandez Bo Hopkins Crazy Lee Strother Martin Coffer TC L Q Jones Elsa Elsa Cardenas Harrigan Albert Dekker Wainscoat Dub Taylor Zamorra Jorge Russek Herrera Alfonso Arau Chano Urueta Don JosĂ¨ Teresa Sonia Amelio Aurora Aurora Clavel SCREENPLAY WALON GREEN, SAM PECKINPAH DIRECTOR SAM PECKINPAH

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3.05am The Fan LAUREN BACALL JAMES GARNER MAUREEN STAPLETON Celebrated Broadway star Sally Ross leads a somewhat solitary existence, her

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Drummer James Ogden Tern Duhaime Nurse Party hostess Donna Mitchell Doughnut vendor Hector Osorio SCREENPLAY JOHN HARTWELL, PRISCILLA CHAPMAN DIRECTOR EDWARD BIANCHI

4.45 to 5.15am The Eiffel Tower

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This programme looks at the history of world famous landmark the Eiffel Tower, which celebrated its 100th birthday this year, as Paris marked the bicentenary of the French Revolution. Designed by the French engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, from whom it took its name, the Tower was built in 1889 as part of that year's celebration of the centenary of the Revolution. It has been the inspiration for all kinds of artist, from painters such as Chagall, Dufy and Utrillo and film-makers Man Ray and Rene Clair, to architect Le Corbusier, sculptor Cesar, and writers such as Maupassant and Verlaine.

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Weather 7.00pm Echoes FROM THE BOOK BY MAEVE BINCHY

A two-part drama. Castlebay is a small Irish seaside town. In the early Fifties, Clare O'Brien dreams of escaping her poverty through education. Part 2 tomorrow. Oracle subtitles page 888 Molly Power Barbara Brennan Anne Bushnell Singer Emer Catherine Byrne Simon Sean Campion Sister Immaculate Marie Conmee Dermot Crowley Sean Fiona Doyle Sharon Devlin Caroline Nolan Alison Doody Nelly Bernie Downes Martin Dunne Con Fr O'Dwyer Eric Erskine Sheila Flitton Mrs Conway Siobhan Garahy Clare Tommy O'Brien David Herlihy David Power Robert Hines Gerry Stephen Holland Sayo Inaba Shuya Angela O'Hara Geraldine James Dick Dillon John Kavanagh Dennis Murphy Vincent McCabe Young Clare Denise McCormack Paddy Power Brian McGrath Agnes O'Brien Aine Ni Mhuiri Breeda Deirdre Monaghan Mrs Nolan Fidelma Murphy Mogsy Vincent Murphy Nial O'Brien Tom O'Brien James Nolan Eoin O'Callaghan Josie Dillon Valerie O'Connell Jimmy Ruairi O'Duibhir Paddy Owen O'Gorman Fr Flynn John Olohan Mrs O'Hara Sheila O'Sullivan Frank Conway Colm Quilligan Ned O'Brien Andrew Roddy Young Josie Oba Seagrave Chrissie Sighle Toibin Grainne Walker Kath Benny Terence White Peg Karen Woodley Valerie Eleanor Feely Mary Helena Hingston Gerry Stephen Holland Ian Peter Vollebregt Mr Nolan Derek Young

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Feeling a chill despite `The Heat of the Day', Stella (Patricia Hodge) is forced into intimacy with mysterious Harrison (Michael Gambon): 10.20pm

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Young Clare (Denise McCormack) longs for a richer, wider life in `Echoes' at 7.00pm who loved him more than any of her other grandchildren. When she dies, he has to face up to the powerful conflict between the demands of his Cypriot family and his English life. Alex Andrew Kazamia Connie Monica Vassiliou Katina Adriani Maleni Tony George Jackos George Dimitri Andreas Fiona Julia Dearden Grandfather Giogios Vatiliotis Maroulla Anna Savva Joe Mario Kalli Edward John Burgess Judy Julia Deakin Mrs Attey Paula Jacobs Mrs Payne Nicola Redmond Chris George Zemios Mrs Blake Irene Sutcliffe McWhirter Hugh Ross Mrs Waite Andree Evans Priest Peter Kosta Old woman Joan Matheson with Jo Abercrombie, Andrew Dion, Rena Jugatti, Lea Rochelle, Anne Romyn, Helen Stafford PRODUCER BERNARD KRICHEFSKI DIRECTOR MARY McMURRAY

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10.15pm Short and Curlies: Out of Town BY NEIL CLARKE

Daydreaming along a peaceful country road, a young man walks into an unexpected nightmare. Traveller Samaritan Labourer Driver Passenger Boy Tramp

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10.30pm The Manchurian Candidate FRANK SINATRA Bennet Marco, Raymond Shaw and other US soldiers eturn from the Korean War unaware that they have been

brainwashed. One of them is a ticking human bomb. Made in black and white

See film guide, beginning page 47 Bennet Marco Frank Sinatra Raymond Shaw Laurence Harvey Rosie Janet Leigh Mrs Iselin Angela Lansbury Chunjin Henry Silva Sen John Iselin James Gregory Jocie Jordon Leslie Parrish Sen Thomas Jordon John McGiver Yen Lo Khigh Dhiegh Cpl Melin James Edwards Defence Sec Barry Kelley SCREENPLAY GEORGE AXELROD FROM THE NOVEL BY RICHARD CONDON DIRECTOR JOHN FRANKENHEIMER

12.55 to 2.10am Horse Feathers THE MARX BROTHERS Professor Q A Wagstaff is the new president of Huxley College. His motto is: 'Whatever it is, I'm against it.' It looks impossible for this individual to round up a football team capable of beating arch-rivals Darwin College. Made in black and white

See film guide, beginning page 47 Prof Q A Wagstaff Groucho Marx Pinky Harpo Marx Barovelli Chico Marx Frank Wagstaff Zeppo Marx Connie Bailey Thelma Todd Jennings David Landau Robert Greig Biology prof Mullen James Pierce MacHardie Nat Pendleton SCREENPLAY BERT KALMAR, HARRY RUBY, S J PERELMAN, WILL B JOHNSTONE DIRECTOR NORMAN McLEOD

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6.00 Animals in Action Home Sweet Home, introduced by Keith Shackleton.

6.30 RSPB Concerning Swans, a film narrated by Andrew Sachs.

7.00 It's Stardust Today Alvin Stardust has songs, stories and poems about the New Year. Plus the usual cartoon fun including Rocky Hollow, Wimpole Village; The Little Misses and The Adventures of Parsley. A Clear Idea Television Production for TV-am

8.00 David Frost on Sunday Presented by David Frost who looks back at the news and politics of the 1980s. The special studio guest is Neil Kinnock. Plus a review of the Sunday papers. The news is read at 8.00 and 9.00 by Beatrice Hollyer plus regular weather updates.

9.25am The Disney Club ANDREA BOARDMAN JOHN ECCLESTON GORDON INGLIS On this special extended New Year's Eve edition, John, Gordon and Andrea pay a visit to the Orange County Fair. Andrea catches up with Sonia, Big Fun and Kylie and finds out what their New Year resolutions are. Fashion experts Roz and Ruth are back with some more tips. There's live music from Sidney Youngblood and the very best in cartoons including Gummi Bears, Chip 'n' Dale and Donald Duck. RESEARCH SUSAN BARRETT, DIANA SMITH DIRECTOR BRIAN SIMMONS PRODUCER MICHAEL FORTE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER SANDY ROSS Buena Vista/Scottish Television Production All programmes are in colour unless otherwise stated

12.00noon Encounter COMING THROUGH FIRE In the month following the King's Cross fire disaster, some of the victims were filmed in hospital. Now the programme revisits the same people to discover what difference their neardeath experiences have made to their lives. In every case, its influence has been profound some turned back to religion, others changed their lifestyles, another remains bitter and disturbed. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER PHILIP GROSSET PRODUCER/DIRECTOR ALMA TAFT Central Production

12.30pm This Is Your Right PAULA RIDLEY VANESSA KIRKPATRICK Paula, Vanessa and the team with more advice for viewers about their rights. For further information write to: PO Box 166, Manchester M1 2AQ. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER JOE SIMPSON RESEARCH VANESSA KIRKPATRICK, LOUISE ROBERTSON, SHASHI SINGH PRODUCER GRAHAM MATTHEWS Helpful Productions for Granada Television

12.55pm Aap Kaa Hak SHIV PANDE Advice programme for Asian viewers with Shiv Pande. Write to: PO Box 166, Manchester M1 2AQ. RESEARCH SHASHI SINGH EXECUTIVE PRODUCER JOE SIMPSON Helpful Productions for Granada Television

1.00pm ITN News followed by ITV National Weather with ALEX HILL

Athletics stars past and present: Steve Backley, (inset) Sebastian Coe and Dalton Grant: 1.10pm

1.05pm Granada Reports 1.10pm Athletics '89: A Great British Year With 1990 just a few hours away, this is a chance to look back at the action that made 1989 such a memorable year for British athletics. It was a year in which the men's team took on and beat the mighty Soviet Union and East Germany to win the European Cup in that never-to-beforgotten weekend at Gateshead. They followed that with a magnificent third place in the World Cup in Barcelona, to underline Britain's arrival as a major force in world athletics. The emergence of javelin thrower Steve Backley and high-jumper Dalton Grant as world class competitors was more cause for celebration. And, of course, 1989 saw the farewell appearance on a British track of the legendary Sebastian Coe. It was also a year in which a host of world records tumbled in both track and field. Jim Rosenthal and Alan Parry relive the moments, reflect on the controversies and talk to the personalities who made headlines over the last 12 months. Independent Television Sport Production

2.10pm Paint Your Wagon LEE MARVIN CLINT EASTWOOD JEAN SEBERG HARVE PRESNELL RAY WALSTON The film adaptation of the hit western musical. In the

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days of the California Gold Rush, prospector Pardner recovers from an accident (in which his brother was killed) to find himself halfowner of a gold mine. The reason: whiskery Ben Rumson - drunken and disreputable, but honourable in his fashion - had found the strike in what was to have been Pardner's brother's grave. The hard-drinking, happygo-lucky Ben and the quiet, reflective Pardner soon become fast friends, settling down happily in No Name City. Then both men fall in love with the same girl. See film guide, beginning page 47

Ben Rumson Lee Marvin Pardner Clint Eastwood Elizabeth Jean Seberg Rotten Luck Willie Nerve Presnell Mad Jack Duncan Ray Walston Horton Fenty Tom Ligon Parson Alan Dexter Horace Tabor William O'Connell Haywood Holbrook Ben Baker Mrs Fenty Paula Trueman Mr Fenty Alan Baxter Jacob Woodling John Mitchum Joe Mooney Terry Jenkins Atwell Robert Easton Steve Bull H B Haggerty Schermerhorn Karl Bruck Indian Eddie Little Sky Higgins Harvey Parry Wong H W Gim Hennessey Roy Jenson Clendennon Pat Hawley and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band SCREENPLAY PADDY CHAYEFSKY FROM THE MUSICAL BY LERNER AND LOEWE DIRECTOR JOSHUA LOGAN

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Time to reflect and look forward: Angela Rippon joins Harry Secombe in 'Highway' at 6.40pm

5.00pm Bullseye JIM BOWEN TONY GREEN Peter Evison Jim Bowen hosts the ever-popular darts and general know ledge quiz game. The lucky contestants get their chance on Bully's Prize Board and darts professional Peter Evison gets his chance to take on the charity challenge. Scorer Tony Green is on hand to make sure it all adds up to a great show. DESIGNER JOHN LAGEU PRODUCER/DIRECTOR RICHARD BRADLEY Central Production

5.30pm Coronation Street Another opportunity to see the episodes previously shown on

Wednesday and Friday evenings. Is it a case of off with the old and on with the new for Ken Barlow? Meanwhile, the residents celebrate New Year at the Rovers. t

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1.10pm Best of Star Test

6.40pm Highway HARRY SECOMBE TRELOWARREN For the last Highway of the decade, Sir Harry visits the Christian Centre at Trelowarren in Cornwall, where he meets many friends from previous series. They will be looking forward to the Nineties as well as reflecting on the Eighties. Sir Harry sings Morning Has Broken at the spectacular Goonhilly satellite station, and the band of the Royal Naval Air Station, Culdrose, plays Another Year is Dawning. Angela Rippon reads the poem New Year in Cornwall. Programme associate is Ronnie Cass. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER BILL WARD PRODUCER TOM GOODISON DIRECTOR JOHN OVEN

TSW Production

Kim Wilde faces the Star Test computer.

1.40pm Alice 6.00 to 9.25am Early Morning 6.00 Hallelujah! The Bobby Jones Show.

6.30 Flight over Spain This week, Huesca.

7.00 International Times - World News Repeat of yesterday's edition.

7.30 Box Office Review of the Year With Garry Rice and David Roper.

8.00 David the Gnome It is David and Lisa's 400th

birthday. Digital Stereo Sound (London/Yorkshire only)

8.30 Boy Dominic

7.15 to 9.05pm Movie Premiere: The Karen Carpenter Story CYNTHIA GIBB MITCHELL ANDERSON PETER MICHAEL GOETZ LOUISE FLETCHER The life story of the tragic singer Karen Carpenter. Her life is raced from her days as a chubby 13-year-old, unsure of her talents as a singer and drummer, and willing to be guided and pushed by her more confident, pianoplaying brother Richard, to the golden years when the duo topped the charts with hits like Top of the World, Yesterday Once More, and Goodbye to Love. But the pressures of constant rehearsals, recording sessions and international tours soon begin to take their toll ... See film guide, beginning page 47 Oracle subtitles page 888 Karen Carpenter

Cynthia Gibb Richard Carpenter

Mitchell Anderson Harold Carpenter

Peter Michael Goetz Agnes Carpenter

Louise Fletcher

Captain Bulman (Richard Todd) is caught stealing food.

Further adventures in Wonderland.

2.00pm Anne of Green Gables - The Sequel BY L M MONTGOMERY ADAPTED BY KEVIN SULLIVAN

Concluding the sequel based on the later Anne books. Despite opposition at her new school, Anne eventually wins everyone over. t Oracle subtitles page 888

performers who assisted the American military during World War II. Included are rare period performances by Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Jack Benny, Dorothy Lamour, Larry Adler, Dinah Shore, Abbott and Costello, Frances Langford, Danny Kaye, Eddie Cantor and many more as well as special appearances from Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, Carole Lombard and Edward G Robinson. Plus interviews with Dorothy Lamour, Mel Blanc and Maxene Andrews, and a reunion of surviving members of Bob Hope's World War Two troupe. PRODUCERS ROBERT MUGGE, DESMOND McELROY DIRECTOR ROBERT MUGGE

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Weather 6.00pm The Cosby Show THEO AND THE COCKROACH A classic episode from the hit American comedy series. With an exam less than two days away, Theo (Malcolm-Jamal Warner) schemes to find a way to pass. Digital Stereo Sound (London/Yorkshire only)

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6.30pm Granpa Based on a book by John Burningham, Granpa was produced by the same team that made The Snowman. A little girl imagines a fantasy world as she shares 'adventures' with her Granpa. With Peter Ustinov as the voice of Granpa and Emily Osborne as the voice of the girl. Sarah Brightman sings the closing song. Music by Howard Blake.

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John Patrick Reger Dr Lazwell Doug MacHugh Peter Howard William Tucker Denny Henry Crowell Jr Herb Alpert Josh Cruz TELEPLAY BARRY MORROW DIRECTOR JOSEPH SARGENT

5.15am ITN News TV-am 6.00 9.25 The Disney Club 11.00 Morning Worship 12noon Encounter 12.30pm This Is Your Right 12.55 Aap Kaa Hak 1.00 ITN News Granada Reports 1.05 1.10 Athletics '89 2.10 Film: Paint Your Wagon 5.00 Bullseye 5.30 Coronation Street 6.30 ITN News 6.40 Highway 7.15 Film: The Karen Carpenter Story 9.05 ITN News 9.25 Cilia's Goodbye to the '80s 11.55 The New Year Show 12.30am Film: Under Siege Film: Christina 3.10

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10.55am American Football Mick Luckhurst looks back over an explosive decade of American football.

11.55am Starmakers Ray Alan takes a look at the history of variety agents. With Michael Grade, Lord Delfont and Joe Collins.

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Cilia sees out the Eighties in sparkling style. Joining her are (clockwise from top right): Phil Collins and Deborah Harry, Jason Donovan, Trevor McDonald, Ronnie Corbett, Hale & Pace, Barry McGuigan, Jonathan Ross and Cliff Richard

SCREENPLAY WILFORD LEACH, FROM THE OPERETTA BY GILBERT AND SULLIVAN DIRECTOR WILFORD LEACH

9.00pm Short and Curlies: Treacle BY PETER CHELSOM

An old comedian, Alfie Duffell, has died in his home town of Blackpool. He allegedly wrote a song Put a Bit of Treacle on My Pudding, Mary-Ann, which could have made him famous.

9.25pm Cilia's Goodbye to the '80s CILLA BLACK MICHAEL ASPEL NATALIE COLE PHIL COLLINS RONNIE CORBETT JASON DONOVAN DURAN DURAN HALE & PACE DEBORAH HARRY BARRY McGUIGAN SIR JOHN MILLS DENIS NORDEN CLIFF RICHARD JONATHAN ROSS ALEXEI SAYLE SIMPLY RED PAMELA STEPHENSON MERYL STREEP TINA TURNER TRACEY ULLMAN with ITN Newscasters MARK AUSTIN TREVOR McDONALD LAWRENCE McGINTY JOHN SUCHET From the stage of the London Palladium, Cilia Black says farewell to the Eighties with a star-studded show honouring the names and faces of the decade. With contributions from Mikhail Gorbachev, George Bush, Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. Music by Ray Monk and his Orchestra. ASSOCIATE PRODUCER ALAN HOPKINS PRODUCERS LORNA DICKINSON, MIKE SHEPPARD EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/ DIRECTOR MICHAEL HURLL

Made in black and white Reg Duffell Ken Goodwin Stephen Duffell Stephen Tompkinson Alfie Duffell Freddie Davies PRODUCER SANDRA YARWOOD DIRECTOR PETER CHELSOM

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9.15pm The Pirates of Penzance

MARK McMANUS STANLEY BAXTER Mark McManus steps out of his Taggart role to give us his introduction to the Nineties and his guide to Glasgow as the European City of Culture. With special guest Stanley Baxter and an all-star line-up. PRODUCER BOB CLYDE DIRECTOR DAVID MACMAHON

An Oompah Production for Scottish Television

followed by ITN News Headlines

By special request Sticky Moments returns to your screens live. Sing in the New Year with Julian, Hugh, Russell, Barb and Michael. A Happy New Year to you all. Digital Stereo Sound (London/Yorkshire only) PRODUCER TONI YARDLEY DIRECTOR JOHN HENDERSON

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12.10am American Football Two hard-hitting games that will decide which teams progress towards next week's Divisional play-offs.

KEVIN KLINE LINDA RONSTADT The 1870s. • On board a pirate ship anchored off Cornwall, the crew is celebrating the release from his pirate indentures of their young apprentice Frederic. Based on the stage production by Joseph Papp.

1.40 to 3.10am Eurythmics Live from Rome

See film guide, beginning page 47

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Pirate King Mabel Stanley

Recorded at The Rome Palaeur in October, this was the Eurythmics' last Revival tour concert in Europe. Digital Stereo Sound (London Yorkshire only) PRODUCER LORENZO CAMERANA DIRECTOR EGBERT VAN HEES

Kevin Kline Linda Ronstadt

Ruth the Cook Angela Lansbury Maj-Gen Stanley George Rose Rex Smith Frederic Tony Azito The Sergeant Louise Gold Edith (sung by Alexandra Corey) David Hatton Samuel (sung by Stephen Hanan) Teresa Codling Kate

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11.55pm The New Year Show

11.20pm Sticky New Year with Julian Clary

12.30am Under Siege A muchneeded few days' relaxation for FBI director John Garry and his wife Gloria comes to an abrupt end when they hear of a terrorist bombing at Fort Bladensburg. It is the first of a series of devastating terrorist strikes that threaten to bring the whole of the United States to its knees ... See film guide, beginning page 47 John Garry Peter Strauss Pres Maxwell Monroe Hal Holbrook Harold Sloan E G Marshall

Gloria Victoria Tennant Margaret Beatrice Straight Andrew Simon Paul Winfield Geoffrey Mason Adams Fritz Weaver Bernard Warren George Grizzard Stan Shaw Nick Tutman John Pace Lew Ayres Dan Murphy Frederick Coffin Kathy Murphy Ann Sweeny Gen Lord Gerald S O'Loughlin Ambassador Moktasanni David Opatoshu Saman Kadassi Kavi Raz Abu Ladeen Thaao Penghlis TELEPLAY BOB WOODWARD, CHRISTIAN WILLIAMS, RICHARD HARWOOD, ALFRED SOLE DIRECTOR ROGER YOUNG

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3.10 to 5.00am Chrisina Simon Brice is standing in • line in the unemployment office

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when a beautiful young woman takes him aside and offers him $25,000 if he will marry her and then divorce her right away. Simon is eventually persuaded to go along with the bizarre scheme - but things then start to turn out a great deal differently from what he had expected. See film guide, beginning page 47 Christina/Kay Barbara Parkins Simon Brice Peter Haskell Donovan James McEachin Greta Marlyn Mason Mrs Brice Barbara Gordon Madame Concordia Audrey Kniverton Timothy Murphy Wally McSween Miss Cooper Mary Monks Otto Wensal Otto Lowy SCREENPLAY TREVOR WALLACE DIRECTOR PAUL KRASNY

Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta 'The Pirates of Penzance' goes modern. See at 9.15pm

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11.30am Ice Skating THE SKATE ELECTRIC UK INTERNATIONAL GALA Nick Owen introduces a holiday gala celebrating the finals of the Skate Electric UK International at Richmond. With the European Championships coming up later this month in Leningrad, this is an opportunity to see many of the leading contenders in action. World bronze medallist Grzegorz Filipowski from Poland and Simone Koch from East Germany skate to their favourite music. There is also a chance to see the latest ice dance team from the Soviet Union, Angelika Krylova and Vladimir Leliukh. Enjoy the start of a new year on ice. The commentator is Simon Reed. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER PHIL KING EDITOR BRYAN TREMBLE PRODUCER/DIRECTOR DOUG HAMMOND

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12.30pm ITN News followed by

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12.35pm The Last Starfighter LANCE GUEST DAN O'HERLIHY ROBERT PRESTON Teenager Alex Rogan thinks nothing of it when he breaks the all-time record on a `Starfighter' video game. But his prowess as a marksman is being monitored from another world. Alex is visited by a silent figure called Centauri who whisks him away to the far-off planet of Rylos. Here, he discovers that the video game was designed by Centauri to assess the combat skills of prospective Starfighters and that the adversaries Alex has 'destroyed' on the machine are in fact real adversaries. Only Alex can save the galaxy against an armada of interstellar marauders. See film guide, beginning page 47 Alex Rogan

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MEW YEARt DAY 10.35am The Batman

2.00pm National Velvet

Chapter 10

Velvet Brown is the happiest girl in Dorse when she wins a horse called The Pi in a raffle. Together with her friend, former jockey Mi Taylor, Velvet trains the horse to become a first-class steeplechaser.

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9.25am Sesame Street Steve Ovett, Wasim Akram and Sally Jones get set for 'Krypton Factor Celebrity Special', 4.15pm

2.30pm NEW Nonni BASED ON THE NOVELS OF JON SVENSSON

First of a four-part mini-series about the adventures of two boys in Iceland at the end of the last century. Twelve-year-old Nonni lives on the family farm with his mother, Sigrid, his brother, Manni and his grandmother. A stranger brings news of the boys' missing father. It particularly interests the despised Magnus Hansson, who wishes to marry their mother. Sigrid Lisa Harrow Harald Luc Merenda Magnus Stuart Wilson Nonni Gadar Thor Cortes Manni Einar Om Einarsson The grandmother Concha Hidalgo Julli the shepherd Johann G Johannson Thorstein Klaus Grunberg

4.15pm The Krypton Factor Celebrity Special GORDON BURNS WASIM AKRAM BOB CHAMPION SALLY JONES STEVE OVETT Steve Coogan Four sporting celebrities do battle in Krypton's six demanding rounds, including a simulated landing of a Hawk jet fighter. To make it even tougher, each star has to drop one round and gamble on what his or her strongest five are. Victory brings a cheque for £5,000 to go to the charity of the winner's

choice. Watch out for appearances by Sean Connery and Dustin Hoffman (alias Steve Coogan).

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4.50 to 7.00pm The Match NOTTINGHAM FOREST v LIVERPOOL Live coverage from the City Ground, Nottingham. Brian Clough's young Forest team have made encouraging progress in recent weeks and will offer a strong challenge to Liverpool's championship aspirations. Liverpool have recovered from a faltering November and they remain odds-on to win the title. Brian Moore is the commentator and Elton Welsby the host. Plus, a round-up of the day's results and the goals from the afternoon's other Division One games.

10.55am I Dream of Jeannie: 15 Years Later Jeannie the genie, happily married to former astronaut Tony Nelson, is disgus ed when he breaks h s promise to stay in retirement. See film guide, beginning page 47 Jeannie/Jeannie ll Barbara Eden Tony Nelson Wayne Rogers Capt Roger Healey Bill Daily Dr Alfred Bellows Hayden Rorke Wes Morrison John Bennett Perry T J Mackenzie Astin Scheherezade Dody Goodman Andre DeShields Haji

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12.40pm Squire of a Norfolk Cabbage Patch

RICHARD WHITELEY CAROL THATCHER The start of series 19, with contestants Eileen Whitworth and Linda Munden.

Alan Bloom is 80 years old and wears earrings and his white hair long. He doesn't consider himself to be an eccentric, just a breaker of conventions. Alan is one of the most successful and respected nurserymen in the country. At his home in Bressingham Hall in Norfolk, he talks about his life. Central Television Production

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Velvet Elizabeth Taylor Mi Taylor Mickey Rooney Mr Brown Donald Crisp Edwina Angela Lansbury Mrs Brown Anne Revere Farmer Ede Reginald Owen Hallam Arthur Shields Green ford Dennis Hoey

TELEPLAY IRMA KALISH DIRECTOR WILLIAM ASHER

PRODUCER/DIRECTOR KEITH ACKRILL

ELIZABETH TAYLOR MICKEY ROONEY DONALD CRISP

See film guide, beginning page 47

1.10pm Best of Star Test Wendy James faces the Star Test computer. t

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5.00 to 6.45pm Margot Fonteyn This programme was first shown to mark the 70th birthday of Margot Fonteyn, when she talked about her life for the first time on television. With Ninette de Valois, Frederick Ashton and Rudolf Nureyev. Oracle subtitles page 888

`Taggart' (right) and Jardine. See ITV, 8.30pm

PRODUCER/DIRECTOR PATRICIA FOY

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1.40pm Alice Further adventures. The full-length film is on tonight at 12.50.

Celebrated ballerina 'Margot Fonteyn', an unbelievable 70 years old, gives a fascinating personal account of her remarkable career: 5.00pm

IMES 23 December 1989-5 January 1990

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER SANDRA MORGAN PRODUCER JOHN B MEADE DIRECTOR TERRY HENEBERY

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER TREVOR EAST DIRECTORS TED AYLING, JOHN WATTS, STUART WILSON EDITOR JEFF FARMER

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5.00am ITN News 6.00 TV-am 9.25 Bigfoot: King of the Monster Trucks Interceptor 10.30 11.30 Ice Skating 12.30pm ITN News 12.35 Film: The Last Starfighter Nonni 2.30 4.15 The Krypton Factor Celebrity Special 4.45 ITN News 4.50 The Match Wish You Were 7.00 Here . . ? 7.30 Coronation Street Mr Bean 8.00 8.30 Taggart 10.00 ITN News 10.20 Hands of a Stranger 12.10am Film: Trail of the Pink Panther 1.55 Film: Stripes 4.00 Music of the 80s Don't Look Back?

6.00am The C4 Daily' Sesame Street 9.25 10.25 The Adventures of Tintin The Batman 10.35 10.55 Film: I Dream of Jeannie: 15 Years Later 12.40pm Squire of a Norfolk Cabbage Patch 1.10 Best of Star Test 1.40 Alice 2.00 Film: National Velvet 4.20 Ether Symphony 4.30 Countdown 5.00 Margot Fonteyn News f/b 6.45 Hostages f/b Weather 8.00 Brookside 8.30 The A-Z of TV 11.35 Short and Curlies: The Zip 11.50 Because We Must 12.50am Alice 2.25 Close

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Granada 7.00pm Wish You Were Here . . .? JUDITH CHALMERS ANNEKA RICE JOHN CARTER Tonight's special programme for the start of a new decade of holidays is devoted to the American Sunshine State of Florida, which forges ahead as a holiday destination as the popularity of the Mediterranean wanes. Judith reports from Fort Lauderdale on the east coast. John tests a flydrive holiday on the west coast and Anneka looks at the latest attractions around Orlando, including the MGM film studio at Disney World. Written by Robin Dewhurst, John Carter and Peter Hughes. For full details of the holidays featured see Oracle page 194. Oracle subtitles page 888

There's always something to write home about on a Blakes Country Cottage holiday. The peace and quiet, the picture postcard views and, of course, the first class accommodation. Choose from over 1,500 outstanding properties the length and breadth of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Every one of them can be found in the 1990 Blakes 254 page colour brochure, complete with information about the area and most with detailed floor plans. Which means the only surprises on your country cottage holiday will be pleasant ones. Prices start from under k 25 per person per week. And if you want to holiday further afield, remember that we also offer a wide selection of villas and gites in some of the most attractive areas of France, Italy and Spain. For your free copy, Dial-a-brochure 0533 460606 any time. Quote ref: T T 31

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This week's cast: Deirdre Barlow Anne Kirkbride Ken Barlow William Roache Bet Gilroy Julie Goodyear Alec Gilroy Roy Barraclough Don Brennan Geoff Hinsliff Tracy Barlow Dawn Acton Alf Roberts Bryan Mosley Jim McDonald Charles Lawson Betty Turpin Betty Driver Tina Fowler Michelle Holmes Liz McDonald Beverley Callard Steve McDonald Simon Gregory Andy McDonald Nicholas Cochrane Emily Bishop Eileen Derbyshire Audrey Roberts Sue Nicholls Lynne Perrie Ivy Brennan Bill Waddington Percy Wendy Crozier Roberta Kerr Sally Webster Sally Whittaker Mrs Battersby Frances Cox Rita Fairclough Barbara Knox Derek Wilton Peter Baldwin Mavis Wilton Thelma Barlow Gail Tilsley Helen Worth Maurice Jones Alan Moore Jenny Sally Ann Matthews Nicky Tilsley Warren Jackson Martin Platt Sean Wilson Sarah Louise Tilsley Lynsay King Tommy Markham Ted Beyer Victoria Arden Helen Warburton Tim Arden John Flannagan Sandra Kathy Jamieson Ian Keith Pc Henry WRITER SUE ASHBY STORY EDITOR TOM ELLIOTT STORIES DIANE CULVERHOUSE, TREVOR SUTHERS DESIGNER STEPHEN GRAHAM DIRECTOR RICHARD HOLTHOUSE PRODUCER MERVYN WATSON

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8.00pm Mr Bean BY RICHARD CURTIS, ROWAN ATKINSON, BEN ELTON

ROWAN ATKINSON RICHARD BRIERS A comedy special for New Year's evening. Mr Bean, without many words, takes an exam, sunbathes and goes to church. He also drives badly. Mr Bean Rowan Atkinson Paul Bown Student Invigilator Rudolph Walker Man on beach Roger Sloman Mr Sprout Richard Briers Organist Howard Goodall DESIGNER GILLIAN MILES PRODUCER/DIRECTOR JOHN HOWARD DAVIES

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8.30pm Taggart MARK McMANUS LOVE KNOT BY GLENN CHANDLER

A complete crime drama featuring Det Chief Insp Jim Taggart. A girl's body is dredged up from the River Clyde, her features mutilated to prevent recognition. Taggart's investigation takes him and Jardine to a spectacular part of the Scottish Highlands. Det Chief lnsp Taggart Mark McManus Det Sgt Jardine James Macpherson Supt McVitie lain Anders Countess von Aschenberg Jenny Runacre

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7.30pm Coronation Street Although confined to barracks, Steve and Andy McDonald find a way of completely destroying the peace talks between their father and Alf Roberts. Deirdre makes a decision that will drastically affect her

Crisis looms for Deirdre Barlow (Anne Kirkbride) and husband Ken (William Roache) at 7.30pm

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10.00pm ITN News followed by ITV National Weather with MARTYN DAVIES

10.20pm' Hands of a Stranger ARMAND ASSANTE BLAIR BROWN BEVERLY D'ANGELO First of a two-part drama. Joe Hearn, recently promoted to head of the Narcotics Bureau, finds his search for the rapist who assaulted his wife, Mary, is complicated by his romantic involvement with assistant district attorney Diane Benton. The story concludes on Wednesday at 10.35pm. Joe Hearn Armand Assante Diane Benton Blair Brown Mary Hearn Beverly D'Angelo Capt Cirillo Michael Lerner Helen Patricia Richardson Felix Lyttle Arliss Howard Marty Loftus Philip Casnoff Pearson Sam McMurray Sgt Delaney Forest Whitaker Ligouri Tony Rosato Billy Hearn Ben Affleck Sara Polley Suzie Hearn

New Years Night at the Movies:

wings his way to the scene of the crime, Clouseau's plane disappears. In the uncertainty surrounding Clouseau's disappearance, top French TV reporter Marie Jouvet begins to research his life. See film guide, beginning page 47 Insp Clouseau Peter Sellers Sir Charles Litton David Niven Dreyfus Herbert Lom Clouseau Sr Richard Mulligan Marie Jouvet Joanna Lumley Lady Litton Capucine Bruno Robert Loggia Prof Balls Harvey Korman Cato Burt Kwouk Hercule Graham Stark SCREENPLAY TOM WALDMAN, FRANK WALDMAN, BLAKE EDWARDS, GEOFFREY EDWARDS DIRECTOR BLAKE EDWARDS

followed by ITN News Headlines

1.55am Stripes BILL MURRAY WARREN OATES Photographer John Winger, fed up with ife going wrong on him after his latest girl walks ou , impulsively persuades his friend Russell Ziskey to volunteer with him for service in the US army. At Fort Arnold, they find themselves part of a platoon of misfits. See film guide, beginning page 47 John Winger Bill Murray Russell Ziskey Harold Ramis Sgt Hulka Warren Oates Dewey Oxberger John Candy P J Soles Stella Louise Sean Young Elmo Judge Reinhold Capt Stillman John Lan- oguette Cruiser John Diehl Gen Barnicke Robert J Wilke Col Glass Lance LeGault Anita Roberta Leighton SCREENPLAY LEN BLUM, DAN GOLDBERG, HAROLD RAMIS DIRECTOR IVAN REITMAN

followed by ITN News Headlines

Year. Serious rifts develop in the Corkhill household; and an old friend of Jonathan's arrives with an attractive business plan. Oracle subtitles page 888

6.45pm News Summary followed by

Hostages British hostages, Brian Keenan, John McCarthy and Terry Waite have spent over 1000 days in captivity in the Lebanon. In this special New Year's Day documentary, we look at the political background to hostage-taking, at the plight of hostages themselves, and at the effects on their families. We trace the responses of governments and ask: Is there any end to this modern scourge? PRODUCER ROISIN McAULEY

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followed by

Weather. 8.00pm Brookside More drama as the inhabitants of the Merseyside housing estate enter the New Tonight Channel 4 brings to your screens a three-hour extravaganza of nostalgia and TV history. Some of the funniest, strangest and most memorable moments from the archives have been compiled in this celebration of productions which have been shown on British television over the years.

4.00 to 5.00am Music of the 80s - Don't Look Back?

12.10am Trail of the Pink Panther PETER SELLERS DAVID NIVEN HERBERT LOM RICHARD MULLIGAN The fabulous Pink Panther diamond is once again reported missing. There's only one man for the job of locating it - the peerless Inspector Clouseau. But, as he

Programmes in adjoining areas are as Granada except for: CENTRAL 4.00am to 5.00am 60 Minutes. YORKSHIRE 4.00am to 5.00am Trans World Sport. HTV (Wales) 4.00am Steve Hackett; 4.45 to 5.00am 50 Years On. BORDER 12.35pm The Sleeping Beauty; 1.$Spm to 2.30pm Scotsport Review '89.

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An original celebration of the best and some of the worst in British television. An alphabetical blockbusting, curious,. daring, enticing, fab, glossy, hilarious, indulgent, jaunty, kaleidoscopic, legendary, manic, nostalgic, off-the-wall, provocative, quirky, revelatory, snappy, thrilling, ubiquitous, vivacious, wacky, Xrated, Y-fronted, zany celebration of British television brought to you in 26 bite-sized chunks. Introduced by 26 presenters including Michael Patin, Beryl Reid, Sir Michael Hordern, Lady Penelope and many more. For more details see panel. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER JOHN WYVER PRODUCER LINDA ZUCK DIRECTOR PHIL McDONALD

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11.50pm Because We Must MICHAEL CLARK A specially commissioned television version of Michael Clark's 1987 Christmas stage show transports the dancers from the theatre to a painted forest, the back room of a pub and into a dazzling video sequence. The show features an eclectic range of music, from Chopin to a children's band, and costumes by designers Bodymap and Leigh Bowery. Digital Stereo Sound (London/Yorkshire only) PRODUCER JOLYON WIMHURST

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11.35pm Short and Curlies: The Zip

12.50 to 2.25am Alice

BY MICHEL PARRY

Another in Channel 4's season of short British films. Eric, a disgruntled white-collar worker, is shocked one day to find a large zip running

For those who've missed the daily segments, a chance to catch up with the whole feature-length version of Jan Svankmajer's combined animation/live-action film.

The A-Z of TV The programme is split into 26 alphabetical sections, each section having a theme that is introduced by a different celebrity. Each of these presenters has a particular, if sometimes oblique, relationship to the theme they are introducing. The alphabetical segments (A to Z) vary in length from 20 seconds to 20 minutes and are compiled from fivesecond snippets to four-minute extracts.

For example, A is for Ally Pally and the birth of BBC Television and some of the programmes produced in TV's infancy. M is for Morgue and the great moments of nausea and terror from the vaults. R is for Restricted, notable causes celebres and programmes never broadcast. T is for Tomorrows and the future of television. And Z is, of course, for Zebedee, 'Time for bed'.

From top right: `Dixon of Dock Green', `Animal Magic', 'Z Cars', 'Thunderbirds, `The Avengers' and dancers Pan's People

Part One The first of two programmes looking at popular music, styles and events during the last decade. Part two will be shown on Friday.

Sarah Lam Caroline Choi Michael Choi David Yip Jessica Choi Anna Sung Billy Corkhill John McArdle Tracy Corkhill Justine Kerrigan Sheila Grant Sue Johnston Jonathan Gordon Davies Steven Pinner Terry Sullivan Brian Regan Sue Sullivan Annie Miles Chrissy Rogers Eithne Browne Frank Rogers Peter Christian Geoff Rogers Kevin Carson Katie Rogers Diane Burke Stephen Choi Kwong Chee Leong Jimmy Corkhill Dean Sullivan Harry Cross Bill Dean Barry Grant Paul Usher Alison Alyson Spiro Jane Ann Beach James Markham Tom Mannion Sinbad Michael Starke Jack William Maxwell Dave Lloyd McGuire Guy Christopher Villiers Clive Marsland Kenneth Hadley Lenny Roberts Stephen MacKenna Sarah Townes Julianne White Don Waterson Bryan Reynolds

8.30pm The A-Z of TV

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10.00am The Magic Mirror

Granada 5.00am ITN Morning News

iv-am 6.00 to 9.25am 6.00 Good Morning Britain Richard Keys presents the first hour of the current affairs programme. At 7.00 Mike Morris and Linda Mitchell look at the latest news with sport and City updates. Lisa Aziz reads the news on the hour and half-hour and Ulrika Jonsson has the weather

news. 8.50 Wacaday Presented by Timmy Mallett with Mallett's Mallet, cartoon fun including Galaxy High and the Wacsaw Puzzle phone - in game. Plus The Ten Days of Wacmas with the Wacvent Calendar, Wactors and Wactresses and much more fun and madness.

9.25 to 10.40am Children's ITV presented by JEANNE DOWNS AND SCALLY

The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin FATHER'S DAY A mysterious stranger is searching for Tweeg and he is forced to defend himself.

9.50am Granada News

LONG BUBBLE AND CRYSTAL CLARE/THE SHARPEST WITCH Moira Stuart is at the top of the Broadway Tower, in the heart of the Cotswolds, because from there you can see for miles - just like Crystal Clare. Apprentice chef Roy Ackerman creates a meal from things available in fields as an introduction to The Sharpest Witch.

10.25am Bugs Bunny The hare-brained rabbit in: Hurdy Gurdy Hare and Southern Fried Rabbit.

10.40am ITN News Headlines 10.45am Knight Rider DAVID HASSELHOFF Ex-Vietnam veteran and undercover policeman Michael Long is seriously injured when attempting to arrest a circle of industrial saboteurs. His life is saved by the exclusive medical attention provided by millionaire inventor Wilton Knight. See film guide, beginning page 47 Michael David Hasselhoff Devon Miles Edward Mulhare Wilson Vince Edwards Wilton Richard Basehart Tanya Phyllis Davis TELEPLAY GLEN A LARSON DIRECTOR DAN HALLER

12.30pm Home and Away The coffee shop opens. Repeated at 6.00pm. This week's cast: Tom Roger Oakley

Frank Alex Papps Carly Sharyn Hodgson Adam Willits Steven Nicolle Dickson Bobby Ailsa Judy Nunn Fisher Norman Coburn Martin Craig Thomson Stacey Sandie Lillingston Phillip John Morris Neville Frank Lloyd Lance Peter Vroom Roo Justine Clark Celia Fiona Spence Matt Greg Benson Floss Sheila Kennelly Martha Alison Mulvaney Young Celia Gilda Ferguson Barbara Barbara Stephens 'B' Eve Kellman Les Grahame Lancaster Pippa Vanessa Downing Nick Robert Taylor Alf Ray Meagher

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6.00 to 9.25am 6.00 News Summary 6.08 International Sports News Including Kickback.

ITN News at One Including the ITV National Weather.

1.20pm Granada News 1.30 to 2.00pm An Invitation to Remember 50th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL Part One

Special programme in which Michael Denison and Dulcie Gray reflect on 50 years of marriage and acting. Part two is at the same time tomorrow. ITV variations Programmes in adjoining areas are as Granada except for CENTRAL 1.30pm to 2.00 Chain Letters; 3.30 to 4.00 The Young Doctors; 6.25 to 7.00 Central News; 7.30 to 8.00 Only When I Laugh; 3.10am Film: Fiend Without a Face. Invisible creatures kill people for food. Starring Marshall Thompson; 4.35 to 5.00am Jobfinder. YORKSHIRE 1.30pm to 2.00 Farmhouse Kitchen; 3.30 to 4.00 The Young Doctors; 6.00 Calendar; 6.30 to 7.00 Blockbusters. HTV (Wales) 1.30pm to 2.00 The Sullivans; 3.30 to 4.00 The Young Doctors; 6.00 Wales at Six; 6.30 to 7.00pm Blockbusters. BORDER 1.30pm to 2.00 Scotland the What?; 6.00 Lookaround Tuesday; 6.30 to 7.00pm Blockbusters.

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6.14 Weather and Travel 6.15 Business Daily 6.30 World News 6.43 News Headlines, Weather, Travel; Comic Book Dennis

7.00 News Summary 7.08 Business Daily 7.15 News Headlines, Weather, Travel; Box Office 7.30 World News 7.46 Business Daily 7.50 International Sports News Including Kickback.

7.55 Weather, Travel 8.00 News Headlines; Streetwise 8.16 News Headlines, Weather, Travel; Box Office 8.30 World News 8.45 Countdown Masters 8.50 Comic Book Dennis

9.00 News Headlines; Streetwise 9.15 Business Daily

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See film guide, beginning page 47 Miss Adams Joan Blondell Patten George Brent 2nd nurse Mae Madison John Wray Hugo Paula Brent Ruth Hall Herbert Wynne Allan Lane Dr Stewart C Henry Gordon Charles Donald Dilloway Aunt Juliet Elizabeth Patterson SCREENPLAY NIVEN BUSCH, LILLIAN HAYWARD DIRECTOR LLOYD BACON

12.10pm Alice

9.25am Sesame Street The letters are X and C and the number is 0. With guest star Linda Ronstadt.

12.30pm Business Daily

10.25am The Adventures of Tintin

DERMOT MURNAGHAN Today's fifth edition of the business TV news service.

10.35am The Batman

1.00 to 2.00pm Rowing

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10.55am Miss Pinkerton When Herbert Wynne - who lived with his aged aunt, Juliet Mitchell - is found dead in his room, Inspector Patten believes he was murdered for insurance money. Miss Mitchell is suffering from shock, so Patten calls in the services of a nurse, Miss Adams, to look

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after her. She has worked with Patten before and is so clever at finding clues that he has nicknamed her 'Miss Pinkerton', after the famous detective agency.

Final episode in Wonderland for Jan Svankmajer's Alice.

Chapter 11

With an ultra-modern computerised car as his steed, valiant 'Knight Rider' (David Hasselhoff) charges into battle against assorted villains

All pull together in The Leyland Daf Sprint Championship, 1.00pm

THE LEYLAND DAF POWER SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIP 1989 A repeat of last year's 500-metre sprints through the centres of four English towns, beginning with Abingdon. This series of four programmes climaxes with a national final at Peterborough. Presented by Sally McNair and Daniel Topolski with commentator David Goldstrom. DIRECTOR PAUL GAWITH EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DAVID GOLDSTROM

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5.00am ITN News TV-am 6.00 9.25 Teddy Ruxpin 9.50 Granada News 10.00 The Magic Mirror 10.25 Bugs Bunny 10.40 ITN News 10.45 Film: Knight Rider 12.30pm Home and Away 1.00 ITN News 1.20 Granada News 1.30 An Invitation to Remember Nonni 2.00 3.25 Granada News 3.30 Sons and Daughters Fraggle Rock 4.00 4.15 Bugs Bunny T Bag and the 4.20 Pearls of Wisdom 4.40 Count Duckula Blockbusters 5.10 5.40 ITN News Home and Away 6.00 Granada Tonight 6.30 7.00 Emmerdale Survival 7.30 The Bill 8.00 Shelley 8.30 TV Times Top 10 9.00 Awards News at Ten 10.00 10.30 Granada News 10.35 First Tuesday 11.35 Film: For a Few Dollars More 2.00am Queen: The Magic Years 3.10 Film: Killing Cars

C4 6.00am The C4 Daily 9.25 Sesame Street 10.25 The Adventures of Tintin The Batman 10.35 10.55 Miss Pinkerton 12.10pm Alice Business Daily 12.30 1.00 Rowing 2.00 The Senior Service 2.15 Exmoor Village Black Forest 2.45 Clinic The History of 3.35 Grease The Oprah 3.40 Winfrey Show 4.30 Countdown The Lone Ranger 5.00 Street Hockey 5.30 6.00 Gophers! 6.30 The Cosby Show 7.00 Channel 4 News 7.50 Comment f/b Weather 8.00 By Word of Mouth 8.30 That's Entertaining Drink Brewing 9.00 Trouble 10.00 The Short and Curlies 10.15 Film: 'Round Midnight 12.50am Mozart in Japan 2.05 Close -

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which has a magnificent lighthouse. And it's not long before the lighthouse keeper is thrown out of his home by the woman. He calls on the help of Sally Simpkins and on her arrival she finds herself face to face with Tabatha Bag and TShirt who are up to their dirty tricks again. Tabatha Bag Georgina Hale John Hasler T-Shirt Sally Kellie Bright Captain Cockle Ivan Beavis

Part two of this fourpart Icelandic adventure. Harald is still being hunted by Magnus Hansson, who has accused him of murder. Meanwhile, brothers Nonni and Manni must face the dangerous sea.

4.40pm Count Duckula

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3.25pm Granada News 3.30pm Sons and Daughters Australian drama. Karen orders Wayne to get rid of Katie. Bob Amanda Liz Gordon Barbara Wayne Irene Karen Fiona Jill Katie

Philip Quest Alyce Platt Julia Moody Brian Blain Cornelia Frances Ian Rawlings Judy Nunn Lyndel Rowe Pat McDonald Kim Lewis Jane Seaborn

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MYSTERIES OF THE WAX MUSEUM In London town our heroes meet . . . themselves! Who are the real Duckula, Igor and Nanny? Will Soames and Poatson solve the mystery? Animation director is Jean Flynn, narrator Barry Clayton. With the voices of: Count Duckula David Jason Jack May Igor Brian Trueman Nanny Dr Von Goosewing Jimmy Hibbert Additional voices Ruby Wax DIRECTOR CHRIS RANDALL EXECUTIVE PRODUCER JOHN HAMBLEY PRODUCERS MARK HALL, BRIAN COSGROVE

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4.00 to 5.10pm Children's ITV presented by JEANNE DOWNS and SCALLY

NEW Fraggle Rock THE GREAT RADISH ROUND-UP The Gorgs decide to stop planting radishes and plant only Binoony Berries which the Fraggles can't stand. Created by Jim Henson.

4.15pm Bugs Bunny PEOPLE ARE BUNNY Bugs is lured to a TV studio by Daffy Duck on the pretext of taking part in a 'Giveaway' show.

4.20pm NEW T-Bag and the Pearls of Wisdom BY LEE PRESSMAN AND GRANT CATHRO

GEORGINA HALE JOHN HASLER KELLIE BRIGHT A blonde and beautiful woman arrives in a peaceful seaside town

5.10pm NEW Blockbusters BOB HOLNESS The fast-moving general knowledge quiz show is back for a seventh series - this time with a difference. Instead of five Gold Runs there are now three before a contestant retires. Reigning champion at the end of series six is Anu Sekhri, of Newcastle Royal Grammar School, who returns to battle. Aiming to beat him are Jonathon Morris and Rebekah Lambert from Sandown High School on the Isle of Wight. Host is Bob Holness.

6.30pm Granada Tonight A new name and a new time for Granada's early evening update of news and behind-thescenes stories from the studios in Liverpool, Manchester, Chester and Lancaster. The programme features consumer reports, sport and local personalities. Plus the North West's campaigning and welfare rights spot, Granada Action. EDITOR JOHN HUNTLEY PRODUCERS ROB McLOUGHLIN, JEFF ANDERSON NEWS EDITORS HELEN BOWDUR, GED CLARKE, KEN DALY, MIKE NALLY

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7.00pm Emmerdale The writing's on the wall for Pete Whiteley when Lynn lets on she knows about the affair. This week's cast: Annie Sugden Sheila Mercier Ronald Magill Amos Arthur Pentelow Mr Wilks Frazer Hines Joe Sugden Dolly Skilbeck Jean Rogers Clive Hornby Jack Sugden Richard Thorp Alan Turner Kathy Merrick Malandra Burrows Seth Stan Richards Kate Sugden Sally Knyvette Mark Hughes Craig McKay Rachel Hughes Glenda McKay Kim Tate Claire King Christopher Tate Peter Amory Leah Bracknell Zoe Tate Cy Chadwick Nick Bates Eric Pollard Christopher Chittell Sarah Madeleine Howard Bill Middleton Johnny Caesar Teddy Turner Bill Whiteley Jim Millea Pete Whiteley

Lynn Whiteley Fionnuala Ellwood David Hughes Martyn Whitby Sam Skilbeck Benjamin Whitehead WRITER DAVID JOSS BUCKLEY DESIGNER LOU BEAUMONT DIRECTOR TIM DOWD PRODUCER STUART DOUGHTY EXECUTIVE PRODUCER KEITH RICHARDSON

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7.30pm Survival THE UPS AND DOWNS OF THE OTTER Hunting left the otter population virtually unharmed for centuries; it took advanced pesticides to cause real damage. Now there are signs that otters are recovering in parts of Britain, but not in others. This programme investigates the plight of this harmless and beautiful animal. Narrator is Brian Redhead. EDITOR HOWARD MARSHALL WRITER/PRODUCER MALCOLM PENNY

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8.00pm The Bill BY THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH BY ARTHUR McKENZIE

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8.30pm Shelley HYWEL BENNETT A PROBLEM AIRED BY ANDY HAMILTON

There comes a time in life when all the bits start dropping off - and quick repairs or adjustments are necessary! Shelley has to face these home truths after a visit to the optician, and when a dodgy tooth plays up. James Shelley Hywel Bennett Graham Andrew CasteII Sara Kestelman Optician Clive Swift Robson Nurse Webb Georgina Melville Hargreaves Peter Cellier DESIGNER DAVID RICHENS PRODUCER/DIRECTOR ANTHONY PARKER

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9.00pm TVTimes Top 10 Awards See panel

10.30pm Granada News 10.35pm First Tuesday OLIVIA O'LEARY SOUTH AFRICA'S DEATH FACTORY South Africa's Death Row forms part of Pretoria's Central Prison. This is where all condemned prisoners are hanged. More than 1200 people were executed on South Africa's gallows during the Eighties - the highest total of any nation in the 'civilised' world. In an investigation into the way the apartheid regime operates the death penalty, First Tuesday follows a mother preparing for the death of her son and meets those still haunted by the execution of a relative. Featured is an extraordinary interview with Pretoria's hangman, who claimed the lives of 1500 victims during his reign as executioner - and reveals secretly filmed footage of the burial of five Death Row prisoners. FILM EDITOR TERRY WARWICK RESEARCH GLYN MIDDLETON DIRECTOR IAN STUTTARD PRODUCERS IAN STUTTARD, ANNE WEBBER

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TVTimes Top 10 Awards

9.00 to 10.00pm Des O'Connor is this year's host of the Awards Show where the winners are decided by you the readers of TVTimes. Find out tonight who collects the coveted trophies for 1989. Among the categories are: Best Actor and Actress, Favourite Sports Personality, Favourite Singer or Group, Favourite Children's Personality and Favourite Male and Female Personalities. In addition, TVTimes editor Richard Barber presents his Special Award for an outstanding contribution to television. Music director is Colin Keyes, script by Neil Shand and Eddie Braben. See page 4

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6.00pm Home and Away

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hairdresser. The hairdresser is Betty. Betty lives with her daughter, Charlene, who isn't very cheerful. And Clive and Joy live happily ever after.

11.35pm Starring Clint Eastwood .. . FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE Deadly bounty hunter Colonel Douglas Mortimer arrives in the Texas town of El Paso after collecting the reward on his latest victim. He meets another bounty hunter and, without quite trusting each other, they join forces in pursuit of Indio, a deranged killer. An Italian film with English dialogue. See film guide, beginning page 47 The Stranger Clint Eastwood Mortimer Lee Van Cleef Indio Gian Maria Volonte Hunchback Klaus Kinski Maria Rosemarie Dexter Pedro Mario Brega SCREENPLAY SERGIO LEONE, LUCIANO VINCENZONI DIRECTOR SERGIO LEONE

2.00am Queen: The Magic Years Celebration of the top rock band. With contributions from Elton John, Phil Collins and Tina Turner. followed by ITN News Headlines

3.10 to 5.00am Killing Cars Ralph Korda, playboy and a master engineer has patented a new kind of engine that dispenses with petrol. He soon finds himself being tailed by mysterious characters. A West German film with English dialogue. See film guide, beginning page 47 Korda Jurgen Prochnow Marie Senta Berger Kellermann Daniel Gelin Mahoney William Conrad Violet Agnes Soral Niki Stefan Meinke Von der Mahle Dr Hein Dina

Bernhard Wicki Peter Matic Marina Larsen

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10.15pm 'Round Midnight DEXTER GORDON 1959: Facing drink and drugs problems mirrored by he imminent death-of his friend and colleague Hershell, influential jazz saxophonist Dale Turner flees New York for Europe. Dale gets along well until news of Hershell's death prompts him to go on a bender. He is helped by young Frenchman Francis Borier, a great fan, who becomes preoccupied with Dale at the expense of his young daughter and estranged wife. Dale, accompanied by Francis, decides it is time to return to New York and his own daughter, Chan. In English with some French dialogue.

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Richard Cawley has a lot on his plate as he helps pensioners organise a barbecue at 8.30pm

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4: LUCCOMBE FUTURE If the cameras return to Luccombe in 2028 what will they find? We try to imagine what it will be like - will there be a tourist bus stuck in the main street? Will farming have given way to farm parks for children, or will Luccombe escape? Last in the series. Oracle subtitles page 888 WRITERS DAN FARSON, BRYAN IZZARD EDITOR JONATHAN HAYS DIRECTOR/PRODUCER BRYAN IZZARD

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2.45pm Black Forest Clinic 5: HELP FOR THE DYING Professor Brinkmann (Klausjurgen Wussow) discovers that life-anddeath decisions are not clear cut.

3.35pm The History of Grease Informative British cartoon.

3.40pm The Oprah Winfrey Show BARBARA BUSH In a candid interview Barbara Bush talks about her 44-year marriage to her childhood sweetheart, George Bush.

4.30pm Countdown The challenger is Beryl Lee from Dorset.

THE WRONG MAN A man is framed for murder. Made in black and white

5.30pm NEW Street Hockey The first of four programmes featuring action between Britain's top teams at the Tennents Super National Street Hockey Championships at the London Arena in Docklands. Today: Street Cruisers (Tunbridge Wells) play New World Stealers (Warrington). DIRECTOR NICK KENNERLEY EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ALAN SCALES

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6.00pm NEW Gophers! BY MARK MASON AND LEE CORNES

1: MOVING DAY A new comedy series set in a crazy animal world. When Gophers move to Sycamore Heights weird things happen. Puppet designer Ron Mueck. With Flaminia Cinque, Erik Collinson, Tessa Crockett, Sue Scott Davison, Carolyn Fairlie, Lou Hirsch, T D Rose, Tom Skippings, Jeremy Stockwell, Frederick Warder, Victoria Willing and Francis Wright. SERIES PRODUCER PATRICIA PEARSON PRODUCER MARK MASON DIRECTOR NICK WILLING

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6.30pm The Cosby Show FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL A repeat run of the hit US comedy set in the

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Huxtable household. Cliff (Bill Cosby) and Clair (Phylicia Rashad) enthusiastically reclaim their home at the end of the summer holidays as the children return to school.

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Weather 8.00pm NEW By Word of Mouth 1: WE ARE OUR STORIES A wealth of stories from all kinds of people - old and young, professional performers or the woman next door showing just how rich and varied storytelling. is. Devised by Mary Medlicott. DIRECTOR CHRIS ELLIS PRODUCER RUTH PANTOLEON

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8.30pm NEW That's Entertaining RICHARD CAWLEY 1: SAVE THE LAST DANCE Entertaining can be nerve-wracking. In this series Richard Cawley sets out to dispel the myth. Today he troubleshoots for some senior citizens who are eager to set up a fundraising barbecue but are fazed by the logistics of it all. EDITOR RICHARD COX DIRECTOR BOB LONG PRODUCER JANE WELLESLEY

Warner Sisters Production

9.00pm NEW Drink - Brewing Trouble

See film guide, beginning page 47

Alcohol has always played a central part in our culture. It's cheap, legal and available, a drug that oils the wheels of business and social life. This programme looks at the pub as social institution and small business; the landlord as host, entrepreneur and upholder of the law; the power and influence of the drinks industry; and at government policies affecting alcohol. For more information send large sae to C4 address 1 page 87.

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10.00pm The Short and Curlies BY MIKE LEIGH

ALISON STEADMAN DAVID THEWLIS SYLVESTRA LE TOUZEL WENDY NOTTINGHAM The film that lends its title to C4's series of shorts. Clive woos Joy, who works in a chemist's. Joy pays many visits to the

Dale Turner Dexter Gordon Francis Bonier

Francois Cluzet Sandra Reaves-Phillips Darcey Leigh Lonette McKee Sylvie Christine Pascal Eddie Wayne Herbie Hancock Ace Bobby Hutcherson Francis's father

Pierre Trabaud Francis's mother

Frederique Meininger Madame Queen

Liliane Rovere Hershell Hart Leroy BibbS Beau Ged Marlon Psychiatrist Benoit Regent Chan Victoria Gabrielle Platt Booker Arthur French Goodley Martin Scorsese Redon Philippe Noiret SCREENPLAY DAVID RAYFIEL BERTRAND TAVERNIER DIRECTOR BERTRAND TAVERNIER

12.50 to 2.05am Mozart in Japan MITSUKO UCHIDA THE ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA The programme is part-performance and part-documentary about Mitsuko Uchida, the brilliant young pianist renowned for her performances of Mozart piano concertos. PRODUCER MAUREEN MURRAY DIRECTOR/EDITOR TONY PALMER

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10.25am Daffy Duck

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In Aqua Duck Daffy has to make a choice between dying of thirst or losing his gold. And in Muscle Tussle Daffy decides to get in shape when another duck walks off with his girlfriend.

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4.00 to 5.10pm Children's ITV presented by JEANNE DOWNS and SCALLY

NEW Wowser He's just an average dog - big, shaggy and lovable. But then Wowser comes to live with Professor Dinghy. He becomes a 'guineadog', testing his master's weird inventions. They're usually unsuccessful. Is it Wowser's fault, or the Professor!s?

4.15pm NEW Rolf's Cartoon Club ROLF HARRIS Rolf kicks off the New Year with a new series of 21 programmes combining the best in new and classic cartoon entertainment with a look at how animation is created. RESEARCH MARTIN LAMB PRODUCER/DIRECTOR DOUG WILCOX

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4.40pm NEW Mr Majeika STANLEY BAXTER THERE'S A COACH COMING IN ... BY JENNY McDADE, BASED ON THE 'MR MAJEIKA' BOOKS BY HUMPHREY CARPENTER

First of seven new episodes about the failed wizard who's condemned to teaching at an English school after failing his wizardry exams. Mr Majeika and Melanie are chinwobblingly heartbroken at the thought of Thomas leaving Class 3. And when his place is taken by a Prince with an allergy to chocolate, all sorts of things happen .. . Stanley Baxter Mr Majeika Eve Ferret Pam Bigmore Worshipful Wizard Richard Murdoch Thomas Andrew Read Simeon Pearl Hamish Mr Potter Roland MacLeod Claire Sawyer Melanie Sanjiv Madan Prince Bunty Brace-Girdle

Fidelis Morgan Sgt Sevenoaks Robin Driscoll Pc Pluckley Tony Haase DESIGNER JOHN NEWTON CLARKE EDITOR BELINDA COTTRELL DIRECTOR MICHAEL KERRIGAN PRODUCER JOHN PRICE

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5.10 to 5.40pm Blockbusters BOB HOLNESS Brains, courage and a good sense of humour are useful attributes for the contestants taking part in this ingenious general knowledge quiz game hosted by Bob Holness. indicates repeat

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12.10pm The Three Stooges THE THREE LITTLE BEARS In need of cash, the Stooges decide to take up golf and win some big tournament money.

Christian scriptures, the Nag Hammadi Codices, which revealed the existence of a Gnostic version of Christianity. This repeated four-part series tells the story of this lost version of Christianity. Jesus

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Nigel Harrison Paul Dixey Raymond Ross Tim Pigott-Smith

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Including Kickback.

Made in black and white

3.30pm Sleeping Beauty

7.55 Weather, Travel 8.00 News Headlines; Streetwise 8.16 News, Weather, Travel; Box Office 8.30 World News 8.45 Countdown Masters 8.50 Comic Book

See film guide, beginning page 47

Fairy tale animated by Hales and Batchelor.

Dennis

9.00 News Headlines; Streetwise 9.15 Business Daily

9.25am Sesame Street Guest: James Galway.

10.25am The Adventures of Tintin 10.35am The Batman Chapter 12 Made in black and white

10.55am Turkey Time Christmas time at the seaside: Max and David are good Samaritans to Rose, a stranded concert-party pierrette. This is rather awkward for Max, who already has a sweetheart, but David is ready to take Rose off his hands. Made in black and white

See film guide, beginning page 47

`Mr Majeika' (Stanley Baxter) is on the lookout for surprises, and life sends him some: 4.40pm

The Adventures of Tintin' make even The Professor feel dizzy. Try to keep up at 10.25am

Max David Edwin

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with Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard and Bud Jamison DIRECTOR DEL LORD

12.30pm Business Daily DERMOT' MURNAGHAN Today's fifth edition.

1.00pm Rowing THE LEYLAND DAF POWER SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIP 1989 Today's rowing sprint on the River Ouse runs through the centre of historic York. Presented by Sally McNair and Daniel Topolski. Commentator David Goldstrom.

2.00pnt Return to Bewdley A look at the Severn

Valley Railway. The line links Kidderminster in Worcestershire with Bridgnorth in Shropshire. Narrated by Anton Rodgers.

3.40pm The Oprah Winfrey Show

2.30pm Gnostics 1: KNOWLEDGE OF THE HEART In 1945 an Egyptian peasant discovered a collection of early

ITN News TV-am Teddy Ruxpin Granada News The Magic Mirror Daffy Duck ITN News

Film: Monkeys, Go Home! 12.30pm Home and Away ITN News 1.00 Granada News 1.20 An Invitation to 1.30 Remember Nonni 2.00 Granada News 3.25 Coronation Street 3.30 Wowser 4.00 Rolf's Cartoon 4.15 Club Mr Majeika 4.40 Blockbusters 5.10 ITN News 5.40 Home and Away 6.00 Granada Tonight 6.30 This Is Your Life 7.00 Coronation Street 7.30 Inspector Morse 8.00 News at Ten 10.00 Granada News 10.30 Hands of a 10.35 Stranger 12.25am Film: The Rose Donahue 3.00 60 Minutes 3.55 4.45 Hall and Oates In Profile -

LOST AT SEA Survivors of shipwrecks tell their stories..

4.30pm Countdown Today's challenger is John Cruickshank from Aberdeen.

5.00pm Children from Many Countries 1: AS LONG AS HE CAN COUNT THE COWS A series filmed entirely on location, each tells the story of a young child in a changing world. Today, the award-winning story of Ugey from Bhutan who hates going to school. Narrated by Verontka Hyks .

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5.00am 6.00 9.25 9.50 10.00 10.25 10.40 10.45

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6.00arn The Channel Four Daily 9.25 Sesame Street 10.25 The Adventures of Tintin The Batman 10.35 Film: Turkey 10.55 Time 12.10pm Film: The Three Stooges Business Daily 12.30 Rowing 1.00 Return to 2.00 Bewdley Gnostics 2.30 Sleeping Beauty 3.30 The Oprah 3.40 Winfrey Show Countdown 4.30 Children from 5.00 Many Countries Flight over Spain 5.30 6.00 Paradise on Earth A Different World 6.30 Channel 4 News 7.00 Comment 7.50 f/b Weather Brookside 8.00 Dispatches 8.30 Signals 9.15 10.15 Short and Curlies: Making Waves Tanita Tikaram Halfway to 11.35 Paradise 12.35am Up Your Arts 1.00 Johnny Staccato 2.00 Close

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5. Phone the Gas Emergency Service. It's in the phone book under 'Gas: t No smoking

6.30pm Granada Tonight Granada's early evening news magazine including the North West's campaigning and welfare rights spot,

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7.00pm This Is Your Life

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The big red book is opened for the first time in 1990. Who is going to get a New Year surprise? Michael Aspel has the answer. ASSOCIATE PRODUCER JOHN GRAHAM PROGRAMME CONSULTANT ROY BOTTOMLEY DIRECTORS BRIAN KLEIN, PAUL KIRRAGE PRODUCER MALCOLM MORRIS

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7.30pm Coronation Street Tracy's illusions are shattered when she makes a startling discovery about her father. Don Brennan visits the betting shop and lives to regret it. You can see this programme together with Friday evening's edition in the omnibus on Sunday 7 January. Oracle subtitles page 888 For cast. see Monday WRITER ADELE ROSE

SCREENPLAY BY ALMA CULLEN, BASED ON CHARACTERS CREATED BY COLIN DEXTER

One of television's most popular detectives returns in a special two-hour murder mystery. A respectable academic family is put under the spotlight as Morse investigates the death of an eminent scientist. Dr Julian Dear is attacked minutes before he delivers a controversial speech on the environment. Sylvie Maxton is an intriguing visitor who may hold the key to a cupboard full of skeletons which the Copley-Barnes family prefers to keep locked. Music by Barrington Pheloung. Oracle subtitles page 888 Chief Insp Morse John Thaw . Det Sgt Lewis Kevin Whately Matthew Copley-Barnes Geoffrey Palmer Dr Julian Dear David Neal Blanche Copley-Barnes Barbara Leigh-Hunt Mick McGovern Pearce Quigley Parsons Michael Attwell Sylvie Maxton Cheryl Campbell Mr Gray John Joyce Phil Hopkirk Ian Brimble Jake Normington Tom Wilkinson lmogen Garrett Irene Richard Ron Garrett George Costigan Chief Supt Rennie Denys Hawthorne Mrs McGovern Sydnee Blake Illustration by Gwynn Hughes

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3 January WEDNESDAY Phillipa Howell lard sister Mandy Hopkirk Michelle Wesson Hopkirk's housekeeper Catherine Terris EDITOR BOB DEARBERG DIRECTOR JOHN MADDEN PRODUCER DAVID LASCELLES EXECUTIVE PRODUCER TED CHILDS

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10.30pm Granada News North West news update.

10.35pm Hands of a Stranger ARMAND ASSANTE BLAIR BROWN BEVERLY D'ANGELO Second and final part of this drama. Narcotics Bureau chief Joe Hearn is searching for the man who raped his wife, Mary. Joe is also having an affair with assistant district atorney Diane Benton. Joe suspects that Mary is being unfaithful. He confides in Diane, and their shared confidences lead to a night of passion. Due to his erratic behaviour, Joe is in danger of losing his job. Nevertheless, he remains determined to serve his own brand of justice. For cast, see Monday

12.25am Starring Bette Midler . The Rose with ALAN BATES FREDERIC FORREST HARRY DEAN STANTON In the late Sixties, rock star Rose has become the worse for drink and drugs. Her life is now a constant battle with the harsh realities of life on the road in the rock world. In one way or another, Rose's life revolves around three men: her manager Rudge, . country and western star Billy Ray and Houston Dyer, an intriguing man she first meets as the driver of a hired car. See film guide, beginning page 47 Bette Midler Rose Alan Bates Rudge Houston Dyer Frederic Forrest Billy Ray Harry Dean Stanton David Keith Mal Barry Primus Dennis Sarah Sandra McCabe Rudy Bond Monty Don Calfa Don Frank Will Hare Leonard Rose's mother Doris Roberts Sandy Ward Rose's father James Keane Dealer

best friends patch things up after years of bitterness and hatred. followed by ITN News Headlines

3.55am 60 Minutes

4.45 to 5.00am Hall and Oates In Profile Daryl Hall and John Oates talk about their reasons for working together, and their development as a singing duo. Tracks include Maneater, and

Dreamtime. ITV variations Programmes in adjoining areas are as Granada except for: CENTRAL 1.30pm to 2.00 Gardening Time; 6.25 to 7.00 Central News; 12.25am Prisoner: Cell Block H; 1.25 Tour of Duty; 2.25 Film: The Sign of Four. Sherlock Holmes mystery starring Ian Richardson; 4.10 to 5.00am Jobfinder. YORKSHIRE 1.30pm to 2.00 The Chef's Apprentice; 6.00 Calendar; 6.30 to 7.00 Blockbusters; 12.25am Film: Arthur. Highly successful comedy about a multi-millionaire who prefers pleasure to business, stars

Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, John Gielgud; 2.15 Quiz Night

followed by ITN News Headlines

Back; 4.40 to 5.00am Love, American Style. HTV (Wales) 1.30pm to 2.00 Gardening Time; 5.10 to 5.40 Home and Away; 6.00 Wales at Six; 6.30 to 7.00 Blockbusters; 12.25am Film: Arthur. See Yorkshire for details; 2.15 America's Top 10; 2.45 Don't Look Back; 4.40 to 5.00 The Persistence of Angels. BORDER 1.30pm to 2.00 Farmhouse Kitchen; 6.00 Lookaround Wednesday; 6.30 to 7.00pm Blockbusters.

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6: THE LIGHT OF KNOWLEDGE 4,•' This last programme, examines the role of the owl of wisdom (symbol of the Greek goddess Athene) and of Tracy Corkhill (Justine Kerrigan) knows how to Apollo, the sun god and say 'no' with a smile. See 'Brookside' at 8.00pm god of justice. Edwin Mullins traces how Signals is for you. in a converted quarry . artists have often Ex-Monty Python amphitheatre in the conveyed knowledge by4 member and renowned Norwegian sunshine. means of light. -I- film-maker Terry Gilliam PRODUCER JENNY BARRETT

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER JOHN MILLER PRODUCER/DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER SWANN

introduces this funny film that savages office stereotypes and looks at office skulduggery through the subject of a business meeting. Featuring Theátre de Complicite and their acclaimed surrealistic stage show Anything t for a Quiet Life.

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6.30 pm A Different ,, World - . ' IT'S GREEK.TQ ME Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) and Ron (Darryl Bell) decide to pledge allegiance to a fraternity, but Dwayne tries tg back out fast when he discovers the humiliation of initiation.

DIRECTOR ANDY WILSON PRODUCER PAUL FRIFT EDITOR STEPHEN PHILLIPS EXECUTIVE P RO DUCER ANDREW HOLME S SERIES EDITOR ROGER GRAEF

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10.15pm Short and Curlies: Making Waves

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SHEILA HANCOCK Why would a young man want to join a group of retired ladies for a trip to the seaside?

7.50pm Comment Another personal view. followed by

Doris Sheila Hancock Joe Nash Kenneth Cranham Lila Kaye Mrs Nash Maggie Holland Alice Pat Keen May Terry John Hotel manager Receptionist Joyce Irvine Neil McGrath Coach driver

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8.00pm Brookside Sinbad becomes a yuppie for the day; Barry and Tracy discuss living arrangements.

SCREENPLAY JENNY WILKES FROM A SHORT STORY BY CLARE BOY LAN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER PATRICK CASSAVETTI PRODUCER ANN WINGATE DIRECTOR JENNY WILKES

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, 8.30pm • Dispatches The award-winning series, featuring important new stories: '. Each team of --'. . programme-makers bring a fresh perspective to their ,, . subject.

9.15pm Signals ANYTHING FOR A QUIET LIFE Mary Hearn (Beverly D'Angelo) and Marty Loftus (Philip Casnoff). 'Hands of a Stranger', 10.35pm

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10.30pm Tanita Tikaram - Ancient Heart Basingstoke's best gives a stunning performance in the beautiful setting of Bromlo Island. The programme includes such hits as Good Tradition and The Cathedral Song, as well as giving a glimpse of several tracks from Tanita's forthcoming album. Plus, some rare interview footage with the otherwise reluctant pop star. The film is set

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Initial Film and TV Production

11.35pm Halfway to Paradise Scotland's popular arts and entertainment programme hosted by Mr Sinclair. Featuring Edinburgh funk band D C Ellis, Irish new traditionalist Davey Spillane and singer Carmel, comedy from Boris Vespa, Bruce Morton and the late great Bobby Thompson. Plus, a Scottish remake of G I Blues and a film portrait of Glasgow's star jockey, Robert Grainger. Digital Stereo Sound (London/Yorkshire only)

12.35am Up Your Arts Victor Lewis Smith takes on popular culture with his acid wit in this compilation of Club X originals. PRODUCER MARK ROGERS

Stockwell Films Production 1 .00 to 2.00am Johnny Staccato

Tonight, a double bill of Staccato stories, starting with:

THE ONLY WITNESS A successful racketeer and playboy calls Staccato (John Cassavetes) and asks him to come over to his place. On arrival Staccato encounters a gunman .. . Made in black and white

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NIGHT OF JEOPARDY A dimly lit room where men are counting out stacks of counterfeit bills. A man bursts in and says 'T men are on their way up .. . Made in black and white

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6.00 Good Morning Britain Richard Keys with the sports and City news followed at 7.00 by Mike Morris and Linda Mitchell who talk to studio guests. Plus TV-am Favourites, the first of a heart-warming story of triumph over adversity. The latest news from Lisa Aziz and the weather from Ulrike Jonsson.

8.50 Wacaday Presented by Timmy Mallett with The Ten Days Of Wacmas and the Wacvent Calendar plus fun and games with Wacsaw Puzzle and Mallett's Mallet. Write with your address and phone number to: Wacaday, TV-am, PO Box 200, London NW1 8TO.

9.25 to 10.40am Children's ITV presented by JEANNE DOWNS and SCALLY

The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin ON THE BEACHES A deafening noise wakes everyone up in the Ruxpin cottage. Is it a Gutang raid or marauding monsters?

9.50am Granada News 10.00am The Magic Mirror DAVID BELLAMY MURIEL GRAY BIG FISH, LITTLE FISH/JACK AND THE BEANSTALK David Bellamy explains about life in the river's depths. Animation by Dave Lewis and Richard Randolph. On a visit to the Lloyds building in London, Muriel Gray finds a Magic Mirror which tells the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. Animation by Alan Rogers and Peter Lang.

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10.25am Roadrunner

12.30pm Home and Away

A double helping of cartoon fun. In Scrambled Aches Roadrunner uses just speed to elude an elaborate trap to capture him. And in Shot and Bothered, Wile E Coyote attempts to net Roadrunner by chasing him through a drainpipe.

Barbara asks Alf why she should keep from Bobby the real identity of her mother. Repeated at 6.00pm

10.40pm ITN News Headlines

For cast, see Tuesday

See film guide, beginning page 47 Milo Tim Conway Nanu Jan-Michael Vincent John Amos Sam Archer Gazenga

Roscoe Lee Browne Jane Douglas Dayle Haddon Mrs Petersen Nancy Walker Danny Goldman Leopold Maxwell Billy De Wolfe Dean Bellamy Ivor Francis Dr Gottlieb Leon Askin Liam Dunn Dr Winslow

with Howard Cosell, Bud Palmer, Frank Gifford, Jim McKay SCREENPLAY DEE CARUSO, GERALD GARDNER DIRECTOR ROBERT SCHEERER

6.14 Weather, Travel 6.15 Business Daily 6.30 World News 6.43 News Headlines, Weather, Travel; Comic Book Dennis

7.00 News Summary 7.08 Business Daily 7.15 News Headlines, Weather, Travel; Box Office 7.30 World News 7.46 Business Daily 7.50 International Sports News Including Kickback.

ITN News at One Presented by John Suchet, with the ITV National Weather from Trish Williamson.

1.20pm Granada News

10.45am 1.30 to 2.00pm Disney's The This Is Your Life World's Greatest Another chance to see Athlete yesterday's show in TIM CONWAY JAN-MICHAEL VINCENT Merrivale College sports coach Sam Archer and his assistant Milo are on a losing streak. Fed up, they go to Africa. They're on safari when a long-haired blond youth in a loincloth suddenly sprints into view. The coaches stand transfixed - they have just seen Nanu, an athletic prodigy.

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10.55am Faerie Tale Theatre: Cinderella

which Michael Aspel, armed with the big red book, gave someone a big surprise.

7.55 Weather, Travel 8.00 News Headlines; Streetwise 8.16 News Headlines, Weather, Travel; Box Office 8.30 World News 8.45 Countdown Masters 8.50 Comic Book Dennis

9.00 News Headlines; Streetwise 9.15 Business Daily

9.25am Sesame Street L, B and number 11.

Following the death of her father, young and beautiful Cinderella is forced into servitude by her wicked stepmother and her two selfish and lazy stepsisters. She tearfully wishes she could attend the Royal Autumn Ball, a dream that comes true with the appearance of Cinderella's Fairy Godmother .. . Jennifer Beals

Cinderella The Prince

Matthew Broderick Fairy Godmother

Jean Stapleton Stepmother

Eve Arden

PRODUCERS FREDRIC S FUCHS,

BRIDGET TERRY DIRECTOR MARK CULLINGHAM Platypus Production

12.00noon Crown and Shamrock 4: THE IRISH ANGLICANS Fourth of five portraits of the Anglo-Irish. Today, the Church of Ireland - once the established church and its changing circumstances.

12.30pm Business Daily DERMOT MURNAGHAN Today's fifth edition. With City editor Damian Green, industrial editor lain Carson and personal finance correspondent Jane Alexander. STUDIO DIRECTOR LOUISE CAPELL DEPUTY EDITOR DAMIAN GREEN ASSISTANT EDITORS STEPHANIE HARRIS, SIMON ELLIS EDITOR ANDREW CLAYTON

Business Television Production

ITV variations Programmes in adjoining areas are as Granada except for: CENTRAL 6.25pm to 6.55 Central News; 7.30 to 8.00 Survival; 10.35 Prisoner: Cell Block H; 11.35 Donahue; 12.30am to 2.20 Film: Arthur; 4.30 to 5.00am Jobfinder. YORKSHIRE 6.00pm Calendar; 6.30 to 7.00 Blockbusters; 7.30 to 8.00 Chain Letters; 10.35 The Top Score; 11.05 Hollywood Uncensored; 12.30am to 2.20 Film: Mr Majestyk. Charles Bronson takes on the Mafia; 4.00 America's Top 10; 4.30 to 5.00am CinemAttractions. HTV (Wales) 3.30pm to 4.00 Sons and Daughters; 5.10 to 5.40 Home and Away; 6.00 Wales at Six; 6.30 to 7.00 Blockbusters; 7.30 to 8.00 Below the Fold; 10.35 Film: Lola. Spanish woman's past threatens her future happiness, stars Angela Molina; 12.30am to 2.20 Film: Mr Majestyk. (As Yorkshire); 4.00 to 5.00 The Fugitive. BORDER 6.00pm Lookaround Thursday; 6.30 to 7.00 Blockbusters; 7.30 to 8.00 Chain Letters; 10.35 Bet You Didn't Know; 11.00 Piranah Pond; 11.35 to 12.25am Film: The Plank. Classic comedy short with Eric Sykes.

10.25am The Adventures of Tintin 10.35am The Batman Chapter 13 Made in black and white

1.00 to 2.00pm Rowing THE LEYLAND DAF POWER SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIPS 1989 The semi-finals from Walton on Thames, Surrey. t 4

Prince Charming (Matthew Broderick), Cinderella (Jennifer Beals) in Taerie Tale Theatre': 10.55am

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5.00am ITN News TV-am 6.00 Teddy Ruxpin 9.25 9.50 Granada News The Magic Mirror 10.00 10.25 Roadrunner 10.40 ITN News 10.45 Film: The World's Greatest Athlete 12.30pm Home and Away ITN News 1.00 1.20 Granada News This Is Your Life 1.30 Nonni 2.00 3.25 Granada News The Young 3.30 Doctors Hot Dog 4.00 4.15 Dogtanian 4.40 Woof! Blockbusters 5.10 ITN News 5.40 Home and Away 6.00 Granada Tonight 6.30 Emmerdale 7.00 7.30 Just for Laughs The Bill 8.00 Ending Up 8.30 News at Ten 10.00 Granada News 10.30 Film: Arthur 10.35 12.25am Film: Goin' South Queen: Live in 2.20 Budapest CinemAttractions 4.00 4.30 America's Top 10

C4 6.00am The Channel Four Daily Sesame Street 9.25 10.25 The Adventures of Tintin The Batman 10.35 10.55 Faerie Tale Theatre: Cinderella 12noon Crown and Shamrock 12.30pm Business Daily Rowing 1.00 Film: The 2.00 Broadway Melody of 1936 3.50 Film: Pete Smith Specialties Not on Sunday 4.00 Countdown 4.30 Treasure Hunt 5.00 6.00 Club X-tra 6.30 Kate & Allie 7.00 Channel 4 News 7.50 Comment f/b Weather Painters to the 8.00 People Brass 8.30 Traffik 9.00 Short and 10.00 Curlies: Why Don't You Dance? True Stories: Mr 10.20 Hoover and I 11.55 Sumo 12.30am Film: Pepe le Moko 2.10 Close

Oracle subtitles are to be found on these ITV and C4 programmes

2.00pm Nonni

SATURDAY 30 DECEMBER 2.00pm Anne of Green Gables - The Sequel' 4.30pm Brookside* 6.10pm Catchphrase 6.40pm The Best of Blind Date 7.00pm Echoes* 7.55pm The Assisi Underground 10.20pm The Heat of the Day SUNDAY 31 DECEMBER 2.00pm Anne of Green Gables' 5.00pm Home to Roost (ex Border, Grampian, Granada, STV, Tyne Tees, Ulster) 6.00pm The Cosby Show* 7.00pm Echoes* 7.15pm The Karen Carpenter Story (ex Grampian, STV) MONDAY 1 JANUARY 4.15pm The Krypton Factor 5.00pm Margot Fonteyn' 7.00pm Wish You Were Here ...? 7.30pm Coronation St 8.00pm Brookside' 8.30pm Taggart TUESDAY 2 JANUARY 2.00pm The Senior Service' 2.15pm Exmoor Village* 5.40pm News (Tues-Fri) 7.00pm Channel 4 News (Tues-Fri)" 8.00pm The Bill 10.00pm News at Ten (Tues-Fri) WEDNESDAY 3 JANUARY 5.30pm Flight over Spain' 6.30pm A Different World* 7.30pm Coronation St 8.00pm Brookside* 8.00pm Inspector Morse THURSDAY 4 JANUARY 4.40pm Woof! 5.00pm Treasure Hunt* 8.00pm The Bill FRIDAY 5 JANUARY 7.30pm Coronation St 7.55pm Book Choice* 8.00pm Watching 8.30pm Home to Roost 9.30pm Australian Beautiful Gardens' 10.00pm Golden Girls*

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Granada Final part of this adventure set in Iceland during the last century. Hansson's motives are about to be exposed. But can Nonni and Manni prevent Harald being killed before he gives himself up? For cast, see Monday

4.40pm Woof!

6.30pm Granada Tonight

JEAN ALEXANDER HUGH LLOYD THOMAS ALDWINCKLE EDWARD FIDOE THE ADOPTION

An evening round-up of the news and events to hit the headlines in the Granada region today.

BY RICHARD FEGEN AND ANDREW NORRISS BASED ON CHARACTERS CREATED BY ALLAN AHLBERG

Turning into a dog is always a problem especially when Roy never seems to be around to help - until Eric-the-Dog finds he's been adopted. But that brings its own problems. (A feature version of the first series is now available on the Central Video Label). Oracle subtitles page 888

3.25pm Granada News 3.30pm The Young Doctors For the Jamisons, it seems the horror of Dennis's jury duty is not yet over. For the Holland family it is a difficult, but happy evening, when they are forced to deliver Stephanie's child on their own.

Mrs Banks Elizabeth Mickery Mr Banks John Bowler Roy Ackerman Thomas Aldwinckle Mrs Ackerman Constance Lamb Bread man Patrick Monckton Eric Banks Edward Fidoe Mrs Potts Jean Alexander Hugh Lloyd Mr Potts Emily Banks Sinead Rydquist Gasman Kim Durham with Tich as Eric the Dog FILM EDITOR JOHN McCARTHY DESIGNER AMY SARGEANT EXECUTIVE PRODUCER LEWIS RUDD PRODUCER/DIRECTOR DAVID COBHAM

Central Production

This week's cast: Dennis Jamison Chris King Caroline Jamison Kim Wran Julie Holland Lisa Aldenhoven Mark Holland Robert Leys Peter Holland Peter Lochran Mike Newman Peter Bensley Brian Denham Michael Beecher Helen Gordon Lyn James

BOB HOLNESS More teenage contestants compete in a speedy test of general knowledge with host Bob Holness.

4.00 to 5.10pm Children's ITV

ITN News at 5.40

presented by JEANNE DOWNS and SCALLY

followed by ITV National Weather

5.10pm Blockbusters

7.00pm Emmerdale New Year's Eve - and Kate's moment of midnight passion leaves Joe wondering if a kiss is really just a kiss . . -

For cast, see Tuesday WRITER BARRY WOODWARD

7.30pm Just for Laughs Continuous laughter is the theme of this latest compilation taken from more classic British comedy films. Devised and compiled by Gerald Thomas. Those appearing include: Hywel Bennett, Harry H Corbett, Kenneth Cranham, Caroline Dowdeswell, Charlie Drake, Juliet Duncan, Denholm Elliott, Antonia Ellis, Julia Foster, Bob Grant, Hugh Griffith, Doris Hare, Michael Hordern, Anna Karen, Janet Key, Danny La Rue, Richard Leech, Stephen Lewis, Arthur Lowe, T P McKenna, Janet Mahoney, Warren Mitchell, Derek Nimmo, Adrienne Posta, Dennis Price, Michael Robbins, Reg Varney, George Woodbridge. A Gerald Thomas Production for Thames Television

8.00pm The Bill OFFICERS AND GENTLEMEN BY STEVE TRAFFORD

Hot Dog NEW BY DAVID STAFFORD

Jumbo Delish egg sandwiches and plenty of presents are what Hot Dog is looking forward to because it's his birthday. But things don't turn out as he expects, much to his annoyance. Hot Dog Underdog Mrs Dog

Oracle subtitles page 888

6.00pm Home and Away Another chance to see the programme shown earlier today.

Chief Inspector Conway: 'The bottom line is, you don't put yourself at risk. You don't need to, so why do it? Never mind women's liberation what happened to common sense?' Oracle subtitles page 888 Pc Turnham Chris Humphreys Pavement artist Michael Seraphim

Johnny Irving Old man Pc Quinnan Andrew Paul Dc Carver Mark Wingett Margaret Oona Kirsch Store manager Frank Ellis Chief Supt Brownlow Peter Ellis Chief Insp Conway Ben Roberts Sgt Peters Larry Dann Colin Alldridge Pc Young Map Frazer Barbara Thorn Wpc Datta Seeta Indrani Wpc Ford Vikki Gee-Dare Publican Laurence Harrington Kemp Julian Firth Trevelyan Paul Rattigan Smallwood Rupert Holliday Evans Wpc Marshall Lynne Miller Mr Abercrombie Raymond Mason Pc Able Mark Haddigan DESIGNERS BILL PALMER, FIONA WHITE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER MICHAEL CHAPMAN PRODUCER PAT SANDYS DIRECTOR DIANA PATRICK

Thames Television Production

8.30pm Ending Up SCREENPLAY BY DOUGLAS LIVINGSTONE FROM THE NOVEL BY KINGSLEY AMIS

JOHN MILLS WENDY HILLER MICHAEL HORDERN LIONEL JEFFRIES and GOOGIE WITHERS One-off drama based on the novel by bestselling author Kingsley Amis. The five old-aged inhabitants of Tuppeny-hapenny Cottage are getting ready for Christmas. The boredom of their decaying life is animated by a series of malicious happenings. On Christmas Day the grandchildren arrive to do their duty, but the festivities turn into an unexpected riot of senile delinquency. The New Year brings one last practical joke and the resulting climax is both bizarre and horrific. See page 21 Adele Bernard Shorty Marigold George Trevor Tracy Keith Rachel

Wendy Hiller John Mills Lionel Jeffries Googie Withers Michael Hordern Aden Gillett Victoria Burgoyne Robert Glenister Barbara Wilshere

Sam I reston Children I t Faye Car -Jones Dr Mainwaring Roge r Allam MUSIC JOHN SCOTT LIGHTING CAMERAMAN SIMON KOSSOFF DESIGNER ROBERT IDE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER LLOYD SHIRLEY PRODUCER/DIRECTOR PETER SASDY

Thames Television Prod uction

10.00pm News at Ten Oracle subtitles pag e 888

followed by ITV National WeE ther

10.30pm Granada News 10.35pm Starring Dud ey Moore .. . Arthur LIZA MINNELLI JOHN GIELGUD Arthur E ach, â&#x20AC;˘ heir to vast

fortune, is an habitual drunk. He scandalises high society in New Yo k's smartest restaurar is and picks up pros' itutes in his limousine. H family threatens tc disinherit him unle ss he marries wealthy Si usan Johnson and give: up his playboy lifestyl e. But then Arthur mi ets waitress Linda Ma olle (who is shoplifting at the time) and falls in love with her. See film guide, beginning page 47 Arthur Bach Dudley Moore Linda Marolle Liza Minnelli Hobson John Gielgud Martha Bach Geraldine Fitzgerald Susan Johnson Jill Eikenberry Burt Johnson Stephen Elliott Bitterman Ted Ross Ralph Merolla Barney Martin Stanford Bach Thomas Barbour Anne De Salvo Gloria Marjorie Barnes Hooker

Marcus Clarke David Barclay Angie Passlor

DIRECTOR LESLIE PITT PRODUCER CHARLES WARREN

Thames Television Production

4.15pm Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds ADVENTURE IN LONDON Despite the efforts of Richelieu's men to stop him, Dogtanian - along with Porn - takes a boat to London.

Policewomen Norika Datta (Seeta Indrani) and Susan Ford (Vickki GeeDare) need guile to quell a bunch of rowdy yuppies in The Bill' at 8.00pm

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Maitre d' Dillon Evans Uncle Peter Maurice Copeland Aunt Pearl Justine Johnson Plaza waiter Paul Vincent Secretary Mary Alan Hokanson Executive Paul Gleason Saleslady Phyllis Sommerville Mrs Nesbitt Florence Tarlow Plant store owner Lou Jacobi Harriet Marcella Lowry Perry's wife Helen Hanft Perry John Bentley Preston Peter Evans Bill Richard Hamilton George Riddle Bartender

Haber Ed Begley Jr Warren B J Merholz Mrs Warren Maureen Byrnes John Standard R L Armstrong Parson Weems Britt Leach Miriam Nancy Coen Kaclik Florence Georgina Schmidt Norvell Don McGovern Hangman Dennis Fimple SCREENPLAY CHARLES SHYER, JOHN HERMAN SHANER, AL RAMRUS, ALAN MANDEL DIRECTOR JACK NICHOLSON

followed by ITN News Headlines

2.00pm The Broadway Melody of 1936

followed by ITN News Headlines

2.20am Queen: Live in Budapest

12.25am Starring Jack Nicholson . Goin' South

On 27 July, 1986, Freddie Mercury, Brian May, John Deacon and Roger Taylor performed the first major stadium concert in Eastern Europe to a sellout audience of 80,000 at the Nepstadion in Budapest. Tracks include Seven Seas Of Rhye, A Kind Of Magic, Radio Ga Ga, We Are The Champions, and, of course, Bohemian Rhapsody. The film also includes footage of the group's stay in the Hungarian capital. followed by ITN News Headlines

Keeler is a viperish critic who always pans new stage shows. He can dish it out - but he can't take it.

SCREENPLAY/DIRECTOR STEVE GORDON

MARY STEENBURGEN JOHN BELUSHI CHRISTOPHER LLOYD Just when bedraggled al • bandit Henry Lloyd Moon believes he is safe across the Mexican border, he is seized by a posse and taken back to the gallows in the Texan town of Longhorn. Taunted by deputy Towfield and dismayed to find that his old gang don't intend a rescue attempt, Moon's last hope is a local ordinance that allows any unattached woman of property to claim a condemned man for her husband. See film guide, beginning page 47 Henry Lloyd Moon Jack Nicholson Julia Tate Mary Steenburgen Hector John Belushi Towfield Christopher Lloyd Hermine Veronica Cartwright Sheriff Kyle Richard Bradford Danny DeVito Clyde 'Hog' Big Abe Jeff Morris Mrs Anderson Luana Anders Tracey Walter Coogan Potty Gerald H Reynolds Anderson George W Smith Mrs Haber Lucy Lee Flippin

4.00am CinemAttractions Steve March begins his survey of the most popular films in America in 1989. followed by ITN News Headlines

4.30 to 5.00am America's Top 10 THE TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 1989 Casey Kasem counts down the best-selling pop music LPs of 1989.

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Made in black and white

See film guide, beginning page 47 Bert Keeler Jack Benny Irene Foster Eleanor Powell Bob Gordon Robert Taylor Ted Buddy Ebsen Kitty Corbett Una Merkel SCREENPLAY JACK McGOWAN, SID SILVERS DIRECTOR ROY DEL RUTH

3.50pm Pete Smith Specialties THINGS WE CAN DO WITHOUT Ah, the • comforts provided by mod cons - when they work. Made in black and white

See film guide, beginning page 47 Narrator Pete Smith With Dave O'Brien and Dorothy Short. DIRECTOR DAVID BARCLAY

4.00pm Not on Sunday Sue Jay travels to Poland to attend a gathering of Christians. EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS RAY MARSHALL, PHILIP CLARKE

Diverse/World Wide International Production

4.30pm Countdown Today's challenger: Steve McNab of Kent.

5.00pm Treasure Hunt KENNETH KENDALL ANNEKA RICE Wincey Willis This repeated series starts in Switzerland. Oracle subtitles page 888 DIRECTOR CHRIS GAGE PRODUCER MALCOLM HEYWORTH

Chatsworth Television

6.00pm Club X-tra MAGNIFICENT OBSESSIONS A look into the darkest corridors of the mind.

6.30pm Kate & Allie

9.00pm Traffik

ALLIE'S FIRST DATE To Kate (Susan Saint James), David (Kelsey Grammer) is just another date.

BY SIMON MOORE

7.00pm Channel 4 News Oracle subtitles page 888

7.50pm Comment Another speaker gives a personal view. followed by

Weather 8.00pm NEW Painters to the People VICTORIAN PAINTING 1: The Pre-Raphaelites Christopher Wood presents a personal view of paintings from the reign of Queen Victoria. In this first programme he tells how he discovered Pre-Raphaelite paintings for himself. For gallery guide send large sae to C4 address 1 page 87. Nebraska Production

8.30pm Brass BY JOHN STEVENSON AND JULIAN ROACH

George Fairchild struggles with a sex life he thought long since extinguished. Previously shown on ITV Bradley Timothy West Lady Patience Caroline Blakiston Agnes Barbara Ewing Geoffrey Hinsliff George Dr Macduff David Ashton Prudence Joanna David Austin Robert Reynolds Morris James Saxon Gail Harrison Isobel Charlotte Emily Morgan Jack Shaun Scott Matthew Gary Cady Alison Lloyd Nurse Hillman Wilf Durham

DIRECTOR JIM GILLESPIE

PRODUCER/DIRECTOR GARETH JONES EXECUTIVE PRODUCER BILL PODMORE

Big Star in a Wee Picture

Granada Television Production

PRODIJCFR STUART

Marigold (Googie Withers), Adela (Wendy Hiller): just two 'Ending Up' in terrifying trouble, 8.30pm

Jack Lithgow (Bill Paterson) gets in among Pakistan's opium poppies and tries to find a way of slowing the international drug Traffile, 9.00pm

VTIMES 23 December 1989-5 January 1990

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BILL PATERSON LINDSAY DUNCAN 1: THE FARMER Another showing of the six-parter that has just won the International Emmy Award for Drama. British politician Jack Lithgow is in conflict with opium farmers on the North West Frontier in Pakistan. In Hamburg the seizure of a major drugs haul forces Helen to reassess her wealthy but suspect lifestyle. t Germany

10.20pM True Stories: Mr Hoover and I The FBI opened its files on film-maker Emile de Antonio when he was a 16-year-old Harvard student. They continued to dog him for the next 40 years, until Hoover's death when de Antonio successfully recovered 10,000 pages from FBI files under the Freedom of Information Act. Now, at 70, de Antonio has turned the tables on his accuser. Turin Film Corporation

11.55pm Sumo

Helen Lindsay Duncan Dieter Tilo PrOckner Ulli Fritz Mililler-Scherz Ledesert Peter Lakenmacher Karl George Kukura Domenquez Vincenzo Benestante Nicholas Chagrin Gaillard Werner Wolfgang Rau Lisa Shelley Goldfarb

Action from the Grand Autumn Tournament at Tokyo's Kokugikan Stadium. Commentator Lyall Watson.

Pakistan

Cheerleader Production

Jack Fazal Tariq Butt

Dilshad Roomana

Bill Paterson Jamal Shah Talat Hussain Rahat Kazmi

Feryal Gauhar Shah Javed Ahmed Shakeel Sabira Ismat Shah Jahan Roohi Raza Naseem Khushal Raahi Raza Ibsen Ullah Mumtaz Ali Shah PRODUCER BRIAN EASTMAN DIRECTOR ALASTAIR REID

Picture Partnership Production

10.00pm Short and Curlies: Why Don't You Dance? BY CURTIS RADCLYFFE

Two women, at the opposite ends of their lives, gain from each other the strength to face the future. Joan Linder Joan Helen Patrick Janet Kevin Rupert Holliday Evans Keith Taylor Harry EXECUTIVE PRODUCER THERESE PICKARD PRODUCER TOM HARVEY DIRECTOR CURTIS RADCLYFFE

True Films Production

PRODUCER MIKE MILNE

12.30 to 2.10am Pepe le Moko Deep in the Casbah, the native quarter of Algiers, there is a network of gangsters. A French film with English subtitles. Made in black and white

See film guide, beginning page 47 Pepe le Mokol Jean Gabin Mireille Balin Gaby Ines Line Noro Regis Charpin Grand Pere Saturnin Fabre Carlos Gabriel Gabrio Slimane Lucas Gridoux SCREENPLAY HENRI JEANSEN, JULIEN DUVIVIER, ROGER D'ASHELBE DIRECTOR JULIEN DUVIVIER

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Granada 5.00am ITN Morning News

Tv-am 6.00 to 9.25am 6.00 Good Morning Britain Richard Keys presents the first hour of the current affairs programme. There's sport and City updates plus the usual workout with Lizzie Webb. Followed at 7.00 by Mike Morris and Linda Mitchell who take a lively look at the latest news stories. Plus celebrity guests, With cartoons at 7.20 and pop video at 7.50. Lisa Aziz has the news and Ulrika Jonsson the weather.

8.50 Wacaday Join Timmy Mallett for a host of cartoons and fun including Galaxy High, The Wacvent Calendar,

Wactors and Wactresses and a look at Timmy's Travels in Jordan.

9.25 to 10.40am Children's ITV presented by JEANNE DOWNS and SCALLY

The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin LB'S WEDDING LB proposes to Buffy and the Bounders prepare for the wedding. Teddy's mother provides the key to the crystal book.

9.50am Granada News 10.00am He-Man and the Masters of the Universe THE LITTLEST GIANT The Widget Squinch goes to Snake Mountain to ask Skeletor to use his magic to make him big.

10.25am Speedy Gonzales TORTILLA FLAPS The little Mexican mouse pits his speed

Unlike the zebra, Timmy Mallett has to earn his stripes by proving he's 'Utterly Brilliant': 4.00pm against the fearsome El Vulturo who sweeps down on a gathering of mice who are celebrating.

10.40am ITN News Headlines 10.45am Disney's The Horse Without a Head JEAN-PIERRE AUMONT HERBERT LOM LEO McKERN PAMELA FRANKLIN Schiapa, a criminal mastermind, plans with his gang to ob the Dijon to Paris express. The plan 'nvolves the participation of Roublot, a pedlar operating at Louvigny, where the train slows down. But a series of unforeseen events involving a gang of local children results in the spoils from the robbery being hidden in a novelty factory, and the key to it being concealed in a toy horse without a head. See film guide, beginning page 47 lnsp Sinet Jean-Pierre Aumont Schiapa Herbert Lom Roublot Leo McKern Pamela Franklin Marion Vincent Winter Fernand Lee Montague Malian Melie Loretta Parry Zigo Peter Butterworth Sgt Lamy Peter Vaughan Mme Fabert Jenny Laird Tatave Denis Gilmore Bob Bob Sean Keir Michael Gwynn Jerome Pepe Jack Rodney

Cesar Maxwell Shaw Mme Douin Maureen Pryor M Douin Robert Brown SCREENPLAY T E B CLARKE FROM A NOVEL BY PAUL BERNA DIRECTOR DON CHAFFEY

12.30pm Home and Away Pippa heads for the city to see Carly, and assures Tom that she will summon him if needed. This episode will be repeated at 6.00pm

Pupils at 'Palace Hill, comprehensive school: Nick (Oliver Hawker), Maggie Thatcher (Tessa Harrison, near right) and Princess Beatrice (Phoebe Wood), 4.45pm rude - rude! Allan Stewart helps three more contestants increase their vocabulary and their bank balance, with £1000 just waiting to be won. Produced in association with Barry & Enright Productions and Action Time. RESEARCH SIMON ROSS, AMANDA STEVENS DESIGNER PETER BINGEMANN DIRECTOR JIM BROWN PRODUCER CHRISTINE WILLIAMS

For cast, see Tuesday

Tyne Tees Television Production

ITN News at One

3.25pm Granada News

Presented by John Suchet. With ITV National Weather from Trish Williamson.

An afternoon look at the news and events to hit the headlines in the North West.

1.20pm Granada News

3.30pm The Young Doctors

Local news round-up.

1.30pm Cover Story DAVID HASSELHOFF The star of Knight Rider, David Hasselhoff, reflects on his career in show business.

2.00pm The Bill An omnibus edition of this week's stories from Sun Hill station.

3.00pm Chain Letters ALLAN STEWART The only show with 4000 four-letter words and only one of them is

RESEARCH LIZ ASHWELL ASSOCIATE PRODUCER ALISON VANES PRODUCER/DIRECTOR PATRICK TITLEY

Yorkshire Television Production

Further complications at the Albert Memorial Hospital. Mike Newman offers his assistance in more ways than one! For cast, see Thursday

4.00 to 5.10pm Children's ITV presented by JEANNE DOWNS and SCALLY

NEW Utterly Brilliant TIMMY MALLETT The series that shows you how the cheat at everything. Number one: dancing. Can you shimmy? Neither could presenter Timmy Mallett . . . till he met

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The Jiving Lindy Hoppers. The shimmy's the latest dance craze and soon you'll also be able to boogie back, hitch-hike and throw a funky frog. And did you know that lindyhopping is named after flying ace Charles Lindbergh? Watch and you'll find out why.

4.20pm Slimer Won't Do That DAN AYKROYD ROLF HARRIS Harold Ramis Ivan Reitman THE MAKING OF THE REAL GHOSTBUSTERS Creator of The Ghostbusters and star of the films, Dan Aykroyd, tells Rolf Harris about the making of the characters. Meet the people in Hollywood and Tokyo involved in producing one of the world's most popular cartoon series. An extended 60-minute version of this programme is available on video cassette. For full details, write to: Children's ITV, PO Box

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55, Birmingham B1 2DA. See page 144 DIRECTOR MIKE JACKSON

Stonewall Productions for Central Television

4.45pm NEW Palace Hill BY PETER COREY AND BOB HESCOTT

A PIECE OF CAKE Comedy-drama series. Term starts with a bang at Palace Hill, the comprehensive school by Royal Appointment. A new royal arrival in the shape of Princess Beatrice, with her maid Binky Spoon, causes a stir. Jimmy lets the cat out of the bog while trying to find a dancing partner for the Valentine's Day disco, and Nick Knuckle in love proves lethal. Mandy Alison Dury Maggie Tessa Harrison Nick Knuckle Oliver Hawker Gail Kemp Binky Spoon Chelsea Bun Ian Kirkby

Steven Ryde

Jimmy

Princess Beatrice Phoebe Wood Michael Aspel Simon Lowe Ruth Geeta Parmar Tracy Danielle Tilley Wayne Dalton Walters DESIGNER IAN DOUBLEDAY EXECUTIVE PRODUCER LEWIS RUDD PRODUCER SUE NOTT DIRECTOR DAVID CROZIER

Central Production

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5 January ORIDAY 5.10pm Kick Off ELTON WELSBY Football's fast-moving magazine, providing comprehensive coverage of the region's 20 league clubs. Elton Welsby is the host and he'll be joined by some of the biggest names in the game. Plus, offbeat features and a regular weekly competition. PRODUCTION TEAM ALISTAIR MANN, WAYNE GARVIE, ROBERT McCAFFREY NICK BEAUMONT CLIVE TYLDESLEY ALAN NIXON DIRECTOR CHARLES LAUDER PRODUCER TERRY SMITH EXECUTIVE PRODUCER PAUL DOHERTY

Granada Television Production

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Little Mermaid Pam Dawber The Prince Treat Williams

A repeat of the episode shown earlier today.

6.30pm Granada Tonight

The Princess

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The Sea Witch Karen Black

6.00 to 9.25am 6.00 News Summary

BOB CAROLGEES Bob Carolgees invites two contestants to test their skills of memory and concentration as they battle it out to win the holiday of a lifetime and lots more prizes along the way. Produced in association with Mark Goodson and Talbot Television. DESIGNER PHIL MURPHY ASSOCIATE PRODUCER JESSICA GRAY DIRECTOR JOHN GORMAN PRODUCER COLMAN HUTCHINSON

TVS Production

7.30 to 8.00pni Coronation Street

King Neptune Brian Dennehy DIRECTOR ROBERT ISCOVE

Platypus Production

With Carol Barnes

6.08 International Sports News Including Kickback.

6.14 Weather and Travel 6.15 Business Daily

11.55am Barnaby: Father Dear Father Barnaby's Father's Day adventure.

With Dermot Murnaghan

6.30 World News With Carol Barnes in London and James Mates in Tokyo.

6.43 News Headlines, Weather, Travel; Comic Book 7.00 News Summary 7.08 Business Daily 7.15 News Headlines, Weather, Travel; Box Office 7.30 World News 7.46 Business Daily 7.50 International Sports News Including Kickback.

7.00pm Concentration

Helen Mirren

The Chers”rvel F-GOLJ,

Dennis

6.00pm Home and Away

young mermaid who falls in love with a sailor whom she saves after witnessing a shipwreck. Determined to return to him she leaves her family and makes a painful bargain with the Sea Witch to live life on land.

7.55 Weather, Travel 8.00 News Headlines; Streetwise With Debbie Greenwood and Paddy Haycocks.

8.16 News Headlines, Weather, Travel; Box Office 8.30 World News„ 8.45 Countdown Masters With Richard Whiteley.

8.50 Comic Book Dennis

9.00 News Headlines; Streetwise 9.15 Business Daily

9.25am Sesame Street

12.00noon Crown and Shamrock 5: THE AUTOGRAPH TREE The Autograph Tree is the tree in Coole park, Co Galway, where Lady Gregory's Anglo-Irish guests carved their names and launched the Literary Revival. In this final programme the Leslies - Anita in Oranmore, Co Galway, and the Honourable Desmond in Glasloch, Co Monaghan - talk about the power of Irish speech and landscape on their writings. Narrated by Cyril Cusack. PRODUCER/DIRECTORS DEREK BAILEY, DAVY HAMMOND

Landseer Films Production

12.30pm Business Daily DAMIAN GREEN Today's fifth edition of the daily business and financial TV news service. With City news from Damian Green, plus industrial news from lain Carson and personal finance news from Jane Alexander.

1.00pm Rowing

4.30pm Countdown

THE LEYLAND DAF POWER SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIPS 1989 The national final at Peterborough Regatta Course, with the fastest 15 male scullers, women's coxed fours and men's eights from the three regional rounds. They are battling for custom built international-class racing boats worth £20,000. Presented by Sally McNair and Daniel Topolski. Commentator David Goldstrom.

RICHARD WHITELEY CAROL THATCHER Join in today with our challenger Felicity Brown from London.

2.00pm Till the Clouds Roll By ROBERT WALKER JUDY GARLAND VAN HEFLIN LUCILLE BREMER 1927: At the opening night of one of his greatest musicals, Show Boat, composer Jerome Kern remembers his early days of struggle, and -: the friend who told him' not to waste time on 'little tunes' but to 'think big'. One of M-G-M's most formidable musical extravaganzas, with a fistful of guest stars. See film guide, beginning page 47 Jerome Kern Robert Walker Marilyn Miller Judy Garland :James I Hessler Van Heflin Sally Hessler Lucille Bremer Mrs Kern Dorothy Patrick Oscar Hammerstein Paul Langton Julie Sanderson Dinah Shore Mrs Muller Mary Nash Van Johnson Bandleader Band singer Frank Sinatra and June Allyson, Angela Lansbury, Ray McDonald, Cyd Charisse, Gower Champion, The Wilde Twins, Tony Martin, Kathryn Grayson, Caleb Peterson, Johnny Johnston, Virginia O'Brien and Lena Home SCREENPLAY MYLES CONNOLLY, JEAN HOLLOWAY DIRECTOR RICHARD WHORE

With the Four Tops.

Mrs Sandra Arden hasn't seen her father for 20 years. What will her reaction be when he turns up on her doorstep? And the Brennans, who are facing hard times, think their situation can't get worse - but it can!

10.35am The Batman

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Chapter 14

For cast, see Monday

Made in black and white

10.25am Hello

Reproduction in whole or in part of this issue of the magazine, including programme details, is strictly forbidden without prior permission.

FRED AND ETHEL FIGHT Lucy (Lucille Ball) plays Cupid when some friends have a falling out. In an effort to get them back together again she invites them to dinner, separately. Made in black and white

5.30pm Information Technology 1: THE CHIP The first of eight repeated programmes, presented by Alan Dobie, exploring information technology Today's programme explains how microchips process information. SERIES PRODUCER PETER GAFFNEY DIRECTOR TONY FREETH

SPE ErOduction

6.00pm Scoff DAWN FRENCH In this repeated series, Dawn discovers food. She is given a lesson in basic survival by Lofty Wiseman, is treated to a Caribbean meal by Rustie Lee, learns about chocolate leaf making and discovers how to use food as a beauty preparation. I . PRODUCER KATE BURRIDGE DIRECTOR DEREK BURRIDGE

Zoetrope Production

6.30pm Mork & Mindy • MINDY, MINDY, MINDY Mork (Robin Williams), lonely in Mindy's (Pam Dawber) absence gets a visiting Orkan Elder (Vidal I Peterson) to clone multiple Mindys, until he gets it right.

7.00pm Channel 4 News

Close encounters of the animated kind.

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followed by

Weather 7.55 to 8.00pm Book Choice

WRITER TONY PERRIN

ITV

5.00pm I Love Lucy

10.55aM Faerie Tale Theatre: The Little Mermaid Based on the original Hans Christian Andersen story of a

Fritz Spiegl reviews

State of the Language, edited by Christopher Ricks and Leonard Michaels. Oracle subtitles page

Helen Mirren and Treat Williams, with Pam Dawber as The Little Mermaid'. See at 10.55am

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EDITOR MIRIAM GROSS

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5.00am ITN News 6.00 TV-am Teddy Ruxpin 9.25 Granada News 9.50 He-Man 10.00 10.25 Speedy Gonzales 10.40 ITN News Film: The Horse 10.45 Without a Head 12.30pm Home and Away 1.00 ITN News 1.20 Granada News Cover Story 1.30 The Bill 2.00 Chain Letters 3.00 Granada News 3.25 Young Doctors 3.30 Utterly Brilliant 4.00 Slimer Won't Do 4.20 That 4.45 Palace Hill Kiek Off 5.10 ITN News 5.40 Home and Away 6.00 Granada Tonight 6.30 7.00 Concentration 7.30 Coronation Street Watching 8.00 Home to Roost 8.30 Stolen 9.00 10.00 News at Ten Granada News 10.30 10.40 Film: The Sign of Four 12.30am Who's the Boss? 1.00 James Whale Radio Show Film: Audrey 2.00 Rose 4.00 Music in the 80s Don't Look Back? -

6.00am The C4 Daily Sesame Street 9.25 10.25 Hello 10.35 The Batman The Little 10.55 Mermaid 11.55 Barnaby: Father Dear Father 12noon Crown and Shamrock 12.3Qpm Business. Daily Rowing 1.00 Film: Till the 2.00 Clouds Roll By Countdown 4.30 5.00 I Love Lucy Information 5.30 Technology Scoff 6.00 Mork & Mindy 6.30 7.00 Channel 4 News 7.55 Book Choice 8.00 No One Likes Us, We Don't Care Empty Nest 9.00 Beautiful 9.30 Gardens The Golden Girls 10.00 10.30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? Short and 11.00 Curlies: Arcadia 11.15 Film: Out 12.45am Faiz: Poet in Troubled Times f/b Habib Jalib: Poetry of Defiance 2.10 Close

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armory Man at house Richard Hahlo Zara Annelies Hopkins Thea Sharrock Teacher Eileen Helsby DESIGNERS VIC SYMONDS, ROB HARRIS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER NICK ELLIOTT PRODUCER TARA PREM DIRECTOR ROGER BAMFORD LWT Production

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10.00pm News at Ten Oracle subtitles page 888

BY JIM HITCHMOUGH

'AUL BOWN EMMA WRAY REPAIRING First, there's the nude on the landing. Then t here's the randy salesman to put in his place. And finally, there's a wayward brother-in-law to straighten out. Yes, fixing fellas can be a full-time job. Oracle subtitles page 888 Emma Wray Brenda Paul Bown Malcolm John Bowler David Mrs Stoneway Patsy Byrne Russell Boulter Chris Baby Sarah Victoria Howard Pat Helen Swift DESIGNER TIM FARMER EXECUTIVE PRODUCER . DAVID LIDDIMENT PRODUCER/DIRECTOR ES CHATFIELD Granada Television Production

8.30pm tome to Roost

followed by ITV Weekend Weather

10.30pm Granada News 10.40pm Sherlock Holmes: The Sign of Four IAN RICHARDSON DAVID HEALY CHERIE LUNGHI THORLEY WALTERS A damsel in distress, a fabulous treasure, a terrifying Indian pigmy and a series of inexplicable deaths - these are the ingredients of a fascinating revenge and murder case for the great sleuth Sherlock Holmes. In 1897, three men sit down to dinner at Pondicherry Manor:

Major John Sholto and his sons, Bartholomew and Thaddeus. Dinner is interrupted by a disturbing message. See film guide, beginning page 47 Sherlock Holmes Ian Richardson

Dr Watson David Healy Mary Morstan Cherie Lunghi Maj John Sholto Thorley Walters

Jonathan Small Joe Melia lnsp Layton Terence Rigby Mordecai Smith Michael O'Hagan John Pedrick Richard Helfer Bartholomew Clive Merrison Williams Robert Russell John Benfield McMurdo Wiggens Darren Michael Lal Rao Moti Makan

Tonga Thaddeus

TELEPLAY CHARLES POGUE DIRECTOR DESMOND DAVIS

12.30am Who's the Boss? A FISHY TALE When Tony's old pal, Mrs Rossini, suddenly finds the responsibility of the family fish market dumped in her lap, Tony steps in and runs the store for her. Tony Angela Mrs Rossini

Tony Danza Judith Light

Rhoda Gemingnani Mona Katherine Helmond Samantha Alyssa Milano Jonathan Danny Pintauro

followed by ITN News Headlines

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IOHN THAW REECE DINSDALE RETURN TO CLAGTHORPE Matthew wants to holiday abroad. His father Henry wants to eturn to Clagthorpe. But will it have :hanged?

1.00arri The James Whale Radio Show Boo! And there's more surprises on the show:You can join in the fun by ringing James on 0532 461000. DIRECTOR GRAEME POLLARD PRODUCER VERNON GRANT Yorkshire Television Production

2.00am Audrey Rose Janice and Bill Templeton are horri ied when a strange man, Elliot Hoover, ells them that their 12-year-old daughter Ivy is the reincarnation of his child Audrey Rose, whd; died in a car accident minutes before the birth , of Ivy. See film guide, beginning page 47

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Marsha Mason Anthony Hopking Bill Templeton John Beck Ivy Templeton Susan Swift Dr Lipscomb Norman Lloyd Scott Velie John Hillerman Brice Mack Robert Walden Judge Langley Philip Sterling Mary Lou Sides Ivy Jones Stephen Pearlman Russ SCREENPLAY FRANK DE FELITTA DIRECTOR ROBERT WISE Elliot

followed by ITN News Headlines

4.00 to 5.00am Music in the 80s - Don't Look Back The final part of Monday's programme.

Oracle subtitles page 888 John Thaw Reece Dinsdale Violet Blackett Rachel Bell Ted Higgs Sam Kelly Rita Higgs Ann Beach Tina Higgs Fiona Curtis IESIGNER TONY JONES 'RODUCER/DIRECTOR ^AVID REYNOLDS Yorkshire Television Production

Programmes in adjoining areas are as Granada except for:

NEW

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A RT MALIK CHERYL PRIME Opening episode of a drama serial. Salim and ! Marianne love each other and their children. Marianne knows an affair is wrong - but :uspects she can get away with it. Yasmin Sonia Ashraf Dean Ashraf Bobby Marianne Cheryl Prime Salim Art Malik Terry George Costigan Sonia Mary Maddox ;a/im 's colleague Michael Bray

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Danny Cunningham Jeanne Watts Tariq Alibai

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8.00pm No One Likes ,• Us, We Don't Care To most people, Millwall Football Club means one thing: hooliganism. In this programme the voice of the club's supporters is heard. They are articulate, concerned about the club and angry at being excluded from the club's decision-making process. The film puts Millwall FC in the context of a changing community in southeast London. Working Pictures Production

9.00pm Empty Nest MAN OF THE YEAR Harry (Richard Mulligan) is nominated 'Man of the Year'.

ITV variations

Henry Matthew

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`No One Likes Us, We Don't Care! Still the chant of Millwall's militant fans? See at 8.00pm

Marianne (Cheryl Prime), Salim (Art Malik) and children Yasmin (Sonia Ashraf) and Bobby (Dean Ashraf) look a united family. But . . . See 9.00pm

CENTRAL 1.30pm to 2.00 Wild, Wild World of Animals; 3.00 to 3.25 Who's the Boss?; 5.10 to • 5.40 Batman; 6.25 to 7.00 Central News; 10.35 Prisoner: Cell Block H; 11.30 The Armchair Detective; 12.15arn to 1.00am In the Heat of the Night; 2.00 Film: File of the Golden Goose. Thriller starring Yul Brynner; 3.55 Out of Limits; 4.00 to 5.00am Transmission. YORKSHIRE 1.30pm to 3.25 Film: Captain Courageous. Adventuree on the high seas with Karl Malden; 6.00 Calendar; 6.30 to 7.00 Country Challenge; 10.35 Film: Foul Play. Goldie Hawn in a series of hectic. wild adventures. Also stars Dudley Moore. Chevvy Chase; 12.45am to 1.00 Terrovision; 2.00 Time Tunnel; 3.00 Eurythmics: Savage; 4.00 to 5.00am Blackstone. HTV (Wales) 1.30pm to 2.00 A Little Touch of Harry; 3.00 to 3.25 The Making of Yellowthread Street; 3.30 to 4.00 Sons and Daughters; 6.00 Wales at Six: 6.30 to 7.00 Stopwatch; 10.35 Matlock; 11.35 Tour of Duty; 12.30am to 1.00 CinemAttractions; 2.00 Film: Bonnie and Ciyde. Story of notorious gangsters with Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway; 4.05 Worlds Beyond; 4.35 to 5.00am Jobfinder. BORDER 1.30pm to 3.25 Film: The Last Starfighter. Fantasy adventure; 6.00 Lookaround Friday; 6.30 to 7.00 Take the High Road; 10.35 Kendal 800; 11.05 to 1.00am Crime Story.

9.30pm Australian Beautiful Gardens 2: BUSHLAND HERITAGE Jim Shawyer is Chief Ranger of the Ku-ringgai Wildflower Garden in St Ives, New South Wales.

Musical. With Josie Lawrence, Mike McShane, Neil Mullarkey and Ryan Stiles. Digital Stereo Sound (London/Yorkshire only)

11.00pm Short and Curlies: Arcadia BY PHIL AUSTIN, DEREK HAYES

For Gavin's mum, even breakfast in Arcadia could be a trap. Pat Heywood Gavin Nick Raggett PRODUCER CAROLINE HEWITT DIRECTOR PAUL BAMBOROUGH Working Title Production Mum

11.15pm Out Rex and Nixie see a man apparent y being tortured by a woman. Rex tosses a stick of dynamite. In the countdown to the explosion, his years as a revolutionary are retraced. See film guide, beginning page 47 Rex Peter Coyote Nixie/Dinah O-Lan Shepard Danny Glover Jojo/Roland Carl/Tommy Jim Haynie Empty Fox Semu Haute SCREENPLAY ELI HOLLANDER, RONALD SUKENICK DIRECTOR ELI HOLLANDER

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10.00pm The Golden Girls LITTLE SISTER Relationships are strained when Rose's (Betty White) younger sister Holly (Inga Swenson) pays a visit. Oracle subtitles page 888

0.30pm Whose Line Is It Anyway? CLIVE ANDERSON Props, Party Quirks, World's Worst and the

12.45 to 2.10am Faiz: Poet in Troubled Times The first of two programmes about Asian poets. The story of Pakistan's people told in the writings of Faiz Ahmed. followed by

Habib Jalib: Poetry of Defiance The work of Habib Jalib, 'poet of the people'. PRODUCER H 0 NAZARETH DIRECTOR FARIE KERMANI Azad Production

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Swanning around and around• • . Serving as artistic director of the London Festival Ballet (now the English National Ballet) while co-starring in its production of Swan Lake (C4, Boxing Day) kept Peter Schaufuss (pictured with Evelyn Hart and members of the corps de ballet) on his toes, but he leapt to the challenge. 'It is difficult to perform and administer,' says the Danish-born star, who once dreamed of becoming a footballer. 'But I make my position clear: when I'm a dancer, I'm a colleague. When I'm in charge . . . that's different.'

Twin reaction

You can do it, Sarah! Jimmy's, an ITV Christmas special in most regions, on Wednesday 27 December will mark a special occasion for two-and-a-half-year-old Sarah Clinch, who was born disabled. Sarah's mother, Sue, rejected doctors' advice to wait until Sarah was a teenager before she was fitted with artificial legs. She found a sympathetic surgeon at St James's Hospital, Leeds, where Jimmy's is filmed. After a necessary operation, Sarah was encouraged to 'learn to put on her legs in the morning like other children put on their shoes and socks'. She's tried them out while holding on to her mum's hand, but the Christmas party at Jimmy's - featured in the programme - presents a new challenge. 'I'm not a religious person,' says producer/director Irene Cockroft, `but I'm praying that Sarah will walk by herself to collect her present from Father Christmas. Whatever happens, there won't be a dry eye on the ward.'

Bros twins Luke and Matt Goss plan to drop in on their mum, Carol, after their TV-am appearance on Christmas Day, but Luke is hoping to skip one festive tradition. `Mince pies,' he explains. 'I can't stand them. I hate them, but my mum always asks if I want some. Then, whether I say yes or no, she hands me about 10 on a plate.' A further treat for pop fans, young and old alike, is Cliff Richard - the Event (ITV, Saturday 23 December).

Wax works When Ruby Wax, a member of the Class of 1969 at Evanston Township High School in Illinois, turned up for her 20th reunion she had a camera crew in tow. They were filming Class of '69 (C4, Saturday, 23 December), 'but everyone thought I was just making a home movie,' says Ruby. 'You see, I was a nobody at school. They all assumed I had done nothing with my life since. But now I'm a somebody. It was quite a refreshing ,turn-around; the other women had fat behinds and the men had gone bald. They had gone to seed, but I was blossoming. It was sweet revenge.'

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When is a table not a table, but a stage? Honoured last summer with a place in Hollywood's Walk of Fame (he's star number 1883 in the sidewalk attraction), Tom Jones owes it all to a table top. Says the Welsh singer, who can be seen in Tom Jones Live, at This Moment (C4, Thursday 28 December): 'When I was six or seven, we'd have family and friends round to the house at holiday times for get-togethers. Everybody had to do something - a sort of party piece. That was a great opportunity for me to show off, so I'd get up on the table and sin • - and swivel m hi s even then!'

Just like Taggart, the tough cop he plays on TV, Mark McManus has a soft spot for Glasgow. McManus, who's back on ITV with a new Taggart film, Love Knot (New Year's Day), has written a book, Taggart's Glasgow, which takes readers on a journey through the not-so-mean streets of the Cultural Capital of Europe 1990. When he recently signed copies for fans at a city-centre bookshop, his proud mum, Mary (they are pictured together, above, with the book), stopped by to see him make his Mark!

Pop go the Eighties! Short films have been used to promote songs since the Jazz Age, says Paul Gambaccini, who reviews 10 years of music videos in TV-am's look at the End of the 80s (Wednesday to Friday, 27-29 December). The current explosion began in the early Eighties, when British directors created what Paul calls 'an extraordinary series of films' to introduce performers to a world audience. 'Instead of touring, they would put their videos on the road,' he says. One singer who benefited was Boy George: 'By the time he toured, audiences weren't saying "you're weird" ,' says Paul, 'they were saying "you're a star".' More Eighties highlights can be seen in Goodbye to the '80s' (most ITV regions, New Year's Eve), with Cilia Black, who meets poll-toppers, including the choice for outstanding humanitarian achievement - Bob Geldof.

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The little transistor was blaring out Nancy Sinatra singing These

Boots A re Made For W alking. That radio had been Bet's most constant companion over the years. Chipped, battered and streaked with splashes of scarlet nail varnish and a sight more reliable than any of her men had ever been. Nancy was

threatening that one of these days those boots were going to walk all over her man. Bet smiled wryly at her own reflection in the badly speckled mirror as she lacquered her long blonde hair so the ends flicked up cheekily. That could be her theme song. One of these days she was going to get her own back on a few of the fellas who'd done her down over the past years. But most of all on Joe Mason. One of these days she'd stomp on Joe Mason. Hurt

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him like he'd hurt her. She'd been peeling potatoes in the local chip shop when she first met him. But she had plans to swap the smell of vinegar for the smell of Chanel before very long. 'It's only temp'ry, Shirl, till me big, rich handsome fella sweeps me off me feet,' she told her best friend Shirley Pinner. Joe Mason wasn't rich yet. But he was gorgeous, with glossy dark hair and sexy brown eyes. And he was ambitious. 'Stick with

me, sweetheart, and together we'll go places,' he promised her. Bet was in her seventh heaven. She couldn't believe that this sophisticated man of the world was actually spending time with a naive kid from the local chippie. She crossed her shapely legs in what she hoped was a seductive fashion as she sat on a bar stool at the Bricklayers Arms. Joe winked as he plied her with Babycham, quite happy to ignore the fact

that the curvaceous blonde was only just 16. Neither did the gap between her age and his own 28 years bother him when, without too much difficulty, he later charmed her into his bed. 'I love him. Joe's the most wonderful thing that's ever happened to me, and I know he loves me. All I want is to marry him and live happy ever after,' Bet confided blissfully to Shirley, as the pair tried out lipstick

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`Either that little bastard toes or you both do' and long false eyelashes. Her own little home, a husband, a couple of kids . . . that had been Bet's dream for as long as she could remember. If her father hadn't walked out on her mother when Bet was six months old, everything might have turned out very differently. From the moment Patrick Lynch deserted them, her mother Mary worked day and night, struggling inadequately to support herself and young Elizabeth Theresa, who was looked after by a succession of indifferent childminders. The security of a loving family was something the little girl had never known. But it was something she'd vowed to give to her own kids one day. She already knew what she was going to call them. Martin and Marilyn. She hoped they'd be twins . . . 'Pregnant? You stupid little slut! Her mum had wept when a pale-faced Bet had finally confessed the awful truth. 'How the flamin"ell do you think you're going to manage?' But manage Bet did. And on her own: Because Joe, wonderful Joe, left town the day he heard the news. She never heard from him again. Just 16 years old, and already a second man had abandoned her when she needed him most. God alone knew how she got through the next few months. As her stomach swelled, so Mary, never emotionally strong, started to fall apart. Bet, still virtually a child herself, now had to survive for all three of them. Later, she cradled the warm soft bundle, and marvelled at the miniature perfection of his fingers as she held the tiny hand in hers. She told the nurse, 'I'm going to call him Martin.' And she gently kissed the top of his small silky head. 'Either that little bastard goes or you both do!' her mother sobbed, on the verge of a nervous breakdown. In spite of her feelings for her baby, Bet was scared and lonely and

weakened after a difficult labour. In the years to come, she was to wonder many times why she hadn't tried harder to keep her son. Never one to give up without a fight, it seemed cruelly ironic that she had relinquished so easily the one thing she loved more than anything else in the world. Martin Andrew Lynch was handed over to his adoptive parents when he was six weeks old. She never saw him again. Now, 10 years later, that chapter of her life was one she had firmly closed. She refused even to think about it . . . Except at Christmas. Because it was at Christmas that her baby had been born. Every year, as soon as she saw the first gaily decorated tree, or heard the carollers singing A way in a Manger, a small knife would twist in her heart. All the bitterness would well up again, as vividly as it had the day she found out Joe had gone. 'That's quite enough of that, kid,' Bet resolutely told her reflection. She enjoyed the way the fellas' eyes swivelled to stare when she walked into a room. She enjoyed the admiration, the flirtation, the fun. But she'd never let one of them get close to her again. No one was ever going to hurt her again, the way he had. To hell with Joe Mason. She dismissed the dark thoughts. This year, things were finally looking up. She'd found this little bedsitter. Not exactly deluxe, but she'd made it nice and cosy. She'd got a new job, and she'd even made a new pal. She wasn't going to let memories sour this Christmas. 'Hey, Bet? You ready yet?' She opened the door to a petite redhead with sparkling hazel eyes. They'd only met a few nights ago, but they had soon discovered that they had a great deal in common. Both girls brimmed with vitality, both had a tough veneer covering an inner vulnerability,

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It Might A s W ell Be Spring. This, she knew, was what she wanted - to be a part of this magical musical world of song and dance and glamour. Showbusiness was beckoning. One day, she was going to be a star. Bet had been intrigued and not a little envious when Rita had introduced herself as an exotic dancer, albeit one who was currently 'resting'. She'd played them all . . . the seaside follies, working

men's clubs, music-hall, intimate revues. She'd never made the West End yet - but she had once played Aladdin at Watford. She'd learned a lot about theatrical digs, a lot about life - and, like Bet, a great deal about men. Christmas was usually her busiest time - her agent Billy Reno always found her work, even if it was only in some thirdrate provincial panto. But a particularly nasty bout of flu had put her out of action, and so she'd come home to Weatherfield, where she'd quite literally bumped into Bet one evening, going into a local pub. Discovering that they were both at a loose end, they'd decided to pal up in search of a good time over Christmas. 'Hey, kid, you look great!' Bet grinned approvingly at the emerald green satin shift which set off Rita's hair. 'You don't look so bad yourself.' Bet gave her reflection a final satisfied glance in the mirror as she added the finishing touch - a pair of dangling earrings that glittered like miniature

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chandeliers. Bet had a passion for ostentatious baubles, but she knew she could carry them off. She also knew that she looked terrific tonight in the clingy, shocking pink mini-dress which showed off her ample curves to perfection. 'Right, let's go out and slay 'em, eh, cock?' She winked at Rita, as she

snuggled into the fake fox fur jacket, an impulsive present to herself that she'd still be paying for next Christmas. The Orinoco Club was throbbing as bodies twisted to the beat of Chubby Checker. Several pairs of appreciative male eyes followed the tall blonde and the small redhead as they sashayed up to the bar. Bet felt like a million dollars. The music switched to Some Enchanted Evening. Something told Bet that tonight she was going to meet the man of her dreams. 'Hiya, baby. I bet you're a model, right?' The pimply youth with the greased-back hair ogled her with what he clearly hoped was sexy sophistication. He couldn't have been more than 18. 'How did you guess?' She beamed back with a megawatt smile that set his bony little Adam's apple bobbing agitatedly up and down. Tonight she wasn't going to tell anyone she worked at the PVC factory in Coronation Street. For

one thing, it didn't exactly go with the image, and for another, she didn't plan to stay there long. She wasn't to know then that she and the grim, cobbled back street were to become inextricably entwined. Nor was she to know that she and Rita, now smooching happily on the dance floor with a tasty Italian waiter, were to become lifelong friends. 'Could I buy you a drink?' She turned to look at a bloke who was staring at her with wistful admiration. Far from being the man of her dreams, he was a particularly unprepossessing specimen. His lacklustre hair was thinning, an incipient beer belly hung over the top of ancient corduroy pants, and his eyes were bleary and bloodshot, betraying the fact that he'd already supped a few pints too many that night. She was just about to give him a curt refusal when he spoke again, He must have known she was going to say no. 'Please,' he begged. 'Just one.' The Beatles sang, 'All

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Joan Plowright, Lady Olivier, the widow of the man who was the world's greatest actor, is not sure whether she is ready to watch three of his remarkable films, to be shown on TV over Christmas. Laurence Olivier died in July and Joan, his wife for 28 years, thinks it may still be too soon for his family to sit down and watch the Man they loved, doing

what he did best. But the rest of Britain can enjoy his unique talents in Pride and Prejudice and Richard III (C4, Christmas Day) and The Prince and the Showgirl (C4, Boxing Day), with Marilyn Monroe. Joan says, 'What we have created for ourselves - myself and the children is what we can function with now in terms of memory. Watching some of his films at home might be too much. I don't think I could sit down at home and put them all on. 'Pictures of him, holiday

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snaps and the like, are another matter. And, when he died, we didn't have black in the house. 'We chose purple. It is Larry's favourite colour. It is more alive . . . electric. And that is what he is.' She uses the present tense. The films on C4 are a continuing and vital memorial to Laurence Kerr Olivier, the actor who could be nasty or noble, a king or a clown, a cripple or an athlete, and who never lost his dignity - unless it was on purpose. Now 60, Joan Plowright

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Joan's in-house genius starred together in The Entertainer and were obviously in love. 'There was a hint of mockery in her eyes,' Olivier noted at the time, and her very name was enough to make me think thoughts of love.' But at that first meeting, Joan had no idea love and marriage would follow. She explains: 'I couldn't know then. He was this extraordinary giant of an actor. I think I realised he was more than just an ordinary man. 'In a sense, I had been in love with him since the age of 11, when I saw W uthering Heights for the first time. 'But, then, every girl fell in love with Heathcliff as played by Larry. That is a different thing from falling in love with the man-himself. I wouldn't have thought this is the man for me until In a sense, later, when he was obviI've been in ously in love love with him with me. Only then since I was 11, did I think it when he was possible. 'I had actHeathcliff, ually written a fan letter to him at the time he made Henry V as a film in 1944. I had completely forgotten about it until after his death and one of my daughters found a reference to it in my diary. He had replied, too.' During their life together, it seemed to some that Joan Plowright had an in-house genius to call upon when she prepared to play a part. Joan does not see it that way at all. 'Yes, but he is not female,' she says. 'It is quite different acting women's parts from acting men's. I couldn't ask him how to get to it - the basic is totally individual. That cannot be passed on. 'Technique can. Breathing can. Pace and rhythms can. But getting into a part is completely personal. There is no way that you can imitate while staying an original, with your own truth. And it is truth that really counts. 'So I didn't ask Larry for advice and neither did the children - Richard, Tamsin and Julie Kate. We talked about acting in gen-

eral, but not in particular. 'I understood that from the beginning. Had I been younger and more susceptible, who knows what might have happened. But when we met, I had already won a Tony award on Broadway for A Taste of Honeyand I had my own style and my own individuality. There was no way I could be swayed. 'I was swept off my feet emotionally by him. There was no need to be swept off theatrically.' But, all the same, what was it like living with a legend? 'No one is a legend in their own home,' she says. 'Being a legend isn't a 24hour-a-day job. He ate and shaved every morning like anyone else. You live like any member of the human race, coping with the same problems - the house, the plumbing, paying the bills. 'Because we were both so aware of it when we married, we didn't want all the legend stuff - he had had it and didn't want it any longer, and I had never had it and didn't like it anyway. 'So it was not living with a legend. It was simply a man and a woman living together. I married a man, not a myth.' When they tied the knot in 1961, it was quickly and quietly in America after their shows late one night. Will there ever be another Larry Olivier? That is the question everyone asks, as one new name and then another comes forward to be recognised and appraised. Says Joan Plowright: 'It's a matter of how anyone is born and begins, of their surroundings and apprenticeship. 'Larry's apprenticeship was at a time when there was no television. There will never be anyone like John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson or Larry, because they alone had 20 years of apprenticeship in the theatre. 'There will be actors like Larry, with his kind of energy and brilliance at producing and acting, but they will be in the manner of. They cannot be him because he was special. Nobody else can follow in that particular mould because it is past.' TVT

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Down: 1 First name of actor who plays Morse (4). 2 Star Soap's Amos (7). 3 County of Ireland (4). 4 Audrey, married to Alf (7). 5 Brian's widow (4). 6 Irritate (6). 7 Bird, a species of auk (9). 8 Objects used by golfers when driving (4). 9 Oarsmen (6). 10 Writer

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Chappell (4). 12 Cookson's Streets (7).15 Irish province (6). 17 Finish (3,2). 20 Actor Oliver (4). 22 Large band for jumping through (4). 24 Stole (4). 25 STAR CHALLENGE (5,5). 26 Clothes for athletic types (10). 27 Rogers' dancing partner (7). 28 Actress Samms (4). 29 Julie Miller's character (6,4). 30 Independent Broadcasting Authority (1,1,1). 31 Cowboy puts gun in it (7). 32 STAR CHALLENGE (5,5). 33 Cynthia, subject of Personal Services (5). 36 Surname of Phil, Star Soap's executive producer (7). 39 Popular female singer (7). 41 Surname of actor who plays Lance in Star Soap (5). 44 Actress Deborah (4). 48 Game, & Match (3). 50 Having adequate capacity for a job (4). 52 Operatic song (4). 53 Sporting Triangles presenter (4,5). 54 Trial (4). 55 Vomit-inducing medicine (6). 56 First name of comedienne Reid (5). 57 He may be at college or university (7). 59 First name of actress who played Miss Jones in Rising Damp (7). 60 Moving picture display (7). 62 Ted of Cheers (6). 63 Surname of Ari, actress in Kate & A llie (6). 66 It ends on 31 December (4). 67 .... Frocks and New Trousers (4). 68 Actor Anders, Taggart's McVitie (4). 69 Playwright Owen (4). 70

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Bet removed the fingers that had wandered on to her knee the lonely people . .' He looked oddly pathetic and out of of place in this festive crowd. And Bet didn't need Eleanor Rigby to tell her what it was like to be lonely. 'OK,' she sighed. 'Just one.' She'd have that, then make her escape. She was too soft for her own good. Goodwill to all men was all very well, but she wasn't going to be stuck with this wreck all evening - especially as a gorgeous Elvis lookalike was winking at her from the other end of the bar. Bet knew from long experience that most men only wanted to talk about themselves; that their idea of a good conversation was telling you all about their troubles. Sometimes she felt she was nothing but a giant ear. She sipped her gin and tonic resignedly as her told her about the wife who'd walked out on him, taking both the kids. About the business he'd had that had failed. About the jobs he'd lost, and the money he'd lost. About the married friends who were too busy to invite him to join them over Christmas. 'I wouldn't care, but none of it was my fault,' he sighed as he gazed sadly into the dregs in his glass. 'I would have gone places, but I never had the luck.' She didn't tell him that she'd learned you make your own luck in this world. There was no point. 'The worst thing is the feeling of rejection,' he went on. He peered at her in the dim light of the redshaded lamp on the table, and moved his chair closer to hers. What was it about this bloke? She could imagine that he must have been attractive once, when the nowsparse hair was dark and glossy and the bleary eyes had glinted with a mischievous sexual spark. 'I don't suppose you'd know what it's like to be rejected, a lovely girl like you,' he added. Better than you know, she thought. But she smiled at him, as she removed the

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about when you're older, he'll go off with a younger woman,' and 'He'll leave you, you'll be lonely later on.' `Yes, I had all that,' says Juliet. 'I just said, with my head in the clouds, "But I love him." ' Which is obvious to anyone watching them sip tea and nibble away at scones, fruit tarts and each other. She's his 'babe', delicately girlish in a red and white dress, the genteel daughter of Sir John and Lady Mary Mills. He's her 'darling' in cowboy boots, check shirt and jeans - a tanned, husky young hunk, British born with a hot-head reputation and a trans atlantic accent. Together, they come across as a genuinely happy, refreshing couple, confounding those who said they should forget each other. 'It gives me great pleasure,' says Juliet crisply, 'to meet people who thought it wouldn't last 10 minutes. I feel like saying, "So there, yah boo to you!". But I don't have to say a word because it's so obvious how happy we are. I really believe in soul

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^ continued from page 147 mates. And when we met there was no question. It was the only way to go. 'A lot of things opened up for me when I met Maxwell. I changed a lot. I became more of a woman. He made me feel so wonderful and thought I was so incredible . . He made me believe in myself. I certainly don't worry about things that may happen and now I'm far happier because of it.' You have to live life moment by moment,' says Maxwell. 'Too many people agonise about what they could or should have done. This morning I went to the beach and there was a school of dolphins playing in the waves and a formation of pelicans flew overhead. I just kept thinking how fortunate we are.' 'We're very lucky,' agrees Juliet. They nuzzle. Home is a sprawling Santa Barbara ranch where they produce avocados, grow all their own food and keep animals. 'It's quite a lot of work but its wonderfully healthy,' says Juliet. We have lovely fresh eggs, wonderful fresh vegetables and fruit. I bake my own bread and were all as fit as fiddles. The only drawback is the grubby hands. When we were filming Till W e Meet A gain in England in the summer, I said to Maxwell, "Look, I've got fingernails." But, two days after we got back home, they'd all gone.' The Caulfields star in the TV mini-series of Judith Krantz's novel Till W e Meet A gain. But they don't have a scene together, much to Juliet's disappointment. Particularly as she had to watch Maxwell, as heartless rouĂŠ Alain Marais, doing his love scenes. Juliet plays Vivianne de Biron, a dancer/ singer turned high-class courtesan - 'a tart with a heart' - and was thrilled with such a spicy part after so many syrupy roles. 'A nanny, a nurse or a nun . . . I mean it goes on and on, endlessly. Don't they have any idea that you're an actress?' she complains. 'It's a brutal business. There are so many disappointments. You need a good sense of yourself so that it doesn't matter what other people say. And it helps when you have a wonderful husband

- or vice home. . . versa. And and that that's what echoes what counts, you Juliet was always have saying about that to fall how wonderful it is to back on.' 'That's very have a parttrue,' says ner to help Maxwell. He maintain nibbles her your belief in yourself.' neck. But they 'Oh, he's still love wonderful to s h o w me,' Juliet goes on, givbusiness. ing his knee They rea loving cently apsqueeze. pear e d together in a 'Wonderful. play and When you Maxwell has are turned just finished down for a a TV movie job, the reasons can and a film The Caulfields don't play lovers in the series be souland toured in but they have plenty of true-life romance a highlydestroying if you let them. That's why John Travolta when he acclaimed production of it's so wonderful to come starred in Grease II with Sleuth. But it's clear home to someone who Michelle Pfeiffer. Michelle they're far happier up builds you up again. It's has gone on to become one here in Santa Barbara than the same for Max really, of the top female box office in crowded, high-pressure though he hasn't been act- stars in America - but Hollywood. Although Maxing as long as I have. Maxwell came down to well does miss his Sunday 'Because of The Colbys earth with a bump after football game with the lo[the Dynasty spin-off in the Grease II flop. cal Beverly Hills showwhich Maxwell starred as I should have built my business crowd - watched Miles Colby] people think film career gradually. I by his number one fan, that's Maxwell Caulfield shouldn't have tried to step-daughter Melissa. and he gets sent endless blast on the scene quite so Melissa, 11, is Juliet's roles of that type - brash much,' says Maxwell. 'I daughter from her second young American upstarts guess I just overstepped marriage to Los Angeles always fighting with myself a bit.' builder Michael Miklenda. everybody. The wonder'No you didn't, darling,' She has a son, Sean, 25, ful performances he's says Juliet loyally. 'I don't from her first marriage to given in the New York hold with that. He wasn't American Russell Alquist. theatre don't count some- brash. It just wasn't the Her marriage to Miklenda, how. They've just got this time for him to be the big she says, was the 'biggest image of Miles Colby.' star he will be.' mistake of my life. Melissa 'Everyone thinks I'm a He kisses her fingers. rarely sees her real father. hell-raiser but I feel I 'You can get so tossed ar- Maxwell has been her haven't exploded yet,' ound in this business. You father since she was three. says Maxwell. He left think you're on the edge She has his name.' home when he was 15, of getting that big break It's an idyllic family life worked as a doorman and and it doesn't happen and on the ranch, says Maxdancer in Soho, arrived in you can really tear your- well. 'Juliet is a very fine New York when he was 17 self apart. Then you go gardener and a terrific ('burning with a desire to cook. She's working on a act,' says Juliet) and at 22 book now - I call it a metawas touted as the next physical cook book, it Sixties pop star Mike Same has built up quite a career as an actor in recent years. In Till We Meet A gain Same, 49, plays Von Stern, a German general who commandeers a champagne vineyard from a French family. Same launched his singing career with Come Outside, a No 1 hit with Wendy Richard - of EastEnders fame. His singing career was followed by work in photography, journalism and film. But his film-making

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Soldiering on . . . that's Mike! career took a disastrous turn in 1970 when his screen version of Gore Vidal's, Myra Breckinridge, was a box-office flop. Since then he has appeared in several TV

series including the recent ITV drama W inds of W ar as commandant of Auschwitz, Minder, and the ITV series W ipe Out. He has just finished filming a new TV series Night of the Fox with George Peppard. `Although I'm preBeatles in the singing sense, my acting parts are picking up nicely,' says Same, who has done some champagne celebrating himself since becoming a father for the fourth time when daughter Abigail was born last month.

takes in a lot of our beliefs. I'll give you an example: Yesterday Juliet applied reflexology to a relative who has multiple sclerosis - he's been walking with a cane - and today he got up and was able to walk without it.' The Mills clan are constant visitors. Juliet hopes for a Christmas visit from Sir John, now 81, and her mother. Younger sister Hayley, who frequently works in Hollywood, is a regular visitor, too, from her London home which she shares with Maxwell's younger brother Marcus. 'He knocked on Hayley's door, stayed for tea and stayed for ever,' says Juliet. 'My family's just a bunch of opportunists,' says Maxwell. Hayley and Marcus follow Hare Krishna, but Juliet and Maxwell have their own philosophy. 'I believe in ESP and creative visualisation,' says Juliet. 'I really believe that, if you want something very much and visualise it, it's more likely to come to you. I also believe in the powers of healing and so does Melissa - she believes she can heal, and she really can.' Melissa's half-brother Sean lives in Los Angeles but often comes up to the ranch. 'He's surprised us all,' says Juliet. 'Dad's thrilled with him. He has a degree in film and communications from San Diego State University.' 'He was a dead-head hot-dog surfer and now he's intending to give David Lean a run for his money,' says Maxwell. The Mills family is still very close-knit and they all enjoyed a reunion while Juliet and Maxwell were on location in London for Till W e Meet A gain. 'It was wonderful - there's always so much to talk about, isn't there Max?' says Juliet. 'I must say, I've got to watch out,' says Maxwell. 'The Mills family is ready to take the world by storm in the Nineties. The grandchildren are coming through with great guns. 'And this little lady,' gazing down at Juliet, 'will surprise everyone. Her best work is ahead of her.' 'And this man,' says Juliet, smiling up at Maxwell, 'is going to show how fascinating and unpredictable an actor can be.' TVT

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Ding dong merrily... the stars on high promise a Christmas with travel and relatives coming to the fore. If you're spending the festivities with friends, then you'll have a ball! Career and communication confusion in the New Year will work itself out after 20 January.

Be circumspect with your cash this Christmas rather than turn the estivities into a financial disaster. An eloquent card or wee gift will express your true feelings perfectly without flashy show or outrageous misfortune. Welcome the New Year in simple style.

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Hark! The herald angels sing of happiness and harmony as the stars cram so much into your sizzling Saturnalia. A baby's birth or a brainchild will be the icing on your Christmas cake! By Hogmanay you're full of amour, so grab the first person through the door!

f LO".. W hat could be nicer than receiving a bouquet of flowers N(ri. '40 on your birthday? Courtesy of Teleflorist, an operation 1, 44comprising 2200 florists nationwide and 35,000 worldwide, we've got seven bouquets to give away 1,..each week - so tell us if one of your family or a friend has a birthday coining up soon and, if their name is the one selected for that day, they'll be sent a beautiful bouquet. Just drop a line to Birthday Bouquets, PO Box 27, A bergavenny, Monmouthshire NP78Y E (on a postcard only, please). Russell gives his forecast for all those who share birthdays this week and next. Bouquets are on their way to the following: 23 Dec: Moira Horne, Newport, Devon. Everything's coming up roses for your year ahead. 24 Dec: Mrs Ferguson, K irIch ailloch, Dunbartonshire. Temper your profound feelings with common 'h. sense this year. 25 Dec: Carol Turner, Patchway, Gloucestershire. Talk about a sexy year ahead! You're ardent, amorous and artistic. 26 Dec: Barbara Fletcher, East Dene, Y orkshire. A year to

Bring a little merry cheer to your partner this Noel by doing something completely out of character. Be unpredictable! Break out of the traditional mould by organising something that'll keep your other half guessing! Hogmanay hogs your heart with romance.

It's the thought that counts over Christmas, so you'd better start counting your cash to see how much you can afford. Something given with love is all that's needed but, if you splash out, then make it useful to the whole house. Accept a local invitation to bring in 1990.

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Your Yule is laced with love. Wherever you go, you'll attract affectionate friends, fans and admirers. You may even decide on a long-term goal as the stars fashion your future. Watch out for excess over Christmas and opt for a quiet, exclusive hello to Hogmanay.

A card, gift or gesture of someone's feelings will make your Advent very special, as any token of affection will warm the cockles of your heart. Take part in community carols or wander wassailing with friends and family. A sentimental New Year is forecast at home.

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consolidate long-term plans for 1991. 27 Dec: Eliza Ennis, Langley, Buckinghamshire. This is potentially one of the best years of your life. 28 Dec: Linda Baylis, Dosthill, Staffordshire. New beginnings beckon this year. 29 Dec: Mrs D Daniel, Ipswich, Suffolk Opportunity knocks at your door this year, so let it in! 30 Dec: Pamela K ing, Horsham, Sussex. You express fiery feelings this year, but beware of backward communications. 31 Dec: K ay McGuffog, Upper Ventnor, Hampshire. Make for a harmonious New Year by forgiving and forgetting. 1 Jan: Annette Todd, Tollerton, Nottinghamshire. The next 12 months are full of star luck and sensational surprises. 2 Jan: Frances Jackson, Gorton, Lancashire. You'll find success in romance and all creative concerns. 3 Jan: Mrs W ilkinson, Hundleby, Lincolnshire. Love will enter your life, but don't neglect your clever mind. 4 Jan: Mrs B Jones, Aberath, Cardiganshire. You're all set to sizzle sexually, but watch your moods.

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I sympathise with your concern. Obsessions with pop groups are extraordinary, but think back to Beatlemania when girls cried hysterically and even fainted at the sight of their heroes, and it doesn't seem so outlandish, does it? Y our friends are right she will grow out of it. None of us believe that strange teenage habits are ever discarded, but punks grow up and leather boys settle down and have families, just like the rest of us. Y ou don't give your daughter's exact age, but if she is within three years of starting her periods it could be a hormonal disturbance. W hat worries me is why you should be feeling guilty about her. It's a fact of life that all mothers seem to carry round this burden of guilt whenever anything goes wrong with their children. It's not necessarily your fault, and it's worth remembering that by

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Open fires are becoming more and more popular, and one of the cheapest forms of fuel is wood. Nothing can compare with a log fire on a bleak winter evening. The following may help your readers choose the best type of wood to burn. A pple - will fill your room with the gentlest of perfume. Beechwood - will burn bright and clear, if left standing for a year. Birch - burns at a rapid rate, so have plenty in the grate. Chestnut - if left to dry, is great to warm your body by. Fir - it burns so fast, your fire just will not last. Oak - when dry, burns long and bright, staying in overnight. Poplar - gives so much smoke, it spits and snarls and makes you choke. Sweet chestnut - beware, use a guard, otherwise your chairs will be charred. A sh - dry or wet, will always be your best bet. .

Mrs Terry, Middle Winnersh, Berkshire

Thank you very much. I couldn't agree more - the smell of woodsmoke in the house is lovely, and if you are lucky enough to live in the country and have a large fireplace then it's possible to burn wood. Many built-up areas these days are smokeless zones, where you can only burn smokeless fuels. Remember that great care has to be taken with open fires, especially when there are children in the house; always use a fireguard and, when burning wood, place a fine mesh sparkguard in front of the fire at night to prevent stray sparks setting fire to floor coverings. W ith this seasonal Topic of the W eek I send greetings to all readers of my page. I wish you all good health in the coming decade. far the greatest influence in your daughter's life is not you and your husband any more, but the peer group in which she moves. I suggest you handle your daughter

11111111111111n11111111111n11111111M Tip of the Week Mrs L M A rgent of Thornton Heath, Surrey, wins £5 for this sensible suggestion: When shopping, the safest place to keep your money is in a special pocket sewn on the inside of your coat. (Tips on postcards only, please.)

with sympathy, and try to have an intimate conversation about what's bothering her.

True love at last I have fallen in love with a 46-year-old man who has had epileptic fits since birth and will always have to be on tablets. I was very frightened when he had a fit with me the first time, but I looked after him and know I cannot forsake him. We are both divorced, but neither his ex-wife nor grown-up daughters want anything to do with him. I am 50 and have arthritis. Would I

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concerned about marriage when neither of you is very fit as, in the nature of things, your friend will get less well, putting a greater burden on you. Y our own arthritis is unlikely to improve very much either. This responsibility is something some women might not be prepared to take on. But one thing I do know: at the age of 50 (and I'm 52) I would not let the chance of lasting happiness slip by. If you really want to spend the rest of your life with this man despite his epilepsy you will be able to manage it together. If, however, you're not totally sure, his illness and your disability could become a wedge that drives you apart. To help get things in perspective, why not contact The National Information Centre, British Epilepsy A ssociation, A nstey House, 40 Hanover Square, Leeds LS3 1BE, which publishes useful pamphlets. It also has an Epilepsy Helpline (0345 089599) which is open 9am-4.30pm Monday to Thursday, and 9am-4pm on Fridays.

Deadly sin Despite my good resolutions, I always manage to make a glutton of myself eating and drinking on Christmas Day, and then suffer the consequences. Have you any suggestions for a greedy guts? Malcolm Howard Guildford, Surrey

Oh dear! If you insist on a traditional midday blow-out, start the day with a light nourishing breakfast, not a fry-up. Keep temptation at bay by leaving chocolates wrapped till evening and resist all those crisps and nuts. Eat your main meal slowly, chew it well, and drink a pint of mineral water with it; sip another full

pint in the evening. Indigestion pills can be mildly soothing. A final glass of water should prepare you for bed and for Boxing Day, when you can repeat the prescription if necessary.

Brace yourself! I am 14 years old and I wear a brace on my teeth. Many adults and children are afraid to get one because they think it will look ugly and will hurt. I want to say that after the first few days, when I was called 'Train Tracks' and 'Radio Brace', people really didn't notice it. As for the pain, I can't lie. It does hurt a little at first. But now I think I'd feel weird without it, and my teeth are nearly straight. So if you have squint teeth, get a brace. It's well worth it. Sarah Loosemore Nairn, Scotland

It's always great to print such a sensible letter. I hope it encourages others not to be nervous.

Shouldering on It is commonplace today to see all and sundry swinging weighty bags from one shoulder. Surely this cannot be good for you? I cannot recall this practice in my younger days, and believe it came about when people had to carry gas masks in the war. I would appreciate your commonsense view. Mrs j Doyle Worsley, Manchester

I'm sure you're right. Carrying a shoulder bag weighs down that side of the body. The muscles go tense and there's a strain on the neck, the base of the skull, the shoulders and the arms which can lead to back, neck and shoulder problems. Far better to carry a small rucksack so that the weight is evenly distributed. They are very much in fashion and I expect quite a number will turn up on Christmas Day.

Right to Reply I heartily agree with your reader about the burden parents have giving party presents. It used to anger my mother when presents arrived at my parties she said it was like my friends paying for their meal. I have thought of a way round this. Instead of a birthday party have, say, an end-of-term or a welcome New Year party, a harvest supper or a Guy Fawkes party. It would be fun making goodies to fit the theme, and the actual birthday cake and candles could be saved for a small group who would give presents anyway.

Quick Query I believe there is a special charity for children who are both deaf and blind. I would like to leave it something in my will Do you have an address? This worthwhile charity - the National Deaf-Blind and Rubella A ssociation - is known as SENSE. The address is 311 Gray's Inn Road, London W CJX 8PT.

Stop Press There is a wide range of products available today to make life easier and bring a greater degree of independence to disabled people. I have been studying a series of guides, Equipment for Disabled People, published by the Oxfordshire Health Authority. Among the titles are Home Management and Clothing and Dressing costing £6 each (inc postage) from the Mary Marlborough Lodge, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford OX3 7LD. They should also be available at your library. A free descriptive leaflet is available from the same address. Enclose an sae.

There's always £10 for the Topic of the Week, and £5 for a Tip of the Week. Miriam regrets that she is unable to enter into individual correspondence Production by BPCC Electronic Composition Ltd, Luton; BPCC C & S Studio Ltd, Luton; BPCC Petty Ltd, Leeds; BPCC Purnell Ltd, Paulton, nr Bristol; BPCC Business Magazines (Carlisle) Ltd, Carlisle; BPCC Sun Ltd, Watford (Members of BPCC Ltd); Severn Valley Press Ltd, Caerphilly; Varnicoat Ltd, Pershore and Jerrold Printing, Norwich. Registered as a newspaper at the Post Office. Published by Independent Television Publications Ltd, 1989.

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