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: Why Don't You...?
just switch off your television set and go out and do something less boring instead? Your ideas and activities presented by the children of the Scottish Why Don't You...? gang.Producer Catherine mcfarlane Series producer peter charlton
Please send your ideas to: Why Don't You...?. [address removed]. But if you want a reply please enclose a stamped addressed envelope.
: Wacky Races: Dopey Dakota Derby
Here they go again - that well-known villain Dick Dastardly and his pal Muttley.: Play Chess!
with Bill HartstonChess puzzles, an introduction to some of the greatest players in chess history, and a Girls v Boys challenge match.
Contributors
Unknown:
Bill
Hartston
: Jackanory
with Bernard CribbinsThe Mystery of Mr Jones 's Disappearing Taxi by JOAN AIKEN
Who is borrowing Mr Jones 's taxi at night? Who is stealing books from Rumbury Public Library? Who has kidnapped the well-known pop star Naughty Madge Owens ? Can all these things be connected?
1: Disappearances.
Contributors
Unknown:
Bernard
Cribbins
Unknown:
Mr
Jones
Unknown:
Joan
Aiken
Unknown:
Mr
Jones
Unknown:
Madge
Owens
: Paddington
In and Out of Trouble by MICHAEL BONDNarrated by MICHAEL HORDERN
Animated and directed by tvor wood Music by HERBERT CHAPPELL
Executive producer GRAHAM CLUTTERBUCK
Contributors
Unknown:
Michael
Bond
Unknown:
Michael
Hordern
Directed By:
Tvor
Wood
Music By:
Herbert
Chappell
Producer:
Graham
Clutterbuck
: Play School
Presenter Carol LeaderGuests Fred Harris , Howard Lee Story: Jack and the Beanstalk
Director MICHAEL COLE
Contributors
Presenter:
Carol
Leader
Unknown:
Guests Fred
Harris
Unknown:
Howard
Lee
Director:
Michael
Cole
: Antonio and the Mayor
The feature film starring Gregory SierraJavier Marc , Diego Gonzalez
Mayor Acambarros likes to feel in charge of the remote village of Tehuazapatapan, in Mexico. But little
Antonio Camargo , a boy genius, is always upstaging him. When a new bicycle and a new teacher arrive on the same day by train, the stage is set for a conflict over the bicycle and the boy's infatuation with it....
Screenplay by HOWARD RODMAN
Produced by HOWARD RODMAN and JERRY THORPE Directed by JERRY THORPE. Films: page 17 (First showing on British television)
Contributors
Unknown:
Gregory
Sierra
Unknown:
Javier
Marc
Unknown:
Diego
Gonzalez
Unknown:
Mayor
Acambarros
Unknown:
Antonio
Camargo
Unknown:
Howard
Rodman
Produced By:
Howard
Rodman
Produced By:
Jerry
Thorpe
Directed By:
Jerry
Thorpe.
Mayor Acambarros:
Gregory
Sierra
Federico Cervantes:
Javier
Marc
Antonio Camargo:
Diego
Gonzales
Mr Camargo:
Farnesio
Bernal
Filipe Orpeza:
Claudio
Martinez
Mrs Acambarros:
Aurora
Clavell
Fr Montalvo:
Julio
Medina
: Grandstand
Introduced by David ColemanToday's Timetable:
12.20 Football Focus
12.35 News Summary
12.40 Racing. 12.55 Motor Racing
1.15 Racing. 1.30 Motor Racing
1.50 Racing. 2.10 Darts
2.30 Racing. 2.40 Basketball
3.10 Darts. 3.30 Basketball
3.50 Half-times
3.55 Basketball/Darts
12.20
Football Focus
BOB WILSON looks at the New Year
12.40, 1.15, 1.50, 2.30
Racing from Cheltenham
12.45 The Wallace Novices' Steeplechase (2½m)
1.20 The Steel Plate Trial Hurdle Race (2m)
1.55 The Courage Cup Steeplechase (Qualifier 3m If)
The third qualifier in this valuable series which culminates in a £20,000 final at Newbury in March.
2.30 The Innovative Handicap Steeplechase (2½ m) Commentators
PETER O'SULLEVAN , RICHARD PITMAN
12.55, 1.30
Motor Racing from Brands Hatch
The main attraction is the race of the BBC Grandstand Trophy for Formula 2000. As well, the Formula 1600 John Player Champion of Champions. Organised by the Brands Hatch Racing Club.
Commentator MURRAY WALKER
2.10, 3.10
World Darts from Jollees Showclub , Stoke-on-Trent The Embassy
World Professional Championship
The start of the second round. Commentators
SID WADDELL , TONY GREEN
2.40, 3.30
International Basketball from The National Sports Centre, Crystal Palace
The Philips World Invitational Club Championships
All three teams who have won this championship are back again this year. MACCABI TEL aviv, who defend their title, should be in today's final, but with such strong competition, even that is unpredictable. Commentators
STUART STOREY , TOM WISMAN
3.50 Half-times
Television presentation: Racing richard tilling
Motor Racing JOHN MCNICHOLAS Darts KEITH PHILLIPS
Basketball JOHNNIE WATHERSTON
Assistant editor Grandstand BRIAN BARWICK Producer Grandstand MARTIN HOPKINS Editor Grandstand JOHN PHILIPS
Contributors
Introduced By:
David
Coleman
Unknown:
Bob
Wilson
Unknown:
Peter
O'Sullevan
Unknown:
Richard
Pitman
Commentator:
Murray
Walker
Unknown:
Jollees
Showclub
Unknown:
Sid
Waddell
Unknown:
Stuart
Storey
Unknown:
Tom
Wisman
Unknown:
John
McNicholas
Unknown:
Darts Keith
Phillips
Unknown:
Basketball Johnnie
Watherston
: Blue Peter
with Simon Groom, Peter Duncan and Janet EllisWeather Beater Stop Press!
The Blue Peter bring and buy sales are producing fantastic results and if the £750,000 mark lights up on the Totaliser today, the original appeal target will have been trebled.
Contributors
Presenter:
Simon
Groom
Presenter:
Peter
Duncan
Presenter:
Janet
Ellis
Assistant Editor:
Lewis
Bronze
Editor:
Biddy
Baxter
: Final Score
The classified check plus the pools news, and a round-up.: The Grinch Grinches the Cat-in-the-Hat
An animated Dr Seuss SpecialThe jaunty Cat-in-the-Hat incurs the wrath of the grouchy Grinch, who beams mean machines that turn his victim into a fantastic light show, until the cat decides to psychologicalize' him to find his soft spot.
Produced by TED GEISEL and FRIZ FRELENG Directed by BILL PEREZ
Contributors
Produced By:
Ted
Geisel
Directed By:
Bill
Perez
: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
A special holiday presentation of the all-star comedy withThrown together by chance and the lure of money, a rag-bag crew of fortune hunters begin a frantic chase after a bankrobber's haul. The plot thickens with multiple double-crosses and spectacular stunts in this hilarious tribute to the screen's great comedy classics.
Screenplay by William AND TANIA ROSE
Produced and directed by STANLEY KRAMER Films: page 17
Contributors
Directed By:
Stanley
Kramer
Capt C G Culpeper:
Spencer
Tracy
J Russell Finch:
Milton
Berle
Melville Crump:
Sid
Caesar
Smiler Grogan:
Jimmy
Durante
Benjy Benjamin:
Buddy
Hackett
Mrs Marcus:
Ethel
Merman
Ding Bell:
Mickey
Rooney
Sylvester Marcus:
Dick
Shaw
Otto Meyer:
Phil
Silvers
J:
Algernon
Hawthorne
Lennie Pike:
Jonathan
Winters
Monica Crump:
Edie
Adams
Emmeline Finch:
Dorothy
Provine
First cab driver:
Eddie 'Rochester'
Anderson
Tyler Fitzgerald:
Jim
Backus
Airplane pilot:
Ben
Blue
Police sergeant:
Alan
Carney
Mrs Halliburton:
Barrie
Chase
Chief of police:
William
Demarest
Second cab driver:
Peter
Falk
Col Wilberforce:
Paul
Ford
Third cab driver:
Leo
Gorcey
Dinckler:
Edward Everett
Horton
Jimmy, the crook:
Buster
Keaton
Nervous man:
Don
Knotts
Tower control:
Carl
Reiner
Firemen:
The Three
Stooges
Union official:
Joe E
Brown
Sheriff Mason:
Andy
Devine
Fire Chief:
Sterling
Holloway
Irwin:
Marvin
Kaplan
Airport manager:
Charles
Lane
Lieutenant:
Charles
McGraw
Switchboard operator:
Zasu
Pitts
: Best of British Comedy
Introduced by Frank MuirThe second of a two-part celebration of BBC comedy, with excerpts from the most popular series over the last 25 years. Including: Steptoe and Son, Fawlty Towers, To the Manor Born, Yes Minister, and Only Fools and Horses.
Music arranged by RONNIE HAZLEHURST Produced by Richard BODEN
Contributors
Introduced By:
Frank
Muir
Arranged By:
Ronnie
Hazlehurst
Produced By:
Richard
Boden
: Amy
by Roger MilnerStarring Harriet Walter as Amy Johnson and Clive Francis as Jim Mollison
Amy Johnson created history and became a famous public figure as the first woman to fly solo to Australia. She was to marry and divorce another record breaker, Jim Mollison, and disappeared ferrying an RAF plane in 1941.
Feature: Page 14
Contributors
Writer:
Roger
Milner
Incidental Music:
Dudley
Simpson
Pilots:
The De Havilland Moth
Club
Aviation Historical Adviser:
Stuart
McKay
Sound Recordist:
Dick
Manton
Designer:
John
O'Hara
Photography:
Remi
Adefarastn
Producer:
Innes
Lloyd
Director:
Nat
Crosby
Amy Johnson:
Harriet
Walter
Jim Mollison:
Clive
Francis
Sir Sefton Brancker:
Roger
Hammond
Colonel Francis Shelmerdine:
Denys
Hawthorne
Captain Hope:
Richard
Durden
Jimmy Martin:
Douglas
Reith
Jack Humphreys:
Robert
Pugh
Will Johnson:
George A
Cooper
Cis Johnson:
Stephanie
Cole
Lilly:
Ysanne
Churchman
Molly Johnson:
Tacy
Kneale
Lord Rothermere:
Patrick
Troughton
Bell:
John
Grillo
Australian broadcaster:
Stuart
Blake
Betty Johnson:
Katy
Durham-Matthews
Bill Courtenay:
Edward
Lyon
Lord Wakefield:
John
Wentworth
Reporter at reception:
Ivan
Steward
Man in cinema:
Derek
Deadman
Pauline Gower:
Janet
Key
Reporter at luncheon:
Chris
Sullivan
Uncle Willy:
Roger
Milner
Auntie Evelyn:
Joan
Ogden
American doctor:
Ray
Charleson
Debutante:
Catherine
Hall
Socialite:
Jinty
Coventry
RAF officer:
Stephen
Oxley
: Films of the Year
Barry Norman looks back at the past year in the cinema and selects his 12 favourite films.Will Dustin Hoffman 's Tootsie make the final list? Did Meryl Streep give the performance of the year m
Sophie's Choice? Is Walter Hill 48
Hours the thriller of the year? Will
Ingmar Bergman 's last film Fanny and Alexander be included?
Director JONATHAN DENT Producer JUDY LINDSAY
Contributors
Unknown:
Barry
Norman
Unknown:
Dustin
Hoffman
Unknown:
Meryl
Streep
Unknown:
Walter
Hill
Unknown:
Ingmar
Bergman
Director:
Jonathan
Dent
Producer:
Judy
Lindsay
: Men v Women
An International Golf ChallengeThe fifth match of a series between leading American golfers,
JOANNE CARNER and SANDRA HAYNIE and two of the world's leading men, Germany's BERNHARD LANGER and Australia
GREG NORMAN.
The matches are played over the Duke's Course of the Wobum Golf and Country Club.
Today's match is between Greg Norman and JoAnne Carner. Commentator PETER ALLISS
Assistant producer DENIS KELLY Director RICHARD TILLING
Executive producer HAROLD ANDERSON
Contributors
Unknown:
Joanne
Carner
Unknown:
Sandra
Haynie
Unknown:
Bernhard
Langer
Unknown:
Greg
Norman.
Unknown:
Joanne
Carner.
Commentator:
Peter
Alliss
Producer:
Denis
Kelly
Director:
Richard
Tilling
Producer:
Harold
Anderson
: Weather
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