Listings
: Hallo Spencer
Introduced by Simon Parkin , Philippa Forrester. Andi Peters meets New Kids on the Block.Puppet fun. (R)
Contributors
Introduced By:
Simon
Parkin
Introduced By:
Philippa
Forrester.
Introduced By:
Andi
Peters
: Playdays
The Playground Stop. Story: Fernie First Day by Eric Charles. With Dave BensonPhillips, Liz Watts and Jane Eve.
Contributors
Unknown:
Eric
Charles.
Unknown:
Dave
Benson
Unknown:
Liz
Watts
: The Angel and the Soldier Boy
Animation. Music by Clannad. (R): The Bugs Bunny Road Runner Movie
Film. Warner Brothers cartoons.FILMS: pages 51-64
Contributors
Producer/Director:
Chuck
Jones
: Little Friend
The story of the friendship between a young boy and a Japanese radio shopkeeper.: Paddles Up
The second heat of the TV canoeing championship.: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Starring Bing CrosbyA musical version of Mark
Twain's tale of a handyman living in 1910 who finds himself transported back in time to 6th-century England.
Director Tay Gamett
FILMS: pages 51-64
Contributors
Unknown:
Bing
Crosby
Director:
Tay
Gamett
Hank Martin:
Bing
Crosby
Sir Sagramore:
William
Bendix
Sandy:
Rhonda
Fleming
King Arthur:
Cedric
Hardwicke
Merlin:
Murvyn
Vye
: Three Lazy Mice
Cartoon adventures.: News
With Laurie Mayer.Weather Ian McCaskill
Contributors
Unknown:
Laurie
Mayer.
Unknown:
Ian
McCaskill
: Neighbours
(For cast see Friday 28 December. Repeated at 5.25pm) CEEFAX SUBTITLES: Escape to Athena
Starring Roger MooreTelly Savalas, David Niven 1944: Allied PoWs held by Germans on a Greek island seek help from the resistance.
Director George P Cosmatos ● FILMS: pages 51-64 CEEFAX SUBTITLES
Contributors
Unknown:
Roger
Moore
Unknown:
David
Niven
Major Otto Hecht:
Roger
Moore
Zeno:
Telly
Savalas
Professor Blake:
David
Niven
Eleana:
Claudia
Cardinale
Dottie Del Mar:
Stefanie
Powers
: Miss Marple: The Moving Finger
By Agatha Christie.Starring Joan Hickson
The Burtons move to the village of Lymston, which seems to welcome them with open arms. But dark undercurrents are at work.
With Richard Pearson, Hilary Mason, Dilys Hamlett, John Arnatt, Sandra Payne,
Martin Fisk, Penelope Lee, Juliet Waley, Imogen Bickford-Smith, Geoffrey Davion, Gordon Rollings, Patsy Smart, Victor Maddern, Ninka Scott, Gerald Sim, Roger Ostime, Michael Waterman, Catherine Owen, Stuart Mansfield, Lucy Gleeson, Carol Gleeson, John Keenan. (R)
PICTURE STORY: page 115
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Contributors
Author:
Agatha
Christie.
Screenplay:
Julia
Jones
Producer:
Guy
Slater
Director:
Roy
Boulting
Jane Marple:
Joan
Hickson
Edward Symmington:
Michael
Culver
Angela Symmington:
Elizabeth
Counsell
Megan Hunter:
Deborah
Appleby
Gerry Burton:
Andrew
Bicknell
Joanna Burton:
Sabina
Franklyn
[Actor]:
Richard
Pearson
[Actor]:
Hilary
Mason
[Actor]:
Dilys
Hamlett
[Actor]:
John
Arnatt
[Actor]:
Sandra
Payne
[Actor]:
Martin
Fisk
[Actor]:
Penelope
Lee
[Actor]:
Juliet
Waley
[Actor]:
Imogen
Bickford-Smith
[Actor]:
Geoffrey
Davion
[Actor]:
Gordon
Rollings
[Actor]:
Patsy
Smart
[Actor]:
Victor
Maddern
[Actor]:
Ninka
Scott
[Actor]:
Gerald
Sim
[Actor]:
Roger
Ostime
[Actor]:
Michael
Waterman
[Actor]:
Catherine
Owen
[Actor]:
Stuart
Mansfield
[Actor]:
Lucy
Gleeson
[Actor]:
Carol
Gleeson
[Actor]:
John
Keenan
: Final Score
A roundup of results introduced by Ralph Dellor.Contributors
Introduced By:
Ralph
Dellor.
: News
With Laurie Mayer.Weather Ian McCaskill
Contributors
Unknown:
Laurie
Mayer.
Unknown:
Ian
McCaskill
: Neighbours
Jim isn't happy about the new member of the Robinson household. Toby has to go to the dentist.0 CEEFAX SUBTITLES
: SpaceCamp
First showing on network television for this gripping adventure, starring Lea ThompsonWelcome to SpaceCamp, where the youngsters of today practise to be the astronauts of tomorrow, their abilities tested to the limit in controlled conditions. Then a freak incident launches one group on the journey of a lifetime, but the odds against their surviving are astronomical.
Director Harry Winer
FILMS: pages 51-64 ● CEEFAX SUBTITLES
Contributors
Unknown:
Lea
Thompson
Director:
Harry
Winer
Kathryn:
Lea
Thompson
Kevin:
Tate
Donovan
Tish:
Kelly
Preston
Rudy:
Larry B
Scott
Max:
Leaf
Phoenix
Andie:
Kate
Capshaw
Zach:
Tom
Skerritt
: EastEnders
Mark and Diane find themselves in a desperate race against time while the Vic prepares for an unusual New Year's celebration.Episode written by Linda Dearsley and Steve Waye
(For cast see Thursday 27 December)
(Ceefax subtitles)
Contributors
Writer:
Linda
Dearsley
Writer:
Steve
Waye
: A Question of Sport
David Coleman tests the stars.On Ian Botham 's team:
Rob Andrew , the England and Lions stand-off;
Fiona May , Britain's woman field athlete of the year.
On Bill Beaumont 's team:
Eric Bristow , five times World Darts Champion;
Chris Woods , the Rangers and England goal keeper. ● SPORT: page 27
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Contributors
Unknown:
David
Coleman
Unknown:
Ian
Botham
Unknown:
Rob
Andrew
Unknown:
Fiona
May
Unknown:
Bill
Beaumont
Unknown:
Eric
Bristow
Unknown:
Chris
Woods
: Happy Feet
A new BBC film, this Screen One special is a seaside comedy by Mike Bradwell.The pupils of the Dora Jackson School of Dancing compete in the 1960 Classical Dance Festival in Scarborough. Fifties rock 'n' roll meets classical ballet with the arrival of Dora's ex-boyfriend Clifford and a mysterious ghost.
Drama: page 14
Picture Story: page 115
(Ceefax subtitles)
Happy Feet 8.30pm BBC1
The inspiration for this humorous film, set in Yorkshire in 1960, came from writer/director Mike Bradwell's childhood. His sister was a ballet dancer and he was taken along when her dancing school entered competitions, usually in seaside resorts. 'It became a family holiday for us,' he says. Happy Feet follows the fortunes of Dora Jackson (Phyllis Logan, far left) and the children from her dancing school as they and other teachers (Mandy More, Linda Jane Holmes and Ruth Holden), battle with arch rivals the Pybus School from York.
Contributors
Writer/Director:
Mike
Bradwell
Producer:
Ann
Scott
Dora:
Phyllis
Logan
Mrs Jackson:
Marjie
Lawrence
Mr Jackson:
Stephen
Hancock
Clifford:
Derrick
O'Connor
Mrs O'Nolan:
Diana
Rayworth
Mrs Irving:
Meryl
Hampton
Mrs Roux:
Jeannie
Crowther
Mrs Ross:
Natalie
Forbes
Mrs Galt:
Veronica
Roberts
Mr Galt:
Eric
Allan
Terry:
David
Newborn
John:
John
Naylor
Stephanie:
Sarah-Jane
Nicoll
Anne:
Alison
Mitchell
Lorna:
Barbara
Wheeler
Patricia:
Julie
Westmoreland
Christine:
Rebecca
Simms
Marilyn:
Stephanie
Burton
Jackie:
Marie
Rawlings
Heather:
Catherine
Winn
Festival steward:
Chris
Jury
Madam Ptzinski:
Heather
Chasen
Mayor:
Fred
Pearson
Sandra:
Mandy
More
Hilda Pybus:
Gillian
Raine
Phyllis Pybus:
Joan
Under
Beach photographer:
Robin
Plant
Beach photographer:
Fergus
Connor
Grocer:
Jim
Broadbent
: News
With Laurie Mayer. Regional NewsWeather Ian McCaskill
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Contributors
Unknown:
Laurie
Mayer.
: FILM The Lost Boys
First showing on network television of this horror movie from Joel Schumacher , the director of Flatliners.Starring
Kiefer Sutherland
Corey Feldman
Welcome to Santa Clara, murder capital of the world and a small town with the darkest of secrets. A place where a comic could save your life. And a place where, if you are very unlucky, you'll never grow old, you'll never die and you'll always have fresh blood to drink.
● FILMS: pages 51-64 CEEFAX SUBTITLES
Contributors
Unknown:
Joel
SchumacHer
Unknown:
Kiefer
Sutherland
Unknown:
Corey
Feldman
David:
Kiefer
Sutherland
Edgar Frog:
Corey
Feldman
Michael:
Jason
Patric
Sam:
Corey
Haim
Lucy:
Dianne
Wiest
Grandpa:
Barnard
Hughes
Max:
Edward
Herrmann
Star:
Jami
Gertz
Alan Frog:
Jamison
Newlander
Paul:
Brooke
McCarter
: Carry On at Your Convenience
Starring the Carry On GangA slapstick series of comedy catastrophes ensues when shop steward Vic Spanner leads the workers at W C
Boggs and Sons out on strike.
Director Gerald Thomas FILMS: pages 51-64 CEEFAX SUBTITLES
Contributors
Unknown:
Vic
Spanner
Director:
Gerald
Thomas
Sid Plummer:
Sidney
James
W Boggs:
Kenneth
Williams
Charles Coote:
Charles
Hawtrey
Cleo Moore:
Joan
Sims
Beattie Plummer:
Hattie
Jacques
Bemie Hulke:
Bernard
Bresslaw
Vic Spanner:
Kenneth
Cope
Myrtle Plummer:
Jacki
Piper
: Weather
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