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Presented by Bill Turnbull and Jules Botfield.
Then The National Lottery Daily Play
Contributors
Presenter:
Bill
Turnbull
Presenter:
Jules
Botfield
Ends 11.10.
9.00 The Basil Brush Show
Dave is roped into playing for the school football team.
9.25 Serious Desert
5/6: The young venturers go in search of elusive white rhinos.
9.50 Serious Desert
6/6: The final leg of the journey includes an arduous trek across a dune belt.
10.15 Looney Tunes
Bugs plays a piano concerto.
10.25 Blue Peter
Review of the Year - The team look back at the year's highlights, including rock climbing in the Grand Canyon and trekking with llamas.
Animated adventure spin-off from Anastasia, featuring the voices of Hank Azaria and Kelsey Grammer. Bartok the bat calls upon the services of witch Baba Yaga to help in his Mission to rescue a kidnapped Prince. Review page 80.
Directors Don Bluth and Gary Goldman (1999, U)
Contributors
[Voice actor]:
Hank
Azaria
[Voice actor]:
Kelsey
Grammer.
Director:
Don
Bluth
Director:
Gary
Goldman
Drama based on a true story, starring Jeff Daniels and Anna Paquin. Amy finds life difficult with her eccentric father, but they are forced to overcome their differences when she rescues a clutch of goose eggs from a building site, then takes responsibility for teaching the birds to fly. Review page 80.
Director Carroll Ballard (1996. U)
Contributors
Unknown:
Jeff
Daniels
Unknown:
Anna
Paquin.
Director:
Carroll
Ballard
Thomas Alden:
Jeff
Daniels
AmyAlden:
Anna
Paquin
Susan Bames:
Dana
Delany
David Alden:
Terry
Kinney
Barry Strickland:
Holter
Graham
Glen Seifert:
Jeremy
Ratchford
Arnys mother:
Deborah
Verginella
Comedy starring Joe Pesci , Danny Glover and Rosanna Arquette. A fishing trip to the Everglades sets off a typical train of disasters for accident-Prone pals Joe and Gus. After retrieving their car from a conman, the boys find a map to some hidden loot, but trouble is just around the comer. Review page 83.
Director Christopher Cain (1997, PG)
Contributors
Unknown:
Joe
Pesci
Unknown:
Danny
Glover
Unknown:
Rosanna
Arquette.
Director:
Christopher
Cain
Comedy starring
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito. A research scientist loses funding for his work on a fertility drug. Keen to prove that his treatment works, he steals some frozen human eggs and mixes them with a colleague's sperm, with ground-breaking results. Review page 83.
Director Ivan Reitman (1994, PG)
Contributors
Unknown:
Arnold
Schwarzenegger
Unknown:
Danny
Devito.
Director:
Ivan
Reitman
Dr Alexander Hesse:
Arnold
Schwarzenegger
Dr Larry Arbogast:
Danny
Devito
Dr Diana Reddin:
Emma
Thompson
Noah Banes:
Frank
Langella
Angela:
Pamela
Reed
Naomi:
Judy
Collins
With Sian Williams. Includes weather and sport.
Contributors
Unknown:
Sian
Williams.
Details on Monday 22 December 31
Followed by Weather with Michael Fish.
Contributors
Unknown:
Michael
Fish.
Darren Campbell , Dennis Taylor , Gary Pallister and Bryan Redpathjoin regulars Frankie Dettori , Ally McCoist and Sue Barker for good-natured banter and sporting conundrums. Producer Ade Rawcliffe ; Series producer Caroline Roberts
Contributors
Unknown:
Darren
Campbell
Unknown:
Dennis
Taylor
Unknown:
Gary
Pallister
Unknown:
Bryan
Redpathjoin
Unknown:
Frankie
Dettori
Unknown:
Ally
McCoist
Unknown:
Sue
Barker
Producer:
Ade
Rawcliffe
Producer:
Caroline
Roberts
Classic comedy with Ronnie Barker and David Jason.
Arkwright advertises for a live-in housekeeper and proves to be more than a match for a hoover salesmen.
(R)(S)
Contributors
Writer:
Roy
Clarke
Producer/Director:
Sydney
Lotterby
[Actor]:
Ronnie
Barker
[Actor]:
David
Jason
Janine begs Paul for a happy ending. Meanwhile, the kids stranded in Scotland are rescued by an unlikely hero.
(Cast on Monday 22 and Monday 29 December)
(Repeated at 10pm on BBC3)
(Omnibus next Sunday)
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Contributors
Writer:
James
Payne
How has Shane Richie - aka cheeky Walford chancer Alfie Moon - managed to make such a successful move from stand-up comedy and light entertainment to Soapland? In this profile, EastEnders fans are granted backstage access to the Queen Vic and learn more about Richie's roots in Harlesden, west London. Featuring interviews with Jessie Wallace , Christopher Parker and Hilda Braid. Director Rebecca Sanderson ; Series producer Mark Cossey
Shown on Boxing Day at 8.30pm on BBC3 www.bbc.co.uk/soap Alison Graham 's Soap & Flannel: page 40
Contributors
Unknown:
Shane
Richie
Unknown:
Alfie
Moon
Unknown:
Jessie
Wallace
Unknown:
Christopher
Parker
Unknown:
Hilda
Braid.
Director:
Rebecca
Sanderson
Producer:
Mark
Cossey
Unknown:
Alison
Graham
Who was the real-life inspiration for Jennifer Saunders 's neurotic PR exec Edina Monsoon ? And why did
Joanna Lumley consider turning down the part of past-it party girl Patsy? These and other pressing questions are answered in a look back at the origins of the irreverent sitcom, with outrageous out-takes and gossip from behind the scenes. Producer Samantha Peters ; Executive producer Caroline Wright Birth of the monsters: page 13
Contributors
Unknown:
Jennifer
Saunders
Unknown:
Edina
Monsoon
Unknown:
Joanna
Lumley
Producer:
Samantha
Peters
Producer:
Caroline
Wright
With Fiona Bruce. Regional News
Weather with Michael Fish.
Contributors
Unknown:
Michael
Fish.
Comedy starring Brendan Fraser and Elizabeth Hurley.
When geeky office worker Elliott Richards says he'd do anything to go out with colleague Alison, he doesn't bank on the Devil appearing as a beautiful woman and offering to help him out. So what's the catch? Review page 83.
Director Harold Ramis (2000, 12)
Contributors
Director:
Harold
Ramis
Elliott Richards:
Brendan
Fraser
The Devil:
Elizabeth
Hurley
Alison Gardner/Nicole:
Frances
O'Connor
Carol/Penthouse hostess:
Miriam
Shor
Dan/Esteban/Beach jock/ Sportscaster/African party guest:
Orlando
Jones
Bob/Roberto/Beach jock/Sportscaster/Lincoln aide:
Paul
Adelstein
Comedy starring Adam Sandler. When his father announces that he's relinquishing control of the family's hotel chain, spoilt rich kid Billy Madison faces an ultimatum - repeat his school grades or lose the business. Review page 83. Director Tamra Davis (1995. PG)
Followed by Weatherview
Contributors
Unknown:
Adam
Sandler.
Unknown:
Billy
Madison
Director:
Tamra
Davis
Comedy starring Emilio Estevez and Samuel L Jackson. Sparks are bound to fly when a trigger-happy cop and a - by-the-book, retiring detective meet on a case involving cocaine-laced cookies. Review page 83.
Director Gene Quintano (1993, PG)
Contributors
Unknown:
Emilio
Estevez
Unknown:
Samuel L
Jackson.
Director:
Gene
Quintano