Listings
: A Man for All Seasons
Historical drama starring Charlton Heston, Vanessa Redgrave, John Gielgud.Loyalties are strained when Sir Thomas More opposes Henry VIII's divorce. More's principles are at stake - but so is his life.
(1988, PG) * See Films: pages 50-72 ***
Contributors
Director:
Charlton
Heston
Sir Thomas More:
Charlton
Heston
Lady Alice More:
Vanessa
Redgrave
Cardinal Wolsey:
John
Gielgud
Duke of Norfolk:
Richard
Johnson
The Common Man:
Roy
Kinnear
Thomas Cromwell:
Benjamin
Whitrow
: Little Dorrit: Little Dorrit's Story
Concluding Christine Edzard's two-part adaptation of Charles Dickens's masterpiece; Starring Derek Jacobi, Alec Guinness, Sarah PickeringBorn among the wretched hovels of the Marshalsea debtors' prison, Little Dorrit's childhood has been consumed by the responsibility of caring for her egocentric father and her self-seeking family. While working as a seamstress for the autocratic Mrs Clennam, Little Dorrit encounters her son Arthur who by one simple act of kindness transforms her life.
For cast see Boxing Day
⦠See Films: pages 50-72 *****
Contributors
Unknown:
Christine
Edzard
Unknown:
Charles
Dickens
Unknown:
Derek
Jacobl
Unknown:
Alec
Guinness
Unknown:
Sarah
Pickering
Unknown:
Little
Dorrit
Unknown:
Mrs
Clennam
Unknown:
Little
Dorrit
: Racing
From Chepstow, featuring at 1.55 the Welsh National, a gruelling marathon which has been won by Martin Pipe five out of the last seven times, and other races at12.50, 1.20 and 2.25. Plus coverage of the 2.35 race from Leopardstown. Introduced by Julian Wilson , with commentary by PeterO'Sullevan, Richard Pitman and Peter Scudamore.
Producer Wendy Sheppard
Contributors
Introduced By:
Julian
Wilson
Unknown:
Richard
Pitman
Unknown:
Peter
Scudamore.
Producer:
Wendy
Sheppard
: An Affair to Remember
Drama, continuing the Affairs to Remember season of films featuring great romances, starring Deborah Kerr, Cary Grant.Playboy Nickie Ferrante and Terry McKay, the girlfriend of a wealthy man, fall in love on board a luxury liner bound for New York. They agree to meet six months later at the top of the Empire State Building if they still feel the same way about each other. But a tragic accident threatens their planned future. (Showing in widescreen format)
(1957, U)
(The next film in the Affairs to Remember season is Brief Encounter, Monday 30 December at 4.50pm)
See Films: pages 50-72 ****
Contributors
Director:
Leo
McCarey
Nickie Ferrante:
Cary
Grant
Terry McKay:
Deborah
Kerr
Kenneth:
Richard
Denning
Lois:
Neva
Patterson
Grandmother:
Cathleen
Nesbitt
Announcer:
Robert Q.
Lewis
Hathaway:
Charles
Watts
Courbet:
Fortunio
Bonanova
Father McGrath:
Matt
Moore
Mario:
Louis
Mercier
Miss Webb:
Geraldine
Wall
Gladys:
Nora
Marlowe
Miss Lane:
Sarah
Selby
Gabriello:
Genevieve
Aumont
: Choir of the Year
Eight choirs battle it out in the last adult semi-final, presented by Howard Goodall and Wasfi Kani from Buxton Opera House. The programme reports on the increasing popularity of ladies' barbershop singing, and how one choir succeeds in encouraging boys to sing. The final can be seen on Sunday at 4.25pm.Contributors
Presenter:
Howard
Goodall
Presenter:
Wasfi
Kani
: Singin' in the Rain
Continuing a season of musicals produced by ArthurFreed, starring Gene Kelly
Debbie Reynolds
A satirical and tune-filled story of Hollywood duringthe fabulous twenties, when the movie capital wrestled with the problem of turning silents into talkies.
Directors Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen (1952, U)
The next film in the Arthur Freed season is
An American in Paris on New Year's Eve at 4.35pm
♦ See Films: pages 50―72
Contributors
Unknown:
Gene
Kelly
Unknown:
Debbie
Reynolds
Directors:
Gene
Kelly
Directors:
Stanley
Donen
Don Lockwood:
Gene
Kelly
Kathy Selden:
Debbie
Reynolds
Cosmo Brown:
Donald
O'Connor
Lina Lamont:
Jean
Hagen
RF Simpson:
Millard
Mitchell
ZeldaZanders:
Rita
Moreno
Roscoe Dexter:
Douglas
Fowley
Dora Bailey:
Madge
Blake
Dancer:
Cyd
Charisse
: House Detectives
Another chance to see a team of architectural sleuths uncoverthe hidden history of a seemingly ordinary Victorian home in Norwood, southLondon. Taking part are landscape archeologist David Austin , architectural historial Mac Dowdy and interior design historian Judith Miller. Presenter Juliet Morris
is on hand to guide viewers through the mass of clues to the past life of the house. A new series of House
Detectives begins in February.
Producer Emma Worster : Executive producer
Roland Keating Repeat
Contributors
Unknown:
David
Austin
Unknown:
Judith
Miller.
Presenter:
Juliet
Morris
Producer:
Emma
Worster
Producer:
Roland
Keating
: Escaping from Liberty
The first of two programmes in which traveller and historianJan Morris journeys to cities that have had an influence on her life.
Morris sets off from Llanystumdwy in Gwynedd for Trieste, Italy, which she first visited as a British army officer. In Cairo she considers her strange fear of the Egyptian capital. She then travels to Manhattan, which welcomed her as a reporter of the first Everest ascent. The second film is on Friday 3 January at
7.20pm. See today's choices.
Director Colin Thomas : Producer John Hefin
Contributors
Unknown:
Jan
Morris
Director:
Colin
Thomas
Producer:
John
Hefin
: The Works
The Secret Life of the Pope Pope John Paul II is considered by many to be the most conservative pope of this century. Fifty years ago, however, he was better known as the subversive playwright, actor and poet Karol Wojtyla.Mark Lawsonjourneys into the heart of Roman Catholic Poland to meet the directorof Brother of Our Lord, afilm based on one of Wojtyla's plays, and he talks to old friends of the radical writer who would later become pope.
Producer Mary Downes : Series editor Michael Poole
Contributors
Unknown:
Karol
Wojtyla.
Unknown:
Mark
Lawsonjourneys
Producer:
Mary
Downes
Editor:
Michael
Poole
: Shooting Stars
Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer host a Christmas edition of the celebrity quiz show, with team captains Ulrika Jonsson and Mark Lamarr.Joining in the festive fun are Pulp singer Jarvis Cocker, TV presenter Emma Forbes, actors Ewen Bremner, who played Spud in the film Trainspotting, and Emmerdale actor Ian Kelsey. With Matt Lucas as George Dawes.
See today's choices.
Director Mark Mylod
Producer Alan Marke
There's another chance to see last year's festive Shooting Stars on New Year's Day at 8.40pm.
Contributors
Unknown:
Vic
Reeves
Unknown:
Ulrika
Jonsson
Unknown:
Mark
Lamarr.
Singer:
Jarvis
Cocker
Presenter:
Emma
Forbes
Unknown:
Ewen
Bremner
Unknown:
Ian
Kelsey
George Dawes:
Matt
Lucas
Director:
Mark
Mylod
Producer:
Alan
Marke
: The Fast Show
The Fast Show characters get together for a selection of fast-paced, festive sketches, including Ted and Ralph, Ron Manager, Jesse's Diets, Suits You, Sir, and Jazz Club.See today's choices.
(Stereo) (Subtitled)
Contributors
Director:
Mark
Mylod
Producer:
Paul
Whitehouse
Producer:
Charlie
Higson
: Knowing Me, Knowing Yule ... with Alan Partridge
Chat show host Alan Partridge (alias Steve Coogan) hosts a Christmas house party, which includes an attempt by 20 sea cadets to pull the biggest Christmas cracker in the world.Steve Coogan's most recent creation, Portuguese singing sensation Tony Ferrino, stars in his own programme on New Year's Day at 9.20pm.
Written by Steve Coogan, Armando lannucci and Patrick Marber : Director Dominic Brigstocke Producer Armando lannucci
Repeat Stereo
Contributors
Unknown:
Alan
Partridge
Unknown:
Steve
Coogan
Unknown:
Steve
Coogan
Unknown:
Tony
Ferrino
Written By:
Steve
Coogan
Written By:
Armando
Lannucci
Written By:
Patrick
Marber
Director:
Dominic
Brigstocke
Producer:
Armando
Lannucci
: High Heels
Black comedy starringVictoria Abril
Former pop star Becky del Paramo had a string of gold discs in her sixties heyday - and almost as many husbands. Her insecure daughter,
Rebecca, is a newsreader married to TV executive Manuel, who happensto be one of Becky's former lovers. Mother and daughter meet for the first time in 15 years, setting off a bizarre and fateful chain of events. Showing in widescreen format. In Spanish with English subtitles.
Director Pedro Almodovar (1991, 18)
* See Films: pages 50-72
Contributors
Unknown:
Victoria
Abril
Director:
Pedro
Almodovar
Rebecca:
Victoria
Abril
Beckydel Paramo:
Marissa
Paredes
Judge Dominguez/Femme Letal/Hugo:
Miguel
Bose
Alberto:
Pedro Diez Del
Corral
Manuel:
Feodor
Atkine
Margarita:
Ana
Lizaran
Little Rebecca:
Rocio
Munoz
Judge's mother:
Mairata
Owisiedo
Isabel:
Miriam Diaz
Aroca
Chon:
Bibi
Andersson
: A Night of Wonder
A studio concert featuring one of the enduring stars of popular music, Stevie Wonder. The show, filmed last year, features many of his hits.Introduced by Tracey MacLeod.
(Repeat) (Stereo)
Followed by Weatherview
Contributors
Singer/Musician:
Stevie
Wonder
Presenter:
Tracey
MacLeod
Director:
Janet
Fraser
Producer:
Mark
Cooper
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