Listings
Tikkabilla
7.30 Boo!
Festive fun.
7.50 Pingu
Sledging.
8.00 Balamory
Archie's feeling cross.
8.20 Oh Yes It Is!
3/5. The panto continues apace.
8.40 Tweenies
Contributors
Writer ("Balamory"):
Penny
Lloyd
Nations. Immortalised as the villain of Braveheart, what was Edward I's true legacy?
Continues at the same time tomorrow (R) (S) (AD)
Contributors
Presenter:
Simon
Schama
Director:
Ian
Bremner
3/7. The Sewer King
Engineer Joseph Bazalgette 's
19th-century scheme to link 1,000 miles of London street sewers with an 82-mile-long sewerage super-highway.
Writer Gregory Evans Continues at the same time tomorrow
Contributors
Unknown:
Joseph
Bazalgette
Unknown:
Gregory
Evans
3/10. Sue Johnston investigates the life of her grandfather, who she believes drove the Flying
Scotsman. Meera Syal features tomorrow at 10.50am
Contributors
Unknown:
Meera
Syal
Adam Shaw looks behind the scenes to experience the drama of staging a successful pantomime.
Contributors
Unknown:
Adam
Shaw
Cosy drama with Irene Dunne and Barbara Bel Geddes.
A novelist recalls her childhood and Norwegian-American life in San Francisco, dominated by the indomitable Mama.
Review page (1948, U) (BW)
Contributors
Director:
George
Stevens
Mama:
Irene
Dunne
Katrin:
Barbara Bel
Geddes
Home-movie footage taken by the actor during his long and illustrious film career. John Mills stars in Dunkirk at 6.50pm
A Brit tries to break into comedy in New Zealand.
Jodie Marsh and Lady Isabella Hervey sizzle with Brian Turner and James Martin.
Contributors
Unknown:
Jodie
Marsh
Unknown:
Lady Isabella
Hervey
Unknown:
Brian
Turner
Unknown:
James
Martin.
David Jacobs guests as Frank takes his driving test in 1975's festive special.
(The 1974 Christmas special is on Christmas Day at 1.15pm)
Contributors
Writer:
Raymond
Allen
Producer:
Michael
Mills
Frank Spencer:
Michael
Crawford
Betty:
Michele
Dotrice
Mr Wheeler:
George
Sewell
Mrs Perkins:
Hazel
Bainbridge
TV interviewer:
David
Jacobs
Second World War drama from the Ealing stable, starring John Mills and Richard Attenborough. The daring evacuation of Allied troops from
Dunkirk is re-created from the perspective of the soldiers who were there and the men who set sail from England to rescue them. Review page 51.
Director Leslie Norman (1958, PG) (BW) John Mills is in The Ghost Camera at 2am on Christmas Eve
Contributors
Unknown:
John
Mills
Unknown:
Richard
Attenborough.
Director:
Leslie
Norman
Unknown:
John
Mills
Binns:
John
Mills
Charles Foreman:
Bernard
Lee
Holden:
Richard
Attenborough
Mike:
Robert
Urquhart
Barlow:
Ray
Jackson
Dave Bellman:
Meredith
Edwards
Military spokesman:
Anthony
Nicholls
Jouvet:
Michael
Shillo
Frankie:
Sean
Barrett
Diana:
Maxine
Audley
Ranagan and:
Allen
Themselves
Lieutenant Lumpkin:
Kenneth
Cope
Medical officer:
Lionel
Jeffries
Twenty years from now, the media is reporting record low levels of violent crime. In this world, Liam, a hard-to-control youngster, has failed preliminary tests to establish the scale of his problem. He will be treated, but how hereditary is violent behaviour? This drama-documentary, based on rigorous research and including interviews with experts in the field, explores to what extent potential violent behaviour can be identified by clinical testing. A debate on the issues raised follows. Writer Mark Hayhurst ; Director Carl Hindmarch
. Producer Roy Ackerman
Contributors
Unknown:
Mark
Hayhurst
Director:
Carl
Hindmarch
Producer:
Roy
Ackerman
Jeremy Paxman leads a debate on issues raised by/f.... We Could Stop the Violence. Could government ever stop crime before it even happens? Producer Robbie Gibb
Contributors
Unknown:
Jeremy
Paxman
Producer:
Robbie
Gibb
Presented by Gavin Esler.
www.bbc.co.uk/newsnight
Contributors
Presented By:
Gavin
Esler.
4/10. British Asian theatre, the reinvention of the hookah and this year's biggest Bollywood concert are tonight's hot topics. Plus low riders in San Francisco and clubs in Ibiza.
Series producer Gurdip Bhangoo ; Executive producer Tommy Nagra www.bbc.co.uk/asiannetwork
Contributors
Producer:
Gurdip
Bhangoo
Producer:
Tommy
Nagra
Duels and death feature in the rarely performed opera, based on a Pushkin poem. It's the tale of Albert, a young knight (sung by tenor
Richard Berkeley-Steele ) and his father, a miserly baron (baritone Sergei Leiferkus ). This production from Glyndebourne features the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Vladimir Jurowski. In-vision subtitles.
Director Francesca Kemp ; Executive producer Ross MacGibbon
First shown on BBC4 www.bbc.co.uk/classicaltv The other half of this double bill from Glyndebourne - Puccini's Gianni Schicchi - is on Christmas Eve at 1.30pm
Contributors
Tenor:
Richard
Berkeley-Steele
Baritone:
Sergei
Leiferkus
Unknown:
Vladimir
Jurowski.
Director:
Francesca
Kemp
Producer:
Ross
MacGibbon
Unknown:
Gianni
Schicchi
Morrissey sings solo hits and the Smiths classic There Is a Light That Never Goes Out. Plus the Beta Band,
Junior Byles and Johnny Clarke with Junior Murvin , the Gipsy Kings, the Ordinary Boys, Glenn Tilbrook and Neopolitan singer Pietra Montecorvino. More tomorrow at 1.10am.
Contributors
Unknown:
Junior
Byles
Unknown:
Johnny
Clarke
Unknown:
Junior
Murvin
Unknown:
Glenn
Tilbrook
Singer:
Pietra
Montecorvino.