New Years Eve 1973 bbc1 9.40: When the CamerasCame to Brum Cliff Richard is the star of a new musical film with an unusual setting - Gas Street, Birmingham. This placid backwater of the Birmingham Canal Navigation became the focal point of a small army of technicians and many others when the bandwagon of a film production rolled into town. As they made their film, Midland cameras made theirs. 10.10: Band of Thieves starring Acker Bilk with Jimmy Thompson , Jennifer Jayne A prison-bound Trad group are sent on a tour of British gaols by the jazz-happy Governor, but it is not long before they are in trouble with the law. 11.15: What Colour is theWind? This film tells the simple, compassionate story of the relationship between a blind boy, his twin brother and their parents. 12.05: Faces of Christ 1: Christ in Everyman 12.40: News 12.45: Harry Langdon in Long Pants One of the screens classic silent comedy films, in which baby-faced Harry Langdon plays the part of a young lad who falls in love with a gangsters moll. 13.45: Camberwick Green Puppets, scripts, production GORDON MURRAY t Contributors Unknown: Gordon Murray Perahia14.00: Film Matinee:Further Up the Creek starring David Tomlinson , Frankie Howerd with Shirley Eaton , Thora Hird Lionel Jeffries , Lionel Murton When HMS Aristotle is to be sold to a small Mediterranean kingdom, the crew seize their opportunity to turn the final voyage into a one-way pleasure cruise. 15.30: Mastermind The Final 16.00: Play School 16.25: Yogi Bear 16.30: Jackanory with John Laurie The Dogs of Drummond Hall 16.45: Blue Peter https://youtube/watch?v=Blt9J5E7PcM with Valerie Singleton , John Noakes , Peter Purves , Lesley Judd Review of the Year - including Johns five-mile free fall, the amazing Uri Geller , and the special message from Pope Paul VI. 17.15: The Long-NosedPrincess by PRISCILLA HALLOWELL dramatised by VERONICA CECIL The people of Jingle believed that Princess Felicity was the most beautiful girl in the world and any prince would be lucky to marry her. 17.45: National News with Robert Dougall ; Weather 18.00: Nationwide - at theTurn of the Year T 19.00: Sporting Superstars featuring Jackie Stewart David Hemery , Joe Bugner Roger Taylor , Barry John Bobby Moore , Tony Jacklin Over two days of gruelling athletic competition at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, the countrys top sportsmen faced each other in a series of Sporting Confrontations, for the winners garland, 18,000 prize money, and the title of Sporting Superstar. Commentators DAVID VINE and RON PICKERING 20.15: Nimmo in Australia Fresh from his disaster in Las Vegas last year, Derek Nimmo - innocent abroad-plunges Down Under to dig for the real Australia where men are still men. Will he rediscover the pioneering spirit of the early settlers, the irresistible forces that drive men in search of gold and the freedom of the Outback? Probably not. 21.00: Nine OClock News 21.25: Last Train fromGun Hill A film starring Kirk Douglas , Anthony Quinn with Earl Holliman , Carolyn Jones After his wife has been murdered by two young drunks, Marshal Matt Morgan tracks down the killers to Gun Hill - and discovers that one of them is the son of an old friend. Craig Belden , who once saved the Marshals life, now begs for his sons life in return, but the Marshal is determined to see justice done. 22.55: Top of the Year Celebrities from the world of show business gather in Londons West End at a special gala occasion to see out the old year. From The Talk of the Town in London Michael Aspel introduces the Variety Club Awards of 1973, presented by ERIC MORLEY including: Film and Stage Actor and Actress of the Year; BBCtv, ITV and BBC Radio Personality and the Show Business Personality of 1973. From St Margarets, Westminster, Canon David Edwards reflects on the turn of the year. Midnight: THE CHIMES of Big Ben Welcome 74 A special cabaret to greet the New Year Designer: Eric Walmsley Produced By: Terry Henebery Director: Brian Whitehouse Producer: Ken Griffin Producer: Philip Lewis 0.30: Closedown
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