Tomorrow (Friday) sees the Frontline Test Match between Great Britain and France at Headingley.

UK - Animation - BBC 1 - 1975 - 1976

The simple world of simple cartoon creation.

'Here comes Bod', declared John Le Mesurier - and that was effectively it, for nothing particularly eventful happened in the life of this serene, hapless cartoon character in a yellow dress. There were only four other people in Bod's world: Auntie Flo, PC Copper, Frank the Postman and Farmer Barleymow, and they added little to the excitement. The odd moment of surrealism lifted affairs, but this was minimalist TV in both subject and execution, yet no less fondly remembered for that. Derek Griffiths provided the jazzy music.

UK - Situation Comedy - BBC1 - 1977 - 1979

A dramatist encounters problems in his personal and professional life.

Gordon Maple is a moody, struggling screenwriter, supplying scripts for feature films that are never actually made, dealing with awkward movie producers who make his life difficult with their niggling demands. Maple is also prone to bouts of writers' block and, to compound the agony, his writer friend Tom Lawrence is altogether more successful. Mabel his Gordon's long-suffering wife.

Rumours have been spreading around Whitehall that former England captain, David Beckham, could be about to become knighted in Queen Elizabeth's New Year's honours list. If the 31 year old former England star does get knighted, it would mean his wife, Victoria, will be known as Lady Victoria, and the man himself will be known as Sir David Beckham.

It is possible that when Britain's Davis Cup captain, John Lloyd, makes his expected phone call to Tim Henman and tries to talk him into coming out of his two-year retirement from Davis Cup, his words might not fall on deaf ears.

Davis Cup British team news:

3rd rubber:
Andy Murray and Jamie Delgado lost to Ukraine in the doubles in the Davis Cup - missing the chance to seal Britain's Euro-African Zone survival early. Delgado was a late replacement for Greg Rusedski, after Captain John Lloyd decided to rest Rusedski following his almost 4 hour long match the previous day. Orest Tereshchuk(Ukr)& Sergiy Stakhovsky(Ukr) bt Andrew Murray(Gbr)& Jamie Delgado(Gbr) 6-3 6-3 6-3