From the thousands of people nominated as the Nationwide
Good Neighbour one person has emerged as outstanding. Tonight, in a live outside broadcast, Michael Barratt will knock on his or her door to introduce the Nationwide Good Neighbour to the nation at large.
Five weeks ago The Queen's Silver Jubilee Appeal was launched ' to help young people help others '. Tonight HRH The Prince of Wales is in the Nationwide studio to meet young people around the country who already do voluntary work in the community. He will also say more about the kind of enterprise he wants to encourage during this Jubilee Year.
This week Nationwide will be linked live from a train, the Nationwide Inter-City, as it travels the length of England. For Michael Barratt - a sentimental journey at the end of his long and distinguished career in the programme, ror the production and technical teams - a television first.
Tonight the Nationwide Inter-City pulls into Maidenhead. For the first time a television programme is being introduced live from a train as MICHAEL BARRATT makes the journey into nostalgia at the end of eight years with Nationwide.
Six thousand children ' in care' throughout Britain need to find new families. Tonight, London and South East viewers of Nationwide's weekly feature Lifelines will meet several of them - a small group of school-age youngsters representative of those 6,000.
School pupils throughout Britain entered for the 1977 Nationwide
Christmas Carol Competition.
Tonight Val Singleton introduces the final, with Noel Edmonds, Richard Stilgoe and Leslie East judging which of the last six will become the Nationwide Carol 1977.