Jill James

Richard is assigned public service after crashing his homemade aircraft, leading him to meet Jane, a young woman dying of motor neuron disease. After they strike up a friendship, Jane asks Richard to help fulfill her deepest wish: to lose her virginity before her death.

A young girl's dreams at Christmas time come tales of faraway lands and strange creatures, of three weary travelers and the bright light which they follow. The stories carry her away into the sparkling night on a magical journey that not only reveals the hidden star shapes of nature but also leads her to the mysterious Star of Bethlehem. Directed by David Gladwell Requiem for a Village (1975) and Memoirs of a Survivor (1981) and originally broadcast on Sunday 29th December, 1985 at 17:15