Christmas TV

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Sunday 27th December 1992

ITV TVS

6.00am TV-am
Wacaday

6.30am Clear Idea Christmas Songs

7.00am Dappledown Farm

7.30am Super Mario Brothers

7.55am Thought for Sunday

8.00am Frost on Sunday

9.25am Disney Club

10.45am Link

11.00am Morning Worship

12.00 Encounter

12.30pm News, Weather

12.35pm Regional News and Weather

12.40pm Film : Saludos Amigos (1942)
four Disney shorts starring Donald Duck set in Latin America

1.25pm Film : The Secret of NIMH animation

2.55pm TV Film : The Night They Saved Christmas (1984)
starring Jaclyn Smith

4.40pm Bullseye Christmas Special

5.15pm Animal Country

5.45pm News, Weather

5.55pm Regional News and Weather

6.00pm Telethon 92

6.15pm Highway

7.15pm The Ruth Rendell Mystery Movie
Talking to Strange Men

9.15pm News, Weather

9.30pm Film : The Field (1990)
starring Richard Harris, Sean Bean, Tom Berenger

11.30pm Film : The Godfather (1972)
starring Marlon Brando, Al Pacino (concluding part)

1.05am Film : House (1986)
starring William Katt

2.45am TV Film : The Kansas City Massacre (1975)

4.30am Get Stuffed Christmas Special

5.00am Frank Sinatra : the Voice

5.55am Morning News

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Re: Christmas TV

Boxing Day Saturday 26th December 1992


ITV TVS

6.00am TV-am
Zoo Family

6.30am Top Banana

7.30am The Junglies

8.00am Captain Planet

8.30am Captain N

8.55am Timmy Mallet's Utterly Brilliant Christmas Show

9.25am Film : The Care Bears Movie (1985)
animation

10.50am Cartoon Time
a Disney animation

11.00am Movies, Movies, Movies

12.00 The Chart Show

1.00pm News, Weather

1.10pm Film : Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore (1983)
Disney animationPremière

1.45pm Film : Robin Hood (1973)
Disney animation

3.15pm Film : The Sword in the Stone (1963)
Disney animationPremière

4.45pm News, Weather

5.05pm Baywatch Preview

6.00pm Beadle's About

6.30pm You Bet!

7.30pm The Darling Buds of May
Le Grand Weekend

8.30pm Film : Arthur 2 : On the Rocks (1988)
starring Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli

10.40pm The New Statesman

11.10pm News, Weather

11.20pm Film : The Godfather (1972)
starring Marlon Brando, Al Pacino (first part, continued 27th December)

1.00am TV Film : The Letter (1982)
starring Lee Remick

2.45am Film : A Night in Heaven (1983)
starring Christopher Atkins, Lesley Ann WarrenPremière

4.15am Get Stuffed Christmas Special

4.45am Stuntmasters

5.40am Cartoon

5.55am Morning News

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Day Friday 25th December 1992

ITV TVS

6.00am TV-am
Top Banana

7.00am Thought for Christmas Day

7.10am Mr Men

7.30am The Twelve Gifts

8.10am Klondike Christmas

8.15am The Charmings

8.55am Timmy Mallett's Utterly Brilliant Christmas Show

9.25am Christmas Morning Worship
from St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh

10.25am Cartoon
with Donald Duck

10.35am Film : Candleshoe (1977)
starring David Niven, Jodie Foster

12.30pm Nearest and Dearest

1.00pm Get Some In

1.30pm Rising Damp

2.00pm Watching

2.30pm The Upper Hand

3.00pm The Queen

3.05pm Film : Supergirl (1984)
starring Helen Slater, Faye Dunaway

5.15pm News, Weather

5.25pm Coronation Street

5.50pm Christmas Blind Date

6.50pm Barrymore

7.50pm Film : Three Fugitives (1989)
starring Nick Nolte, Martin ShortPremière

9.40pm News, Weather

10.00pm Film : Youngblood (1986)
starring Rob Lowe, Patrick SwayzePremière

12.00 Film : Combat Academy (1986)
starring Robert Culp

1.45am Film : Brink's : the Great Robbery (1976)

3.30am Get Stuffed Christmas Special

4.00am Film : Murder for Two (1984)

5.20am Stuntmasters

5.55am Morning News

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Eve Thursday 24th December 1992

ITV TVS

6.00am TV-am
Good Morning Britain

8.50am Cartoons

9.25am The New Adventures of He-Man

9.50am Regional News, Weather

9.55am TV Film : The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1980)
starring Jeff Goldblum

11.45am Stuntmasters

12.30pm Lunchtime News, Weather

12.50pm Regional News and Weather

1.00pm Home and Away

1.30pm Film : Black Arrow(1948)
starring Oliver Reed

3.15pm News, Regional News and Weather

3.25pm Film : One Magic Christmas (1985)
starring Mary Steenburgen

5.10pm Home and Away

5.40pm Early Evening News, Weather

6.00pm Regional news magazines

6.30pm Take Your Pick
presented by Des O'Connor

7.00pm Emmerdale

7.30pm The Ruth Rendell Mystery Movie
Achilles Heel

9.30pm The Bill
Return Match

10.00pm News, Weather

10.10pm Film : The Golden Child (1986)
starring Eddie Murphy, Charles Dance

11.50pm Midnight Service
from Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire

12.45am Film : The Aviator (1985)
starring Christopher Reeve, Rosanna Arquette

2.35am Film : Feel the Motion (1985)
German film with English subtitles

4.25am America's Top Ten

4.55am Christmas at the Movies

5.45am Cartoon

5.55am Morning News

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Bank Holiday Monday 28th December 1992

BBC2

6.45am Film : Sister Kenny (1946)
starring Rosalind Russell, Alexander Knox

8.35am Film : The Gay Divorcee (1934)
starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers

10.20am Light the Darkness
This film is a reminder of the international conventions designed
to protect the innocent victims of war. But they have all been broken
in the past year - in Europe alone. With Peter Ustinov and the London Chamber Orchestra

11.10am Songs of Praise
from Chester Cathedral

11.45am Geraint Evans Masterclass
As a tribute to Sir Geraint Evans - the Welsh opera singer who died in September this year - BBC2 repeats the series of masterclasses which he gave in 1981, offering guidance to young singers in the portrayal of operatic characters

12.45pm Racing from Chepstow
(12.55, 1.25, 2.00 & 2.35 races)

2.50pm The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
A series of five daily lectures by Professor Charles Stirling , FRS.
Man in the Mirror. A look at how humans are lop-sided, in the use of brains, eyes, ears, right down to fingerprints

3.50pm The Works
Waiting to Work
This first programme in the series explores the hair-trigger world
of the one-shot device, machines such as ejection seats that work once, perfectly

4.10pm Film : Yentl (1983)
starring Barbra StreisandPremière

6.20pm Life with Eliza
Women Are So Variable
Ernest ponders the nature of love, women and his own
considerable attractions

6.30pm The Hard Nut
To mark the centenary of Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker, a performance by the Mark Morris Dance Group of the American choreographer's "alternative" version

8.00pm Granadaland
As part of its first night in 1956, Granada Television broadcast a
Tribute to the BBC. In the week that Granada begins its new franchise, the BBC belatedly returns the favour by transmitting an
evening of programmes devoted to the oldest surviving independent TV company
Coronation Street
A classic episode of Britain's longest-running TV serial

8.30pm From the North
The story of Granada, the company responsible for Britain's
most enduring soap opera Coronation Street, the current affairs series World in Action, and highly praised drama from Brideshead Revisited to Prime Suspect

9.30pm Pro-Celebrity University Challenge
quizmaster Bamber Gascoigne pits some of the programme's most celebrated alumni (including comedian Stephen Fry and BBC's Foreign Affairs Editor John Simpson) against a team of current undergraduates

10.00pm Roll on Four O' Clock
classic from Granada's drama archive by one of Britain's
foremost playwrights

11.00pm Northern Songs
from the Beatles to the Buzzcocks, from theBay City Rollers to
Joy Division, Granada has always been quick to bring new bands
to the screen. This programme plunders the archive

11.30pm Flat Caps and Ferrets
A celebration of the cultural heritage of the mythical land filled with pigeons, whippets and endless cups of tea. It draws on such Granada classics as Coronation Street, A Family at War and
Nearest and Dearest to expose some of the myths about the north of England

12.00 Film : The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)
starring Ray Milland

1.15am Weatherview

1.20am Closedown

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Bank Holiday Monday 28th December 1992

BBC1

6.45am Film : Sister Kenny (1946)
starring Rosalind Russell, Alexander Knox

8.35am Film : The Gay Divorcee (1934)
starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers

10.20am Light the Darkness
This film is a reminder of the international conventions designed
to protect the innocent victims of war. But they have all been broken
in the past year - in Europe alone. With Peter Ustinov and the London Chamber Orchestra

11.10am Songs of Praise
from Chester Cathedral

11.45am Geraint Evans Masterclass
As a tribute to Sir Geraint Evans - the Welsh opera singer who died in September this year - BBC2 repeats the series ofmasterclasses which he gave in 1981, offering guidance to young singers in the portrayal of operatic characters

12.45pm Racing from Chepstow
(12.55, 1.25, 2.00 & 2.35 races)

2.50pm The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
A series of five daily lectures by Professor Charles Stirling , FRS.
Man in the Mirror. A look at how humans are lop-sided, in the use of brains, eyes, ears, right down to fingerprints

3.50pm The Works
Waiting to Work
This first programme in the series explores the hair-trigger world
of the one-shot device, machines such as ejection seats that work once, perfectly

4.10pm Film : Yentl (1983)
starring Barbra StreisandPremière

6.20pm Life with Eliza
Women Are So Variable
Ernest ponders the nature of love, women and his own
considerable attractions

6.30pm The Hard Nut
To mark the centenary of Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker, a performance by the Mark Morris Dance Group of the American choreographer's "alternative" version

8.00pm Granadaland
As part of its first night in 1956, Granada Television broadcast a
Tribute to the BBC. In the week that Granada begins its new franchise, the BBC belatedly returns the favour by transmitting an
evening of programmes devoted to the oldest surviving independent TV company
Coronation Street
A classic episode of Britain's longest-running TV serial

8.30pm From the North
The story of Granada, the company responsible for Britain's
most enduring soap opera Coronation Street, the current affairs series World in Action, and highly praised drama from Brideshead Revisited to Prime Suspect

9.30pm Pro-Celebrity University Challenge
quizmaster Bamber Gascoigne pits some of the programme's most celebrated alumni (including comedian Stephen Fry and BBC's Foreign Affairs Editor John Simpson) against a team of current undergraduates

10.00pm Roll on Four O' Clock
classic from Granada's drama archive by one of Britain's
foremost playwrights

11.00pm Northern Songs
from the Beatles to the Buzzcocks, from theBay City Rollers to
Joy Division, Granada has always been quick to bring new bands
to the screen. This programme plunders the archive

11.30pm Flat Caps and Ferrets
A celebration of the cultural heritage of the mythical land filled with pigeons, whippets and endless cups of tea. It draws on such Granada classics as Coronation Street, A Family at War and
Nearest and Dearest to expose some of the myths about the north of England

12.00 Film : The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)
starring Ray Milland

1.15am Weatherview

1.20am Closedown

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Sunday 27th December 1992

BBC2

7.00am Children's BBC
with Philippa Forrester and Toby Anstis
Champion the Wonder Horse
Rebel and Champion help Ricky and Sandy (b/w)

7.25am Poddington Peas
The Peas wake up on Christmas day to find that Santa
hasn't left them any presents

7.30am Felix the Cat
animation, Felix outwits the nasty professor

7.45am Playdays
the Why Bird Stop

8.10am Smoggies
Arnold the Shark eats a Smoggies garbage can

8.35am Telling Tales
The story of St Francis and the Wolf of Gubbio, as told by Philip Hawthorn

8.50am Orville and Cuddles
Orville and Cuddles try to earn some money to buy a cake

8.55am Gentle Ben
The Wedloes and aquarium men search for Ben the bear
and Marco Polo the dolphin

9.25am Bitsa
Recycling ideas with Caitlin Easterby and Simon Pascoe

9.40am The Wetter, the Better!
Children's splash -hit game show

10.05am Pingu
Pingu the Penguin is intelligent but rather clumsy

10.10am Edd the Duck's Megastar Treck

10.20am The Juggler
Drama set in Quebec

10.45am Thundercats
Vultureman invents a Super Power Potion which gives him
great magical powers

11.10am The Prom
Rebecca will never be able to forget her prom night

12.00 Thunderbirds
Day of Disaster

12.50pm The Invaders
The Possessed
David Vincent learns the aliens have been "programming" people

1.40pm Film : To Catch a Thief (1955)
starring Cary Grant

3.25pm The Maestro and the Diva
A concert performance of The Four Last Songs by Richard Strauss ,
with Sir Georg Solti conducting the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa as soloist

4.25pm Film : Manon des Sources (1986)
starring Yves Montand in French with English subtitles

6.15pm Life with Eliza
The Curse of Summer
Ernest is struck by the vast amount of rhubarb in his garden

6.25pm Le Cenerentoia
Rossini's opera version of the Cinderella fairy tale is an effervescent mixture of comedy, pathos and masquerade, with spectacular fireworks and colourful costumes

9.05pm Funny Business
A Fools Guide to Musical Comedy

9.55pm New Season on Two
preview of the new season of drama starting soon on BBC2

10.00pm Film : The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
starring Jeff Bridges, Beau Bridges, Michelle Pfeiffer
Première

11.50am Film : Notorius (1946)
starring Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman

1.35am Closedown

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Boxing Day Saturday 26th December 1992

BBC2

6.50am Film : Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
starring Glenn Ford, Bette Davis

9.00am Film : The Magic of Lassie(1978)
starring James Stewart, Mickey Rooney

10.35am Film : My Uncle (Mon Uncle) (1958)
starring Jacques Tati

12.35pm Looks Like a Chair, Actually It's a Lavatory
Alan Bennett explores his memories of nearly 40 years of TV

1.15pm Film : The Water Babies (1978)
starring James Mason, Billie Whitelaw

2.45pm Elizabeth R
A unique film portrait of one year in the life of Her Majesty the Queen - celebrating the 40th anniversary of her accession to the throne

4.35pm Film : Jean de Florette (1986)
starring Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu ,
a French film with English subtitles

6.30pm Life with Eliza
continuing the comedy drama starring John Sessions
Psychic Encounters
Ernest wonders whether he might possess special psychic gifts

6.40pm Arena
Linda McCartney, behind the Lens

7.30pm The Mikado
or The Town of Titipu
The D'Oyly Carte Opera

9.50pm Bookmark
Sunny Stories
An imaginative study of the life of author Enid Blyton
that combines drama, animation and documentary

11.00pm A Ghost Story for Christmas
A Warning to the Curious by M R James

11.50pm Film : Marnie (1964)
starring Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery

2.00am Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Day Friday 25th December 1992

BBC2

6.40am Christmas In Paris
A concert capturing the flavour of a French Christmas and
including a live performance by the French National Orchestra

7:30am Film : Rio Bravo (1959)
starring John Wayne, Dean Martin

9:45am Film : Jour de Fete (1947)
directed by and starring Jacques Tati

11:15am Advent Calendar
Throughout December, BBC2 has been opening windows on
Christmas past. All 24 images can be seen again in this round-up of the television advent calendar

11:45am The Freddie Mercury Tribute
Concert for Aids Awareness
Last April, thousands crowded into Wembley Stadium to hear
top pop stars appearing live in a special concert.
This programme of highlights includes performances from the remaining members of Queen, David Bowie, Lisa Stansfield,
Elton John, Annie Lennox, George Michael and Guns 'n' Roses

1:15pm Film : Top Hat (1935)
starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers

2:50pm Sister Wendy's Odyssey
Sister Wendy Beckett has a special Christmas story as she ends
her odyssey in Edinburgh. Here she offers her unorthodox views
on why Santa Claus is the patron saint of pawn brokers

3:00pm Nigel Mansell 1992
Winning the Formula 1 World Championship is the pinnacle of
any racing driver's career. Having come so close to it before,
Nigel Mansell finally realised that dream this year

3:45pm The Maestro and the Diva
Songs by Richard Strauss
In the first of two programmes, conductor Sir Georg Solti
and soprano Dame Kiri Te Kanawa are shown in rehearsal
and performance as they prepare a concert of Strauss songs.
The selection includes Die Nacht, Madrigal and Begegnung

4:40pm Life with Eliza
The Aquapen
Ernest buys a pen which promises to convert water into ink

4:50pm Film : Monsieur Hulot's Holiday ( 1953)
directed by and starring Jacques Tati

6:25pm The Queen
A special showing of Her Majesty the Queen's Christmas message
to the Commonwealth, with subtitles and sign language interpretation
for deaf and hard of hearing people

6:35pm Reindeer Rock
This programme plunders the best, and the worst, from the
Yuletide pop archive, and combines them with some classic comedy

7:15pm Romeo and Juliet
Northern Ballet Theatre performs Prokofiev's ballet

9:00pm Film : Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
starring Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer Première

10:55pm The Cry
The Cry of Christmas
The series of music videos commissioned for Advent reaches
its climax with a new performance of John Tavener 's
God Is with Us

11:05pm The Likely Lads
The classic Christmas episode from 1974 of the comedy
series starring James Bolam, Rodney Bewes

11:50pm Film : Rear Window (1954)
a classic thriller starring James Stewart , Grace Kelly

1:40am Weather

1.45am Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Eve Thursday 24th December 1992

BBC2

7.10am Film : Bengazi (1955)
starring Richard Conte

8.25am Film : A Christmas Carol (1938)
starring Reginald Owen Première

9.30am Film : Flying Down to Rio (1933)
starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers

11.00am Pigeon Street
cartoon

11.15am Animation Now
Paradise
A crow attempts to become a bird of paradise

11.30am Sports Review of the Year
Another chance to see this look back to 1992's great sporting
moments, and the announcement of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year. With Desmond Lynam and Steve Rider

1.20pm Motor Racing
introduced by Steve Rider
Highlights of the 1992 Esso British Touring Car Championship
which reached a thrilling climax at Silverstone.
Commentary by Murray Walker

2.20pm Nikolayeva Plays Shostakovich
Preludes and Fugues 14 to 17 Tatiana Nikolayeva continues
the epic cycle of Shostakovich's preludes and fugues

2.50pm Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre
This company, founded in 1958, holds a unique place in
American dance history for the eclecticism of its repertory.
Judith Jamison , the company's director since Ailey's death
in 1989, introduces his ballet : Memoria

3.45pm TV
Journeys through colour.
White is.... the beginning.
It is John Lennon's piano, the sliced loaf and lies that don't count

4.05pm Paralympics
Just three weeks after the Olympic Games finished in Barcelona,
the city was host to the ninth Paralympics, a great celebration of disabled sport. Helen Rollason reviews the event

5.05pm Reverse Gear
a look back at Top Gear's 1992 series

5.35pm Food and Drink
Christmas quiz of practical and entertaining ideas such as
suggestions for red wine to go with turkey and recipes for
Christmas leftovers

6.05pm Life with Eliza
Continuing the daily series of Edwardian comedy vignettes,
starring John Sessions
A Game of Bowls.
Ernest acquires a set of finger bowls

6.15pm A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
from the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge

7.30pm How about a Lift, Old Boy?
In 1955, Stirling Moss won the Mille Miglia, a 1,000-mile dash
through Italy. This summer, 300 vintage cars took part in a rally over the original route, and Moss drove the race-winning
Mercedes. His navigator, sports-writer Ian Wooldridge , reports
followed by
Advent Calendar

8.20pm In the Beginning
John Cleese is the fast-talking serpent in Bud Handelsman's witty animation based on the story of the Creation and Fall. With Harry Enfield as Adam and Michael Hordern as God

8.30pm Aliya the Asian Elephant
Simon and John King 's "animal drama" follows a baby elephant
in Sri Lanka who, separated from the main herd, faces many dangers

9.20pm Harry Enfield's Festive Television Programme
comedy sketches including the Old Gits, Smashie and Nicey,
Leslie Norris and the Slobs

10.00pm The Comic Strip Presents
Wild Turkey
This new adventure from the Comic Strip team begins one snowy
Christmas Eve

10.30pm Film : Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
starring Carmen MauraPremière

11.55pm Film : The Birds (1963)
starring Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor

1.50am Weatherview

2.00am Closedown

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Bank Holiday Monday 28th December 1992

BBC1

7.00am News, Regional News, Weather

7.10am Children's BBC
with Philippa Forrester and Toby Anstis
Hallo Spencer
Puppet adventures

7.35am Babar
Classic story of Babar the elephant

8.00am News, Regional News, Weather

8.10am Cuckooland
Return of the comedy about a house with a life of its own

8.35am Swamp Thing
animated adventures

9.00am News, Regional News, Weather

9.05am Come Midnight Monday
4: Spack and the Shire
Secretary, Harrison, lose their motion to dispose of "Wombat"

9.25am Why Don't You ?
The new gang is at large in a whacky mansion, offering activities,
recipes and games for the school holidays.
Today juggling, ballroom dancing and pizza-making

10.25am TV Film : The Phantom Treehouse (1984)
animation

11.35am Film : Sons of the Musketeers (1952)
starring Maureen O'Hara

12.55pm Regional News , Weather

1.00pm News Chris LoweWeatherPeter Cockroft

1.05pm Neighbours

1.25pm Eldorado
Gwen is concerned about Terry's effect on Blair

1.55pm Cartoon

2.10pm Film : Star Trek - the Motion Picture (1979)
starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy

4.15pm The Russ Abbot Christmas Show
The excesses of Christmas Day are only too obvious when
an overweight Peter Pan teaches Wendy how to fly

4.55pm Final Score
introduced by David Davies

5.05pm NewsChris LoweWeather Bernard Davey

5.15pm Regional News and Sport

5.20pm Neighbours
Toby is riding for a fall, and Brad is shattered when his birthday
present has a devastating effect on Beth.
Gaby catches a shoplifter and then makes a surprising decision

5.45pm Jim'll Fix It
A seasonal special in which Jimmy Savile plays Santa Claus
for viewers and makes their dreams come true

6.30pm Telly Addicts
In this special edition of the television knowledge quiz,
Noel Edmonds raids the archives for some festive goodies to challenge his celebrity guests. Answering the questions are
Birds of a Feather Pauline Quirke and Linda Robson ,
singer Michael Ball, Keith Barron (Good Guys)
EastEnder Michelle Collins, Rosemarie Ford (Generation Game),
Geoffrey Hughes (Keeping Up Appearances), and radio and TV personality Danny Baker

7.00pm Film : Twins (1988)
starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny De Vito Première

8.45pm Main NewsMichael BuerkRegional News, WeatherBernard Davey

9.05pm One Jasper Carrott
One of Britain's funniest sit-down comedians returns to the
stool with some acerbic new material delivered from the stage
of the Theatre Royal in London's Drury Lane

9.55pm One Foot in the Grave
The Man in the Long Black Coat
repeat of last year's Christmas episode

10.45pm Match of the Day
Highlights from two of the day's top Premier League games

11.55pm Film : Downhill Racer (1969)
starring Robert Redford, Gene Hackman

1.35am Weather

1.40am Closedown

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Sunday 27th December 1992

BBC1

7.50am Film : The Treasure of Lost Canyon (1952)
starring William Powell

9.10am News, Weather

9.15am This is the Day : Christmas Special
with Roy Castle

10.00am Christmas in Europe
Europe's broadcasters come together in a celebration of Christmas traditions and folklore, capturing the excitement and mystery of the season throughout Europe

10.45am The Natural Olympian
Speed, stamina and strength: Olympic athletes strive for them,
animals survive by them. This film looks at top performers from both the natural and human worlds

11.40am Film : The Italian Job (1969)
starring Michael Caine

1.20pm Weather for the Week Ahead
John Kettley

1.25pm News

1.30pm EastEnders
Omnibus edition

3.00pm Film : Chariots of Fire (1981)
starring Ben Cross, Ian Charleson

5.00pm Disney Time
presented by Sarah Greene

5.40pm Antiques Roadshow - the Next Generation
A special edition full of dolls, toys, trains and teddy bears,
presented by Hugh Scully

6.25pm NewsChris LoweWeatherMichael Fish

6.40pm Songs of Praise
for Christmas, from Chester Cathedral. This week's Songs of Praise
comes as the culmination of a year of 900th anniversary celebrations for Chester Cathedral

7.15pm More Auntie's Bloomers
Terry Wogan rummages through the BBC skip for more of those
magic moments in broadcasting history when everything that can go wrong, does

8.05pm Miss Marple : The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
Joan Hickson stars for the last time as Miss Marple

10.00pm The Good Life
Silly but It's Fun
Christmas Special from 1977

10.30pm News Michael Buerk
Weather Michael Fish

10.45pm Everyman
Songs of Longing
A portrayal of the extraordinary spiritual world of a parish priest
in one of the remotest parts of Britain

11.35pm Film : Excalibur (1981)
starring Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren

1.50am Weather

1.55am Closedown

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Boxing Day Saturday 26th December 1992

BBC1

7.00am Children's BBC
Follow that Goblin
Cartoon. An unlikely trio save a "haunted house" from demolition.

7.30am Barney
cartoon, Barney surprises Mr Prophet with a present

7.35am Animal World
Nature series with music and narration by Derek Griffiths.
A look at the British national bird - the cheerful robin

7.45am Quick Draw McGraw
Western cartoon fun

7.50am Peter Pan and the Pirates
Cartoon, Captain Hook is taught a timely lesson

8.15am Chucklevision
A deserted house turns up a few hilarious surprises

8.35am The Chipmunks
A festive musical cartoon special with Alvin and the Chipmunks

9.00am Gone Live!
Today's special edition features a celebrity Run the Risk.
Shane Richie and Peter Simon watch as the Blue Peter team
takes on CBBC's trio and Brookside's representatives.
Plus Going Live's star-filled Christmas entertainment -
Snow Green and the Seven Idiots.
With Sarah Greene and Phillip Schofield

10.00am The Chronicles of Narnia
Based on the novels by C S Lewis.
Prince Caspian.
Troubled times return to the magical land

11.00am Film : Annie (1982)
starring Albert Finney and Aileen Quinn

1.00pm Cartoon Double Bill

1.20pm NewsJennie Bond
WeatherIan McCaskill

1.25pm 'Allo 'Allo
Rene finds himself in danger when Yvette confides in him

2.10pm Film : Escape to Victory (1981)
starring Michael Caine, Sylvester Stallone

4.05pm Simply the Best
highlights of Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean's ice show
which also features the Ukrainian Ice Spectacular

4.55pm Final Score
with Ray Stubbs

5.05pm NewsJennie BondWeatherIan McCaskill

5.15pm Dad's Army
Battle of the Giants
The vicar, the verger and the warden are the umpires when the Walmington-on-Sea platoon takes an initiative test against
their old rivals from Eastgate

6.10pm Big Break Christmas Celebrity Special
Hi-de-Hi!s Ruth Madoc, Patrick Moore of The Sky at Night,
and Blue Peter presenter Anthea Turner are the celebrities
persuaded to risk their general-knowledge reputation on behalf of their favourite charities. Snooker stars joining in
the pantomime fun are Dennis Taylor as the Dame,
Allison Fisher as Buttons and Willie Thorne as the Giant. Attempting to control the excesses of Dick Whittington
(host Jim Davidson ) will be John Virgo in the amazing guise of Dick's cat

6.50pm Noel's Christmas House Party
Festive celebrations at Noel Edmonds's place include the
Tony Blackburn Gotcha

7.45pm Last of the Summer Wine
Stop That Castle!
With the annual gala parade in the skilful hands of Foggy,
Compo and Clegg, how could anything go wrong?

8.15pm Lovejoy
The Prague Sun
It looks like Lovejoy will be spending Christmas alone.
Then a savage attack on a veteran Second World War flier from Czechoslovakia leads Lovejoy and Eric to Prague on a hunt for
missing diamonds

9.50pm NewsJennie BondandSport
WeatherIan McCaskill

10.05pm Film : When Harry Met Sally(1989)
starring Billy Crystal, Meg RyanPremière

11.40pm Film : Hud (1963)
starring Paul Newman and Patricia Neal

1.30am Weather

1.35am Closedown

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Day Friday 25th December 1992

BBC1

6:50am The Birthday Dragon
Cartoon fun, as Dragon is invited to his first party

7:15am Playdays
the Tent Stop

7:35am A Bear Behind
fun with Lindsey and Boz

7:45am Juniper Jungle
animated adventures

7:55am Blood and Honey
Herod's Christmas
In the final episode, Herod's death causes unrest

8:10am Edd the Duck's Megastar Treck
A galaxy of stars join Quacktain Berk on the starship Intrepedd

8:20am Santa's First Christmas
animation

8:45am The Christmas Toy
Toys from previous Christmases come to life

9:42am WeatherBernard Davey

9:45am Follow the Star
A celebration of the true spirit of Christmas, beginning at
Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital in London

10:30am Good Morning... with Anne and Nick
A festive hour with Anne Diamond and Nick. Owen,
plus their own children

11:30am Eldorado
At Christmas, Freddie is disillusioned with family life

12:00 Christmas Comedy Cracker
Hi-de-Hi!
September Song
It's circus night at Maplin's, but Ted has another sort of ring on his mind

12:45pm The Two Ronnies
Sketches, jokes and songs from Messrs Barker and Corbett
with guest Elton John

1:35pm Neighbours
Gaby finds a new love to help her forget Glen.
A desperate Paul tries to salvage his business

2:00pm Top of the Pops
Christmas 1992

3:00pm The Queen
Her Majesty 's Christmas message to the Commonwealth

3:10pm Film : Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
starring Harrison Ford, Sean Connery
Première

5:10pm NewsChris Lowe and
WeatherSuzanne Charlton

5:20pm Bruce Forsyth's Christmas Generation Game
Couples compete to see who will perform in a version of Peter Pan
and then who will reach the conveyor belt and its goodies with Rosemarie Ford and surprise celebrity guests

6:25pm EastEnders
It's Christmas Day in Walford, and Michelle has an unexpected visitor.
Pat and Frank have a difficult day and Mandy learns a lesson about home

6:55pm Only Fools and Horses
special Christmas edition of John Sullivan 's popular comedy
Mother Nature's Son starring David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst Buster Merryfield

8:00pm Birds of a Feather
The Chigwell Connection
special Christmas edition of the comedy written by Laurence Marks
and Maurice Gran starring Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson

8:50pm Main NewsChris Loweand
Weather Suzanne Charlton

9:00pm Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
Sketches, stand-up comedy and songs combine to create the latest daytime show to be hosted by a popular husband-and-wife team

9:50pm Film : Shirley Valentine (1989)
starring Pauline Collins, Tom Conti Première

11:35pm Reflection on Christmas
Time to think and reflect on the meaning of Christmas

11:40pm Film : Earthquake (1974)
starring Charlton Heston

1:40am Weather

1:45am Closedown

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Eve Thursday 24th December 1992

BBC1

7.00am News, Regional News, Weather

7.10am Children's BBC
with Andi Peters , Philippa Forrester and Toby Anstis
Mycroft
cartoon

7.25am The Railway Dragon
animation, narrated by Leslie Nielsen

7.50am The Foxy Christmas Story
animation

8.00am News, Regional News, Weather

8.10am Pinocchio
cartoon

8.30am Blood and Honey
Herod's Christmas
4: Herod has all the baby boys in Bethlehem below a certain age murdered, but Joseph, Mary and the baby escape to Egypt

8.45am Henry's Cat
animation

9.00am News, Regional News, Weather

9.05am Santa and the Tooth Fairies
animation

9.35am Charlie's Christmas Project
Children's drama

10.05am Playdays
the Patch Stop

10.30am On Christmas Eve
First showing on network TV for this animated Christmas
story in which Santa Claus encounters a few problems

11.00am Film : Biggles (1986)
starring Neil Dickson, Alex Hyde White

12.30pm Stay Tooned!
with Tony Robinson
seasonal edition of animated classics

1.10pm Good Morning Advent Calendar
Anne Diamond and Nick Owen open today's window.
Away in a Manger. The Nativity story through children's eyes

1.15pm Regional News, Weather

1.20pm Newswith Andrew Harvey
Weather Suzanne Charlton

1.35pm Neighbours

1.55pm Film : The Land Before Time (1988)
animated feature Première

3.00pm Tom and Jerry
The Night Before Christmas

3.10pm Blue Peter
featuring a last-minute decoration idea, carols round the tree
with a mass choir and the Chalk Farm Band of the Salvation Army with John Leslie , Diane-Louise Jordan and Anthea Turner

3.35pm Film : Santa Claus (1985)
starring Dudley Moore

5.20pm Neighbours
Paul's future hangs in the balance as Glen becomes aware of his deception. Brad and Josh vie for Beth's attention

5.45pm NewsAndrew Harvey
WeatherIan McCaskill

6.00pm Regional news magazines

6.15pm The Paul Daniels Magic Show
Master magician and illusionist Paul Daniels presents a
special programme for the festive season with Debbie McGee

7.00pm Keeping Up Appearances
Christmas edition of Roy Clarke 's comedy about a compulsive social climber, starring Patricia Routledge
Hyacinth prepares to enjoy the festivities. Richard is full of Christmas spirit, but this only threatens to hinder her plans for him to distribute gifts at the vicar's party for the elderly

7.30pm EastEnders
Mandy expects a visit from her mother; the regulars at the Vic are entertained by the mysterious Arlene ; Arthur comes to a decision and Pat gets a shock

8.00pm Sitting Pretty
comedy by John Sullivan
Happy Birthdays
Annie and twin sister Sylvie get together for a birthday
celebration at Sunnyside Farm

8.30pm Casualty
Silent Night
Festive cheer reaches Holby City Hospital and livens up another
busy shift, but there is little Christmas spirit for a wife who takes the law into her own hands

9.20pm Main Newswith Laurie Mayer
Regional News
Weather Ian McCaskill


9.45pm Film : Sea of Love (1989)
starring Al Pacino, Ellen Parkin, John GoodmanPremière

11.35pm The First Mass of Christmas
from St Marie's Roman Catholic Cathedral, Sheffield

12.35am Film : Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
starring Cary Grant

2.30am Weather

2.35am Closedown