Re: Christmas TV
Christmas Eve Saturday 24th December 1988
BBC1
8:15am Saturday Starts Here
with Peter Simon
Jimbo and the Jet Set
8.20am Corners
8.40am ChuckleVision
9.00am Going Live!
with Sarah Greene and Phillip Schofield
A special Christmas Eve edition featuring cartoons, music,
special guests, competitions and surprises, all with a seasonal flavour
12.12pm Weather Bill Giles
12.15pm TV Film : Yogi's First Christmas (1980)
starring Yogi Bear, Boo Boo, Huckleberry Hound,
Snagglepuss and Ranger Smith.
With the alarm set for April, Yogi and Boo Boo are surprised to
find themselves awakened by noises coming from Jellystone
Lodge. It's Christmas and the gang are preparing to celebrate
when Yogi arrives eager to enjoy what will be his first wide
awake yuletide. However, his enjoyment may be short-lived
as Mrs Throckmorton and her snivelling nephew Snively
are on their way determined to sell the Lodge!
1.55pm News with Lisa Davison
Weather
2.00pm Tom and Jerry
The Night Before Christmas
2.10pm Film : Mary Poppins (1964)
starring Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson.
When Jane and Michael Banks ask for a new nanny with a
cheerful disposition and rosy cheeks Mary Poppins answers
the call. But Mary is no ordinary nanny - her amazing powers
mean she can tidy up their bedroom with a click of her fingers
and take the children on a journey to magical kingdoms where
penguins dance and merry-go-rounds race. Walt Disney's
Oscar-winning family fantasy features the songs A Spoonful of
Sugar, Feed the Birds (Tuppence a bag) and
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
4.25pm Tiger on the Tiles
Why does your cat like being stroked?
Why does it rub itself against you?
Why do cats bring back dead mice?
And why do they spend so much time grooming themselves?
The answers, revealed by ca****cher Desmond Morris,
demonstrate the wildness that crouches just under the fur of pets
4.55pm News with Lisa DavidsonWeather
5.05pm Bob's Christmas Full House
starring Bob Monkhouse. Join Bob for a seasonal edition of his
popular game show. This year, four contestants compete for
prizes and cash to be donated to their selected charities. On offer,
as always, is the chance for one of them to win themselves a
fabulous holiday
5.45pm Film : Santa Claus : The Movie (1985)
starring Dudley Moore, John Lithgow, David Huddleston,
Burgess Meredith and Judy Cornwell.
All is not well at the North Pole. Patch, one of Santa Claus's elves,
is determined to make a name for himself and, after creating havoc
with the Christmas preparations, heads for the real world.
In New York City he teams up With BZ - a ruthless toy manufacturer -
and together they develop a fantastic new brand of candyPremière
7.30pm 'Allo 'Allo!
A new bold, daring crackbrained plan to get the British airmen
back to England is hatched by Michelle and Crabtree; the Colonel
and Lt Gruber plant the hot Gestapo money on Captain Bertorelli
and snitch on him to Herr Flick.
8.00pm Last of the Summer Wine
A special Christmas edition written by Roy Clarke. Starring
Michael Aldridge, Bill Owen, Peter Sallis with Jane Freeman and
Kathy Staff. Special guest appearances by Thora Hird and
Jean Alexander in Crums.
Compo, Clegg and Seymour, dressed as Father Christmasses,
can't understand why they are so unsuccessful collecting for
the church social. Then, a chance sighting of a fourth Father
Christmas provides a clue...
9.00pm News and Sport with Lisa Davidson
Weather
9.10pm Film : Jagged Edge (1985)
starring Jeff Bridges and Glenn Close.
It was the kind of murder that sells newspapers. A beautiful and
wealthy heiress is found savagely slain. The murder weapon - a
hunting knife with a serrated jagged edgePremière
10.55pm Christmas Eve with Val Doonican
and his special guests Elaine Paige , Gorden Kaye and Brian Kay.
As families gather together and Christmas celebrations ring out
around the world, Val lights up the candles on his own traditional show.
11.35pm First Communion of Christmas
from Coventry Cathedral. The Provost, the Very Rev John Petty,
presides at a service of Holy Communion
12.35am Movie Classics
Film : The Searchers (1956)
Barry Norman introduces a season of cinema greats.
The Searchers starring John Wayne and Jeffrey Hunter.
When a group of Comanches attack the Edwards' Texan
ranch, they kill the older members of the family and kidnap
Debbie and the teenager Lucy - later raping and murdering
the older girl. Ethan Edwards begins a five-year search for his
niece ... In one of his most complex roles, John Wayne stars as
the embittered homesteader
2.30am Weather
2.35am Closedown
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Re: Christmas TV
Friday 23rd December 1988
BBC1
6.00am Ceefax AM
6.40am Leon Errol in Moving Vanities.
6.55am Weather
7.00am Breakfast Time
8.30am The Flintstones
8.55am Regional News and Weather
9.00am News, Weather
followed by
Now It's Christmas
The Canterville Ghost
9.25am St Nicholas and the Children
9.50am Henry's Cat
10.00am News, Weather
followed by
Going for Gold
10.25am Now It's Christmas
Playbus
10.50am Paddington
10.55am Five to Eleven
11.00am News, Weather
followed by
Now It's Christmas
Film : Electric Eskimo (1979)
12.00 News, Weather
followed by
A Song for Christmas
12.55pm Regional News and Weather
1.00pm One O'Clock News, Weather
1.30pm Neighbours
1.50pm Film : Walt Disney's One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975)
3.25pm The Pink Panther Show
3.45pm Cartoon
3.50pm Children's BBC
Corners
4.05pm Party Ewok
4.30pm The Satellite Show
5.00pm Billy's Christmas Angels
5.35pm Neighbours
6.00pm Six O'Clock News
6.30pm Regional news magazines
Weather
7.00pm Christmas Telly Addicts
7.30pm Fawlty Towers
8.10pm Christmas with the Two Ronnies
9.00 pm Nine O'Clock News
Regional News
Weekend Weather
9.30pm Blackadder's Christmas Carol
10.15pm TV Film : The Dirty Dozen - The Next Mission (1985)
11.45pm Movie Classics
Film : The Seven Year Itch (1955)
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Re: Christmas TV
Thursday 22nd December 1988
BBC1
6.00am Ceefax AM
6.35am Leon Errol in Jitters
6.55am Weather
7.00am Breakfast Time
8.30am The Flintstones
8.55am Regional News and Weather
9.00am News, Weather
followed by
Now It's Christmas
Fireman Sam
9.25am The Nightingale
9.45am SuperTed
10.00am News, Weather
followed by
Going for Gold
10.25am Now It's Christmas
Playbus
10.50am Paddington
10.55am Five to Eleven
11.00am News, Weather
followed by
Now It's Christmas
Film : Fern the Red Deer (1976)
12.00 News, Weather
followed by
Daytime Live
12.55pm Regional News and Weather
1.00pm One O'Clock News
Weather
1.30pm Neighbours
1.50pm Going for Gold
2.15pm Joy to the World
3.50pm Children's BBC
Charlie Chalk
4.05pm Lassie
4.30pm Bad Boyes
4.55pm Newsround
5.05pm Blue Peter
5.35pm Neighbours
6.00pm Six O'clock News
6.30pm Regional news magazines
Weather
7.00pm Top of the Pops
7.30pm EastEnders
8.00pm Tomorrow's World Christmas Quiz
8.30pm Yes, Prime Minister
9.00pm Nine O'clock News
Regional News, Weather
9.30pm Dear John
10.20pm Film : A Touch of Class (1973)
12.00 Movie Classics:
Film : Topper (1937)
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Re: Christmas TV
Wednesday 21st December 1988
BBC1
6.00am Ceefax AM
6.40am Leon Errol in Deal Me In
6.55am Weather
7.00am Breakfast Time
8.30am The Flintstones
8.55am Regional News and Weather
9.00am News, Weather
followed by
Open Air
9.20am Five Go to Florida
10.00am News, Weather
followed by
Going for Gold
10.25am Children's BBC
Playbus
10.50am Paddington
10.55am Five to Eleven
11.00am News, Weather
followed by
Open Air
12.00 News, Weather
followed by
Daytime Live
12.55pm Regional News and Weather
1.00pm One O'Clock News, Weather
1.30pm Neighbours
1.50pm Going for Gold
2.15pm Film : The Adventures of Quentin Durward (1955)
3.50pm Children's BBC
Two by Two
4.05pm Lassie
4.35pm Back to the Wild
5.00pm Newsround
5.05pm The Watch House
5.35pm Neighbours
6.00pm Six O'Clock News
6.30pm Regional news magazines
Weather
7.00pm Wogan : Terry in Pantoland
7.35pm Doctor Who : The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (Part 2)
8.00pm The Les Dawson Show
8.50pm Points of View
9.00pm Nine O'Clock News
Regional News; Weather
9.30pm Film : Poison Candy (1988)
11.00pm* So This Is Christmas....
11.45pm* Lifeline
11.55pm* Movie Classics
Film : The Cruel Sea (1953)
1.55pm* Weather
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Re: Christmas TV
Tuesday 20th December 1988
BBC1
6.00am Ceefax AM
6.35am Leon Errol in Dad Always Pays.
6.55am Weather
7.00am Breakfast Time
8.30am The Flintstones
8.55am Regional News and Weather
9.00am News, Weather
followed by
Open Air
9.20am Kilroy!
10.00am News, Weather
followed by
Going for Gold
10.25am Children's BBC
Playbus
10.50am Paddington
10.55am Five to Eleven
11.00am News, Weather
followed by
Open Air
12.00 News, Weather
followed by
Daytime Live
12.55pm Regional News and Weather
1.00pm One O'Clock News, Weather
1.30pm Neighbours
1.50pm Going for Gold
2.15pm Ironside
3.05pm International Show Jumping
3.50pm Children's BBC
Laurel and Hardy in Fair Play
4.00pm A Paddington Special
4.20pm Simon and the Witch
4.35pm What's That Noise?
5.00pm Newsround
5.05pm Grange Hill
5.35pm Neighbours
6.00pm Six O'Clock News
6.30pm Regional news magazines
Weather
7.00pm People
7.30pm EastEnders
8.00pm Ever Decreasing Circles
8.30pm A Question of Sport
9.00pm Nine O'clock News
Regional News; Weather
9.30pm Film : Rocky (1976)
11.25pm Film 88
11.55pm Broadway Musicals
Film : Brigadoon (1954)
1.40am WeatherLeave a comment:
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Re: Christmas TV
Monday 19th December 1988
BBC1
6.00am Ceefax AM
6.40am Leon Errol in Birthday Blues
6.55am Weather
7.00am Breakfast Time
8.55am Regional News and Weather
9.00am News, Weather
followed by
Open Air
9.20am Kilroy!
10.00am News, Weather
followed by
The Pink Panther Show
10.25am Children's BBC
Playbus
10.50am Paddington
10.55am Five to Eleven
11.00am News, Weather
followed by
Open Air
12.00 News, Weather
followed by
Daytime Live
12.55pm Regional News and Weather
1.00pm One O'Clock News, Weather
1.30pm Neighbours
1.50pm Going for Gold
2.15pm Film : Spirit of the Wild (1976)
3.50pm Children's BBC
Laurel and Hardy in Birds of a Feather
4.00pm A Bear Behind
4.05pm Fireman Sam
4.20pm Defenders of the Earth : Diamonds Are Ming's Best Friend
4.40pm Simon and the Witch
4.55pm Newsround
5.05pm Blue Peter
5.35pm Neighbours
6.00pm Six O'clock News
6.30pm Regional news programmes
7.00pm Wogan
7.30pm Watchdog
8.00pm Brush Strokes
8.30pm Supersense
9.00pm Nine O'Clock News
Regional News; Weather
9.30pm Film : High Risk (1981)
11.00pm A Very Peculiar Practice
11.55pm Broadway Musicals
Film : Rose Marie (1936)
1.35am Weather
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Re: Christmas TV
Sunday 18th December 1988
BBC1
8.30am The Flashing Blade
8.55am Playbus
9.15am Umbrella
9.30am Sunday Worship
10.00am Working the System
10.10am Spelling It Out
10.20am British Sign Language Special
10.35am Russian Language and People
11.00am Bazaar
11.25am British Sign Language - A Beginner's Guide.
11.40am See Hear!
12.30pm Country File
1.00pm News
followed by
On the Record
2.00pm EastEnders
3.00pm Open Air Preview
3.40pm International Show Jumping
4.45pm Scruples
5.15pm The Clothes Show
5.40pm The Chronicles of Narnia : The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
6.10pm Lifeline
6.20pm News, Weather
6.35pm Songs of Praise
7.15pm Film : The Philadelphia Experiment (1984) Première
8.55pm News, Weather
9.10pm The Rainbow
10.10pm Everyman
10.50pm International Show Jumping
12.00 Weather
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Re: Christmas TV
ITS A 1983 TV MOVIE.
PERHAPS IT WAS SHOWN IN A DIFFERENT REGION THAT THESE LISTINGS HAVE NOT INCLUDED.
Saturday 17th December 1988
BBC1
8.15am Saturday Starts Here
8.20am Corners
8.40am ChuckleVision
9.00am Going Live!
12.12pm Weather
12.15pm Grandstand
5.00pm News, Weather
5.10pm Regional News/Sport
5.15pm The Flying Doctors
6.00pm The Noel Edmonds Saturday Roadshow
6.50pm Bob's Full House
7.25pm 'Allo 'Allo!
7.50pm Hearts of Gold
8.30pm Film : The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
10.25pm News and Sport, Weather
10.40pm International Show Jumping
11.50pm Film : The Mountain Men (1980)
1.30am Weather
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Re: Christmas TV
A one-off cartoon I remember being shown around Christmas one year in the early 1980s was called the Christmas Tree Train. I've not noticed it mentioned in any listings here yet.Leave a comment:
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Re: Christmas TV
Another day to remember as it was the first time I was allowed to see the New Year in, especially as the late episode of Eastendersfeatured Michelle & Lofty splitting up.Originally posted by darren View PostLeave a comment:
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Re: Christmas TV
New Year's Eve Thursday 31st December 1987
BBC2
9.00am Pages from Ceefax
11.30am Film : An Elephant Called Slowly (1970)
1.00pm Showreel 87
1.40pm Film : Ben Hur (1959)
5.05pm Jack High
5.35pm Film : Watership Down (1978)
7.05pm Bintley's Mozart
8.00pm The Continental
9.00pm Alas Smith and Jones
9.35pm 87 Whistle Test 88
11.40pm Gary Glitter takes you into 1988 with a live
performance from the stage of the Bournemouth
International Centre.
12.05am U2 - Outside It's America
1.00am The Grateful Dead - Touch of Grey
1.15am That Was Whistle Test That Was
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Re: Christmas TV
Wednesday 30th December 1987
BBC2
9.00am Pages from Ceefax
12.00 Film : Hambone and Hillie (1983)
1.25pm 100 Great Sporting Moments
1.40pm World Cup Rugby Special
2.55pm News, Weather
followed by
Showreel 87
3.35pm News and Weather
Regional News and Weather
3.45pm Film : Fred Astaire Dances : The Gay Divorcee (1934)
5.30pm Jack High
6.00pm TV Film : Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980)
7.40pm Natural Concern
8.10pm L'enfant et les sortilèges
9.00pm Film : The Killing Fields (1984) Première
11.15pm Beethoven Piano Sonata
11.45pm Film : Garbo as Marie Walewska (1937)
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Re: Christmas TV
Tuesday 29th December 1987
BBC2
9.00am Pages from Ceefax
12.05pm TV Film : Lassie - Peace Is Our Profession (1970) Première
1.35pm World Cup Rugby Special
2.35pm Sign Extra
3.00pm News, Weather
followed by
Showreel 87
3.40pm News and Weather
Regional News and Weather
3.50pm Film : Fred Astaire Dances - Flying Down to Rio (1933)
5.15pm 100 Great Sporting Moments
5.30pm Jack High
6.00pm Film : The Silent One (1985) Première
7.35pm The Fish Course Challenge
8.05pm L'heure espagnole
9.00pm Songs from 'My Fair Lady'
10.00pm Film : Shoot the Moon (1982) Première
12.00 Film : Garbo as Anna Karenina (1935)
1.30am WeatherLeave a comment:
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Re: Christmas TV
Bank Holiday Monday 28th December 1987
BBC2
9.00am Film : Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20s (1965)
A fun-filled festival of the best work of the immortal team of
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy , made during comedy's golden age
10.25am Film : Lassie Come Home (1943)
starring Roddy McDowall, Donald Crisp, Elizabeth Taylor Poverty
forces the Carraclough family to sell Lassie, their beloved collie.
But neither distance nor chains can stop Lassie finding her way
back. and Lassie
11.50am Songs of Praise
from Covent Garden and Kingston, Jamaica
12.30pm Film : The Good Companions (1933)
starring Jessie Matthews John Gielgud
The film which established Jessie Matthews as an international
star was this lively treatment of J. B. Priestley's novel.
When a spinster, a joiner and a rebellious schoolmaster join a
concert party, the result is unexpected success for the troupe
Premiere
2.20pm The Bolshoi in the Park
Another chance to enjoy the historic visit of the
Bolshoi Ballet Company
4.35pm Showreel '87
Earlier this year 600 amateurs competed for the BBCtv and
Radio Times Awards for Amateur Film and Video Makers with
prizes totalling £9,000. Today, and over the next three days,
Sue Robbie presents a selection of the semi-finalists and on
Friday the winners will be announced.
5.15pm 100 Great Sporting Moments : Red Rum, 1973
When 'Rummy' jumped the final fence in the 1973 Grand National,
he was still 15 lengths behind Crisp - a seemingly impossible handicap
5.30pm Jack High
The Gateway Masters Bowls Tournament from Beach House Park,
Worthing. Two matches tonight, both of which decide who
goes through to the semi-finals
6.00pm On the Piste
follows the fortunes of two sets of skiers - a group of accident-prone
beginners in Soil, and members of the aristocratic and expensive
Downhill Only Club in the faded elegance of Wengen.
7.00pm Film : National Velvet (1944)
starring Elizabeth Taylor Mickey Rooney Donald Crisp
Velvet Brown wins a hunter in a raffle and decides to turn him
into a champion racehorse with the help of her young friend Mi.
Their dreams are fulfilled when the animal is entered in the
Grand National
9.00pm An Evening with Kiri Te Kanawa
A gala concert from the Royal Albert Hall , London, presenting
a blend of classical music and songs from My Fair Lady. In the
first of two programmes Kiri Te Kanawa sings favourite arias of
Mozart, Gounod, Charpentier and Puccini
9.55pm Flying for Fun
A dramatised version of Jack Parham's book about flying a very small,
very slow aeroplane around southern England in the 1930s.
His experience of that time profoundly influenced artillery targeting
methods during and after the Second World War, but this film conveys
his sense of joy and wonder at flying simply for fun
10.30pm Screen Two
A look ahead to a new season of outstanding productions
10.40pm Film : Woody Allen - Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
continues a season of films by the master of I American comedy.
Tonight also starring Mia Farrow
12.00 Film : Garbo as Camille (1936)
starring Greta Garbo Robert Taylor
Marguerite Gautier is known in Paris as the Lady of the
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Re: Christmas TV
Sunday 27th December 1987
BBC2
9.00am Ceefax
9.15am Babar Comes to America
told by Peter Ustinov
Babar, king of the elephants, and his queen, Celeste, go
sightseeing in New York while little Arthur makes his own plans
9.40am Sebastianthe Incredible Drawing Dog
with Michael Barrymore Tall Hat Joe
Today's story is about civil servant Joe, who was asked to
keep lots of secrets 'under his hat'. But when a gust of wind
blows off his hat....
9.45am The Mole in a Dream
Mole gets himself mixed up with an electronic buff whose
life revolves around electric gadgets
10.15am Molly's Pilgrim
Molly and her parents have gone to the USA from Russia but the
children in her new school make her feel uncomfortable because
she is different. Molly teaches them a lesson ...
10.35am Charlie Brown
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Charlie Brown is having a personality crisis - but always on
hand to help are his friends Lucy, Schroeder and Linus
11.25am Film : Arabian Adventure (1979)
starring Christopher Lee, Milo O'Shea and Oliver Tobias
1.00pm No Limits
2.00pm The Bolshoi Ballet
This special Omnibus presents an exclusive insight into the most
famous ballet company in the world
4.10pm The Great Philosophers
The last in a 15-part history of western philosophy. Wittgenstein
with John Searle , Professor of Philosophy at the University of
California in Berkeley
4.55pm Did You See...?
Ludovic Kennedy 's personal selection of the television
highlights of 1987
5.45pm Film : Bush Christmas (1983)
starring Nicole Kidman and Mark Spain Premiere
7.15pm Mary Rose
Harry, an Australian soldier, returns to the cold, disused house he
ran away from when he was 12. He has heard the house is haunted,
perhaps by his mother
8.55pm Global Report: A Year of Transition
A Year of Transition
The headlines of 1987 have told of profound and
unsettling change. But what sort of year has it been for
everyday people caught in the midst of these changes?
10.25pm Film : Still of the Night (1982)
starring Meryl Streep Roy Scheider
The mystery begins when the dead body of George Bynum
is found in a parked car in Manhattan's Upper East Side
11.55pm Film : Garbo as Ninotchka (1939)
continues a season of films starring the legendary actress with
Melvyn Douglas. 'Garbo laughs' said MGM's publicity handouts.
After 13 years as the tragic heroine the great star persuaded the
studio to let her play the title role in this brilliant satirical comedy.
Garbo plays Comrade Ninotchka who is sent to Paris to investigate
the dubious antics of a Soviet trade delegation.
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