Christmas TV

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Re: Christmas TV

Boxing Day Saturday 26th December 1987

BBC2

9.00am Ceefax

11.50am International Snooker
Snooker 87: Highlights of the BBC's Year of Snooker
David Vine recalls highlights from the Masters World
Championship, Grand Prix and United Kingdom Championship

1.35pm Gymnastics Compilation
Two months ago one of the greatest exhibitions of modern gymnastics
was witnessed in six days of competition in Rotterdam. In total 14 gold
medals were decided. See how they were all won, how some were lost
and how Britain's gymnasts fared on the world stage

2.25pm Film : Peter No-Tail (1981)
An animated feature film.
In a barn, deep in the countryside, five kittens are born.
Four of them find homes immediately, but who would
want a cat with no tail?
A watery death threatens, but instead Peter No-Tail finds
himself a stowaway in a car bound for the big city and a new world

3.45pm Jacqueline du Pre Masterclass
In the last of a series of masterclasses recorded in 1979 at the
Guildhall School of Music and Drama,
Jacqueline du Pre works with students on the cello version of the
Cesar Franck Sonata in A major originally written for violin and piano

4.20pm The Story of Royal Broadcasting
Yesterday's Christmas broadcast by the Queen carries on a tradition
started by her grandfather, George V , in 1932 which was the first
royal landmark for the fledgling BBC. Then in 1937, George V's
coronation procession marched across several thousand small
screens and 'the magic of television' had arrived.
The development of royal broadcasting is traced through a nostalgic
look back over the first 50 years of the BBC's coverage

5.20pm Film : Oliver! (1968)
starring Ron Moody, Oliver Reed, Mark Lester and Jack Wild
This adaptation of Dickens's famous story about little orphan
Oliver and his adventures with the Artful Dodger and master
pickpocket Fagin won six Academy Awards

7.40pm Cinderella, Nuryev's Paris Opera
The Paris Opera Ballet in Rudolf Nureyev 's new version of
the fairytale. Music by Serge Prokofiev

9.45pm When We Are Married
by J. B. Priestley
Three middle-aged couples are celebrating what should be the
happiest day of their married lives, when they receive news that
rocks them to their respectable foundations

11.45pm Film : Garbo as Queen Christina(1933)
The first of five films starring the great actress.
Tonight with John Gilbert
Arguably Garbo's most celebrated role as the 17th-century
Swedish monarch Queen Christina who - dressed in man's clothes -
finds herself sharing a room in a remote village inn with a handsome
Spanish nobleman

1.25am Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Day Friday 25th December 1987

BBC2

9.10am Film : The Cheaters (1945)
starring Joseph Schildkraut Billie Burke
Eugene Pallette. Mr Pidgeon faces financial ruin.
Salvation beckons when a rich uncle dies ...

10.35am Film : White Christmas (1954)
starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen
Old army buddies Phil Davis and Bob Wallace are rehearsing their
new show when they meet the glamorous Haynes sisters. With
more than professional interest Phil and Bob follow them to their
next engagement at the Columbia Inn in Vermont....

12.30pm Golf 87 - A Momentous Year
A look back with Peter Alliss at some of the glorious moments
of the golfing season.

1.45pm The Natural World
Icebird
Narrated by Tony Soper
When spring comes to the Antarctic millions of penguins leap
from the sea and walk as many as 80 kilometres over the ice to
their traditional nesting-sites

2.35pm Jacqueline du Pré Masterclass
Dvorak Cello Concerto in D minor with Lilly Canel and
Joanna Borrett Accompanist Clifford Benson

3.10pm Film : La traviata (1982)
starring Teresa Stratas
Placido Domingo Verdi's romantic tragedy about the love of a
young nobleman for a courtesan gave Italian director Franco Zeffirelli
the opportunity to unite the two loves of his life - opera and film
(An Italian film with English subtitles)

4.55pm White Nights of Dance
Leningrad in June - where it stays light all night. Two of the world's
great dance companies meet for a festival of ballet - the first-ever
combined appearance of a Soviet and a western company - filmed
in the parks, squares and palaces of this beautiful Russian city

6.10pm Amsterdam Christmas Concert
given earlier this afternoon in the Concertgebouw
Mahler Symphony No 9 in D conducted by Bernard Haitink,
with the Concertgebouw Orchestra

7.40pm Mother Teresa
It is not how much you do, but how much love you put in the doing.
Mother Teresa In 1950 a 40-year-old nun founded the Congregation
of the Missionaries of Charity to help the sick and dying in the slums of
Calcutta

8.35pm Garbo
A Biographical Portrait
This feature-length study of the great Swedish actress blends
film clips, stills and interviews with her contemporaries plus
recent footage of Garbo documents and other memorabilia

10.35pm The Story of Recluse
starring Stewart Granger, Peter Capaldi, Cristina Higueras
An entertaining tale of a gambler, a young man, a pretty girl
and the games they all play

11.25pm The Queen
The Christmas day programme in which HM The Queen
speaks to the Commonwealth.
With open subtitles and sign-language interpretation for
people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing

11.35pm Julian Lloyd Webber
plays the Cello Concerto in E minor,
Op 85 by Elgar with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

12.25am Weather

12.30am Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Eve Thursday 24th December 1987

BBC2

9.00am Ceefax

1.00pm Film : Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942)
starring Johnny Weissmuller & Maureen O'Sullivan
The jungle is disturbed by three big game trappers in search of
animals for a circus. The chance discovery that Tarzan's son, Boy,
has great natural ability as an animal trainer spells trouble

2.10pm The Admiral's Cup
From Christchurch Bay to the Fastnet Rock
For two weeks, the world's best yachtsmen battled for the
top prize in ocean racing, the Admiral's Cup.
Bob Fisher reports on the Olympic style inshore races and
then joins the fleet as it sets out for the famous offshore race.
They sailed 605 miles from Cowes to the Fastnet Rock, off
southern Ireland, and then to the finish at Plymouth

2.40pm Jacqueline du Pre Masterclass
The second of four programmes recorded in 1979 at the
Guildhall School of Music and Drama, in which the late Jacqueline
du Pre worked with students on one of the major sonatas in the
cello repertoire, the Brahms Sonata in E minor.

3.15pm Film : The Sound of Music (1965)
starring Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer Julie Andrews is in
sparkling form as the convent girl whose sense of fun makes the
Mother Superior doubt her suitability as a nun. Sent to be governess
to the children of the Von Trapp family, Maria soon wins their
confidence, undermining their father's stern discipline - as well as his
plans for a second marriage

6.00pm Carols from King's
The celebration of lessons and carols from the Chapel of King's
College, Cambridge, is world famous. The service this year includes,
for the first time, readings from the Apocryphal Bible that reach back
to the beginning of the Christmas story.

7.00pm Paper Kisses
The story of a tragic love affair starring John Hallam, Rosalind Elliot
A bundle of love letters, discovered by chance in the wall of a barn
in the Yorkshire Dales, reveals two lives. Written 100 years ago by
Lizzie Sutcliffe , a lodging-house keeper in Blackburn, to Tom Anderson,
a farmer in Carleton near Skipton, they tell a classic tale of love,
seduction and betrayal

8.00pm Priddy the Hedgehog
This year's animal drama from wildlife film-makers John and
Simon King features a female hedgehog called Priddy, who lives
on the Mendip Hills.
All the adventures that happen to Priddy in this film have been
experienced by one hedgehog or another in real life.

9.00pm Antonio Stradivari Gala Celebration 1737-1907
featuring Pinchas Zukerman, Yo-Yo Ma, Anne-Sophie Mutter and
Charles Beare, with Vivaldi`s Four Seasons performed
by the ECO/Menuhin at the Barbican Hall

10.25pm Film : The Bostonians (1984)
starring Christopher Reeve, Vanessa Redgrave & Madeleine Potter
Premiere

12.20am Film : There's Always Tomorrow (1956)
starring Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray & Joan Bennett

1.40am Weather

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Re: Christmas TV

Wednesday 23rd December 1987

BBC2

9.00am Pages from Ceefax
12.10pm Film : Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941)
1.30pm The Admiral's Cup
2.00pm News, Weather
followed by
The Natural World
2.50pm Holiday Outings
3.05pm News, Weather
followed by
Jacqueline du Pre Masterclass
3.40pm News and Weather
Regional News and Weather
3.50pm Fred Astaire Dances -
Film : The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
5.20pm Cartoon
5.30pm Jack High
6.00pm Film : The Wizard of Oz (1939)
7.40pm A Little Piece of England
8.10pm Two Loves
9.00pm Yes, Prime Minister
9.30pm The Home-made Xmas Video
10.00pm Catch a Fallen Star
10.40pm Film : Barbara Stanwyck in Sorry Wrong Number (1948)
12.10am Weather

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Re: Christmas TV

Tuesday 22nd December 1987

BBC2

9.00am Pages from Ceefax
12.35pm Film : Tarzan Finds a Son (1939)
1.55pm News, Weather
followed by
See Hear Christmas Special
2.45pm News, Weather
followed by
Christmas in the City
3.40pm News and Weather
Regional News and Weather
3.50pm Fred Astaire Dances - Film : Roberta (1935)
5.30pm Jack High
6.00pm No Limits
7.00pm Open to Question
7.40pm The Sounds of Christmas
8.30pm Entertainment USA
9.00pm Moonlighting
9.50pm Horowitz Plays Mozart
10.40pm The Million Dollar Hijack
12.10am Film : Barbara Stanwyck in The File on Thelma Jordan (1950)
1.50am Weather

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Re: Christmas TV

Monday 21st December 1987

BBC2

9.00am Pages from Ceefax
11.50am Film : Tarzan and His Mate (1934)
1.20pm Songs of Praise
2.00pm News, Weather
followed by
American Basketball
2.45pm News, Weather
followed by
Fred Astaire : Change Partners and Dance
3.40pm News and Weather
Regional News and Weather
3.50pm Fred Astaire Dances - Film : Three Little Words (1950)
5.30pm Jack High
6.00pm Future World - Film : Forbidden Planet (1956)
7.35pm Cartoon
7.40pm Thinking Aloud
8.20pm Venturers
9.00pm Absurd Person Singular
10.55pm The Million Dollar Hijack
12.20am Film : Barbara Stanwyck in The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1932)
1.45am Weather

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Re: Christmas TV

Sunday 20th December 1987

BBC2

9.00am Pages from Ceefax
9.15am Now on Two
9.40am Whirlybirds
10.05am Odysseus The Greatest Hero of Them All : The Faces of the Dead
10.20am The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show
10.40am Now It's You
10.45am Blue Peter Omnibus
11.35am Aliens in the Family
12.00 Windmill
1.00pm No Limits : Powerplay Awards
2.00pm Rugby Special
2.40pm 100 Great Sporting Moments
3.00pm Film : Treasure Island (1950)
4.35pm The Story of Afanti
5.05pm Music in Camera
5.45pm The Great Philosophers
6.30pm Ski Sunday
7.15pm The Travel Show Christmas Special
7.50pm The Natural World
8.45pm American Film Institute Salute to Barbara Stanwyck
9.35pm It's My Pleasure
10.05pm Film : Ragtime (1981)

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Re: Christmas TV

Saturday 19th December 1987

BBC2

9.00am Pages from Ceefax
11.00am Carols for Christmas
12.05pm The Sky at Night
12.25pm Saturday Cinema
Film : Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)
2.00pm Film : Time Masters (1982)
3.20pm Fred Astaire : Putting on His Top Hat
4.05pm International Bridge Club
4.35pm Film : The Slipper and the Rose (1976)
6.55pm News View, Weather
7.25pm Beethoven's Missa Solemnis
9.15pm The Film Club : The Cannes Film Festival
Film : Le Cinéma Dans Les Yeux (1987)
10.50pm Film : When Father Was Away on Business (1985)

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Re: Christmas TV

New Year's Eve Thursday 31st December 1987

BBC1

6.00am Ceefax AM
6.55am Weather
7.00am Breakfast Time
8.30am The Flintstones
8.55am Regional News; Weather
9.00am News, Weather
followed by
Neighbours
9.20am Children's BBC
Laurel and Hardy
9.30am Why Don't You..?
9.55am Bananaman
10.00am News, Weather
followed by
Children's BBC
10.05am Charlie Brown Special
10.30am Play School
10.55am Five to Eleven
11.00am News, Weather
followed by
The Littlest Hobo
11.25am A Mirthworm Masquerade
11.50am Cartoon
12.00 News, Weather
followed by
Montreux Rock Festival 1987
12.55pm Regional News and Weather
1.00pm News, Weather
1.15pm Cartoons
1.30pm Neighbours
1.50pm Holiday Movie
Film : The Champ (1979)
3.50pm Children's BBC
A Paddington Special
4.15pm Benji, Zax and the Alien Prince
4.35pm Around the World with Willy Fog
5.05pm Blue Peter Review of the Year
5.35pm Rolf Harris Cartoon Time
6.00pm News, Weather
6.15pm Regional News
6.20pm A Question of Sport
6.55pm Top of the Pops
7.30pm EastEnders
8.00pm Ernie Wise Introduces The Morecambe and Wise Classics
8.45pm Film : Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
10.50pm News
Regional News; Weather
11.00pm Comedy Classic : To the Manor Born
11.30pm EastEnders
12.05am Happy New Year
12.10am Movie Classic
Film : High Society (1956)
2.00am Weather

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Re: Christmas TV

Wednesday 30th December 1987

BBC1

6.00am Ceefax AM
6.55am Weather
7.00am Breakfast Time
8.15am The Faces of 87 - Breakfast Time looks
back at the year's headline-makers.
8.30am The Flintstones
8.55am Regional News; Weather
9.00am News, Weather
followed by
Neighbours
9.20am Children's BBC
Laurel and Hardy
9.30am Why Don't You ?
9.55am Bananaman
10.00am News, Weather
followed by
Children's BBC
10.05am Boss Cat
10.30am Play School
10.55am Five to Eleven
11.00am News
Weather
followed by
The Littlest Hobo
11.25am Charlie Brown
11.50am Cartoon
12.00 News, Weather
followed by
Montreux Rock Festival 1987
12.55pm Regional News and Weather
1.00pm One O'Clock News
Weather
1.30pm Neighbours
1.50pm Holiday Movie
Film : Hannibal Brooks (1969)
3.30pm The Pink Panther Show
3.45pm Children's BBC
Wishing Well
3.50pm Space Baby
4.20pm Tales of the Mouse Hockey League
4.45pm Film Special : A Ghost of a Chance (1968)
5.35pm Rolf Harris Cartoon Time
6.00pm Six O'clock News
Weather
6.35pm Regional news magazines
7.00pm Wogan
7.45pm What a Carry On!
8.10pm Dallas
9.00pm Nine O'Clock News
Regional News, Weather
9.30pm Great Ormond Street - A Fighting Chance
10.45pm Films of the Year
11.30pm Movie Classic
Film : On the Waterfront (1954)
1.15am Weather

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Re: Christmas TV

Tuesday 29th December 1987

BBC1

6.00am Ceefax AM
6.55am Weather
7.00am Breakfast Time
8.30am Going for Gold
8.55am Regional News; Weather
9.00am News, Weather
followed by
Neighbours
9.20am Children's BBC
Laurel and Hardy
9.30am Why Don't You...?
9.55am Bananaman
10.00am News, Weather
10.05am Boss Cat
10.30am Play School
10.55am Five to Eleven
11.00am News, Weather
followed by
The Littlest Hobo
11.25am Charlie Brown
11.50am Cartoon
12.00 News, Weather
followed by
Montreux Rock Festival 1987
12.55pm Regional News, Weather
1.00pm One O'Clock News, Weather
1.30pm Neighbours
1.50pm Holiday Movie
Film : Captain Nemo and the Underwater City (1969)
3.35pm Cartoon
3.50pm Children's BBC
Paddington Special
4.20pm Simon and the Witch
4.35pm Film Special : The Glitterball (1977)
5.35pm Rolf Harris Cartoon Time
6.00pm Six O'Clock News, Weather
6.35pm Regional news magazines
7.00pm Telly Addicts
7.30pm EastEnders
8.00pm The Guinness Book of Records Hall of Fame
9.00pm Nine O'Clock News
Regional News, Weather
9.30pm Cagney and Lacey
10.20pm Review of the Year 87
11.35pm Movie Classic
Film : Splendor in the Grass (1961)
1.35am Weather

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Re: Christmas TV

Bank Holiday Monday 28th December 1987

BBC1

7.00am Cartoons
The Racoons
Going it Alone

7.25am The Pink Panther Show
Three cartoons

7.45am Bugs Bunny
Bustin' Out All Over

8.10am A Merry Mirthworm Christmas
An animated Christmas special.
Preparations for the annual Wormingham
Christmas Celebrations are progressing nicely
until Bert Worm tries to help

8.35am The Flintstones
Bachelor Daze

9.00am Children's BBC
with Simon Parkin starting with
Boss Cat

9.25am Why Don't You...?
The Liverpool gang tries out a dry-ski slope

9.50am Willo the Wisp
Christmas Box

9.55am Alice Through the Looking Glass
A cartoon of the second Alice story by Lewis Carroll,
first shown on Russian television. With Nigel Hawthorne
as the voice of Lewis Carroll and Tracey Childs as Alice

10.30am Your Birthday Greetings
with Simon Parkin followed by
Play School

10.55am Five to Eleven
with Joanna Lumley

11.00am Cartoon

11.05am The Littlest Hobo
Happy Birthday Mom

11.30am Cartoon

11.40am Perfect Strangers
starring Bronson Pinchot as Balki, Mark Linn-Baker as
Larry Ernie Sabella as Twinkacetti. A Christmas Story
Larry fills Balki's head with wonder at the prospect of
Christmas with the Appleton family, but a snowbound
airport has a way of spoiling that seasonal feeling ...

12.05pm The Animals Holiday Roadshow
with Dr Desmond Morris and Sarah Kennedy
What makes reindeer fly? And robins sing?
Who got turtle doves as a present?
Which animal would find a welcome in Fawlty Towers?
Brian Blessed introduces his family and other animals.
Michael Fish, the weatherman, brings an unexpected pet.
And they are joined by Ken Dodd , Robert Kilroy-Silk
Rick Wakeman, Andrew Sachs , Rustie Lee and a lot of
friends. Donner and Blitzen turn up too.

12.45pm Racing from Chepstow
1.00 The Philip Comes Novices Hurdle (2im)
1.30 The Finale Junior Hurdle (2m)
2.05 The Coral Welsh National (H'cap'Chase 3m,6f)

2.20pm Holiday Movie
Film : The Man from Snow River (1982)
starring Kirk Douglas Tom Burlinson
Born and orphaned in the spectacular Australian High
Country. Jim Craig is sent to the Harrison lowland farm
where he must use his outstanding horsemanship to prove
himself and regain his legacy

4.00pm Disney Time
The traditional Christmas visit to the world of Walt DIisney
films introduced by Kenny Everett
Films include: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
The Rescuers, Mary Poppins Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty
Mickey's Christmas Carol

4.50pm Final Score
introduced by Ralph Dellor A round-up of the day's
football programme.

5.05pm News with Richard Whitmore Weather Michael Fish

5.20pm Film : Hooper (1978)
starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jan-Michael Vincent, Brian Keith

7.00pm Wogan
1/2 recalling the golden days of radio comedy,
with guests Richard Murdoch, Bob Monkhouse, Cyril Fletcher,
Molly Weir, Jimmy Edwards et al

7.40pm The Les Dawson Show
starring Les Dawson with Roy Barraclough
Graeme Garden, Brian Godfrey, Peter Goodwright
Johnny More, Mo Moreland, Patrick Mower, Toni Palmer
and Jane Marie Osborne,The Roly Polys

8.30pm Film : Greystoke- The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
When Lord Clayton and his pregnant young wife are shipwrecked
off the coast of Africa in 1886 a legend is born. Their son John,
reared in the jungle by apes, is master of all he surveys - until
the day that a hunting party strays into his territory, bringing
with it the violence of civilisation. Premiere

10.40pm News with Richard Whitmore Weather

10.55pm Match of the Day
Introduced by Jimmy Hill The good news for the New Year is
that the crowds are returning to football.
As a breath of fresh air over the holiday, here's action highlights
from two Barclays League First Division matches with analysis
and interviews

11.45pm Movie Classic
Film : Twelve Angry Men (1957)
starring Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley

1.20am Weather : Close

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Re: Christmas TV

Sunday 27th December 1987

BBC1

8.30am The Raccoons : Surprise Attack

8.55am Play School
Elizabeth Watts and her guests say Hello Again

9.15am Articles of Faith
Last programme in the series Prayer ...As a way of life Is prayer
remote from everyday life?

9.30am Morning Worship
This morning's service comes from the newly-established
Roman Catholic Cathedral of St Joseph's, Swansea

10.15am Joseph and Child
Arthur Dooley's sculpture shows Joseph holding
up the child he has helped to deliver

10.30am Sign Extra
A programme with sign language and subtitles for the deaf
and hard-of-hearing. Today, an edited version of "The Turkey"
A fun film made by the Natural History Unit about the
Christmas turkey

10.55am Film : The Intelligence Men (1965)
starring Eric Morecambe Ernie Wise
Eric and Ernie accidentally get mixed up in the shady
world of espionage

12.35pm The Grand Knockout Tournament
On 19 June, BBCtv presented a unique event with teams of
international celebrities led by royal captains competing in
sponsored games to raise money for charity.
This specially edited version recalls the flavour and excitement
of the occasion.
Team captains: HRH The Duke of York on behalf of the World Wildlife
Fund, HRH The Duchess of York on behalf of International Year of Shelter
for the Homeless, HRH The Prince Edward on behalf of the Duke of
Edinburgh's International Project 87, HRH The Princess Royal on behalf
of the Save the Children Fund

1.55pm News, Weather for farmersMichael Fish

2.00pm Eastenders
'You'd all better make the most of me. I expect this'll
be me last Christmas.'

3.30pm Film : Escape to Victory (1981)
starring Michael Caine, Sylvester Stallone and 18 of the world's
top soccer players feature in this exciting World War II drama.
Captain John Colby , ex-soccer star and prisoner of war, agrees
to field a team of prisoners against the German national team.
The Germans intend to use the match as a propaganda exercise
but Colby's team have other ideas ...

5.20pm Rolf Harris Cartoon Time
Rolf Harris presents classic cartoon comedy.
The Million Hare
Cat Feud
The Dog House

5.45pm That's Life!Presents
The Most Talented Pets in Britain
Remember the dog who said 'sausages'?
Or the mysterious Lirpa Loof who appeared at
London Zoo on 1 April 1984?
Or Shimmy the ping pong *****?
Or the budgie who fell in love with a goldfish?

6.20pm Newswith Phillip HaytonWeather Bill Giles

6.35pm Songs of Praise
Songs of Praise joins London and Jamaica in a celebration of
Christmas. Jamaica was the first Caribbean member of the
Commonwealth to achieve its independence and as everybody
of Jamaican origin in the UK will tell you, this year is the 25th
anniversary of that event

7.15pm Last of the Summer Wine
Big Day at Dream Acres
starring Michael Aldridge, Bill Owen, Peter Sallis and Thora Hird
featuring Jane Freeman, Kathy Staff, David Ellison and Ray McAnally
Other than the fact that Nora Batty is to be the VIP waitress and that
Seymour is looking after the public address system, Gary and Vi's
annual garden fete is of no great interest to Compo and Clegg.
That is, until they happen upon a tramp with a special interest
in donkeys, and one in particular....

8.35pm TV Film : Perry Mason - The Case of the Shooting Star (1986)
starring Raymond Burr
Forty million viewers and a live studio audience watch in horror as
a famous film star shoots late-night chat-show host Steve Carr.
Are they witnesses to a cold-blooded murder or a cool-headed
frame up?

10.10pm Newswith Phillip HaytonWeather

10.25pm Everyman : Madonna
about the mother of Christianity

11.20pm Movie Classic
Film : The Maltese Falcon (1941)
starring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre Sydney Greenstreet
In this classic version of the Dashiell Hammett story, Bogart
plays Sam Spade, the wise-cracking, cynical private detective who
becomes involved in the dangerous quest for a priceless black statuette.

1.00am Weather

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Re: Christmas TV

Boxing Day Saturday 26th December 1987

BBC1

8.20am Roobarb
When It Was Christmas

8.25am Saturday Starts Here
Sarah Greene, Phillip Schofield and Peter Simon introduce
your Saturday morning entertainment. Starting with
Paddington's Birthday Bonanza

8.50am Panto-Time!
Jack and the Beanstalk by Brian Cant

9.00am The Muppet Babies
Bad Luck Bear

9.30am Going Live!
Join the Going Live! gang for a very special Boxing Day programme.
There are star guests, live music, competitions, treasure hunts,
pen pals, jokes, video voters, and cartoons too

12.17pm Weather
Ian McCaskill

12.20pm Film : Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown (1977)
Good grief! An action-packed feature film starring the entire
Peanuts gang and their adventures at Camp Remote, where
they brave the bullies and attempt to win the contest for
'top tent' in the hairiest, scariest river race you've ever seen!
Premiere

1.35pm Holiday Movie
Film : The Great Escape (1963)
starring Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough
Charles Bronson
In an attempt to contain unwilling POWs, the Nazis brought
them together in Stalag Luft North, a seemingly escape-proof
top security camp run by the Germans during World War II.
Unwittingly they had assembled the finest escape team in
military history

4.20pm Telly Addicts
It's champions all, as the Telly Addicts family of 1987 (the Brustads)
plays the Telly Addicts family of 1986 (the Reynish family) in a special
holiday edition of Britain's favourite television quiz. Noel Edmonds
puts the questions - but will the contestants have the answers?

4.50pm Final Score
Introduced by Harry Gration All the headline-makers
and day's results.

5.05pm News with Philip Hayton Weather

5.15pm Regional News and Sport

5.20pm Blankety Blank
starring Les Dawson
Tonight Les is in a festive mood, so watch out as he showers
the contestants with more fabulous prizes. Joining Les tonight
in a Dickensian mood are Lynda Baron Joe Brown , Geoff Capes
Lorraine Chase, Roy Hudd & Wendy Richard

6.00pm Hi-de-Hi!
featuring Clive Dempster , DFC
Maplin's Holiday Camp, 1960 Tell It to the Marines
Peggy's piano playing leads Ted to challenge the Royal
Marines to a race over their assault course

6.45pm Bob's Christmas Full House
starring Bob Monkhouse
This year four contestants, all working within the health service,
compete for prizes and cash to be donated to their hospital.
On offer as always is the chance for one of them to win
themselves a fabulous holiday

7.25pm The Paul Daniels Magic Christmas Show
In a special programme for the festive season Paul Daniels takes
a magical trip back into childhood, re-creates one of his funniest
routines, and attempts to saw a horse in half! He also introduces:
from Argentina the famous sleight-of-hand artist Rene Lavand ;
from France the spellbinding puppets of Philippe Genty ; and
from Korea the unusual climbing skills of The Brave Seamen.
Featuring Debbie McGee

8.15pm Bergerac
Treasure Hunt
Series created by Robert Banks Stewart
starring John Nettles with Terence Alexander, Sean Arnold,
Louise Jameson Guest stars Liza Goddard, Peter Jeffrey,
James Maxwell
Murder and a series of apparently unrelated robberies bring Jim
Bergerac face to face with his old adversary, Philippa Vale, with
unforeseen consequences for them both

9.45pm News Philip Hayton Sport and Weather

10.00pm Film : Agatha Christie 'sEvil Under the Sun (1982)
A Hercule Poirot murder mystery. Tonight starring Peter Ustinov
'Everyone has the alibi, so you see nobody did it.
And yet we still have a body.'

11.55pm A Bit of Fry and Laurie
by and with Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie
Thirty minutes of exquisitely-tooled comedy, embossed with a
personalised monogram of up to two of your favourite initials.
Available in moroccan peach or executive silver. Packs neatly
into suitcase or tote bag to provide instant relief in up to four
fashionable languages. Ideal as a handy key-fob caddy or
garden friend

12.30am Movie Classics
Film : Dead of Night (1945)
starring Michael Redgrave, Googie Withers
Acknowledged as a masterpiece of British cinema, this five-part
film includes the famous 'ventriloquist' sequence among its stories
of comedy, murder, horror and the unknown. Architect Walter Craig
goes to the home of a new client, but finds the house and its inhabitants
strangely familiar. Each of the guests has a story to tell and gradually
Craig realises that he is living a recurring nightmare....

2.10am Weather

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

YOU HAVE A GOOD MEMORY TO REMEMBER THAT.

Christmas Day Friday 25th December 1987

BBC1

7.00am Children's BBC
Christmas morning with Andy Crane, Simon Potter and
Simon Parkin starting with
Ziggy's Gift
animation,Ziggy - a little guy in a big world, overweight
and underwhelmed - takes a job as a street-corner Santa

7.30am Play School
Presented by Elizabeth Watts, Floella Benjamin and Fred Harris

7.50am Panto-Time!
Aladdin by Brian Cant

8.10am Umbrella
Bryan Murray and Maria Warner light Hanukah and Christmas
candles and tell tales of freedom fighters and of the children
who led a peaceful protest over an orange shortage

8.30am Songs of Praise
For Christmas Day from the chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge.
Pauline Webb lights the last of the candles on the Advent wreath
which has travelled to Zimbabwe, Scotland and Canada. The
Christians of Cambridge, Harare, Edinburgh and Vancouver are linked
together to share their favourite Christmas carols; and the Christmas
gospel is read by President Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia

9.00am Christmas Morning with Noel
From the Telecom Tower in London, Noel Edmonds hosts an
outside broadcast which is also being transmitted live throughout
Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Gibraltar

10.30am Christmas Readings
with Laurence Olivier

10.35am Christmas Morning Service
from St George 's Chapel, Windsor Castle
HM The Queen with HRH The Duke of Edinburgh and
HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother with members
of the Royal Family attend morning prayer in the historic
setting of St George's Chapel

11.45am Christmas Morning with Noel
Join Noel for a morning of family reunions, Christmas jollity
and festive fun. Telephone lines will be open for the on-screen
dedication service

12.30pm Porridge
No Way Out
starring Ronnie Barker, Brian Wilde, Fulton Mackay,
Richard Beckinsale

1.10pm Julie Andrews...The Sound of Christmas
In this, her first Christmas special, Julie shares a few of her
favourite things in the beautiful town of Salzburg, Austria.
Joining her on this festive occasion are the much-loved singers
John Denver and Placido Domingo who, with the help of the
ever-popular King's Singers, render such classics as
In the Bleak Mid-winter, Edelweiss and a very original
Twelve Days of Christmas

2.05pm Top of the Pops Christmas Party
In this special Christmas Day edition Mike Smith and Gary Davies
present the most popular hits of 1987 and the year's No Is on video,
plus this week's Top 40 chart and the No 1 best selling record
this Christmas

3.00pm The Queen
HM The Queen speaks to the Commonwealth

3.10pm EastEnders
'Hello Mum, back again like a bad penny.'

3.40pm Film : Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Steven Spielberg's fantasy adventure starring Harrison Ford
Kate Capshaw with Ke Huy Quan Amrish Puri Roshan Seth
The hero is back! Intrepid archaeologist Indiana Jones, on the
trail of fortune and glory in Old Shanghai, is ricocheted into a
dangerous new adventure in India.
Première

5.35pm News with Moira Stuart
WeatherIan McCaskill

5.45pm Russ Abbot Christmas Show
Starring Russ Abbot special guest star Les Dennis featuring
Bella Emberg, Maggie Moone, Tom Bright, Suzy Aitchison,
Paul Shearer

6.25pm Only Fools and Horses
starring David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Buster Merryfield
'Next year we'll be millionaires...' and what better time to start
than at the wedding of an old flame? Del, Rodney and Uncle
Albert are among the guests: everyone joins in a spirit of goodwill.
Then Del hears about his mother's buried treasure....

7.25pm Christmas Night with the Two Ronnies
starring Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett
Memo to producer: Thanks for yours of 10 November.
If the Two Ronnies can actually get Charlton Heston
to be in their film Pinocchio II: Killer Doll I will eat my hat.
If the show also includes guest stars
Lynda Baron, Maria Charles
Sandra Dickinson, Frank Finlay, Alfred Marks
Denis Quilley and Elton John
I will resign and go to Channel 4
Yours, M. Grade

8.15pm Miss Marple : 4.50 from Paddington
starring Joan Hickson,Maurice Denham, Jill Meager,
David Waller. Joanna David
'I can see how irritating it must be for you Inspector, but we shall
probably both be involved in this business.... when one of us is
clever enough to find the body.'

10.05pm In Sickness and in Health
starring Warren Mitchell Christmas is a time to be with family,
but not for Alf. He is destined to spend
Christmas in hospital, having his hip replaced

10.35pm News with Moira StuartWeather

10.45pm Film : Terms of Endearment (1983)
starring Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger and Jack Nicholson
A special Christmas presentation of one of the outstanding
cinema successes of the 80s. Winner of five Academy Awards,
including best picture, this colourful combination of laughter and
tears also won Oscars for Shirley MacLaine and Jack Nicholson
as the most unlikely of lovers
Première

12.55am The Gospel According to St Luke
The Christmas story of the birth of Christ from St Luke
Filmed on location in Bethlehem and Jerusalem,
Shakespearean actor Roger Rees uses the words of St
Luke to tell the story of the birth of Jesus and the effect it
had on the people there

1.00am Weather

1.05am Closedown

This was the day my family bought our first Video, & recorded a few minutes of Telly Addicts to test it out.