Christmas TV

[Richard1978]

Re: Christmas TV

Saturday 19th December 1987

BBC1

8.20am Roobarb
8.25am Corners
8.40am ChuckleVision
9.00am The Muppet Babies
9.30am Going Live!
12.12pm Weather
12.15pm Grandstand
5.05pm News, Weather
5.15pm Regional News/Sport
5.20pm Rolf Harris Cartoon Time
5.45pm Telly Addicts
6.15pm My Family and Other Animals
6.45pm Bob's Full House
7.25pm Hi-de-Hi!
8.10pm Casualty
9.00pm News and Sport, Weather
9.15pm Cagney and Lacey
10.00pm Stanley Baxter's Picture Annual
10.50pm International Show Jumping
11.55pm Film : The Anderson Tapes (1971)
1.30am Weather

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

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Eve Thursday 24th December 1987

BBC1

6.00am Ceefax AM

6.35am Clark and McCulloch
in A Pig's Eye

6.55am Weather

7.00am Breakfast Time
with Jeremy Paxman and Sally Jones

8.30am Going for Gold
with Henry Kelly

8.55am Regional News and Weather

9.00am News and Weather
followed by
Neighbours

9.20am Children's BBC
introduced by Simon Parkin
Laurel and Hardy
Flea 's a Crowd,cartoon

9.30am Why Don't You...?
Will the Grub Grotto finally crack under the weight of fruit and veg?
Will the weather hold out for the special guest? Will life on the high
seas change the gang or ruin their sweatshirts? Watch and find out!

9.55am Jimbo and the Jet Set
Jinglebells Jimbo

10.00am News and Weather

10.05am Children's BBC
Babar and Father Christmas


10.30am Play School
with Elizabeth Watts

10.55am Five to Eleven
Christmas readings with Laurence Olivier

11.00am News, Weather
followed by
Film : When the North Wind Blows (1974)
starring Henry Brandon Herbert Nelson Dan Haggerty
Set in the snow-covered wilderness of Alaska, this adventure
tale tells the story of a trapper's compelling friendship with
two tiger cubs

12.55pm Regional News and Weather

1.00pm Newswith Michael Buerk Weather

1.15pm Cartoon Double Bill

1.30pm Neighbours
Shane is in trouble with the police and seeks Clive's help

1.50pm Going for Gold
Hosted by Henry Kelly
The last day of this week's semi-finals is the last chance for
one of the seven remaining contestants to win a place in the
finals in March. The winner of the finals will be joining the world's
best athletes at the Olympic Games next year

2.15pm Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales
A 24 Carrot Delight
Yosemite Sam Scrooge, Porky Pig Cratchit and Tweety Pie
Tiny Tim, star in Bugs Bunny's own interpretation of
A Christmas Carol. While Scrooge sees the light, hope
flickers for Wile E. Coyote when he learns roadrunners hate snow ...

2.40pm The Christmas Toy
It's Christmas Eve and all the playroom toys come to life.
For Rugby, Apple, Belmont and Mew, the big question is:
Who'll be this year's toy, the one the children will love forever?

3.30pm The Pink Panther Show
A Fly in the Pink; The Ant from Uncle; Pinkfinger

3.50pm Children's BBC
Panto-Time!
Mother Goose by Brian Cant

4.10pm SuperTed
SuperTed Meets Father Christmas

4.15pm Benji, Zax and the Alien Prince
Benji Call Home

4.40pm A Charlie Brown Christmas
There are fairy lights on Snoopy's kennel and the children
have decided to put on a play but Charlie Brown still wants
to know what Christmas is really about

5.00pm Blue Peter
with Mark Curry, Caron Keating Yvette Fielding
Merry Christmas! Join the team as they celebrate Christmas
Hollywood-style, dancing in the footsteps of the stars.
There'll be carols round the tree, too, and the very latest
news of the Rags Appeal

5.35pm Rolf Harris Cartoon Time
Today's cartoons are :
Salt Water Tabby, The Up-standing Sitter, Rhapsody Rabbit

6.00pm News with Moira StuartWeather Bill Giles

6.15pm Regional News

6.20pm Jim'll Fix It for Christmas
Dear Jim,
Please can you fix it for me to ...
Climb a beanstalk? Build an igloo?
Give Father Christmas his dinner?
Those are just three of the dreams Jimmy Savile fixes
in this special Christmas edition

7.00pm A Question of Sport
For this seasonal special Emlyn Hughes and Bill Beaumont
are joined by stars from the world of entertainment. Comedian
Bernard Manning makes one of his rare television appearances
alongside Emlyn, with 'Christmas greetings' from Peter Howitt -
Joey Boswell from Bread; while the record-breaking Roy Castle
joins Bill and controversial cricket writer Frances Edmonds.
David Coleman questions their knowledge of the faces, facts
and feats, reviving memories of the greatest - and the funniest -
moments in sport

7.30pm Eastenders
'I've never wanted anything else, Charlie. I couldn't be happier
even if the Archangel Gabriel walked through that door.'

8.00pm The Lenny Henry Christmas Special
A Christmas special of sketches and music featuring favourite
characters such as Deakus and Josh Yarlog , and a trip down
memory lane to 1970-ish.
Starring Lenny Henry Special guests
Robbie Coltrane and Terence Trent D'Arby

8.40pm Film : High Road to China (1983)
starring Tom Selleck and Bess Armstrong

10.25pm Newswith Moira StuartWeather

10.40pm Christmas Eve with Val Doonican
and his special guests Howard Keel with Sky
Michala Petri and St Philip 's Choir
As all the family gather at this special time of year,
Val invites you to share this last hour or so of Christmas Eve,
when he and his guests bring you some music, fun and nostalgia

11.30pm The First Communion of Christmas
To mark the historic coming of the Light of the World, the
programme joins Merseyside worshippers in Moreton Methodist
Church on the Wirral for their candlelit communion service

12.35am Weather

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Wednesday 23rd December 1987

BBC1

6.00am Ceefax AM
6.35am Clark and McCulloch
6.55am Weather
7.00am Breakfast Time
8.30am Going for Gold
8.55am Regional News and Weather
9.00am News, Weather
followed by
Neighbours
9.20am Children's BBC
Laurel and Hardy
9.30am Why Dont You... ?
9.55am Paddington
10.00am News, Weather
Children's BBC
10.05am The Nightingale
10.30am Play School
10.55am Five to Eleven
11.00am News, Weather
followed by
The High Chaparral
11.50am Cartoon
12.00 News, Weather
12.55pm Regional News and Weather
1.00pm One O'Clock News
Weather
1.30pm Neighbours
1.50pm Going for Gold
2.15pm Holiday Movie
TV Film : Yogi's First Christmas (1980) Première
3.50pm Children's BBC
Caterpillar Trail
4.10pm Benji, Zax and the Alien Prince
4.30pm Hartbeat
4.55pm Newsround
5.05pm Aliens in the Family
5.35pm The Golden Oldie Christmas Show
6.00pm Six O'Clock News, Weather
6.35pm Regional news magazines
7.00pm Wogan
7.40pm Brockside
8.10pm Dallas
9.00pm Nine O'Clock News
Regional News, Weather
9.30pm Film : Kelly's Heroes (1970)
11.50pm The Making of The Bounty
12.15am Weather

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Tuesday 22nd December 1987

BBC1

6.00am Ceefax AM
6.35am Clark and McCulloch
6.55am Weather
7.00am Breakfast Time
8.30am Going for Gold
8.55am Regional News and Weather
9.00am News, Weather
followed by
Neighbours
9.20am Children's BBC
Laurel and Hardy
9.30am Why Don't You...?
9.55am Paddington
10.00am News, Weather
10.05am Boss Cat
10.30am Play School
10.55am Five to Eleven
11.00am News, Weather
11.50am Cartoon
12.00 News, Weather
12.55pm Regional News and Weather
1.00pm One O'Clock News, Weather
1.30pm Neighbours
1.50pm Going for Gold
2.15pm Holiday Movie
Film : The Wilderness Family (1975)
3.50pm Children's BBC
Fireman Sam
4.00pm Sebastian, the Incredible Drawing Dog
4.10pm Philomena
4.20pm Simon and the Witch
4.35pm Record Breakers
5.00pm Newsround
5.10pm The Uphill Ski Club
5.35pm Rolf Harris Cartoon Time
6.00pm Six O'Clock News
Weather
6.35pm Regional news magazines
7.00pm No Place Like Home
7.30pm EastEnders
8.00pm 'Allo 'Allo!
8.50pm Points of View
9.00pm Nine O'clock News
Regional News; Weather
9.30pm Film : Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile (1978)
11.45pm Weather

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Monday 21st December 1987

BBC1

6.00am Ceefax AM
6.35am Clark and McCulloch
6.55am Weather
7.00am Breakfast Time
8.40am Open Air
8.55am Regional News and Weather
9.00am News Weather
followed by
Neighbours
9.25m Open Air
10.25am Children's BBC
Play School
10.50am Open Air
10.55am Five to Eleven
11.00am News, Weather
followed by
Open Air
11.20am Why Don't You...?
11.45am 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 International Show Jumping
3.05pm The Pink Panther Show
3.25pm The Olden Days' Coat
3.50pm Children's BBC
Laurel and Hardy
4.00pm Wizbit
4.10pm Ratman
4.20pm Ewoks
4.40pm Simon and the Witch
4.55pm Newsround
5.05pm Blue Peter
5.35pm Masterteam 87 : The Final
6.00pm Six O'Clock News
Weather
6.35pm Regional news magazines
7.00pm Wogan
7.35pm Toys for Christmas
8.10pm Dear John
9.00pm Nine O'clock News
Regional News, Weather
9.30pm Film : The Woman in Red (1984) Première
10.55pm A Perfect Spy
11.55pm Weather

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Sunday 20th December 1987

BBC1

8.55am Play School
9.15am Articles of Faith
9.30am This Is the Day
10.00am Bazaar
10.30am Talking Business
10.55am Tele-France
11.20am A vous la France!
11.45am See Hear Christmas Special
12.35pm Farming
12.58pm Weather for farmers
1.00pm News
1.05pm The High Chaparral
1.50pm Cartoon
2.00pm EastEnders
3.00pm Open Air Christmas Preview
3.50pm International Show Jumping
4.50pm Antiques Roadshow
5.35pm Vanity Fair
6.10pm Lifeline
6.20pm News, Weather
6.35pm Songs of Praise
7.15pm Last of the Summer Wine
7.50pm Film : Jaws (1975)
9.50pm News, Weather
10.05pm Everyman
10.45pm International Show Jumping
11.35pm The Secret Life of Paintings
12.15am Weather

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Saturday 19th December 1987

BBC1

8.20am Roobarb
8.25am Corners
8.40am ChuckleVision
9.00am The Muppet Babies
9.30am Going Live!
12.12pm Weather
12.15pm Grandstand
5.05pm News, Weather
5.15pm Regional News/Sport
5.20pm Rolf Harris Cartoon Time
5.45pm Telly Addicts
6.15pm My Family and Other Animals
6.45pm Bob's Full House
7.25pm Hi-de-Hi!
8.10pm Casualty
9.00pm News and Sport, Weather
9.15pm Cagney and Lacey
10.00pm Stanley Baxter's Picture Annual
10.50pm International Show Jumping
11.55pm Film : The Anderson Tapes (1971)
1.30am Weather

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Bank Holiday Monday 28th December 1987

THAMES

6.00am TV-am

9.25am Splash- Christmas in Walt Disney World
with Lisa Maxwell and Michael Groth

9.55am Bellamy's Journey to the Centre of the World

10.25am News

10.30am Walt Disney presents : Donald Duck

10.45am Film : The Spaceman and King Arthur (1979)

12.30pm News

12.35pm The Best of Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures
1975 compilation

2.15pm TV Film : Kim (1984)
with Peter O'Toole

4.50pm News; Sport ; Weather

5.05pm Blockbusters
with Bob Holness

5.35pm The Deacon Street Deer
Disney drama about inner city kids protecting a four-legged friend

6.30pm Wish You Were Here...?
with Anneka Rice on a coach tour of America, Judith Chalmers investigating gliding and museums in Shropshire
and John Carter on the Yugoslavian island of Korcula

7.00pm The Krypton Factor
the final with Gordon Burns and guest Imran Khan

7.30pm Coronation Street

8.00pm Film : No Sex Please, We're British (1973)
starring Ronnie Corbett

9.45pm News ; Weather

10.00pm Film : Twilight Zone- The Movie (1983)

11.50pm Boxing Year
a review by Dickie Davies, with Jim Watt

12.50am Closedown

YORKSHIRE (as Thames)

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Sunday 27th December 1987

CENTRAL

6.00am TV-am
introduced by Suzanne Dando
Open College how to survive the 9 to 5

7.00am Wide Awake Club : Are You Awake Yet
with Sally Dewhurst, Peter Gosling

8.00am Jimmy Greaves' Christmas Special
celebrities join Jimmy Greaves for a musical celebration of Christmas Sunday

9.25am BMX Beat
The Tizer World BMX Freestyle Championships with Andy Ruffell, Ron Stebbenne

10.00am Film : The Johnstown Monster (1971)
starring Connor Brennan, Simon Tully, Kim McDonald

11.00am Morning Worship
from St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Soho Square, London

12.00 Chris Bonington - the Everest Years

1.00pm Disney Family Movie : Fuzzbucket (1986) (TV Movie)

2.00pm The Royal Year

2.45pm Christmas Bullseye
with Jim Bowen, Eric Bristow, Duggie Brown, Geoff Capes, Bob Carolgees, Tony Green,
Denny Hodge, Cliff Lazarenko, Rustie Lee, Jan Leeming, Steve Nallon, Jerry Thomas, Jocky Wilson

3.30pm The Bretts Grand Finale

4.30pm Cue Gary's Christmas!
with Gary Wilmot

5.15pm Coronation Street (Repeat)

6.15pm ITN News

6.20pm Highway Christmas Special
with Harry Secombe, Roy Castle, Max Boyce, Helen Hessey-White, Richard Williams Singers, Brian Johnston

7.15pm Home to Roost
Family Ties
with John Thaw, Reece Dinsdale

8.15pm Christmas Surprise, Surprise
with Cilla Black, Bob Carolgees, Gordon Burns

9.15pm Watching
Seasoning
with Emma Wray, Paul Brown, Liza Tarbuck

9.45pm ITN News

10.00pm Spitting Image Christmas Show Special

10.30pm The Lady's Not For Burning
Christopher Fry's play starring Kenneth Brannagh, Cherie Lunghi

12.00 Prisoner : Cell Block H

12.55am Donahue Men Over 50

1.50am Thriller Classic : Burnt Evidence

3.00am Central Jobfinder '87

ANGLIA (as Central except)

12.00 Hart to Hart

1.00am Night Network -The Carpenters

2.00am Film : North to Alaska (1960)
with John Wayne, Stewart Grainger

3.45am Film : Cahill US Marshall (1973)

5.40am Cartoons
(until 6.00)

GRANADA (as Central except)

12.00 Alfred Hitchcock Presents...
(until 12.30am)

HTV (as Central except)

12.00 America's Top Ten
(until 12.30am)

TVS

12.00 Film : Airplane II - The Sequel (1982)
starring Robert Hays, Julie Haggerty

YORKSHIRE (as Central except)

12.00 Lord of the Tin Soldiers
(until 12.30am)

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Boxing Day Saturday 26th December 1987

ITV LONDON

6.00am TV-am

7.30am Mallet in Majorca

8.00am WAC Special

9.25am BMX Beat
the Tizer World BMX Freestyle Championships

10.00am The Velveteen Rabbit
animation

10.30am The Smurfs

11.00am Film : Professor Poopenagle's Steam Zeppelin : A Race to the Finish
starring Jose Maria Caffarel

12.30pm The Roxy

1.00pm ITN News

1.05pm Saint and Greavsie Boxing Day Special

2.00pm A.L.F.

2.30pm Film : Scrooge (1970)
starring Albert Finney

4.35pm Mickey's Birthday Party

4.45pm Results Service

5.00pm ITN News

5.05pm Christmas Robbins
impressions from Kate and Ted Robbins

5.50pm The Sleeping Beauty
ice spectacular with Robin Cousins

6.50pm Bobby Davro's TV Annual '88
comedy and music

7.30pm Movie Première : Ghostbusters (1984)
starring Bill Murray

9.30pm ITN News

9.45pm The Dame Edna Christmas Experience!

10.50pm Clive James in Japan
part two

11.45pm Babara Dickson at the Royal Albert Hall

12.45am Fun in the Sun
surfing and jet-skiing

1.00am Night Network

4.00am TV Film : The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies (1981)
starring Buddy Ebsen

5.40am Christmas Cartoon

ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV London except)

10.30am The Roxy

11.00am Mickey Mouse

11.10am Film : The Cat from Outer Space
(until 1.00)

4.55pm Sports Results
(until 5.00)

11.45pm TV Film : Agatha Christie's Murder with Mirrors (1985)

1.25am Closedown

[Richard1978]

Re: Christmas TV

I remember one of my friends having a tape with The Night Of a 100 Stars followed by Airplane II The Sequel

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Day Friday 25th December 1987

ITV Central

6.00am TV-am

9.25am Disney at Christmas : Pluto's Christmas Tree

9.40am Fat Tulip's Fat Christmas

10.00am Christmas Family Worship

11.00am Disney at Christmas : Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)

11.30am Disney at Christmas : Dumbo (1941)

12.40pm The James Bond Film : The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
with Roger Moore

3.00pm The Queen

3.10pm Disney at Christmas : Alice in Wonderland (1951)

4.30pm ITN News

4.35pm Disney at Christmas : Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)

6.45pm Christmas Blind Date

7.30pm Coronation Street

8.00pm It'll Be Alright on Christmas Night

9.00pm Inspector Morse

11.00pm ITN News

12:15am Film : Airplane II The Sequel (1982)

1.50am The Roxy

2.20am America's Top Ten

2.50am Phil Collins - Live at Perkins Palace

3.50am Central Jobfinder '87

Yorkshire

ANGLIA (as Central except)

12.15am Jay Leno and the American Dream

1.00am Night Network

4.00am Film : Diamonds (1975)

GRANADA (as Central except)

1.50am All Time Christmas Top 10

3.00am Closedown

THAMES/LWT (as Central except)

12.15am Jay Leno and the American Dream

1.00am Night Network

4.00am Film : Diamonds

TVS

12.15am Jay Leno and the American Dream

1.00am Night Network

4.00am Closedown

YORKSHIRE

1.50am Barbara Dickson at the Royal Albert Hall

2.50am As Central

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Eve Thursday 24th December 1987

ITV LONDON

6.00am TV-am
presented by Kate Burley and Mike Morris

7.00am Good Morning Britain

9.00am Wacaday

9.25am Thames News

9.30am Children's ITV
A Child's Christmas in Wales
play based on a Dylan Thomas story, with Denholm Elliott

10.25am ITN News Headlines

10.30am Santa Barbara

11.00am The Vladimir Experience
John Taylor reports on the experiences of Russian gymnasts

11.30am Tidings of Comfort
the work of the Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen

12.00 The Sullivans

12.30pm ITN News

12.50pm Thames News

1.00pm Disney at Christmas : Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
starring John Mills, Dorothy McGuire & James MacArthur

3.20pm Disney at Christmas : Symphony Hour
with Mickey and Goofy

3.25pm Thames News

3.30pm Sons and Daughters

4.00pm Disney at Christmas : Santa's Workshop
cartoon

4.10pm Film : Mr Horatio Nibbles (1971)
starring Lesley and Gary Smith

5.15pm Blockbusters

5.45pm News

6.00pm Thames News

6.25pm Help- Christmas Line

6.35pm Crossroads

7.00pm Sporting Triangles
presented by Nick Owen, Jimmy Greaves and Tessa Sanderson, with Frank Bruno, Dennis Taylor, Aiden J Harvey and Andy Gray

7.30pm Only When I Laugh

8.00pm Strike It Lucky

8.30pm TV Film : A Masterpiece of Murder (1986)
starring Bob Hope and Don Ameche

10.15pm News

10.30pm A Duty Free Christmas

11.30pm Midnight Eucharist
from Norwich Cathedral

12.30am Film : Vertigo (1958)
starring James Stewart and Kim Novak

2.50pm News Headlinesfollowed by
The All-Time Christmas Top Ten

4.00am Lindisfarne Rock 'n' Roll Christmas Party
from City Hall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

5.00am A Good Tree

5.30am CNN Headline News

ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV London except)

12.00 Lunchtime News(until 12.30)

12.50pm Calendar News(until 1.00)

6.00pm Calendar(until 6.35)

2.50am Closedown

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Holiday Monday 28th December 1987

CHANNEL 4

9.25am After Dark
Klaus Barbie : Can We Forgive, Dare, We Forget ? (Repeat)

12.00 Street Hockey
Talacre Titans v Renegade Redskins, Street Raiders v Enforcers

12.30pm Racing
from Kempton Park 12.45, 1.15, 1.45 & 2.20 races

2.45pm Film : Star! (1968)
starring Julie Andrews

5.55pm Faerie Tale Theatre : Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
starring Elizabeth McGovern, Vanessa Redgrave, Rex Smith, Vincent Price

6.50pm News Summary and Weather followed by
Cliff from the Hip
Cliff Richard in concert with guests Elton John, Billy Ocean, Five Star, The Shadows, Marti Webb (Repeat)

8.00pm Brookside

8.30pm Charles Rennie Mackintosh - Dreams and Recollections
drama documentary starring Tom Conti, Kara Wilson

10.00pm Thomas 'Fats' Waller - This Joint is Jumpin'

11.00am Comedienne
documentary about Cheryl Klein and Zora Rasmussen, two New York comediennes

12.25am Closedown

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Sunday 27th December 1987

CHANNEL 4

9.25am Movie Mahal : Shammi Kapoor
1: Always in Time

10.00am Coventry's Cup of Joy
Coventry City's FA Cup win as seen through the eyes of their coaches George Curtis and John Sillett

12.00 The Chart Show Christmas Special

1.30pm Glenn Miller : A Moonlight Serenade
a tribute to Glenn Miller(Repeat)

3.00pm Damon and Debbie
starring Simon O'Brien, Gillian Kearney(Repeat)

5.30pm West Country Journey
a lyrical film journey made by British Rail in 1963

6.00pm American Football
with Angelo Abela, Andy Smart & John Smith

7.15pm News Summary and Weatherfollowed by
Mon Cher Papa
documentary about Maurice Sendak

8.20pm An Icelandic Saga
a Swedish animated film

8.30pm Maria Callas - Life and Art
Documentary

10.00pm Film : The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
starring Maggie Smith

12.10am The Decameron : Pestle and Mortar
animation

12.30am Closedown