Christmas TV

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Day Wednesday 25th December '91

BBC1

6.55am But First This
with Simon Parkin, Philippa Forrester, Esther McVey
Pingu
animation

7.00am Santa and the Tooth Fairies
with the voices of Robin Bailey, Penelope Keith, Nigel Planer,
Brian Wilde

7.25am Playdays
the Christmas Tree Stop

7.45am Postman Pat
animation Pat is delighted to take charge of his new post-bus

8.15am Film : Yogi's First Christmas (1980)
animation Noises from Jellystone Lodge disturb Yogi and Boo Boo's hibernation, waking them up in time for Christmas

9.57am Weather

10.00am A Christmas Gift
Children from Portobello near Edinburgh join the Rev John Weir Cooke
in St Philip's Church for a family celebration of Christmas

10.45am Noel's Christmas Presents
Noel Edmonds gives 12 highly unusual gifts in the most surprising circumstances.
With guests Michael Ball, Les Dawson and John Nettles

11.45am Christmas Comedy Cracker
Hi-de-Hi!
Eruptions

12.30pm The Two Ronnies
with guest Elaine Paige(Repeat)

1.25pm Dad's Army
Wake Up Walmington(Repeat)

2.00pm Top of The Pops
Christmas 1991
Tony Dortie, Mark Franklyn and Claudia Simon review the
year's hottest chart hits

3.00pm The Queen
Her Majesty 's Christmas message to the Commonwealth

3.10pm Only Fools and Horses
2: Oh to Be in England

4.40pm Bruce Forsyth's Christmas Generation Game
special edition with family couples competing to win a host of prizes.
With Rosemarie Ford and surprise celebrity guests

5.50pm Newswith Chris Lowe,
WeatherJohn Kettley

6.00pm Film : Batman (1989)
starring Michael Keaton, Kim Basinger, Jack NicholsonPremière

8.00pm Birds of a Feather
We'll Always Have Majorca

8.50pm Keeping Up Appearances
starring Patricia Routledge
Richard is full of Christmas spirit but this only threatens to hinder Hyacinth's plans for him to distribute gifts at the Vicar's party for the elderly

9.20pm Newswith Chris Lowe
Weather John Kettley

9.30pm Film : Coming to America (1988)
starring Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall Première

11.20pm In Sickness and in Health
starring Warren Mitchell

11.50pm Just What I Always Wanted!
John Wells takes a humorous look at the "joys" of Christmas

11.55pm Film : The Likely Lads (1976)
starring Rodney Bewes, James Bolam

1.25am Weather

1.30am Closedown

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Boxing Day Thursday 26th December 1991
BBC 1

7.00am But First This
with Simon Parkin , Philippa Forrester and Esther McVey
The Woman Who Raised a Bear as Her Son
cartoon

7.25am Playdays
The Patch Stop

7.45am Film : Dot and the Koala (1985)
Première

8.55am A Muppet Family Christmas
A musical Muppet spectacular, including Sesame Street and
Fraggle Rock regulars. Fozzie invites all his friends to spend
Christmas at his mother's

9.45am Alien's First Christmas
It is the year 2027 and the "Peoples" are living in outer space.
But Christmas is Christmas wherever you are

10.10am The Flintstones
Fred, Wilma and the Rubbles win a game-show prize -
an all-expenses paid trip to Rocksylvania

11.00am Film : Grease (1978)
starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John

12.45pm Cartoons

1.00pm One O' Clock News, Weather

1.05pm A Jetson Christmas Carol
The festive season arrives for the cartoon space-age family

1.30pm Neighbours

1.50pm Film : An American Tail (1986)
animationPremière

3.10pm Film : Big Foot and the Hendersons (1987)
starring John Lithgow Première

4.55pm Final Score
Full classified football results

5.10pm News and Weather

5.20pm Telly Addicts
BBC v ITV
Les Dawson captains the BBC team, with Carmen Silvera (Edith in
"Allo Allo"), Mike Reid (Frank Butcher in EastEnders) and weather forecaster Suzanne Charlton.
You Bet's Matthew Kelly is the ITV captain,with Sarah Kennedy
(from Busman Holiday), Bob Holness (of Blockbusters) and Best of Magic's Geoffrey Durham. Hosted by Noel Edmonds

5.50pm Neighbours
Melissa gets a note from the phantom kisser" -
will he be unmasked at last?

6.15pm Antiques Roadshow Going Live!
The first Antiques Roadshow for youngsters

7.00pm EastEnders
Grant's Boxing Day surprise for Sharon doesn't have
quite the effect he'd planned

7.30pm Bergerac
All for Love
starring John Nettles

9.20pm Newswith Jill Dando
WeatherBernard Davey

9.35pm Film : A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
starring John Cleese, Jamie Lee CurtisPremière

11.15pm Film : Carry On Loving (1970)

12.45am Weather

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Eve Tuesday 24th December 1991

BBC2

8.00am A Carol from Ely
Once in Royal David's City

8.05am Flash Gordon
2: Freezing Torture.
Flash seeks an antidote for the Purple Death (b&w)

8.25am King of the Rocket Men
2: Plunging Death. Dr Vulcan finds out about Glenda(b&w)

8.40am She's the Sheriff
Hair
Hildy is fed up with Max

9.00am Film : The Alamo (1960)
starring John Wayne

11.40am Film : The Man Who Never Was(1956)
starring Clifton Webb and
Gloria Grahame

1.20pm Edinburgh Military Tattoo 1991
Highlights from the esplanade of Edinburgh Castle

2.35pm Carols from Devon
See amid the Winter's Snow

2.40pm Test Cricket
A West Indian Summer
Graham Gooch tells the story of this year's Test cricket series

3.30pm The Outsider's Guide to World Series Baseball
The game may still be a mystery in Britain, but this year's
World Series between Atlanta Braves and Minnesota Twins
was "the best ever"

4.30pm The Victorian Flower Garden

5.00pm LaCarrera Panamericana
Music by Pink Floyd
Tuxla, Mexico: Pink Floyd members David Gilmour and
Nick Mason set out on the ultimate classic car race

6.00pm Film : The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (1989)
starring Stephanie Beacham, Mel Smith, Geraldine JamesPremière

7.30pm Carols from King's
A celebration of Christmas from the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge

8.30pm Re-Joyce
Maureen Lipman's acclaimed tribute to Joyce Grenfell

10.15pm Have I Got News for You Christmas Special
Angus Deayton presents a special extended edition of the
amusing news quiz, with regular team captains Ian Hislop and
Paul Merton and their guests, Clive Anderson and Harry Enfield,
answering questions on the entire year

11.00pm Film : And God Created Woman (1956)
starring Brigitte Bardot
French film with English subtitlesPremière

12.30am TV Film : The Immortal Story (1968)
starring Orson Welles, Jeanne Moreau

1.25am Weatherview

1.35am Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Day Wednesday 25th December '91

BBC2

7.20am A Carol from Ely
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

7.25am Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
3: Walking Bombs (B/W) (Repeat)

7.45am King of the Rocket Men
3: Dangerous Evidence (B/W) (Repeat)

8.00am Film : White Christmas (1954)
starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney

9.55am Carols from Devon
Prayer for a New Mother and While Shepherds Watched

10.00am Film : Asterix in Britain (1986)
Première

11.10am Animation Now
A Christmas Gift, Claymation

11.20am Ziggy's Gift
Musical animation. Music by Harry Nilsson

11.45am Film : Elena et les hommes (1956)
with Ingrid Bergman. A French film with English subtitles
Première

1.20pm Small Objects of Desire
A look at false teeth

1.40pm Murray Perahia In Performance
A piano recital, from Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh.
Beethoven 32 Variations in C minor; Sonata in C major. Op 2 No 3; Rachmaninov Four
Etudes-tableaux; Schumann Carnival Jest from Vienna;
Liszt Consolation No 3 in D flat; Hungarian Rhapsody No 12

3.10pm Film : The Wizard of Oz (1939)
starring Judy Garland

4.50pm The Staggering Years of Ferdinand de Bargos
Spoof review of 1991

5.20pm Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods
The acclaimed musical adult fairy tale starring Bemadette Peters

7.50pm The Queen
special repeat showing of Her Majesty the Queen's Christmas
message to the Commonwealth.
With sign language presentation

8.00pm La Clemenza di Tito
Mozart is said to have dashed off this operatic masterpiece in a
mere 18 days in the last summer of his life. Written for the coronation festivities of Leopold II in Prague

10.20pm Film : Zéro de Conduite (1933)
French film with English subtitles

11.00pm Film : L 'Atalante (1934)
French film with English subtitles

12.30am Weatherview

12.40am Closedown

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Boxing Day Thursday 26th December 1991

BBC 2

8.10am Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
4: The Destroying Ray.
Flash Gordon takes an antidote to the Purple Death back to Earth (b&w)

8.25am King of the Rocket Men
4: High Peril. Dr Vulcan kidnaps Professor Conway(b&w)

8.40am She's the Sheriff
Homewrecker
Is Hildy having an affair with
a married man?

9.00am Film : Let's Dance (1950)
starring Betty Hutton, Fred Astaire

10.50am Animation Now
The Sneeches

11.00am Film : Blonde Venus (1932)
starring Marlene Dietrich, Cary Grant

12.35pm Grand Prix
A look back over one of the most exciting years of Formula One motor racing

1.30pm Film : Babette's Feast (1987)
a Danish film with English subtitles

3.10pm Sunday in the Park with George
starring Mandy Patinkin Bernadette Peters
Stephen Sondheim 's Pulitzer prize-winning Broadway musical, inspired by the life of the French impressionist painter Georges Seurat

5.35pm The Stone Flower
As part of the celebrations for the 100th anniversary of Prokofiev's birth, stars and artists of the St Petersburg Ballet - formerly the Kirov - perform this colourful folk tale, a masterpiece of choreography

7.30pm Film : Henry V (1989)
starring Kenneth Branagh
and Derek Jacobi
Première

9.45pm Paul Simon in Central Park
On 15 August 1991, Paul Simon , one of New York's favourite sons, returned home to perform a free concert in Central Park before an enthusiastic audience of 750,000

11.15pm Film : The Front Page
starring Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau

12.55am Weatherview

1.05am Closedown

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Eve Tuesday 24th December 1991

ITV CENTRAL

6.00am TV-am
First Report

7.00am Good Morning Britain

8.15am Wacaday

9.25am The New Adventures of He-Man

9.50am Regional News

9.55am Film : That Darn Cat (1997)
starring Hayley Mills, Roddy McDowallPremière

12.00 Boy from Bethlehem

12.30pm News, Weather

1.00pm Regional News

1.10pm Home and Away

1.40pm Give Us a Clue

2.10pm Richard Burton's Christmas Story

3.10pm News; Regional News

3.20pm Film : The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher

5.40pm News, Weather

6.00pm Home and Away

6.25pm Regional news magazines, Regional Weather

7.00pm Christmas Eve at Emmerdale

7.30pm The Bill
Vital Statistics

8.30pm Boon Christmas Special

10.00pm News, Weather

10.20pm Jimmy's

10.50pm French Fields

11.35pm Midnight Mass
from St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh

12.30am Film : Midnight Crossing (1988)
starring Faye Dunaway, Daniel J Travanti

2.15am Film : Shout at the Devil (1976)
starring Roger Moore, Lee Marvin

4.45am Film : Mr Horatio Knibbles (1971)
with Lesley Roach

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Day Wednesday 25th December 1991

ITV CENTRAL

6.00am TV-am
Cartoon Carnival

6.30am Klondike Christmas

7.00am The Twelve Gifts

7.30am Alvin and the Chipmunks

7.45am Mr Men

8.00am Greatest Adventure Stories from the Bible

8.30am The Osmonds

9.25am Morning Service live from Bristol Cathedral

10.20am Cartoon : Ali Baba Bunny
starring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck

10.30am Film : The BFG (1989)

12.15pm Christmas on Children's Ward

12.45pm Brown Bear's Wedding
animation

1.10pm Film : Pinocchio (1940)

2.50pm Coronation Street

3.00pm The Queen

3.05pm Coronation Street

3.35pm Film : For Your Eyes Only (1981)
starring Roger Moore

5.55pm This Is Your Life

6.25pm News, Weather

6.30pm Watching

7.30pm Coronation Street

8.00pm Film : Crocodile Dundee II (1988)
starring Paul Hogan

10.05pm News, Weather

10.15pm Minder

11.15pm Film : Police Academy 4 : Citizens on Patrol (1987)
starring Steve Guttenberg Première

12.50am Film : Assault and Matrimony (1987)
starring Jill Eikenberry and Michael Tucker

2.35am Film : Silver Dream Racer (1980)
starring David Essex and Beau Bridges

4.40am Film : A Tale of Two Cities (1984 )
animation

5.35am Cartoons
a triple bill of Porky Pig and Sylvester

5.55am News

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Boxing Day Thursday 26th December 1991

ITV CENTRAL

6.00am TV-am
Cartoon Carnival

6.30am Batman

7.00am Top Banana

8.00am Black Beauty

9.00am The Charmings Christmas Special

9.25am Captain Zed and the Zee Zone

9.50am T-Bag's Christmas Party

10.20am Cartoon
Donald Duck in Donald's Penguin

10.30am Film : The Island at the Top of the World (1974)
starring Donald Sinden

12.15pm News, Weather

12.30pm TV Film : Side by Side (1988)
starring Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Danny Thomas Première

2.15pm TV Film : Pirate Prince (1991)
starring James HazeldinePremière

4.10pm Film : Superman II (1980)
starring Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman

5.15pm News and Sports Results, Weather

5.30pm Film : Superman II
(continued)

6.45pm Strike It Lucky
with Michael Barrymore

7.30pm The Bill : Decent People

8.00pm The Ruth Rendell Mystery
Achilles Heel starring George Baker

10.20pm Film : Gremlins (1984)
black comedy from Steven Spielberg

12.20am Film : Topaz (1969)
starring John Forsythe , Hitchcock thriller

2.40am TV Film : Babycakes (1989)
starring Ricki LakePremière

4.20am In Profile
pop stars talk about their music and careers

4.50am Film : Hoverbug (1969)
Children's adventure

5.55am News

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Eve Tuesday 24th December 1991
CHANNEL 4

5.20am 4-Tel on View

6.00am Channel 4 Daily
Kid 'n' Play
Business Daily at...................6.25am, 6.40am, 7.25am, 8.25am
Box Office...............................6.44am, 7.48am, 8.48am, 9.11am
Sport........................................6.50a m, 7.54am, 8.54am, 9.10am
Weather...................................6.58am, 7.58am, 8.58am, 9.14am
World News............................7.00am, 9.00am
Early Bird.................................7.37am, 8.37am
Batman....................................8.00am
Paddington (animation)....... 9.17am

9.25am Sesame Street

10.25am Teletoon

11.30am Golf The Daily Telegraph Junior Golfer of the Year 1991

12.30pm The Cosby Show

1.00pm TV Film : Jane of Lantern Hill (1989)
starring Mairon BennettPremière

3.15pm Day Care

3.20pm Facing the Angels

4.15pm Film : The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
Disney live action/animationPremière

5.45pm TV Film : Father Christmas (1991)
animation Première

6.15pm Pallas
a ten part spoof Royal soap opera 1/10

6.25pm News

6.30pm The Crystal Maze
with Richard O'Brien

7.30pm Film : Survivors

9.00pm Tina Turner Foreign Affair
her Barcelona concert

10.50pm Pallas
2/10

10.55pm Silent Night

11.25pm Pallas
3/10

11.35pm Frankie Howerd on Campus

12.35am Film : Wheels on Meals (1984)
starring Jackie Chan

2.30am Closedown

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Day Wednesday 25th December 1991
channel 4


5.20am 4-Tel on View

6.00am Early Morning
The White Camel

6.50am Santa and the Three Bears

7.55am The Christmas Tree Train

8.25am Meerkats

8.55am The Return of the Magic Roundabout

9.20am Dance of the Snowflakes

9.25am Sesame Street Christmas Special

10.30am Rosie's Walk

10.35am La Postoreia

12.10pm The Wonder Years

12.40pm The Cosby Show

1.15pm Ave Maria

2.15pm The Lighthouse

2.45pm Grey Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood

3.15pm Mozart : Piano Concerto in G Major

3.55pm Cirque de Soleil

5.20pm News

5.25pm Film : The Snowman (1982)
animation

5.55pm Tonight with Jonathan Ross

6.30pm Brookside

7.00pm Status Quo - Rock till You Drop

8.00pm Pavarotti in the Park

9.55pm The Queen

10.05pm The Ghosts of Oxford Street

11.05pm Archaos : a Circus Spectacular

12.10am Film : Dial M for Murder (1954)
starring Ray Milland, Grace Kelly

2.05am Lorry
Swedish satire

2.40am Tonight with Jonathan Ross

3.10am Closedown

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Boxing Day Thursday 26th December 1991
channel 4

5.20am 4-Tel on View

6.00am Early Morning
The Oprah Winfrey Show

6.45am Film : The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

8.30am The World's Strangest Sports

9.00am Racing : The Morning Line

9.30am Sesame Street

10.30am The Great Electrical Revolution

11.00am Pro-Celebrity Golf

12.00 The Cosby Show

12.35pm Racing
from Kempton Park

3.15pm Mozart : Violin Concerto in D Major

3.45pm Film : The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

5.10pm Pallas
4/10

5.20pm Spirituals Gala

6.50pm News

6.55pm Pallas
5/10

7.00pm Ray of Hope
documentary about footballer Ray Kennedy

8.00pm The Marriage of Figaro
opera

11.15pm Pallas
6/10

11.25pm Manhattan Cable's Christmas Extravaganza

12.15am Film : Police Story (1985)
starring Jackie Chan

2.05am 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

[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

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

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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