Christmas TV

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Sunday 26th December 1993

ITV1 CENTRAL

6.00am GMTV
Timeshift

6.30am News and Sport, Weather

7.00am Sunday Best

8.00am Captain Planet and the Planeteers

8.20am Disney Adventures

9.25am Disney Club

10.30am Sunday Morning including at

11.00am Morning Worship

12.30pm Bugs Bunny Mystery Special

1.00pm News and Weather

1.10pm TV Film : Home for Christmas (1990)
starring Mickey Rooney

2.50pm The Central Match - Live

4.55pm Seaquest DSV

5.50pm News and Weather

6.05pm The Battle of Gladiators

7.05pm A Tribute to Les Dawson

8.00pm Agatha Christie's Poirot
starring David Suchet

9.00pm Dame Edna in Hollywood

10.00pm Spitting Image Pantomine

10.30pm News, Weather

10.40pm Hale and Pace - the Business

11.40pm Film : Against All OddS (1984)
starring Jeff Bridges

2.00am Film : The Blob Première

3.45am Film : One Magic Christmas

5.25am The Littlest Hobo

5.55am Morning News

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Boxing Day Monday 27th December 1993



ITV1 CENTRAL

6.00am GMTV
News and Weather

6.05am News and current affairs special

7.00am News and Weather

7.05am Sports news and interviews

7.20am Tom and Jerry Kids

7.45am Valley of the Dinosaurs

8.12am Galaxy High School

8.55am The Legend of Zelda

9.15am Tom and Jerry Kids

9.25am Film : Dumbo (1941)
Disney animation

10.35am Old Bear's Christmas Special

11.10am Home and Away

11.40am Coronation Street

12.10pm Lunchtime News, Weather

12.30pm Cartoon Time

12.40pm Highway to Heaven

1.30pm Film : Von Ryan's Express
starring Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard

3.40pm Home and Away

4.10pm Film : The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
starring Roger Moore

5.15pm News and Sport, Weather

5.35pm Film : The Man with the Golden Gun
(continued)

7.00pm Wish You Were Here . . ?

7.30pm Coronation Street

8.00pm Strike It Lucky Special

8.45pm Film : Police Academy 6 : City Under Siege Première

10.20pm Late News, Weather, Regional Weather

10.30pm Film : Pale Rider (1985)
starring Clint Eastwood

12.45am The Beat Christmas Cracker

2.45am Film : Penny Princess (1952)
starring Dirk Bogarde

4.30am Film : Out of the Darkness (1985)
children's drama

5.40am Cartoon

5.55am Morning News

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Eve Friday 24th December 1993
channel 4

5.00am 4-Tel on View

6.30am Ulysses 31(Repeat)

7.00am The Big Breakfast

9.00am Saved by the Bell
US teen comedy

9.30am Grim Tales
The Little Peasant animation(Repeat)

9.45am The Lone Ranger
an ex criminal shelters baddies from the masked hero (b&w)

10.15am Grim Tales
The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids animation told by Rik Mayall(Repeat)

10.30am Dennis
cartoon(Repeat)

10.40am Film : Green Grass of Wyoming (1948)
starring Peggy Cummins, Charles Coburn

12.20pm Father Christmas
classic animation based on Raymond Briggs's book with the voice of Mel Smith

12.50pm Sesame Street with special guest Robbie Williams

1.50pm Christmas in Rome
1/3 musical celebration of the Christmas season from the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome

2.35pm Film : Miracle on 34th Street (1947) starring Edmund Gwenn, Maureen O'Hara (b&w)

4.20pm Fifteen to One general knowledge quiz

5.00pm News Summary and Weather

5.05pm Monster Maker fantasy drama with Jim Henson's Creature Shop(Repeat)

6.00pm The Crystal Maze Kids' Special presented by Ed Tudor Pole

7.00pm Twist documentary which chronicles the evolution of the rock 'n' roll dance
featuring Chubby Checker, Dee Dee Sharp, Hank Ballard

8.30pm Brookside

9.00pm Tina Turner : What's Love
Live concert recorded on 15th September at the Blockbuster Stadium, San Bernadino, California

10.00pm Christmas in New York
Camp Christmas
Channel 4's alternative Christmas celebration hosted by
Erasure's Andy Bell and American singer Melissa Etheridge,
starring Stephen Fry, Quentin Crisp, Martina Navratilova,
Ian McKellen, Pam St Clement, Polly Perkins and Julian Clary as a
talking reindeer.
Also featured are Sandra Bernhard, Justin Fashanu, Lily Savage, Anthony Sher, Simon Callow,
Pierre et Gilles, Jimmy Somerville, and many more surpise guests

11.05pm Diana Ross, the Lady Sings recorded live in New York

12.10am The Word Christmas Special
highlights from this year's shows with Terry Christian, Dani Behr, Mark Lamarr, Huffty

1.10am Manhattan Cable's Christmas Extravaganza
Laurie Pike presents a special Christmas edition of the cult American TV access show

1.55am LA Law (first shown on ITV)

2.50am Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

channel 4



Christmas Day Saturday 25th December 1993

5.00am 4-Tel on View

6.00am The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Repeat)

6.25am Heathcliff

6.40am Bobobobs (Repeat)

7.05am Up on the House Topfamily animation

7.35am The Boy Who Dreamed Christmas animation(Repeat)

8.00am Ziggy's Gift animated story

8.30am For Better or Worse festive edition of the animated family adventures

9.00am White Camel
animated story about the boy king, Melchoir whose search for
a white camel leads him to Bethlehem

9.55am Saved by the Bell teenage comedy series

10.20am Film : The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery (1966) starring Frankie Howerd, George Cole, Dora Bryan

12.05pm Harold Lloyd - the Third Genius documentary

1.05pm Ginger Nutt's Christmas Circus vintage animation

1.10pm Christmas in Rome
seasonal 17th and 18th Century music performed by Trevor Pinnock and the English Concert

1.50pm The One, the only Grouchodocumentary

3.00pm Christmas in New York
The Alternative Queen's Message with Quentin Crisp

3.15pm Christmas Star documentary

4.15pm The Queen

4.25pm The Snowman animation(Repeat)

4.55pm Brookside

6.20pm Christmas with Luciano Pavarotti

7.25pm News Summary and Weather

7.30pm Christmas in New York
Film : Cousin Bobby (1992)documentaryPremière

8.30pm Film : Swan Song (1992) starring John Gielgud Première

9.00pm La Fanciulla del West Puccini's wild west opera starring Placido Domingo

11.30pm Christmas in New York
The Alternative Queen's Messagewith Quentin Crisp at the Plaza, New York(Repeat)

11.50pm Robin Williams Live at the Met Robin Williams performs stand-up comedy in New York

12.50am Film : Monkey Business (1931) starring the Marx Brothers (b&w)

2.15am LA Law Rollins defends a ventriloquist (first shown on ITV)

3.10am Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Sunday 26th December 1993
CHANNEL 4

5.00am 4-Tel on View

6.00am Trans World Sport

6.55am Heathcliff animation

7.05am Tooth Fairy, Where are You ? animation(Repeat)

7.35am The Adventures of Super Mario Bros cartoon

8.05am Super Dave festive animation

8.30am Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog animation

9.00am The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (Repeat)

9.55am Saved by the Bell High School comedy series

10.25am Take That Live at Wembley recorded in the summer

11.35am Harold Lloyd - the Third Genius 2/3

12.40pm Christmas in Rome more classical Christmas music including Vivaldi's Gloria

1.15pm The Shepherd animation

1.25pm Film : Wings (1927) silent war drama starring Clara Bow (b&w)

4.10pm Christmas in New York
Film : Sunday in New York (1963) starring Cliff Robertson, Jane Fonda, Rod Taylor

6.05pm The Cosby Show

6.35pm News Summary and Weather

6.40pm The Ghosts of Oxford Street musical film charting the history of London's famous
street directed and narrated by Malcolm McLaren

7.45pm The Great Commanders Georgi Zhukov and the Battle for Berlin

8.30pm The Harmfulness of Tobacco starring Edward Fox

9.00pm Christmas in New York
Film : Manhattan (1979) starring Woody Allen, Diane Keaton (b&w)

10.45pm The Road to the Superbowl
coverage of the XXVIII Superbowl featuring a key match in the
selection process which leads to Atlanta

12.45am Film : Animal Crackers (1930) starring the Marx Brothers (b&w)

2.30am LA Law Grace helps to free someone she helped convict (first shown on ITV)

3.20am Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

Boxing Day Monday 27th December 1993

CHANNEL 4

5.00am 4-Tel on View

7.00am Ulysses 31

7.25am Spiff and Hercules animation

7.45am Dennis more scamp tales

8.00am The Big Breakfast
live magazine show including an hour of highlights from the Big Breakfast 1993, also includes at

8.02am Mr Men

8.12am Magic Roundabout

8.21am Monster Tails

8.30am Wish Kid

9.02am Crunch with Zig and Zag

9.06am Gags

9.10am Family Stuff

9.20am Stuff and Nonsense : Invention Corner

9.30am Down Your Doorstep

9.40am Cue Paula

9.50am Crunch with Zig and Zag

10.00am Saved by the Bell US teen comedy

10.30am The Lone Ranger mob violence breaks out in Eagle City (b&w)

11.00am Racing : the Morning Line reviews and a preview of today's action

11.30am Sesame Street with guest, singer Randy Travis

12.30pm Racing from Kempton (12.45, 1.45, 2.20, 2.50 races)

3.15pm Film : Movie Crazy (1932) starring Harold Lloyd (b&w)

4.50pm Christmas in New York
Big Apple Tinsel
Santa Kitsch an archive compilation built around the theme of New York, Santa Claus and. . .weapons

5.05pm News and Weather

5.10pm Christmas in New York
Film : The Out of Townersstarring Jack Lemmon, Sandy Dennis

7.00pm Prince Cinders animation a twist on the traditional Cinderella story

7.30pm Mouse Soup animation based on a book by Arnold Lobel

8.00pm Brookside

8.30pm Desmond's (Repeat)

9.00pm Christmas in New York
Film : New York Stories (1989) Premièrefeaturing a trilogy of stories set on New York
Life Lessons starring Nick Nolte, Rosanna Arquette, Patrick O'Neal, Peter Gabriel
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Life Without Zoe with Heather McComb, Talia Shire, Giancarlo Giannini Directed by Francis Coppola
Oedipus Wrecks with Woody Allen, Mia Farrow Directed by Woody Allen

11.20pm American Football : the Big Match the road to the Superbowl

12.40am Film : At the Circus (1939) starring the Marx Brothers (b&w)

2.10am LA Law Kuzak defends the owner of a nudist colony (first shown on ITV)

3.05am Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

Holiday Tuesday 28th December 1993

CHANNEL 4

5.00am 4-Tel on View

7.00am Ulysses 31 (Repeat)

7.25am Spiff and Hercules cat and dog cartoon

7.50am Dennis animation

8.00am The Big Breakfast

10.00am Saved by the Bell US teen comedy

10.30am The Lone Ranger classic Western series (b&w)

11.00am Racing : the Morning Line reviews and previews of today's action

11.30am Sesame Street

12.30pm Racing from Kempton Park (12.45, 1.15, 2.20, 2.50 plus the the 2.35 from Leopardstown)

3.15pm Film : Speed (1928) starring Harold Lloyd (b&w)

4.55pm Christmas in New York
Big Apple Tinsel 2/4 God and the Devil in New York

5.10pm The Oprah Winfrey Show

6.00pm Roseanne

6.30pm Gamesmaster with Dexter Fletcher
followed by
News Summary and Weather

7.00pm Ray of Hope a profile of footballer Ray Kennedy who played for Arsenal and Liverpool
who is now suffering from Parkinson's Disease. Narrated by James Bolam

8.00pm Claws, Jaws and Dinosaurs

9.00pm Film : Wittgenstein (1993) starring Karl Johnson, Tilda Swinton Première

10.20pm Tim Allen Rewires America stand-up comedy

11.00pm Christmas in New York
New(s) York
Laurie Pike investigates life in New York as represented on the 24-hour news cable station NY1

11.30pm Brace Yourself Sydney comedian Julian Clary makes a visit to Australia

12.15am Ready, Steady, Go! Motown Special
including Stevie Wonder, the Supremes, the Temptations, Martha and the Vandellas (b&w)

1.15am Film : Horse Feathers (1932) starring the Marx Brothers (b&w)

2.25am LA Law Van Owen has a re-match against a rival who once defeated her in court

3.20am Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Eve Saturday 24th December 1994

BBC1

7.00am Lassie

7.25am News and Weather

7.30am Children's BBC
with Chris Jarvis
Pinguanimation(Repeat)

7.35am Happy Birthday

7.45am Marlene Marlowe Investigates
live action and animation

8.05am The Chipmunks
cartoon

8.30am The New Adventures of Superman
Lois and Clark investigate a rival newspaper publisher
whom they suspect of deliberately causing tragic accidents

9.15am Live and Kicking
Diane-Louise Jordan and Tim Vincent of Blue Peter compete
against 2 Point 4 Children pair Clare Buckfield and John Pickard,
and Dean Gatiss and Justin Pickett from Desmond 's in a seasonal
edition of Run the Risk. Music from Eternal and the London Community Gospel Choir, and behind the scenes at The Antiques Roadshow

12.30pm Joy to the World
Carols, Comedy & Dance from the Royal Albert Hall , featuring
Larry Adler, Jean Boht, Lesley Garrett, Bob Holness,
Benjamin Luxon, Nanette Newman, Paul Nicholas, Diana Rigg,
Jimmy Tarbuck

1.30pm News and Weather

1.35pm Disney Family Movie : The Land Before Time (1988)
animation

2.40pm Popeye
animation

2.50pm Film : Santa Claus (1985)
starring Dudley Moore, John Lithgow

4.35pm Disneytime
with Michaela Strachan

5.15pm News and Weather

5.25pm Regional News and Sport

5.30pm Film : An American Tail : Fievel Goes West (1991)
animationPremière

6.45pm Bruce Forsyth' s Christmas Generation Game
In a seasonal end to the series, family couples compete to see
who will perform in a special version of Dick Whittington before reaching the conveyor belt and its array of prizes.
With Bruce Forsyth and Rosemarie Ford

7.50pm The National Lottery Live

8.05pm Casualty
Talking Turkey
It's Christmas Eve at Holby City Hospital and the staff are
inundated with policemen who have fallen prey to a dodgy
batch of turkey sandwiches. A sick young girl won't say who
she is, and a brawling family has a surprise

8.55pm Birds of a Feather
Christmas in Dreamland
It's Christmas Eve in Chigwell, and Sharon is already full of the
Christmas spirit. So full, in fact, that she nods off. Then strange things start to happen

9.45pm News and Sport with Martyn Lewis
WeatherPeter Cockroft

10.00pm Film : Dead Again (1991)
starring Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Derek Jacobi,
Andy Garcia Première

11.45pm Christmas Midnight Mass
live from Liverpool's Roman Catholic Cathedral of Christ the King

1.00am Film : The Quiller Memorandum (1966)
starring George Segal, Alec Guiness

2.40am Weather

2.45am Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Day Sunday 25th December 1994

BBC1

6:45am Children's BBC
with Zoe Ball and Chris Jarvis
Santa and the Tooth Fairies (Repeat)

7:10am Wishing
last of the live action and animation series

7:20am Playdays
The Tent Stop
(Repeat)

7:40am Santa's First Christmas
animation(Repeat)

8:05am The Bears Who Saved Christmas
animation

8:30am Noddy
animation

9:05am Santa Claus is Comin' to Town
animation, narrated and sang by Fred Astaire

9:58am Weather

10:00am Songs of Praise
Pam Rhodes celebrates Christmas Day live from All Hallows
Church in the City of London in the company of
Linda Bellingham, Fiona Castle, Robert Duncan and Marti Webb

11:00am Film : Jetsons : the Movie (1990)
cinema version of the sci-fi cartoon seriesPremière

12:20pm Tom and Jerry
animation

12:30pm News and Weather
Followed by
Eastenders
Omnibus edition

2:00pm Top of the Pops
The boys from Take That present 1994's biggest selling songs

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

3:10pm Noel's Christmas Presents
Noel Edmonds journeys around Britain and the world to take
gifts and surprises to deserving people

4:10pm Animal Hospital Christmas
Rolf Harris, Lynda Bryans and Steve Knight pay a Christmas visit to the RSPCA Harmsworth Hospital

4:45pm News : Weather

4:55pm The Wrong Trousers
Wallace & Gromit
Oscar winning animation by Nick Park

5:25pm Keeping Up Appearances
starring Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift

6:15pm EastEnders
The season of goodwill comes to the Square. In among the festivities,
Gita has a surprise for Sanjay; Ethel has some advice for Nellie; and Grant has a present for Sharon

6:45pm Film : Robin Hood : Prince of Thieves (1991)
starring Kevin Costner, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio,
Alan RickmanPremière

9:00pm One Foot in the Grave
with Richard Wilson, Annette Crosbie
Christmas special.
The Meldrews set out for a routine visit to a garden centre little
imagining the good luck that fate has in store for them. But their fortune is short-lived: a phone call is about to turn their world
upside down

9:40pm Victoria Wood : Live in Your Own Home
The comedian presents her own show, with stand-up comedy,
monologues and sketches in her own inimitable style

10:30pm Newswith Jill Dando
WeatherPeter Cockcroft

10:40pm Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show
their 1971 show with guests Shirley Bassey, Glenda Jackson,
André Previn, Frank Bough, Robert Dougall, Dick Emery,
Cliff Michelmore, Patrick Moore, Michael Parkinson, Eddie Waring

11:25pm Christmas Spirit
a sideways look at Christmas Day

11:30pm Film : Trading Places (1983)
starring Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis

1:20am Weather

1:25am Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

Boxing Day Monday 26th December 1994

BBC1

7.00am Children's BBC
with Zoe Ball and Chris Jarvis
Tree behind the Chimney
animation

7.10am Christopher the Christmas Tree
animation

7.30am A Monster Christmas
animation

7.55am Bump's Christmas Story
animation narrated by Simon Cadell

8.10am Playdays
the Why Bird Stop(Repeat)

8.30am Timeless Tales : Puss in Boots
animation

9.00am Marlene Marlowe Investigates
live action and animation (Repeat)

9.15am Bucky O'Hare
animation

9.40am Why Don't You ?
with Jo Hunter, Kalpesh Kukadia, Georgia Mills

10.05am Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
animation narrated by Burl Ives

11.00am Disney Family Movie : In Search of Castaways (1962)
starring Maurice Chevalier, Hayley Mills

12.35pm Cartoon Triple Bill

12.55pm Regional News, Weather

1.00pm One O'Clock News
Weather

1.05pm Neghbours

1.30pm Animal Sanctuary
with John Craven

2.00pm The Two Ronnies
a classic Christmas edition with Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett
(Repeat)

2.55pm Film : True Grit (1969)
starring John Wayne, Glen Campbell

4.55pm Final Score results
roundup with Hazel Irvine

5.10pm Newswith Nicholas Witchell
WeatherRob McElwee

5.25pm Neighbours
Hannah wants to keep the carpet snake as a pet but Philip
thinks she should release it into the wild. Pam and Cheryl
try a fresh approach in their lives and visit a New Age
shop to buy a healing crystal and aromatherapy oils. Gaby,
convinced she has lost her job, also considers a change of direction (Repeat)

5.45pm Auntie's New Bloomers
This compilation of BBC out-takes, the third in a line of
Auntie's Bloomers, finds Terry Wogan in a hitherto secret bunker deep beneath London's Television Centre, where he presents an A-Z guide
to all those moments which favourite BBC TV performers have tried desperately to keep from the viewers

6.25pm Film : Kindergarten Cop (1990)
starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Penelope Ann Miller, Pamela Reed
Première

8.10pm EastEnders
Grant wakes up alone on his and Sharon's third wedding anniversary
and takes out his anger on Michelle. Sanjay is disappointed by his new relationship with Gita, and Phil and Kathy find the going is tough

8.40pm 2 Point 4 Children
Relax-ay-Voo, starring Belinda Lang, Gary Olsen

9.10pm Film : The Addams Family (1991)
starring Angelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd,
Dan HedayaPremière

10.45pm News with Nicholas Witchell
WeatherRob McElwee

11.00pm The Prince's Trust Gala Concert
recorded earlier this month at the London Arena in Docklands hosted
from the top of the Telecom Tower and features East 17, Bjorn Again,
the Brand New Heavies, Eternal, Pulp, whilst Dave Stewart, Joe Cocker,
M People and Cliff Richard appear via a satellite link and Meatloaf and
Phil Collins appear on video

12.30am Film : Spellbound (1945)
starring Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck (b&w)

2.20am Weather

2.25am Closedown

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Bank Holiday Tuesday 27th December 1994

BBC1

7.00am News and Weather
Regional News ; Weather

7.10am Children's BBC
with Zoe Ball and Josie D'Arby
Secret Life of Toys
animation

7.25am Felix the Cat
cartoon

7.40am Marlene Marlow Investigates
live action and animation(Repeat)

8.00am News and Weather
Regional News ; Weather

8.10am The Adventures of Skippy
adventures with the world's most famous kangaroo

8.35am Swat Kats
cartoon (Repeat)

9.00am News and Weather
Regional News ; Weather

9.05am Bucky O'Hare
animation

9.30am Why Don't You ?
outrageous ways to survive the holiday

10.00am Playdays
the Playground Stop

10.20am William's Wish Wellingtons
cartoon

10.35am Joe 90
Gerry Anderson's puppet series

11.00am Disney Family Movie : One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975)
starring Peter Ustinov

12.30pm The Flintstones
festive cartoon

12.55pm Regional News ; Weather

1.00pm One O'Clock News
Weather

1.05pm Neighbours

1.25pm The Nutcracker
classic Christmas ballet

3.00pm Harry and the Hendersons
a friend of Harry's arrives

3.25pm World Cup 94
Barry Davies with highlights of this year's World Cup in the United States

4.35pm The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Germany 1916
The adventure series ends with the elderly Indiana's recollections

5.20pm Newswith Chris Lowe
Regional News
Weather Ian McCaskill

5.35pm Beatrix Potter : the World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
The Tale of Pigling Bland the first of four animated Beatrix
Potter stories

6.00pm Neighbours
Will Len Mangel break Helen's heart? Michael has the biggest
test of his life(Repeat)

6.20pm The Brittas Empire
In the Beginning
This special episode of the comedy series is set in 2019, and
the former staff of Whitbury Newtown Leisure Centre are paying tribute to the man who gave them everything - Sir Gordon Brittas

6.50pm Big Break in Wonderland
with Jim Davidson, Zoe Ball, John Parrott, Marti Caine,
Terry Griffiths, Craig Charles,Steve Davis and referee John Virgo

7.30pm EastEnders
Sanjay feels he's on to a winner and Ian has a fishy proposition for Bianca

8.00pm Film : Dick Tracy (1990)
starring Warren Beatty, Madonna, Al PacinoPremière

9.40pm Newswith Chris Lowe
Regional News
Weather Ian McCaskill

10.00pm Carrott-U-Like
Jasper Carrott presents, sketches, spoof ads etc with
Sara Crowe and Ann Bryson

10.50pm Films of the Year with Barry Norman
Barry Norman selects his personal choice from more than
200 films seen during 1994

11.35pm U2 - Zoomeranged
Rock band U2's extraordinary vision of ZOO TV, recorded at Sydney Football Stadium. The show is an explosive mixture of concert and multi-media fantasy. After two years of developing the show
in Europe and America, the stage is stacked with huge television monitors

12.35am Film : My Geisha (1962)
starring Shirley MacLaine

2.30am Weather

2.35am Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Eve Saturday 24th December 1994

BBC2

8.10am Film : Holiday Affair (1949)
starring Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh

9.35am Film : Apache (1954)
starring Burt Lancaster

11.00am Film : Krakatoa, East of Java (1969)
starring Maximilian Schell

1.05pm Sports Review of the Year
Another chance to see the annual celebration of sporting
achievement, this year celebrating its 40th anniversary. Introduced by Desmond Lynam , Steve Rider and Sue Barker

3.00pm Sally Gunnell's Year of Athletics
World record holder, Sally Gunnell presents an action-packed
review of the 1994 track and field season

3.50pm Peace in No Man's Land
Three soldiers recall the famous occasion during the First World War
when British and German troops abandoned their trenches on Christmas Day. Narrated by Martin Jarvis

4.25pm Everyone Hold Their Breath...
Memories of people who were in Caernarfon on the day Prince
Charles was invested as the Prince of Wales, 25 years ago

5.15pm Carols from King's
A celebration of Christmas from the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge

6.30pm Video Nation Weekly
Last in the series, looking back on the week before Christmas,
as seen through the eyes of a cross-section of people in Britain.

7.00pm Coppelia
One of France's most adventurous choreographers, Maguy Marin's
modern version of this popular ballet is more West Side Story than classical ballet

8.05pm Christmas Hell
Pulling the plug on the festive season, Christmas Hell talks to people
about their sense of despair at seeing cards go on sale in August; the madness of shopping on Christmas Eve; the tension of the family gathering; the expression of gratefulness you try to contrive as you unwrap yet another pair of socks and the sigh of relief when finally it's all over

8.25pm Have I Got News for You
Guests in the last of the series are former editor of The Sun
Kelvin MacKenzie and comedian Alexei Sayle. Hosted by Angus Deayton, with team captains Paul Merton and Ian Hislop

8.55pm Michael Moore's Christmas TV Nation
The offbeat investigative reporter and his team return with a
Christmas special from New York

9.45pm Steptoe and the Son
A Christmas 1973 edition of the classic comedy, starring
Harry H Corbett and Wilfred Brambell

10.35pm Unplugged : Tony Bennett
The stylish crooner, who has been a major attraction on the nightclub circuit since the 50s, has recently found a youthful new audience for his songs. With guests kd Lang and Elvis Costello

11.20pm Film : She-Devil (1989)
starring Meryl Streep,Roseanne BarrPremière

12.55am Lost Hearts
An adaptation of a classic ghost story for Christmas by MR James

1.35am Uncut
Highlights from recordings made by Video Nation contributors.
Christmas.
Yuletide opinions from a nun facing her 100th Christmas and a bugler playing for the Light Infantry's Christmas dinner

2.10am Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Day Sunday 25th December 1994

BBC2

7:55am Film : That's Entertainment (1974)
A celebration of the golden age of MGM movie musicals

10:00am Film : Doctor Dolittle (1967)
starring Rex Harrison

12:20am Lara
When the young West Indian cricketer Brian Lara scored 375 runs against England last April, he was hailed as the greatest ever batting talent

1:10pm D-Day Remembered
Fifty years ago 156,000 Allied soldiers, sailors and airmen crossed
the Channel to free Nazi-occupied Europe.
This summer, witnessed by HM the Queen, more than 15,000 made
that same journey and veterans of that pilgrimage recall those two days in June

2:10pm Going Underground
The Great Escapers
On 24 March 1944, 76 RAF PoWs escaped from Stalag Luft 3 through
a tunnel called Harry. Within a fortnight 50 had been executed by the Gestapo. Set on the now overgrown site of the former prison camp, this is the real story of the breakout told, in the 50th anniversary year, by the tunnellers themselves

3:00pm Tricks on Two
Celebrities watch magic tricks by talented British magicians

3:10pm Hard Times
This new version of Charles Dickens's novel has been adapted
and directed by Oscar-nominated author Peter Barnes

4:55pm Today's the Day Christmas Special
It's EastEnders v Emmerdale in this special edition as teams led by
Wendy Richard and Malandra Burrows answer questions about Christmas Day in years gone by

5:25pm The Carpenters at the BBC
With the cult of the Carpenters continuing to rival that of those other 70's stars Abba, here is another chance to see the Carpenters' debut BBC concert, recorded on their first British tour in September 1971

6:00pm Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In
A compilation of highlights to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the anarchic comedy show which during the late 60s and early 70's won two Emmy awards and became a cult classic

7:00pm Aida
Elijah Moshinsky's new production of Verdi's popular masterpiece
in four acts was premiered earlier this year at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, starring the American soprano Cheryl Studer

9:35pm The Queen
This afternoon's message, with signing for deaf people

9:45pm Siren Spirits
A series of tales of magic and mystery begins with a double bill.
1.Bideshi
The true story of a strange and haunting premonition
2.Memsahib Rita.
A streetwise East End girl is followed to her father's sari shop by
the local BNP boys. Then, out of the shadows, two very glamorous and mysterious women step forward to try to save her

10:25pm Film : The Butcher's Wife (1991)
starring Demi Moore, Jeff DanielsPremière

12:10am Film : The Haunting (1963)
starring Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn

2:05am Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

Boxing Day Monday 26th December 1994

BBC2

8.05am Film : Little Women (1949)
starring June Allyson

10.00am Film : Singin' in the Rain (1952)
starring Gene Kelly,Debbie Reynolds

11.40am Top Gear Rally Report
A look back at this year's rallying world championship, which
was decided only in the very last race with Steve Lee, Barry Gill,
Tony Mason

12.15pm Cold Cuts
Snowsculpting in the Rockieswith Eddie Ladd

12.50pm The Nightmare of the Submarine Tunnel
short film made by cinema pioneer George Méllès in 1907
(Repeat)

1.10pm Going Underground
Subterranea Britannica
A wry look at Britain's underground enthusiasts, whose passions
range from Victorian sewers to coal mines and catacombs
(Repeat)

2.00pm Beauty and the Ballet
a look at the history of The Sleeping Beauty featuring an
interview with Anthony Dowell presenter of the new production
that follows. Presented by Judith Mackrell

2.15pm The Sleeping Beauty
performed by the Royal Ballet

4.35pm Man on the Moon
the story of Project Apollo, the US space programme , introduced by
Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon

6.20pm Harry's Big Adventure
Harry Dodson cult Canadian gardener

7.00pm Film : The King and I (1956)
starring Yul Brynner, Deborah Kerr

9.10pm Screen Two : Midnight Movie
starring Jim Carter, Louise Germaine, Brian Dennehy,
the last film written and produced by Dennis Potter before
his death in June

10.50pm Film : Another Woman (1988)
starring Gena Rowlands, Mia Farrow, Ian Holm

12.10am The 28th Annual Country Music Awards
from the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee, by
singer/songwriter Vince Gill

1.15am Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

Bank Holiday Tuesday 27th December 1994

BBC2

8.10am Film : Kim (1950)
starring Errol Flynn

10.00am The American Civil War
1/5 The Cause
Ken Burn's acclaimed series being shown in full for the first time

11.40am British Touring
Car Championship highlights from the 1994 season

12.40pm Racing
from Chepstow
(1.00, 1.30, 2.05, 2.35 races)

3.00pm Baa Baa Black Sheep
opera performed by Opera North

5.00pm Verdi - a Life in Two Parts
1/2 : The Pursuit of Success

6.00pm Tyto the Barn Owl
animal drama filmed by Simon King

6.50pm Flanders and Swann
In the year of Donald Swann 's death,
John Amis presents an affectionate look back at the song writing
and performing partnership of Michael Flanders and Donald Swann

7.30pm Video Nation Review of the Year
Over the last 12 months, ten members of the public have been
recording their experiences and responses to events in the news to contribute to this review of the year

9.00pm Fry and Laurie Host a Christmas Night with the Stars
Stephen Fry and John Laurie are joined by Reeves and Mortimer, performers from the Fast Show, Alan Partridge, Rab C Nesbitt,
the cast of the Real McCoy, Alexei Sayle, Ronnie Corbett, Sandie Shaw.
Archive footage from Christmas Nights of old includes Tony Hancock,
Dick Emery, Benny Hill, Kathy Kirby, Jack Warner, David Nixon,
Charlie Drake, Billy Cotton, the Toppers and many more

10.15pm Film : Thelma and Louise (1991)
starring Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey KeitelPremière

12.20am Film : House on Haunted Hill (1958)
starring Vincent Price (b&w)

1.35am Weatherview

1.45am Closedown