Christmas TV

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Eve Saturday 24th December 1994

ITV CENTRAL

6.00am GMTV
News, Weather

6.10am Eat Your Words

6.40am Barney and Friends

7.10am Saturday Disney

8.55am Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

9.25am Scooby Doo

10.15am Film : The Love Bug (1969)

12.15pm America's Top Ten

12.45pm News and Weather

12.50pm Regional News, Weather

1.00pm Coronation Street

1.30pm Film : A Christmas Carol (1984)
starring George C Scott

3.25pm Film : Dumbo (1941)

4.35pm News and Weather

4.50pm Regional News and Weather

5.00pm Animaniacs

5.25pm Baywatch

6.20pm Gladiators - the Celebrity Challenge

7.20pm Stars in Their Eyes Winners' Special

8.05pm Film : Wildcats (1986)
starring Goldie Hawn

10.05pm News, National Lottery Update, Weather, Regional Weather

10.20pm Dame Edna's Hollywood

11.20pm Carols from Canterbury

12.20am Film : Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)
starring George Segal, Jane Fonda

2.05am Film : The Day of the Dolphin (1973)
starring George C Scott

4.00am Film : That's Carry On (1978)
Kenneth Williams, Barbara Windsor

5.45am Cartoon Time

5.55am Morning News

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Day Sunday 25th December 1994

ITV CENTRAL

6.00am GMTV
The Sunday Review

7.00am The Sunday Programme

8.00am Disney Adventures

9.25am Scooby Doo

10.15am Link

10.30am Christmas Matters including at

11.00am Christmas Morning Worship

12.30pm News and Weather

12.40pm Mole's Christmas animation

1.10pm Film : The Christmas Star (1986)
starring Edward Asner

3.00pm The Queen

3.10pm Film : Mary Poppins (1964)
starring Julie Andrews

5.45pm Bugs Bunny Looney Christmas Tales

5.55pm News, Weather

6.05pm Film : Sleeping Beauty (1959)

7.30pm Coronation Street

8.00pm Blind Date

9.00pm Christmas Heartbeat

10.00pm Robin Williams in the Wild with Dolphins

11.00pm Kiri's Coventry Carols

12.45am Film : Bite the Bullet (1975)
starring Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, James Coburn

3.15am Film : Great Expectations (1974)
starring Michael York, Sarah Miles

5.30am Scooby Doo

5.55am Morning News

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Re: Christmas TV

Boxing Day Monday 26th December 1994

ITV CENTRAL

6.00am GMTV
News and Weather

7.00am News and Weather

7.10am The First Christmas animation

7.30am Barney and Friends

8.40am Tom and Jerry Kids

8.55am Galaxy High School

9.25am Old Bear Stories
The Perfect Presents

10.00am Film : Flash Gordon (1980)

12.00 Home and Away

12.30pm Lunchtime News, Weather

12.40pm Coronation Street

1.10pm Masters of Illusion

2.05pm Film : King Solomon's Mines (1985)
starring Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone

3.50pm Home and Away

4.20pm Film : Never Say Never Again (1983)
starring Sean Connery

5.20pm News and Sport, Weather, Regional Weather

5.30pm Film : Never Say Never Again (1983)
(continued)

7.00pm Merry Christmas, Mr Bean

7.30pm Coronation Street

8.00pm Christmas You've Been Framed!

8.30pm Film : Honey, I Shrunk the Kids! (1989)
starring Rick MoranisPremière

10.15pm News, Weather, Regional Weather

10.30pm Dave Allen

11.15pm Film : For a Few Dollars More (1965)
starring Clint Eastwood

1.40am Film : Higher Ground (1988)
starring John Denver

3.25am Film : The Gambler and the Lady (1952)

4.40am Film : Mystery Island (1981)

5.55am Morning News

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Re: Christmas TV

Bank Holiday Tuesday 27th December 1994

ITV CENTRAL

6.00am GMTV
News and Weather

7.00am News and Sport

7.30am Barney and Friends

8.40am Tom and Jerry Kids

8.55am Galaxy High School

9.25am The New Adventures of He-Man
animation

9.50am COPS animation

10.15am Film : The Little Kidnappers (1990)
starring Charlton Heston

12.00 Home and Away

12.30pm Lunchtime News, Weather

12.40pm Emmerdale

1.10pm The Magic of David Copperfield

2.10pm Film : Cast a Giant Shadow (1966)
starring Kirk Douglas

4.40pm Home and Away

5.10pm Early Evening News, Weather

5.25pm Film : Arthur 2 : On the Rocks (1988)
starring Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli

7.30pm Emmerdale

8.00pm The Bill : Dearly Departed

8.30pm Film : Turner and Hooch (1989)
starring Tom Hanks

10.20pm Late News, Weather

10.35pm Film : Navy SEALS (1990)
starring Charlie SheenPremière

12.35am The Equalizer
starring Edward Woodward

1.30am Film : Lost Horizon (1973)
starring Peter Finch

3.55am Cinema, Cinema, Cinema

4.25am Film : Mystery at Castle House (1984)

5.45am Cartoons

5.55am Morning News

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Re: Christmas TV

CHANNEL 4

Christmas Eve Saturday 24th December 1994

6.35am Children's programmes
Terrytoons

7.00am Heathcliff

7.15am The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog

7.45am The Adventures of Super Mario Brothers

8.00am Transworld Sport

9.00am Blitz
American Football news

10.15am The Wish That Changed Christmas
animation

10.45am Film : Charlotte's Webb (1973)
animation

12.25pm Animations : Ginger Nutt's Christmas Circus
Ginger Nutt's Bee Brother

12.45pm Film : Up in Arms (1944)
starring Danny Kaye

2.40pm Film : The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (1978)
animation

4.25pm Father Christmas
animation

4.55pm News and Weather

5.05pm Brookside

6.30pm The Crystal Maze Children's Christmas Special
with Ed Tudor Pole

7.30pm Busker's Odyssey

8.50pm Shooting Stars
series featuring performers from jazz, opera and stage

9.00pm Don't Forget Your Toothbrush

10.00pm The Jack Dee Show

11.05pm Eurotrash Christmas Special

11.35pm Penn and Teller : Don't Try This at Home

12.35am Film : Frankenstein (1931)(b&w)

1.50am One Night Stand

2.20am The Word

3.15am Film : The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964)
starring Christopher Lee

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Re: Christmas TV

CHANNEL 4

Christmas Day Sunday 25th December 1994

4.50am Children's programmes
Terrytoons

5.05am White Camel

6.00am Paddington

6.05am Film : Sebastian Star Bear : First Mission (1991)
animation

7.35am For Better for Worse

8.00am The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog

8.30am Biker Mice from Mars

8.55am Claymation Christmas Celebration

9.25am The Big Breakfast Christmas Special

10.25am Saved by the Bell

10.55am Take That in Concert

11.50am Knick Knack
computer animation

11.55am A Gospel Christmas

12.55pm Film : Hans Christian Andersen (1952)
starring Danny Kaye

3.00pm The Alternative Christmas Message
the Rev Jesse Jackson

3.15pm Film : The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
starring Danny Kaye

5.15pm War Story
an Aardman animation

5.20pm News and Weather

5.30pm Zig and Zag's Christmas Special

6.00pm Don't Forget Your Toothbrush

7.00pm The Snowman
animation

7.30pm Turandot

9.40pm The Queen

9.50pm Harry Connick Jr

10.50pm The Woman in Black

12.55am The Beautiful Experience

1.55am Film : Mr Vampire (1986)

3.40am Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

channel 4

Boxing Day Monday 26th December 1994

6.40am Terrytoons

7.05am Stunt Dawgs
animation

7.35am Prostars

8.00am The Big Breakfast
Sonic the Hedgehog

8.15am Mr Bogus

8.30am The Pink Panther

8.45am Dennis

9.00am Best of The Big Breakfast

9.05am The Crunch with Zig and Zag

9.10am Superhints

9.15am Review of the Year

9.20am Keith Chegwin at Large

9.30am Review of the Year

9.40am Cue Paula

9.50am The Crunch with Zig and Zag

10.00am Racing : the Morning Line

10.30am Saved by the Bell : Hawaiian Style

12.20pm Racingfrom Kempton Park

3.15pm My Green Crocodile
puppet animation

3.25pm Film : The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921) (b&w)

5.55pm News and Weather

6.00pm Silent Love

6.20pm Film : Yellow Submarine (1968)
animation

7.55pm Shooting Stars
series featuring performers from jazz, opera and stage

8.00pm Secrets of Coral Cay

9.00pm Film : Time Bandits (1981)
starring John Cleese, Sean Connery

11.10pm AFI Life Achievment Award : Jack Nicholson

12.15am The American Football Big Match

1.45am Film : Zu Warriors (1983)

3.25am Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

channel 4

Bank Holiday Tuesday 27th December 1994

6.40am Terrytoons

7.00am Stunt Dawgs
animation

7.30am Prostars

8.00am The Big Breakfast

10.00am Racing : the Morning Line

10.30am Batman
The Penguin Declines

11.00am Tintin
animation

11.30am Wet Wet Wet - Live
at the Royal Albert Hall

12.25pm Racing from Kempton Park

3.15pm As It Happened The Day They Landed on the Moon

5.00pm The Mousehole Cat
animation

5.30pm News and Weather

5.35pm Gamesmaster

6.05pm Film : The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1989)
starring John Neville, Eric Idle Première

8.30pm Brookside

9.00pm Baby Fathers

9.55pm Shooting Stars
series featuring performers from jazz, opera and stage

10.05pm One Night Stand

10.35pm Film : Othello (1951) (b&w)
starring Orson Welles Première

12.20am South Central

12.40am Film : Rouge (1987)

2.25am Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Eve Sunday 24th December 1995

BBC1

7.30am Film : The Pink Panther (1964)
starring Peter Sellers, David Niven

9.25am News and Weather

9.30am The Promise of His Glory
last in the series of advent services from St Peter's Church,
Woolley, Yorkshire

10.15am Film : Oliver! (1968)
starring Ron Moody, Oliver Reed, Mark Lester

12.35pm A Flintstone Family Christmas
festive pre-historic fun

1.15pm Noel's Christmas Past
Noel Edmonds raids the archives and presents some of the most
moving moments from his previous Christmas shows

2.15pm EastEnders
omnibus edition

3.40pm Film : ET the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
starring Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace

5.30pm Antiques Roadshow - the Next Generation
from the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum near Belfast,
introduced by Hugh Scully and Diane-Louise Jordan

6.15pm News with Jennie Bond
Weather Bill Giles

6.30pm Regional News

6.35pm Christmas with Cliff
a Songs of Praise special with Cliff Richard, Sally Magnusson

7.15pm Last of Summer Wine
A Leg Up for Christmas
starring Bill Owen, Peter Salis, Brian Wilde

8.15pm 2 Point 4 Children
Porky's
In a display of poor judgement, Bill entrusts Ben with buying
all the food for Christmas with Belinda Lang and Gary Olsen

8.45pm P.G.Wodehouse's Heavy Weather
starring Peter O'Toole, Richard Briers

10.20pm News with Justin Webb
Weather Bill Giles

10.35pm Morecambe and Wise
1975 Christmas Show with Diana Rigg, Gordon Jackson,
Des O'Connor (Repeat)

11.40pm The First Communion of Christmas
live from Lichfield Cathedral, Staffordshire

12.50am Film : Rear Window (1954)
starring James Stewart, Grace Kelly

2.40am Weather

2.45am Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Day Monday 25th December 1995

BBC1

6.00am Children's BBC
Podddington Peas
(Repeat)

6.05am Bump's Christmas Story
(Repeat)

6.15am Moomin

6.40am White Christmas
animation

7.10am Playdays
(Repeat)

7.30am PJ's Unfunnybunny Christmas
animation about a one bunny campaign to find the
true meaning of Christmas

7.55am McGee and Me
a Christmas scrape for a boy and his cartoon creation(Repeat)

8.15am The Flintstones
Fred and Barney stage a pre-historic version of A Christmas Carol

9.25am The Movie Game
a Christmas special of the film quiz with guests Donna Air,
Toby Anstis, Claire Buckfield, Mark Curry, Mark Evans,
Natalie Poyser, Judy Simpson, John Barrowman

10.00am Christmas Day in the Morning
Don McLean, Lord Montagu and the residents of Beaulieu estate
with a festive mix of carols, readings and prayers. Guests
Harry Secombe, Ruth Madoc, Clive Mantle and
BBC Choirgirl of the Year Tabitha Watling

10.55am Film : The Neverending Story (1984)
fantasy adventure

12.25pm Neighbours
Various residents desire to "seize the day"

12.50pm News and Weather

12.55pm Top of the Pops
Bjork and Jack Dee introduce the biggest selling songs of 1995, plus the Christmas Day Number One

1.55pm Only Fools and Horses
Mother Nature's Son a special Christmas edition from 1992
(Repeat)

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

3.10pm Noel's Christmas Presents
With the help of Cliff Richard and the cast of Riverdance,
Noel Edmonds brings surprises to deserving people, including
a trip for a group of underprivileged children to meet the real
Santa Claus in Lapland

4.20pm News, Weather

4.30pm Film : Hook (1991) Première
starring Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins

6.45pm Auntie's Brand New Bloomers
The secrets of some of the BBC's most popular and prestigious
programmes are revealed when Terry Wogan digs out classic clips
from the archives

7.30pm EastEnders
The first of tonight's two offerings from Albert Square.
The Vic is full of Christmas cheer while the Fowlers put on a brave face. Pat's plans for a perfect Christmas take an unexpected turn

8.00pm Keeping Up Appearances
Plans to hold a pageant don't go quite as Hyacinth anticipated.
Could this be remotely connected to the fact that she is organising it? with Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift

8.30pm EastEnders
Part 2

9.00pm One Foot in the Grave
The Wisdom of the Witch, starring Richard Wilson, Annette Crosbie

10.00pm Newswith Peter Sissons
Weather Rob McElwee

10.10pm Film : Indecent Proposal (1993)
starring Robert Redford, Demi Moore, Woody Harreison
Première

12.00 I Hate Christmas
a tale of the true spirit of Christmas

12.05am The Greatest Music Party in the World
1/2 recorded at this month's concert at the NEC in Birmingham,
including David Bowie, Rod Stewart, Diana Ross, Soul II Soul,
Lightning Seeds, Des'ree, Echobelly, Alanis Morissette, Alanan Myles,
Curtis Stigers, Diana King

1.35am Weather

1.40am Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

Boxing Day Tuesday 26th December 1995
BBC1

7.00am Children's BBC
Tales of the Tooth Fairies
animation
(Repeat)

7.05am The Greedysaurus Gang
dinosaur adventures (Repeat)

7.10am The Snow Queen
animation narrated by Sigourney Weaver
(Repeat)

7.35am Opus and Bill
Opus writes to Santa(Repeat)

8.00am Fireman Sam
animation(Repeat)

8.20am Playdays
the Patch Stop

8.40am White Christmas
animation

9.10am Peter Pan and the Pirates
cartoon (Repeat)

9.30am The Legend of Prince Valiant
animation(Repeat)

9.55am Eek the Cat
cartoon(Repeat)

10.20am Record Breakers
with Cheryl Baker, Kriss Akabusi, Mark Curry

10.45am Film : Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965)
starring Sarah Miles, James Fox, Stuart Whitman

12.50pm News and Weather

12.55pm Regional News; Weather

1.00pm Neighbours

1.20pm The Two Ronnies
The 1987 Christmas edition of the comedy show, starring
Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett. Featuring actor Charlton Heston and singer Elton John

2.10pm Film : Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
starring Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Denholm Elliott

4.10pm Disneytime
presented by Michaela Strachan

4.50pm Final Score
football news and results plus action from this morning's
FA Premiership games with Hazel Irvine

5.15pm News and Weather

5.25pm Regional News; Weather

5.30pm Cartoon
animated capers

5.40pm Neighbours
Libby is concerned at Karl's reaction when he sees her kissing Luke.
Lou and Philip's ruthless greyhound trainer makes a shocking suggestion

6.05pm Film : Beethoven (1992)
starring Charles Grodin Première

7.30pm EastEnders
Kathy is organising Steven's sixth birthday party, but has other
things on her mind. Pat tries to pick up the pieces but only succeeds in driving people away. When Pauline visits her, they both find a
shoulder to cry on

8.00pm Goodnight Sweetheart
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
starring Nicholas Lyndhurst

8.50pm The Thin Blue Line
Yuletide Spirit
starring Rowan Atkinson

9.20pm Film : Patriot Games (1992)
starring Harrison Ford, Anne ArcherPremière

11.10pm News with Justin Webb
Weather Isobel Lang

11.25pm Film : Clockwise (1986)
starring John Cleese, Alison Steadman

1.00am Lisa Stansfield in Concert
her 1994 concert recorded at the Royal Albert Hall, London

2.00am Weather

2.05am Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Eve Sunday 24th December 1995

BBC2

7.30am Children's BBC
William's Wish Wellingtons
cartoon

7.35am The Foxy Christmas Story
animated tale

7.45am Spot's Magical Christmas
cartoon

8.10am Playdays
the poppy stop

8.30am Bitsa
Hosted by Caitlin Easterby and Simon Pascoe

8.45am Jackanory
The traditional story of Jack and the Beanstalk has been given
a new twist by writer Adrian Mitchell. Read by Rik Mayall

9.10am The Animals of Farthing Wood
animation

9.35am A Monster Christmas
Musical animation (Repeat)

10.05am Blue Peter

10.30am Grange Hill
School drama series(Repeat)

10.55am The Queen's Nose
Comedy drama

11.20am Weekend Break
The last of three episodes of a teenage comedy drama

11.40am Star Trek
The Conscience of the King
A mass killer, long believed dead, may well have returned to
continue his evil deeds

12.30pm Fantasy Football League
with Frank Skinner and David Baddiel

1.00pm Dreaming of Ajax
Gary Lineker looks at the footballing success of European champions
Ajax FC of Amsterdam. With comment by Paul Gascoigne, Kevin Keegan, Johann Cruyff and Dennis Bergkamp

1.45pm The O Zone
pop news magazine

1.55pm Film : Donovan's Reef (1963)
starring John Wayne

3.40pm The Making of The Trials of Life
Once More Into the Termite Mound.
David Attenborough tells some of the amazing stories behind the
filming of his acclaimed natural history series, from swimming with
killer whales to avoiding becoming an animal's meal(Repeat)

4.30pm Christmas in Vienna 1995
The great opera tenors Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras are
joined by singing star Natalie Cole in this festive concert of traditional and modern Christmas music

5.30pm Space Precinct
Friends
Castle's life is threatened by a gang of high-tech criminals

6.15pm Wallace and Gromit in A Close Shave
A brand new comedy thriller from Oscar-winning animator Nick Park

6.45pm Rannoch the Red Dear
For a year John and Simon King followed the fortunes of a red deer
stag. This film portrays all aspects of Rannoch's life in story form

7.35pm Red Rum - a National Treasure
A look at the life of Britain's favourite racehorse, Red Rum, who
died in October

8.15pm On the Road Again
In the last of the series, Simon Dring completes the last leg of
his joumey on the hippy trail to India

8.45pm The Mrs Merton Show
Caroline Hook , in the guise of chat show host Mrs Merton ,
presents her very own Christmas show. Guests on her sofa include chef Gary Rhodes , Coronation Street's Mike and Alma Baldwin
(Johnny Briggs and Amanda Barrie ) and Euro MP Glenys Kinnock
9.15pm Three Fights, Two Weddings and a Funeral ,
Pauline Calf's Wedding Video starring Steve Coogan

9.50pm Bottom
Holy
A festive episode, starring and written by Adrian Edmondson
and Rik Mayall
Christmas comes early, and with Richie's cooking and
Eddie's decorations, what could go wrong?

10.20pm Screen Two : The Hawk (1992)
starring Helen Mirren, George CostiganPremière

11.45pm Unplugged : Phil Collins
The versatile singer and drummer performs cover versions
and some of his greatest hits

12.35am A Classic Ghost Story
The Stalls of Barchester
Chilling drama based on the short story by M R James

1.20am Film : La Beauté du Diable (1950)
in French with English subtitles

2.55am Weatherview

3.05am Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Day Monday 25th December 1995

BBC2

7.05am Christmas with Cliff

7.45am Film : A Christmas Carol (1938)
starring Reginald Owen

8.50am Film : 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
starring Kirk Douglas , James Mason

10.55am Top Gear Rally Special
A review of last month's RAC Rally in which team-mates
Colin McRae and Carlos Sainz started on equal points in this
final race of the world championship


11.40am Treasures in Trust
In the year in which the National Trust celebrated its 100th birthday,
Ian Holm introduces some of the characters who carry out its work on Trust properties

12.55pm The Hills are Alive
The Sound of Music Phenomenon
An exploration of one of the best known films in the world, and
those whose lives have been changed by seeing it

1.35pm Victory Stills
The mixed emotions of VE Day in captured on camera at public
and private celebrations (b/w)

1.55pm Memories and Celebrations
VE and VJ50
Highlights of this year's celebrations commemorating the end of the war. The programme recalls a memorable royal balcony appearance, street parties, a network of beacons across the country, the thousands of
people milling in the Mall and, of course, the singing of Cliff Richard and Vera Lynn

3.00pm Tricks on Two
Celebrities watch magic tricks by British magicians(Repeat)

3.10pm La Bohème
Giacomo Puccini's opera in four acts is given a fresh reworking in this production for Australian Opera by Baz Luhrmann

5.05pm Today's the Day Christmas Special
Stars from the world of entertainment do battle in this festive edition
of the nostalgia quiz using clips and facts from Christmases past with Martyn Lewis

5.35pm Some Enchanted Evening
Julie Andrews hosts a centenary celebration from Broadway of
legendary lyricist Oscar Hammerstein

7.00pm Screen Two : Jane Austen's Persuasion
A film adaptation of Jane Austen's novel about the enduring power of love

8.40pm Close Up
Actor and director Richard Attenborough chooses a scene from
Charlie Chaplin's City Lights (Repeat)

8.50pm The Queen
Her Majesty the Queen's Christmas message with signing and subtitles

9.00pm The Abbey
A three-part series, showing on consecutive evenings, in which Alan Bennett goes behind the scenes at Westminster Abbey

10.00pm Film : Farewell My Concubine (1993)
starring Leslie Cheung , Zhang Fengyi
In Mandarin with English subtitles
Première

12.30am Rowan and Martin's Laugh-in
A compilation of highlights to celebrate the 25th anniversary of
the anarchic comedy show which, during the late sixties and early seventies, won two Emmy awards and a cult following

1.30am Film : A Night at the Opera (1935)
with the Marx Brothers

3.00am Weatherview

3.10am Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

Boxing Day Tuesday 26th December 1995
BBC2
7.00am Film : City Lights (1931)
starring Charlie Chaplin (b&w)

8.25am Film : Mame (1974)
starring Lucille Ball, Robert Preston

10.30am The Voyage of Charles Darwin
A six-part documentary drama series, showing over the next week,
based on the naturalist's five-year voyage of adventure and scientific discovery to South America and the Galapagos

11.30am Celebrity Mantlepiece
Reflections on the treasures kept on his mantelpiece by the late actor Michael Hordern

11.45am Film : The Adventure of Quentin Durward (1955)
starring Robert Taylor

1.20pm Anne Frank Remembered
The International Emmy award-winning account of the life of
Anne Frank , the 15-year-old who kept a diary through her two years in hiding in Amsterdam during the Second World War
Narrated by Kenneth Branagh

3.20pm Film : My Fair Lady (1964)
starring Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison

6.05pm The Gurkhas
Soldiers of myth and mystery, the Nepalese men who swear
allegiance to the Queen have fought for Britain for 180 years, winning a total of 26 Victoria Crosses along the way and inspiring
fear in enemy armies. Ian Wooldridge considers what makes these men from the foothills of the Himalayas such good soldiers

7.05pm Pride and Prejudice : from Page to Screen
Another chance to see Andrew Davies , who adapted Jane Austen's
Pride and Prejudice for the recent TV series, and other members of the production team discussing the novel's dramatisation

7.35pm Sylvie Guillem
A new three-part series, showing on consecutive nights, in which
French dancer Sylvie Guillem invites directors and choreographers to explore new ways of bringing dance and movement to the screen.
Tonight's piece, entitled Smoke, is a duet created by Swedish choreographer Mats Ek for Sylvie and his brother, the dancer
Niklas Ek

8.00pm The Abbey
The second of a three-part series in which Alan Bennett explores Westminster Abbey

8.55pm Close Up
Screen writing teacher Robert McKee chooses a scene from Erich von
Stroheim's silent classic Greed

9.00pm A to Z of ATV
An alphabetical compendium of classic clips and famous faces from
over a quarter of a century of the channel ATV, including Morecambe
and Wise, Crossroads, Sunday Night at the London Palladium and The Prisoner (Repeat)

9.20pm Victoria Wood - as Seen on TV Special
A repeat showing of a 1987 special edition of the comedy show,
written by and starring Victoria Wood , and featuring such classic sketches as Acorn Antiques

10.00pm Film : Screen Two : The Hour of the Pig (1993)
starring Colin Firth Première

11.55am Film : Faust (1994)
starring Petr CepekPremière

1.30am Film : The Body Snatcher (1945)
starring Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi

2.35am Weatherview

2.45am Closedown

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Eve Sunday 24th December 1995

ITV LWT

6.00am GMTV
The Sunday Review

7.00am The Sunday Programme

8.00am Disney Adventures

9.25am Film : Bigfoot (1987)
part onePremière

10.15am Link

10.30am This Sunday

11.00am Morning Worship

12.30pm The Elf Who Saved Christmas

1.00pm News and Weather

1.05pm Regional News, Weather

1.10pm Hollywood's Greatest Stunts

2.10pm Film : The Sword in the Stone (1963)
Disney animation

3.40pm Film : The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
starring Roger Moore

6.00pm News, Weather

6.10pm Regional News, Weather

6.15pm Michael Ball

7.15pm Christmas Heartbeat
A Winter's Tale

8.15pm You've Been Framed Christmas Special

8.45pm Taggart
Flesh and Blood

10.15pm News, Weather, Regional Weather

10.25pm The Cabelle Family Christmas
with Cher

11.55pm This Christmas Eve

12.55am Film : Running against Time (1990)

2.40am Film : Agatha Christie's Dead Man's Folly (1986)

4.25am Film : The Elm-Chanted Forest (1986) animation

5.55am Morning News