Christmas TV

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Re: Christmas TV

Boxing Day Saturday 26th December 1998

BBC1

6.00am Children's BBC
Pingu
animated penguin adventures(Repeat)

6.05am Eek the Cat
feline capers (Repeat)

6.20am Follow That Sleigh
claymation, Santa loses his sleigh (Repeat)

6.40am The Littlest Pet Shop
animated double bill(Repeat)

7.05am The Wizard of Oz
animation (Repeat)

7.30am X-Men
animation (Repeat)

7.50am Round the Twist
fantasy drama (Repeat)

8.15am The New Adventures of Superman
Lucky Leon(Repeat)

9.00am Almost Live, Definitely Kicking
with Zoe Ball and Jamie Theakston, music from Steps

11.15am Robbie Williams : Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
Fly-on-the wall documentary charting the rise of singer Robbie Williams
(Revised Repeat)

11.45am Film : Super Mario Bros (1993)
starring Bob Hoskins, Dennis Hopper

1.20pm News, Weather

1.25pm The Snowman
The well-loved illustrations of the famous children's book by
Raymond Briggs come to life in this television version of the magical stage show based on the story

2.25pm Brambly Hedge
The Secret Staircase, animation

2.50pm Film : Casper (1995)
starring Christina Ricci Première

4.20pm World's Strongest Man
presented by John Inverdale with commentary from Paul Dickenson

4.50pm Final Score
today's results presented by Ray Stubbs

5.15pm News and Weather

5.25pm Regional News and Sport

5.30pm Animal Hospital : Fleas and All
a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the current series of
Animal Hospital

6.10pm Film : Free Willy 2 (1995)
starring Jason James RichterPremière

7.45pm National Lottery Draw
introduced by Dale Winton, music provided by Michael Crawford

8.05pm Casualty
New Year and All That
The team's hopes of a post-Christmas respite are shattered in
dramatic fashion

9.20pm News and Sportwith Edward Stourton
WeatherIsobel Lang

9.35pm Men Behaving Badly
2/3 Gary in Love

10.15pm French and Saunders
with guests including Joanna Lumley, the Spice Girls,
Adrian Edmondson, Helen Mirren

11.05pm Film : The Naked Gun 2½ : the Smell of Fear (1991)
starring Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley

12.25am Film : Carry On at Your Convenience (1971)
starring Sid James, Kenneth Williams
followed by Weather

1.55am BBC News 24

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Eve Thursday 24th December 1998

BBC2

6.10am Film : Modern Times (1936)
starring Charlie Chaplin (b&w)

7.35am Film : Key Largo (1948)
starring Humphrey Bogart, Edward G Robinson (b&w)

9.15am Film : One Magic Christmas (1985)
starring Mary Steenburgen

10.40am Film : To Have or Have Not (1944)
starring Humphrey Bogart (b&w)

12.20pm Rex the Runt double bill
The Lottery is Fiddled
12.30pmAdventures on Telly (part 1)
Bad Bob shoots the television

12.40pm The West
Death Runs Riot 1856-68

2.05pm Film : Shenandoah (1965)
starring James Stewart

3.45pm Choir of the Year
Four-part choral series, culminating in Sunday's final, presented by Howard Goodall from Buxton Opera House

4.25pm Carols from King's
The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, marking the Christmas Eve service's 70th anniversary, is from the chapel of King's College, Cambridge

5.40pm The Simpsons
Duffless
Marge convinces Homer he may have a drinking problem

6.05pm Rex the Runt
Adventures on Telly (part 2)
The canine friends travel to the North Pole. Featuring the guest
voice of comedian Paul Merton

6.15pm The Simpsons
Homer Loves Flanders

6.35pm Film : It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
starring James Stewart, Donna Reid, Lionel Barrymore (b&w)

8.40pm Dear John : a Tribute to John Wells
The late John Wells, who died in January, combined careers as
dramatist, director and satirist

9.30pm The Search for Shangri-la
Charles Allen and sceptic Mark Shand set out to discover the true
origins of the lost Tibetan city of Shangri-la

10.20pm Meetings with Remarkable Trees
a look at the Handkerchief Tree in Northern Ireland

10.30pm The Moonstone
an adaptation of Wilkie Collins's classic detective novel,
starring Greg Wise, Antony Sher, Patricia Hodge, Keeley Hawes

12.40am Film : The Haunting (1963)
starring Julie Harris, Claire Bloom followed by
Weatherview

2.35am Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Day Friday 25th December 1998

BBC2

6.15am Film : The Great Lie (1941)
starring Bette Davis, Mary Astor (b&w)

8.00am Film : The Treasure of Madre (1948)
starring Humphrey Bogart (b&w)

10.00am Oi! Get off Our Train
Animation about a boy and his pyjama case dog who embark
upon a magical journey by toy train

10.30am The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
The Tale of Mr Tod, The animated story of Beatrix Potter 's
good-natured but rebellious fox

10.55am Here's Looking at You
75 Years of Warner Brothers
A celebration of the golden age of the Warner Brothers studio,
responsible for some of Hollywood's best-loved movies

11.45am Film : Dodge City (1939)
starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland

1.25pm Gogs.......Gogwana
Stone Age animated comedy
The Gogs family go house-hunting with enthusiasm but no common sense

1.55pm Big Hug : The Story of the Teletubbies
A look at the phenomenal success of Tinky Winky, Dipsy,
Laa-Laa and Po, the children's characters who have achieved international fame

2.35pm Rex the Runt
Adventures on the Telly (part three)
Lost in space, the friends are sucked into a black hole

2.45pm The Simpsons
Lady Bouvier's Lover
Bart helps Granpa in his romantic exploits

3.10pm Film : Casablanca (1942)
starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman (b&w)

4.50pm Choir of the Year
Eight choirs compete in the youth semi-final, introduced by
Howard Goodall

5.30pm Nutcracker Sweeties
David Bintley's tribute to fifties Americana choreographed to the
Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn jazz variation
on Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite

6.05pm Film : Twelfth Night (1996)
starring Helena Bonham Carter, Imogen Stubbs,
Nigel Hawthorne, Richard E Grant Première

8.15pm Close Up
Ted Hughes : Force of Nature
With the death of Ted Hughes in October, the world lost one of its most distinctive poetic voices

9.05pm Arena
The Brian Epstein Story
The first of a two-part documentary telling the story of Brian Epstein.
Gay when homosexuality was illegal, a gambler, shopkeeper and failed actor, he was also the pop king with the Midas touch who, in the sixties, was as well known as the band he managed - the Beatles

10.20pm The Queen
Her Majesty's message to the Commonwealth with signing and subtitles

10.30pm Dance Lexie Dance
oscar-nominated drama starring BJ Hogg, Kimberley McConkey

10.45pm Film : Immortal Beloved (1994)
starring Gary Oldman, Jereoen KrabbePremière

12.45am Film : Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
starring Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, Vanessa Redgrave
followed by
Weatherview

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Re: Christmas TV

Boxing Day Saturday 26th December 1998

BBC2

6.05am Film : City Lights (1931)
starring Charlie Chaplin (b&w)

7.30am Film : The Letter (1940)
starring Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall(b&w)

9.05am Film : Hamlet (1990)
starring Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates

11.15am Cricket : the Ashes
highlights of the Fourth Test with Richie Benaud, Ian Chappell,
Tony Greig, Ian Botham

11.45am Christmas in Vienna
traditional and festive music starring Placido Domingo and the
Vienna Symphony Orchestra. Described by Paul Gambaccini

12.45pm Don Carlos
Luc Bondy 's production of Verdi's grand operatic masterpiece
about the conflict between power and human love. Staged at the
Chatelet Theatre in Paris

4.10pm Choir of the Year
with Howard Goodall
Eight choirs battle it out at the Buxton Opera House in the
mixed-voice semi-final

4.50pm The Nanny
Animated Christmas comedy, in which a little boy builds his own
magic baby-sitter out of bric-a-brac

5.15pm Are You Watching Jimmy Hill ?
A profile of controversial soccer pundit Jimmy Hill, exploring his
remarkable career in both football - as player, manager and chairman - and television. Contributors include Desmond Lynam,
Terry Venables, Bobby Robson and Brian Moore

6.05pm Film : Gunfight at the OK Corral (1957)
starring Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas

8.05pm A Winter's Tale
In the depths of winter, areas of Britain can be transformed into
snow-covered, picturesque scenes. But as children in the suburbs
dream of a white Christmas, many animals - from the frozen
Highlands of Scotland to the stormy southern English coast -
are engaged in a battle to survive the harsh weather

8.55pm White Christmas
weather presenter Helen Young visits Wells in Somerset to ensure
the town enjoys a rare covering of snow

9.00pm Arena
The Brian Epstein Story
Concluding the two-part profile of the pop manager who
brought global success to the Beatles

10.15pm The American
starring Dramatisation of Henry James's tragic novel of love and intrigue starring Matthew Modine, Diana Rigg, Aisling O'Sullivan

11.45pm Film : The Maltese Falcon (1941)
starring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre,
Sydney Greenstreet (b&w)

1.25am Film : Split Second (1953)
starring Stephen McNally (b&w)
followed by
Weatherview

3.00am Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Eve Thursday 24th December 1998

ITV CENTRAL

6.00am GMTV

9.25am News, Regional News

9.35am CITV
House of Toons

10.00am Rocky and the Dodos

10.15am Art Attack Christmas Cracker

10.50am The Snow Queen
feature length animation

12.20pm Regional News, Weather

12.30pm Lunchtime News, Weather

1.00pm The Baldy Man
with Gregor Fisher

1.30pm Charlotte Church - Voice of an Angel

2.00pm Children's programmes
Paddington

2.10pm Animaniacs

2.35pm Hey Arnold!

3.00pm In the House with Cleopatra and Friends

4.00pm Premiere
arts guide

4.30pm Regional News, Regional Weather

5.00pm Early Evening News

5.15pm Film : Sister Act 2 : Back in the Habit (1993)
starring Whoopi Goldberg

7.00pm Emmerdale

7.30pm The Bill

8.30pm Heartbeat : Echoes of the Past

9.30pm The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
You Can't Be Too Careful

10.35pm News, Weather, Regional Weather

10.50pm This Is Celine Dion

11.30pm Christmas Glory

12.30am Film : Brief Encounter (1945)
starring Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard

2.05am Christmas on Division Street

3.50am Film : Spooks Run Wild (1941)

5.05am Hurricanes
animation

5.30am Mumfie's White Christmas

5.55am Morning News

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Day Friday 25th December 1998

ITV CENTRAL

6.00am GMTV
Bananas in Pyjamas

6.25am Big Garage

6.50am Our House

7.10am The Fun Song Factory

7.35am Barney and Friends

8.00am GMTV Christmas Special

9.25am Christmas Day in the Morning

10.20am CITV
Sooty and Co Christmas Special

11.00am Percy the Park Keeper
animation

11.35am The Forgotten Toys
animation

12.05pm The Willows in Winter
animation

1.30pm News, Weather

1.45pm The Spice Girls Live at Wembley

3.00pm The Queen

3.10pm Christmas Disney Time
introduced by Suggs

4.10pm Jack and the Beanstalk

5.45pm News , Weather

6.00pm Emmerdale

7.00pm Coronation Street

8.00pm You've Been Framed at Christmas

8.30pm Who Wants to Be a Christmas Millionaire?

9.30pm Christmasses from Hell

10.30pm News, Weather, Regional Weather

10.40pm Film : The Godfather Part II (1974)

2.20am Film : Shout at the Devil (1976)
starring Lee Marvin, Roger Moore

4.45am Movie Magic : Wild Hollywood

5.35am Cartoon Time

5.55-6.00am Morning News

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Re: Christmas TV

Boxing Day Saturday 26th December 1998

ITV CENTRAL

6.00am GMTV
News

6.10am The Big Garage

6.30am The Fun Song Factory

6.50am Barney and Friends

7.10am Diggit
101 Dalmatians
7.35am Jungle Cubs
8.20am Timon and Pumbaa
8.50am Recess

9.25am SM : TV

11.30am CD : UK

12.30pm News, Weather

12.40pm Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales

1.05pm Film : Raise the Titanic (1980)

3.05pm Film : Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)

4.45pm News and Sport, Weather

5.00pm Film : Richie Rich (1994)
starring Macaulay CulkinPremière

6.40pm The Moment of Truth

7.45pm Film : A View to a Kill (1985)
starring Roger Moore

10.05pm News, Weather, Regional Weather

10.15pm Foul Play

11.15pm Dreaming of a Wright Christmas

12.10am Film : Gremlins (1984)
starring Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates

2.10am Entertainment Now

3.10am Film : The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)
starring Fred MacMurray (b&w)

4.40am CD : UK

5.30am The Little Engine That Could
animation

5.55am Morning News

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Eve Friday 24th December 1999

BBC1

7.00am BBC News
Regional News, Weather

7.10am Children's BBC
Teletubbies Christmas Carols(Repeat)
Teletubbies Advent Calendar

7.35am Santa and the Tooth Fairies
animation(Repeat)

8.05am A Monster Christmas
a small boy helps Santa(Repeat)

8.30am Rugrats
cartoon fun with the mischevious toddlers
(Repeat)

8.45am Smartart and craft ideas
(Repeat)

9.10am The Mask
Stanley undergoes a festive transformation(Repeat)

9.35am Goosebumps
two boys try to scare their classmates (Repeat)

10.00am Gadget Boy
Spydra tries to eliminate Christmas (Repeat)

10.20am Tweenies
Christmas Eve,
the Tweenies hope for a visit from Father Christmas

10.45am Film : Santa Claus (1985)
starring Dudley Moore

12.30pm BBC News
Regional News ; Weather

12.50pm Film : Unlikely Angel (1996)
starring Dolly Parton Première

2.20pm Film : The Wind in the Willows (1996)
Terry Jones's film version of the classic children's novel,
starring Steve Coogan, Eric Idle, Terry JonesPremière

3.40pm Blue Peter

4.15pm The Greatest Store in the World
a family drama for Christmas starring Dervla Kirwan

5.30pm Only Fools and Horses :
The First Christmas (from1981)(Repeat)

6.05pm Jim Davidson's Christmas Generation Game
with Melanie Stace and guests Rick Wakeman, Lawrence Dallaglio,
Kathy Staff, Stephen Lewis, John Virgo

7.05pm BBC News with Fiona Bruce
Regional News
Weatherwith David Braine

7.35pm Children's Promise : the Man in the Golden Suit
tonight's look at the millennium appeal

7.40pm Boyzone at the National Lottery Stars
Ronan Keating and Boyzone sing some of their best known songs on
Dale Winton's lottery draw show

8.00pm EastEnders

8.30pm Airport
a special Christmas edition with Jeremy Sprake

9.00pm Dinnerladies
Christmas
followed by National Lottery Update

9.35pm The Vicar of Dibley
1/4 Autumn, starring Dawn French

10.15pm BBC Newswith Fiona Bruce, Regional News
Weatherwith Michael Fish

10.35pm Winton's Wonderland
a light hearted nostalgic look through the last 40 years of
festive music, celebrities and commercials.
Presented by Dale Winton with guests Anne Robinson, David Seaman,
Culture Club, Steps

11.25pm The First Communion of Christmas
from Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral
Followed by Weatherview

12.40am Film : Doctor in the House (1954)
starring Dirk Bogarde

2.10-7.00am BBC News 24

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Day Saturday 25th December 1999

BBC1

6:00am Children's BBC
Polka Dot Shorts
Polkaroo and friends exchange presents (Repeat)

6:10am Teletubbies
Snowy Story (Repeat)

6:40am Barney's Christmas Surprise
Barney has a gift (Repeat)

6:45am Christmas Toons
the animated tale, White Christmas(Repeat)

7:10am The True Meaning of Crumbfest
animation about a mouse

7:35am Blue Peter - a Christmas Box of Delights
highlights

8:00am Live and Kicking's Christmas Cracker
with Emma Ledden and Steve Wilson

10:00am Christmas Day Service - Joy to the World
introduced by Diane Louise Jordan

11:00am Film : James and the Giant Peach (1996)
animated fantasyadventure with live action sequencesPremière

12:15pm News and Weather

12:20pm The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show (1977)
with guests including Elton John

1:30pm Christmas Top of the Pops

2:30pm Hooves of Fire
comedy animationabout Robbie the Reindeer narrated
by Robbie Williams

3:00pm The Queen

3:10pm Noel's Christmas Presents

4:00pm Film : Jumanji (1995)
starring Robin WilliamsPremière

5:40pm BBC News and Weather

5:50pm EastEnders

6:20pm Auntie's Cracking New Bloomers
presented by Terry Wogan

7:00pm David Copperfield
1/2 starring Daniel Radcliffe

8:30pm EastEnders

9:00pm The Vicar of Dibley
2/4 Winter, starring Dawn French

9:40pm Before They Were Famous
featuring Julian Clary, Robson Green, Celine Dion, Jonathan Ross,
George Clooney, Ricky Martin

10:20pm BBC Newswith George Alagiah
Weather David Braine

10:30pm The Royle Family
the family gathers to celebrate Christmas

11:10pm They Think It's All Over
comedy sports quiz presented by Nick Hancock with guests David Gower,
Gary Lineker, Rory McGrath, Jonathan Ross

11:45pm Rumours of Angels
Thora Hird and Tony Robinson team up as star and writer of an
alternative telling of the Christmas story

11:50pm Film : The Italian Job (1969)
starring Michael Caine

1:30am Film : A Shock to the System (1990)
starring Michael Caine

2:55am BBC News 24

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Re: Christmas TV

Boxing Day Sunday 26th December 1999

BBC1

6.00am Children's BBC
Bump's Christmas Story
Bump sets out to meet Santa (Repeat)

6.10am Postman Pat
Pat has to take to a sledge
(Repeat)

6.30am Noddy and Father Christmas
animation (Repeat)

7.00am Christmas Toons!
the story of Good King Wenceslas (Repeat)

7.25am Santa's First Christmas
animation(Repeat)

7.50am Eek the Cat
Eek receives the wrong present(Repeat)

8.15am Kenan and Kel
comedy, the boys look to their ambitions(Repeat)

8.40am Rotten Ralph
animation special featuring the bad cat (Repeat)

9.05am Woody Woodpecker
a seasonal animated triple bill (Repeat)

9.30am 50/50
festive game-show frolics with Philip Olivier, Adam Ricketts,
Michaela Strachan

9.55am Love Shone Down
from Manchester Cathedral,fun music and praise

10.35am Film : A Goofy Movie (1995)
animationPremière

11.45am Cartoon

12.00 Film : Balto (1995)
animationPremière

1.10pm BBC News and Weather

1.25pm EastEnders

2.45pm Film : Matilda (1996)
starring Mara Wilson
Première

4.15pm Songs of Praise
from Lincoln Christmas market

4.50pm Final Score
a roundup of today's results with Ray Stubbs

5.10pm BBC News and Weather

5.20pm Regional News

5.25pm Vets in Practice - at Christmas

5.55pm Animal Hospital
presented by Rolf Harris

6.25pm David Copperfield
2/2

8.00pm Christmas Casualty
Peace on Earth

9.00pm Film : Mission Impossible (1996)
starring Tom CruisePremière

10.45pm BBC Newswith Peter Sissons
Weather Helen Willetts

11.00pm Match of the Day
hosted by Gary Lineker with Trevor Brooking

12.45am Film : Clockwise (1986)
starring John Cleese, Alison Steadman

2.20am BBC News 24

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Re: Christmas TV

christmas Eve Friday 24th December 1999

BBC2

6.05am Film : Good King Wenceslas (1994)
Première

7.35am Grace under Fire
Mother Christmas
Grace's mum has definite ideas about how little girls should behave

8.00am People's Century
1933 Master Race (b&w/colour)(Repeat)

8.55amPeople's Century
1939 Total War(b&w/colour)(Repeat)
then One Man and his Dog - Previews

9.55am Film : Christmas in Connecticut (1992)
starring Dyan Cannon, Kris Kristofferson, Tony CurtisPremière

11.25am News, Weather

11.35am The American Civil War
The Universe of Battle,
documentary series, this episode is about the Battle of Gettysburg

1.05pm Film : Jane Eyre (1996)
starring William Hurt, CharlotteGainsbourgPremière

3.05pm Agas and their Owners
documentary about how many owners are obsessed with their
culinary status symbol(Repeat)

3.55pm The First Silent Night - the Road to Fame
a film exploring the carol, Silent Night, its origins and its
rise to worldwide fame

4.45pm Seeing Salvation
Saviour of the World,a look at Rueben's nativity painting,
Adoration of the Magi

4.55pm Carols from King's

6.10pm Film : Some Like It Hot (1959)
starring Marilyn Monroe,Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon

8.05pm Seeing Salvation
A Child Born to Die,
Neil McGregor considers how pieces of art such as Bruegel's 'Adoration
of Kings' can be seen to foreshadow Christ's fate

8.15pm Goodness Gracious Me
Last year's Christmas special of the Asian comedy sketch starring
Sanjeev Bhaskar, Kulvinder Ghir, Meera Syal, Nina Wadia(Repeat)

9.00pm Arena
Blondes - Jayne Mansfield

9.55pm Home Stories
tracing the history of the Sunflower House,
near Stevenage, Hertfordshire

10.15pm Film : Clueless (1995)
starring Alicia Silverstone

11.50pm Film : Cape Fear (1962)
starring Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum

1.30am Film : The Female Jungle (1955)
starring Jayne Mansfield, Lawrence Tierney(b&w)

2.40am Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Day Saturday 25th December 1999

BBC2

6:25am Film : Harvey(1950)
starring James Stewart (b&w)

8:05am Film : An American in Paris (1951)
musical starring Gene Kelly then
One Man and His Dog - the Previews

10:00am The Simpsons
Homer v Patty, and Selma with the guest voices of Mel Brooks
and Susan Sarandon

10:25am The Big Knights
Alchemy,
animation with the voices of Timothy West and Prunella Scales

10:35am Jim Henson's The Storyteller
The Luck Child, based on a Russian folk tale

11:00am Christmas Oratoria
1/6
Bach's Christmas Oratoria performed by the Monteverdi Choir
and the English Baroque Soloists, conducted by Eliot Gardiner

11:30am They Said It Couldn't Be Done
wildlife pioneering programmes with David Attenborough talking
to the film-makers and the showing the film, today 'Mzima - Portrait
of a Spring' by Alan Root and his wife who used home-made methods
to film underwater

12:30pm Don Quixote
animation featuring the voice of Simon Callow

1:00pm Jim Henson's The Storyteller
Sapsarrow, a princess flees to escape marriage

1:25pm Wives and Daughters
(Repeat)

2:45pm Vintners' Tales with Jancis Robinson
profile of Claud Douard who looks after a restaurant's wine cellar

2:55pm The Simpsons
Bart's Comet
a comet is heading for Springfield

3:15pm Film : White Christmas (1954)
musical starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye

5:10pm Film : Singin In the Rain (1952)
musical starring Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds

6:50pm Cecilia and Bryn at Glyndebourne
concert by Cecilia Bartoli and Bryn Trefel from Glyndebourne
Opera House, East Sussex

8:20pm The Queen

8:30pm Film : Il Postino (1994)
Oscar and Bafta-Award winning romantic drama in Italian with
English subtitlesPremière

10:15pm Film : RKO 281 (1999)
starring Liev Schreiber as Orson Welles Première

11:45pm Film : Citizen Kane (1941)
starring Orson Welles(b&w)

1:40am Film : The Trial (1962)
starring Orson Welles

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Re: Christmas TV

Boxing Day Sunday 26th December 1999

BBC2

6.25am Film : Tea for Two (1950)
starring Doris Day

8.00am People's Century
1945 : Brave New World(Repeat)

8.50amPeople's Century
1948 : Boom Town(Repeat)

9.45am Seeing Salvation
The Prince of Peace.
A look at how Botticelli's Mystic Nativity heralded a new beginning

9.55am The Simpsons
Selma's Choice

10.20am Jim Henson's The Storyteller
The Soldier and DeaththenOne Man and His Dog - the Previews

10.50am Christmas Oratio
Part Two

11.20am The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
Arrows of Time : Back to the Future, the story of human timekeeping

12.20pm The American Civil War
Valley of the Shadow of Death (Repeat)

1.25pm Film : Great Day in the Morning (1956)
Western

2.55pm They Said It Couldn't Be Done
Kingdom of the Ice Bear : the Frozen Ocean

3.55pm The Cat Show
Shauna Lowry and Matt Allwright from the National Cat
Club Show, Olympia

4.45pm Film : Pillow Talk (1959)
starring Doris Day

6.25pm The Boat
U Boat dramain German with English subtitles (Repeat)

7.15pm Steptoe and Son
from Christmas 1973(Repeat)

8.00pm The Burgess Variations
a two part film portrait of Anthony Burgess, author of
A Clockwork Orange

9.00pm Arena
Blondes - Diana Dors

10.10pm The Royle Family
(Repeat)

10.50pm Definitely Dusty
documentary about Dusty Springfield

11.50pm Film : La Dolce Vita (1960)
starring Marcello Mastroianni(b&w)

2.45am Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Eve Friday 24th December 1999

ITV CARLTON/ MERIDIAN

6.00am GMTV
including at
8.30am Lorraine Kelly
looks forward to the holiday television

9.25am CITV
Santa's Last Christmas
animation, Santa and his elves oversleep leaving only a few days to make all the toys for Christmas

9.55am Top Ten of Everything
Ben Jones, Vanessa Bewley look at the most popular Christmas cards, best-selling festive singles,
with music by Atomic Kitten, Another Level

10.25am The Worst Witch
the very first episode (Repeat)

10.55am News, Regional News, Weather

11.05am The Christmas Storykeepers
animation

12.30pm Regional News, Weather

12.40pm Lunchtime News, Weather

1.00pm Regional News(Carlton) or Shortland Street(Meridian)

1.30pm Clueless
US High-school comedy

1.55pm From Mickey to Infinity - and Beyond
Neil Buchannan looks at the history of animation

2.50pm Film : The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
starring Michael Caine

4.20pm Regional News

4.50pm ITV News, Weather

5.05pm Film : Forever Young (1992)
starring Mel Gibson, Jamie Lee Curtis

ITV LWT/ MERIDIAN

7.00pm Emmerdale

7.30pm Coronation Street

8.00pm The Bill
When the Snow Lay Round About

9.00pm Who Wants to Be a Christmas Millionaire ?
Chris Tarrant with the first of four editions

9.30pm Is That Your Final Answer ?
a look behind the scenes of Who Wants to be a Millionaire

10.30pm Dark Ages War
Rewald's agony is prolonged when war is declared on the Vikings

11.00pm ITV Nightly News, WeatherSian Lloyd

11.15pm Bethlehem Year Zero
Martyn Lewis reads the news headlines of this day 2,000 years ago, a star is reported over Bethlehem

11.30pm Christmas Glory
a celebration of Christmas from Westminster Abbey introduced by the Duke of Edinburgh. Andrea Bocelli, Bryn Terfel,
Trevor McDonald and the Archbishop of Canterbury are among those using readings, poetry and traditional carols to tell the story of the Nativity

12.35am Film : Beaches (1988)
starring Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey

2.50am Club@Vision
dance music guide

3.30am Box Office America
film news

3.55am Film : Make Mine Music (1946)
Disney musical animation featuring ten short stories including,
The Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met, Peter and the Wolf, All the Cats Join In

5.15am Cartoon

5.30am Clueless(LWT) or 5.25am Dinosaursprehistoric comedy (Meridian)

5.55am ITV Morning News

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Day Saturday 25th December 1999

ITV LWT/ MERIDIAN

6.00am GMTV
Jellikins
animation narrated by Rik Mayall

6.15am The Big Bug Show
insect animation

6.40am Jellikins
more fun

7.00am Diggit with Paul
"Des" Ballard, Fearne Cotton, includes cartoons Jungle Cubs, Timon and Pumbaa, Hercules and Recess

8.00am Christmas Day on GMTV
The Rev Steve Chalke and Anne Davies select favourite carols

9.25am SM : TV Live
with Ant and Dec, Steps, S Club 7, Five, Westlife plus episodes of Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Pokemon

12.05pm Film : Pinocchio (1940)
Disney animation

1.45pm News, Weather

2.00pm Dame Thora Hird : My Favourite Hymns

3.00pm The Queen

3.10pm Film : Ace Ventura : Pet Detective (1993)
starring Jim Carrey

4.45pm News, Weather

5.05pm Gladiators : the Final Battle
with Ulrika Jonsson and John Fashanu

6.00pm Who Wants to Be a Christmas Millionaire?
with Chris Tarrant

6.30pm Emmerdale

7.30pm Coronation Street

8.30pm Who Wants to Be a Christmas Millionaire?
with Chris Tarrant

9.00pm A Touch of Frost
Line of Fire (part 1) starring David Jason

10.30pm Who Wants to Be a Christmas Millionaire?

11.00pm ITV News, WeatherSian Lloyd

11.10pm Bethlehem Year Zero
Today's news, Herod's regime is on the brink of collapse and a miracle baby is born

11.25pm Film : Charade (1963)
starring Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau

1.35am Film : Blame It on the Bellboy (1992)
starring Dudley Moore

3.05am Film : National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
starring Chevy Chase

4.40am Animaniacs
comic cartoon chaos

5.00am Dover
behind-the-scenes look at the port (Meridian)

5.30am Clueless (LWT) or

5.30am Dinosaurs Scent of a Reptile (Meridian)
Charlene grows a scent gland and looks forward to attracting a mate

5.55am News