Christmas TV

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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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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

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

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

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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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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