Christmas TV

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Sunday 26th December 1993

BBC2

6.45am Film : Sailor Beware (1951)
starring Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin (b&w)

8.25am Film : The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers

10.10am Gymnastics
Helen Rollason looks back at the World Gymnastics
Championships, hosted by Britain last April

11.00am Film : Roman Holiday (1963)
starring Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck (b&w)

12.55pm Film : An Affair to Remember (1957)
starring Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr

2.45pm Ocean Challenge
Julian Pettifer looks back at the British Steel Challenge
round the world yacht race

3.45pm Reindeer Rock
the best and worst recordings from the Christmas pop archive

4.25pm Peter and the Wolf - a Prokofiev Fantasy
using a combination of puppets and actors starring Roy Hudd,
narration by Sting

5.20pm The Wrong Trousers
animation with Wallace and Gromit

5.50pm Porgy and Bess
opera
Willard White and Cynthia Haymon star in the title roles, and the
London Philharmonic is conducted by Simon Rattle on a soundtrack
that uses the commercially-available EMI recording.

8.55pm The Seven Deadly Sins
The first of seven films exploring the virtues of vice.
Cinderella or the Vindication of Sloth
In Stephen Oliver 's opera the famous fairy story is turned on
its head - the sisters are pretty, Cinderella is lazy and the Fairy Godmother is the Devil

9.05pm Film : Crimes and Misdemeanours (1989)
starring Martin Landau, Mia Farrow, Alan Alda, Woody AllenPremière
followed by
Christmas in Sarajevo

10.45pm Unplugged - Rod Stewart
MTV's Unplugged series of concerts began as a humble idea:
rock stars would come into the studio with an acoustic band and perform simple renditions of their best-known songs.
Rod Stewart 's session, recorded in Los Angeles in February,
was a big success, revitalising the singer's career and proving the effectiveness of the Unplugged concept

12.00 Film : The Hospital (1971)
starring George C Scott, Diana Rigg

2.15am Closedown

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Day Saturday 25th December 1993

BBC2

7:00am Film : Rio Lobo (1970)
starring John Wayne

8.05am Film : White Christmas (1954)
starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney

10:45am Athletics
highlights from the world championships held in Stuttgart in August

11:45am Inside the Wrong Trousers
behind-the-scenes look at the work of Oscar-winning animator Nick Park

12:15pm The Way of the Cross in Sarajevo
In the devastated city, a remarkable Mass is held as two priests
follow a contemporary road to Cavalry

12:40pm Film : The Railway Children (1971)
starring Dinah Sheridan, Jenny Agutter

2:25pm Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
disaster strikes the Banks family Christmas

2:50pm A Tribute to Rudolf Nureyev
People across the world mourned the death earlier this year of
Rudolf Nureyev, the Russian-born dancer who became one of the most famous figures in the history of ballet. In this documentary paying tribute to his life and work, colleagues including Dame Ninette de Valois, Dame Merle Park and Natalia Makarova
share their memories of a man who was also a choreographer, ballet director, producer, actor and conductor. The programme includes excerpts from Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker

3:35pm Film : Romeo and Juliet (1966)
ballet starring Rudolf Nureyev

5:35pm A Grand Day Out
claymation comedy by Nick Park

6:00pm A Christmas Carol
ballet

7:30pm Film : American Friends (1991)
starring Michael Palin Première

9:05pm The Queen
This afternoon's speech, with signing for deaf people.
Then Christmas in Sarajevo

9:15pm Bookmark : Selected Exits
dramatisation of Gwyn Thomas's autobiography starring
Anthony Hopkins and his daughter Abigail Harrison
appearing on screen together for the first time

10:25pm French and Saunders
an episode from their 1990 series
(Repeat)

10:55pm Film :Belle de Jour (1967)
starring Catherine Deneuve
In French with English subtitles

12:30am Film : Hangover Square (1945)
with Lard Cregar, George Sanders (b&w)

1:50am Closedown

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Eve Friday 24th December 1993

BBC2

6:50am Film : Cotton Queen (1937)
starring Will Fyffe, Stanley Holloway(b&w)Première

8.10am Film : Holiday Inn (1942)
starring Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire(b&w)

9.45am Fine Cut
documentary taking an amusing look at European and
American stereotypes of each other (Repeat)

11.10am The Europeans
Britons who have moved abroad, today Belgium

11.20am The First Noels
Carols rediscovered(Repeat)

11.35am Film : Genevieve (1953)
starring Kenneth More

1.00pm M*A*S*H
The 4077th is visited by three members of a UN delegation
(Repeat)

1.25pm When It Was a Game
a nostalgic look at Baseball

2.25pm The Angel and the Soldier Boy
animation with music by Clannad

2.50pm Sports Review of the Year(Repeat)

4.40pm Film : Big Top Pee-Wee (1988)
starring Pee-Wee Herman, Kris Kristofferson

6.00pm Carols from King's
The choir of King's College Chapel, Cambridge, celebrates
Christmas with 13 carols interspersed with four Christmas
readings in a service recorded specially for television

7.00pm Inura the Dingo
animal drama

8.00pm The Team - a season with McLaren
McLaren has everything to play for in the last race of the season.
The championship is lost, but a win here will make them the most successful team in Formula 1 history

8.30pm The Wartime Kitchen and Garden
The final programme remembers 1945. Winter brought the worst
fuel crisis of the war, so Ruth Mott uses a steamer and cooks rabbit, while Harry Dodson cultivates haricot beans

9.00pm Have I Got News for You
end-of-year special with guests Bob Geldof, Griff Rhys-Jones

9.30pm The Sorceress : Kiri Te Kanawa
a fantasy combining singing with spectacular dance both baroque
and contemporary

10.20pm Christmas in Sarajevo
Tonight's account of the siege is compiled from the stories of a
mixed Bosnian community who refuse to fight each other

10.40pm Film : White Palace (1990)
starring Susan Sarandon, James SpaderPremière

12.20am A Ghost Story for Christmas
The Treasure of Abbot Thomas

1.00am Weatherview

1.05am Film : The Fly (1958)
starring Vincent Price

2.40am Closedown

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

YEAH I NEVER KNEW THAT EITHER.

HOliday Tuesday 28th December 1993

BBC1

7.00am News, Regional News, Weather

7.10am Children's BBC
with Philippa Forrester, Zoe Ball, Chris Jarvis
The Snow Queen
animated story narrated by Signourney Weaver

7.35am Fireman Sam
animation

8.00am News, Regional News, Weather

8.10am Anytime Tales
(Repeat)

8.15am Bluetoes - the Christmas Elf
animation
(Repeat)

8.35am Alien's First Christmas
celebrating Christmas in outer space
(Repeat)

9.00am News, Regional News, Weather

9.05am Henry's Cat
cartoon for children (Repeat)

9.10am The Jetsons
(Repeat)

9.40am Why Don't You?
more tricks and fun

10.05am Playdays
the Playground Stop

10.25am The Greedysauras Gang

10.35am Best of British
cliffhanger scenes from British films

11.00am Film : Kim (1950)
starring Errol Flynn, Dean Stockwell

12.55am Regional News, Weather

1.00pm News, Weather

1.05pm Neighbours

1.25pm Film : How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)
animation

1.50pm Film : The Sand Pebbles (1966)
starring Steve McQueen

4.40pm Cartoons
(Repeat)

4.50pm Final Score
a full results service

5.00pm News, Regional News, Weather

5.20pm Stay Tooned!
presented by Tony Robinson

5.45pm Neighbours
Doug and his father Bert are irreconcilable, but Doug may live to regret his actions(Repeat)

6.10pm The Paul Daniels Christmas Magic Show
. The spirit of Christmas is evoked in this special edition of the magic
show which conjures up nostalgic images as a backdrop for illusions, including one featuring Debbie McGee in Beauty and the Beast

7.00pm A Question of Sport
with David Coleman, on Bill Beaumont's team
Colin Montgomerie, Graeme Hick, on Ian Botham's team
Gavin Hastings, Niall Quinn

7.30pm EastEnders
It's the day after Christmas but for some the festive spirit is thin
on the ground. Away from the Square, Mandy and Aidan are forced
to face the truth.
Gita has some news for Sanjay and Phil is increasingly troubled about Nadia

8.00pm Film : Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
starring Michael Caine, Steve Martin

9.50pm Main News with Michael Buerk
Regional News
Weather Richard Edgar

10.10pm Carrott's Commercial Breakdown 3
Jasper Carrott looks at weird commercials from around the world

11.00pm Films of the Year with Barry Norman
It's been a year of mixed fortunes for the film business.
In a year when ticket sales. In Britain soared to around 112 million thanks to big commercial blockbusters like Jurassic Park and
The Fugitive, cinema found Itself under intense moral scrutiny regarding its effects on the nation's morals

11.45pm Film : Carry On Don't Lose Your Head (1966)
starring Sidney James, Kenneth Williams

1.15am Weather

1.20am Closedown

I hadn't realised Channel 4 screened Ulysses 31, though I wasn't up when they did.

[Richard1978]

Re: Christmas TV

I hadn't realised Channel 4 screened Ulysses 31, though I wasn't up when they did.

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Boxing Day Monday 27th December 1993

BBC1

7.00am News, Regional News, Weather

7.10am Children's BBC
with Philippa Forrester, Zoe Ball, Chris Jarvis
The Little Crooked Christmas Tree
(Repeat)

7.35am Pinocchio
animation(Repeat)

8.00am News, Regional News, Weather

8.10am A Claymation Christmas Celebration
(Repeat)

8.35am The Juggler
drama about a blind boy who befriends a juggler(Repeat)

9.00am News, Regional News, Weather

9.05am The Legend of Prince Valiant
animation

9.30am Why Don't You ?
jokes, puzzles and things to make

10.00am Poddington Peas
cartoon(Repeat)

10.05am Playdays
the Why Bird Stop

10.25am Tales of the Tooth Fairies
animation(Repeat)

10.35am Best of British
a collection of film clips concentrating on
the joys and woes of romance

11.00am Film : Blinky Bill (1992)
animationPremière

12.35pm Tom and Jerry's Greatest Hits
(Repeat)

12.55pm Regional News, Weather

1.00pm News and Weather

1.05pm Neighbours

1.25pm Daffy Duck
cartoon fun

1.35pm Animal Sanctuary
focusing on Birmingham Dogs Home
presented by John Craven

2.05pm Film : International Velvet (1978)
starring Tatum O'Neal

4.10pm Disneytime
presented by Sarah Greene

4.50pm Final Score
sports results roundup

5.00pm News and Weather
Regional News, Weather

5.15pm Neighbours(Repeat)

5.40pm Jim'll Fix It
A special selection of festive fix-its with Jimmy Savile

6.25pm Big Break Christmas Special
with Jim Davidson, John Virgo and guests Bernie Clifton,
Steve Davis, Vicki Michelle, Stephen Hendry, Tessa Sanderson,
Dennis Taylor

7.00pm Lovejoy
starring Ian McShane

8.35pm Last of the Summer Wine
starring Bill Owen, Peter Salis, Brian Wilde

9.05pm Main News with Chris Lowe
Regional News
Weather Penny Tranter

9.25pm Film : A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
starring John Cleese, Michael Palin, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline

11.10pm The Princess of Wales's Concert of Hope
introduced by David Bowie, with performances from George Michael,
k.d.lang, Mick Hucknall and others recorded in the round at Wembley
Arena earlier in 1993

12.40am Film : Carry On Girls (1973)
starring Sidney James, Joan Sims

2.05am Weatherview

2.15am Closedown

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Sunday 26th December 1993

BBC1

7.00am Children's BBC
with Philippa Forrester, Zoe Ball, Chris Jarvis
Pingu
animation

7.05am Playdays
the Patch shop(Repeat)

7.30am Wishing
animated drama series

7.40am Telling Tales
the Maori tale of 'Rata's Canoe' told by Philip Hawthorne

7.55am The Legend of Lochnagar
animation based on a story by HRH the Prince of Wales
(Repeat)

8.20am Marlene Marlow Investigates
Live-action cartoon

8.40am Albert the 5th Musketeer
(Repeat)

9.00am Simon and the Witch
children's drama(Repeat)

9.20am Rugrats
the Rugrats experience Santa

9.45am Round the Twist
children's drama (Repeat)

10.10am A Muppet Family Christmas
musical special (Repeat)

11.00am Gift of God
seasonal reflections from St Matthew's Church, Northampton

11.15am Simply the Best
a meditation for Christmas Sunday

11.50am Ustinov Meets Pavarotti
Opera singer Luciano Pavarotti talks to Peter Ustinov about
his life and work (Repeat)

12.30pm 75 Years of the Royal Air Force
On 1 April 1918, the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval
Air Service combined to become the Royal Air Force.
The story is narrated by Raymond Baxter

1.20pm Weather for the Week Ahead

1.25pm News Summary

1.30pm Donald Duck Double Bill
cartoon fun(Repeat)

1.45pm EastEnders
omnibus edition

3.15pm Film : Superman III (1983)
starring Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor

5.15pm Antiques Roadshow - the Next Generation
hosted by Hugh Scally, Andi Peters, Anthea Turner

6.00pm News with Chris Lowe
Weather Penny Tranter

6.15pm Christmas Presence
a Songs of Praise special from Wembley Conference Centre
with Cliff Richard, Gloria Gaynor

7.00pm Keeping Up Appearances
Hyacinth finally achieves her ultimate goal in her search for social acceptability in this special festive edition with Patricia Routledge,
Clive Swift

8.00pm Casualty
The after-Christmas lull is forgotten with the arrival in Casualty
of a team of smoky firefighters, a young woman who has mysteriously lost her sight and an elf with serious pointed-ear trouble

8.50pm News with Chris Lowe
Weather Michael Fish

9.05pm One Foot in the Algarve
starring Richard Wilson, Annette Crosbie

10.40pm Film : The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
starring Clint Eastwood

12.50am Neil Diamond's Christmas Special
American singer/songwriter Neil Diamond sings festive favourites
in informal settings, accompanied by choirs from around America
(Repeat)

1.35am Weather

1.40am Closedown

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Day Saturday 25th December 1993

BBC1

6:20am Children's BBC
with Philippa Forrester
Henry's Cat (Repeat)

6:25am Candy Claus (Repeat)

6:50am Mythical Magical Creatures

7:00am Felix the Cat

7:15am Peter Pan and the Pirates (Repeat)

7:40am The Flintstones
seasonal cartoon fun

8:30am Live and Kicking on Christmas Day
A festive frenzy of music, comedy and gunge.
Musical guests are Eternal, but watch out for special stars in the
Famous for Five Minutes slot, and surprise visitors throughout the show

9:58am Weather

10:00am The Giant Nativity Festivity
Roger Royle, Bernard Hill, Sally Ann Matthews and 1,000 people
in a Liverpool circus tent sing carols and hear the Christmas story
told by local and circus people

10:45am Film : Scrooge (1970)
starring Albert Finney, Alec Guinness

12:35pm Christmas Comedy Cracker
The Two Ronnies
their 1985 Christmas show with guest singer Phil Collins(Repeat)

1:30pm Dad's Army
Turkey Dinner(Repeat)

2:00pm Top of the Pops Christmas 1993

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

3:10pm Noel's Christmas Presents
Noel Edmonds and his team travelled the world to bring together
these nine extraordinary stories, each one delivering a unique Christmas present to people who deserve something that money can't buy

4:05pm Film : Back to the Future III (1990)
starring Michael J Fox, Christopher Lloyd

5:55pm News with John Humphrys
Weather Penny Tranter

6:05pm Only Fools and Horses
feature length special

7:30pm EastEnders
The Fowlers are determined not to rise to the Chapmans' bait.
Phil is late for Kathy's party and Mandy and Aidan are left out
in the cold

8:00pm Birds of a Feather
A special holiday edition has the trio from Chigwell hitting
Tinseltown, in a transatlantic comedy adventure

9:00pm News
with John Humphrys
Weather Penny Tranter

9:10pm Film : Ghost (1990)
with Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg
Première

11:10pm Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show
their 1977 Christmas show guests include Penelope Keith, Elton John

12:20am Watching Flocks
a contemporary meditation for Christmas Day

12:25am Film : The Hound of the Baskervilles (1958)
starring Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee

1:50am Weather

1.55am Closedown

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Eve Friday 24th December 1993

BBC1

7.00am News, Regional News, Weather

7.10am Children's BBC
with Zoe Ball , Philippa Forrester and Chris Jarvis
The Dwarf Tree (Repeat)

7.20am Henry's Cat (Repeat)

7.35am The Teddy Bear's Christmas

8.00am News, Regional News, Weather

8.10am Defenders of the Earth (Repeat)

8.35am Nick and Noel

9.00am News, Regional News, Weather

9.05am On Christmas Eve (Repeat)

9.35am McGhee and Me

9.55am Barney (Repeat)

10.05am Playdays
The Tent Stop

10.30am Film : The Land Before Time (1988)
animation

11.35am Best of British
clips from Ealing Comedies

12.00 Joy to the World
from the Royal Albert Hall , a celebration of Christmas
featuring Cliff Richard, Ruby Wax, Patricia Hodge,
Patti Boulaye, Stephanie Cole, Graham Crowden,
Colin Welland and a cast of 800 performers in the
presence of HRH Princess Margaret.
Introduced by Tania Bryer

12.55pm Regional News, Weather

1.00pm News and Weather

1.10pm Neighbours

1.30pm Stay Tooned!
The career of cartoon star Betty Boop

2.00pm Film : Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
starring Dick Van Dyke

4.15pm The Flintstones
cartoon fun(Repeat)

4.40pm Beatrix Potter's Tailor of Gloucester
with Niamh Cusack, and the voices of Ian Holm,
Derek Griffiths

5.10pm Maid Marian and Her Merry Men
double bill starringTony Robinson, Kate Lonergan

6.00pm News with Jennie Bond
Weather Rob McElwee

6.15pm Regional news magazines

6.30pm Neighbours
Brad finally catches up with the girl of his dreams(Repeat)

6.55pm Bruce Forsyth's Christmas Generation Game
A fun-packed festive edition in which Bruce Forsyth and
Rosemarie Ford are joined by surprise celebrity guests

8.00pm Film : The Hunt for Red October (1990)
starring Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Sam Neill

10.10pm Chef!
A Bird in the Hand, starring Lenny Henry

10.40pm Main News with Philip Hayton
Regional News
Weekend Weather Peter Cockroft

11.05pm Porridge
The inmates of HM Prison Slade try to make Christmas a
little different this year(Repeat)

11.45pm Christmas Midnight Eucharist
live from Winchester Cathedral, a traditional celebration
of the first Eucharist of Christmas

12.55am Film : The Philadelphia Story (1940)
starring Cary Grant,Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart (b&w)

2.45am Weather

2.50am Closedown

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

channel 4
Boxing Day Saturday 26th December 1992

5.20am 4-Tel on View

6.00am Early Morning
Heathcliff

6.25am Eureka's Castle

6.55am Kideo

7.25am High 5

7.55am Trans World Sport

9.00am Racing : the Morning Line

9.30am Rosey and Buddy

10.00am Pro-Celebrity Golf

11.00am American Football

11.30am Songs and Memories

12.30pm Racing
from Kempton Park

3.15pm Brookside
omnibus

4.40pm Film : Cry, the Beloved Country (1951)
starring Sidney Poitier

6.30pm News Summary and Weather

6.40pm Granpa
animation

7.10pm God on the Box

8.10pm Salome
opera

10.00pm Americans

11.05pm The AFI Salutes Sidney Poitier

12.25am Film : Destroy All Monsters (1968)

2.05am Closedown

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

channel 4

Christmas Day Friday 25th December 1992

5.20am 4-Tel on View

6.00am Cartoons
The Boy Who Dreamed Christmas

6.25am Dangermouse

6.35am Dennis

6.40am Dennis

7.00am The Big Breakfast

9.00am You Bet Your Life

9.25am Laurel and Hardy
animation

9.30am Sesame Street

10.30am Pro-Celebrity Golf

11.30am Messiah
by George Frideric Handel

1.55pm Our Charlie

3.00pm Film : The Phantom Tollbooth (1970)
animation

4.40pm A Carnegie Hall Christmas Concert

6.20pm The Snowman
animation

6.50pm News Summary and Weather

7.00pm Saint Mugg : the Making of a TV Saint

8.00pm Brookside

8.30pm The Queen

8.40pm Film : The Fool (1990)
starring Derek Jacobi, Cyril Cusack Première

11.15pm Thirty Years On
A Tribute to the Music of Bob Dylan

1.00am Film : Son of Godzilla (1967)

2.35am American Football

3.05am Closedown

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

channel 4

Christmas Eve Thursday 24th December 1992

5.20am 4-Tel on View

6.00am Cartoons
Ulysses 31

6.25am Dangermouse

6.30am Heathcliff

7.00am The Big Breakfast

9.00am You Bet Your Life

9.25am Laurel and Hardy
animation

9.30am Sesame Street

10.30am A Christmas Carol
Oscar-winning animation

12.00 Hooper-Bloob Highway
Dr Seuss animation

12.30pm Famous People, Famous Places

1.00pm Anne of Green Gables - the Sequel

3.20pm The Vixen and the Hare
animation

3.35pm Eskimo Indian Olympics

4.40pm Father Christmas

5.05pm News Summary and Weather

5.10pm Happy Days Reunion Special

6.30pm Gamesmaster
with Dominik Diamond and Patrick Moore

7.00pm The Crystal Maze
with Richard O'Brien

8.00pm Everybody Dance Now

9.05pm Cheers
An Old-Fashioned Wedding

10.00pm Pallas 2

10.25pm Dire Straits : On Every Street

11.50pm Another Audience with Dame Edna

12.50am Pallas 2

1.15am The Twilight Zone

1.40am Closedown

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Holiday Monday 28th December 1992


ITV TVS

6.00am TV-am
Zoo Family

6.30am The Charmings

7.00am Alvin and the Chipmunks

7.30am Dink the Dinosaur

8.00am Denver the Last Dinosaur

8.30am Fun in the Sun

8.50am Wacaday

9.25am Cartoons
Disney animations

9.55am Film : Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)

12.00 Home and Away

12.30pm News, Weather

12.40pm Stuntmasters

1.25pm Film : Blackbeard's Ghost (1968)
starring Peter Ustinov

3.30pm Home and Away

4.00pm Film : Flash Gordon (1980)

5.00pm News, Weather

5.15pm Film : Flash Gordon (1980)
(continued)

6.15pm Strike It Lucky

7.00pm Wish You Were Here . . ?

7.30pm Coronation Street

8.00pm The Upper Hand

8.30pm Film : Turn Back the Clock (1933)
Première

10.15pm News, Weather

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

12.40am TV Film : The People Across the Lake (1988)
starring Valerie HarperPremière

2.30am Film : Blue Iguana
crime comedyPremière

4.10am TV Film : Dogtanian - the Movie
animation

5.55am Morning News

[Richard1978]

Re: Christmas TV

The only thing I would have been mildly interested in would have been The Godfather...

I've seen a few days listed here where there was only 1 or 2 items I would be interested in seeing.

[zabadak]

Re: Christmas TV

The only thing I would have been mildly interested in would have been The Godfather...