Christmas TV

[Richard1978]

Re: Christmas TV

I remember one of my friends having a tape with The Night Of a 100 Stars followed by Airplane II The Sequel

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Boxing Day Saturday 26th December 1987

ITV LONDON

6.00am TV-am

7.30am Mallet in Majorca

8.00am WAC Special

9.25am BMX Beat
the Tizer World BMX Freestyle Championships

10.00am The Velveteen Rabbit
animation

10.30am The Smurfs

11.00am Film : Professor Poopenagle's Steam Zeppelin : A Race to the Finish
starring Jose Maria Caffarel

12.30pm The Roxy

1.00pm ITN News

1.05pm Saint and Greavsie Boxing Day Special

2.00pm A.L.F.

2.30pm Film : Scrooge (1970)
starring Albert Finney

4.35pm Mickey's Birthday Party

4.45pm Results Service

5.00pm ITN News

5.05pm Christmas Robbins
impressions from Kate and Ted Robbins

5.50pm The Sleeping Beauty
ice spectacular with Robin Cousins

6.50pm Bobby Davro's TV Annual '88
comedy and music

7.30pm Movie Première : Ghostbusters (1984)
starring Bill Murray

9.30pm ITN News

9.45pm The Dame Edna Christmas Experience!

10.50pm Clive James in Japan
part two

11.45pm Babara Dickson at the Royal Albert Hall

12.45am Fun in the Sun
surfing and jet-skiing

1.00am Night Network

4.00am TV Film : The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies (1981)
starring Buddy Ebsen

5.40am Christmas Cartoon

ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV London except)

10.30am The Roxy

11.00am Mickey Mouse

11.10am Film : The Cat from Outer Space
(until 1.00)

4.55pm Sports Results
(until 5.00)

11.45pm TV Film : Agatha Christie's Murder with Mirrors (1985)

1.25am Closedown

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Sunday 27th December 1987

CENTRAL

6.00am TV-am
introduced by Suzanne Dando
Open College how to survive the 9 to 5

7.00am Wide Awake Club : Are You Awake Yet
with Sally Dewhurst, Peter Gosling

8.00am Jimmy Greaves' Christmas Special
celebrities join Jimmy Greaves for a musical celebration of Christmas Sunday

9.25am BMX Beat
The Tizer World BMX Freestyle Championships with Andy Ruffell, Ron Stebbenne

10.00am Film : The Johnstown Monster (1971)
starring Connor Brennan, Simon Tully, Kim McDonald

11.00am Morning Worship
from St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Soho Square, London

12.00 Chris Bonington - the Everest Years

1.00pm Disney Family Movie : Fuzzbucket (1986) (TV Movie)

2.00pm The Royal Year

2.45pm Christmas Bullseye
with Jim Bowen, Eric Bristow, Duggie Brown, Geoff Capes, Bob Carolgees, Tony Green,
Denny Hodge, Cliff Lazarenko, Rustie Lee, Jan Leeming, Steve Nallon, Jerry Thomas, Jocky Wilson

3.30pm The Bretts Grand Finale

4.30pm Cue Gary's Christmas!
with Gary Wilmot

5.15pm Coronation Street (Repeat)

6.15pm ITN News

6.20pm Highway Christmas Special
with Harry Secombe, Roy Castle, Max Boyce, Helen Hessey-White, Richard Williams Singers, Brian Johnston

7.15pm Home to Roost
Family Ties
with John Thaw, Reece Dinsdale

8.15pm Christmas Surprise, Surprise
with Cilla Black, Bob Carolgees, Gordon Burns

9.15pm Watching
Seasoning
with Emma Wray, Paul Brown, Liza Tarbuck

9.45pm ITN News

10.00pm Spitting Image Christmas Show Special

10.30pm The Lady's Not For Burning
Christopher Fry's play starring Kenneth Brannagh, Cherie Lunghi

12.00 Prisoner : Cell Block H

12.55am Donahue Men Over 50

1.50am Thriller Classic : Burnt Evidence

3.00am Central Jobfinder '87

ANGLIA (as Central except)

12.00 Hart to Hart

1.00am Night Network -The Carpenters

2.00am Film : North to Alaska (1960)
with John Wayne, Stewart Grainger

3.45am Film : Cahill US Marshall (1973)

5.40am Cartoons
(until 6.00)

GRANADA (as Central except)

12.00 Alfred Hitchcock Presents...
(until 12.30am)

HTV (as Central except)

12.00 America's Top Ten
(until 12.30am)

TVS

12.00 Film : Airplane II - The Sequel (1982)
starring Robert Hays, Julie Haggerty

YORKSHIRE (as Central except)

12.00 Lord of the Tin Soldiers
(until 12.30am)

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Bank Holiday Monday 28th December 1987

THAMES

6.00am TV-am

9.25am Splash- Christmas in Walt Disney World
with Lisa Maxwell and Michael Groth

9.55am Bellamy's Journey to the Centre of the World

10.25am News

10.30am Walt Disney presents : Donald Duck

10.45am Film : The Spaceman and King Arthur (1979)

12.30pm News

12.35pm The Best of Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures
1975 compilation

2.15pm TV Film : Kim (1984)
with Peter O'Toole

4.50pm News; Sport ; Weather

5.05pm Blockbusters
with Bob Holness

5.35pm The Deacon Street Deer
Disney drama about inner city kids protecting a four-legged friend

6.30pm Wish You Were Here...?
with Anneka Rice on a coach tour of America, Judith Chalmers investigating gliding and museums in Shropshire
and John Carter on the Yugoslavian island of Korcula

7.00pm The Krypton Factor
the final with Gordon Burns and guest Imran Khan

7.30pm Coronation Street

8.00pm Film : No Sex Please, We're British (1973)
starring Ronnie Corbett

9.45pm News ; Weather

10.00pm Film : Twilight Zone- The Movie (1983)

11.50pm Boxing Year
a review by Dickie Davies, with Jim Watt

12.50am Closedown

YORKSHIRE (as Thames)

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Saturday 19th December 1987

BBC1

8.20am Roobarb
8.25am Corners
8.40am ChuckleVision
9.00am The Muppet Babies
9.30am Going Live!
12.12pm Weather
12.15pm Grandstand
5.05pm News, Weather
5.15pm Regional News/Sport
5.20pm Rolf Harris Cartoon Time
5.45pm Telly Addicts
6.15pm My Family and Other Animals
6.45pm Bob's Full House
7.25pm Hi-de-Hi!
8.10pm Casualty
9.00pm News and Sport, Weather
9.15pm Cagney and Lacey
10.00pm Stanley Baxter's Picture Annual
10.50pm International Show Jumping
11.55pm Film : The Anderson Tapes (1971)
1.30am Weather

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Sunday 20th December 1987

BBC1

8.55am Play School
9.15am Articles of Faith
9.30am This Is the Day
10.00am Bazaar
10.30am Talking Business
10.55am Tele-France
11.20am A vous la France!
11.45am See Hear Christmas Special
12.35pm Farming
12.58pm Weather for farmers
1.00pm News
1.05pm The High Chaparral
1.50pm Cartoon
2.00pm EastEnders
3.00pm Open Air Christmas Preview
3.50pm International Show Jumping
4.50pm Antiques Roadshow
5.35pm Vanity Fair
6.10pm Lifeline
6.20pm News, Weather
6.35pm Songs of Praise
7.15pm Last of the Summer Wine
7.50pm Film : Jaws (1975)
9.50pm News, Weather
10.05pm Everyman
10.45pm International Show Jumping
11.35pm The Secret Life of Paintings
12.15am Weather

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Monday 21st December 1987

BBC1

6.00am Ceefax AM
6.35am Clark and McCulloch
6.55am Weather
7.00am Breakfast Time
8.40am Open Air
8.55am Regional News and Weather
9.00am News Weather
followed by
Neighbours
9.25m Open Air
10.25am Children's BBC
Play School
10.50am Open Air
10.55am Five to Eleven
11.00am News, Weather
followed by
Open Air
11.20am Why Don't You...?
11.45am Open Air
12.00 News, Weather
followed by
Daytime Live
12.55pm Regional News and Weather
1.00pm One O'Clock News, Weather
1.30pm Neighbours
1.50pm Going for Gold
2.15pm International Show Jumping
3.05pm The Pink Panther Show
3.25pm The Olden Days' Coat
3.50pm Children's BBC
Laurel and Hardy
4.00pm Wizbit
4.10pm Ratman
4.20pm Ewoks
4.40pm Simon and the Witch
4.55pm Newsround
5.05pm Blue Peter
5.35pm Masterteam 87 : The Final
6.00pm Six O'Clock News
Weather
6.35pm Regional news magazines
7.00pm Wogan
7.35pm Toys for Christmas
8.10pm Dear John
9.00pm Nine O'clock News
Regional News, Weather
9.30pm Film : The Woman in Red (1984) Première
10.55pm A Perfect Spy
11.55pm Weather

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Tuesday 22nd December 1987

BBC1

6.00am Ceefax AM
6.35am Clark and McCulloch
6.55am Weather
7.00am Breakfast Time
8.30am Going for Gold
8.55am Regional News and Weather
9.00am News, Weather
followed by
Neighbours
9.20am Children's BBC
Laurel and Hardy
9.30am Why Don't You...?
9.55am Paddington
10.00am News, Weather
10.05am Boss Cat
10.30am Play School
10.55am Five to Eleven
11.00am News, Weather
11.50am Cartoon
12.00 News, Weather
12.55pm Regional News and Weather
1.00pm One O'Clock News, Weather
1.30pm Neighbours
1.50pm Going for Gold
2.15pm Holiday Movie
Film : The Wilderness Family (1975)
3.50pm Children's BBC
Fireman Sam
4.00pm Sebastian, the Incredible Drawing Dog
4.10pm Philomena
4.20pm Simon and the Witch
4.35pm Record Breakers
5.00pm Newsround
5.10pm The Uphill Ski Club
5.35pm Rolf Harris Cartoon Time
6.00pm Six O'Clock News
Weather
6.35pm Regional news magazines
7.00pm No Place Like Home
7.30pm EastEnders
8.00pm 'Allo 'Allo!
8.50pm Points of View
9.00pm Nine O'clock News
Regional News; Weather
9.30pm Film : Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile (1978)
11.45pm Weather

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Wednesday 23rd December 1987

BBC1

6.00am Ceefax AM
6.35am Clark and McCulloch
6.55am Weather
7.00am Breakfast Time
8.30am Going for Gold
8.55am Regional News and Weather
9.00am News, Weather
followed by
Neighbours
9.20am Children's BBC
Laurel and Hardy
9.30am Why Dont You... ?
9.55am Paddington
10.00am News, Weather
Children's BBC
10.05am The Nightingale
10.30am Play School
10.55am Five to Eleven
11.00am News, Weather
followed by
The High Chaparral
11.50am Cartoon
12.00 News, Weather
12.55pm Regional News and Weather
1.00pm One O'Clock News
Weather
1.30pm Neighbours
1.50pm Going for Gold
2.15pm Holiday Movie
TV Film : Yogi's First Christmas (1980) Première
3.50pm Children's BBC
Caterpillar Trail
4.10pm Benji, Zax and the Alien Prince
4.30pm Hartbeat
4.55pm Newsround
5.05pm Aliens in the Family
5.35pm The Golden Oldie Christmas Show
6.00pm Six O'Clock News, Weather
6.35pm Regional news magazines
7.00pm Wogan
7.40pm Brockside
8.10pm Dallas
9.00pm Nine O'Clock News
Regional News, Weather
9.30pm Film : Kelly's Heroes (1970)
11.50pm The Making of The Bounty
12.15am Weather

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Eve Thursday 24th December 1987

BBC1

6.00am Ceefax AM

6.35am Clark and McCulloch
in A Pig's Eye

6.55am Weather

7.00am Breakfast Time
with Jeremy Paxman and Sally Jones

8.30am Going for Gold
with Henry Kelly

8.55am Regional News and Weather

9.00am News and Weather
followed by
Neighbours

9.20am Children's BBC
introduced by Simon Parkin
Laurel and Hardy
Flea 's a Crowd,cartoon

9.30am Why Don't You...?
Will the Grub Grotto finally crack under the weight of fruit and veg?
Will the weather hold out for the special guest? Will life on the high
seas change the gang or ruin their sweatshirts? Watch and find out!

9.55am Jimbo and the Jet Set
Jinglebells Jimbo

10.00am News and Weather

10.05am Children's BBC
Babar and Father Christmas


10.30am Play School
with Elizabeth Watts

10.55am Five to Eleven
Christmas readings with Laurence Olivier

11.00am News, Weather
followed by
Film : When the North Wind Blows (1974)
starring Henry Brandon Herbert Nelson Dan Haggerty
Set in the snow-covered wilderness of Alaska, this adventure
tale tells the story of a trapper's compelling friendship with
two tiger cubs

12.55pm Regional News and Weather

1.00pm Newswith Michael Buerk Weather

1.15pm Cartoon Double Bill

1.30pm Neighbours
Shane is in trouble with the police and seeks Clive's help

1.50pm Going for Gold
Hosted by Henry Kelly
The last day of this week's semi-finals is the last chance for
one of the seven remaining contestants to win a place in the
finals in March. The winner of the finals will be joining the world's
best athletes at the Olympic Games next year

2.15pm Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales
A 24 Carrot Delight
Yosemite Sam Scrooge, Porky Pig Cratchit and Tweety Pie
Tiny Tim, star in Bugs Bunny's own interpretation of
A Christmas Carol. While Scrooge sees the light, hope
flickers for Wile E. Coyote when he learns roadrunners hate snow ...

2.40pm The Christmas Toy
It's Christmas Eve and all the playroom toys come to life.
For Rugby, Apple, Belmont and Mew, the big question is:
Who'll be this year's toy, the one the children will love forever?

3.30pm The Pink Panther Show
A Fly in the Pink; The Ant from Uncle; Pinkfinger

3.50pm Children's BBC
Panto-Time!
Mother Goose by Brian Cant

4.10pm SuperTed
SuperTed Meets Father Christmas

4.15pm Benji, Zax and the Alien Prince
Benji Call Home

4.40pm A Charlie Brown Christmas
There are fairy lights on Snoopy's kennel and the children
have decided to put on a play but Charlie Brown still wants
to know what Christmas is really about

5.00pm Blue Peter
with Mark Curry, Caron Keating Yvette Fielding
Merry Christmas! Join the team as they celebrate Christmas
Hollywood-style, dancing in the footsteps of the stars.
There'll be carols round the tree, too, and the very latest
news of the Rags Appeal

5.35pm Rolf Harris Cartoon Time
Today's cartoons are :
Salt Water Tabby, The Up-standing Sitter, Rhapsody Rabbit

6.00pm News with Moira StuartWeather Bill Giles

6.15pm Regional News

6.20pm Jim'll Fix It for Christmas
Dear Jim,
Please can you fix it for me to ...
Climb a beanstalk? Build an igloo?
Give Father Christmas his dinner?
Those are just three of the dreams Jimmy Savile fixes
in this special Christmas edition

7.00pm A Question of Sport
For this seasonal special Emlyn Hughes and Bill Beaumont
are joined by stars from the world of entertainment. Comedian
Bernard Manning makes one of his rare television appearances
alongside Emlyn, with 'Christmas greetings' from Peter Howitt -
Joey Boswell from Bread; while the record-breaking Roy Castle
joins Bill and controversial cricket writer Frances Edmonds.
David Coleman questions their knowledge of the faces, facts
and feats, reviving memories of the greatest - and the funniest -
moments in sport

7.30pm Eastenders
'I've never wanted anything else, Charlie. I couldn't be happier
even if the Archangel Gabriel walked through that door.'

8.00pm The Lenny Henry Christmas Special
A Christmas special of sketches and music featuring favourite
characters such as Deakus and Josh Yarlog , and a trip down
memory lane to 1970-ish.
Starring Lenny Henry Special guests
Robbie Coltrane and Terence Trent D'Arby

8.40pm Film : High Road to China (1983)
starring Tom Selleck and Bess Armstrong

10.25pm Newswith Moira StuartWeather

10.40pm Christmas Eve with Val Doonican
and his special guests Howard Keel with Sky
Michala Petri and St Philip 's Choir
As all the family gather at this special time of year,
Val invites you to share this last hour or so of Christmas Eve,
when he and his guests bring you some music, fun and nostalgia

11.30pm The First Communion of Christmas
To mark the historic coming of the Light of the World, the
programme joins Merseyside worshippers in Moreton Methodist
Church on the Wirral for their candlelit communion service

12.35am Weather

[Richard1978]

Re: Christmas TV

Saturday 19th December 1987

BBC1

8.20am Roobarb
8.25am Corners
8.40am ChuckleVision
9.00am The Muppet Babies
9.30am Going Live!
12.12pm Weather
12.15pm Grandstand
5.05pm News, Weather
5.15pm Regional News/Sport
5.20pm Rolf Harris Cartoon Time
5.45pm Telly Addicts
6.15pm My Family and Other Animals
6.45pm Bob's Full House
7.25pm Hi-de-Hi!
8.10pm Casualty
9.00pm News and Sport, Weather
9.15pm Cagney and Lacey
10.00pm Stanley Baxter's Picture Annual
10.50pm International Show Jumping
11.55pm Film : The Anderson Tapes (1971)
1.30am Weather

This was the day my family bought our first Video, & recorded a few minutes of Telly Addicts to test it out.

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

YOU HAVE A GOOD MEMORY TO REMEMBER THAT.

Christmas Day Friday 25th December 1987

BBC1

7.00am Children's BBC
Christmas morning with Andy Crane, Simon Potter and
Simon Parkin starting with
Ziggy's Gift
animation,Ziggy - a little guy in a big world, overweight
and underwhelmed - takes a job as a street-corner Santa

7.30am Play School
Presented by Elizabeth Watts, Floella Benjamin and Fred Harris

7.50am Panto-Time!
Aladdin by Brian Cant

8.10am Umbrella
Bryan Murray and Maria Warner light Hanukah and Christmas
candles and tell tales of freedom fighters and of the children
who led a peaceful protest over an orange shortage

8.30am Songs of Praise
For Christmas Day from the chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge.
Pauline Webb lights the last of the candles on the Advent wreath
which has travelled to Zimbabwe, Scotland and Canada. The
Christians of Cambridge, Harare, Edinburgh and Vancouver are linked
together to share their favourite Christmas carols; and the Christmas
gospel is read by President Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia

9.00am Christmas Morning with Noel
From the Telecom Tower in London, Noel Edmonds hosts an
outside broadcast which is also being transmitted live throughout
Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Gibraltar

10.30am Christmas Readings
with Laurence Olivier

10.35am Christmas Morning Service
from St George 's Chapel, Windsor Castle
HM The Queen with HRH The Duke of Edinburgh and
HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother with members
of the Royal Family attend morning prayer in the historic
setting of St George's Chapel

11.45am Christmas Morning with Noel
Join Noel for a morning of family reunions, Christmas jollity
and festive fun. Telephone lines will be open for the on-screen
dedication service

12.30pm Porridge
No Way Out
starring Ronnie Barker, Brian Wilde, Fulton Mackay,
Richard Beckinsale

1.10pm Julie Andrews...The Sound of Christmas
In this, her first Christmas special, Julie shares a few of her
favourite things in the beautiful town of Salzburg, Austria.
Joining her on this festive occasion are the much-loved singers
John Denver and Placido Domingo who, with the help of the
ever-popular King's Singers, render such classics as
In the Bleak Mid-winter, Edelweiss and a very original
Twelve Days of Christmas

2.05pm Top of the Pops Christmas Party
In this special Christmas Day edition Mike Smith and Gary Davies
present the most popular hits of 1987 and the year's No Is on video,
plus this week's Top 40 chart and the No 1 best selling record
this Christmas

3.00pm The Queen
HM The Queen speaks to the Commonwealth

3.10pm EastEnders
'Hello Mum, back again like a bad penny.'

3.40pm Film : Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Steven Spielberg's fantasy adventure starring Harrison Ford
Kate Capshaw with Ke Huy Quan Amrish Puri Roshan Seth
The hero is back! Intrepid archaeologist Indiana Jones, on the
trail of fortune and glory in Old Shanghai, is ricocheted into a
dangerous new adventure in India.
Première

5.35pm News with Moira Stuart
WeatherIan McCaskill

5.45pm Russ Abbot Christmas Show
Starring Russ Abbot special guest star Les Dennis featuring
Bella Emberg, Maggie Moone, Tom Bright, Suzy Aitchison,
Paul Shearer

6.25pm Only Fools and Horses
starring David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Buster Merryfield
'Next year we'll be millionaires...' and what better time to start
than at the wedding of an old flame? Del, Rodney and Uncle
Albert are among the guests: everyone joins in a spirit of goodwill.
Then Del hears about his mother's buried treasure....

7.25pm Christmas Night with the Two Ronnies
starring Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett
Memo to producer: Thanks for yours of 10 November.
If the Two Ronnies can actually get Charlton Heston
to be in their film Pinocchio II: Killer Doll I will eat my hat.
If the show also includes guest stars
Lynda Baron, Maria Charles
Sandra Dickinson, Frank Finlay, Alfred Marks
Denis Quilley and Elton John
I will resign and go to Channel 4
Yours, M. Grade

8.15pm Miss Marple : 4.50 from Paddington
starring Joan Hickson,Maurice Denham, Jill Meager,
David Waller. Joanna David
'I can see how irritating it must be for you Inspector, but we shall
probably both be involved in this business.... when one of us is
clever enough to find the body.'

10.05pm In Sickness and in Health
starring Warren Mitchell Christmas is a time to be with family,
but not for Alf. He is destined to spend
Christmas in hospital, having his hip replaced

10.35pm News with Moira StuartWeather

10.45pm Film : Terms of Endearment (1983)
starring Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger and Jack Nicholson
A special Christmas presentation of one of the outstanding
cinema successes of the 80s. Winner of five Academy Awards,
including best picture, this colourful combination of laughter and
tears also won Oscars for Shirley MacLaine and Jack Nicholson
as the most unlikely of lovers
Première

12.55am The Gospel According to St Luke
The Christmas story of the birth of Christ from St Luke
Filmed on location in Bethlehem and Jerusalem,
Shakespearean actor Roger Rees uses the words of St
Luke to tell the story of the birth of Jesus and the effect it
had on the people there

1.00am Weather

1.05am Closedown

This was the day my family bought our first Video, & recorded a few minutes of Telly Addicts to test it out.

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Boxing Day Saturday 26th December 1987

BBC1

8.20am Roobarb
When It Was Christmas

8.25am Saturday Starts Here
Sarah Greene, Phillip Schofield and Peter Simon introduce
your Saturday morning entertainment. Starting with
Paddington's Birthday Bonanza

8.50am Panto-Time!
Jack and the Beanstalk by Brian Cant

9.00am The Muppet Babies
Bad Luck Bear

9.30am Going Live!
Join the Going Live! gang for a very special Boxing Day programme.
There are star guests, live music, competitions, treasure hunts,
pen pals, jokes, video voters, and cartoons too

12.17pm Weather
Ian McCaskill

12.20pm Film : Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown (1977)
Good grief! An action-packed feature film starring the entire
Peanuts gang and their adventures at Camp Remote, where
they brave the bullies and attempt to win the contest for
'top tent' in the hairiest, scariest river race you've ever seen!
Premiere

1.35pm Holiday Movie
Film : The Great Escape (1963)
starring Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough
Charles Bronson
In an attempt to contain unwilling POWs, the Nazis brought
them together in Stalag Luft North, a seemingly escape-proof
top security camp run by the Germans during World War II.
Unwittingly they had assembled the finest escape team in
military history

4.20pm Telly Addicts
It's champions all, as the Telly Addicts family of 1987 (the Brustads)
plays the Telly Addicts family of 1986 (the Reynish family) in a special
holiday edition of Britain's favourite television quiz. Noel Edmonds
puts the questions - but will the contestants have the answers?

4.50pm Final Score
Introduced by Harry Gration All the headline-makers
and day's results.

5.05pm News with Philip Hayton Weather

5.15pm Regional News and Sport

5.20pm Blankety Blank
starring Les Dawson
Tonight Les is in a festive mood, so watch out as he showers
the contestants with more fabulous prizes. Joining Les tonight
in a Dickensian mood are Lynda Baron Joe Brown , Geoff Capes
Lorraine Chase, Roy Hudd & Wendy Richard

6.00pm Hi-de-Hi!
featuring Clive Dempster , DFC
Maplin's Holiday Camp, 1960 Tell It to the Marines
Peggy's piano playing leads Ted to challenge the Royal
Marines to a race over their assault course

6.45pm Bob's Christmas Full House
starring Bob Monkhouse
This year four contestants, all working within the health service,
compete for prizes and cash to be donated to their hospital.
On offer as always is the chance for one of them to win
themselves a fabulous holiday

7.25pm The Paul Daniels Magic Christmas Show
In a special programme for the festive season Paul Daniels takes
a magical trip back into childhood, re-creates one of his funniest
routines, and attempts to saw a horse in half! He also introduces:
from Argentina the famous sleight-of-hand artist Rene Lavand ;
from France the spellbinding puppets of Philippe Genty ; and
from Korea the unusual climbing skills of The Brave Seamen.
Featuring Debbie McGee

8.15pm Bergerac
Treasure Hunt
Series created by Robert Banks Stewart
starring John Nettles with Terence Alexander, Sean Arnold,
Louise Jameson Guest stars Liza Goddard, Peter Jeffrey,
James Maxwell
Murder and a series of apparently unrelated robberies bring Jim
Bergerac face to face with his old adversary, Philippa Vale, with
unforeseen consequences for them both

9.45pm News Philip Hayton Sport and Weather

10.00pm Film : Agatha Christie 'sEvil Under the Sun (1982)
A Hercule Poirot murder mystery. Tonight starring Peter Ustinov
'Everyone has the alibi, so you see nobody did it.
And yet we still have a body.'

11.55pm A Bit of Fry and Laurie
by and with Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie
Thirty minutes of exquisitely-tooled comedy, embossed with a
personalised monogram of up to two of your favourite initials.
Available in moroccan peach or executive silver. Packs neatly
into suitcase or tote bag to provide instant relief in up to four
fashionable languages. Ideal as a handy key-fob caddy or
garden friend

12.30am Movie Classics
Film : Dead of Night (1945)
starring Michael Redgrave, Googie Withers
Acknowledged as a masterpiece of British cinema, this five-part
film includes the famous 'ventriloquist' sequence among its stories
of comedy, murder, horror and the unknown. Architect Walter Craig
goes to the home of a new client, but finds the house and its inhabitants
strangely familiar. Each of the guests has a story to tell and gradually
Craig realises that he is living a recurring nightmare....

2.10am Weather

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Sunday 27th December 1987

BBC1

8.30am The Raccoons : Surprise Attack

8.55am Play School
Elizabeth Watts and her guests say Hello Again

9.15am Articles of Faith
Last programme in the series Prayer ...As a way of life Is prayer
remote from everyday life?

9.30am Morning Worship
This morning's service comes from the newly-established
Roman Catholic Cathedral of St Joseph's, Swansea

10.15am Joseph and Child
Arthur Dooley's sculpture shows Joseph holding
up the child he has helped to deliver

10.30am Sign Extra
A programme with sign language and subtitles for the deaf
and hard-of-hearing. Today, an edited version of "The Turkey"
A fun film made by the Natural History Unit about the
Christmas turkey

10.55am Film : The Intelligence Men (1965)
starring Eric Morecambe Ernie Wise
Eric and Ernie accidentally get mixed up in the shady
world of espionage

12.35pm The Grand Knockout Tournament
On 19 June, BBCtv presented a unique event with teams of
international celebrities led by royal captains competing in
sponsored games to raise money for charity.
This specially edited version recalls the flavour and excitement
of the occasion.
Team captains: HRH The Duke of York on behalf of the World Wildlife
Fund, HRH The Duchess of York on behalf of International Year of Shelter
for the Homeless, HRH The Prince Edward on behalf of the Duke of
Edinburgh's International Project 87, HRH The Princess Royal on behalf
of the Save the Children Fund

1.55pm News, Weather for farmersMichael Fish

2.00pm Eastenders
'You'd all better make the most of me. I expect this'll
be me last Christmas.'

3.30pm Film : Escape to Victory (1981)
starring Michael Caine, Sylvester Stallone and 18 of the world's
top soccer players feature in this exciting World War II drama.
Captain John Colby , ex-soccer star and prisoner of war, agrees
to field a team of prisoners against the German national team.
The Germans intend to use the match as a propaganda exercise
but Colby's team have other ideas ...

5.20pm Rolf Harris Cartoon Time
Rolf Harris presents classic cartoon comedy.
The Million Hare
Cat Feud
The Dog House

5.45pm That's Life!Presents
The Most Talented Pets in Britain
Remember the dog who said 'sausages'?
Or the mysterious Lirpa Loof who appeared at
London Zoo on 1 April 1984?
Or Shimmy the ping pong *****?
Or the budgie who fell in love with a goldfish?

6.20pm Newswith Phillip HaytonWeather Bill Giles

6.35pm Songs of Praise
Songs of Praise joins London and Jamaica in a celebration of
Christmas. Jamaica was the first Caribbean member of the
Commonwealth to achieve its independence and as everybody
of Jamaican origin in the UK will tell you, this year is the 25th
anniversary of that event

7.15pm Last of the Summer Wine
Big Day at Dream Acres
starring Michael Aldridge, Bill Owen, Peter Sallis and Thora Hird
featuring Jane Freeman, Kathy Staff, David Ellison and Ray McAnally
Other than the fact that Nora Batty is to be the VIP waitress and that
Seymour is looking after the public address system, Gary and Vi's
annual garden fete is of no great interest to Compo and Clegg.
That is, until they happen upon a tramp with a special interest
in donkeys, and one in particular....

8.35pm TV Film : Perry Mason - The Case of the Shooting Star (1986)
starring Raymond Burr
Forty million viewers and a live studio audience watch in horror as
a famous film star shoots late-night chat-show host Steve Carr.
Are they witnesses to a cold-blooded murder or a cool-headed
frame up?

10.10pm Newswith Phillip HaytonWeather

10.25pm Everyman : Madonna
about the mother of Christianity

11.20pm Movie Classic
Film : The Maltese Falcon (1941)
starring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre Sydney Greenstreet
In this classic version of the Dashiell Hammett story, Bogart
plays Sam Spade, the wise-cracking, cynical private detective who
becomes involved in the dangerous quest for a priceless black statuette.

1.00am Weather

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Bank Holiday Monday 28th December 1987

BBC1

7.00am Cartoons
The Racoons
Going it Alone

7.25am The Pink Panther Show
Three cartoons

7.45am Bugs Bunny
Bustin' Out All Over

8.10am A Merry Mirthworm Christmas
An animated Christmas special.
Preparations for the annual Wormingham
Christmas Celebrations are progressing nicely
until Bert Worm tries to help

8.35am The Flintstones
Bachelor Daze

9.00am Children's BBC
with Simon Parkin starting with
Boss Cat

9.25am Why Don't You...?
The Liverpool gang tries out a dry-ski slope

9.50am Willo the Wisp
Christmas Box

9.55am Alice Through the Looking Glass
A cartoon of the second Alice story by Lewis Carroll,
first shown on Russian television. With Nigel Hawthorne
as the voice of Lewis Carroll and Tracey Childs as Alice

10.30am Your Birthday Greetings
with Simon Parkin followed by
Play School

10.55am Five to Eleven
with Joanna Lumley

11.00am Cartoon

11.05am The Littlest Hobo
Happy Birthday Mom

11.30am Cartoon

11.40am Perfect Strangers
starring Bronson Pinchot as Balki, Mark Linn-Baker as
Larry Ernie Sabella as Twinkacetti. A Christmas Story
Larry fills Balki's head with wonder at the prospect of
Christmas with the Appleton family, but a snowbound
airport has a way of spoiling that seasonal feeling ...

12.05pm The Animals Holiday Roadshow
with Dr Desmond Morris and Sarah Kennedy
What makes reindeer fly? And robins sing?
Who got turtle doves as a present?
Which animal would find a welcome in Fawlty Towers?
Brian Blessed introduces his family and other animals.
Michael Fish, the weatherman, brings an unexpected pet.
And they are joined by Ken Dodd , Robert Kilroy-Silk
Rick Wakeman, Andrew Sachs , Rustie Lee and a lot of
friends. Donner and Blitzen turn up too.

12.45pm Racing from Chepstow
1.00 The Philip Comes Novices Hurdle (2im)
1.30 The Finale Junior Hurdle (2m)
2.05 The Coral Welsh National (H'cap'Chase 3m,6f)

2.20pm Holiday Movie
Film : The Man from Snow River (1982)
starring Kirk Douglas Tom Burlinson
Born and orphaned in the spectacular Australian High
Country. Jim Craig is sent to the Harrison lowland farm
where he must use his outstanding horsemanship to prove
himself and regain his legacy

4.00pm Disney Time
The traditional Christmas visit to the world of Walt DIisney
films introduced by Kenny Everett
Films include: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
The Rescuers, Mary Poppins Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty
Mickey's Christmas Carol

4.50pm Final Score
introduced by Ralph Dellor A round-up of the day's
football programme.

5.05pm News with Richard Whitmore Weather Michael Fish

5.20pm Film : Hooper (1978)
starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jan-Michael Vincent, Brian Keith

7.00pm Wogan
1/2 recalling the golden days of radio comedy,
with guests Richard Murdoch, Bob Monkhouse, Cyril Fletcher,
Molly Weir, Jimmy Edwards et al

7.40pm The Les Dawson Show
starring Les Dawson with Roy Barraclough
Graeme Garden, Brian Godfrey, Peter Goodwright
Johnny More, Mo Moreland, Patrick Mower, Toni Palmer
and Jane Marie Osborne,The Roly Polys

8.30pm Film : Greystoke- The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
When Lord Clayton and his pregnant young wife are shipwrecked
off the coast of Africa in 1886 a legend is born. Their son John,
reared in the jungle by apes, is master of all he surveys - until
the day that a hunting party strays into his territory, bringing
with it the violence of civilisation. Premiere

10.40pm News with Richard Whitmore Weather

10.55pm Match of the Day
Introduced by Jimmy Hill The good news for the New Year is
that the crowds are returning to football.
As a breath of fresh air over the holiday, here's action highlights
from two Barclays League First Division matches with analysis
and interviews

11.45pm Movie Classic
Film : Twelve Angry Men (1957)
starring Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley

1.20am Weather : Close