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  • Re: Christmas TV

    Tuesday 29th December 1987

    BBC1


    6.00am Ceefax AM
    6.55am Weather
    7.00am Breakfast Time
    8.30am Going for Gold
    8.55am Regional News; Weather
    9.00am News, Weather
    followed by
    Neighbours
    9.20am Children's BBC
    Laurel and Hardy
    9.30am Why Don't You...?
    9.55am Bananaman
    10.00am News, Weather
    10.05am Boss Cat
    10.30am Play School
    10.55am Five to Eleven
    11.00am News, Weather
    followed by
    The Littlest Hobo
    11.25am Charlie Brown
    11.50am Cartoon
    12.00 News, Weather
    followed by
    Montreux Rock Festival 1987
    12.55pm Regional News, Weather
    1.00pm One O'Clock News, Weather
    1.30pm Neighbours
    1.50pm Holiday Movie
    Film : Captain Nemo and the Underwater City (1969)
    3.35pm Cartoon
    3.50pm Children's BBC
    Paddington Special
    4.20pm Simon and the Witch
    4.35pm Film Special : The Glitterball (1977)
    5.35pm Rolf Harris Cartoon Time
    6.00pm Six O'Clock News, Weather
    6.35pm Regional news magazines
    7.00pm Telly Addicts
    7.30pm EastEnders
    8.00pm The Guinness Book of Records Hall of Fame
    9.00pm Nine O'Clock News
    Regional News, Weather
    9.30pm Cagney and Lacey
    10.20pm Review of the Year 87
    11.35pm Movie Classic
    Film : Splendor in the Grass (1961)
    1.35am Weather
    FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

    Comment


    • Re: Christmas TV

      Wednesday 30th December 1987

      BBC1


      6.00am Ceefax AM
      6.55am Weather
      7.00am Breakfast Time
      8.15am The Faces of 87 - Breakfast Time looks
      back at the year's headline-makers.
      8.30am The Flintstones
      8.55am Regional News; Weather
      9.00am News, Weather
      followed by
      Neighbours
      9.20am Children's BBC
      Laurel and Hardy
      9.30am Why Don't You ?
      9.55am Bananaman
      10.00am News, Weather
      followed by
      Children's BBC
      10.05am Boss Cat
      10.30am Play School
      10.55am Five to Eleven
      11.00am News
      Weather
      followed by
      The Littlest Hobo
      11.25am Charlie Brown
      11.50am Cartoon
      12.00 News, Weather
      followed by
      Montreux Rock Festival 1987
      12.55pm Regional News and Weather
      1.00pm One O'Clock News
      Weather
      1.30pm Neighbours
      1.50pm Holiday Movie
      Film : Hannibal Brooks (1969)
      3.30pm The Pink Panther Show
      3.45pm Children's BBC
      Wishing Well
      3.50pm Space Baby
      4.20pm Tales of the Mouse Hockey League
      4.45pm Film Special : A Ghost of a Chance (1968)
      5.35pm Rolf Harris Cartoon Time
      6.00pm Six O'clock News
      Weather
      6.35pm Regional news magazines
      7.00pm Wogan
      7.45pm What a Carry On!
      8.10pm Dallas
      9.00pm Nine O'Clock News
      Regional News, Weather
      9.30pm Great Ormond Street - A Fighting Chance
      10.45pm Films of the Year
      11.30pm Movie Classic
      Film : On the Waterfront (1954)
      1.15am Weather
      FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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      • Re: Christmas TV

        New Year's Eve Thursday 31st December 1987

        BBC1


        6.00am Ceefax AM
        6.55am Weather
        7.00am Breakfast Time
        8.30am The Flintstones
        8.55am Regional News; Weather
        9.00am News, Weather
        followed by
        Neighbours
        9.20am Children's BBC
        Laurel and Hardy
        9.30am Why Don't You..?
        9.55am Bananaman
        10.00am News, Weather
        followed by
        Children's BBC
        10.05am Charlie Brown Special
        10.30am Play School
        10.55am Five to Eleven
        11.00am News, Weather
        followed by
        The Littlest Hobo
        11.25am A Mirthworm Masquerade
        11.50am Cartoon
        12.00 News, Weather
        followed by
        Montreux Rock Festival 1987
        12.55pm Regional News and Weather
        1.00pm News, Weather
        1.15pm Cartoons
        1.30pm Neighbours
        1.50pm Holiday Movie
        Film : The Champ (1979)
        3.50pm Children's BBC
        A Paddington Special
        4.15pm Benji, Zax and the Alien Prince
        4.35pm Around the World with Willy Fog
        5.05pm Blue Peter Review of the Year
        5.35pm Rolf Harris Cartoon Time
        6.00pm News, Weather
        6.15pm Regional News
        6.20pm A Question of Sport
        6.55pm Top of the Pops
        7.30pm EastEnders
        8.00pm Ernie Wise Introduces The Morecambe and Wise Classics
        8.45pm Film : Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
        10.50pm News
        Regional News; Weather
        11.00pm Comedy Classic : To the Manor Born
        11.30pm EastEnders
        12.05am Happy New Year
        12.10am Movie Classic
        Film : High Society (1956)
        2.00am Weather
        FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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        • Re: Christmas TV

          Saturday 19th December 1987

          BBC2

          9.00am Pages from Ceefax
          11.00am Carols for Christmas
          12.05pm The Sky at Night
          12.25pm Saturday Cinema
          Film : Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)
          2.00pm Film : Time Masters (1982)
          3.20pm Fred Astaire : Putting on His Top Hat
          4.05pm International Bridge Club
          4.35pm Film : The Slipper and the Rose (1976)
          6.55pm News View, Weather
          7.25pm Beethoven's Missa Solemnis
          9.15pm The Film Club : The Cannes Film Festival
          Film :
          Le Cinéma Dans Les Yeux (1987)
          10.50pm Film : When Father Was Away on Business (1985)
          FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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          • Re: Christmas TV

            Sunday 20th December 1987

            BBC2


            9.00am Pages from Ceefax
            9.15am Now on Two
            9.40am Whirlybirds
            10.05am Odysseus The Greatest Hero of Them All : The Faces of the Dead
            10.20am The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show
            10.40am Now It's You
            10.45am Blue Peter Omnibus
            11.35am Aliens in the Family
            12.00 Windmill
            1.00pm No Limits : Powerplay Awards
            2.00pm Rugby Special
            2.40pm 100 Great Sporting Moments
            3.00pm Film : Treasure Island (1950)
            4.35pm The Story of Afanti
            5.05pm Music in Camera
            5.45pm The Great Philosophers
            6.30pm Ski Sunday
            7.15pm The Travel Show Christmas Special
            7.50pm The Natural World
            8.45pm American Film Institute Salute to Barbara Stanwyck
            9.35pm It's My Pleasure
            10.05pm Film : Ragtime (1981)
            FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

            Comment


            • Re: Christmas TV

              Monday 21st December 1987

              BBC2


              9.00am Pages from Ceefax
              11.50am Film : Tarzan and His Mate (1934)
              1.20pm Songs of Praise
              2.00pm News, Weather
              followed by
              American Basketball
              2.45pm News, Weather
              followed by
              Fred Astaire : Change Partners and Dance
              3.40pm News and Weather
              Regional News and Weather
              3.50pm Fred Astaire Dances - Film : Three Little Words (1950)
              5.30pm Jack High
              6.00pm Future World - Film : Forbidden Planet (1956)
              7.35pm Cartoon
              7.40pm Thinking Aloud
              8.20pm Venturers
              9.00pm Absurd Person Singular
              10.55pm The Million Dollar Hijack
              12.20am Film : Barbara Stanwyck in The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1932)
              1.45am Weather
              FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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              • Re: Christmas TV

                Tuesday 22nd December 1987

                BBC2


                9.00am Pages from Ceefax
                12.35pm Film : Tarzan Finds a Son (1939)
                1.55pm News, Weather
                followed by
                See Hear Christmas Special
                2.45pm News, Weather
                followed by
                Christmas in the City
                3.40pm News and Weather
                Regional News and Weather
                3.50pm Fred Astaire Dances - Film : Roberta (1935)
                5.30pm Jack High
                6.00pm No Limits
                7.00pm Open to Question
                7.40pm The Sounds of Christmas
                8.30pm Entertainment USA
                9.00pm Moonlighting
                9.50pm Horowitz Plays Mozart
                10.40pm The Million Dollar Hijack
                12.10am Film : Barbara Stanwyck in The File on Thelma Jordan (1950)
                1.50am Weather




                FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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                • Re: Christmas TV

                  Wednesday 23rd December 1987

                  BBC2


                  9.00am Pages from Ceefax
                  12.10pm Film : Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941)
                  1.30pm The Admiral's Cup
                  2.00pm News, Weather
                  followed by
                  The Natural World
                  2.50pm Holiday Outings
                  3.05pm News, Weather
                  followed by
                  Jacqueline du Pre Masterclass
                  3.40pm News and Weather
                  Regional News and Weather
                  3.50pm Fred Astaire Dances -
                  Film : The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
                  5.20pm Cartoon
                  5.30pm Jack High
                  6.00pm Film : The Wizard of Oz (1939)
                  7.40pm A Little Piece of England
                  8.10pm Two Loves
                  9.00pm Yes, Prime Minister
                  9.30pm The Home-made Xmas Video
                  10.00pm Catch a Fallen Star
                  10.40pm Film : Barbara Stanwyck in Sorry Wrong Number (1948)
                  12.10am Weather
                  FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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                  • Re: Christmas TV

                    Christmas Eve Thursday 24th December 1987

                    BBC2

                    9.00am Ceefax

                    1.00pm Film : Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942)

                    starring Johnny Weissmuller & Maureen O'Sullivan
                    The jungle is disturbed by three big game trappers in search of
                    animals for a circus. The chance discovery that Tarzan's son, Boy,
                    has great natural ability as an animal trainer spells trouble


                    2.10pm The Admiral's Cup
                    From Christchurch Bay to the Fastnet Rock
                    For two weeks, the world's best yachtsmen battled for the
                    top prize in ocean racing, the Admiral's Cup.
                    Bob Fisher reports on the Olympic style inshore races and
                    then joins the fleet as it sets out for the famous offshore race.
                    They sailed 605 miles from Cowes to the Fastnet Rock, off
                    southern Ireland, and then to the finish at Plymouth


                    2.40pm Jacqueline du Pre Masterclass
                    The second of four programmes recorded in 1979 at the
                    Guildhall School of Music and Drama, in which the late Jacqueline
                    du Pre worked with students on one of the major sonatas in the
                    cello repertoire, the Brahms Sonata in E minor
                    .

                    3.15pm Film : The Sound of Music (1965)
                    starring Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer Julie Andrews is in
                    sparkling form as the convent girl whose sense of fun makes the
                    Mother Superior doubt her suitability as a nun. Sent to be governess
                    to the children of the Von Trapp family, Maria soon wins their
                    confidence, undermining their father's stern discipline - as well as his
                    plans for a second marriage


                    6.00pm Carols from King's
                    The celebration of lessons and carols from the Chapel of King's
                    College, Cambridge, is world famous. The service this year includes,
                    for the first time, readings from the Apocryphal Bible that reach back
                    to the beginning of the Christmas story
                    .

                    7.00pm Paper Kisses
                    The story of a tragic love affair starring John Hallam, Rosalind Elliot
                    A bundle of love letters, discovered by chance in the wall of a barn
                    in the Yorkshire Dales, reveals two lives. Written 100 years ago by
                    Lizzie Sutcliffe , a lodging-house keeper in Blackburn, to Tom Anderson,
                    a farmer in Carleton near Skipton, they tell a classic tale of love,
                    seduction and betrayal


                    8.00pm Priddy the Hedgehog
                    This year's animal drama from wildlife film-makers John and
                    Simon King features a female hedgehog called Priddy, who lives
                    on the Mendip Hills.
                    All the adventures that happen to Priddy in this film have been
                    experienced by one hedgehog or another in real life.


                    9.00pm Antonio Stradivari Gala Celebration 1737-1907
                    featuring Pinchas Zukerman, Yo-Yo Ma, Anne-Sophie Mutter and
                    Charles Beare, with Vivaldi`s Four Seasons performed

                    by the ECO/Menuhin at the Barbican Hall

                    10.25pm Film : The Bostonians (1984)
                    starring Christopher Reeve, Vanessa Redgrave & Madeleine Potter
                    Premiere

                    12.20am Film : There's Always Tomorrow (1956)
                    starring Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray & Joan Bennett

                    1.40am Weather
                    FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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                    • Re: Christmas TV

                      Christmas Day Friday 25th December 1987

                      BBC2

                      9.10am Film : The Cheaters (1945)
                      starring Joseph Schildkraut Billie Burke
                      Eugene Pallette. Mr Pidgeon faces financial ruin.
                      Salvation beckons when a rich uncle dies ...


                      10.35am Film : White Christmas (1954)
                      starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen
                      Old army buddies Phil Davis and Bob Wallace are rehearsing their
                      new show when they meet the glamorous Haynes sisters. With
                      more than professional interest Phil and Bob follow them to their
                      next engagement at the Columbia Inn in Vermont....


                      12.30pm Golf 87 - A Momentous Year
                      A look back with Peter Alliss at some of the glorious moments
                      of the golfing season.


                      1.45pm The Natural World
                      Icebird
                      Narrated by Tony Soper
                      When spring comes to the Antarctic millions of penguins leap
                      from the sea and walk as many as 80 kilometres over the ice to
                      their traditional nesting-sites


                      2.35pm Jacqueline du Pré Masterclass

                      Dvorak Cello Concerto in D minor with Lilly Canel and
                      Joanna Borrett Accompanist Clifford Benson


                      3.10pm Film : La traviata (1982)
                      starring Teresa Stratas
                      Placido Domingo Verdi's romantic tragedy about the love of a
                      young nobleman for a courtesan gave Italian director Franco Zeffirelli
                      the opportunity to unite the two loves of his life - opera and film
                      (An Italian film with English subtitles)


                      4.55pm White Nights of Dance
                      Leningrad in June - where it stays light all night. Two of the world's
                      great dance companies meet for a festival of ballet - the first-ever
                      combined appearance of a Soviet and a western company - filmed
                      in the parks, squares and palaces of this beautiful Russian city


                      6.10pm Amsterdam Christmas Concert
                      given earlier this afternoon in the Concertgebouw
                      Mahler Symphony No 9 in D conducted by Bernard Haitink,
                      with the Concertgebouw Orchestra


                      7.40pm Mother Teresa
                      It is not how much you do, but how much love you put in the doing.
                      Mother Teresa In 1950 a 40-year-old nun founded the Congregation
                      of the Missionaries of Charity to help the sick and dying in the slums of
                      Calcutta


                      8.35pm Garbo

                      A Biographical Portrait
                      This feature-length study of the great Swedish actress blends
                      film clips, stills and interviews with her contemporaries plus
                      recent footage of Garbo documents and other memorabilia


                      10.35pm The Story of Recluse
                      starring Stewart Granger, Peter Capaldi, Cristina Higueras
                      An entertaining tale of a gambler, a young man, a pretty girl
                      and the games they all play


                      11.25pm The Queen
                      The Christmas day programme in which HM The Queen
                      speaks to the Commonwealth.
                      With open subtitles and sign-language interpretation for
                      people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing


                      11.35pm Julian Lloyd Webber
                      plays the Cello Concerto in E minor,
                      Op 85 by Elgar with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra


                      12.25am Weather

                      12.30am Closedown
                      FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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                      • Re: Christmas TV

                        Boxing Day Saturday 26th December 1987

                        BBC2

                        9.00am Ceefax

                        11.50am International Snooker

                        Snooker 87: Highlights of the BBC's Year of Snooker
                        David Vine recalls highlights from the Masters World
                        Championship, Grand Prix and United Kingdom Championship


                        1.35pm Gymnastics Compilation
                        Two months ago one of the greatest exhibitions of modern gymnastics
                        was witnessed in six days of competition in Rotterdam. In total 14 gold
                        medals were decided. See how they were all won, how some were lost
                        and how Britain's gymnasts fared on the world stage


                        2.25pm Film : Peter No-Tail (1981)
                        An animated feature film.
                        In a barn, deep in the countryside, five kittens are born.
                        Four of them find homes immediately, but who would
                        want a cat with no tail?
                        A watery death threatens, but instead Peter No-Tail finds
                        himself a stowaway in a car bound for the big city and a new world


                        3.45pm Jacqueline du Pre Masterclass
                        In the last of a series of masterclasses recorded in 1979 at the
                        Guildhall School of Music and Drama,
                        Jacqueline du Pre works with students on the cello version of the
                        Cesar Franck Sonata in A major originally written for violin and piano


                        4.20pm The Story of Royal Broadcasting
                        Yesterday's Christmas broadcast by the Queen carries on a tradition
                        started by her grandfather, George V , in 1932 which was the first
                        royal landmark for the fledgling BBC. Then in 1937, George V's
                        coronation procession marched across several thousand small
                        screens and 'the magic of television' had arrived.
                        The development of royal broadcasting is traced through a nostalgic
                        look back over the first 50 years of the BBC's coverage


                        5.20pm Film : Oliver! (1968)
                        starring Ron Moody, Oliver Reed, Mark Lester and Jack Wild
                        This adaptation of Dickens's famous story about little orphan
                        Oliver and his adventures with the Artful
                        Dodger and master
                        pickpocket Fagin won six Academy Awards


                        7.40pm Cinderella, Nuryev's Paris Opera
                        The Paris Opera Ballet in Rudolf Nureyev 's new version of
                        the fairytale. Music by Serge Prokofiev


                        9.45pm When We Are Married
                        by J. B. Priestley
                        Three middle-aged couples are celebrating what should be the
                        happiest day of their married lives, when they receive news that
                        rocks them to their respectable foundations


                        11.45pm Film : Garbo as Queen Christina(1933)
                        The first of five films starring the great actress.
                        Tonight with John Gilbert
                        Arguably Garbo's most celebrated role as the 17th-century
                        Swedish monarch Queen Christina who - dressed in man's clothes -
                        finds herself sharing a room in a remote village inn with a handsome
                        Spanish nobleman


                        1.25am Closedown
                        FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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                        • Re: Christmas TV

                          Sunday 27th December 1987

                          BBC2

                          9.00am Ceefax

                          9.15am Babar Comes to America

                          told by Peter Ustinov
                          Babar, king of the elephants, and his queen, Celeste, go
                          sightseeing in New York while little Arthur makes his own plans


                          9.40am Sebastianthe Incredible Drawing Dog
                          with Michael Barrymore Tall Hat Joe
                          Today's story is about civil servant Joe, who was asked to
                          keep lots of secrets 'under his hat'. But when a gust of wind
                          blows off his hat....


                          9.45am The Mole in a Dream
                          Mole gets himself mixed up with an electronic buff whose
                          life revolves around electric gadgets


                          10.15am Molly's Pilgrim
                          Molly and her parents have gone to the USA from Russia but the
                          children in her new school make her feel uncomfortable because
                          she is different. Molly teaches them a lesson ...


                          10.35am Charlie Brown
                          You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
                          Charlie Brown is having a personality crisis - but always on
                          hand to help are his friends Lucy, Schroeder and Linus


                          11.25am Film : Arabian Adventure (1979)
                          starring Christopher Lee, Milo O'Shea and Oliver Tobias

                          1.00pm No Limits

                          2.00pm The Bolshoi Ballet

                          This special Omnibus presents an exclusive insight into the most
                          famous ballet company in the world

                          4.10pm The Great Philosophers
                          The last in a 15-part history of western philosophy. Wittgenstein
                          with John Searle , Professor of Philosophy at the University of
                          California in Berkeley


                          4.55pm Did You See...?
                          Ludovic Kennedy 's personal selection of the television
                          highlights of 1987


                          5.45pm Film : Bush Christmas (1983)
                          starring Nicole Kidman and Mark Spain Premiere

                          7.15pm Mary Rose
                          Harry, an Australian soldier, returns to the cold, disused house he
                          ran away from when he was 12. He has heard the house is haunted,
                          perhaps by his mother


                          8.55pm Global Report: A Year of Transition
                          A Year of Transition
                          The headlines of 1987 have told of profound and
                          unsettling change. But what sort of year has it been for
                          everyday people caught in the midst of these changes?


                          10.25pm Film : Still of the Night (1982)
                          starring Meryl Streep Roy Scheider
                          The mystery begins when the dead body of George Bynum
                          is found in a parked car in Manhattan's Upper
                          East Side

                          11.55pm Film : Garbo as Ninotchka (1939)
                          continues a season of films starring the legendary actress with
                          Melvyn Douglas. 'Garbo laughs' said MGM's publicity handouts.
                          After 13 years as the tragic heroine the great star persuaded the
                          studio to let her play the title role in this brilliant satirical comedy.
                          Garbo plays Comrade
                          Ninotchka who is sent to Paris to investigate
                          the dubious antics of a Soviet trade delegation
                          .

                          1.50am Closedown
                          FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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                          • Re: Christmas TV

                            Bank Holiday Monday 28th December 1987

                            BBC2

                            9.00am Film : Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20s (1965)
                            A fun-filled festival of the best work of the immortal team of
                            Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy , made during comedy's golden age


                            10.25am Film : Lassie Come Home (1943)
                            starring Roddy McDowall, Donald Crisp, Elizabeth Taylor Poverty
                            forces the Carraclough family to sell Lassie, their beloved collie.
                            But neither distance nor chains can stop Lassie finding her way
                            back. and Lassie


                            11.50am Songs of Praise
                            from Covent Garden and Kingston, Jamaica

                            12.30pm Film : The Good Companions (1933)
                            starring Jessie Matthews John Gielgud
                            The film which established Jessie Matthews as an international
                            star was this lively treatment of J. B. Priestley's novel.
                            When a spinster, a joiner and a rebellious schoolmaster join a
                            concert party, the result is unexpected success for the troupe

                            Premiere

                            2.20pm The Bolshoi in the Park
                            Another chance to enjoy the historic visit of the
                            ​ Bolshoi Ballet Company


                            4.35pm Showreel '87
                            Earlier this year 600 amateurs competed for the BBCtv and
                            Radio Times Awards for Amateur Film and Video Makers with
                            prizes totalling £9,000. Today, and over the next three days,
                            Sue Robbie presents a selection of the semi-finalists and on
                            Friday the winners will be announced.


                            5.15pm 100 Great Sporting Moments : Red Rum, 1973
                            When 'Rummy' jumped the final fence in the 1973 Grand National,
                            he was still 15 lengths behind Crisp - a seemingly impossible handicap


                            5.30pm Jack High
                            The Gateway Masters Bowls Tournament from Beach House Park,
                            Worthing.
                            Two matches tonight, both of which decide who
                            goes through to the semi-finals


                            6.00pm On the Piste
                            follows the fortunes of two sets of skiers - a group of accident-prone
                            beginners in Soil, and members of the aristocratic and expensive
                            Downhill Only Club in the faded elegance of Wengen.


                            7.00pm Film : National Velvet (1944)
                            starring Elizabeth Taylor Mickey Rooney Donald Crisp
                            Velvet Brown wins a hunter in a raffle and decides to turn him
                            into a champion racehorse with the help of her young friend Mi.
                            Their dreams are fulfilled when the animal is entered in the
                            ​Grand National


                            9.00pm An Evening with Kiri Te Kanawa
                            A gala concert from the Royal Albert Hall , London, presenting
                            a blend of classical music and songs from My Fair Lady. In the
                            first of two programmes Kiri Te Kanawa sings favourite arias of
                            Mozart, Gounod, Charpentier and Puccini


                            9.55pm Flying for Fun
                            A dramatised version of Jack Parham's book about flying a very small,
                            very slow aeroplane around southern England in the 1930s.

                            His experience of that time profoundly influenced artillery targeting
                            methods during and after the Second World War, but this film conveys
                            his sense of joy and wonder at flying simply for fun


                            10.30pm Screen Two
                            A look ahead to a new season of outstanding productions

                            10.40pm Film : Woody Allen - Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
                            continues a season of films by the master of I American comedy.
                            Tonight also starring Mia Farrow


                            12.00 Film : Garbo as Camille (1936)
                            starring Greta Garbo Robert Taylor
                            Marguerite Gautier is known in Paris as the Lady of the
                            Camellias because of her love of the delicate blossoms
                            FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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                            • Re: Christmas TV

                              Tuesday 29th December 1987

                              BBC2


                              9.00am Pages from Ceefax
                              12.05pm TV Film : Lassie - Peace Is Our Profession (1970)
                              Première
                              1.35pm World Cup Rugby Special
                              2.35pm Sign Extra
                              3.00pm News, Weather
                              followed by
                              Showreel 87
                              3.40pm News and Weather
                              Regional News and Weather
                              3.50pm Film : Fred Astaire Dances - Flying Down to Rio (1933)
                              5.15pm 100 Great Sporting Moments
                              5.30pm Jack High
                              6.00pm Film : The Silent One (1985)
                              Première
                              7.35pm The Fish Course Challenge
                              8.05pm L'heure espagnole
                              9.00pm Songs from 'My Fair Lady'
                              10.00pm Film : Shoot the Moon (1982)
                              Première
                              12.00 Film : Garbo as Anna Karenina (1935)
                              1.30am Weather
                              FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

                              Comment


                              • Re: Christmas TV

                                Wednesday 30th December 1987

                                BBC2


                                9.00am Pages from Ceefax
                                12.00 Film : Hambone and Hillie (1983)
                                1.25pm 100 Great Sporting Moments
                                1.40pm World Cup Rugby Special
                                2.55pm News, Weather
                                followed by
                                Showreel 87
                                3.35pm News and Weather
                                Regional News and Weather
                                3.45pm Film : Fred Astaire Dances : The Gay Divorcee (1934)
                                5.30pm Jack High
                                6.00pm TV Film : Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980)
                                7.40pm Natural Concern
                                8.10pm L'enfant et les sortilèges
                                9.00pm Film : The Killing Fields (1984)
                                Première
                                11.15pm Beethoven Piano Sonata
                                11.45pm Film : Garbo as Marie Walewska (1937)
                                1.35pm Weather
                                FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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