Christmas TV

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Re: Christmas TV

CHANNEL 5

Christmas Eve Wednesday 24th December 1997

6.00am Children's Programmes
Dappledown Farm

6.30am The Wind in the Willows

6.50am Mr Men and Little Misses

7.00am Wimzie's House

7.30am Alvin and the Chipmunks

8.00am Havakazoo

8.30am Adventures of the Bush Patrol

9.00am Stickin' Around

9.30am Kablam!

10.00am George of the Jungle

10.25am Ugly Duckling

12.00 The Bold and the Beautiful

12.30pm Family Affairs

1.00pm 5 News Update

1.05pm Film : Scrooge (1951)
starring Alastair Sim (b&w)

2.45pm Film : Prancer (1989)
starring Sam Elliott

4.35pm Xena : Warrior Princess

5.30pm Behind the Scenes of SpiceWorld - the Movie

6.00pm 100 Per Cent

6.30pm Family Affairs

7.00pm The Tim Vine Christmas Present

8.00pm Instant Gardens

8.30pm 100 Per Cent Christmas Special

9.00pm Film : A Christmas Romance (1994) Première

10.50pm The Jack Docherty Show

11.35pm Film : Big Bad Mama II (1987)

1.10am Film : Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1971)

2.50am Film : A Damsel in Distress (1937)
starring Fred Astaire (b&w)

4.40am Film : Christmas Snow (1986)

5.30am 100 Per Cent - Christmas Special

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Day Thursday 25th December 1997
CHANNEL 5

6.00am Children's Programmes
Dappledown Farm

6.30am The Wind in the Willows

6.50am Mr Men and Little Misses

7.00am Wimzie's House

7.30am Alvin and the Chipmunks

8.00am Havakazoo

8.30am Adventures of the Bush Patrol

9.00am Wishbone

9.30am Alpha Zone

10.30am McCartney : Standing Stone

12.05pm Family Affairs

12.35pm The Bold and the Beautiful

1.05pm 5 News Update

1.10pm Film : 84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
starring Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins

3.05pm The Snow Queen's Revenge

4.20pm Film : Moonwalker (1988)
starring Michael Jackson

6.00pm 100 Per Cent - Abba Special

6.30pm Family Affairs

7.00pm Night Fever - Abba Special

7.55pm Xena : Warrior Princess

8.50pm 5 News

9.00pm Film : The Man in the Moon (1991)
starring Sam WaterstonPremière

10.50pm Film : About Last Night (1986)
starring Rob Lowe, Demi Moore

1.05am Film : Crimes of Passion (1984)
starring Kathleen Turner

3.00am Film : Lord Jim (1965)
starring Peter O'Toole, James Mason

5.30am 100 Per Cent - Abba Special

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Re: Christmas TV

CHANNEL 5

Boxing Day Friday 26th December 1997

6.00am Children's Programmes
Dappledown Farm

6.30am The Wind in the Willows

6.50am Mr Men and Little Misses

7.00am Wimzie's House

7.30am Alvin and the Chipmunks

8.00am Havakazoo

8.30am Adventures of the Bush Patrol

9.00am Film : The Princess and the Goblin (1992)
animation

10.30am Children's Programmes
Stickin' Around

11.00am Eco Warriors Special

11.30am Wishbone

12.00 The Bold and the Beautiful

12.30pm Family Affairs

1.00pm 5 News Update

1.05pm Football Special

6.00pm 100 Per Cent

6.30pm Family Affairs

7.10pm Film : Gone with the Wind (1939)

11.10pm Lexx : the Dark Zone Stories

1.00am Film : The Happy Hooker (1975)
starring Lynn Redgrave

4.20am Film : The Plough and the Stars (1936)
(b&w)

5.30am 100 Per Cent

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Eve Thursday 24th December 1998

BBC1

7.00am News
Regional News; Weather

7.10am Children's BBC
Tales of the Tooth Fairies
animated fun (Repeat)

7.15am Teletubbies (Repeat)

7.40am Moomim
animation (Repeat)

8.05am Taz-Mania
animation

8.35am Blue Peter
Children's magazine(Repeat)

8.55am Sweet Valley High
teenage drama (Repeat)

9.20am The Fame Game
Justin has his first photo shoot (Repeat)

9.55am The Teletubbies
Christmas in Spain, Laa Laa makes a snowball

10.20am News
Regional News and Weather

10.30am Film : All I Want for Christmas (1991)
starring Lauren Bacall, Leslie Nielsen

11.55am The New Adventures of Superman
Return of the Prankster

12.45pm Good Neighbours
fans reminisce about their favourite moments from "Neighbours"

12.55pm News and Weather
Regional News

1.10pm Neighbours
Bill tells Susan that he wants to leave home

1.35pm Film : Lassie : A New Generation (1994)
starring Jon Tenney, Helen SlaterPremière

3.05pm Live and Kicking Mystery Toons
A Live and Kicking Murder Mystery
A Christmas party at an English country mansion goes
horribly wrong when the host mysteriously dies

3.45pm Film : The Santa Clause (1994)
starring Tim AllenPremière

5.15pm Neighbours (Repeat)

5.40pm Whatever You Want . . . for Christmas
Gaby Roslin presents a Christmas special of the dream-fulfilment show

6.30pm Newswith Peter Sissons
Weather Michael Fish

6.55pm Regional News

7.00pm Celebrity Ready, Steady Cook
a special Christmas edition
Lily Savage and Barbara Windsor join chefs Antony Worrall Thompson
and Ainsley Harriott, with Fern Britton

7.30pm EastEnders
Grant's freedom is in the balance as Tiffany gives her version
of what happened on the stairs

8.00pm Animal Hospital
first of three festive editions, with Rolf Harris

8.30pm Birds of a Feather
Holy Ground concluding the final series

9.10pm Newswith Peter Sissons
Regional News, WeatherMichael Fish

9.30pm Jonathan Creek
Black Canary
starring Alan Davies, Caroline Quentin

11.00pm The Frank Skinner Christmas Show
featuring Mel C, Aled Jones and a special mystery guest

11.40pm Christmas is Coming
Watchnight from Edinburgh, live from St Giles Cathedral on
Edinburgh's Royal Mile

12.40am Film : Carry On Again Doctor (1969)
starring Kenneth Williams, Jim Dale, Sid James
followed by
Weather

2.10-6.00am BBC News 24

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Day Friday 25th December 1998

BBC1

6.00am Children's BBC
Teletubbies (Repeat)

6.25am Noddy in Toyland
a Christmas special mixing live-action and animation

7.20am PJ's Unfunny Bunny Christmas
a rabbit's quest for the true spirit of Christmas(Repeat)

7.45am Scrooge Koala's Christmas
a lost reindeer brings the festive spirit to the outback

8.10am Alvin and the Chipmunks
animation (Repeat)

8.35am To me......to You
festive challenges with the Chuckle Brothers

9.00am Rotten Ralph
animated adventures

9.30am Teletubbies
Nativity Play, the Teletubbies make a Snowtubby

10.00am Celebrate Christmas
Deborah McAndrew presents carols and festive music for Christmas
morning from Lesley Garrett, Charlotte Church,
Ladysmith Black Mambazo and others

11.00am Film : Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
starring Richard Attenborough, Elizabeth PerkinsPremière

12.50pm Top of the Pops
The stars and the top-selling songs of 1998 plus this
year's Christmas number one

1.50pm News and Weather

1.55pm The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show
(from 1973) starring André Previn, Hannah Gordon

3.00pm The Queen
Her Majesty addresses the Commonwealth

3.10pm Noel's Christmas Presents
Noel Edmonds once again journeys around Britain and the
world to spring surprises and give some very unusual presents to some very special people

4.10pm Animal Hospital
a special edition for Christmas Day with Rolf Harris

4.15pm The First Snow of Winter
animation, featuring the voices of Sorcha Cusack,
Miriam Margoyles, Dermot Morgan

5.15pm News, Weather

5.25pm EastEnders
The first of tonight's two offerings from Albert Square. Grant
finally opens up to his brother, and Bianca is taken by surprise

5.55pm Auntie's Spanking New Christmas Bloomers
Terry Wogan reveals more moments to bring a festive blush to
the stars of the BBC's most popular programmes, including
EastEnders, Changing Rooms, Jonathan Creek, Can't Cook Won't Cook and Dalziel and Pascoe

6.30pm Changing Rooms at Christmas
A special yuletide edition of the interior-design challenge show.
Carol Smillie is on the isle of Arran, where two neighbours try to
give each other's living rooms a special festive feel, with the help of design experts Linda Barker and Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen

7.00pm Film : Babe (1995)
starring James CromwellPremière

8.30pm EastEnders
Bianca and Grant are forced to put aside their difference

9.00pm Before They Were Famous III
Angus Deayton takes another dip into the archives to find
clips of the stars that they would rather forget

9.40pm Newswith Huw Edwards
Weather Michael Fish

9.50pm Men Behaving Badly
Performance
first of three new episodes starring Martin Clunes, Neil Morrissey,
Caroline Quentin, Leslie Ash

10.35pm They Think It's All Over
hosted by Nick Hancock with Gary Lineker, David Gower, Rory McGrath, Jonathan Ross, Phil Cornwell, Colin Montgomerie

11.10pm A Many Splintered Thing
adult romantic comedy starring Alan Davies

11.40pm The People's Nativity
a reading of the Christmas story withTom Jones, Barbara Windsor,
Alan Titchmarsh, Des Lynam

11.45pm Robbie Williams : For One Night Only
At the end of a successful year that has established him as one
of the country's leading solo artists, Robbie Williams entertains family and friends in a special television concert

12.35am Film : Carry on Girls (1973)
starring Sidney James, Joan Sims, Kenneth Connor

2.05am BBC News 24

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Boxing Day Saturday 26th December 1998

BBC1

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

6.05am Eek the Cat
feline capers (Repeat)

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

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

7.05am The Wizard of Oz
animation (Repeat)

7.30am X-Men
animation (Repeat)

7.50am Round the Twist
fantasy drama (Repeat)

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

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

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

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

1.20pm News, Weather

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

2.25pm Brambly Hedge
The Secret Staircase, animation

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

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

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

5.15pm News and Weather

5.25pm Regional News and Sport

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

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

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

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

9.20pm News and Sportwith Edward Stourton
WeatherIsobel Lang

9.35pm Men Behaving Badly
2/3 Gary in Love

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

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

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

1.55am BBC News 24

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Re: Christmas TV

Sunday 27th December 1998

BBC1

6.00am Cartoon Fun
animated antics

6.25am Film : Jacob (1994)
starring Matthew ModinePremière

7.55am Touched by an Angel
Fear Not
a seasonal feature-length episode of the US series
about two guardian angels

9.25am News and Weather

9.30am The Heaven and Earth Show
The spiritual magazine show returns after its Advent break.
John Walters goes in search of the real Father Christmas, while Simon Biagi and Amanda Redington meet the
"Champion Children" of 1998.
Plus festive music from Charlotte Church

10.30am The Life of Birds
The Limits of Endurance(Repeat)

11.20am World Cup 98 Review
A look back at the highs and lows of this year's World Cup in France, including the emergence of England's Michael Owen, the drama surrounding Brazilian star Ronaldo and the triumph of the host nation presented by Des Lynam

12.20pm Laughing for Ages
Stephen Tomkinson reveals the truth behind human history
using classic comedy clips

12.50pm News ; Weather for the Week Ahead

12.55pm EastEnders
first of today's two omnibus editions

2.45pm Film : The Wizard of Oz (1939)
starring Judy Garland Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley

4.25pm EastEnders
second omnibus edition

5.20pm News and Weather

5.35pm Regional News

5.40pm Songs of Praise
Daniel O'Donnell performs in a special concert of Christmas and
gospel music recorded at Wembley Arena

6.15pm Antiques Roadshow - the Next Generation
from the Heritage Motor Centre, Warwickshire with Hugh Scully,
Trude Mostue, Quentin Wilson

7.00pm In Love with Elizabeth
The Early Life of the Queen Mother

8.00pm This Is Your Life
with Michael Aspel

8.40pm Film : Mrs Brown (1997)
starring Judi Dench, Billy ConnollyPremière

10.20pm News with Peter Sissons
WeatherPeter Cockcroft

10.35pm Heartburn Hotel
a special Christmas episode of the comedy set in a run-down hotel,
starring Tim Healey

11.05pm Alf Garnett : In Sickness and in Health
Another chance to see a festive episode of the 1985 comedy.
Alf schemes so his family can attend two Christmas dinners

11.35pm The Big End
first in a seven part series in which Simon Mayo takes a satirical look
at bizarre beliefs in pre-millennial Britain

12.05am Film : The Sting (1973)
starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw
followed by
Weather

2.10-6.30am BBC News 24

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Re: Christmas TV

Bank Holiday Monday 28th December 1998

BBC1

6.30am Children's BBC
Fireman Sam
animation Sarah and James are trapped in the ice (Repeat)

6.50am Teletubbies
(Repeat)

7.15am Christmas Toons!
animation, Billy has to use all of his wits to win the hand of Elizabeth (Repeat)

7.45am Fudge
US comedy about a boy who complicates his elder brother's life
(Repeat)

8.10am Taz-Mania
cartoon, Taz is rejected

8.35am Rugrats
cartoon fun with the carpet-crawlers
(Repeat)

9.00am Student Bodies
sitcom, the students prepare for a Christmas concert (Repeat)

9.25am 50/50
a Christmas edition of the children's quiz, presented by Sally Gray

9.55am Teletubbies
Towers, some children build towers

10.20am News, Regional News and Weather

10.30am Film : The Black Hole (1979)
Disney sci-fi adventure starring Maximilian Schell

12.00 Party of a Lifetime
This one-off edition of the surprise-party challenge series sees
the team led by Ainsley Harriott helping a group of amateur
belly-dancers who want to stage a charity Show

12.30pm Laughing for Ages
comedy clips including Frankie Howerd, Les Dawson, The Fast Show

1.00pm News and Weather, Regional News

1.15pm Neighbours
Joel confesses his feelings for Libby

1.40pm Film : Star Trek IV : the Voyage Home (1986)
starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy

3.35pm The World's Strongest Man
presented by John Inverdale

4.05pm Oddbods
A short comedy about two eccentrics who live in the village of
Snuggleford, starring Gareth Hale , Norman Pace

4.25pm Neighbours
(Repeat)

4.50pm Final Score
today's football results and sporting news with Ray Stubbs

5.15pm News and Weather

5.25pm Regional News

5.35pm Big Break Christmas Show
with Jim Davdison and John Virgo, guests Isla Fisher, Little and Large,
Barbara Windsor, Jimmy White, John Higgins, John Parrott

6.05pm Film : Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
starring Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Denholm Elliott

8.00pm EastEnders
Grant awaits important news that will affect his future. Bianca
receives some welcome visitors, while a stranger shows interest in Matthew's business plans

8.30pm Paddington Green
The first part of a brand new docu-soap set in and around
Paddington Green in West London

9.00pm Men Behaving Badly
3/3 Delivery

9.45pm Harry Enfield's Yule Log Chums
Harry Enfield returns with a festive feast of comedy, also starring
Paul Whitehouse and Kathy Burke

10.25pm News with Michael Buerk
Regional News
Weather Philip Avery

10.45pm Match of the Day
Highlights of two of today's top Premiership games. Plus all the day's news and talking points and a round up of the Boxing Day fixtures introduced by Des Lynam with Trevor Brooking, Alan Hansen

12.10am Film : Too Late the Hero (1970)
starring Michael Caine, Cliff Robertson
followed by
Weather

2.20am-7.00am BBC News 24

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Christmas Eve Thursday 24th December 1998

BBC2

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

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

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

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

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

12.40pm The West
Death Runs Riot 1856-68

2.05pm Film : Shenandoah (1965)
starring James Stewart

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

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

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

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

6.15pm The Simpsons
Homer Loves Flanders

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

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

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

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

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

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

2.35am Closedown

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Christmas Day Friday 25th December 1998

BBC2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Re: Christmas TV

Boxing Day Saturday 26th December 1998

BBC2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

3.00am Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

Sunday 27th December 1998

BBC2

6.00am Film : Home Sweet Home (1945)
musical comedy (b&w)

7.30am Children's BBC
Bump's Christmas Story
animated yuletide tale(Repeat)

7.40am Teletubbies
special Sunday edition of the pre-school series

8.20am The Wizard of Oz
animated magical series (Repeat)

8.40am Fievel's American Tails
cartoon capers with the mouse
(Repeat)

9.05am The Queen's Nose
Harmony and Dino decide to set a trap
Last in the series

9.35am The Wayne Manifesto
Australian drama about a 12-year-old boy.
Wayne discovers his first chest hair

10.05am The Midas Touch
Feature-length children's drama. An old witch grants an orphan's
wish to be rich but there are bad consequences as well as good

11.20am The Making of the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
Cameras go behind the scenes to follow the progress of Professor
Nancy Rothwell from audition to performance as she takes on the daunting task of presenting this year's series of lectures for young people

12.20pm Cricket - the Ashes
Action from Melbourne on the second day of the Fourth Test.
With Richie Benaud, Ian Chappell and Tony Greig

12.50pm Film : Quo Vadis (1951)
starring Deborah Kerr, Robert Taylor

3.35pm Choir of the Year
The final of the competition, presented by Howard Goodall
from Buxton Opera House in Derbyshire

4.25pm Simon Rattle - Moving On
As Simon Rattle, one of the world's most popular conductors,
prepares to leave the City of Birmingham Orchestra, where he has been principal conductor for 18 years, cameras follow him on his
final tour with the orchestra and at home, recording the contributions of friends and colleagues

5.15pm The Cat Show
102nd National Cat Club Show
at Earls Court, presented by Steve Knight, Wendy Leavesley

6.05pm Rex the Runt
The Trials of Wendy
Wendy is put on trial for shooting Vince, adult animation

6.15pm Star Trek : Voyager
The Gift
Kes undergoes a strange metamorphosis and her new powers
soon pose a threat to her unsuspecting crew mates

7.00pm Ray Mears's World of Survival
The Red Centre
Concluding the series that examines some of the world's most
inhospitable areas

7.30pm The Car's the Star
In the Soviet Union it was a status symbol, while in Britain it
became a national joke, but does the Lada really deserve its comic reputation?

7.50pm Earth Story
A World Apart
Concluding the exploration of our understanding of the planet

8.40pm Reeves and Mortimer - Xmas Shooting Stars
Comedians Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer present a special
edition of the celebrity quiz, with Ulrika Jonsson, Mark Lamarr
and George "Santa Claus" Dawes

9.20pm Ted and Ralph
special one-off comedy based on the antics of two of the most
popular characters from The Fast Show, written by and starring Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson

10.30pm Merry Mind the Buzzcocks
Host Mark Lamarr and team captains Sean Hughes and Phill Jupitus
are joined by Boy George, Noddy Holder, Jonathan Ross and Sleeper's Louise Wener in a festive edition of the pop quiz

11.10pm Film : I Shot Andy Warhol (1995)
starring Lili Taylor

12.45am Andrea Bocelli : a Night in Tuscany
The tenor Andrea Bocelli is one of the world's great opera stars
Tonight he returns to Tuscany, where he grew up, for a special
open-air music concert at the Piazza dei Cavalieri in Pisa
followed by
Weatherview

1.45am Closedown

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Bank Holiday Monday 28th December 1998

BBC2

6.10am Film : The Miracle of the Bells (1948)
starring Frank Sinatra (b&w)

8.05am Film : Young at Heart (1955)
starring frank Sinatra

10.00am Perfectly Frank
first of 12 short films accompanying the Frank Sinatra film
season in which fans and friends pay tribute

10.05am The West
The Grandest Enterprise under God:
1868-74
Americans set out to unite post-Civil War east and west with a
1,775-mile railway from Omaha to Sacramento that promised work for immigrant labourers, land for poor farmers and a lucrative business for hunters

11.30am The Royal Institute Christmas Lectures
Staying Alive : the Body in Balance
Sense and Sensitivity
First in a series of five daily science talks, intended to be of particular interest to children

12.30pm Cricket : the Ashes
Action from the crease at Melbourne as the Fourth Test reaches day three

1.00pm Racing
presented by Claire Balding from Chepstow
(1.10, 1.40, 2.15 & 2.40 races)

3.00pm Film : The Pride and the Passion (1957)
starring Frank Sinatra, Cary Grant, Sophia Loren

5.10pm Cardigans at Christmas
looking at past Christmas TV offerings including Christmas Night
with the Stars and Val Doonican

6.00pm Dance Night
Royal Ballet dancer Deborah Bull and comedian Alexei Sayle
introduce an evening devoted to exploring the many facets of
dance from ballroom and ballet to modern and clubbing

6.05pm Dance Ballerina Dance
with Deborah Bull, Adam Cooper, Lynn Seymour in a
sequence of movements that traces the changing role of
female ballet dancers over the past century

6.55pm Torvill and Dean
Another chance to see Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean's
Bolero ice-dance routine

7.05pm You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
Alexei Sayle sets out to prove that you don't have to be a
professional to perform waltz, jive or salsa

7.35pm Best Ballroom
the waltz, by ballroom aces Marcus and Karen Hilton

7.45pm The Magic of Dance
Out in the Limelight. Home in the Rain, the final episode from
Dame Margot Fonteyn's 1979 history of dance

8.35pm Infanta
A girl explores her own garden world Performed by Ella Horton Chandler and choreographed by Rosemary Lee

8.40pm Eric and Ernie
the classic "Singin' in the Rain" routine by comedy duo Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise

8.45pm The Art of Touch
TV première of this award-winning piece performed by
Siobhan Davies Dance Company

9.35pm Nussin
A dance-based short film with no dialogue, set around a snowy railway station in the Czech Republic. The obsession of two couples for ballroom dancing leads to murder

10.25pm Film : Strictly Ballroom (1992)
starring Paul Mercurio, Tara Morice

11.55pm Film : A Chorus Line (1985)
starring Michael Douglas
followed by
Weatherview

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Eve Thursday 24th December 1998

ITV CENTRAL

6.00am GMTV

9.25am News, Regional News

9.35am CITV
House of Toons

10.00am Rocky and the Dodos

10.15am Art Attack Christmas Cracker

10.50am The Snow Queen
feature length animation

12.20pm Regional News, Weather

12.30pm Lunchtime News, Weather

1.00pm The Baldy Man
with Gregor Fisher

1.30pm Charlotte Church - Voice of an Angel

2.00pm Children's programmes
Paddington

2.10pm Animaniacs

2.35pm Hey Arnold!

3.00pm In the House with Cleopatra and Friends

4.00pm Premiere
arts guide

4.30pm Regional News, Regional Weather

5.00pm Early Evening News

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

7.00pm Emmerdale

7.30pm The Bill

8.30pm Heartbeat : Echoes of the Past

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

10.35pm News, Weather, Regional Weather

10.50pm This Is Celine Dion

11.30pm Christmas Glory

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

2.05am Christmas on Division Street

3.50am Film : Spooks Run Wild (1941)

5.05am Hurricanes
animation

5.30am Mumfie's White Christmas

5.55am Morning News

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Day Friday 25th December 1998

ITV CENTRAL

6.00am GMTV
Bananas in Pyjamas

6.25am Big Garage

6.50am Our House

7.10am The Fun Song Factory

7.35am Barney and Friends

8.00am GMTV Christmas Special

9.25am Christmas Day in the Morning

10.20am CITV
Sooty and Co Christmas Special

11.00am Percy the Park Keeper
animation

11.35am The Forgotten Toys
animation

12.05pm The Willows in Winter
animation

1.30pm News, Weather

1.45pm The Spice Girls Live at Wembley

3.00pm The Queen

3.10pm Christmas Disney Time
introduced by Suggs

4.10pm Jack and the Beanstalk

5.45pm News , Weather

6.00pm Emmerdale

7.00pm Coronation Street

8.00pm You've Been Framed at Christmas

8.30pm Who Wants to Be a Christmas Millionaire?

9.30pm Christmasses from Hell

10.30pm News, Weather, Regional Weather

10.40pm Film : The Godfather Part II (1974)

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

4.45am Movie Magic : Wild Hollywood

5.35am Cartoon Time

5.55-6.00am Morning News