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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
    FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

    Comment


    • 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
      FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

      Comment


      • 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
        FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

        Comment


        • 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
          FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

          Comment


          • 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
            FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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            • Re: Christmas TV

              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
              f
              ollowed by Weather

              1.55am BBC News 24
              FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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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


                FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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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
                  FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

                  Comment


                  • Re: Christmas TV

                    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
                    FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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                    • Re: Christmas TV

                      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
                      FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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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
                        FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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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
                          FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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                          • 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
                            FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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                            • 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
                              FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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                              • 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
                                FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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