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  • Re: Christmas TV

    Christmas Day Saturday 25th December 1999

    BBC1

    6:00am Children's BBC
    Polka Dot Shorts

    Polkaroo and friends exchange presents (Repeat)

    6:10am Teletubbies
    Snowy Story (Repeat)

    6:40am Barney's Christmas Surprise
    Barney has a gift (Repeat)

    6:45am Christmas Toons
    the animated tale, White Christmas(Repeat)

    7:10am The True Meaning of Crumbfest
    animation about a mouse

    7:35am Blue Peter - a Christmas Box of Delights
    highlights

    8:00am Live and Kicking's Christmas Cracker
    with Emma Ledden and Steve Wilson

    10:00am Christmas Day Service - Joy to the World
    introduced by Diane Louise Jordan

    11:00am Film : James and the Giant Peach (1996)
    animated fantasyadventure with live action sequencesPremière

    12:15pm News and Weather

    12:20pm The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show (1977)

    with guests including Elton John

    1:30pm Christmas Top of the Pops

    2:30pm Hooves of Fire

    comedy animationabout Robbie the Reindeer narrated
    by Robbie Williams

    3:00pm The Queen

    3:10pm Noel's Christmas Presents

    4:00pm Film : Jumanji (1995)

    starring Robin WilliamsPremière

    5:40pm BBC News and Weather

    5:50pm EastEnders


    6:20pm Auntie's Cracking New Bloomers
    presented by Terry Wogan

    7:00pm David Copperfield
    1/2 starring Daniel Radcliffe

    8:30pm EastEnders

    9:00pm The Vicar of Dibley
    2/4 Winter, starring Dawn French

    9:40pm Before They Were Famous
    featuring Julian Clary, Robson Green, Celine Dion, Jonathan Ross,
    George Clooney, Ricky Martin


    10:20pm BBC Newswith George Alagiah
    Weather David Braine

    10:30pm The Royle Family
    the family gathers to celebrate Christmas

    11:10pm They Think It's All Over
    comedy sports quiz presented by Nick Hancock with guests David Gower,
    Gary Lineker, Rory McGrath, Jonathan Ross

    11:45pm Rumours of Angels
    Thora Hird and Tony Robinson team up as star and writer of an
    alternative telling of the Christmas story

    11:50pm Film : The Italian Job (1969)
    starring Michael Caine

    1:30am Film : A Shock to the System (1990)
    starring Michael Caine

    2:55am BBC News 24
    FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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    • Re: Christmas TV

      Boxing Day Sunday 26th December 1999

      BBC1

      6.00am
      Children's BBC
      Bump's Christmas Story
      Bump sets out to meet Santa (Repeat)

      6.10am Postman Pat
      Pat has to take to a sledge
      (Repeat)

      6.30am Noddy and Father Christmas
      animation (Repeat)

      7.00am Christmas Toons!
      the story of Good King Wenceslas (Repeat)

      7.25am Santa's First Christmas
      animation(Repeat)

      7.50am Eek the Cat
      Eek receives the wrong present(Repeat)

      8.15am Kenan and Kel
      comedy, the boys look to their ambitions(Repeat)

      8.40am Rotten Ralph
      animation special featuring the bad cat (Repeat)

      9.05am Woody Woodpecker
      a seasonal animated triple bill (Repeat)

      9.30am 50/50
      festive game-show frolics with Philip Olivier, Adam Ricketts,
      Michaela Strachan

      9.55am Love Shone Down
      from Manchester Cathedral,fun music and praise

      10.35am Film : A Goofy Movie (1995)
      animationPremière

      11.45am Cartoon

      12.00 Film : Balto (1995)

      animationPremière

      1.10pm BBC News and Weather

      1.25pm EastEnders

      2.45pm Film : Matilda (1996)

      starring Mara Wilson
      Première

      4.15pm Songs of Praise
      from Lincoln Christmas market

      4.50pm Final Score
      a roundup of today's results with Ray Stubbs

      5.10pm BBC News and Weather

      5.20pm Regional News

      5.25pm Vets in Practice - at Christmas

      5.55pm Animal Hospital

      presented by Rolf Harris


      6.25pm David Copperfield
      2/2

      8.00pm Christmas Casualty
      Peace on Earth

      9.00pm Film : Mission Impossible (1996)
      starring Tom CruisePremière

      10.45pm BBC Newswith Peter Sissons
      Weather Helen Willetts

      11.00pm Match of the Day
      hosted by Gary Lineker with Trevor Brooking

      12.45am Film : Clockwise (1986)
      starring John Cleese, Alison Steadman

      2.20am BBC News 24
      FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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      • Re: Christmas TV

        Bank Holiday Monday 27th December 1999

        BBC1

        6.00am
        Children's BBC
        Teletubbies
        Ned's Bicycle (Repeat)

        6.25am See It, Saw It
        highlights from the comedy series

        6.50am Christmas Toons!
        Santa Claus is Coming to Town,
        animation


        7.15am The Busy World of Richard Scarry
        a triple bill of animated adventures set in Busytown (Repeat)

        7.40am Sleeping Beauty
        animated version with music by Tchaikovsky(Repeat)

        8.10am The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
        animated tales

        8.35am Chipmunks Christmas
        festive animation
        (Repeat)

        9.00am Bob the Builder
        Bob's White Christmas, animation

        9.10am Tweenies
        Corner Shop


        9.30am Rotten Ralph
        animation(Repeat)

        10.00am The First Snow of Winter
        cartoon tale of a little duck who misses the annual migration south
        (Repeat)

        10.30am Film : Salt Water Moose (1996)
        Première

        12.00 Hooves of Fire
        (Repeat)

        12.35pm Cartoon

        12.40pm BBC News and Weather

        12.50pm Regional News

        12.55pm Film : Dunston Checks In (1996)

        comedy starring Jason Alexander, Faye Dunnaway,
        Eric Lloyd, Rupert Everett

        2.15pm EastEnders

        3.40pm Film : The Flintstones (1996)

        starring John Goodman

        5.00pm BBC News and Weather

        5.15pm Regional News

        5.20pm The Other Half Celebrity Special

        with Dale Winton, guests Wendy Richard, Adam Woodyatt,
        Jenny Powell, Paul Ross, Kriss Akabussi, Sherrie Hewson


        6.00pm Celebrity Ready Steady Cook
        with Fern Britton, guests Chris Eubank, Frank Bruno,
        chefs Paul Rankin,
        Ross Burden

        6.30pm Film : Spice World (1997)
        starring the Spice GirlsPremière

        8.00pm EastEnders

        8.30pm Changing Rooms

        with Carol Smillie, Graham Wynne, Linda Barker

        9.00pm The Vicar of Dibley
        3/4 Spring, starring dawn French

        9.40pm Harry Enfield presents Kevin's Guide to Being a Teenager
        with Harry Enfield, Kathy Burke, Louise Rix, Stephen Moore,
        Duncan Preston

        10.20pm BBC Newswith Michael Buerk,
        Regional News,
        Weather
        with Sally Cummings

        10.40pm Around the World in 80 Minutes - Century in Song
        documemtary which blends music with newly restored archive film to
        provide a decade-by-decade journey through the 20th Century

        12.05am Film : Steptoe and Son Ride Again (1973)
        starring Wilfrid Brambell, Harry H Corbett

        1.40am BBC News 24
        FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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        • Re: Christmas TV

          Bank Holiday Tuesday 28th December 1999

          BBC1

          6.00am Children's BBC
          Poddington Peas

          the peas find that Santa has forgotten them(Repeat)

          6.05am Christmas Toons!
          Silent Night, a snowman comes to life
          (Repeat)

          6.30am TeletubbiesOur Pig Winnie
          (Repeat)

          6.55am The Busy World of Richard Scarry
          (Repeat)

          7.20am Bob the Builder
          Wendy decides to clean out the fish tank

          7.30am Tweenies
          Can't Go There,

          Fizz has nowhere to play

          7.50am See It Saw It - the King's Choice
          comedy sketches(Repeat)

          8.15am The Flintstones Comedy Show
          fun in Bedrock (Repeat)

          8.40am Goosebumps
          A Night in Terror Tower (part 1)(Repeat)

          9.05am Justin's Story
          1/4
          documentary series following 14 year-old Justin's attempts to be a
          pop star

          9.30am CBBC - Proms in the Park
          highlights of a concert in London's Hyde Park designed to
          introduce young people to classic music, with Charlotte Church
          and S Club 7, introduced by Katy Hill (Repeat)

          10.35am Film : Prancer (1989)
          seasonal drama

          12.15pm BBC News
          Regional News; Weather


          12.30am Film : Angus (1989)
          starring Kathy Bates Première

          1.50pm Film : Muppet Treasure Island (1996)
          Première

          3.20pm Film : Porridge (1979)
          starring Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale

          4.50pm Final Score
          results and soccer reports with Ray Stubbs

          5.10pm BBC News; Weather

          5.25pm Regional News


          5.30pm World's Strongest Man
          hosted by John Inverdale

          6.00pm Lily Savage's Blankety Blank
          with guests Donald Sinden, Roy Barraclough, Honor Blackman,
          Barbara Windsor, Anthea Turner, Tim Vincent

          6.30pm 2000 to 1
          another instalment of the millennium quiz show

          7.00pm Molly's Zoo at Christmas
          festivities at Twycross Zoo, narrated by Griff Rhys Jones
          7.30pm EastEnders

          8.00pm Ballykissangel
          The Wedding, Minto seizes the chance to give Dillon a stag
          party that he will
          never forget

          8.50pm BBC News with Michael Buerk.
          Regional News
          9.00pm Jonathan Creek
          Miracle in Crooked Lane
          starring Alan Davies, Caroline Quentin

          9.50pm The French and Saunders Christmas Special 1999

          10.20pm BBC Newswith Michael Buerk
          Weatherwith Peter Cockroft

          10.30pm Match of the Day
          introduced by Gary Lineker with Mark Lawrenson

          11.50pm They Think It's All Over
          comedy sports quiz(Repeat)
          followed by Weatherview

          12.30am Film : Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! (1973)
          comedy

          2.00am BBC News 24
          FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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          • Re: Christmas TV

            Christmas Eve Friday 24th December 1999

            BBC2

            6.05am Film : Good King Wenceslas (1994)

            Première

            7.35am Grace under Fire
            Mother Christmas
            Grace's mum has
            definite ideas about how little girls should behave

            8.00am People's Century
            1933 Master Race (b&w/colour)(Repeat)

            8.55amPeople's Century
            1939 Total War(b&w/colour)(Repeat)
            then One Man and his Dog - Previews

            9.55am Film : Christmas in Connecticut (1992)
            starring Dyan Cannon, Kris Kristofferson, Tony CurtisPremière

            11.25am News, Weather

            11.35am The American Civil War

            The Universe of Battle,
            documentary series, this episode is about the Battle of Gettysburg

            1.05pm Film : Jane Eyre (1996)
            starring William Hurt, CharlotteGainsbourgPremière

            3.05pm Agas and their Owners
            documentary about how many owners are obsessed with their
            culinary status symbol(Repeat)

            3.55pm The First Silent Night - the Road to Fame
            a film exploring the carol, Silent Night, its origins and its
            rise to worldwide fame

            4.45pm Seeing Salvation
            Saviour of the World,a look at Rueben's nativity painting,
            Adoration of the Magi


            4.55pm Carols from King's

            6.10pm Film : Some Like It Hot (1959)

            starring Marilyn Monroe,Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon

            8.05pm Seeing Salvation
            A Child Born to Die,
            Neil McGregor considers how pieces of art such as Bruegel's 'Adoration
            of Kings' can be seen to foreshadow
            Christ's fate

            8.15pm Goodness Gracious Me
            Last year's Christmas special of the Asian comedy sketch starring
            Sanjeev Bhaskar, Kulvinder Ghir, Meera Syal, Nina Wadia(Repeat)

            9.00pm Arena
            Blondes - Jayne Mansfield

            9.55pm Home Stories
            tracing the history of the Sunflower House,
            near Stevenage, Hertfordshire


            10.15pm Film : Clueless (1995)
            starring Alicia Silverstone

            11.50pm Film : Cape Fear (1962)
            starring Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum

            1.30am Film : The Female Jungle (1955)
            starring Jayne Mansfield, Lawrence Tierney(b&w)

            2.40am Closedown


            FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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            • Re: Christmas TV

              Christmas Day Saturday 25th December 1999

              BBC2

              6:25am Film : Harvey(1950)
              starring James Stewart (b&w)

              8:05am Film : An American in Paris (1951)
              musical starring Gene Kelly then
              One Man and His Dog - the Previews

              10:00am The Simpsons
              Homer v Patty, and Selma with the guest voices of Mel Brooks
              and Susan Sarandon


              10:25am The Big Knights
              Alchemy,
              animation with the voices of Timothy West and Prunella Scales

              10:35am Jim Henson's The Storyteller
              The Luck Child, based on a Russian folk tale

              11:00am Christmas Oratoria
              1/6
              Bach's Christmas Oratoria performed by the Monteverdi Choir
              and the English
              Baroque Soloists, conducted by Eliot Gardiner

              11:30am They Said It Couldn't Be Done
              wildlife pioneering programmes with David Attenborough talking
              to the film-makers and the showing the film,
              today 'Mzima - Portrait
              of a Spring' by
              Alan Root and his wife who used home-made methods
              to film
              underwater

              12:30pm Don Quixote
              animation featuring the voice of Simon Callow

              1:00pm Jim Henson's The Storyteller
              Sapsarrow, a princess flees to escape marriage

              1:25pm Wives and Daughters
              (Repeat)

              2:45pm Vintners' Tales with Jancis Robinson
              profile of Claud Douard who looks after a restaurant's wine cellar

              2:55pm The Simpsons
              Bart's Comet
              a comet is heading for Springfield

              3:15pm Film : White Christmas (1954)
              musical starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye

              5:10pm Film : Singin In the Rain (1952)
              musical starring Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds

              6:50pm Cecilia and Bryn at Glyndebourne
              concert by Cecilia Bartoli and Bryn Trefel from Glyndebourne
              Opera House, East Sussex

              8:20pm The Queen

              8:30pm Film : Il Postino (1994)

              Oscar and Bafta-Award winning romantic drama in Italian with
              English subtitlesPremière

              10:15pm Film : RKO 281 (1999)
              starring Liev Schreiber as Orson Welles Première

              11:45pm Film : Citizen Kane (1941)
              starring Orson Welles(b&w)

              1:40am Film : The Trial (1962)
              starring Orson Welles

              FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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              • Re: Christmas TV

                Boxing Day Sunday 26th December 1999

                BBC2

                6.25am Film : Tea for Two (1950)

                starring Doris Day

                8.00am People's Century
                1945 : Brave New World(Repeat)

                8.50amPeople's Century
                1948 : Boom Town(Repeat)

                9.45am Seeing Salvation
                The Prince of Peace.
                A look at how Botticelli's Mystic Nativity heralded a new beginning


                9.55am The Simpsons
                Selma's Choice

                10.20am Jim Henson's The Storyteller
                The Soldier and DeaththenOne Man and His Dog - the Previews

                10.50am Christmas Oratio
                Part Two

                11.20am The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
                Arrows of Time : Back to the Future, the story of human timekeeping

                12.20pm The American Civil War
                Valley of the Shadow of Death (Repeat)

                1.25pm Film : Great Day in the Morning (1956)
                Western

                2.55pm They Said It Couldn't Be Done
                Kingdom of the Ice Bear : the Frozen Ocean

                3.55pm The Cat Show
                Shauna Lowry and Matt Allwright from the National Cat
                Club Show, Olympia


                4.45pm Film : Pillow Talk (1959)
                starring Doris Day

                6.25pm The Boat
                U Boat drama
                in German with English subtitles (Repeat)

                7.15pm Steptoe and Son
                from Christmas 1973(Repeat)

                8.00pm The Burgess Variations
                a two part film portrait of Anthony Burgess, author of
                A Clockwork Orange

                9.00pm Arena
                Blondes - Diana Dors

                10.10pm The Royle Family
                (Repeat)

                10.50pm Definitely Dusty
                documentary about Dusty Springfield

                11.50pm Film : La Dolce Vita (1960)
                starring Marcello Mastroianni(b&w)

                2.45am Closedown





                FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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                • Re: Christmas TV

                  Bank Holiday Monday 27th December 1999

                  BBC2

                  6.25am Quantum Leap
                  A Liitle Miracle,
                  Christmas Eve 1962, miserly millionaire Michael Blake
                  receives a visitation

                  7.10am Match of the Day
                  (Repeat)

                  8.50am People's Century
                  1947 : Freedom Now(Repeat)

                  9.45am People's Century
                  1945 : Fallout (Repeat)

                  10.40am News, Weather

                  10.50am Christmas Oratorio

                  part 3


                  11.15am The Royal Institution ChristmasLectures
                  Arrows of Time : Catching the Waves

                  12.15pm The American Civil War
                  Most Hallowed Ground (Repeat)

                  1.25pm Film : Twelve o'Clock High (1949)
                  starring Gregory Peck (b&w)

                  3.35pm Film : Moonfleet (1955)
                  starring Stewart Granger

                  5.00pm The Simpsons
                  A Star is Burns,
                  Marge suggests a festival to boost Springfield's tainted public image

                  5.20pm They Said It Couldn't Be Done
                  In Flight Movie,David Attenborough looks at another wildlife film

                  6.00pm One Man and His Dog
                  presented by Robin Page and Gus Dermody with celebrity captains
                  Clarissa Dickson Wright, Michaela Strachan, John Craven

                  7.10pm The Boat
                  continuing the U boat drama, in German with English subtitles

                  8.00pm The Burgess Variations 2/2
                  profile of Anthony Burgess

                  9.00pm Arena
                  Blondes - Anita Ekberg

                  10.00pm Film : The Truth About Cats and Dogs (1996)
                  starring Uma Thurman, Janeane Garofaio

                  11.30pm Glastonbury 99
                  highlights of last summer's Glastonbury concert includes REM,
                  Manic Street Preachers, the Corrs,
                  Fun Lovin' Criminals, The Beautiful South, Al Green

                  1.30am Film : Seven Woman (1966)
                  starring Anne Bancroft



                  FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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                  • Re: Christmas TV

                    Bank Holiday Tuesday 28th December 1999

                    BBC2

                    6.25am Quantum Leap
                    1971 : Sam finds himself in the act of committing a robbery

                    7.05am Film : The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
                    starring Doris Day

                    8.50am People's Century
                    1951 : Asia Rising (Repeat)

                    9.45am People's Century
                    1957 : Skin Deep (Repeat)

                    10.40am News, Weather

                    10.50am Crazy Dancing

                    film telling the story of some dance crazes

                    11.40amThe Royal Institute Christmas Lectures
                    Arrows of Time : Quantum Leap

                    12.40pm The Big Knights
                    Lost Doris, animation


                    12.50pmThe Big Knights
                    Clockwork Knights

                    1.00pm Racing from Chepstow
                    4 races including the Welsh Grand national

                    3.00pm Film : Send Me No Flowers (1964)
                    starring Rock Hudson, Doris Day

                    4.35pm The Rodgers and Hart Story
                    narrated by Jonathan Pryce

                    5.30pm Film : Attack on the Iron Coast (1968)
                    starring Lloyd Bridges

                    7.00pm The Boat
                    third episode of the U boat
                    drama, in German with English subtitles

                    7.50pm Vintners' Tales with Jancis Robinson
                    Jancis Robinson meets Nigel Wilson, a
                    Fellow in Classics at
                    Lincoln College,
                    Oxford, who is the college's expert
                    wine steward
                    (Repeat)

                    8.00pm They Said It Couldn't be Done
                    Too Close for Comfort
                    David Attenborough talks to camerman
                    Mike Richards about
                    the arduous nature
                    of filming chimpanzees in the dark,
                    wet forests of West Africa, before showing the film

                    8.40pm Home Stories
                    the inside story of an Edwardian blue-brick detached house in
                    Birmingham told by occupiers past and present

                    9.00pm Film : The Sting (1973)
                    starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw

                    11.05pm The Best of Jools's Hootenannies
                    highlights of Jools Holland's previous six annual shows featuring
                    BB King, Tom Jones, Sharleen Spiteri, Eric Clapton,
                    Sting, Dr John,
                    Paul Weller, Blur, Catatonia,
                    Fun Lovin' Criminals, Chaka Demus
                    and Pliers, Manic Street Preachers


                    12.35am Fallen Angels
                    Fly Paper

                    1.05am Fallen Angels
                    The Black Bargain

                    1.35am Film : Clash by Night (1963)
                    crime drama
                    (b&w)

                    2.50am CLOSEDOWN
                    FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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                    • Re: Christmas TV

                      Christmas Eve Friday 24th December 1999

                      ITV CARLTON/ MERIDIAN

                      6.00am GMTV
                      including at

                      8.30am Lorraine Kelly
                      looks forward to the holiday television

                      9.25am CITV
                      Santa's Last Christmas

                      animation, Santa and his elves oversleep leaving only a few days to make all the toys for Christmas

                      9.55am Top Ten of Everything
                      Ben Jones, Vanessa Bewley look at the most popular Christmas cards, best-selling festive singles,
                      with music by Atomic Kitten, Another Level


                      10.25am The Worst Witch
                      the very first episode (Repeat)

                      10.55am News, Regional News, Weather

                      11.05am The Christmas Storykeepers

                      animation

                      12.30pm Regional News, Weather

                      12.40pm Lunchtime News, Weather


                      1.00pm Regional News(Carlton) or Shortland Street(Meridian)

                      1.30pm Clueless
                      US High-school comedy

                      1.55pm From Mickey to Infinity - and Beyond
                      Neil Buchannan looks at the history of animation

                      2.50pm Film : The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
                      starring Michael Caine

                      4.20pm Regional News

                      4.50pm ITV News, Weather

                      5.05pm Film : Forever Young (1992)
                      starring Mel Gibson, Jamie Lee Curtis

                      ITV LWT/ MERIDIAN

                      7.00pm Emmerdale

                      7.30pm Coronation Street

                      8.00pm The Bill

                      When the Snow Lay Round About

                      9.00pm Who Wants to Be a Christmas Millionaire ?
                      Chris Tarrant with the first of four editions


                      9.30pm Is That Your Final Answer ?
                      a look behind the scenes of Who Wants to be a Millionaire

                      10.30pm Dark Ages War
                      Rewald's agony is prolonged when war is declared on the Vikings

                      11.00pm ITV Nightly News, WeatherSian Lloyd

                      11.15pm Bethlehem Year Zero
                      Martyn Lewis reads the news headlines of this day 2,000 years ago, a star is reported over Bethlehem

                      11.30pm Christmas Glory
                      a celebration of Christmas from Westminster Abbey introduced by the Duke of Edinburgh. Andrea Bocelli, Bryn Terfel,
                      Trevor McDonald and the Archbishop of Canterbury are among those using readings, poetry and traditional carols to tell the story of the Nativity


                      12.35am Film : Beaches (1988)
                      starring Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey

                      2.50am Club@Vision
                      dance music guide

                      3.30am Box Office America
                      film news

                      3.55am Film : Make Mine Music (1946)
                      Disney musical animation featuring ten short stories including,
                      The Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met, Peter and the Wolf, All the Cats Join In


                      5.15am Cartoon

                      5.30am Clueless
                      (LWT) or 5.25am Dinosaursprehistoric comedy (Meridian)

                      5.55am ITV Morning News
                      FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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                      • Re: Christmas TV

                        Christmas Day Saturday 25th December 1999

                        ITV LWT/ MERIDIAN

                        6.00am GMTV
                        Jellikins

                        animation narrated by Rik Mayall

                        6.15am The Big Bug Show
                        insect animation

                        6.40am Jellikins
                        more fun

                        7.00am Diggit with Paul
                        "Des" Ballard, Fearne Cotton, includes cartoons Jungle Cubs, Timon and Pumbaa, Hercules and Recess

                        8.00am Christmas Day on GMTV
                        The Rev Steve Chalke and Anne Davies select favourite carols

                        9.25am SM : TV Live
                        with Ant and Dec, Steps, S Club 7, Five, Westlife plus episodes of Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Pokemon

                        12.05pm Film : Pinocchio (1940)
                        Disney animation

                        1.45pm News, Weather

                        2.00pm Dame Thora Hird : My Favourite Hymns

                        3.00pm The Queen


                        3.10pm Film : Ace Ventura : Pet Detective (1993)
                        starring Jim Carrey

                        4.45pm News, Weather

                        5.05pm Gladiators : the Final Battle

                        with Ulrika Jonsson and John Fashanu

                        6.00pm Who Wants to Be a Christmas Millionaire?
                        with Chris Tarrant

                        6.30pm Emmerdale

                        7.30pm Coronation Street

                        8.30pm Who Wants to Be a Christmas Millionaire?

                        with Chris Tarrant

                        9.00pm A Touch of Frost
                        Line of Fire (part 1) starring David Jason

                        10.30pm Who Wants to Be a Christmas Millionaire?

                        11.00pm ITV News, Weather
                        Sian Lloyd

                        11.10pm Bethlehem Year Zero
                        Today's news, Herod's regime is on the brink of collapse and a miracle baby is born

                        11.25pm Film : Charade (1963)
                        starring Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau

                        1.35am Film : Blame It on the Bellboy (1992)
                        starring Dudley Moore

                        3.05am Film : National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
                        starring Chevy Chase

                        4.40am Animaniacs
                        comic cartoon chaos

                        5.00am Dover
                        behind-the-scenes look at the port (Meridian)

                        5.30am Clueless (LWT) or

                        5.30am Dinosaurs Scent of a Reptile (Meridian)
                        Charlene grows a scent gland and looks forward to attracting a mate

                        5.55am News
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                        • Re: Christmas TV

                          Boxing Day Sunday 26th December 1999

                          ITV LWT/MERIDIAN

                          6.00am GMTV
                          News and Weather

                          6.10am The Big Garage

                          6.25am Bananas in Pyjamas

                          young fun

                          6.45am The Wiggles

                          7.05am Barney and Friends

                          dinosaur deeds

                          7.25am The Big Bug Show

                          7.45am Jellikins
                          animation

                          8.00am Diggitincluding at
                          8.10am 101 Dalmatians
                          8.35am Pepper Ann
                          9.10am Recess


                          9.25am Archbishop of Canterbury : My Favourite Hymns
                          Dr George Carey talks to John Stapleton about his future hopes and chooses his favourite hymns

                          9.55am Sunday Morning
                          Daniel O'Donnell presents hymns chosen by viewers for Christmas worship from Essex

                          10.55am The Searchers
                          docusoap following seven sceptical teenagers on a course in Christianity

                          11.25am The Day I Met an Angel
                          people talk about their belief in the existence of angels including Bill Roache, Gabby Logan

                          12.25pm Trisha : Home for Christmas
                          Trisha Goddard plays fairy godmother to people hoping to be reunited with loved ones for Christmas

                          1.25pm News, Weather

                          1.35pm The Timekeepers of the Millennium
                          children's comedy drama, penultimate part

                          2.00pm Film : The Shaggy Dog (1994)
                          Disney fantasy


                          3.40pm Stepping Out
                          featuring the pop band Steps

                          4.45pm Faeries
                          feature length animation

                          6.15pm ITV News, Weather
                          Sian Lloyd

                          6.25pm You've Been Framed Christmas Special
                          Lisa Riley presents

                          6.55pm Stars and Their Lives
                          Carol Vorderman presents this one off show in which viewers are invited to guess the identity of a mystery celebrity through a series of intriguing clues.
                          But the celebrity in question receives a few surprises of her own when long lost relatives and a former beau are wheeled on


                          7.30pm Coronation Street

                          8.00pm Heartbeat
                          Full Circle

                          9.00pm The Turn of the Screw
                          drama starring Pam Ferris, Jodhi May and Colin Firth

                          11.00pm ITV News, Weather Sian Lloyd Regional Weather

                          11.10pm The South Bank Show : Bing Crosby
                          a special profile of the film star and singer's career

                          12.15am Bethlehem Year Zero
                          the news headlines, read by Martyn Lewis, of this day 2,000 years ago.
                          The baby Jesus is recognised as the potential King of the Jews


                          12.35am Film : I Love Trouble (1994)
                          romantic comedy starring Nick Nolte, Julia Roberts

                          2.50am Film : Greyhounds (1994)
                          action drama

                          4.35am Cybernet computer news

                          5.00am Animaniacs (LWT) or 5.00am Dinosaurs (Meridian)

                          5.20am Cartoon (LWT)

                          5.30am Clueless

                          5.55am ITV News
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                          • Re: Christmas TV

                            Bank Holiday Monday 27th December 1999

                            ITV CARLTON/ MERIDIAN

                            6.00am GMTV
                            News

                            6.10am Bananas in Pyjamas

                            fun with B1 and B2

                            6.15am The Wiggles

                            6.35am The Big Bug Show

                            insect adventures

                            6.55am Barney and Friends
                            fun with the purple dinosaur

                            7.10am Jellikins

                            7.30am Beetleborgs
                            computer animated action

                            7.50am Pokemon
                            a double bill of animated adventures

                            8.50am Beast Wars
                            cartoon adventures

                            9.25am CITV
                            Pokemon (Repeat)

                            9.50am Fun House
                            hosted by Pat Sharp

                            10.20am Stepping Out (Repeat)

                            10.50am The Foxbusters
                            animation(Repeat)

                            11.05am Film : Escape to Witch Mountain (1995)
                            children's drama starring Robert Vaughan

                            12.45pm Lunchtime News, Weather

                            12.55pm Laugh with the Carry Ons (Carlton)or 12.55pm Shortland Street (Meridian)

                            1.20pm Sharpe
                            Sharpe's Regiment starring Sean Bean(Meridian) (Repeat)or

                            1.25pm Film : Follow that Dream (1962) (Carlton)

                            3.20pm Film : The Goonies (1985)

                            5.15pm News, Weather

                            5.30pm I Was There
                            featuring significant events of the last 60 years

                            6.30pm Des O'Connor Tonight Christmas Special
                            with Pierce Brosnan, Robson Green, Charlotte Church, Celine Dion, Frank Skinner, Joe Pasquale and the cast of Mamma Mia

                            7.30pm Coronation Street

                            8.00pm OK! TV
                            a look into the lives of well-known celebrities presented by Fiona Phillips

                            8.30pm Merry Christmas, Mr Bean
                            starring Rowan Atkinson


                            9.00pm Airline at Christmas
                            docusoap

                            10.00pm Dark Ages
                            comedy series double bill
                            Witch, followed by
                            The End of the World


                            11.00pm ITV Nightly News, Weather
                            Martyn Davies

                            11.10pm Bethlehem Year Zero
                            with David Jessel, the headlines as they might have been read 2000 years ago

                            11.25pm Film : Police Academy 2 : Their First Assignment (1985)
                            comedy

                            1.05am Film : Missing (1981)
                            starring Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek

                            3.20am World Sport Special
                            sports magazine

                            3.50am Club@Vision
                            clubbing news(Repeat)

                            4.35am ITV Nightscreen (Carlton)or 4.35am Taxi US comedy series (Meridian)

                            5.00am Scooby and Scrappy Doo
                            cartoon fun

                            5.25am Clueless
                            US comedy series(Carlton) or 5.30am Clueless (Meridian)

                            5.55am ITV Morning News
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                            • Re: Christmas TV

                              Bank Holiday Tuesday 28th December 1999

                              ITV CARLTON/ MERIDIAN

                              6.00am GMTV
                              News

                              6.10am Bananas in Pyjamas
                              fun with the fruity friends

                              6.15am The Wiggles
                              educational singing and dancing

                              6.35am The Big Bug Show
                              more insect antics


                              6.55am Barney and Friends
                              the big dinosaur returns


                              7.10am Jellikins
                              more capers with the 3-D friends

                              7.30am Beetleborgs
                              computer- animated action

                              7.50am Pokemon
                              double bill of animated adventure

                              8.50am Beast Wars
                              action with the cartoon creatures

                              9.25am CITV
                              Pokemon
                              another fun adventure (Repeat)

                              9.50am Fun House
                              the madcap game show

                              10.15am Stepping Out
                              with Steps (Repeat)

                              10.40am Film : Freaky Friday (1995)
                              starring Shelley Long

                              12.15pm Lunchtime News, Weather

                              12.30pm Film : Frankie and Johnny (1966)
                              musical starring Elvis Presley (Carlton)

                              2.05pm Film : Clambake (1967)
                              starring Elvis Presley (Carlton) or

                              2.05pm Film : Flash Gordon (1980) starring Sam J Jones (Meridian)

                              3.50pm Film : Gold (1974)
                              starring Roger Moore, Susannah York(Carlton)

                              4.05pm Sharpe
                              Sharpe's Siege starring Sean Bean
                              (Repeat)(Meridian)

                              6.05pm Year of Promise
                              Carol Vorderman updates viewers on ITV's Year of Promise campaign with Patsy Palmer, Glen Murphy, Patrick Robinson, Nicholas Owen, Dermot Murnaghan

                              6.35pm Regional News

                              6.45pm ITV Evening News, Weather Martyn Davies

                              7.00pm Emmerdale

                              7.30pm Down Wembley Way (Carlton) or

                              7.30pm Decision Time consumer issues show presented by Simon Biagi, Gwenan Edwards (Meridian)

                              8.00pm Christmas Soap Secrets
                              presented by Lisa Riley

                              9.00pm Film : Pretty Woman (1990)
                              starring Richard Gere, Julia Roberts

                              11.10pm ITV Nightly News, Weather Martyn Davies

                              11.20pm Regional News ; Weather

                              11.30pm Film : Police Academy : Mission to Moscow (1994)
                              comedy


                              1.05am Football Extra
                              all the league highlights

                              2.05am The Haunted Fishtank
                              TV news and reviews

                              2.40am Film : The Virgin Soldiers (1969)
                              comic drama starring Hywel Bennett

                              4.20am Box Office America
                              US movie rundown

                              4.55am ITV Nightscreen

                              5.05am Scooby and Scrappy Doo
                              cartoon fun(Meridian)

                              5.20am Clueless
                              US high-school comedy
                              (Carlton)

                              5.30am Clueless(Meridian)

                              5.55am ITV Morning News


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                              • Re: Christmas TV

                                CHANNEL 4
                                Christmas Eve Friday 24th December 1999

                                5.50am Children's programmes
                                Animal Alphabet today's letter is J(Repeat)

                                5.55am Sesame Street pre-school educational fun

                                7.00am Big Spot chart-topper Lolly demonstrates her skating skills

                                7.25am Insecktors double-bill, Flynne is captured by the Kruds(Repeat)

                                8.00am The Big Breakfast with Johnny Vaughan, Liza Tarbuck, Sara Cox and Richard Bacon

                                10.00am The Bigger Breakfast with Dermot O'Leary, Josie Turner
                                Malibu Scott is suspicious when a photographer promises to make Samantha a famous model

                                10.35am Buzz entertainment magazine

                                11.10am Dawson's Creek Bessie seeks help to deliver her baby(Repeat)

                                12.05pm The Bigger Breakfast Dermot O'Leary and Josie Turner round of the morning's fun

                                12.25pm Film : The Three Worlds of Gulliver (1959) fantasy adventure starring Kerwin Matthews

                                2.20pm Christmas on the Line service from the Calvary Baptist Church, Accra, Ghana
                                which is on the Greenwich Meridian

                                3.20pm Collectors' Lot with Debbie Thrower, Sarah Greene

                                3.50pm Fifteen to One elimination quiz

                                4.30pm Countdown with Richard Whiteley

                                4.55pm Pet Rescue Christmas Awards with Anna Meredith, Mike Wilkinson

                                5.25pm Andi Meets Toy Story 2 Andi Peters with a look behind the scenes of the forthcoming movie

                                6.25pm TFI Friday with Chris Evans
                                followed by
                                News Summary

                                7.30pm Massive Landmarks of the 20th Century The Cuban Missile Crisis, comic retrospective re-enacted
                                by Desmond Oliver Dingle, Raymond Box

                                8.00pm Christmas at River Cottage with Hugh Fearnley-Whittinstall

                                8.30pm Brookside

                                9.00pm Christmas Top Ten Noddy Holder with a rundown of the greatest yuletide hits

                                10.35pm Snow Graham Norton a festive celebration of comedy and chat with Graham Norton

                                11.15pm Something for the Weekend Christmas Show festive fun presented by Denise Van Outen

                                11.55pm TFI Friday (Repeat)

                                1.00am 4 Later
                                Vidzilla Nige and Stef introduce the cult classic

                                1.05am Film : Godzilla (1954) horror adventure in Japanese with English subtitles (b&w)

                                3.00am Vidzilla previewing the next Godzilla film

                                3.05am Godzilla Rides Again (1955) science-fiction horror in Japanese with English subtitles (b&w)

                                4.30am The Real Jesus Christ (Repeat)

                                5.25am Countdown (Repeat)
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