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  • Re: Christmas TV

    Boxing Day Monday 26th December 1988

    BBC2

    9.00am Pages from Ceefax

    11.00am Film : Fort Apache (1948)

    starring John Wayne, Henry Fonda

    1.05pm British Comedies : The Ladykillers (1955)
    starring Alec Guinness

    2.35pm A Christmas Celebration
    with Cliff Richard, Sally Magnusson

    3.20pm Showreel 88

    4.00pm The Shape of the Nation

    a flight around the entire coast of England, Scotland and Wales

    6.00pm Bogart : The Maltese Falcon (1941)

    7.40pm Paradise

    award winning animation

    7.55pm Film : Otello (1986)Première
    starring Placido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli opera in Italian
    with English subtitles
    Première

    9.55pm News from Pleasantville : the Story of Reader's Digest

    10.45pm Film : Local Hero (1983)
    starring Burt Lancaster, Peter Reigert

    12.35am Film : Bob Dylan in Don't Look Back (1967)
    (b/w)

    2.10am Closedown

    FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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    • Re: Christmas TV

      Holiday Tuesday 27th December 1988

      BBC2

      9.00am Pages from Ceefax

      10.00am Film : Words and Music (1948)

      starring Mickey Rooney

      12.00 British Comedies : Passport to Pimlico (1949)
      starring Margaret Rutherford

      1.20pm Cartoon

      1.35pm The Mind Machine

      3.05pm Showreel 88

      3.45pm Women of Our Century

      Dame Flora Robson

      4.25pm The Phil at the Albert
      The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      5.30pm Jack High
      Woolwich Masters Bowls Tornament

      6.00pm The Children's Hospital

      6.50pm Bogart : The African Queen (1951)

      8.30pm Mikhail Baryshnikov
      An evening at the American Ballet Theatre

      9.25pm Nursery Crimes Tom Thumb
      animation

      9.35pm Jack Lemmon in Long Day's Journey into Night (1962)

      12.25am Weather

      12.30am Fleetwood Mac at 21

      1.25am Closedown
      FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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      • Re: Christmas TV

        Wednesday 28th December 1988

        BBC2


        9.00am Pages from Ceefax
        12.00 British Comedies
        Film : Whisky Galore! (1949)
        1.20pm A Dream of Poppies
        2.10pm Jobson's Choice
        3.00pm News, Weather
        followed by
        Showreel 88
        3.40pm News and Weather
        Regional News and Weather
        3.50pm Women of Our Century
        4.30pm The 1988 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
        The Home of the Future
        5.30pm Jack High
        6.00pm Film : Bogart - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
        8.05pm Baryshnikov Dances Balanchine
        9.00pm The French and Saunders Christmas Special
        9.40pm Film : Francis Coppola's The Cotton Club (1984)
        Première
        11.40pm Weather
        11.45pm Schalcken the Painter
        FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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        • Re: Christmas TV

          Thursday 29th December 1988

          BBC2


          9.00am Pages from Ceefax
          11.55am British Comedies
          Film : The Man in the White Suit (1951)
          1.20pm Edinburgh Military Tattoo 1988
          2.30pm The Kiwis Are Coming
          3.00pm News, Weather
          followed by
          Showreel 88
          3.40pm News, Weather Regional News and Weather
          3.50pm Women of Our Century
          4.30pm The 1988 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
          The Home of the Future
          5.30pm Jack High
          6.00pm Film : Bogart - To Have and Have Not (1944)
          7.35pm Lady Be Good
          8.30pm The Travel Show Guides
          9.00pm Street Stories
          9.50pm Prisoners of Conscience
          10.00pm Film : One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
          Première
          12.05am Weather
          12.10am INXS: In Search of Excellence
          FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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          • Re: Christmas TV

            Friday 30th December 1988

            BBC2

            9.00am Pages from Ceefax
            11.45am British Comedies
            Film : To Paris with Love (1955)
            1.00pm Des's Diary
            3.00pm News, Weather
            followed by
            Showreel 88
            3.40pm News and Weather
            Regional News and Weather
            3.50pm Women of Our Century
            4.30pm The 1988 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
            The Home of the Future
            5.30pm Jack High
            6.00pm Film : Bogart - Casablanca (1942)
            7.40pm Baryshnikov's Gaieté Parisienne
            8.00pm Carna - the Otter
            9.00pm Wild Things
            10.20pm Film : Stop Making Sense (1984)
            11.40pm Weather
            11.45pm Film : Pauline at the Beach (Pauline a la plage) (1983)

            FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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            • Re: Christmas TV

              New Year's Eve Saturday 31st December 1988

              BBC2


              9.00am Pages from Ceefax
              12.15pm Film : Peter No-Tail (1981)
              1.30pm Tom and Jerry Festival
              2.10pm Saturday Cinema: The Day They Gave Babies Away (1957)
              3.50pm Little Nezha Fights Great Dragon Kings
              4.50pm New Year's Eve Concert
              5.50pm Film : Great Day in the Morning (1956)
              7.20pm NewsView
              8.00pm Island of Birds
              8.30pm What's Cuba Playing At?
              9.45pm American Wave 2 : Albert Brooks's Lost in America
              11.15pm Eurythmics Live
              12.50am David Bowie: Glass Spider
              FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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              • Re: Christmas TV

                Christmas Eve Saturday 24th December 1988

                ITV LONDON

                5.00am ITN Morning News

                6.00am TV-am
                Saturday Sport

                7.30am Wideawake

                9.25am Motormouth on Christmas Eve

                with Andres Arnold, Julian Ballantyne, Neil Buchanan, Tony Gregory, Caroline Hanson
                MM1......loads of famous faces popping in to put a touch of tinsel on the tree
                MM2......The Reluctant Dragon animation
                MM3......Spin Off.....Christmas Eve at the complex
                MM4......What do you want for Christmas?, we may just have it!
                MM5......Mickey Mouse at 60


                12.00 Physical Pursuits
                three teams take part in quizzes and games,
                presented by Eamonn Holmes, Emlyn Hughes and Jane Bennett

                1.00pm ITN News with Sue Carpenter followed by
                LWT News and Weather

                1.05pm Saint and Greavsie
                specially extended Christmas edition

                1.50pm Disney at Christmas : Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966)

                2.20pm Film : The Ugly Dachsund (1966)
                starring Dean Jones, Suzanne Pleshette & Kelly Thordsen

                4.05pm 3-2-1 Christmas Special
                with Ted Rogers and Christopher Biggins, Geoff Capes, Suzanne Mizzi,
                Linda Nolan and Maria Whittaker

                5.05pm ITN Newswith Sue Carpenter

                5.10pm LWT News and Weather

                5.15pm The Cannon and Ball Show

                with Dennis Waterman, Kim Wilde, Chris de Burgh, Brother Beyond and Linda Lusardi

                6.15pm Bobby in Wonderland
                Bobby Davro with Dave Lee and Bernie Winters

                7.05pm Watching Special
                starring Emma Wray . Paul Brown, Liza Tarbuck


                8.05pm Movie Première : Sherlock Holmes - The Sign of Four (1983)
                starring Ian Richardson and David Healy (TV Movie)
                (NB This was shown in place of the originally planned 1987 version following a late change to the schedules)

                9.50pm ITN News

                10.00pm LWT Weather


                10.05pm The Great British Farce : No Sex Please- We're British (1973)
                starring Ronnie Corbett and Beryl Reid

                11.45pm Midnight Mass
                from St John's Roman Catholic Church, Banbury, Oxon

                1.00am ITN News Headlines
                followed by

                Film : Otley (1968)
                starring Tom Courtenay

                2.40am ITN News Headlinesfollowed by
                Night Network
                with the best of 1988's videos, Spike Milligan in the bunker and Communard Richard Coles reviewing the big screen new releases (ends at 5.00)

                ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV London except)

                12.00 UFO
                Destruction (until 1.00pm)


                5.00am Christmas Cartoons

                5.30am Christmas Comes to Pacland


                ITV HTV (as ITV London except)

                12.00 Chatterbox Christmas Party
                with Aled Jones, Michael Quill, Josie White (until 1.00pm)
                FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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                • Re: Christmas TV

                  Christmas Day Sunday 25th December 1988

                  ITV HTV

                  5.00am ITN News Headlines followed by
                  Christmas Cartoons
                  The Great Santa Claus Caper
                  The Big Bad Wolf tries to take over Santa's business


                  5.30am Christmas Comes to Pacland
                  Santa Claus crash lands in Pacland

                  5.55am ITN News Headlines

                  6.00am TV-am
                  Christmas Robbins

                  7.00am Puff the Magic Dragon

                  7.30am Christmas with TV-am

                  8.30am Black Beauty

                  9.25am Motormouth on Christmas Day

                  with Andrea Arnold, Julian Ballantyne, Neil Buchannan, Tony Gregory, Caroline Hanson including Disney cartoons

                  10.05am Film : The Little Troll Prince (1987)

                  11.00am Christmas Morning Worship
                  from St John's Church, Lemsford, Hertfordshire

                  12.00 Disney at Christmas : Moving Day

                  12.15pm The Great British Pop Machine

                  with French and Saunders celebrating the booming success of British pop music

                  1.15pm Mr Majeika
                  Have Yourself a Wizard Little Christmas, starring Stanley Baxter

                  2.15pm Bullseye Christmas Special
                  hosted by Jim Bowen with Bob Anderson, Eric Bristow, Marti Caine, Les Dennis, Tony Green, Denny Hodge, Bob Holness, Roy Walker, Jocky Wilson,
                  the Birmingham Cathedral Choir

                  3.00pm The Queen

                  3.05pm Christmas Blind Date

                  presented by Cilla Black

                  3.55pm Movie Première : The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
                  starring Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill

                  6.05pm Save The Children
                  with Michael Crawford some of the best loved Christmas music, artists include Michael Ball, David Essex, Anita Harris, Bonnie Langford, Julia McKenzie,
                  Claire Moore, Paul Nicholas, Elaine Paige, Francis Rufelle, Lon Satton, Colm Wilkinson

                  7.15pm Coronation Street

                  7.45pm 10 Years of Alright on the Night

                  with Denis Nordern

                  8.45pm London's Burning
                  Ding Dong Merrily

                  10.15pm ITN News

                  10.25pm One More Audience With Dame Edna

                  11:30pm Christmas Night at the Movies : The Squeeze (1977)

                  starring Stacy Keach

                  1.20am Film : Our Man Flint (1966)
                  starring James Coburn

                  3.15am Film : In Like Flynn (1985)
                  starring Jenny Seagrove

                  GRANADA, TSW, CENTRAL (as London except)

                  11.15pm - 1.15am Film : The Liquidator (1965)

                  TVS (as London except)

                  11.15pm - 1.15am Film : The Liquidator (1965)

                  3.15am TV Film : Robbers of the Sacred Mountain (1980)
                  FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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                  • Re: Christmas TV

                    Boxing Day Monday 26th December 1988

                    ITV LONDON

                    5.00am Scooby Goes Hollywood

                    5.55am ITN News Headlines

                    6.00am TV-am
                    Boxing Day Sport

                    7.30am Wideawake Special

                    9.25am The Sooty Christmas Show

                    with Matthew Corbett, Roger Walker & Suzy Aitchison

                    9.50am Disney at Christmas : Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)

                    10.20am Disney at Christmas : Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956)

                    starring Fess Parker and Buddy Ebsen

                    12.00 What's My Line? Christmas Special
                    presented by Angela Rippon with Jilly Cooper, Gabrielle Drake, Nino Firetto, Adrian Mills

                    12.30pm ITN News with Fiona Armstrong

                    12.35pm Film : The Sea Wolves (1980)
                    starring Gregory Peck, Roger Moore, David Niven, Trevor Howard

                    2.40pm Wish You Were Here...?
                    with Judith Chalmers, Anneka Rice and John Carter

                    3.40pm The James Bond Film : Octopussy (1983)
                    starring Roger Moore, Maud Adams and Louis Jordan

                    5.00pm ITN News and Sports Results

                    5.15pm The James Bond Film : Octopussy

                    continued

                    6.15pm Strike It Lucky
                    presented by Michael Barrymore

                    7.00pm The Krypton Factor Grand Final
                    presented by Gordon Burns


                    7.30pm Coronation Street

                    8.00pm Minder
                    An Officer and a Car Salesman
                    starring George Cole, Dennis Waterman and Patrick Malahide


                    9.30pm After Henry
                    A Quiet Christmas
                    with Prunella Scales, Joan Sanderson, Janine Wood, Jonathan Newth


                    10.00pm ITN Newswith Fiona Armstrong

                    10.15pm Movie Première : Blackout (1985)
                    starring Richard Widmark and Keith Carradine (TV Movie)

                    12.00 Barcelona
                    a Musical Extravaganza, rock meets opera with Motserrat Caballe, Jose Carreras, Eddy Grant, Barbara Hendricks, Jerry Lee Lewis,
                    Freddie Mercury, Rudolf Nureyev with Charles Jude, Joan Manel Serrat, Spandau Ballet, Suzanne Vega, Dionne Warwick


                    1.00am Starring Dudley Moore : 10 (1979)
                    with Julie Andrews and Bo Derek followed by
                    ITN News Headlines

                    3.15am WKRP in Cincinnati

                    3.45am Film : Whistling in Dixie (1942)

                    starring Red Skelton, Ann Rutherford and George Bancroft (b&w)

                    5.00am ITN Morning News

                    ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV London except)

                    3.15am Three's Company
                    (until 3.45)

                    ITV HTV (as ITV London except)

                    3.15am Ben Sidran : On the Live Side(Repeat)
                    (until 3.45)
                    FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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                    • Re: Christmas TV

                      Christmas Tuesday 27th December 1988

                      ITV HTV

                      6.00am TV-am
                      About Britain Running

                      7.00am GMB Sport

                      9.00am Wacaday

                      9.25am T-Bag's Christmas Cracker

                      with Elizabeth Estensen, John Hasler

                      9.50am Disney at Christmas : The Miracle of the White Stallions (1963)
                      starring Robert Taylor, Lilli Palmer


                      12.00 Mr & Mrs
                      with Derek Batey and Donna Mayers

                      12.40pm Film : Shane (1953)
                      starring Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur,Van Heflin


                      2.50pm The Match : Norwich City v West Ham United
                      live from Carrow Road


                      4.55pm ITN News and Sport

                      5.00pm Run the Gauntlet Christmas Challenge

                      The Mitsubishi Shogun Challenge

                      6.00pm With Hilarious Consequences
                      Denis Norden looks at over
                      21 years of situation-comedy from Thames TV

                      7.30pm Prove It
                      with Chris Tarrant

                      8.00pm The Bill
                      Digging Up the Past

                      8.30pm Executive Stress
                      starring Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles

                      9.00pm Boon
                      starring Michael Elphick, David Daker, Amanda Burton, Neil Morrissey, guests Judy Geeson, Kristoffer Tabori and special guest Joan Hickson

                      10.00pm ITN News

                      10.15pm Movie Première : The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983)

                      starring Ian Richardson and Donald Churchill

                      12.10am Tina Turner - Break Every Rule followed by
                      ITN News Headlines

                      1.15am Film : Battleflag (1977)
                      starring Simon Ward, Peter Cushing

                      3.30am America's Top 10 The All-Time Christmas Top 10
                      with Casey Kasem

                      4.30am Out of the Christmas Box
                      out-takes


                      FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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                      • Re: Christmas TV

                        CHANNEL 4

                        Christmas Eve Saturday 24th December 1988

                        9.30am Storybook Classics
                        Santabear's First Christmas(Repeat)

                        10.00am Moneyspinner(Repeat)

                        10.30am Film : Forever and a Day (1943)
                        starring Anna Neagle, Ray Milland (B&W)

                        12.30pm Empress Wu

                        1.00pm Christmas Star

                        Czech animation of the Christmas story(Repeat)

                        1.15pm A Child's Christmas in Wales
                        starring Denholm Elliott

                        2.15pm Gymnastics
                        The Kraft International from Alexandra Palace

                        3.30pm Film : The Little Match Girl (1987)
                        starring Keshia Knight Pulliam, William Daniels, Rue McClanahan

                        5.05pm Brookside (Repeat)

                        6.00pm Faerie Tale Theatre
                        The Three Little Pigs with Billy Crystal, Valerie Perrine, Jeff Goldblum

                        7.00pm News Summary and Weather

                        7.05pm Hollywood

                        13 : The End of an Era(Repeat)

                        8.05pm Game, Set & Match
                        starring Ian Holm

                        9.05pm Nine on 4

                        9.15pm Tchaikovsky's Women

                        film covering Tchakovsky's life up to the composition of Eugene Onegin, starring Vladimir Ashkenazy, Helen Field, Cythia Harvey, Clarry Bartha

                        10.35pm Creation
                        Part 2
                        old time religion comes to Canterbury
                        , an original black gospel musical

                        11.05pm Film : Yanks (1979)
                        starring Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Gere, William Devane

                        1.45am Max Headroom's Giant Christmas Turkey(Repeat)

                        2.30am Closedown
                        FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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                        • Re: Christmas TV

                          Christmas Day Sunday 25th December 1988
                          CHANNEL 4


                          9.30am Christopher's Christmas Mission
                          Swedish animation narrated by Bernard Cribbins

                          10.00am Silent Mouse
                          starring Lynn Redgrave, Gregor Fisher

                          11.00am The Waltons
                          The Genius

                          12.00 Treasure Hunt
                          with Kenneth Kendall, Aneka Rice, Wincey Willis(Repeat)

                          1.00pm Lost in Space
                          A Visit to Hades

                          2.00pm Film : Show People (1928)
                          starring Marion Davies

                          3.30pm Film : The Snowman (1982)
                          animation

                          6.00pm Faerie Tale Theatre
                          Pinocchio, starring Paul Reubens

                          7.00pm News Summary and Weather followed by
                          Time is a Country
                          Margaret Gardiner

                          8.20pm Challenge by Fire - Restoring the Glory of York Minster

                          9.00pm Creole Giselle
                          The Dance Theatre of Harlem, ballet

                          10.40pm Jean-Michel Jarre : Destination Docklands

                          11.40am Human Rights Now!
                          concert filmed live in Buenos Aries, Argentina featuring Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Tracy Chapman, Youssou N'Dour, E Street Band(Repeat)

                          2.40am Closedown
                          FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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                          • Re: Christmas TV

                            CHANNEL 4

                            Boxing Day Monday 26th December 1988

                            9.30am Sesame Street
                            Victor Borge

                            10.30am Race Against the Wind
                            an Assignment Adventure documentary (Repeat)

                            11.30am Street Hockey
                            Street Warriors v Streetforce Titans

                            12.00 Stone Monkey
                            portrait of a rock climber(Repeat)

                            12.30pm Channel 4 Racing
                            from Kempton Park 12.45, 1.15, 1.45, 2.20 & 2.50 races


                            3.15pm Anne of Green Gables
                            starring Megan Follows(Repeat)

                            5.05pm Cricket - The Women's World Cup Final

                            6.00pm Faerie Tale Theatre
                            Rapunzel, starring Shelley Duvall, Jeff Bridges, Gena Rowlands, Roddy McDowell

                            7.00pm News Summary and Weatherfollowed by
                            Caught in the Act
                            with Kenneth Branagh, David Parfitt, Derek Jacobi, Judi Dench, Geraldine McEwan


                            8.00pm Cheers
                            Christmas Cheers (Repeat)

                            8.30pm Brookside

                            9.00pm Film : Ginger and Fred (1986)
                            starring Marcello Mastroianni

                            11.25pm Le Tango Stupéfiant
                            Helene Delavault

                            12.25am Film : Fritz Lang : The Return of Frank James (1940)
                            starring Henry Fonda

                            2.10am Closedown
                            FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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                            • Re: Christmas TV

                              Christmas Tuesday 27th December 1988

                              CHANNEL 4

                              9.30am Sesame Street
                              Jose Carreras

                              10.30am Transatlantic Diary
                              an Assignment Adventure documentary (Repeat)

                              11.30am Street Hockey
                              The Wigan Wildcats v The Maulers

                              12.00 Rowing
                              Westminster Serpentine Regatta


                              12.30pm Channel 4 Racing
                              from Kempton Park
                              12.45, 1.15, 1.45, 2.20 races

                              2.45pm On the Twelfth Day
                              film interpreting the song about the 12 Days of Christmas (Repeat)

                              3.10pm Anne of the Green Gables (Repeat)

                              5.00pm American Football
                              Super Bowl XXIII play-offs

                              6.00pm Faerie Tale Theatre
                              The Pied Piper starring Eric Idle

                              7.00pm News Summary and Weather followed by
                              Remembering Marilyn
                              a tribute to Marilyn Monroe


                              8.00pm The Cosby Show
                              Mr Quiet

                              8.30pm Brookside

                              9.00pm Othello

                              with John Kani, Joanna Weinberg

                              12.40am Film : Fritz Lang : Fury (1936)
                              starring Spencer Tracy (B&W)

                              2.25am Closedown



                              FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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                              • Re: Christmas TV

                                Saturday 23rd December 1989

                                BBC1


                                ​ 7.30am Saturday Starts Here!
                                Playbus
                                7.55am Jimbo and the Jet Set
                                8.00am Mersey Tales
                                8.05am New Adventures of Mighty Mouse
                                8.20am ChuckleVlslon
                                8.35am Thundercats
                                9.00am Going Live!
                                12.12pm Weather
                                12.15pm Grandstand
                                5.05pm News
                                5.15pm Regional News and Sport
                                5.20pm Bob's Full House
                                6.00pm Film : Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
                                7.55pm The Les Dennis Christmas Laughter Show
                                8.30pm Last of the Summer Wine
                                9.20pm News, Weather
                                9.35pm Film : Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile (1978)
                                11.50pm Dave Brubeck
                                12.40am Film : The Third Man (1949)
                                2.20am Weather
                                FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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