BBC CHRISTMAS TV 1986
Saturday 20th December 1986
BBC1 8.30am The Family-Ness 8.35am The Muppet Babies 9.00am Saturday Superstore 12.15pm Grandstand 5.05pm News, Weather 5.15pm Sport/Regional News 5.20pm Bob's Full House 5.55pm Film : Oliver! (1961) 8.15pm The Paul Daniels Magic Show 9.00pm Casualty 9.50pm News and Sport, Weather 10.05pm Sir Harry - A Celebration 11.15pm Film : Tarzan, the Ape Man (1981) 1.05am Weather Sunday 21st December 1986 BBC1 8.55am Play School 9.15am Morning Worship 10.00am Asian Magazine 10.30am Ideas Unlimited 11.05am Buongiomo Italia! 11.30am Parent Programme 11.45am See Hear! Christmas Special 12.35pm Farming 12.58pm Weather for farmers 1.00pm News Headlines 1.05pm The Dukes of Hazzard 1.50pm Cartoon 2.00pm EastEnders 3.00pm Film : Rooster Cogburn (1975) 4.45pm Domesday 5.25pm David Copperfield 5.55pm Lifeline 6.05pm News, Weather 6.15pm Songs of Praise 7.15pm All Creatures Great and Small 8.50pm News, Weather 9.05pm The Singing Detective 10.25pm Shout! 11.15pm O'Donnell Investigates ... Booze 11.45pm The Sky at Night 12.05am Weather Monday 22nd December 1986 BBC1 6.00am Ceefax AM 6.30am News Headlines followed by The Flintstones 6.55am Weather 7.00am Breakfast Time 8.40am Watchdog 8.55am Regional News andWeather 9.00am News and Weather 9.05am Yogi Bear 9.10am Play Chess 9.20am Wacky Races 9.30am Alice in Wonderland 10.00am News and Weather 10.05am Neighbours 10.25am Children's BBC 10.30am Play School 10.50am Willo the Wisp 10.55am Five to Eleven 11.00am News and Weather 11.05am The Dukes of Hazzard 11.55am Junior Kick Start 12.20pm A Song for Christmas 12.55pm Regional News andWeather 1.00pm One O'Clock News Weather 1.25pm Neighbours 1.50pm Bertha 2.05pm Film : One Million Years BC (19) 3.40pm Cartoon 3.50pm Henry's Cat 4.10pm SuperTed 4.15pm Odysseus the Greatest Hero of Them All : The Showdown 4.30pm Blue Peter 5.00pm The Box of Delights 6.00pm Six O'Clock News Weather 6.35pm London Plus 7.00pm Wogan 7.35pm The Golden Oldie Christmas Show 8.00pm Comedy Classic : Porridge 8.30pm Three Up, Two Down 9.00pm Nine O'Clock News Weather 9.30pm Film : North Sea Hijack (19) 11.05pm Bette Midler - Art or Bust! 12.05am Weather Tuesday 23rd December 1986 BBC1 6.00am Ceefax AM 6.30am The Flintstones News Headlines 6.55am Weather 7.00am Breakfast Time 8.40am Watchdog 8.55am Regional News and Weather 9.00am News and Weather 9.05am Paddington 9.10am Play Chess 9.20am A Charlie Brown Christmas 9.45am London Snow 10.00am News and Weather 10.05am Neighbours 10.25am Children's BBC 10.30am Play School 10.50am Willo the Wisp 10.55am Five to Eleven 11.00am News and Weather 11.05am The Dukes of Hazzard 11.55am Junior Kick Start 12.20pm A Song for Christmas 12.55pm Regional News andWeather 1.00pm One O'Clock News 1.25pm Neighbours 1.50pm Pigeon Street 2.05pm Film : The Jungle Book (1942) 3.50pm Jimbo and the Jet Set 4.00pm Panto-time! Aladdin 4.10pm Yogi Bear's All-Star Comedy Christmas Caper 4.35pm Grange Hill 5.00pm The Box of Delights 6.00pm Six O'clock News, Weather 6.35pm Regional news magazines 7.00pm Telly Addicts 7.30pm EastEnders 8.00pm A Question of Sport 8.30pm Kenny's Christmas Cracker 9.00pm Nine O'Clock News Regional News, Weather 9.30pm In Sickness and in Health 10.00pm Movie Classics Film : North by Northwest (1959) 12.15am Weather Christmas Eve Wednesday 24th December 1986 BBC1 6.00am Ceefax AM 6.30am News followed by The Flintstones Nothing But the Tooth 6.55am Weather 7.00am Breakfast Time with Frank Bough and Jeremy Paxman 8.55am Regional News and Weather 9.00am News and Weather 9.05am Paddington Christmas, narrated by Michael Hordern 9.10am Play Chess the bishop with Bill Hartston 9.20am Babar and Father Christmas It is Christmas time in the land of the elephants. 9.45am Jackanory : London Snow part 2 of Paul Theroux's tale, with Elizabeth Spriggs 10.00am News and Weather 10.05am Neighbours 10.25am Children's CBBC Phillip Schofield with birthdays and programme news 10.30am Play School with Stuart Bradley and Elizabeth Watts 10.50am Henry's Cat The Christmas Dinner 10.55am Five to Eleven with Joanna Lumley 11.00am News and Weather 11.05am Keith and Orville's Christmas Circus starring Keith Harris with Orville, Cuddles and Dippy and special guest star Dana also featuring Eli Woods, Ronnie Brody, Los Martinos, Robbie Barnett and the Circus Dancers 11.45am Cartoon The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin 11.55am Junior Kick Start The final heat of BBCtv's junior motorcycling competition when six more riders aged up to 14 compete for the Norwich Union trophy. The competitors, who have all qualified via regional events, attempt to master a challenging course at Easton Neston in Northamptonshire 12.20pm A Song for Christmas Last of three programmes. Elaine Page is the star guest in the climax of this year's Children's Christmas Carol competition presented by Phillip Schofield 12.55pm Regional News and Weather 1.00pm One O'Clock News with Martyn Lewis Weather : John Kettley 1.25pm Neighbours Jim is furious with Nick. Des gets a disappointment at work 1.50pm Little Misses Little Miss Tiny Narrated by Pauline Collins and John Alderton 2.00pm Rolf Harris Cartoon Time A special seasonal edition featuring three classic Christmas cartoons : Bedtime for Sniffles Mister and Mistletoe and The Night Before Christmas 2.25pm Film : The Wizard of Oz (1939) starring Judy Garland with Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger , Bert Lahr , Jack Haley 4.05pm Daffy Duck Daffy Duck Hunt The Iceman Ducketh 4.20pm The Box of Delights Last of three episodes Fire and Flood The power and magic of the box allows Kay to travel back in time. But he who dares to go must face terrible dangers 5.20pm Jim'll Fix It Dear Jim, Please can I ... Collect the Trafalgar Square Christmas tree? Run a baby clinic? Find Aladdin's lamp? Be a Christmas parcel? Jimmy Savile makes these and other dreams come true in this special Christmas edition 6.00pm News with Andrew Harvey Weather, Bill Giles 6.15pm Regional News 6.20pm Film : Mr Mum (1983) starring Michael Keaton, Teri Garr 7.50pm Childwatch Update Esther Rantzen presents an update on Childwatch, the programme which examined cruelty to children and launched ChildLine last October 8.00pm The Two Ronnies starring Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett in a special Christmas programme of sketches, jokes and songs Special guests Elaine Paige and Patrick Troughton 9.00pm Nine O'Clock News with Andrew Harvey Weather 9.20pm Dallas Proof Positive Not even the Oil Baron's Ball can bring peace and goodwill to Dallas, as Parmalee makes his move, and the foundations of Ewing Oil begin to shake 10.10pm Wogan with Larry Hagman and Linda Gray 10.45pm Christmas Eve with Val Doonican Val, at home and in the studio, prepares for a traditional Christmas with music and fun to start the holiday in a relaxing mood with his guests, including snooker star Dennis Taylor and Scots percussion virtuoso Evelyn Glennie 11.30pm The First Mass of Christmas from Clifton Cathedral, Bristol 12.35am Weather Christmas Day Thursday 25th December 1986 BBC1 8:00am Play School Presented by Stuart Bradley & Elizabeth Watts Story: The Nativity 8:20am The Muppet Babies The Great Cookie Robbery Gonzo wrestles with his conscience when he eats a whole box of biscuits that he was meant to share 8:45am Roland Rat - The Series Christmas Special Yes ratfans, it's time to put on your party hat and boogie on down to the Ratcave where Kevin the gerbil, Errol the hamster, Fergie the ferret and all the gang celebrate in style 9:10am Papa Panov's Special Day Alan Rothwell tells the story of shoemaker Papa Panov 9:25am This is the Day Unto Us a Child is Born - linking together the viewing community Linda Mary Evans joins patients and staff on Ward 76 at Bristol Maternity Hospital 9:55am Weather John Kettley 10:00am Film : The Pure Hell of St Trinians (1960) starring Cecil Parker, George Cole, Joyce Grenfell 11:30am Christmas Morning with Noel From the top of the British Telecom tower high above London. Noel Edmonds presents a live outside broadcast uniting families and friends throughout the United Kingdom 1:25pm Every Second Counts presented by Paul Daniels 2:00pm The Top of the Pops Christmas Party In this special Christmas Day edition Simon Bates, Gary Davies, Janice Long and Peter Powell present the most popular hits of 1986. Also appearing The Pet Shop Boys, Billy Ocean, Doctor and the Medics, Chris de Burgh and Boris Gardiner. and featuring the year's No 1's on video 3:00pm The Queen HM The Queen speaks to the Commonwealth 3:10pm Film : Annie, the Musical (1981) starring Albert Finney Carol Burnett Première 5:15pm News with Jan Leeming and Weather John Kettley 5:25pm Russ Abbot Christmas Show starring Russ Abbott. Special guest star Les Dennis featuring Bella Emberg, Maggie Moone, Tom Bright Suzy Aitchison, Gordon Kennedy 6:00pm Just Good Friends starring Paul Nicholas and Jan Francis 6:35pm EastEnders (Part 1) "Nothing can go wrong, Den. I want this to be the best Christmas we've ever had at the Vic..." 7:05pm Only Fools and Horses starring David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst and Buster Merryfield In this special edition for Christmas, Del's plan is upset by the upper set 8:25pm Miss Marple : The Murder at the Vicarage starring Paul Eddington, Cheryl Campbell, Robert Lang, Polly Adams. 10:00pm EastEnders (Part 2) 'They should bring back hanging for people like Den Watts. ...' 10:30pm News with Jan Leeming and Weather 10:40pm Film : Educating Rita (1983) starring Michael Caine Julie Walters Rita White is 26 years old, married and a hairdresser. Her husband's main preoccupations are drinking in smoky pubs and trying to get Rita pregnant. She, however, has other ideas Première 12:30am Weather 12:35am Closedown Boxing Day Friday 26th December 1986 BBC1 8.00am Ceefax 8.35am Play School 8.55am The Muppet Babies 9.20am It's Your Move 9.45am Take Two Christmas Special 10.30am Film : Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) starring Dick Van Dyke and Sally Ann Howes 12.45pm Junior Kick Start the final 1.15pm News with Jan Leeming Weather 1.30pm Film : The Guns of Navarone (1961) starring Gregory Peck 4.00pm Disney Time 4.45pm Final Score 5.05pm Blankety Blank with Les Dawson and Lynda Baron, Frank Carson, Samantha Fox, Little and Large and Wendy Richard 5.40pm Barnum starring Michael Crawford including at 6.50-7.00pm News ; Weather 7.45pm 'Allo 'Allo 8.30pm Bergerac 10.00pm News with Jan Leeming Weather 10.15pm Film : The Verdict (1982) starring Paul Newman 12.20am Film : The Shop Around the Corner (1940) starring James Stewart and Margaret Sullivan 2.00am Weather Saturday 27th December 1986 BBC1 8.30am Family-Ness 8.35am The Muppet Babies 9.00am Saturday Superstore 10.45am Film : tom thumb (1958) 12.15pm Grandstand 5.05pm News, Weather 5.15pm Sport/Regional News 5.20pm Bob's Christmas Full House 5.55pm Film : Escape to Athena (1979) 7.50pm Hi-de-Hi! 8.35pm The Paul Daniels Magic Christmas Show 9.25pm Casualty 10.15pm News and Sport Weather 10.30pm Film : The Italian Job (1969) 12.05am Movie Classics Film : Dr Strangelove (1964) 1.40am Weather Sunday 28th December 1986 BBC1 8.55am Play School 9.15am Umbrella 9.30am This Is the Day 10.00am Asian Magazine 10.30am Carnival of the Animals 10.55am Film : Two-Way Stretch (1960) 12.25pm Film : Carry On Jack (1963) 1.55pm News Headlines 1.58pm Weather for farmers 2.00pm EastEnders Omnibus 3.30pm The Great Safari Bird Rally 4.00pm Aled Jones and Friends 4.40pm Film : The Railway Children (1970) 6.25pm News, Weather 6.35pm Songs of Praise 7.15pm Last of the Summer Wine : Merry Christmas Father Christmas 7.50pm Film : Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie (1982) Première 9.45pm News, Weather 10.00pm New World 12.10am Weather Monday 29th December 1986 BBC1 6.30am Ceefax AM 7.00am News and Weather Regional News and Weather 7.15am The Flintstones 7.40am The Pink Panther Show 8.00am News and Weather 8.15am Misterjaw Supershark 8.20am The Monkees 8.45am Goldilocks and the Three Bears 8.55am Regional News and Weather 9.00am News and Weather 9.05am Play Chess 9.15am Dungeons and Dragons 9.35am Why Don't You...? 10.00am News and Weather 10.05am Neighbours 10.25am Children's BBC 10.30am Play School 10.50am Willo the Wisp 10.55am Five to Eleven 11.00am News and Weather 11.05am The Dukes of Hazzard 11.55am Open Air 12.55pm Regional News and Weather 1.00pm One O'Clock News 1.25pm Neighbours 1.50pm Bertha 2.05pm Film : Shipwreck! (1978) 3.50pm Henry's Cat 4.05pm Wizbit 4.15pm The Mysterious Cities of Gold 4.45pm Jonny Briggs 5.00pm Blue Peter Review of the Year 5.30pm Rolf Harris Cartoon Time 6.00pm Six O'Clock News Weather 6.35pm Regional news magazines 7.00pm Wogan 7.35pm The Golden Oldie Picture Show 8.00pm Terry and June 8.30pm Three Up, Two Down 9.00pm Nine O'Clock News Regional News, Weather 9.30pm Stanley Baxter's Picture Annual 10.25pm 1986: Review of the Year : A Newsnight Special 11.45pm Movie Classics Film : My Darling Clementine (1946) 1.25pm Weather Tuesday 30th December 1986 BBC1 6.30am Ceefax AM 7.00am News and Weather Regional 7.15am The Flintstones 7.40am The Pink Panther Show 8.00am News and Weather Regional 8.15am Misterjaw Supershark 8.20am The Monkees 8.45am Poor Little Me 8.55am Regional News and Weather 9.00am News and Weather 9.05am Play Chess 9.15am Dungeons and Dragons 9.35am Why Don't You...? 10.00am News and Weather 10.05am Neighbours 10.25am Children's BBC 10.30am Play School 10.50am Willo the Wisp 10.55am Five to Eleven 11.00am News and Weather 11.05am The Dukes of Hazzard 11.55am Open Air 12.55pm Regional News and Weather 1.00pm One O'Clock News 1.25pm Neighbours 1.50pm Pigeon Street 2.05pm Film : The Land That Time Forgot (1974) 3.30pm Tom and Jerry 3.50pm Panto-time! 4.05pm The All New Popeye Show 4.25pm Jonny Briggs 4.40pm The Really Wild Show 5.10pm Grange Hill 5.35pm It's Not Just Zammo : A Newsround Drugwatch special 6.00pm Six O'Clock News 6.30pm Regional news magazines 7.00pm No Place Like Home 7.30pm EastEnders 8.00pm Ernie Wise introduces the Morecambe and Wise Classics 9.00pm Nine O'Clock News 9.30pm Slip-up* 11.05pm Films of the Year** 11.45pm Movie Classics Film : Forbidden Planet (1956)*** 1.25am Weather Due to the death of former Prime Minister Harold MacMillan programmes were changed to the following *9.30pm Harold MacMillan 1894-1986 *10.20pm Mr & Mrs Edgehill **11.40pm Films of the Year 12.20am The New Year's Honours ***Film : Forbidden Planet (1956) was moved to BBC Two at 11.50pm New Year's Eve Wednesday 31st December 1986 BBC1 6.30am Ceefax AM 7.00am News and Weather 7.15am The Flintstones 7.40am The Pink Panther Show 8.00am News and Weather 8.15am Misterjaw Supershark 8.20am The Monkees 8.45am Bottles 8.55am Regional News and Weather 9.00am News and Weather 9.05am Play Chess 9.15am Dungeons and Dragons 9.35am Why Don't You...?. 10.00am News and Weather 10.05am Neighbours 10.25am Children's BBC 10.30am Play School 10.50am Henry's Cat 10.55am Five to Eleven 11.00am News and Weather 11.05am Fame 11.55am Open Air 12.55pm Regional News andWeather 1.00pm One O'Clock News 1.25pm Neighbours 1.45pm Bertha 2.00pm Film : Young Winston (1972) 4.20pm Film : The Camel Boy (1984) Première 5.25pm World Superdance 6.00pm Six O'Clock News Weather 6.15pm Regional News 6.25pm Every Second Counts 7.00pm The World's Strongest Man 8.00pm Dallas 8.50pm The Main News Regional News, Weather 9.00pm Dave Allen 9.50pm Day After the Fair 11.25pm Wogan 12.05am Happy New Year 12.10am Film : Gigi (1958) 2.05am Weather New Year's Day Thursday 1st January 1987 BBC1 8.00am Pages from Ceefax 8.35am The Flintstones 9.00am Play Chess 9.10am Charlie Brown Special : Happy New Year, Charlie Brown 9.35am Why Don't You.... 10.00am The Mole in a Dream 10.25am Children's BBC 10.30am Play School 10.50am Edinburgh Military Tattoo 1986 12.00 TV Film : Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse (1983) 1.15pm News, Weather 1.30pm South Pacific in London 2.30pm Film : Mary Poppins (1964) 4.45pm Final Score 5.00pm Paradise 5.15pm News, Weather 5.25pm The Circus World Championships 6.25pm The Russ Abbot Show 7.00pm Top of the Pops 7.30pm EastEnders 8.00pm Only Fools and Horses.... 9.35pm News, Weather 9.45pm Film : Local Hero (1983) Première 11.35pm Movie Classics Film : To Have and Have Not (1944) 1.15am Weather Friday 2nd January 1987 BBC1 6.00am Ceefax AM 6.30am News Headlines followed by The Flintstones 6.55am Weather 7.00am Breakfast Time 8.55am Regional News, Weather 9.00am News and Weather 9.05am Play Chess 9.15am Dungeons and Dragons 9.35am Why Don't You...? 10.00am News and Weather 10.05am Neighbours 10.25am Children's BBC 10.30am Play School 10.50am Willo the Wisp 10.55am Five to Eleven 11.00am News and Weather 11.05am Wild World 12.00 News and Weather 12.05pm Inside the Labyrinth 12.55pm Regional News, Weather 1.00pm One O'Clock News Weather 1.25pm Neighbours 1.45pm Pigeon Street 2.00pm Film : Fiddler on the Roof (1971) 4.55pm Thundercats 5.35pm Rolf Harris Cartoon Time 6.00pm Six O'Clock News Weather 6.35pm Regional news magazines 7.00pm Wogan 7.35pm 'Allo 'Allo! 8.10pm Dynasty 9.00pm Nine O'Clock News Regional News Weather 9.30pm On the Piste 10.30pm Film : Poltergeist (1982) Première 12.20am Late Night in Concert : Suzanne Vega 1.00am Weather |
Saturday 20th December 1986
BBC2 9.00am Pages from Ceefax 11.00am Carols for Christmas. 11.50am Film : 2001 : A Space Odyssey (1968) 2.05pm Harold Lloyd'sWorld of Comedy 3.40pm Film : Anna Neagle in Piccadilly Incident (1946) 5.20pm Sounds of Christmas 6.10pm International Bridge Club 6.40pm Cameo 6.50pm NewsView, Weather 7.30pm Oberon 9.50pm All Passion Spent 10.45pm The Film Club : The Wages of Fear (1953) Sunday 21st December 1986 BBC2 9.00am Pages from Ceefax 10.00am Dastardly and Muttley 10.10am The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show 10.30am Blue Peter 11.20am The Childrenof Green Knowe 11.50am Windmill 12.50pm No Limits 1.40pm Rugby Special 2.20pm The Week in the Lords 3.00pm Boop-Oop-a-Doop! 4.10pm BBC Design Awards 5.10pm Music in Camera 5.55pm Thinking Aloud 6.35pm Ski Sunday 7.15pm The Natural World 7.55pm Andre Previn and Gene Kelly 8.35pm The Minnelli Musical 8.50pm James Galway's Christmas Carol 9.45pm Did You See... ? 10.25pm The Great American Picture Show Film : All That Jazz (1979) Première Monday 22nd December 1986 BBC2 9.00am Pages from Ceefax 10.20am The Week in the Lords 11.00am Songs of Praise 12.00 Silent Classics Film : The Mark of Zorro (1920) 1.25pm See Hear!Christmas Special 2.15pm Film : Peter No-Tail (1981) 3.40pm News and Weather 3.50pm Film : Anna Neagle in They Flew Alone (1942) 5.30pm Domesday Detectives 6.00pm No Limits 7.00pm Film : Steven Spielberg's 1941 (1979) Première 9.00pm Cool It 9.30pm The Oldest Goose in the Business 10.30pm The American Film Institute Salute to Billy Wilder 11.40pm Weatherview Tuesday 23rd December 1986 BBC2 9.00am Pages from Ceefax 12.25pm Gharbar 12.50pm Silent Classics The Phantom of the Opera (1925) 2.05pm The Adventuresof Afanti 3.20pm Twist the Cat's Whisker 3.50pm News and Weather 4.00pm Film : Anna Neagle in Yellow Canary (1943) 5.35pm Greg Norman's Golfing Year 6.25pm Film : That Touch of Mink (1962) 8.00pm Herrag - The Herring Gull 9.00pm Moonlighting 9.40pm All Passion Spent 10.35pm Pavarotti's Jubilee 12.30am Weatherview Christmas Eve Wednesday 24th December 1986 BBC2 9.00am Ceefax 12.50pm Silent Classics Film : Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1920) starring John Barrymore This first great American horror film is presented in a newly tinted version with an organ soundtrack (b&w) 1.50pm Names and Games four teams of celebrities compete for the Butlins Trophy, presented by Lennie Bennett and Kathy Taylor, from Somerwest World, Minehead 2.40pm Horowitz in Moscow a documentary by John Tusa that includes a concert of works by Scriabin, Rachmaniniv, Mozart, Scarlatti, Schubert, Liszt and Chopin 4.35pm News , Regional News and Weather 4.45pm Film : The Seven Year Itch (1955) starring Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell Wilder's comic movie established Marilyn in her role as 'sex symbol' and as a major star 6.35pm International Snooker David Vine presents highlights of the 1986 Embassy World Professional Snooker Championship 8.00pm Kiri Te Kanawa at Christmas Kiri Te Kanawa presents a special programme of seasonal music, both classical and contemporary 9.00pm Season's Greetings by Alan Ayckbourn with Anna Massey, Nicky Henson, Geoffrey Palmer, Peter Vaughan and Barbara Flynn The family have gathered for their traditional merry Christmas. But like many family Christmasses, it doesn't go quite as they would have wished ... 10.50pm Harty's Christmas Party at Giggleswick Ian Botham, Ken Livingstone, Sue Lawley, Ned Sherrin and Fred Trueman 11.45pm The Minnelli Musical Film : Meet Me in St Louis (1944) starring Judy Garland and Margaret O'Brien 1.35am Weather Christmas Day Thursday 25th December 1986 BBC2 12:20pm The Minnelli Musical Film : The Pirate (1948) starring Judy Garland, Gene Kelly 2:00pm The Christmas Day Concert Live from Amsterdam This year's traditional concert from the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam consists of Symphony No 5 by Gustav Mahler with Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra conductor Bernard Haitink 3:20pm Film : Hoppity Goes to Town (1941) The classic animated feature film 4:35pm Comic Roots This film is being shown again as a tribute to Billy Dainty who died last month aged 59 5.05pm The Queen HM The Queen speaks to the Commonwealth. With open subtitles and sign-language interpretation for people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing 5:15pm Film : Billy Wilder Directs - The Fortune Cookie (1966) starring Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau 7:20pm Aaron Copland : A Self Portrait A celebration of America's greatest living composer, made as a tribute on his 85th birthday 8:20pm Film : Edith and Marcel (1983) starring Evelyne Bouix, Marcel Cerdan Jr, Jean-Claude Brialy (A French film with English subtitles) Première 10:55pm Classic Ghost Stories Five chilling tales for dark winter nights, told by Robert Powell Tonight: The Mezzotint 11:10pm Film : Billy Wilder Directs - Fedora (1978) starring William Holden, Marthe Keller, Hildegard Knef, Jose Ferrer, Stephen Collins, Michael York, Henry Fonda 1:00am Weatherview 1:10am Closedown Boxing Day Friday 26th December 1986 BBC2 9.00am Ceefax 12.25am Popeye the Sailor cartoon 12.45am Film : Gulliver's Travels (1977) animation 2.00pm Tchaikovsky Competition 1986 from Moscow 3.20pm Surfers Do It Standing Up Newquay at the time of the World Championships 4.00pm Film : The Band Wagon (1953) starring Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse 5.50pm The Most Swirling, Swinging, Sliding, Spinning, Up-and-Down Ride of Your Life the thrills of the rollercoaster 6.20pm Choir of the Year 1986 second semi-final from Buxton Opera House 7.00pm Cricket: Fourth Test day 1 from Melbourne 7.25pm Laurens van der Post at 80 8.30pm Onegin a ballet by John Cranko to Tchaikovsky's music danced by the National Ballet of Canada 10.05pm Film : Some Like It Hot (1959) starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon 12.00 Classic Ghost Stories : The Ash Tree told by Robert Powell 12.15am Weather Saturday 27th December 1986 BBC2 9.00am Pages from Ceefax 11.45am Popeye Meets Ali Baba and His 40 Thieves 12.00 The David Lean Film : Great Expectations (1946) 1.55pm The Sky at Night 2.15pm The David Lean Film : This Happy Breed (1944) 4.05pm The David Lean Film : In Which We Serve (1942) 5.55pm Testament to the Bushmen 6.45pm Travellers in Time 7.25pm News and Sport Weather 7.45pm A Walk Through the Thirties 8.10pm Cricket: Fourth Test Australia v England 8.35pm Swallows 9.55pm Ludwig van Beethoven 10.15pm All Passion Spent 11.10pm Comic Relief Sunday 28th December 1986 BBC2 9.00am Pages from Ceefax 10.00am Film : The Water Babies (1978) 11.30am The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show 11.55am Windmill 12.55pm No Limits 1.55pm Oh Yes I Am....Oh No You're Not 2.50pm Music in Camera 3.20pm Thinking Aloud 4.00pm TV Film : The Pyrates (1986) 5.25pm Testament to the Bushmen 6.15pm Tomorrow's World 21st Birthday Special 7.15pm Madama Butterfly 9.45pm Film : Sophie's Choice (1982) Première 12.10am Cricket: Fourth Test Australia v England 12.35am Classic Ghost Stories : The Wailing Well Monday 29th December 1986 BBC2 9.00am Pages from Ceefax 10.00am Songs of Praise 10.40am Harold Lloyd 11.05am Jaws - The True Story 11.55am Film : The Minnelli Musical - Ziegfeld Follies (1945) 1.40pm Fifty Not Out - BBC Television Sport 1936-1986 3.40pm News and Weather 3.50pm The David Lean Film : Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 6.25pm The Big Snit 6.35pm Cricket : Fourth Test Australia v England 7.00pm Film : Bugsy Malone (1976) 8.30pm Just Another Day 9.00pm Film : Billy Wilder Directs - Buddy Buddy (1981) Première 10.35pm Judy Garland: The Concert Years 11.50pm Classic Ghost Stories Oh, Whistle, and I Come to you, my Lad 12.05am Weatherview Tuesday 30th December 1986 BBC2 9.00am Pages from Ceefax 10.40am Harold Lloyd 11.05am Blazing Paddles 11.55am Film : The Minnelli Musical - Brigadoon (1954) 1.40pm Little Nehza Fights Great Dragon Kings 2.40pm The West That Never Was 3.40pm News and Weather 3.50pm The David Lean Film : Brief Encounter (1945) 5.15pm Whose House Is itAnyway? 6.00pm Star Trek 6.50pm The Romance of Betty Boop 7.15pm Ski-Jumping 7.45pm Cricket: Fourth Test 8.10pm Son of a Gun 9.00pm Film : Blazing Saddles (1974) 10.30pm McCartney 11.30pm Classic Ghost Stories 11.45pm Weatherview *** Moved from BBC One 11.50pm Movie Classics Film : Forbidden Planet (1956) New Year's Eve Wednesday 31st December 1986 BBC2 9.00am Pages from Ceefax 10.40am Harold Lloyd 11.05am Running Wild 11.55am Film : The Minnelli Musical - An American in Paris (1951) 1.45pm The Story of Afanti 2.15pm The Bolshoi in the Park 4.35pm News and Weather 4.45pm The David Lean Film : Hobson's Choice (1954) 6.30pm Ludwig van Beethoven 7.00pm 86 Whistle Test 87 7.05pm The Police Synchronicity Concert 7.50pm Africa Tomorrow 8.35pm Double Bill Rendez-Vous Houston - Jean-Michel Jarre 9.30pm Whistle Test : Pick of the Year (Part One) 9.50pm Double Bill The Prince's Trust Birthday Party Concert 11.35pm 86 Into 87 With Kim Wilde 12.10am Whistle Test : Pick of the Year (Part Two) 12.30am Film : Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars (1979) Première New Year's Day Thursday 1st January 1987 BBC2 9.00am Pages from Ceefax 10.50am Harold Lloyd 11.15am The New Year's Day Concert 12.30pm Racing from Cheltenham 2.45pm Saturday Review of the Year 3.55pm Choir of the Year 1986 5.05pm Silas Marner 6.40pm Ski Jumping 7.15pm Die Fledermaus 9.50pm The Secret Drawer 11.55pm Cricket:The Perth Challenge Australia v England 12.45am Weatherview Friday 2nd January 1987 BBC2 9.00am Pages from Ceefax 11.05am Harold Lloyd 11.30am Film : It's a Mad, Mad,Mad, Mad World (1963) 2.00pm Cricket :The Perth Challenge Australia v England 2.50pm Birdwatch in Florida 3.40pm The Gentleman Factory 4.20pm News and Weather 4.30pm What on Earth... ? 4.55pm The David Lean Film : Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 8.10pm The Daley Review 9.00pm Dylan 10.00pm The Secret Drawer 12.10am Weatherview |