BBC CHRISTMAS TV 1995
Saturday 23rd December 1995
BBC1 7.25am News, Weather . 7.30am The Dwarf Tree 7.40am Nick and Noel 8.05am Eek the Cat 8.30am The New Adventures of Superman 9.15am Live and Kicking 12.30pm News, Weather 12.35pm Joy to the World 1.35pm Film : Problem Child 2 (1991) 3.05pm Film : Santa Claus (1985) 4.50pm Final Score 5.15pm News, Weather 5.25pm Regional News, Sport 5.30pm Dad's Army (Repeat) 6.00pm Jim Davidson's Generation Game 7.00pm All the Best for Christmas 8.00pm The National Lottery Live 8.15pm Casualty 9.05pm News, Sport, Weather followed by National Lottery Update 9.25pm It Might Be You 10.45pm Match of the Day 11.50pm The Stand-Up Show 12.20am Film : Birth of the Beatles (1979) 2.00am Weather Christmas Eve Sunday 24th December 1995 BBC1 7.30am Film : The Pink Panther (1964) starring Peter Sellers, David Niven 9.25am News and Weather 9.30am The Promise of His Glory last in the series of advent services from St Peter's Church, Woolley, Yorkshire 10.15am Film : Oliver! (1968) starring Ron Moody, Oliver Reed, Mark Lester 12.35pm A Flintstone Family Christmas festive pre-historic fun 1.15pm Noel's Christmas Past Noel Edmonds raids the archives and presents some of the most moving moments from his previous Christmas shows 2.15pm EastEnders omnibus edition 3.40pm Film : ET the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) starring Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace 5.30pm Antiques Roadshow - the Next Generation from the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum near Belfast, introduced by Hugh Scully and Diane-Louise Jordan 6.15pm News with Jennie Bond Weather Bill Giles 6.30pm Regional News 6.35pm Christmas with Cliff a Songs of Praise special with Cliff Richard, Sally Magnusson 7.15pm Last of Summer Wine A Leg Up for Christmas starring Bill Owen, Peter Salis, Brian Wilde 8.15pm 2 Point 4 Children Porky's In a display of poor judgement, Bill entrusts Ben with buying all the food for Christmas with Belinda Lang and Gary Olsen 8.45pm P.G.Wodehouse's Heavy Weather starring Peter O'Toole, Richard Briers 10.20pm News with Justin Webb Weather Bill Giles 10.35pm Morecambe and Wise 1975 Christmas Show with Diana Rigg, Gordon Jackson, Des O'Connor (Repeat) 11.40pm The First Communion of Christmas live from Lichfield Cathedral, Staffordshire 12.50am Film : Rear Window (1954) starring James Stewart, Grace Kelly 2.40am Weather 2.45am Closedown Christmas Day Monday 25th December 1995 BBC1 6.00am Children's BBC Podddington Peas (Repeat) 6.05am Bump's Christmas Story (Repeat) 6.15am Moomin 6.40am White Christmas animation 7.10am Playdays (Repeat) 7.30am PJ's Unfunnybunny Christmas animation about a one bunny campaign to find the true meaning of Christmas 7.55am McGee and Me a Christmas scrape for a boy and his cartoon creation (Repeat) 8.15am The Flintstones Fred and Barney stage a pre-historic version of A Christmas Carol 9.25am The Movie Game a Christmas special of the film quiz with guests Donna Air, Toby Anstis, Claire Buckfield, Mark Curry, Mark Evans, Natalie Poyser, Judy Simpson, John Barrowman 10.00am Christmas Day in the Morning Don McLean, Lord Montagu and the residents of Beaulieu estate with a festive mix of carols, readings and prayers. Guests Harry Secombe, Ruth Madoc, Clive Mantle and BBC Choirgirl of the Year Tabitha Watling 10.55am Film : The Neverending Story (1984) fantasy adventure 12.25pm Neighbours Various residents desire to "seize the day" 12.50pm News and Weather 12.55pm Top of the Pops Bjork and Jack Dee introduce the biggest selling songs of 1995, plus the Christmas Day Number One 1.55pm Only Fools and Horses Mother Nature's Son : a special Christmas edition from 1992 (Repeat) 3.00pm The Queen Her Majesty the Queen's Christmas message to the Commonwealth 3.10pm Noel's Christmas Presents With the help of Cliff Richard and the cast of Riverdance, Noel Edmonds brings surprises to deserving people, including a trip for a group of underprivileged children to meet the real Santa Claus in Lapland 4.20pm News, Weather 4.30pm Film : Hook (1991) Première starring Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins 6.45pm Auntie's Brand New Bloomers The secrets of some of the BBC's most popular and prestigious programmes are revealed when Terry Wogan digs out classic clips from the archives 7.30pm EastEnders The first of tonight's two offerings from Albert Square. The Vic is full of Christmas cheer while the Fowlers put on a brave face, Pat's plans for a perfect Christmas take an unexpected turn 8.00pm Keeping Up Appearances with Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift Plans to hold a pageant don't go quite as Hyacinth anticipated. Could this be remotely connected to the fact that she is organising it? 8.30pm EastEnders Part 2 9.00pm One Foot in the Grave The Wisdom of the Witch, starring Richard Wilson, Annette Crosbie 10.00pm News with Peter Sissons Weather Rob McElwee 10.10pm Film : Indecent Proposal (1993) starring Robert Redford, Demi Moore, Woody Harreison Première 12.00 I Hate Christmas a tale of the true spirit of Christmas 12.05am The Greatest Music Party in the World 1/2 recorded at this month's concert at the NEC in Birmingham, including David Bowie, Rod Stewart, Diana Ross, Soul II Soul, Lightning Seeds, Des'ree, Echobelly, Alanis Morissette, Alanan Myles, Curtis Stigers, Diana King 1.35am Weather 1.40am Closedown Boxing Day Tuesday 26th December 1995 7.00am Children's BBC Tales of the Tooth Fairies animation (Repeat) 7.05am The Greedysaurus Gang dinosaur adventures (Repeat) 7.10am The Snow Queen animation narrated by Sigourney Weaver (Repeat) 7.35am Opus and Bill Opus writes to Santa (Repeat) 8.00am Fireman Sam animation (Repeat) 8.20am Playdays the Patch Stop 8.40am White Christmas animation 9.10am Peter Pan and the Pirates cartoon (Repeat) 9.30am The Legend of Prince Valiant animation (Repeat) 9.55am Eek the Cat cartoon (Repeat) 10.20am Record Breakers with Cheryl Baker, Kriss Akabusi, Mark Curry 10.45am Film : Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965) starring Sarah Miles, James Fox, Stuart Whitman 12.50pm News and Weather 12.55pm Regional News; Weather 1.00pm Neighbours 1.20pm The Two Ronnies The 1987 Christmas edition of the comedy show, starring Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett. Featuring actor Charlton Heston and singer Elton John 2.10pm Film : Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) starring Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Denholm Elliott 4.10pm Disneytime presented by Michaela Strachan 4.50pm Final Score football news and results plus action from this morning's FA Premiership games with Hazel Irvine 5.15pm News and Weather 5.25pm Regional News; Weather 5.30pm Cartoon animated capers 5.40pm Neighbours Libby is concerned at Karl's reaction when he sees her kissing Luke. Lou and Philip's ruthless greyhound trainer makes a shocking suggestion 6.05pm Film : Beethoven (1992) starring Charles Grodin Première 7.30pm EastEnders Kathy is organising Steven's sixth birthday party, but has other things on her mind. Pat tries to pick up the pieces but only succeeds in driving people away. When Pauline visits her, they both find a shoulder to cry on 8.00pm Goodnight Sweetheart Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea starring Nicholas Lyndhurst 8.50pm The Thin Blue Line Yuletide Spirit starring Rowan Atkinson 9.20pm Film : Patriot Games (1992) starring Harrison Ford, Anne Archer Première 11.10pm News with Justin Webb Weather Isobel Lang 11.25pm Film : Clockwise (1986) starring John Cleese, Alison Steadman 1.00am Lisa Stansfield in Concert her 1994 concert recorded at the Royal Albert Hall, London 2.00am Weather 2.05am Closedown Wednesday 27th December 1995 BBC1 7.00am News, Regional News, Weather 7.10am The Little Drummer Boy (Repeat) 8.00am News, Regional News, Weather 8.10am Joe 90 8.35am Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles (Repeat) 9.00am News, Regional News, Weather 9.05am Global Gatecrash 9.30am Stone Protectors Cartoon. 10.00am Playdays 10.30am Film : Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) 12.45pm Cartoon 12.55pm Regional News; Weather 1.00pm News and Weather 1.10pm Neighbours 1.35pm Cartoon 1.50pm The Greatest Music Party in the World 3.20pm Film : Back to the Future Part II (1989) 5.05pm Blue Peter - the Best Bits 5.35pm Neighbours (Repeat) 6.00pm News, Weather 6.15pm Regional news magazine 6.30pm Animal Hospital Down Under - A Christmas Special 7.20pm This Is Your Life 8.00pm Jobs for the Girls : Pauline and Linda Plan a Party 9.00pm Film : Hot Shots! (1991) 10.25pm News, Regional News, Weather 10.50pm Sorry about Last Night 11.40pm Film : Carry On Dick (1974) 1.10am Weather Thursday 28th December 1995 BBC1 7.00am News, Regional News, Weather 7.10am The Toy Symphony 7.35am Favourite Songs 8.00am News, Regional News, Weather 8.10am Joe 90 8.35am Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles (Repeat) 9.00am News, Regional News, Weather 9.05am Global Gatecrash 9.30am Stone Protectors Cartoon (Repeat) 10.25am William's Wish Wellingtons 10.30am Film : The Three Musketeers (1973) 12.15pm Dannii on Safari 12.55pm Regional News, Weather 1.00pm News and Weather 1.10pm Neighbours 1.30pm Cartoon 1.40pm The Borrowers (Repeat) 3.05pm Film : Superman III (1983) 5.05pm Newsround Review of the Year 5.35pm Neighbours (Repeat) 6.00pm News, Weather 6.15pm Regional news magazines 6.30pm Telly Addicts Christmas Special 7.00pm Big Break Christmas Special 7.30pm EastEnders 8.00pm Great Ormond Street 8.30pm The Lenny Henry Christmas Show 9.00pm Nine O' Clock News, Regional News Weather 9.30pm Billy Connolly : a Scot in the Arctic 10.20pm They Think It's All Over Christmas Special 11.00pm Review of the Year 1995 12.15am Film : Carry On Behind (1975) 1.45am Weather Friday 29th December 1995 BBC1 7.00am News, Regional News, Weather 7.10am Classical Music Animations Swan Lake 7.35am Favourite Songs The Prince's Rain 8.00am News, Regional News, Weather 8.10am Joe 90 8.35am Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles Rpt 9.00am News, Regional News, Weather 9.05am Global Gatecrash 9.30am Stone Protectors (Repeat) 10.00am Playdays 10.25am William's Wish Wellington's 10.30am Film : The Four Musketeers (1974) 12.10pm The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends 12.40pm Cartoon 12.55pm Regional News, Weather 1.00pm News and Weather 1.10pm Neighbours 1.30pm Cartoon 1.40pm The Borrowers 3.05pm Film : Supergirl (1984) 5.05pm Blue Peter - High Adventure 5.35pm Neighbours (Repeat) 6.00pm News, Weather 6.15pm Regional news magazines 6.30pm The World's Strongest Man 7.30pm Animal Sanctuary 8.00pm That's Showbusiness!- Movies Special 8.30pm A Question of Sport 9.00pm Nine O' Clock News Regional News, Weekend Weather 9.30pm Film : Ghost (1990) 11.30pm Films of the Year with Barry Norman 12.15am Film : Little Big Man (1970) 2.30am Weather Saturday 30th December 1995 BBC1 7.25am News, Weather 7.30am Superted (Repeat) 7.35am The Artbox Bunch 7.50am Iznogoud 8.05am Peter Pan and the Pirates (Repeat) 8.30am The New Adventures of Superman 9.15am Live and Kicking 12.12pm Weather 12.15pm Grandstand 5.20pm News and Weather 5.30pm Regional News, Sport 5.35pm Dad's Army 6.05pm Jim Davidson's Generation Game 7.00pm The Gotcha Hall of Fame 7.50pm The National Lottery Live 8.05pm Casualty 8.55pm News and Sport, Weather followed by National Lottery Update 9.15pm Film : Only the Lonely (1991) 10.55pm Match of the Day 12.00 They Think It's All Over Christmas Special (Repeat) 12.40am Film : Carry On Abroad (1972) 2.05am Weather New Year's Eve Sunday 31st December 1995 BBC1 7.35am Film : Inspector Clouseau (1968) 9.10am News 9.15am The Big Question 9.30am First Light 10.00am Countryfile 10.30am Film : El Cid (1961) 1.25pm News 1.30pm Review of the Year 1995 2.45pm EastEnders Omnibus 3.45pm Film : Labyrinth (1986) 5.20pm Black Hearts in Battersea 5.50pm News 6.05pm Regional News 6.10pm Songs of Praise on Ice 6.45pm Antiques Roadshow 7.30pm Pie in the Sky 8.20pm Film : Strictly Ballroom (1992) Première 9.50pm News 10.05pm I Worked with Morecambe and Wise ... And Look What Happened to Me. 11.00pm The End of the Year Show with Angus Deayton (including Big Ben at midnight) 12.05am Happy New Year : The Archbishop of Canterbury 12.10am Hogmanay Live 1.00am Film : Carry On Camping (1969) 2.25am Weather New Year's Day Monday 1st January 1996 BBC1 7.00am Children's BBC Classical Music Animations - Sleeping Beauty. 7.25am Favourite Songs - The Rise and Fall of Humpty Dumpty (Repeat) 7.50am Joshua Jones (Repeat) 8.00am Playdays 8.20am Joe 90. 8.45am Peter Pan and the Pirates. 9.10am Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles. 9.30am Stone Protectors (Repeat) 9.55am Blue Peter - High Adventure. 10.25am Film : The Princess and the Goblin (1992) 11.45am Film : Bugsy Malone(1976) 1.15pm News, Regional News, Weather 1.25pm Neighbours 1.45pm EastEnders Omnibus 2.40pm Film : Suburban Commando (1991) 4.05pm Roald Dahl's Little Red Riding Hood 4.50pm Final Score 5.15pm News Summary Regional News and Weather 5.30pm Neighbours (Repeat) 5.55pm Film : Never Say Never Again (1983) 8.00pm EastEnders 8.30pm Goodnight Sweetheart 9.00pm The Peacock Spring 10.25pm News, Regional News, Weather 10.45pm Match of the Day 11.35pm The Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge Live 1.10am Film : Carry On Doctor (1968) 2.40am Weather Tuesday 2nd January 1996 BBC1 6.00am Business Breakfast 7.00am Breakfast News 9.05am Global Gatecrash 9.30am Stone Protectors 10.00am News, Regional News, Weather 10.05am The Morning on BBC1 Can't Cook Won't Cook 10.30am Good Morning.... with Anne and Nick 12.00 News, Regional News, Weather 12.05pm Pebble Mill 12.50pm Regional News, Weather 1.00pm One O'Clock News 1.30pm Neighbours 1.50pm Banacek 3.05pm Timekeepers 3.30pm Children's BBC Ants in Your Pants 3.50pm Chucklevision 4.10pm Free Willy 4.35pm Take Two 5.00pm Newsround 5.10pm The Demon Headmaster 5.35pm Neighbours (Repeat) 6.00pm Six O'Clock News 6.30pm Regional news magazines 7.00pm Holiday 7.30pm EastEnders 8.00pm Great Ormond Street 8.30pm Next of Kin 9.00pm Nine O'Clock News Regional News, Weather 9.30pm The Peacock Spring 11.00pm Film : The Mean Season (1985) 12.35am Weather Wednessday 3rd January 1996 BBC1 6.00am Business Breakfast 7.00am Breakfast News 9.05am Global Gatecrash 9.30am Stone Protectors (Repeat) 10.00am News, Regional News, Weather 10.05am The Morning on BBC1 Can't Cook Won't Cook 10.30am Good Morning.... with Anne and Nick 12.00 News, Regional News, Weather 12.05pm Pebble Mill 12.50pm Regional News, Weather 1.00pm One O'Clock News 1.30pm Neighbours 1.50pm Hawkeye 2.35pm Holiday 3.05pm Timekeepers 3.30pm Moomin 3.50pm Bitsa 4.10pm Rugrats (Repeat) 4.35pm Agent Z and the Penguins from Mars 5.00pm Newsround 5.10pm Blue Peter 5.35pm Neighbours (Repeat) 6.00pm Six O'Clock News, Weather 6.30pm Regional news magazines 7.00pm This Is Your Life 7.30pm May to December (Repeat) 8.00pm Paul Daniels's Secrets 8.50pm Points of View 9.00pm Nine O'Clock News Regional News, Weather 9.30pm Hetty Wainthropp Investigates 10.40pm Inside Story 11.35pm Film : The House on Carroll Street (1987) 1.15am Weather Thursday 4th January 1996 BBC1 6.00am Business Breakfast 7.00am Breakfast News 9.05am The Morning on BBC1 Kilroy 10.00am News, Regional News, Weather 10.05am Can't Cook Won't Cook 10.30am Good Morning.... with Anne and Nick 12.00 News, Regional News, Weather 12.05pm Pebble Mill 12.50pm Regional News, Weather 1.00pm One O'Clock News, Weather 1.30pm Neighbours 1.50pm The Flying Doctors 2.35pm This Is Your Life 3.05pm Timekeepers 3.30pm New Yogi Bear Show (Repeat) 3.35pm The Morph Files 3.50pm Peter Pan and the Pirates (Repeat) 4.10pm Highlander 4.35pm The Really Wild Show 5.00pm Newsround 5.10pm The Demon Headmaster 5.35pm Neighbours (Repeat) 6.00pm Six O'Clock News, Weather 6.30pm Regional news magazine 7.00pm Top of the Pops 7.30pm EastEnders 8.00pm The Vet 8.50pm Animal Hospital Heroes 9.00pm Nine O'Clock News Regional News, Weather 9.30pm French and Saunders 10.00pm Film : The Terminator (1984) 11.45pm Film : Busting (1974) 1.15am Weather Friday 5th January 1996 BBC1 6.00am Business Breakfast 7.00am Breakfast News 9.05am The Morning on BBC1 Kilroy 10.00am News, Regional News, Weather 10.05am Can't Cook Won't Cook 12.00 News, Regional News, Weather 12.05pm Pebble Mill Special 12.50pm Regional News and Weather 1.00pm One O'Clock News 1.30pm Neighbours 1.50pm Banacek 3.05pm Timekeepers 3.30pm The Littlest Pet Shop 3.55pm Look Sharp! 4.10pm The All New Popeye Show 4.20pm Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde 4.35pm The Mask 4.55pm Newsround Extra 5.10pm Blue Peter 5.35pm Neighbours (Repeat) 6.00pm Six O'Clock News, Weather 6.30pm Regional news magazines 7.00pm Film : Cop and a Half (1993) 8.30pm A Question of Sport 9.00pm Nine O'Clock News Regional News, Weekend Weather 9.30pm Film : Backdraft (1991) 11.40pm Annie Lennox....in the Park 12.40am Film : Midnight Fear (1990) 2.05am Weather |
Saturday 23rd December 1995
BBC2 7.40am Film : The Gold Rush (1925) (b&w) 8.50am Film : The Invisible Man (1933) 10.00am Asia Two Bollywood 95 11.00am Network East: Imran Khan. ... the Untold Story 11.50am Sports Review of the Year 1995 (Repeat) 1.50pm Film : Gypsy (1962) 4.10pm The Oprah Winfrey Show 4.50pm TOTP2 Christmas Special 5.35pm In Search of Santa 6.15pm Bollywood or Bust! 7.00pm Coppelia 8.40pm Tx 9.15pm Film : The Mambo Kings (1992) 10.55pm Have I Got News for You : the Best of 1995 11.25pm Unplugged - Bob Dylan 12.10am Film : Hair (1979) 2.05am Weatherview Christmas Eve Sunday 24th December 1995 BBC2 7.30am Children's BBC William's Wish Wellingtons cartoon 7.35am The Foxy Christmas Story animated tale 7.45am Spot's Magical Christmas cartoon 8.10am Playdays the poppy stop 8.30am Bitsa Hosted by Caitlin Easterby and Simon Pascoe 8.45am Jackanory The traditional story of Jack and the Beanstalk has been given a new twist by writer Adrian Mitchell. Read by Rik Mayall 9.10am The Animals of Farthing Wood animation 9.35am A Monster Christmas Musical animation (Repeat) 10.05am Blue Peter 10.30am Grange Hill School drama series (Repeat) 10.55am The Queen's Nose Comedy drama 11.20am Weekend Break The last of three episodes of a teenage comedy drama 11.40am Star Trek The Conscience of the King A mass killer, long believed dead, may well have returned to continue his evil deeds 12.30pm Fantasy Football League with Frank Skinner and David Baddiel 1.00pm Dreaming of Ajax Gary Lineker looks at the footballing success of European champions Ajax FC of Amsterdam. With comment by Paul Gascoigne, Kevin Keegan, Johann Cruyff and Dennis Bergkamp 1.45pm The O Zone pop news magazine 1.55pm Film : Donovan's Reef (1963) starring John Wayne 3.40pm The Making of The Trials of Life Once More Into the Termite Mound. David Attenborough tells some of the amazing stories behind the filming of his acclaimed natural history series, from swimming with killer whales to avoiding becoming an animal's meal (Repeat) 4.30pm Christmas in Vienna 1995 The great opera tenors Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras are joined by singing star Natalie Cole in this festive concert of traditional and modern Christmas music 5.30pm Space Precinct Friends Castle's life is threatened by a gang of high-tech criminals 6.15pm Wallace and Gromit in A Close Shave A brand new comedy thriller from Oscar-winning animator Nick Park 6.45pm Rannoch the Red Dear For a year John and Simon King followed the fortunes of a red deer stag. This film portrays all aspects of Rannoch's life in story form 7.35pm Red Rum - a National Treasure A look at the life of Britain's favourite racehorse, Red Rum, who died in October 8.15pm On the Road Again In the last of the series, Simon Dring completes the last leg of his joumey on the hippy trail to India 8.45pm The Mrs Merton Show Caroline Hook , in the guise of chat show host Mrs Merton , presents her very own Christmas show. Guests on her sofa include chef Gary Rhodes, Coronation Street's Mike and Alma Baldwin (Johnny Briggs and Amanda Barrie ) and Euro MP Glenys Kinnock 9.15pm Three Fights, Two Weddings and a Funeral Pauline Calf's Wedding Video starring Steve Coogan 9.50pm Bottom Holy A festive episode, starring and written by Adrian Edmondson and Rik Mayall Christmas comes early, and with Richie's cooking and Eddie's decorations, what could go wrong? 10.20pm Screen Two : The Hawk (1992) starring Helen Mirren, George Costigan Première 11.45pm Unplugged : Phil Collins The versatile singer and drummer performs cover versions and some of his greatest hits 12.35am A Classic Ghost Story The Stalls of Barchester Chilling drama based on the short story by M R James 1.20am Film : La Beauté du Diable (1950) in French with English subtitles 2.55am Weatherview 3.05am Closedown Christmas Day Monday 25th December 1995 BBC2 7.05am Christmas with Cliff 7.45am Film : A Christmas Carol (1938) starring Reginald Owen 8.50am Film : 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) starring Kirk Douglas , James Mason 10.55am Top Gear Rally Special A review of last month's RAC Rally in which team-mates Colin McRae and Carlos Sainz started on equal points in this final race of the world championship 11.40am Treasures in Trust In the year in which the National Trust celebrated its 100th birthday, Ian Holm introduces some of the characters who carry out its work on Trust properties 12.55pm The Hills are Alive The Sound of Music Phenomenon An exploration of one of the best known films in the world, and those whose lives have been changed by seeing it 1.35pm Victory Stills The mixed emotions of VE Day in captured on camera at public and private celebrations (b/w) 1.55pm Memories and Celebrations VE and VJ50 Highlights of this year's celebrations commemorating the end of the war. The programme recalls a memorable royal balcony appearance, street parties, a network of beacons across the country, the thousands of people milling in the Mall and, of course, the singing of Cliff Richard and Vera Lynn 3.00pm Tricks on Two Celebrities watch magic tricks by British magicians (Repeat) 3.10pm La Bohème Giacomo Puccini's opera in four acts is given a fresh reworking in this production for Australian Opera by Baz Luhrmann 5.05pm Today's the Day Christmas Special Stars from the world of entertainment do battle in this festive edition of the nostalgia quiz using clips and facts from Christmases past with Martyn Lewis 5.35pm Some Enchanted Evening Julie Andrews hosts a centenary celebration from Broadway of legendary lyricist Oscar Hammerstein 7.00pm Screen Two : Jane Austen's Persuasion A film adaptation of Jane Austen's novel about the enduring power of love 8.40pm Close Up Actor and director Richard Attenborough chooses a scene from Charlie Chaplin's City Lights (Repeat) 8.50pm The Queen Her Majesty the Queen's Christmas message with signing and subtitles 9.00pm The Abbey A three-part series, showing on consecutive evenings, in which Alan Bennett goes behind the scenes at Westminster Abbey 10.00pm Film : Farewell My Concubine (1993) starring Leslie Cheung , Zhang Fengyi In Mandarin with English subtitles Première 12.30am Rowan and Martin's Laugh-in A compilation of highlights to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the anarchic comedy show which, during the late sixties and early seventies, won two Emmy awards and a cult following 1.30am Film : A Night at the Opera (1935) with the Marx Brothers 3.00am Weatherview 3.10am Closedown Boxing Day Tuesday 26th December 1995 7.00am Film : City Lights (1931) starring Charlie Chaplin (b&w) 8.25am Film : Mame (1974) starring Lucille Ball, Robert Preston 10.30am The Voyage of Charles Darwin A six-part documentary drama series, showing over the next week, based on the naturalist's five-year voyage of adventure and scientific discovery to South America and the Galapagos 11.30am Celebrity Mantlepiece Reflections on the treasures kept on his mantelpiece by the late actor Michael Hordern 11.45am Film : The Adventure of Quentin Durward (1955) starring Robert Taylor 1.20pm Anne Frank Remembered The International Emmy award-winning account of the life of Anne Frank , the 15-year-old who kept a diary through her two years in hiding in Amsterdam during the Second World War Narrated by Kenneth Branagh 3.20pm Film : My Fair Lady (1964) starring Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison 6.05pm The Gurkhas Soldiers of myth and mystery, the Nepalese men who swear allegiance to the Queen have fought for Britain for 180 years, winning a total of 26 Victoria Crosses along the way and inspiring fear in enemy armies. Ian Wooldridge considers what makes these men from the foothills of the Himalayas such good soldiers 7.05pm Pride and Prejudice : from Page to Screen Another chance to see Andrew Davies, who adapted Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice for the recent TV series, and other members of the production team discussing the novel's dramatisation 7.35pm Sylvie Guillem A new three-part series, showing on consecutive nights, in which French dancer Sylvie Guillem invites directors and choreographers to explore new ways of bringing dance and movement to the screen. Tonight's piece, entitled Smoke, is a duet created by Swedish choreographer Mats Ek for Sylvie and his brother, the dancer Niklas Ek 8.00pm The Abbey The second of a three-part series in which Alan Bennett explores Westminster Abbey 8.55pm Close Up Screen writing teacher Robert McKee chooses a scene from Erich von Stroheim's silent classic Greed 9.00pm A to Z of ATV An alphabetical compendium of classic clips and famous faces from over a quarter of a century of the channel ATV, including Morecambe and Wise, Crossroads, Sunday Night at the London Palladium and The Prisoner (Repeat) 9.20pm Victoria Wood - as Seen on TV Special A repeat showing of a 1987 special edition of the comedy show, written by and starring Victoria Wood, and featuring such classic sketches as Acorn Antiques 10.00pm Film : Screen Two : The Hour of the Pig (1993) starring Colin Firth Première 11.55am Film : Faust (1994) starring Petr Cepek Première 1.30am Film : The Body Snatcher (1945) starring Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi 2.35am Weatherview 2.45am Closedown Wednesday 27th December 1995 BBC2 7.15am Film : Modern Times (1936) (b&w) 8.40am Film : Woman of the Year (1942) (b&w) 10.30am The Voyage of Charles Darwin 11.30am The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures Planet Earth, an Explorer's Guide 12.30pm Celebrity Mantelpiece 12.40pm Racing from Chepstow 2.50pm A River of Sound 3.50pm Close Up 3.55pm Film : On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970) 6.00pm Wallace and Gromit in The Wrong Trousers (Repeat) 6.30pm Star Trek : The Next Generation 7.15pm Rocky Star (b&w) 7.30pm Sylvie Guillem 8.00pm The Abbey 8.50pm Another Foot in the Past 9.00pm The Likely Lads Christmas Special (Repeat) 9.45pm Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam 11.30pm Film : A Great Day in Harlem (1994) (b&w and Colour) 12.30am Film : Mo' Better Blues (1990) 2.30am Weatherview Thursday 28th December 1995 BBC2 7.05am Film : The Great Dictator (1940) (b&w) 9.05am Film : What Price Hollywood? (1932) (b&w) 10.30am The Voyage of Charles Darwin 11.30am The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures Planet Earth, an Explorer's Guide 12.30pm A River of Sound 1.30pm What Did You Do in the War, Auntie? (b&w and Colour) (Revised Repeat) 3.10pm Film : Fiddler on the Roof (1971) 6.00pm Wallace and Gromit in : A Grand Day Out 6.25pm Star Trek : Deep Space Nine 7.10pm The Car's the Star 7.30pm Sylvie Guillem 8.00pm Decisive Moments 95 9.00pm Film : Much Ado about Nothing (1993) Premiere 10.50pm Tricks on Two 11.00pm Film : Man of the West (1958) 12.35am Unplugged - Bjork 1.20am Film : The Big Knife (1955) (b&w) 3.00am Weatherview Friday 29th December 1995 BBC2 6.45am Film : Limelight (1952) (b&w) 8.55am Film : The Errand Boy (1961) (b&w) 10.30am The Voyage of Charles Darwin 11.30am The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures Planet Earth, an Explorer's Guide 12.30pm A River of Sound 1.30pm Yachting :The 1995 Ultra 30 Grand Prix 2.10pm Earth and the American Dream 3.25pm More Loverly than Ever 4.25pm Tyto the Barn Owl 5.15pm Film : The Sound of Music (1965) 8.00pm University Challenge 8.30pm Slice of Life 9.00pm Reeves and Mortimer - Xmas Shooting Stars 9.40pm Knowing Me, Knowing Yule... with Alan Partridge 10.20pm The BBC 100 : Film : The Player (1992) Premiere 12.20am Film : Hearts of Darkness : a Film-Maker's Apocalypse (1991) 1.55am Weatherview Saturday 30th December 1995 BBC2 6.55am Le Cinema des Peches (In French with English subtitles) 7.45am Film : Windbag the Sailor (1936) (b&w) 9.05am Film : Forbidden Cargo (1954) (b&w) 10.30am The Voyage of Charles Darwin 11.30am The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures Planet Earth, an Explorer's Guide 12.30pm Power Behind the Image 1.10pm Film : Animal Farm (1954) 2.20pm Film : Spartacus (1960) 5.20pm Schumacher 6.05pm Moving Pictures : the Reality Trip 7.05pm Bookmark 8.05pm The Young Ones 8.40pm Film : Hoop Dreams (1994) 11.30pm Tx 12.20am Unplugged Plant and Page 1.30am Film : Hellzapoppin' (1941) (b&w) 2.50am Weatherview New Year's Eve Sunday 31st December 1995 BBC2 7.30am The Adventures of Skippy (Repeat) 7.55am Playdays 8.10am Babar 8.35am Jackanory 9.00am Bitsa 9.15am The Curious Case of Dr Hertz van Rental 9.40am Phantom 2040 10.05am Blue Peter - the Best Bits (Repeat) 10.35am Grange Hill (Repeat) 11.00am Newsround Review of the Year 11.30am The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures Planet Earth, an Explorer's Guide 12.30pm Rugby Special 1.30pm Film : Gay Purr-ee (1962) 2.50pm Film : Pal Joey (1957) 4.40pm Notes from a Diva 5.30pm Wildlife on Two (Repeat) 6.00pm Film : The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (1988) 7.30pm Video Nation - Best of 95 8.10pm Close Up 8.25pm Fine Cut : Louis Malle's India : a Film Journey 9.50pm Screen Two : Return of the Native 11.30pm TOTP2 12.00 The Third Annual Jools' Hootenanny 1.15am Film : Imagine: John Lennon (1988) (Colour & b&w) 2.55am Weatherview New Year's Day Monday 1st January 1996 BBC2 7.15am Film : The Square Peg (1958) (b&w) 8.45am Film : A Day at the Races (1937) (b&w) 10.30am The Voyage of Charles Darwin 12.30pm Solti Conducts : the World Orchestra for Peace 1.50pm Darts 4.15pm Ski Sunday Special 4.50pm Coastermania 5.40pm Pavarotti and Domingo at the Met 8.00pm Burt Bacharach.... This Is Now 8.50pm Another Foot in the Past : Dirty Boppers Go Home... (Revised Repeat) 9.00pm Arena : The Burger and the King 10.00pm Film : Grand Canyon (1991) 12.10am Darts 1.10am Film :The Days (1993) (b&w) (in Mandarin with English subtitles) 2.25am Weatherview Tuesday 2nd January 1996 BBC2 7.00am Breakfast News 7.15am Children's BBC Lassie 7.40am Children's BBC Albert the 5th Musketeer 8.05am Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles 8.35am Film : The Sheepman (1958) 10.00am Children's BBC Playdays 10.25am Film : Johnny Angel (1945) (b&w) 11.50am The Fugitive (First shown on lTV) (b&w) 12.30pm Australia Wild 1.00pm Children's BBC Spot 1.05pm Juniper Jungle 1.20pm On the Throne 2.00pm Darts 6.00pm Fresh Prince of Bel Air 6.25pm Heartbreak High 7.10pm The Ren and Stimpy Show 7.30pm Local Heroes 8.00pm Pound for Pound 8.30pm Food and Drink 9.00pm Film : Victim of Innocence (1990) 10.30pm Newsnight 11.15pm Darts 12.15am Weatherview 12.20am Film : Milou en Mai (1989) A French film with English subtitles. Wednesday 3rd January 1996 BBC2 7.00am Breakfast News 7.15am Children's BBC Lassie 7.40am Albert the 5th Musketeer (Repeat) 8.05am Take Two 8.35am Film : Tennessee's Partner (1955) 10.00am Children's BBC Playdays 10.25am Film : Grand Central Murder (1942) (b&w) 11.35am The Fugitive (b&w) (First shown on lTV) 12.30pm Australia Wild (Repeat) 1.00pm Children's BBC Melvin and Maureen's Music-a-Grams (Repeat) 1.20pm Film : Go Naked in the World (1961) 3.00pm Darts 6.00pm Star Trek: the Next Generation 6.45pm Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (Repeat) 7.30pm House Detectives 8.00pm University Challenge 8.30pm Delia Smith's Winter Collection 9.00pm Victoria Wood - as Seen on TV (Repeat) 9.30pm Modern Times 10.20pm What the Papers Say 10.30pm Newsnight 12.15am Weatherview 12.20am Film : Les Enfants du Paradis: 1 : The Boulevard of Crime (1945) (b&w) In French with English subtitles. (b&w) Thursday 4th January 1996 BBC2 7.00am Breakfast News 7.15am Children's BBC Lassie 7.40am Stone Protectors 8.05am Blue Peter (Repeat) 8.35am Film : Along Came Jones (1945) (b&w) 10.00am Children's BBC Playdays 10.25am The Woman on Pier 13 (1949) (b&w) 11.35am The Fugitive (b&w) (First shown on lTV) 12.30pm Australia Wild (Repeat) 1.00pm Children's BBC Melvin and Maureen's Music-a-Grams (Repeat) 1.15pm Film : Fanny by Gaslight (1944) (b&w) 3.00pm Darts 6.00pm Star Trek : Deep Space Nine 6.45pm The O Zone (Revised Repeat) 7.00pm Waiting for God (Repeat) 7.30pm The 45 Rebellion 8.00pm My Brilliant Career 8.30pm Jeremy Clarkson's Motorworld 9.00pm Traces of Guilt: The Verdict 9.50pm Potted Histories 10.00pm Game On (Repeat) 10.30pm Newsnight 11.15pm Darts 12.15am Weatherview 12.20am Film : Les Enfants du Paradis : 2 : The Man in White (1945) In French with English subtitles. (b&w) Friday 5th January 1996 BBC2 7.00am Breakfast News 7.15am Children's BBC Lassie (Repeat) 7.40am Stone Protectors (Repeat) 8.05am The Really Wild Show 8.35am Film : Tall in the Saddle (1944) (b&w) 10.00am Playdays (Repeat) 10.25am Film : Condemned Women (1938) (b&w) 11.40am The Fugitive (b&w) (First shown on ITV) 12.30pm Reams of Passion 1.00pm Children's BBC William's Wish Wellingtons (Repeat) 1.05pm Children's BBC Johnson and Friends 1.15pm Film : Windom's Way (1957) 3.00pm Sport on Friday 6.00pm The Munsters 6.25pm The New Avengers (First shown on ITV) 7.15pm Kicking and Screaming (Repeat) 8.00pm Top Gear 8.30pm Gardening from Scratch 9.00pm Rab C Nesbitt 9.30pm The Fast Show 10.00pm The Real McCoy 10.30pm Newsnight 11.15pm Fantasy Football League 11.45pm Weatherview 11.50pm Darts 12.50am Film : The Double Life of Veronique (1991) In Polish and French with English subtitles |