BBC CHRISTMAS TV 2004
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Saturday 18th December 2004
BBC1 COMING SOON! Sunday 19th December 2004 BBC1 COMING SOON! Monday 20th December 2004 BBC1 COMING SOON! Tuesday 21st December 2004 BBC1 COMING SOON! Wednesday 22nd December 2004 BBC1 COMING SOON! Thursday 23rd December 2004 BBC1 COMING SOON! Christmas Eve Friday 24th December 2004 BBC1 6.00am Breakfast presented by Bill Turnbull and Maxine Mawhinney then The National Lottery Daily Play 9.00am CBBC Arthur Christmas Special the aardvark worries that Christmas will be less than perfect 10.00am Sleeping Beauty Uncovered CBBC's panto from 2003 featuring. among others. Fearne Cotton, Ortis, Angellica Bell, Simon Thomas and Dick and Dom (Repeat) 10.50am Film : Russkies (1987) Cold War comedy drama. A Russian sailor is shipwrecked when a storm hits his ship (of the coast of Florida. He's discovered by three children, who begin to realise that not all Russians are comic-book villains Première 12.20pm BBC News, Weather, Regional News, Weather 12.40pm Film : Casper (1995) winning supernatural comedy drama starring Christina Ricci, Bill Pullman, Cathy Moriarty and Eric Idle. A wicked heiress wants to rid the haunted house she has inherited from its ghostly tenants 2.10pm Film : Babe (1995) enchanting fantasy comedy starring James Cromwell. Orphaned pig Babe is raised on a farm by the sheepdog Fly. Although he is destined for the dinner table, Babe stuns Farmer Hoggett and his fellow farmyard animals when he shows talent as a "sheep-pig" 3.35pm Film : The Princess Diaries (2001) comedy, based on the teen novel by Meg Cabot , starring Julie Andrews and Anne Hathaway. Fifteen-year-old Mia is surprised to learn of her late father's royal lineage - and that she is princess of a European kingdom Première 5.25pm BBC News, Weather, Regional News 5.50pm Weakest Link - Comedy Special will Anne Robinson get booed as she aims her acid tongue at panto actors such as Alvin Stardust and Joe Pasquale? 6.40pm Film : Shrek (2001) Oscar-winning animated fantasy comedy. In order to evict a band of homeless fairy-tale characters from his swamp, grumpy green ogre Shrek must rescue Princess Fiona from her tower Première 8.00pm EastEnders Den has an important announcement to make 8.30pm Outtake TV - Christmas Special Anne Robinson peruses a set of hilarious blunders 9.00pm My Family Christmas Special Glad Tidings We Bring Christmas for Susan means the ideal opportunity to take control of Ben in this seasonal episode of the ratings-winning sitcom 9.50pm The National Lottery Draws The Lotto, Lotto Extra and Thunderball draws 10.00pm BBC News with Fiona Bruce Weather with Darren Bett 10.10pm Christmas Eve with Jonathan Ross Culinary guru Delia Smith dispenses some timely advice for the yuletide cooking marathon, while actor Rupert Everett discusses his starring role in Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking 11.10pm The Royle Family at Christmas Bloated with turkey, the clan gather round the TV in this festive episode of the classic sitcom from 2000 (Repeat) 11.40pm Midnight Mass a live celebration of the birth of Jesus from St George's Roman Catholic Cathedral in Southwark, south London. The service is led by the Most Rev Kevin McDonald, Archbishop of Southwark. Music features the Mass Setting by Joseph Langlais , while carols include Hark! the Herald Angels Sing 12.55am Steptoe and Son Feature-length version of the hit TV comedy about two rag-and-bone men, starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett. Harold gets engaged to a stripper (Repeat) followed by Weatherview 2.30am BBC News 24 Christmas Day Saturday 25th December 2004 BBC1 6:00am Breakfast with Bill Turnbull 9:00am The Tale of Jack Frost an enchanting animation, narrated by Hugh Laurie. A little boy with snow-white skin is named Jack Frost by forest animals because of his magic powers. But goblins plan to steal Jack's special abilities 9:30am What's New Scooby-Doo? a snow fiend is at large 9:50am Crackers for Christmas! a live service from Coventry. Featured carols include See Him Lying on a Bed of Straw and 0 Come, All Ye Faithful 10:50am Film : Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996) Entertaining Disney animated adventure, featuring the voice of Robin Williams. Young Aladdin is drawn into a perilous quest to find his long lost father 12:05pm Film : Santa Claus (1985) seasonal comedy starring Dudley Moore as one of Santa's elves, who heads for New York 1:50pm News and Weather 2:00pm Top of the Pops Christmas Special with Kylie, Robbie Williams, Destiny's Child and Anastacia Plus the Christmas number one 3:00pm The Queen Her Majesty addresses the nation and Commonwealth 3:10pm Dear Father Christmas McFly, Rio Ferdinand and Sir Cliff Richard are among the stars helping Dale Winton and Father Christmas to make children's festive dreams and wishes come true 3:55pm Film : 102 Dalmatians (2000) Enchanting comedy sequel starring Glenn Close. Cruella de Vil teams up with a French designer to create a dalmatian-puppy coat Première 5:30pm News and Weather 5:35pm The Big Impression Christmas Special Colin Firth, Renee Zellweger, Kelly Holmes, Rebecca Loos and Dirty Den join Posh and Becks as targets for Alistair McGowan and Ronni Ancona 6:05pm Film : Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) Hugely entertaining fantasy adventure. Harry Potter lives a miserable existence - until he learns he's the orphaned son of wizards. Offered a place at a boarding school for wizards, he soon starts a new life filled with fantasy Première 8:25pm EastEnders The Watts family gathers for Christmas but dinner doesn't go to plan. Two people bid farewell 9:25pm The Vicar of Dibley Merry Christmas. The villagers mark ten years since Geraldine's arrival. Model Rachel Hunter guests 10:20pm BBC News with Darren Jordon Weather with Darren Bett 10:30pm Absolutely Fabulous Christmas Special Eddy uses regression therapy for inspiration when she decides to redecorate the kitchen 11:30pm Before They Were Famous VIII Wayne Rooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Justin Timberlake are among the stars featured in footage they'd really rather forget. With Angus Deayton 11:50pm Film : Out of Sight (1998) Sizzling romantic crime drama with George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez. After bank robber Jack Foley encounters US Marshal Karen Sisco in a prison break, their mutual attraction means they're fated to meet again 1:45am On Christmas Night a carol at Ely Cathedral as David Suchet tells the story of the birth of Jesus 1:55am Film : Young Frankenstein (1974) inspired horror spoof with Gene Wilder. Frederick Frankenstein goes to Transylvania to get a family legacy 3:40am Christmas Eve with Jonathan Ross Delia Smith and Rupert Everett guest 4:40am BBC News 24 Boxing Day Sunday 26th December 2004 BBC1 6.00am Breakfast with Simon McCoy 9.00am The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show Angela Rippon's dance routine with Eric and Ernie, a perennial favourite of the Christmas TV Polls, features in this edition, showing uncut. Elton John, Des O'Connor, John Thaw, Dennis Waterman, Kate O'Mara and the Nolans also guest 10.05am Keeping Up Appearances Hyacinth and Richard enjoy a luxury cruise aboard the QE2. First shown Christmas 1993 10.55am BBC News, Weather for the Week Ahead 11.15am EastEnders omnibus edition 2.15pm Film : The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) Charming animated musical drama, based on the classic tale by Victor Hugo. In Paris during the Middle Ages the lonely hunchbacked bellringer of Notre Dame cathedral falls in love with a beautiful gypsy girl. Featuring the voices of Tom Hulce, Demi Moore and Kevin Kline Première 3.40pm Songs of Praise Pop impresario Pete Waterman returns to his roots with a 1913-style celebration in Beamish, Durham, finding out what the festive season had to offer people such as his coal-miner grandfather. Carols include In the Bleak Midwinter, 0 Come, All Ye Faithful, Silent Night and The Sussex Carol 4.20pm BBC News, Regional News, Weather 4.45pm Final Score Results roundup 5.05pm The World's Strongest Man New series 1/6 The Bahamas hosts this year's bicep-rippling brawnathon over the next six days as 12 muscle-men pull trucks, wrestle and squat- lift barrels in a bid for the title. Hosted by John Inverdale 5.35pm Antiques Roadshow : the Next Generation A mummified crocodile and a medal for bravery are among the items brought along by junior collectors to Birmingham's Thinktank Museum 6.30pm Strictly Ice Dancing Six pro-celebrity couples get their skates on in this one-off bid to be crowned king and queen of the ice - what will it take to impress the panel of frosty judges? Presented by Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly 7.30pm Celebrity Mastermind 1/2 EastEnders' Ricky Groves, former Tory MP Neil Hamilton, Holby City's Hugh Quarshie and rugby league hero Martin Offiah field questions on British politics, actor Richard Pryor, British pop music and the Second World War. John Humphrys plays grand inquisitor 8.00pm EastEnders a new era begins at the Queen Vic 8.30pm Casualty @ Holby City 1/2 a busy Boxing Day at Holby City Hospital takes a terrifying turn when a fuel tanker careers out of control 9.25pm Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking Rupert Everett and Ian Hart star as the illustrious detective duo in this dark, atmospheric murder mystery. 1902, London: a dense fog has engulfed the capital -the perfect cover for a deranged killer hell- bent on the murder of society debutantes 11.05pm BBC News with Sophie Raworth Weather with Darren Bett 11.20pm Match of the Day Highlights of the London derby between Arsenal and Fulham, plus Chelsea at home to Aston Villa, Manchester United v Bolton and Newcastle away to Blackburn. Introduced by Gary Lineker 1.00am Film : Steptoe and Son Ride Again (1973) Threadbare comedy with Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett. The duo buy a replacement carthorse followed by Weatherview 2.40am BBC News 24 Holiday Monday 27th December 2004 BBC1 6.00am Breakfast presented by Simon McCoy and Gillian Joseph 9.00am Match of the Day shown yesterday at 11.20pm 10.40am Animal Park The tigers need inoculations 11.40am Film : The Tigger Movie (2000) Winnie the Pooh's striped sidekick takes centre stage in this Disney animation. Longing to meet the family he has never known, Tigger embarks on a quest to find them 12.50pm BBC News, Weather, Regional News, Weather 1.00pm BBC Disney Prom in the Park Gaby Roslin hosts this event which took place in September in London's Hyde Park and included music from Beauty and the Beast. The Lion King, The Jungle Book and Aladdin. With the BBC Concert Orchestra 2.00pm CBBC Really Wild Show Pride Special Michaela Strachan is in Africa to meet the lions involved in the making of Pride, on BBC1 at 6.35pm, and finds out how animal handlers made it possible to film them in their wild surroundings 2.25pm Film : The Jungle Book (1994) Disney's live-action version of Kipling's classic, starring Jason Scott Lee. Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves, lives in the jungle with Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther. But danger looms when he is reunited with a childhood friend 4.10pm Film : Matilda (1996) Typically dark Roald Dahl fantasy in which a precocious girl discovers she has magical powers and sets out to get even with the adults who mistreated her 5.40pm The World's Strongest Man 2/6 Twelve muscle-bound contenders go truck-pulling in a bid for the coveted title. With John Inverdale 6.10pm BBC News Darren Jordon Regional News Weather with Helen Willetts 6.35pm Pride Natural history combines with computer wizardry in Simon Nye's tale of love, betrayal and survival on the African plains as we follow lion cub Suki's life among her pride featuring the voices of Robbie Coltrane of Kate Winslet 8.00pm EastEnders News of Sharon's departure hits the Square 8.30pm Film : Lara Croft : Tomb Raider (2001) Action adventure based on the computer game, starring Angelina Jolie. Aristocratic explorer Lara Croft races against time to regain custody of an ancient artefact, the Triangle of Light Première 10.00pm Billy Connolly's World Tour of New Zealand 6/8 A packed schedule for Billy, beginning on top of Mount Tarawera - a volcano that erupted in 1886. Following this, there's a visit to the Waitomo caves and an encounter with Maoris 10.40pm BBC News Darren Jordon Regional News Weather with Helen Willetts 11.00pm Eyes Down comedy starring Paul O'Grady Rav has a life-changing decision to make at Christmas 11.30pm Film : Still Crazy (1998) Deftly written comedy, starring Stephen Rea, Billy Connolly and Jimmy Nail , about a group of ageing rockers on the comeback trail 1.05am Sign Zone (signed programmes) Arctic : the Challenge A race across the frozen Canadian wilderness. Enhanced commentary 2.05am The Teaching Awards 2004 Honouring outstanding teachers and teaching assistants 3.05am Too Close for Comfort 5/6 Restoring order to a two-bedroom terrace in Coventry 3.35am Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time 4/6 More high-profile calamities 4.05am Changing Rooms 10/10 Makeovers 4.35am BBC News 24 Holiday Tuesday 28th December 2004 BBC1 6.00am Breakfast presented by Simon McCoy and Gillian Joseph 9.00am CBBC Arthur 9.25am Kerching! 9.50am Looney Tunes 10.00am Top of the Pops Saturday Fearne Cotton, Sam Nixon and Mark Rhodes with music from V. Blazin' Squad, the 411 and Rooster 11.00am Film : Max Keeble's Big Move (2001) Colourful comedy starring Alex D Linz as 12-year-old Max, who exacts revenge on a group of school bullies when his parents tell him they are moving Première 12.20pm Pride : Talking with Lions Martin Freeman shows how technical wizardry, the animal world and some top acting talent combined to create yesterday's big cat drama 12.50pm BBC News, Weather, Regional News, Weather 1.10pm Keeping Up Appearances Hyacinth craves a theatre role 1.40pm Film : Babe : Pig in the City (1998) Visually impressive sequel to the porcine comedy adventure. After Farmer Hoggett is injured, his wife takes Babe the pig to a state fair to raise money to save the farm. Stranded in the city, the pair stay in a sinister hotel 3.05pm Film : Small Soldiers (1998) slick fantasy action adventure starring Kirsten Dunst and featuring the voice of Tommy Lee Jones. When a toy designer installs state-of-the-art military microchips into action figures, the result is a battle royal between Commando Elite and the peaceful Gorgonites 4.45pm Final Score Results roundup 5.30pm The World's Strongest Man 6.00pm BBC News, Regional News, Weather 6.30pm Changing Rooms Goes to Boscastle The team visit Cornwall to restore properties damaged by the August floods, including the restaurant of the Wellington Hotel. With Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen 7.30pm EastEnders Den seizes an opportunity to manipulate Dennis 8.00pm Casualty @ Holby City 2/2 Staff fight for survival on Nightingale Wing in the aftermath of an appalling accident that sees A&E join forces with their surgical counterparts 9.00pm Auf Wiedersehen, Pet Special 1/2 Reunited for a final time, the labourers find their swansong job taking them to Laos. But when Barry disappears in neighbouring Thailand, a rescue mission is staged 10.00pm BBC News Sophie Raworth Regional News Weather Helen Willetts 10.20pm Kings of Rock 'n' Roll Which legendary rock 'n' roller had to change his obscene lyrics, and which singer married his 13-year-old cousin? Tom Jones, Paul McCartney and Cliff Richard are among contributors to this one-off expose of the outrageous stories of such icons as Bill Haley, Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis and Buddy Holly 11.20pm Match of the Day Highlights from all nine of today's Premiership matches. Southampton face a silverware-hungry Liverpool side, Portsmouth host title contenders Chelsea, Manchester United travel to play Aston Villa and Tottenham meet London rivals Crystal Palace at White Hart Lane. Presented by Gary Lineker 1.00am Film : Father Dear Father ( 1972) Comedy spin-off starring Patrick Cargill. Thriller writer Patrick Glover decides to re-marry, thanks to the aggravation caused by the parties and boyfriends of his teenage daughters 2.40am Sign Zone Family Contact 2/6 The Parry family 3.40am Holidays in the Danger Zone America Was Here -Vietnam The legacy in South East Asia 4.10am Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time 4.40am BBC News 24 Wednesday 29th December 2004 BBC1 COMING SOON! Thursday 30th December 2004 BBC1 COMING SOON! New Year's Eve Friday 31st December 2004 BBC1 COMING SOON! New Year's Day Saturday 1st January 2005 BBC1 COMING SOON! Sunday 2nd January 2005 BBC1 COMING SOON! Bank Holiday Monday 3rd January 2005 BBC1 COMING SOON! |
Saturday 18th December 2004
BBC2 COMING SOON! Sunday 19th December 2004 BBC2 COMING SOON! Monday 20th December 2004 BBC2 COMING SOON! Tuesday 21st December 2004 BBC2 COMING SOON! Wednesday 22nd December 2004 BBC2 COMING SOON! Thursday 23rd December 2004 BBC2 COMING SOON! Christmas Eve Friday 24th December 2004 BBC2 7.00am CBeebies Story Makers 7.20am Tots TV in Lapland 7.30am Pat's Magic Christmas festive fun with the postie 8.00am Balamory PC Plum creates a winter wonderland at Mrs Macleod's 8.20am Oh Yes It Is! 5/5 concluding the Cinderella story 8.40am Tweenies 9.00am A History of Britain by Simon Schama Burning Convictions Events surrounding the Reformation 10.00am Seven Wonders of the Industrial World 5/7 Brooklyn Bridge examining how an ambitious American dream soured 10.50am Who Do You Think You Are ? 5/10 What happened to Bill Oddie 's mother? 11.45am Film : Holiday Affair (1949) seasonal romantic drama, first in a tribute to Janet Leigh, who died in October. Robert Mitchum also stars. A war widow falls for a drifter 1.10pm Laurel and Hardy The Fixer Uppers Ollie is challenged to a duel to the death (b&w) 1.30pm Puccini's Gianni Schicchi destruction wrought by avarice is the theme of Puccini's opera, shown here in Annabel Arden's Glyndebourne production, with soloists Alessandro Corbelli and Sally Matthews, and the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Vladimir Jurowski. With in-vision subtitles 2.30pm Film : My Fair Lady (1964) Oscar-winning musical based on George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion, starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison. Can Professor Henry Higgins refine cockney flower girl Eliza? 5.15pm Carols from King's a celebration of Christmas from the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge. The story is told in the words of the Bible and poetry by Laurie Lee, Oscar, Romero and Longfellow. Carols include Once in Royal David's City; God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen; Unto Us Is Bom a Son; and In the Bleak Midwinter 6.30pm Butterflies at Christmas, surrounded by the people she loves, Ria is forced to do things she hates. The festive episode of Carla Lane's vaunted sitcom from 1979 7.00pm TOTP2 at Christmas a merry montage of classic chart toppers from 40 years of Christmas shows, plus rare footage of the Beatles, a unique live version of Band Aid and a clip of Del Shannon that hasn't been seen since 1964. Festive songs come from the likes of Slade, Roy Wood, the Wombles and Jona Lewie, while party classics come courtesy of, among others, Wham!, Madonna, OutKast, Beyonce, John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, Frankie Goes to Hollywood and Blondie. Introduced by Steve Wright 8.30pm University Challenge Special 2/3 The stage is represented by Sir Tim Rice, Adrian Noble, Ken Campbell and Harriet Walter in the second heat. Can they turn the tables on the team of critics and give them a proper mauling? Brian Sewell, Andrew Graham-Dixon , Waldemar Januszczak and Russell Davies will have other ideas 9.00pm Film : Chocolat (2000) enchanting romantic comedy drama starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp. The pious inhabitants of a small French village are angered when Vianne Rocher arrives and opens a chocolate shop during Lent. But Vianne and her confectionery have an attraction that is hard to resist Première 10.55pm TOTP2 at Christmas shown at 7pm 12.25pm Dead Ringers Another round of topical impressions from the mordant mimics 12.55pm Later...with Jools Holland 5/6 featuring soul survivor Bobby Womack, tracks from Usher's album Live Evolution 8701, pop-infused jazz trio the Bad Plus, Vegas rockers the Killers and Spain's Ojos de Brujo 2.00am Film : The Ghost Camera (1933) Crime mystery starring Henry Kendall and Ida Lupino, and featuring John Mills. Bumbling John Grey gets involved in a murder investigation when a camera that contains film of a killing ends up in his car (b&w) 3.05am Closedown Christmas Day Saturday 25th December 2004 BBC2 7:20am Bill and Ben 7:30am Pablo the Little Red Fox the cubs are very hungry 7:40am Tweenies 8:00am Bob the Builder A Christmas to Remember Bob's twin brother is coming home 9:00am A History of Britain by Simon Schama The Body of the Queen. Rivals Queen Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots 10:00am Seven Wonders of the Industrial World 6/7 The Hoover Dam How 100 lives were lost when the ruthless Frank Crowe strove to tame the Colorado river 10:50am Laurel and Hardy The Music Box The hapless duo try to get a piano up a huge flight Of Stairs (b&w) 11:20am Film : Little Women (1949) The Janet Leigh tribute continues with this lush period drama. New England, 1860s: with their father away at war, the four March sisters experience the joys and pains of romance 1:15pm Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em The 1974 Christmas special. Frank and Betty are looking forward to a Nativity play 2:10pm Film : White Christmas (1954) unashamedly sentimental musical starring Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye. Two army buddies try to help their old officer- who is now struggling to keep a hotel afloat - by putting on a show 4:05pm Film : Great Expectations (1946) David Lean's Oscar-winning dramatisation of Dickens's classic, starring John Mills and featuring Alec Guinness. The life of a poor young orphan boy suddenly changes when he comes into a fortune 6:00pm The Queen Her Majesty addresses the nation and the Commonwealth. With signing 6:10pm Lesley Garrett - Music from the Movies The Doncaster diva performs a clutch of classic songs made famous on the silver screen. Special guests Ruthie Henshall and Michael McCarthy join Garrett for renditions of memorable movie melodies ranging from The Wizard of Oz up to Moulin Rouge! With the Opera North Orchestra conducted by Phillip Ellis. Recorded live at Temple Newsam Park, Leeds, in July this year 7:10pm Kiss Me Kate Michael Blakemore 's London production of the Shakespeare-inspired musical comedy recounting the antics of two feuding romantic couples during a touring production of The Taming of the Shrew. Among the Cole Porter classics are So in Love, Always True to You in My Fashion and Too Damn Hot 9:40pm Arena : Painting the Clouds - a Portrait of Dennis Potter The Potter at the BBC strand marking the 10th anniversary of his death starts with this feature-length profile. It charts his childhood, time at Oxford, bid for parliament and rise as a constant controversial TV dramatist who was loved and loathed in equal measure. As well as clips from The Singing Detective, Pennies from Heaven and Blue Remembered Hills, Potter's three children and sister talk on screen for the first time about life with him 11:10pm Grumpy Old Women at Christmas Sheila Hancock, Janet Street-Porter and Ann Widdecombe are among the females lashing out at the festive period 12:10am Film : The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus (1995) Concert movie from December 1968. Undercover of a big-top complete with various circus acts and garish costumes, the Stones perform a selection of classics on a bill also featuring the Who, Eric Clapton and John Lennon 1:15am Dead Ringers The powerful and the pompous are once more in the firing line for Jon Culshaw and the team 1:45am Later...with Jools Holland 6/6 The last of this summer's 23rd series includes Jet, Hope of the States, Toots and the Maytals, Eric Bibb and Charlie Musselwhite, and Bebel Gilberto. Plus a chat with Donna Summer 2:50am BBC News 24 Boxing Day Sunday 26th December 2004 BBC1 6.00am CBeebies Fimbles 6.40am The Story Makers 7.00am CBBC Looney Tunes 7.05am Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo Three comic capers 7.30am Smile a medley of hits from Girls Aloud, plus games and cartoons 10.30am Film : Citizen Kane (1941) Landmark drama, produced, directed, co-written by and starring Orson Welles, with Joseph Cotten. After the death of newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane , reporters try to discover the truth about his life (b&w) 12.30pm Reagan 1/2 Documentary charting Ronald Reagan's rise from small-town obscurity to film star and US president. interviewees include James Baker 2.30pm Weakest Link Elimination quiz 3.15pm Film : Broken Lance (1954) Oscar-winning western showing to mark Richard Widmark's 90th birthday today. Rancher Matt Devereaux, obsessed with his empire, causes trouble for his son 4.45pm Flashmob - the Opera Will Mike's passion for football derail his wedding to Sally? A London mainline station hosts a modern take on Orpheus and Eurydice, featuring soloists Nicholas Ransley, Rodney Clarke, Rachel Nicholls and David Grant, the BBC Concert Orchestra under Robert Ziegler and a "flashmob" chorus assembled by text message 5.45pm Porridge The Desperate Hours Fletch has spent months perfecting "Chateau Slade". But will he ever get to drink it? First shown Christmas Eve 1976 6.30pm Film : The Naked Spur (1953) The short Janet Leigh season concludes with this absorbing psychological western co-starring James Stewart and Robert Ryan. Civil War veteran Howard Kemp is determined to claim the $5,000 reward offered for a killer - dead or alive 8.00pm University Challenge Special 3/3 It's the final - which two of the four teams representing TV, radio, the stage and critics will triumph in tonight's battle of the arty boffins? 8.30pm Top Gear including a sturdy yet stylish 4x4, the Mercedes AMG G-Wagen; the BMW 1 Series hatchback; and the Ariel Atom, a stripped-down sports roadster. Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine are the "Stars in a Reasonably Priced Car". Highlights compilations are planned for the new year 9.25pm Dead Ringers Christmas Special The Auf Wiedersehen, Pet boys build a new Death Star for Darth Vader and Ozzy Osbourne gets into the Glastonbury spirit. With Phil Cornwell, Kevin Connelly, Jon Culshaw, Mark Perry and Jan Ravens 9.55pm The Kumars at No 42 Christmas Special will Anne Robinson's saucy wink leave Sanjeev hot under the collar? And what will Phil Collins make of mischievous Granny's below-the-belt questions? Plus ex-Wizzard frontman Roy Wood with I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day 10.25pm QI : a Quite Interesting Christmas Special 12/12. Stephen Fry sorts the crackers from the turkeys as wise men Alan Davies , Rich Hall, Phill Jupitus and Mark Steel show off their knowledge of arcane trivia 11.00pm Film : Blazing Saddles (1974) Mel Brooks's knockabout spoof western starring Gene Wilder. Sheriff Bart battles to save Rock Ridge from a wicked speculator, helped by the once legendary Waco Kid 12.30am The Keith Barret Christmas Show Ulrika Jonsson and husband Lance Gerrard-Wright guest 1.00am Later . . . with Jools Holland 1/6 from this autumn's series, Elvis Costello showcases his album The Delivery Man. Plus Robbie Williams, the Clash's Mick Jones and Paul Simon, Estelle, Green Day and singer/songwriter Nellie McKay 2.00-2.40am BBC News 24 Holiday Monday 27th December 2004 BBC1 7.00am CBeebies Big Cook Little Cook 7.20am Tots TV 7.30am Bill & Ben 7.40am Wide Eye 7.55am Pingu 8.00am Balamory It's Ceilidh time, but Archie feels glum 8.20am Clifford the Big Red Dog Cleo fakes an injury 8.40am Tweenies Panto 9.00am CBBC Dick and Dom in da Bungalow Wacky fun with Richard McCourt and Dominic Wood, including a Lapland Bogies and Christmas Baby Race. Plus The Fairly Odd Parents and Watch My Chops 11.00am Who Do You Think You Are ? 6/10 Lesley Garrett uncovers a shocking secret in her family's past 11.55am Laurel and Hardy Towed in a Hole Fishmongers Stan and Ollie cut out the middle man (b&w) 12.15pm Reagan 2/2 The biography concludes with the summit to meet new Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and Reagan's ultimate fight in his final years against Alzheimer's disease 2.40pm Film : The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936) A short season of films starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland begins with this spectacular historical drama. The story of the British 27th Lancers unit opens in India in 1850, and follows their adventures until the heroic, but disastrous charge of the Light Brigade (b&w) 4.30pm Ready Steady Cook Special Charlie Dimmock and Tommy Walsh compete 5.15pm Weakest Link More tongue-lashings from Anne Robinson 6.00pm Film : Mosquito Squadron (1968) Derivative Second World War adventure starring David McCallum. In 1944, Canadian-born RAF pilot Quint Munroe takes command of a squadron after his best friend is lost in action. When Munroe is asked to mount a major mission over France to destroy Germany's ultimate rocket weapon, he discovers that Allied prisoners are being used as a human shield 7.30pm That Olympic Summer Kelly Holmes's look of astonishment after her victory in the 1500m, the unbridled emotion of Matthew Pinsent after claiming a historic fourth Olympic gold medal in the men's coxless four final, Darren Campbell's awesome performance in the men's 4xl00m relay and 17-year-old boxing sensation Amir Khan's bagging of a silver medal. These are just some of the unforgettable experiences recalled by Britain's sporting heroes in a celebration of Team GB's success at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens 9.00pm Film : The Mother (2003) Mature and sensitively handled romantic drama starring Anne Reid # and Daniel Craig. Visiting their grown-up children in London, elderly couple May and Toots feel excluded by the frenetic pace of modern city life. In fact, their son's handyman, Darren, has more time for them than their own family Première 10.50pm Top Gear The BMW 1 series elbows its way into the world of the small hatchback, plus a look at the range of the cars on the market coming in from South East Asia and the Ariel Atom takes to the track. What Not to Wear's Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine swap wardrobes for wheels as this week's "Stars in a Reasonably Priced Car" 11.50pm Dead Ringers A further mauling of the English language from President Bush as the team continues to go for the jugular 12.20am Later . . . with Jools Holland 2/6 Goth popsters The Cure, singer/songwriter Jackson Browne and soul star Anita Baker join Jools. There's also performances from the Futureheads, melodic songsters Embrace and New York rapper Nas, who appears with his jazz musician father, Olu Dara 1.20-4.35am BBC News 24 Holiday Tuesday 28th December 2004 BBC1 7.00am CBeebies Big Cook, Little Cook 7.20am Tots TV 7.30am Brambly Hedge 8.00am Balamory A trip to the big city 8.20am Postman Pat 8.40am Tweenies A snowman is brought inside to keep warm 9.00am A History of Britain by Simon Schama The British Wars. How Charles I's belief in divine right divided the fragile elements of his realm 10.00am Seven Wonders of the Industrial World 7/7 The Panama Canal trench engineer Ferdinand de Lesseps's grand scheme to build a canal across Panama linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans 10.50am Who Do You Think You Are ? 7/10 Jeremy Clarkson unearths a potential fortune when he researches his family tree 11.45am Paralympics Review The defining moments from Athens 2004 12.05pm An Evening with Tanni Grey-Thompson Profiling the Welsh wheelchair racer and winner of 11 Paralympic gold medals 12.35pm Racing The Welsh National from Chepstow at 1.55. Further starts are at 12.50, 1.20 and 2.25. Plus a race from Leopardstown at 2.40. With Clare Balding and Rishi Persad, and commentary by Jim McGrath and Tony O'Hehir 3.10pm Film : Larger than Life (1996) Lightweight comedy with Bill Murray. Self-help guru Jack Corcoran inherits an elephant called Vera, but faces a logistical nightmare transporting her across country 4.40pm Ready Steady Cook Two rival chefs cook-off against the clock. Presented by Ainsley Harriott 5.25pm Weakest Link Nine nervous contestants brace themselves for put-downs aplenty from sneering Anne Robinson 6.10pm Film : I Capture the Castle (2002) Intelligent period romantic drama based on Dodie Smith's novel, starring Romola Garai and Bill Nighy. 1930s England: 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain leads a peculiar existence with her oddball family in a ramshackle castle. But the spectre of first love is hovering in the wings Première 8.00pm The Second World War in Colour New series 1/3. Years of research have unearthed hours of rare colour film offering a remarkable insight into the event that shaped our modern world. Home movies of Adolf Hitler and his cohorts, the devastation wrought by the Blitz, life on the home front, D-Day, the Allied invasion of France, and British bombers defying German fighters are all images captured here in sobering colour. Narrated by John Thaw 8.50pm What I Wish I'd Known When I Was 20 1/4 Celebrities share their wisdom on a range of subjects including marriage, sex, children and careers 9.00pm A Seaside Parish On 16 August, the village of Boscastle on the north Cornish coast was devastated by a flash flood. A BBC film crew had been recording life in Boscastle for six months before the flood hit, and in this one-hour special to herald the second series of A Seaside Parish, we follow events leading up to that fateful day and the aftermath, seen through the eyes of the parish priest, the Rev Christine Musse 10.00pm Film : Topsy-Turvy (1999) Mike Leigh's acclaimed biographical comedy drama, starring Jim Broadbent. After the relative failure of their latest opera, Princess Ida, WS Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan clash over their next project and seem set to end their partnership - until Gilbert's wife persuades him to visit an exhibition of Japanese culture 12.35am Dead Ringers Satirical impersonations 1.05am Later . . . with Jools Holland 3/6 Music from the Manic Street Preachers and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 2.10-4.40am BBC News 24 Wednesday 29th December 2004 BBC2 COMING SOON! Thursday 30th December 2004 BBC2 COMING SOON! New Year's Eve Friday 31st December 2004 BBC2 COMING SOON! New Year's Day Saturday 1st January 2005 BBC2 COMING SOON! Sunday 2nd January 2005 BBC2 COMING SOON! Bank Holiday Monday 3rd January 2005 BBC2 COMING SOON! |
