CHANNEL 4 CHRISTMAS TV 1986
Christmas Eve Wednesday 24th December 1986
11.00am Film : Cammina, Cammina (1983)
(Keep Walking)
1.40pm Cartoon Carnival
Ray Alan and Lord Charles introduce some Christmas cartoons
2.00pm Pob's Christmas Special
Su Pollard
2.30pm Stacking in the Sky
Leo Dickinson's Adventures With a Camera
3.30pm Film : The Strong Man (1926)
starring Harry Langdon
A restored version of the silent film tinted by David Gill & Kevin Brownlow with a new musical
score by Carl Davis.
5.00pm Gymnastics
The Kraft International from Wembley Arena
6.00pm Carols for Christmas
a traditional carol concert featuring Aled Jones
7.00pm News Summary and Weather followed by
Film : Holiday Inn (1942)
starring Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Marjorie Reynolds
9.00pm Dame Peggy
A Portrait of Peggy Ashcroft
10.45pm St Nicolas Cantata Op 42
by Benjamin Britten
11.45pm Blue Suede Shoes
with Carl Perkins, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Dave Edmunds, Geraint Watkins,
The Stray Cats (Repeat)
12.45am Film : Mad Love (1935)
starring Peter Lorre, Frances Drake (b&w)
2.00am Closedown
Christmas Day Thursday 25th December 1986
10.00am The Gingerbread Man
Children's Christmas Playhouse
11.45am Film : The Nightingale
Hans Christian Andersen fairytale
12.25pm A Lakeland Overture
Christmas Concert from St Andrew's Church, Penrith introduced by Melvynn Bragg
1.25pm Film : Hellzapoppin' (1941)
Olsen and Johnson
3.00pm Glorianna
opera with Sarah Walker, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
5.40pm The Queen
5.50pm Film : The Snowman (1982)
animation
6.20pm Hallaig
the Poetry and Landscape of Sorley MacLean
7.20pm News Summary and Weather followed by
Vladimir Horowitz - the Last Romantic
9.00pm The Importance of Being Earnest
starring Wendy Hiller
11.10pm Eric Clapton and Friends
at the Birmingham NEC
12.10am Rejoice
12.40am Closedown
Boxing Day Friday 26th December 1986
9.30am Film : A Swarm in May (1983)
starring Oliver Hicks, Jack May
11.00am Theresa at the Palace
12.35pm Santa's Pocket Watch
a Christmas cartoon
1.00pm Channel 4 Racing
from Kempton Park 1.10, 1.40, 2.15 & 2.45 races
3.00pm Tennis
The Davis Cup Final : Australia v Sweden
5.00pm The Queen and Her Ceremonial Horses
The Story of the Royal Mews
6.00pm The Pleasure Gardens - Vauxhall Revisited
with Reri Grist, Donald Grobe
7.05pm News Summary and Weather followed by
Stairs
a programme taking a light-hearted look at the role of stairs in the movies, in life and also
in our dreams
7.35pm The Works
starring Glenn Sherwood
9.00pm L'Heure Espagnole
opera
10.00pm Max Headroom's Giant Christmas Turkey
with Matt Frewer, Dave Edmunds, Bob Geldof, Tina Turner
10.45pm The Weavers : Wasn't That a Time ?
12.05am Film : It Came From Outer Space (1953)
starring Kathleen Hughes, Richard Carlson, Barbara Rush
1.35am Closedown