CHANNEL 4 CHRISTMAS TV 1989

  Christmas Eve Sunday 24th December 1989  

  6.00am  Early Morning
                    Hallelujah! 
                     the best of American gospel (Repeat)

  6.30am  Flight Over Spain Murcia (Repeat)

  7.00am  Australian Beautiful Gardens (Repeat)

  7.30am  Box Office Weekly
                   with Garry Rice & David Roper

  8.00am  David the Gnome

  8.30am  Christmas Box
                    presented by Garry Rice & David Roper

  9.00am  Dennis
                     cartoon

  9.25am   Follow That Star
                    a profile of Indian superstar Amitabh Bachchan

 10.25am  Starlight Serenaders
                    children's cartoon

10.35am   The Batman
                    Chapter 2  (b&w)

10.55am  Christmas Fairytale
                   cat and mouse story from Norway

11.05am   Film : Road to Utopia (1946)
                   starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope  (b&w)

12.45pm  Air Pirates of the Outback 
                   puppet animation from Australia followed by
                   The Wall
                    award winning animation 

  1.00pm  Fish People
                    documentary about people in Britain who keep fish

  2.00pm  Anne of Green Gables
                     starring Megan Follows (Repeat)

  3.50pm  Star of Bethlehem 
                    Lotte Reigniger's silhouette film in colour

  4.10pm  Cinderella Ballet  
                   Dancers from the Lyon Opera Ballet

  5.55pm  News Summary and Weather

  6.00pm  American Football
                     introduced by Mick Luckhurst

  7.00pm  Desert Orchid : Living with the Legend 
                     documentary about the famous racehorse

  8.00pm  To Hell with the Devil 
                     documenatary about the American rock band Stryper

  9.00pm  One Hour with Jonathan Ross 

10.00pm  American Football

11.30pm    Film : Julia (1977)
                    starring Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave, Jason Robards, Maximilian Schell

  1.40am    Film : Monkey Business (1931)
                     starring the Marx Brothers  (b&w)


  Christmas Day Monday 25th December 1989   

  6.00am The Channel Four Daily
                   The Creation
                    a recording of Joseph Haydn's Creation

  7.00am  Dennis 
                    cartoon

  7.25am   Aladdin
                   an animated feature

  8.45am  Countdown Masters

  8.55am  Dai Mouse
                   read by David Jason

  9.10am  Poetry Book
                   poems read by Paul Scofield, Alan Bennett, Derek jacobi and others

  9.25am   Sesame Street 
                   Big Bird attempts to uncover a secret in this special edition shown annually in the US

10.30am  The Adventures of Tintin
                    Shooting Star 

10.35am  The Batman
                   Chapter 3  (b&w)

11.00am  Silent Mouse
                   the true story of the Christmas carol Silent Night  (Repeat)

12.00      The Greatest (little) Show on Earth 
                  documentary about Australia's Flying Fruit Fly Circus, a troupe of 40 performing children

  1.00pm  George and Rosemary
                    cartoon 

  1.10pm   Olivier Tribute, Film : Pride and Prejudice (1940) 
                   starring Laurence Olivier, Greer Garson, Edmund Gwenn

  3.25pm  Birthday
                   Dame Judi Dench with the poetry of The Rev Alan Ecclestone

  3.40pm  An Evening For Armenia 
                    opera and ballet stars in a gala in aid of the British Red Cross Armenian Eathquake appeal at the Royal Opera House (Repeat)

  5.10pm  The Queen

  5.25pm  News Summary and Weather

  5.30pm  Film : The Snowman (1982)

  6.00pm  The Little Sweep
                     a short opera 

  7.00pm  Circus of the Sun

  8.00pm  Brookside

  8.30pm  Cheers Home is the Sailor (Repeat)

  9.00pm  Olivier Tribute , Film : Richard III (1954) 
                     starring Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Claire Bloom, John Gielgud

11.55pm    La Nativité du Seigneur 
                    Messiaen's organ masterpiece celebrates the glory of Christmas

  1.00am   The Prince's Trust 88 Rock Gala (Repeat)

  2.35am  Closedown


  Boxing Day Tuesday 26th December 1989 

  6.00am  The Channel Four Daily : Early Morning
                    Hallelujah! 
                    The Bob Jones Show - the best of American gospel (Repeat)

  6.30am  Christmas Box (Repeat)

  7.00am  Dennis
                    cartoon

  7.26am  The Gnomes' Great Adventure
                   feature length adventure

  8.51am   Countdown Masters

  9.00am  Channel 4 Racing : The Morning Line
                    preview of the Boxing Day horse racing

  9.25am  Sesame Street
                   with special guests Billy Joel & Marlee Maitlin

10.25am  The Adventures of Tintin 
                    Shooting Star 

10.35am  The Batman
                   Chapter 4   (b&w)

10.55am  Film : Road to Singapore (1940)
                   starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour  (b&w)

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

  3.15pm   Film : The Red Shoes (1948)
                   starring Moira Shearer, Marius Goring

  5.40pm  News Summary and Weather

  5.45pm  Swan Lake Royal Festival Ballet 

  8.00pm  Matters of Taste
                     documentary about Elizabeth David

  9.00pm  The Fabulous Singlettes 
                     an outrageous Australian group recreate the songs of the Supremes and others

10.00pm  Short and Curlies : Unusual Ground Floor Conversion
                     short British film

10.15pm    Rotten Apples
                    comedy set in a police station in a border town in N.Ireland 

11.15pm  Olivier Tribute : Film : The Prince and The Showgirl  (1957) 
                 starring Laurence Olivier, Marilyn Monroe, Sybil Thorndike

  1.25am  Film : At the Circus (1939)
                  starring the Marx Brothers  (b&w)

  3.00am  Closedown

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