ITV CHRISTMAS TV 1996
Christmas Eve Tuesday 24th December 1996
ITV CENTRAL
6.00am GMTV
9.25am Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys
9.50am Hollywood's Greatest Stunts
10.50am News, Regional News
11.00am Film : Batman : Mask of the Phantom (1993)
animation Première
12.20pm Regional News, Weather
12.35pm Lunchtime News, Weather
1.00pm Make 'em Laugh
clips from films
1.30pm Film : The Last Starfighter (1984)
starring Lance Guest
3.20pm News, Regional News
3.30pm Film : Protocol (1984)
starring Goldie Hawn
5.10pm Shortland Street
5.40pm Early Evening News, Weather
6.00pm Wheel of Fortune
6.30pm Regional news magazine
7.00pm Emmerdale at Christmas
8.00pm The Bill
Merrily on High
8.30pm For One Night Only - Tom Jones
9.30pm News, Weather
9.45pm Film : Top Gun (1986)
starring Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis
11.45pm Good Tidings of Great Joy
12.45am Pavarotti in Modena
1.45am Film : Bite the Bullet (1975)
starring Gene Hackman, Candice Bergman, James Coburn
4.10am Bushell on the Box
4.40am Film : A Christmas Carol (1985)
animation
5.55am News
Christmas Day Wednesday 25th December 1996
ITV CENTRAL
6.00am GMTV
News
6.10am GMTV Review
7.30am Barney and Friends
8.00am Bug Alert!
8.30am We Wish You a Merry Christmas
9.25am Cartoon Time
9.30am Away in a Manger
Christmas service from a farmyard in Leiston, Surrey
10.30am Christmas with the Royal Navy
10.50am Percy the Park Keeper animation
11.20am Film : Alice in Wonderland (1951)
12.40pm News and Weather
12.50pm Christmas with the Royal Navy
1.10pm Film : The Man Upstairs (1992)
starring Katharine Hepburn, Ryan O'Neal
2.45pm Christmas with the Royal Navy
3.00pm The Queen
3.10pm The Treasure Seekers
5.00pm News, Weather
5.10pm Christmas with the Royal Navy
5.25pm Film : Dennis (1993)
starring Walter Matthau Première
7.00pm Coronation Street
7.30pm Des O'Connor's Christmas with the Stars
8.45pm Christmas with the Royal Navy
8.55pm News, Weather, Regional News
9.00pm Heartbeat
10.00pm Film : The Remains of the Day (1993)
starring Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson
12.30am Film : Fort Apache, the Bronx (1981)
starring Paul Newman
2.50am Film : Obsession (1976)
starring Cliff Robertson
4.35am The Making of 101 Dalmatians
5.05am James Bond Jr.
animated double bill
5.55am News
Boxing Day Thursday 26th December 1996
6.00am GMTV
Bananas in Pyjamas
6.20am Barney and Friends
6.50am Bug Alert!
7.30am News, Weather and Sport
8.05am GMTV Review
9.25am Film : Cannonball Run II (1983)
starring Burt Reynolds
11.20am Survival Special Baboons
Too Close for Comfort
12.20pm Cartoon Time
12.35pm Lunchtime News, Weather
12.50pm Film : Funny Farm (1988)
starring Chevy Chase Première
2.45pm The Willows in Winter
animation
4.10pm Home and Away
4.40pm News, Weather, Regional Weather
4.50pm Film : The Secret Garden (1993)
starring Kate Maberly
6.45pm The Russ Abbott Show
7.30pm Michael Barrymore's Strike it Rich
8.00pm The Bill
Heirs
8.30pm Emmerdale
9.00pm Peter Benchley's The Beast
10.30pm News, Weather, Regional Weather
10.40pm The Lee Evans Show
11.40pm Film : Doorways (1993) Première
1.15am Instant Replay
2.20am Film : They Live (1988)
4.00am Sound Bites
4.15am Film : The Pickwick Papers (1985)
5.30am James Bond Jr
5.55am News