BBC CHRISTMAS TV 1981
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Saturday 19th December 1981
BBC1 9.05am The World of Rugby 9.30am Swap Shop 12.12am Weather 12.15pm Grandstand 5.10pm The Police - Montserrat 81 5.50pm News, Weatherman 6.00pm Sport/Regional News 6.05pm Larry Grayson's Generation Game 7.00pm Film : Warlords of Atlantis (1978) 8.35pm The Two Ronnies 9.20pm News and Sport, Weatherman 9.35pm Match of the Day Special (Football and Show Jumping) 11.05pm Parkinson 12.05am Fundamental Frolics 1.20am Weather Sunday 20th December 1981 BBC1 9.00am Mr Benn 9.15am Wake Up Sunday 9.35am Nai Zindagi Naya Jeevan 10.05am Mary Chipperfield's Wildest School on Earth 10.35am Lost for Words 11.00am See Hear! 11.50am Discovering Patchwork 12.15pm Sunday Worship 1.00pm Farming 1.25pm Embroidery 1.50pm News Headlines 1.55pm Film Matinee : The Man in the Santa Claus Suit (1979) Première 3.30pm Barbara's Problem Dogs 4.20pm International Show Jumping 5.30pm Great Expectations 6.00pm News, Weatherman 6.10pm Corbet Woodall appeals on behalf of the Arthritis and Rheumatism Council for Research 6.15pm Songs of Praise 7.15pm Hi-De-Hi! 7.45pm Mastermind 8.20pm Bergerac 9.15pm Dallas 10.05pm News, Weather 10.15pm Robert of Canterbury 11.10pm Women in the Eighties 11.35pm Men v Women : An International Golf Challenge 12.25am Weatherman Monday 21st December 1981 BBC1 9.20am Gymnast 9.45am The Perishers 9.50am Jackanory: A Pair of Sinners (Repeat) 10.05am The Perils of Penelope Pitstop 10.25am Why Don't You....? 10.50am Play Chess! 11.00am The Rose and the Ring 11.20am King of the Rocket Men 11.40am The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Mysteries 12.30pm News After Noon, Weather J 12.57pm Regional News (excluding London & SE) Financial Report, and News Headlines (London and SE only) 1.00pm Pebble Mill at One 1.45pm Chock-a-Block 2.00pm See Hear! 2.50pm International Show Jumping 3.53pm Regional News (excluding London) 3.55pm Play School 4.20pm Mighty Mouse 4.25pm Jackanory 4.40pm The Cricket in Times Square 5.05pm Blue Peter 5.35pm Paddington 5.40pm Evening News, Weatherman 6.00pm Nationwide 6.55pm Angels 7.20pm Blake's Seven 8.10pm Panorama 9.00pm Nine O'Clock News, Weatherman 9.25pm Max Boyce in Concert 10.00pm International Show Jumping 10.45pm Film 81 11.18pm News Headlines 11.20pm Men v Women : An International Golf 12.10am Weatherman Tuesday 22nd December 1981 BBC1 10.25am Why Don't You...? 10.50am Play Chess! 11.00am Go with Noakes 11.30am King of the Rocket Men 11.40am The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Mysteries 12.30pm News After Noon, Weather 12.57pm Regional News (excluding London) Financial Report, and News Headlines (London and SE only) 1.00pm Pebble Mill at One 1.45pm Over the Moon 2.00pm Film : Sinbad the Sailor (1947) 3.53pm Regional News (excluding London) 3.55pm Play School 4.20pm Mighty Mouse 4.25pm Jackanory 4.40pm The Drak Pack : Dred Goes to Hollywood 5.00pm Codename Icarus 5.35pm Paddington 5.40pm Evening News, Weatherman 6.00pm Regional news magazines 6.25pm Nationwide 6.55pm Angels 7.20pm The Rockford Files 8.10pm Sean Connery Profile 9.00pm Nine O'Clock News Weatherman 9.25pm Play for Today: The Factory 10.25pm Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet 11.13pm News Headlines 11.15pm Men v Women : International Golf Challenge 12.05am Weatherman Wednesday 23rd December 1981 BBC1 9.20am Gymnast 9.45am The Perishers 9.50am Jackanory 10.05am The Perils of Penelope Pitstop 10.25am Why Don't You ... ? 10.50am Play Chess! 11.00am Go with Noakes 11.30am King of the Rocket Men 11.40am The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Mysteries 12.30pm News After Noon, Weather 12.57pm Regional News (excluding London & SE) Financial Report, and News Headlines (London and SE only) 1.00pm Pebble Mill at One 1.45pm Fingerbobs 2.00pm The Nativity 3.30pm The Pink Panther : A Pink Christmas 3.53pm Regional News (excluding London) 3.55pm Play School 4.15pm Jackanory 4.30pm The Record Breakers 4.55pm RentaSanta 5.40pm Evening News, Weatherman 6.00pm Regional news magazines 6.25pm Nationwide 7.15pm Tom and Jerry 7.25pm Film : Carry On Doctor (1967) 9.00pm Nine O'Clock News 9.25pm Tenko 10.20pm TV Film : The Savage Bees (1976) 11.50pm News Headlines; Weatherman Christmas Eve Thursday 24th December 1981 BBC1 9.20am Gymnast Women's Floor Exercises (Repeat) 9.45am The Perishers (Repeat) 9.50am Jackanory with Sinead Cusack, The Black Lamb of Bethlehem (Repeat) 10.05am The Perils of Penelope Pitstop North Pole Peril (Repeat) 10.25am Why Don't You? . . . Your ideas, games and activities 10.50am Play Chess 4 : Combinations 11.00am Go with Noakes : Port St Mary to Rathlin Island Join John Noakes and Shep (Repeat) 11.30am King of the Rocket Men A serial in 12 parts 4: High Peril (b&w) 11.40am The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Mysteries Will the Real Santa Claus . . . Pamela Sue Martin as Nancy Drew You can't let Santa spend a night in jail - it's un-American! Well at least that's what Nancy believes 12.30pm News After Noon with Richard Whitmore Weather Ann Purvis 12.45pm King Rollo A See-Saw programme (Repeat) 12.50pm Stop-Go! A new See-Saw programme 1.00pm Film : El Cid (1961) starring Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren and Raf Vallone Eleventh-century Spain: the country is divided between small Christian kingdoms and Moorish strongholds. From the confusion of warring factions emerges an intrepid knight whose exploits earn him the name El Cid - 'the lord' 3.53pm Regional News (Excluding London) 3.55pm Play School 4.20pm Mighty Mouse The Mouse of Tomorrow (Repeat) 4.25pm Jackanory The Snow Queen, by Hans Christian Andersen, read by Cheryl Campbell 4.40pm A Very Merry Cricket cartoon, Chester the Cricket comes out of retirement and on Christmas Eve the people of New York stop, listen to his beautiful music and sing carols 5.05pm Blue Peter with Simon Groom, Sarah Greene and Peter Duncan The latest news of the Operation Pipeline Appeal. Your stamps and coins are still desperately needed to give villages in Java supplies of pure water. Join in with carols round the tree with children of All Farthing's School, Warlingham County Secondary School and the Band of the Chalk Farm Branch of The Salvation Army, and can you penetrate the disguises worn by Simon, Sarah and Peter in the Blue Peter Panto ? 5.35pm Willo the Wisp Christmas Box 5.40pm Evening News with Moira Stuart Weatherman 5.55pm Tom and Jerry The Night Before Christmas (London & SE) Regional News (All other regions) 6.05pm The Little and Large Show The Christmas Edition, starring Syd Little and Eddie Large with guests Madness, The Stutz Bear Cats and special guest star Lulu 6.35pm Top of the Pops David Jensen presents a special live edition With Zoo 7.15pm Are You Being Served ? Roots? Old Mr Grace is due to celebrate his 90th birthday. The staff of Grace Brothers decide to give him a coat of arms but find it difficult to trace his roots 7.45pm The Kenny Everett Television Show This is Kenny Everett's first show for the BBC and in it he will be doing several things we're not allowed to talk about and meeting several people we're not at liberty to divulge. The whole show is full of fantastic ingredients too numerous to describe. Suffice it to say everything will be completely original in as much as it's never been done before ...on the BBC. Join Kenny and the cast of thousands for the experience of a lifetime. Or, on the other hand, watch this show 8.15pm Film : The Poseidon Adventure (1972) with Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine and Shelley Winters Heedless of mountainous seas and worsening weather, the passengers aboard the huge liner Poseidon celebrate New Year's Eve in the traditional fashion until their festivities are literally turned upside down. A freak wave has capsized the ship and for the small band of survivors of the initial disaster, the question is - can they escape from the floating death trap before it sinks to the bottom of the sea? 10.10pm Main News with Moira Stuart Weatherman 10.25pm The Good Old Days A Christmas celebration from the famous City Varieties Theatre, Leeds. For your delectation and delight, your chairman Leonard Sachs introduces John Inman, Barry Howard, Eira Heath, Jimmy Cricket, Ricardo Arancibia, Cosmotheka, Guest artist Roy Castle 11.15pm Peace in No Man's Land The story of the Christmas Truce Narrated by Martin Jarvis On Christmas Eve 1914 on the Western Front, British and German soldiers sang carols to each other across a frosty, moonlit No Man's Land. The next morning, on Christmas Day, hundreds of men of both nations emerged from the trenches to talk, joke, take photographs and exchange souvenirs, in the most famous fraternisation of the First World War. This remarkable event is remembered by three soldiers who took part: Graham Williams of the London Rifle Brigade; Leslie Walkinton of the Queen's Westminster Rifles and Albert Moren, of The Queen's Regiment. And another truce of that war, on another front, is recalled by Dr Friedrich Kohn, former Medical Officer attached to the Hungarian Army 11.50pm Midnight Mass of the Nativity from the Chapel of the Convent of Mercy, Strabane, Northern Ireland, Fr John McCullagh conducts the traditional liturgy of Christmas on the theme The Breadwinner with a congregation from the town with the highest level of unemployment in the United Kingdom 12.50am Weather 12.55am Closedown Christmas Day Friday 25th December 1981 BBC1 8:40am Star Over Bethlehem A musical celebration for Christmas. Seven nations come together in a global concert united by the man-made star of today - the communications satellite. 9:40am The Flumps A See-Saw programme (Repeat) 9:55am Rolf at Christmas Rolf Harris with guests Keith Harris and Darts and 200 children from Overleigh Middle School, Chester bring you a selection of Christmas songs. Rolf and 200 young guests bring you a selection of Christmas songs from the historic city of Chester 10:30am Christmas Morning Service from St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in the presence of HM The Queen, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh and other members of the Royal Family 11:47am Weather Jack Scott 11:50am The Donald Duck Story The inside story of the meteoric career of the world's most bumptious bird showing how that devious darned duck got his start in life. Part 1 12:30pm Film : tom thumb (1958) starring Russ Tamblyn, Alan Young, Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers George Pal's famous film adaptation of the Grimm Brothers' fairy-tale for children of all ages features some lively dancing from Russ Tamblyn, a highly whistle-able theme song, some very convincing trick photography and two hilariously incompetent villains 2:00pm Top of the Pops TOTP's Christmas Party The Radio 1 DJs present their favourite hits of 1981, hosted by Peter Powell and Dave Lee Travis 3:00pm The Queen speaks to the Commonwealth 3:10pm Larry Grayson's Generation Game Join Larry Grayson and Isla St Clair for this special Christmas edition with surprise guests and seasonal games for the contestants and the family to play at home 4:10pm Film : In Search of the Castaways (1961) Walt Disney's classic adventure film starring Hayley Mills, Maurice Chevalier, George Sanders and Wilfrid Hyde White Thrills abound as earthquake, hurricane, fire and flood beset the voyagers in search of Captain Grant. Hayley Mills is perfect as the dauntless daughter in this colourful version of Jules Verne's tale for children of all ages Première 5:45pm Jim'll Fix It with Jimmy Savile, OBE Dear Jim, Please may I ... Have a new set of angel's wings? Go to Disneyland? Spend my 105th birthday by the sea? Work for Father Christmas? In this special Christmas Day programme Jimmy makes these and other dreams come true 6:25pm Evening News with Moira Stuart Weatherman 6:35pm Paul Daniels' Magical Christmas Join Paul Daniels as he conjures up a host of seasonal surprises and introduces his special guests: from Hamburg Tux and his flying kitchen; from Paris Les Samurai, exciting exponents of the martial arts; and the brilliant illusionist Pierre Brahma 7:15pm Last of the Summer Wine Whoops A special Christmas episode starring Bill Owen, Peter Sallis, Brian Wilde with John Rutland, Arnold Peters. Foggy and Clegg somewhat cautiously agree with Compo that Christmas isn't what it used to be. In an effort to recapture the spirit of their youth they look up two long-lost boisterous school mates: champion lamp-post climber and duck impressionist 'Chuffer ' Enright, and long-distance hand walker 'Splutter' 7:45pm The Two Ronnies starring Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barker and their guests Sheena Easton , Chas & Dave 8:35pm Dallas Waterloo at South Fork The problems for the Ewing family continue to grow as J.R. is confronted by both Miss Ellie and Bobby - who demand explanations 9:25pm Film : Loophole (1980) starring Albert Finney, Martin Sheen, Susannah York, Colin Blakely, Jonathan Pryce, Robert Morley The vault of one of the world's largest and safest holding banks is reputed to be completely 'burglar-proof'. However, there is one loophole ... An expert team of professional criminals, cramped in the putrid labyrinth of sewers beneath the streets of London, ingeniously prepare to exploit the loophole and pull off one of the most ambitious and daring heists Première 11:05pm Main News with Moira Stuart Holiday Weather Jack Scott 11:15pm Parkinson on Comedy Michael Parkinson introduces a selection of the funniest moments from his programme in recent years, featuring among others: Dave Allen, Rowan Atkinson, Cannon and Ball, Michael Bentine, Billy Connolly, Ken Dodd, Bob Hope, Frankie Howerd, Tom Lehrer Arthur Marshall, Spike Milligan, Sir Harry Secombe, Jimmy Tarbuck, Tommy Trinder, Kenneth Williams 12:15am Christmas Night with The Spinners Over 1,000 people join The Spinners at the Spa for a musical celebration of Christmas. BBC cameras move into the festive atmosphere at Harrogate's Royal Hall to find Tony, Cliff, Mick, Hughie and a singing audience 12:45am Weather 12:50am Closedown Boxing Day Saturday 26th December 1981 BBC1 9.00am Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales Yosemite Sam Scrooge, Porky Pig Cratchit and Tweety Pie Tiny Tim star in Bugs Bunny's own interpretation of A Christmas Carol 9.20am The Curious Cat narrated by Eleanor Bron Most people have strong feelings about cats; you either like them or dislike them. But few of us have ever glimpsed the private undomesticated cat-the cat that lives on its own, away from human companions. In the heart of the Devon countryside, on open farm-land, four cats - a mature tom and three females-were studied and filmed for a year. Their story gives a picture of the cat in the wild which will make us all- whether cat lovers or not-think quite differently about an animal which, for centuries, we have taken for granted 10.10am Film : The Three Musketeers (1948) starring Gene Kelly, Vincent Price and Lana Turner In this lavish, Technicolor version of Dumas's famous story, the three musketeers and the young recruit from Gascony fight their way through a series of exciting adventures in their efforts to foil Richelieu's plot to depose the King of France 12.10pm The Donald Duck Story part 2 12.45pm News with Jan Leeming Weather Anne Purvis 12.50pm Junior Kick Start A motorcycle trials competition for the Lombard Trophy. Two groups of young riders, from 9-17 years old, tackle a tough course of natural and man-made obstacles 1.25pm Film : How the West Was Won (1962) starring and narrated by Spencer Tracy The epic story of the great American adventure, the conquest of the West is mirrored in the fortunes of one pioneer family 3.50pm The Junior Superstars The Townsend Thoresen Challenge Introduced by David Vine, Ron Pickering The Superstars is a sporting phenomenon which began in the USA, crossed to Britain, then spread throughout the world. Now the logical extension, The Junior Superstars 5.00pm Final Score introduced by David Coleman 5.10pm News with Jan Leeming Weatherman 5.20pm Film : The Magic of Lassie (1978) starring James Stewart and Mickey Rooney When Lassie is taken away from her owner Clovis Mitchell by the dishonest businessman Jamison, she is forced to make a perilous escape across the rugged West. With James Stewart as Lassie's proud owner, the musical score for the film is by the award-winning team responsible for Mary Poppins and The Slipper and the Rose 7.00pm Blankety Blank Terry Wogan hosts a special Christmas edition of the comedy quiz game, in which contestants attempt to match their 'blanks' with Lorraine Chase, Liza Goddard, Larry Grayson, Lenny Henry, Beryl Reid, Jimmy Tarbuck 7.35pm The Mike Yarwood Christmas Show starring Mike Yarwood with Marti Caine, Bucks Fizz and Suzanne Danielle 8.15pm Film : Gone with the Wind (1939) starring Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh and Leslie Howard Here it is at last - the film that more people have been to the cinema to see than any other has finally come to television. Winner of ten Academy Awards and a milestone in movie history, the passionate, stormy romance of Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara is played out against the devastating conflict of the Civil War and the South's traumatic reconstruction, in epic scale. Part 1: Southern belle Scarlett O'Hara is mortified to learn that Ashley Wilkes, the handsome neighbour with whom she fancies herself in love, is about to announce his engagement to his cousin, Melanie Hamilton. Ashley is attracted to Scarlett like a moth to a candle but lacks the courage either to woo her or to make her realise that it is Melanie he loves - a mistake which is to have a lasting effect on all their lives. On the day of Ashley's betrothal, Rhett Butler, black sheep of an old Charleston family, is an amused witness of Scarlett's pique Première 9.55pm News and Sport with Jan Leeming and David Cass Weatherman 10.10pm Match of the Day Introduced by Jimmy Hill Barry Davies and Alan Parry report on two First Division games in the North and South. Bob Wilson gathers together the day's other news including the late-night pools check. Also, the Christmas Goal of the Month competition 11.10pm Perry Como's French-Canadian Christmas Special with Debby Boone, Diane Tell and Olympic ice skating champion, Dorothy Hamill 12.00 Men v Women An International Golf Challenge Sally Little v Severiano Ballesteros over 9 holes, presented by Peter Alliss 12.50am Barbara Mandrell and The Mandrell Sisters celebrate Christmas with guests Bobby Vinton and Andrae Crouch. Also enjoying the festive season is country music's one and only puppet band Truck Shackley and the Texas Critters 1.25am Weather 1.30am Closedown Sunday 27th December 1981 BBC1 9.00am Mr Benn 9.15am Wake Up Sunday 9.45am Naya Zindagi Naya Jeevan 10.15am The Queen's Christmas Message with sub-titles 10.30am Why Don`t You...? 10.55am Play Chess with Bill Hartston 11.05am Day One religious magazine presented by Sally Magnusson and Barry Lynch 11.50am The 1981 Edinburgh Military Tattoo 1.05pm News Headlines 1.10pm Cartoon : Along Came Daffy 1.20pm Round Robin 1.45pm Holiday on Ice introduced by Brian Matthew 2.35pm That's Action! a tribute to the tough men of Hollywood films 4.25pm The All Star Record Breakers with Roy Castle 5.15pm Emu's Magical Christmas Show from the Southport Theatre 5.50pm News with Jan Leeming 6.00pm Disney Time with Windsor Davies 6.40pm Songs of Praise from St George`s Chapel, Windsor Chapel 7.15pm Hi-De-Hi! 7.45pm Mastermind the final from the Metropolitan Police Cadet School, Hendon 8.20pm Film : Gone with the Wind (1939) part 2 Première 10.15pm News with Jan Leeming Weather 10.25pm Everyman: The Rock That Doesn't Roll Cliff Richard talks about his private life 11.00pm James Galway- Solo with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Hiroyuki Iwaki 11.50pm Golf: Men v Women Sally Little plays Greg Norman 12.40am Weather Bank Holiday Monday 28th December 1981 BBC1 9.05am Chock-a-Block (Repeat) 9.20am Gymnast David Vine and Nik Stuart discuss Parallel Bars (Repeat) 9.45am The Perishers featuring Leonard Rossiter as "Boot" (Repeat) 9.50am Jackanory with Kenneth Williams reading Count Backwerdz on the Carpet (Repeat) 10.05am The Perils of Penelope Pitstop Tall Timber Treachery (Repeat) 10.25am Why Don't You . . . ? presented by the children of the Scottish "Why Don't You" gang 10.50am Play Chess! 6/10 Perpetual Check and Stalemate 11.00am Go with Noakes John Noakes and Shep continue their voyage of discovery round the British coastline (Repeat) 11.30am King of the Rocket Men 5/12 Fatal Dive (b&w) 11.40am The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Mysteries Part One : Voodoo Doll, starring Shaun Cassidy, Parker Stevenson and Janet Louise Johnson 12.27pm Weather Anne Purvis 12.30pm Grandstand introduced by David Coleman (12.35 Football Focus 1.05, 1.40, 2.15 Racing from Chepstow 1.25, 2.00 International Badminton) 2.40pm Film : The Slipper and the Rose (1976) The story of Cinderella, the British film musical starring Richard Chamberlain, Gemma Craven, Annette Crosbie, Edith Evans, Christopher Gable, Michael Hordern, Margaret Lockwood, Kenneth More Première 5.00pm Final Score introduced by David Coleman 5.10pm Evening News Richard Baker Weatherman 5.20pm Grange Hill Christmas Special 5.45pm K9 and Company starring Elisabeth Sladen and John Leeson as the voice of K9 6.35pm Christmas Terry and June with Terry Scott and June Whitfield 7.05pm Film : Battle of Midway (1942) starring Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, James Coburn, Glenn Ford 9.10pm Val sings Bing with Val Doonican 9.55pm Only Fools and Horses . . . with David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst and Leonard Pearce 10.30pm Main News with Richard Baker Weatherman 10.40pm Films of the Year Barry Norman looks back on the films of 1981 11.20pm Men v Women an International Golf Challenge 12.10am Weatherman 12.15am Closedown Tuesday 29th December 1981 BBC1 9.25am Gymnast 9.50am The Perishers 9.55am Jackanory 10.05am The Perils of Penelope Pitstop 10.25am Why Don't You....? 10.50am Play Chess! 11.00am Go with Noakes 11.30am King of the Rocket Men 11.40am The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Mysteries 12.30pm News After Noon 12.45pm Over the Moon 1.00pm Behind the Greasepaint 1.30pm Daffy Duck 1.35pm Winnie the Pooh and the Hunny Tree 2.00pm Film : A Distant Trumpet (1964) 3.53pm Regional News (excluding London) 3.55pm Play School 4.20pm Mighty Mouse 4.25pm Jackanory 4.40pm John Diamond 5.35pm Ivor the Engine 5.40pm Evening News, Weatherman 5.50pm Cartoon : The Pups' Christmas (London and South East only) Regional News (All other English regions) 6.00pm Pop Quiz 6.35pm Tomorrow's World 7.05pm Film : The Day of the Dolphin (1973) 8.50pm Main News, Weatherman 9.00pm TV Film : Artemis 81 (1981) 12.05am Weatherman Wednesday 30th December 1981 BBC1 9.50am Jackanory 10.05am The Perils of Penelope Pitstop 10.25am Why Don't You...? 10.50am Play Chess! 11.00am Go with Noakes 11.30am King of the Rocket Men 11.40am The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Mysteries 12.30pm News After Noon 12.45pm Fingerbobs 1.00pm Behind the Greasepaint 1.30pm An American Adventure 2.30pm Film : Tommy the Toreador (1959) 3.53pm Regional News (excluding London) 3.55pm Play School 4.20pm Mighty Mouse 4.25pm Jackanory 4.40pm Cheggers Plays Pop 5.10pm The Devil and Daniel Mouse 5.35pm Ivor the Engine 5.40pm Evening News, Weatherman 5.50pm Cartoon : Alias St Nick (London and South East only) News (All other English regions) 6.00pm Barney's Choice 6.45pm Angels 7.35pm Seconds Out 8.05pm Tales from The Thousand and One Nights 10.00pm Main News, Weatherman 10.10pm Robinson Cruising 11.05pm Iris 11.40pm Phil Silvers as Sergeant Bilko 12.05am Weatherman New Year's Eve Thursday 31st December 1981 BBC1 9.20am Gymnast 9.45am The Perishers 9.50am Jackanory 10.05am The Perils of Penelope Pitstop 10.25am Why Don't You....? 10.50am Play Chess! 11.00am Mary Chipperfield's Wildest School on Earth 11.30am King of the Rocket Men 11.40am The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Mysteries 12.30pm News After Noon 12.42pm Regional News (excluding London and SE) News Headlines (London and SE only) 12.45pm King Rollo 12.50pm Stop - Go! 1.00pm Holiday Double Bill Film : Saddle the Wind (1958) Première 2.20pm Film : The Outriders (1950) 3.53pm Regional News (excluding London) 3.55pm Play School 4.20pm Mighty Mouse 4.25pm Jackanory 4.35pm Charlie Brown 5.00pm Blue Peter Review of the Year 5.35pm Ivor the Engine 5.40pm Evening News, Weatherman 5.50pm Bugs Bunny in Jack Wabbit and the Beanstalk (London and South East only) Regional News (All other English regions) 6.00pm Top of the Pops : All the Number Ones of 1981 6.35pm The Dick Emery Christmas Show 7.25pm TV Film : Elvis - The Movie (1979) Première 10.10pm Main News, Weatherman 10.20pm Pick of 81 11.20pm 81 Take 2 11.55pm Across the Years 12.05am Hi There 82! 12.58am Weather New Year's Day Friday 1st January 1982 BBC1 9.30am The Flumps 9.45am The Perishers 9.50am Jackanory 10.05am The Perils of Penelope Pitstop 10.25am Why Don't You...? 10.50am Play Chess! 11.00am Gibson and the Red Arrows 11.30am King of the Rocket Men 11.40am The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Mysteries 12.28pm Weatherman 12.30pm Grandstand 3.35pm Film : National Velvet (1944) 5.35pm Evening News, Weatherman 5.45pm Cartoon : Cracked Ice (London and South East only) Regional News (All other English regions) 5.55pm The Superteams 6.55pm Doddy! 7.35pm Film : 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Première 9.50pm Wedding Day 10.55pm Main News Weekend Weather 11.05pm La Belle Isobel 11.55pm The Late Film : Up Pompeii (1971) 1.25am Weather |
Saturday 19th December 1981
BBC2 3.00pm Film : Cliff Richard in The Young Ones (1961) 4.45pm Play Away 5.10pm The Sky at Night 5.30pm Film : Rachel and the Stranger (1948) 7.00pm News and Sport, Weather 7.15pm Did You See...? 7.55pm The Royal Opera presents Samson et Dalila 10.20pm Playhouse Special: Gentle Folk 11.35pm Midnight Movie Film : Breezy (1973) Sunday 20th December 1981 BBC2 1.30pm Horizon 2.30pm Harold Lloyd 3.45pm Ski Sunday 4.20pm Adventures of the Small Carp 4.40pm Daredevils of the Red Circle 5.00pm News Review 5.30pm Rugby Special 6.30pm The Money Programme 7.15pm The World About Us 8.05pm News on 2 8.10pm Miss Julie 9.00pm Grand Slam 9.25pm The Borgias 10.15pm Film : The Man who Fell to Earth (1987) Première Monday 21st December 1981 BBC2 11.00am Play School 11.25am Closedown 2.35pm Harold Lloyd 3.55pm Star Movie Film : The Dark Mirror (1946) 5.15pm Howard Shelley 5.25pm Under Sail 5.40pm Daredevils of the Red Circle 6.00pm The Record Breakers 6.25pm Cartoon Two 6.35pm Living in the Past 7.05pm News Summary, Weather 7.10pm One Hundred Great Paintings 7.20pm Tales of Twelve Cities 8.10pm Dave Allen 9.00pm Paul Scofield in If Winter Comes 10.00pm Horizon 11.05pm Stephane Grappelli 11.35pm Late News, Weather Tuesday 22nd December 1981 BBC2 11.00am Play School 11.25am Closedown 2.00pm The King's Army 2.30pm Harold Lloyd 3.45pm Antiques Roadshow 4.25pm Everybody's Doin' It 4.45pm In Search of ... William the Conqueror 5.40pm Daredevils of the Red Circle 6.00pm Grange Hill 6.25pm The Waltons 7.10pm News Summary, Weather 7.15pm One Hundred Great Paintings 7.25pm A Question of Equality 8.10pm Russell Harty 9.00pm Film : The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 11.40pm Late News, Weather Wednesday 23rd December 1981 BBC2 10.20am Gharbar 10.45am Closedown 11.00am Play School 11.25am Closedown 2.00pm The King's Army 2.30pm Harold Lloyd 3.55pm One Man and His Dog 4.35pm Howard Shelley 4.40pm Vikings! 5.10pm To Oulton with Love 5.40pm Daredevils of the Red Circle 6.00pm Grange Hill 6.25pm Life on Earth 7.20pm News Summary, Weather 7.25pm One Hundred Great Paintings 7.35pm Grapevine 8.10pm Strangeways 9.00pm Film : White Christmas (1954) 10.55pm Late News, Weather 11.00pm Schalcken the Painter Christmas Eve Thursday 24th December 1981 BBC2 11.00am Play School Story : The Christmas Spiders presented by Carol Leader, Ben Thomas 11.25am Closedown 2.50pm Harold Lloyd Girl Shy Shy boy Harold is distracted from writing his book on love-making when he learns the girl he loves is to marry a scheming bigamist (b&w) 3.55pm Film : Summer Holiday (1963) starring Cliff Richard Four young London Transport workers borrow a double-decker bus for their Continental holiday. The trip to Athens, in spite of misadventures, proves to be their best summer holiday ever 5.40pm All Creatures Great and Small 1/14 Plenty to Grouse About Parasites ... red tape ... a tubercular cow ... and Siegfried takes an instant dislike to Mr Murray who ill-treats a dog, as a vet's life in Skeldale Surgery continues 6.35pm Film : The Belstone Fox (1973) starring Eric Porter, Jeremy Kemp and Heather Wright Tag, an orphan fox-cub, is adopted by a professional huntsman and reared with a litter of hound puppies. From this strange beginning Tag retains the instincts of a fox yet becomes the constant companion to Merlin, a puppy hound. When the new season starts the fox becomes a victim of the hunt - but proves too wily for the hunters and disaster strikes 8.15pm News with Moira Stuart Weather 8.20pm One Hundred Great Paintings Raphael (1483-1520) Madonna in the Meadow at the Kunsthistorisches Museum 8.30pm Christmas Eve with Pam Ayres and Fivepenny Piece Music and comedy from Berkshire and Lancashire, when Pam Ayres meets Fivepenny Piece in a celebration of Christmas. The meeting is on neutral ground at Cheshire's brand new Spectrum Arena 9.00pm Star Over Bethlehem A musical celebration for Christmas Eve. Seven nations come together in a live global concert united by the man-made star of today - the communications satellite. From The Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem; Mount Royal in Montreal, Canada; St Martin's Old Church, Garmisch, W Germany; Virginia Beach, USA; Cathedral of St Pierre, Geneva, Switzerland; St Andrew's Church Nairobi, Kenya; St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London 10.00pm The Old Grey Whistle Test presents Toyah in a special Christmas Eve concert live from the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, with stereo sound on Radio 1 Introduced by Anne Nightingale 11.05pm Late News with Moira Stuart Weather 11.15pm Russell Harty at Home Join Russell in his Yorkshire home for a Christmas Eve party with Cilla Black, The Cambridge Buskers, Dame Edna Everage, Madge Hindle, Arthur Marshall, Edna O'Brien, The Great Soprendo, John Tovey, Giggleswick and Settle Brass Band, Keasden Carol Singers, Kirkby Lonsdale Handbell Ringers 12.05am Liszt's Christmas Tree Suite played by Rhondda Gillespie (piano) Many of the 12 short movements are based on traditional Christmas songs and the work was intended for family music making (Repeat) 12.50am Closedown Christmas Day Friday 25th December 1981 BBC2 11:00am Play School Story : The Christmas Story presented by Carol Leader, Ben Thomas 11.25am Closedown 2:00pm Harold Lloyd in The Freshman (1925) In his uniquely riotous way Harold plays an intrepid college boy intent on becoming Most Popular Man on Campus 3:10pm A Charlie Brown Christmas Charlie Brown is depressed by the modern spirit of Christmas - even Snoopy has gone commercial! 'What you need is involvement' advises Lucy for five cents. So Charlie Brown is asked to direct the Christmas play ...(Repeat) 3:35pm Film : Uproar in Heaven (1961) This cartoon film from China relates the misadventures and misfortunes of mischievous Monkey before he sets out on his epic journey to India to help bring back the tablets of the Buddha and how he incurred the wrath of the celestial Jade Emperor and was flung out of Heaven for stealing the peaches of immortality 5:25pm Joseph and Child Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Born is the King of Israel. But who actually delivered the new-born King? Arthur Dooley 's sculpture Joseph and Child, commissioned by the Church of St Joseph the Worker in Kirkby, shows Joseph holding up the child he has helped to deliver. This film tells how Dooley developed his ideas into a remarkable sculpture (Repeat) 5:40pm Sounds of Christmas Richard Stilgoe introduces a concert of carols and Christmas music from the Royal Albert Hall, London. featuring The London Choral Society conductor, Nicholas Cleobury with The King's Singers, The English Brass Ensemble, The Haberdashers' Aske's School Boys' Choir 6:35pm The Queen speaks to the Commonwealth, with subtitles for the hard-of-hearing 6:45pm One Hundred Great Paintings Tonight's Christmas choice is: Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519) Virgin and Child with St Anne at the Louvre, Paris. Giorgio Vasari, the first biographer of Leonardo, wrote, 'The heavens often rain down the richest gifts on human beings naturally, but sometimes with lavish abundance bestow upon a single individual beauty, grace and ability, so that whatever he does, every action is so divine that he outdistances all other men' 6:55pm Film : Dersu Uzala (1975) In 1902 a Russian army unit, commanded by Captain Arsenyev, is conducting a survey of the huge forest on Russia's Pacific seaboard. When a strange old man emerges from the forest they are at first inclined to ridicule him, but Dersu Uzala 's uncanny instinct for survival soon earns their respect a Russian film with English subtitles 9:15pm News on 2 with Moira Stuart Weather 9:25pm Margot Fonteyn introduces the London Festival Ballet in two ballets that go back to the Edwardian world of Elgar and the high spirits of Vienna with the music of Johann Strauss. The Sanguine Fan Carlton House Terrace, a summer evening 1905 10:30pm Country Holiday A sing-along of Country Music songs from the circus ring of The Hippodrome, Great Yarmouth led by Little Ginny, Lome Gibson, The Mintings, Pete Sayers, Tammy Cline and George Hamilton IV The 35 songs in 45 minutes include medleys of juke-box favourites and Hank Williams songs 11:15pm Jack Lemmon in : The War Between Men and Women (1972) with Barbara Harris, Peter Wilson, a brilliant writer and cartoonist, avoids and allegedly detests women. But a chance meeting - due to his massive shortsightedness - sends him into the arms of an attractive assistant at an eye specialist.... Humour and romantic complications are the order of the day in this cynical, occasionally abrasive comedy, based on the writings of James Thurber. A character brilliantly portrayed by Jack Lemmon in his inimitable bitter-comic style Première 1.05am Closedown Boxing Day Saturday 26th December 1981 BBC2 12.45pm Racing from Wincanton 1.00 The Coral Bookmakers Handicap Steeplechase (2m) 1.30 The Coral Golden Hurdle (Qualifier, Handicap. 2m) 2.00 The Better Bet Coral Steeplechase (Handicap. 2m 5f) At the end of a memorable National Hunt year we also look back today at some of the greatest achievements and the courageous efforts of both horse and man. Introduced by Julian Wilson Commentators : Peter O'Sullevan, Richard Pitman 2.15pm Cartoon Two Many Moons Narrated by Robert Morley 2.25pm Harold Lloyd Movie Crazy A starry-eyed small-town boy causes havoc in Hollywood as he tries to crash the movies 3.50pm Film : Wonderful Life (1964) starring Cliff Richard with Walter Slezak, Susan Hampshire, The Shadows When Johnnie and his friends lose their jobs entertaining the passengers on a Mediterranean cruise, they suddenly find themselves in the middle of a very exotic film set. The result is unexpected ... 5.40pm Strange Sickness a cartoon from China A young caterpillar is forced to adopt a disguise to get into the hospital for useful insects, after eating a cabbage leaf covered in insect spray 6.00pm Sky at Westminster Abbey A full-length version of the first televised concert in Westminster Abbey, which took place earlier this year and featured the group Sky 7.25pm Arena : Superman The Comic Strip Hero This evening Arena patrols the skies above Metropolis in search of the legend that is Superman ... Meet Kirk Alyn, the first celluloid Superman and Christopher Reeve the latest; Dr Fredric Wertham, Superman's greatest living adversary Joanne, the model for Lois Lane; Dave 'Darth Vader' Prowse, who turned a 13-stone weakling into The Man of Steel and Superman's creators, the legendary Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster 8.15pm News and Sport with Jan Leeming and David Cass Weather 8.25pm One Hundred Great Paintings Today a new theme: Music Piero Della Francesca (1420-1492) The Nativity National Gallery, London 8.35pm New York City Ballet From the award-winning series Dance in America the great dancer Edward Villella introduces the New York City Ballet in Jewels by George Balanchine, the master choreographer of the 20th century 9.15pm The Levin Interviews Bernard Levin talks to the four members of the Amadeus Quartet and they play Schubert's Quartet Movement in c minor. In 250 years of quartet playing, no group of musicians has stayed together as long as the Amadeus Quartet. They are about to celebrate their 35th year of playing, teaching and making records all over the world. If one player had to stop for any reason, they would all stop, for, as second violinist Siegmund Nissel says, 'I could not contemplate playing quartets with someone else' 10.10pm Film : How to Murder Your Wife (1965) starring Jack Lemmon, Virna Lisi and Terry-Thomas Stanley Ford, creator of a successful strip cartoon character 'Bash Brannigan, Secret Agent', lives an idyllic bachelor life in a luxurious home, smoothly run by his manservant, Charles. But one night at a party Stanley gets very drunk and wakes up next morning to find himself married to a beautiful blonde 12.05am Film : The Phantom of the Opera (1962) starring Herbert Lom and Heather Sears The tragic and frightening tale of the mad, disfigured musician who terrorises a London opera house. In the third screen version of this classic horror story, Herbert Lom steps into the shoes previously occupied by Lon Chaney and Claude Rains 1.30am Closedown Sunday 27th December 1981 BBC2 2.35pm A Fortnight at the Crucible, highlights of this year`s championship, with David Vine & John Spencer 4.25pm Film : The Tales of Hoffmann (1951) starring Moira Shearer, Robert Rounseville and Robert Helpmann 6.10pm News Review Special 6.40pm The World About Us John Palling's view of pets 7.30pm One Hundred Great Paintings The Pastoral Concert by Giorgione/Titian, with John Jacob 7.40pm News with Jan Leeming 7.45pm The Golden Conch an animated film from China 8.20pm My Music hosted by Steve Race 8.50pm The Silent World of Marcel Marceau the mime artist talks to Donny MacLeod 9.45pm Grand Slam bridge presented by Jeremy James 10.15pm Film : Save the Tiger (1973) starring Jack Lemmon and Jack Gilford 11.55pm Olivia Newton-John with Elton John and Cliff Richard 12.50am Closedown Bank Holiday Monday 28th December 1981 BBC2 11.00am Play School Story : Sam's Woolly Hat 11.25am Closedown 12.30pm The World About Us The Last Great Race on Earth The 1,200 mile Alaska Dog Sled Race from Anchorage to Nome. Narrator : Ian Wooldridge 1.20pm Harold Lloyd in The Kid Brother (1927) 2.40pm The End of an Era The story of Wimbledon 1981 about Bjorn Borg 4.00pm Horizon Painting by Numbers, a documentary about computer graphics 5.00pm Holiday Musical : The Great Caruso starring Mario Lanza, Ann Blyth 6.45pm News Summary with Richard Baker with subtitles for the hard of hearing followed by Weather 6.50pm One Hundred Great Paintings Roman Landscape - Annibale Carracci (1550-1609) 7.05pm From Magna Carta to Microchips : Principles, Standards and Methods the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures for Young People 1/6 8.05pm Scoop of the Year Barry Norman takes a light-hearted look back at 1981 and tests the memories of Graeme Garden, Diane Harron, Derek Jameson, Miles Kington, Richard Stilgoe and Jane Walmsley 9.00pm Guernica The Long Exile 9.45pm Jack Lemmon in Irma La Douce (1963) also starring Shirley MacLaine 12.10am Closedown Tuesday 29th December 1981 BBC2 11.00am Play School 11.25am Closedown 2.30pm Harold Lloyd 3.55pm Holiday Musical Film : Can-Can (1960) 6.00pm The Waltons 6.45pm News Summary, Weather 6.50pm One Hundred Great Paintings 7.00pm The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures : From Magna Carta to Microchips 8.00pm Newsnight 8.50pm Film : Jack Lemmon in The Apartment (1960) 10.50pm Late News, Weather 11.00pm The Best of Dean Martin Wednesday 30th December 1981 BBC2 10.20am Gharbar 10.45am Closedown 11.00am Play School 11.25am Closedown 1.30pm Harold Lloyd 2.55pm Skydancer 3.25pm Vikings! 3.55pm Holiday Musical Film : Song of Norway (1970) 6.10pm Life on Earth 7.05pm From Magna Carta to Microchips 8.05pm News Summary 8.10pm Global Report 10.10pm Film : Jack Lemmon in The April Fools (1969) Première 11.40pm Late News, Weather New Year's Eve Thursday 31st December 1981 BBC2 11.00am Play School 11.25am Closedown 12.30pm Racing from Cheltenham 2.45pm Bugs Bunny 2.50pm Harold Lloyd 4.00pm Holiday Musical The Pirate (1948) 5.40pm All Creatures Great and Small 6.35pm Cowboy's Flute 6.55pm News Summary, Weather 7.00pm The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures From Magna Carta to Microchips 8.00pm Peter Ustinov and Natalie Wood at The Hermitage 9.30pm Hinge and Bracket's New Year's Eve Party 10.20pm Film : Jack Lemmon in The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975) Première 11.55pm Late News, Weather 12.05am The Old Grey Whistle Test : Pick of the Year New Year's Day Friday 1st January 1982 BBC2 11.00am Play School 11.25am Closedown 12.30pm Holiday Musical Film : Anchors Aweigh (1945) 2.45pm The Cinema of Andrzej Wajda 3.40pm Uppies and Doonies 4.15pm Something Else - Just the Music 5.05pm The Glorious Effect 5.55pm The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures From Magna Carta to Microchips 6.55pm News Summary, Weather 7.00pm One Hundred Great Paintings 7.10pm Hold Down a Chord 7.25pm In the Country 7.55pm Touch Wood 9.00pm Calendar 9.50pm News on 2, Weather 10.00pm Cleo Laine and James Galway 10.55pm Film : Man of Marble (1977) Première |
