BBC CHRISTMAS TV 1982
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Saturday 18th December 1982
BBC1 9.10am The All-New Pink Panther Show 9.30am Saturday Superstore 12.12pm Weather 12.15pm Grandstand 5.10pm News, Weatherman 5.20pm Sport/Regional News 5.25pm The Dukes of Hazzard 6.15pm The Saturday Film : The Likely Lads (1976) 7.45pm Three of a Kind 8.15pm News and Sport Weatherman 8.30pm Shogun 10.45pm International Show Jumping 11.35pm Cannon 12.25am Weather Sunday 19th December 1982 9.00am The Flumps 9.15am Knock Knock 9.30am This is the Day 10.00am Asian Magazine 10.30am Magic Rays of Light 11.20am Russian Language and People 11.45am Delia Smith's Cookery Course 12.10pm See Hear! 1.00pm Farming 1.25pm Business Club 1.50pm News Headlines 1.55pm Bonanza 2.40pm Cartoons 2.55pm Sir Ralph at 80 3.45pm International Show Jumping 4.55pm Match of the Day 5.55pm News, Weatherman 6.05pm Beau Geste 6.35pm David Jacobs appeals on behalf of LIBRA (Lions International Blood Research Appeal) 6.40pm Songs of Praise 7.15pm Hi-de-Hi! 7.45pm Sunday Film : The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) 10.05pm News, Weather 10.15pm Omnibus 11.05pm Sunday Night 11.40pm Barbara Mandrell 12.20am Weatherman Monday 20th December 1982 BBC1 12.30pm News After Noon 12.57pm Regional News Financial Report, and News Headlines (London and SE only) 1.00pm Pebble Mill at One 1.45pm Trumpton 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 Playhouse 5.10pm Blue Peter 5.40pm Evening News, Weatherman 6.00pm Regional news magazines 6.25pm Nationwide 6.55pm Angels 7.20pm Tales of the Gold Monkey 8.10pm Panorama 9.00pm Nine O'Clock News 9.25pm International Show Jumping 10.50pm Film 82 11.23pm News Headlines 11.25pm Claire Rayner's Casebook 11.50pm Weatherman Tuesday 21st December 1982 BBC1 9.20am Bugs Bunny 9.45am The Wombles 9.50am Jackanory 10.05am Why Don't You..? 10.25am Battle of the Planets 10.50am Play Chess! 11.00am Film : Tarzan Triumphs (1943) 12.15pm Leon Erroll in I Can't Remember 12.30pm News After Noon, Weather 12.57pm Regional News Financial Report, and News Headlines (London and SE only) 1.00pm Pebble Mill at One 1.45pm Heads and Tails 2.00pm Songs of Praise 2.35pm International Show Jumping 3.53pm Regional News (excluding London) 3.55pm Play School 4.20pm Mighty Mouse 4.25pm Jackanory 4.40pm Rentaghost 5.10pm Screen Test 5.35pm The Amazing Adventures of Morph 5.40pm Evening News, Weatherman 6.00pm Regional news magazines 6.22pm Nationwide 6.45pm Angels 7.10pm Olivia Newton-John In Concert 8.10pm Squadron 9.00pm Nine O'Clock News 9.25pm Ho! 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Ho! 9.55pm Film : French Connection II (1975) 11.50pm News Headlines, Weatherman Wednesday 22nd December 1982 BBC1 9.20am The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special 9.45am The Wombles 9.50am Jackanory 10.05am Why Don't You...? 10.25am Battle of the Planets 10.50am Play Chess! 11.00am Film : Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943) 12.10pm Edgar Kennedy in Sock Me to Sleep 12.30pm News After Noon 12.57pm Regional News Financial Report, and News Headlines (London and SE only) 1.00pm Pebble Mill at One 1.45pm Chock-a-Block 2.00pm Film : Life with Father (1947) 3.53pm Regional News (excluding London) 3.55pm Play School 4.20pm Mighty Mouse 4.25pm Jackanory 4.40pm The Record Breakers 5.05pm Break Point 5.35pm Willo the Wisp 5.40pm Evening News, Weatherman 6.00pm Regional news magazines 6.25pm Nationwide 6.50pm Young Messiah 7.30pm Top Secret 8.00pm Dallas 8.50pm Points of View 9.00pm Nine O'Clock News, Weatherman 9.25pm The Pirates of Penzance 11.00pm The Mike Harding Show 11.33pm News Headlines 11.35pm Phil Silvers : Sergeant Bilko 12.00 Weatherman Thursday 23rd December 1982 BBC1 9.20am Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales 9.45am The Wombles 9.50am Jackanory 10.05am Why Don't You...? 10.25am Battle of the Planets 10.50am Play Chess! 11.00am Film : Tarzan and the Amazons (1945) 12.10pm Leon Erroll in Beware of Redheads 12.30pm News After Noon, Weather 12.57pm Regional News Financial Report, and News Headlines (London and SE only) 1.00pm Pebble Mill at One 1.50pm Chigley 2.05pm Film : Anna Karenina (1948) 3.53pm Regional News (excluding London) 3.55pm Play School 4.20pm Mighty Mouse 4.25pm Jackanory 4.40pm Huckleberry Finn and his Friends 5.05pm Blue Peter 5.35pm Paddington 5.40pm Evening News 6.00pm Regional news magazines 6.25pm Nationwide 7.15pm Tomorrow's World 7.40pm Top of the Pops 8.10pm Wildlife for All Seasons 9.00pm Nine O'Clock News, Weatherman 9.25pm Tenko 10.20pm Sinatra in Concert for The Americas 11.50pm News Headlines, Weatherman Christmas Eve Friday 24th December 1982 BBC1 9.20am Charlie Brown's Christmas Charlie is depressed by the modern Christmas spirit - even Snoopy has gone commercial! 9.45am The Wombles 9.50am Jackanory The Snow Queen with Cheryl Campbell 10.05am Why Don't You...? Your ideas, games and activities presented by the children of the Bristol Why Don't You gang. 10.25am Battle of the Planets A cartoon series of science-fiction adventure stories. Island of Fear 10.50am Play Chess Chess puzzles, an introduction to some of the greatest players in chess history, and a brand new Girls v Boys Challenge Match 11.00am Film : Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946) Starring Johnny Welssmuller, Johnny Sheffield When a series of savage killings take place in the jungle, Tarzan tracks down the murderous tribe of ' leopard men' responsible. Leading the cult is its deadly high priestess, Lea, the Leopard Woman 12.10pm Edgar Kennedy in Rough on Rents To pay off his gambling debts, Edgar rents out the apartment while wife and mother-in-law are away ... 12.30pm News with Jan Leeming Weather 12.42pm Regional News Financial Report and News (London and SE only) 12.45pm Pigeon Street A See-Saw programme Springtime for Hugo 1.00pm Film : The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) starring Sophia Loren , Stephen Boyd, Alec Guinness, James Mason, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, philosopher-emperor of Rome, summons his governors to announce the succession to the throne. Pestilence is ravaging the imperial city, barbarians are at the gate and the rivalries of prospective heirs threaten to destroy the empire 3.53pm Regional News (not London) 3.55pm Play School Story : The Friendly Beasts An old English Christmas carol 4.20pm Mighty Mouse Feudin' Hillbillies 4.25pm Jackanory The Small Miracle : part 2 with Jeremy Irons 4.40pm Hong Kong Phooey The Incredible Mr Shrink A comedy cartoon series starring super hero Hong Kong Phooey and his very necessary assistant Spot, the cat. 4.55pm Crackerjack Introduced by Stu Francis with special guest star Keith Harris also featuring Shakatak The Rockolas with Mike Read, Los Martinos, Leigh Miles and Julie Dorne Brown 5.35pm Paddington Christmas 5.40pm Evening News with Jan Leeming, Weatherman 5.55pm Regional News Tom and Jerry (London and SE only) The Night Before Christmas 6.05pm The Kids International Show This talented group of children from all nations entertains you with great songs for all the family 6.35pm Film : 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) starring Kirk Douglas , James Mason with Paul Lukas, Peter Lorre 1868: a terrifying monster is attacking ships in the Pacific and when marine scientist Professor Arronax sets out to investigate he finds he has embarked on an adventure beyond his wildest dreams. Captured with his assistant and harpooner Ned Land by the fanatical Captain Nemo, Arronax discovers a fantastic underwater world-complete with real monsters. Première 8.40pm Christmas with Terry and June starring Terry Scott and June Whitfield 9.10pm Main News with Jan Leeming, Weekend Weather 9.25pm Oh Yes I Am...Oh No You're Not! Ladies from Watford and Bradford beware! You are particularly at risk from the forays of marauding comics in search of the pantomime dame - so confess Terry Scott and John Inman Widow Twankey, Mother Goose, the Ugly Sisters, Dame Trot, continue a tradition which goes back in particular to the Victorian music-hall. In this documentary, filmed at pantomimes throughout the country, you can see Terry Scott and John Inman stripped down to their bloomers; Windsor Davies remove his moustache; Melvyn Hayes and George Lacy (one of the oldest dames in the business) pad their overblown bosoms ; Ugly Sisters Simon Barry and Alan Vicars apply balloons for bottoms; Nat Jackley show his frilly knickers and The Rev Reg Ames from Pinner proving skirts are fun. Giving their verbal support are the late Arthur Askey , Cyril Fletcher and pantomime writer John Morley. 10.20pm Film :Carry On Don't Lose Your Head (1966) starring Sidney James, Kenneth Williams, Jim Dale, Charles Hawtrey, Peter Butterworth, Joan Sims A hilarious carry-on is guaranteed when Sir Rodney Ffing and Lord Darcy decide to lend a hand to the noble heads of France during the revolution of 1789. Known only by the sign of the Black Fingernail, the pair effect a number of spectacular rescues- but the malevolent Citizen Camembert, head of the secret police, and his assistant Bidet, are soon on their trail. The elusive Black Fingernail, master of disguise, strikes again and again in this rollicking farce from the Carry On team 11.50pm Midnight Mass of the Nativity from the Church of Our Lady and St Joseph, Hanwell, Middlesex the traditional Christmas liturgy celebrated by the three choirs and congregation of this London parish 12.50am Closedown Christmas Day Saturday 25th December 1982 BBC1 8:40am The All-New Pink Panther Show The optimistic, indestructible panther who is permanently in-the-pink and the Inspector with unquenchable joi de vivre who hardly ever gets his man, in a triple helping of comic fantasy. Supermarket Pink, Animal Crack-Ups & String Along in Pink 9:00am Carols from Buckfast In the centenary year of Buckfast Abbey, Devon, Paul Daniels introduces a programme of music for Christmas. with Stephanie Lawrence, Cambridge University Chamber Choir 9:45am Christmas Parade At Hyde Park Barracks The Queen's Life Guard prepares for Christmas Day ceremonial duties while sons and daughters of The Household Cavalry and The Scots Guards enjoy a special television request party, with visits from favourite personalities. Introduced by Simon Bates and Floella Benjamin 10:35am Christmas Morning Service from St Chad 's Church, Lichfield 11:38am Weather Michael Fish 11:40am Raccoons on Ice The musical cartoon narrated by Rich Little with the voices of Rita Coolidge and Leo Sayer For animals and humans alike, the frozen lake in the Evergreen Forest is a winter paradise. But the horrible Cyril Sneer has plans to turn the playground into a colossal concrete complex .. 12:05pm Film : Mister Quilp (1975) starring Anthony Newley, David Hemmings In this highly entertaining musical version of Charles Dickens ' The Old Curiosity Shop, Anthony New ley plays Daniel Quilp, the sly and grasping Cockney moneylender who describes himself as ' so crooked I have to screw my socks on'. London 1840 : Richard Swiveller becomes involved in the affairs of Nell Trent and her old grandfather, forced into the clutches of Quilp in order to maintain his little shop of curios ... Première 2:00pm Top of the Pops Christmas Party with Peter Powell, John Peel , Dave Lee Travis together with Steve Wright, Andy Peebles, Richard Skinner Tommy Vance and Mike Smith presenting their favourite hits of 1982, including a review of this year's number one records with Mike Read 3:00pm The Queen speaks to the Commonwealth 3:05pm Film : International Velvet (1978) starring Tatum O'Neal, Nanette Newman, Christopher Plummer, Anthony Hopkins A love of horses dispels the unhappiness of 14-year-old Sarah, an orphan sent from America to live with her Aunt Velvet in England. Determined to buy the last foal sired by Pi, the horse which Velvet once rode to victory in the Grand National, Sarah takes the first step on the road to her dream of becoming an Olympic horse-woman Première 5:10pm News with Jan Leeming Weatherman 5.20pm Jim'll Fix It Dear Jim, Please may I visit Ken Dodd's jam butty mines? Sing with Val Doonican? Help Father Christmas pack his sack? In this special Christmas edition, Jimmy Savile, OBE, makes these and other dreams come true. 6:00pm The Paul Daniels Magic Christmas Show Join Paul Daniels as he entertains in the special company of Floella Benjamin, Lorraine Chase, Billy Dainty, Jill Gascoine, Lucinda Green, Rolf Harris, Nerys Hughes, Barbara Kelly, Patrick Moore, Tim Rice, Barry Took and Kenneth Williams, and introduces the remarkable skills of his international guests: from France, the inspired puppetry of Compagnie Philippe Genty; from the USA, Luisa, the first lady of hula hoops; from Morocco, The Rios, with their incredible precision acrobatics; from Great Britain, The Trocaderos, with their sensational 'Globe of Death'. 6.55pm Last of the Summer Wine All Mod Conned starring Bill Owen, Peter Sallis and Brian Wilde 7:30pm The Two Ronnies Christmas Show starring Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett and their special guest David Essex 8:15pm Film : Death on the Nile (1978) Première starring Peter Ustinov, Mia Farrow, Simon MacCorkindale The great Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, can hardly guess how many enemies the beautiful American heiress. Linnet Ridgeway, has made. And when she is murdered on her honeymoon cruise, Poirot begins his investigation. The problem is, everybody on board could have done it and everybody had a reason for doing it! 10:30pm News with Jan Leeming, Weatherman 10:40pm Perry Como An invitation to spend Christmas in Paris with Perry and his friends and to enjoy some songs for the festive season 11:30pm Ghost Story for Christmas : The Signalman A ghost story for Christmas by Charles Dickens dramatised by Andrew Davies with Denholm Elliott as the Signalman, Bernard Lloyd as the Traveller, Carina Wyeth as the Bride, Reginald Jessup as the Engine-driver A lonely signalman is haunted by a hooded figure which warns of danger. But what is the danger? 12:10am Christmas Night with The Spinners Tony, Mick, Cliff and Hughie take their Christmas show to Bradford's Alhambra Theatre. 12:40am Weather 12:45am Closedown Christmas Sunday 26th December 1982 BBC1 9.00am The Flumps 9.15am Knock Knock, Who's There ? Christmas stories 9.45am The Song and the Story Sing a Song of Christmas 10.10am Asian Magazine 10.40am Sunday Worship from St Michael's Parish Church, Amersham 11.25am See Hear! The Queen's Message for the deaf, with sub-titles and sign language 11.35am The Edinburgh Military Tattoo of 1982 12.45pm Junior Kick Start 1.15pm World Cup '82 highlights with Jimmy Hill 1.45pm News; Weather 1.50pm TV Film : Orphan Train (1979) with Jill Eikenberry and Kevin Dobson 4.05pm Cheggers Plays Pop 4.30pm The All Star Record Breakers 5.20pm Disney Time 6.05pm News ; Weather 6.15pm Songs of Praise for Christmas from Exeter Cathedral, with Geoffrey Wheeler 7.15pm Hi-de-Hi! 8.00pm Film : Airport 77 (1977) Première with Jack Lemmon and James Stewart 9.50pm News ; Weather 10.00pm Call Me Kiri with Placido Domingo, Doreen Wells, Norma Burrowes and Harry Secombe 11.00pm Men v Women International Golf Challenge, from Woburn, 1/6 11.50pm The Ice House repeat of John Bowen's ghost story 12.25am Weather Boxing Day Monday 27th December 1982 BBC1 9.20am Trumpton 9.35am The All-New Pink Panther Show 9.55am The Wombles 10.00am Jackanory 10.15am Why Don`t You...? 10.40am Battle of the Planets 11.00am Film : Tarzan and the Huntress (1947) starring Johnny Weissmuller 12.10pm Weather 12.15pm The Wonderful World of Disney 1.00pm The Pups' Christmas 1.10pm Junior Kick Start 1.35pm News ; Weather 1.40pm Film : Ben-Hur (1959) starring Charlton Heston 5.05pm News; Weather 5.10pm Final Score 5.20pm Blankety Blank with Terry Wogan 5.55pm Film : King Kong (1976) Première starring Jessica Lange 8.05pm The Funny Side of Christmas excerpts from BBC comedy shows 9.35pm Film : Convoy (1978) with Kris Kristofferson and Ali McGraw 11.25pm Films of the Year with Iain Johnstone 12.05am Staus Quo Perform... their 20th anniversary concert 12.55am Weather Bank Holiday Tuesday 28th December 1982 BBC1 9.20am Heads and Tails 9.35am The All-New Pink Panther Show Yankee Doodle Pink, Beach Bummer, The Pinkologist 9.55am The Wombles told by Bernard Cribbins 10.00am Jackanory with Kenneth Williams 10.15am Why Don't You..? Why don't you just switch off your television set and go out and do something less boring instead? 10.40am Battle of the Planets Save the Space Colony 11.00am Film : Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948) starring Johnny Welssmuller, Brenda Joyce While fishing Tarzan lands a beautiful mermaid-like girl, who has fled from marriage to a villain 12.05pm Lucky Ducky Tex Avery cartoon 12.12pm Weather Jim Bacon 12.15pm Grandstand introduced by David Coleman including 12.55* News Summary Today's timetable 12.20 Football Focus. 12.45 Cricket 1.00 Racing. 1.25 Speedstar 1.35 Racing. 1.55 Speedstar 2.15 Racing. 2.35 Rugby League *Timings subject to alteration 3.30pm Film : The Wizard of Oz (1939) The Christmas favourite starring Judy Garland with Frank Morgan Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley Follow the yellow brick road to the wonderful world of Oz. There you'll join the Tin Woodman, the vulnerable Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion. Plus, of course, Dorothy, as they battle with the Wicked Witch of the West 5.10pm News Richard Whitmore Weatherman 5.15pm Final Score David Icke introduces a round-up and the classified football results 5.25pm Pop Quiz introduced by Mike Read What was this year's first No I ? Which of tonight's guests are in the charts now? What is Captain Sensible's real name? The teams : David Essex, star and star-maker Mari Wilson, without the Wilsations but with her beehive, Leo Sayer, the only person ever to get the answer to a lyrics question before Mike had finished reading it against Hank Marvin, who this year celebrates 25 years with The Shadows, Captain Sensible, 'Happy talk-er', and John Taylor of Duran Duran 5.55pm The Superteams The Ferguson Superteams Championship David Vine and Ron Pickering return to our most popular venue, the ancient city of Bath, for the first of four Superteams programmes which will decide not only the British title but the Superteams Championship of the World First Semi-final: Fighters v Bat'n'Ball Fighters : Brian Jacks, Alan Minter, John Conteh, Maurice Hope, Dave ' Boy' Green, Pierre Harper, Charles Longdon, Hughes Vic Charles, Coach Jackie Pallo Bat'n'Ball : Jehangir Khan, Phil Kenyon, Mike Corby, John Feaver, Kevin Jolly, Tony Knowles, Collis King, Desmond Haines Coach Tony Lewis 6.55pm Film : Grease (1978) starring John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, Eve Arden, Frankie Avalon, Joan Blondell Première 8.45pm The Kenny Everett Television Show The Kenny Everett magic returns to your screens with another bagful of colourful characters, hilarious sketches, superstar guests and camera tricks, all designed to get you laughing and to make a few quid for Kenny's mortgage. Will Sid Snot nut Gizzard Puke? Will Cupid cross her legs? Will Marcel remove that false chin? Will the Building Society foreclose? All this and less in a special holiday edition 9.15pm Main News Richard Whitmore Weatherman 9.25pm The Deadly Game by James Yaffe Adapted from the novel by Friedrich Durrenmatt starring George Segal with Trevor Howard, Robert Morley, Emlyn Williams, Alan Webb Set in Switzerland, two retired lawyers and a retired judge meet once a week to enjoy an exquisite dinner and play their own, very particular parlour game. Howard Trapp, an American travelling salesman, caught in a blizzard, stumbles on the house and is encouraged to join in the game 10.15pm Men v Women An International Golf Challenge The second of six matches in a series especially made for BBC1 between Beth Daniel and Jan Stephenson, and Bernhard Langer and Greg Norman played at the Woburn Golf and Country Club for the Cathay Pacific Airways Trophy Today's match : Beth Daniel v Bernhard Langer Commentator Peter Alliss 12.55am Weather Wednesday 29th December 1982 BBC1 9.20am Bugs Bunny 9.45am The Wombles 9.50am Jackanory 10.05am Why Don't You..? 10.30am Battle of the Planets 10.50am Play Chess! 11.00am Film : Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949) 12.10pm Leon Erroll in Tattle Television 2.30pm News After Noon Weather 12.42pm Regional News Financial Report, and News Headlines (London and SE only) 12.45pm Chock-a-Block 1.00pm The All-New Pink Panther Show 1.20pm The Way of the Wind 3.00pm Desert Island Discs 3.53pm Regional News (excluding London) 3.55pm Play School 4.20pm Huckleberry Hound 4.25pm Jackanory 4.40pm Rentaghost 5.10pm Screen Test 5.35pm Ivor the Engine 5.40pm Evening News ; Weatherman 5.50pm Regional news magazines 6.00pm Banjo the Woodpile Cat 6.25pm Team Disco Dance Championships 7.10pm Film : When the North Wind Blows (1974) 9.00pm Main News ; Weatherman 9.15pm Sink or Swim 9.45pm Review 82 11.10pm Men v Women An International Golf Challenge 12.00 Weather Thursday 30th December 1982 BBC1 9.20am Bugs Bunny 9.45am The Wombles 9.50am Jackanory 10.05am Why Don't You...? 10.30am Battle of the Planets 10.50am Play Chess! 11.00am Film : Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950) 12.10pm Edgar Kennedy in Love on the Ladder 12.30pm News After Noon Weather 12.42pm Regional News Financial Report, and News Headlines (London and SE only) 12.45pm Chigley 1.00pm The All-New Pink Panther Show 1.20pm Film : The Brain (1969) 2.55pm The Front Garden 3.53pm Regional News (excluding London) 3.55pm Play School 4.20pm Huckleberry Hound 4.25pm Jackanory 4.40pm Charlie Brown 5.05pm Blue Peter Review of the Year 5.35pm Ivor the Engine 5.40pm Evening News, Weatherman 5.50pm Regional news magazines 6.00pm Trio-A Knockout Special 6.50pm Tomorrow's World 7.20pm Top of the Pops 7.55pm Only Fools and Horses....: Diamonds are for Heather 8.25pm 'Allo 'Allo! 9.00pm TV Film : The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1982) 10.05pm Main News, Weatherman 10.20pm TV Film : The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1982) (continued) 11.55pm Weatherman New Year's Eve Friday 31st December 1982 BBC1 10.30am Battle of the Planets 10.50am Play Chess! 11.00am Film : Tarzan's Peril (1951) 12.15pm Leon Erroll in Bet Your Life 12.30pm News After Noon 12.42pm Regional News Financial Report, and News Headlines (London and SE only) 12.45pm Pigeon Street 1.00pm The All-New Pink Panther Show 1.20pm Film : Run for the Sun (1956) 2.55pm The Queen's Realm 3.53pm Regional News 3.55pm Play School 4.20pm Huckleberry Hound 4.25pm Jackanory 4.40pm Ghost in the Water 5.35pm Ivor the Engine 5.40pm Evening News, Weatherman 5.50pm Regional news magazines 6.00pm Film : Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) Première 7.40pm The Keith Harris Show 8.10pm Dallas 9.00pm Main News Weekend Weatherman 9.15pm Film : Porridge (1979) Première 10.45pm The Good Old Days 11.45pm Across the Years 12.10am The Band Show 1.00am Weather New Year's Day Saturday 1st January 1983 BBC1 9.10am The All-New Pink Panther Show 9.30am Saturday Superstore 12.12pm Weather 12.15pm Grandstand 5.10pm News, Weatherman 5.20pm Sport/Regional News 5.25pm Rod and Emu's Saturday Special 5.55pm The Saturday Film : The Magnificent Seven (1960) 8.00pm Three of a Kind 8.30pm Val Sings and Rings in the New 9.15pm News and Sport Weatherman 9.30pm Dynasty 10.20pm Mr Attenborough and Mr Gandhi 11.20pm Scotch and Wry 12.00 Men v Women An International Golf Challenge 12.50am Weather |
Saturday 18th December 1982
BBC2 2.15pm Saturday Cinema 1 Film : A Home of Our Own (1965) 3.50pm Play Away 4.15pm Saturday Cinema 2 Film : The Glass Slipper (1955) 5.45pm Squeeze In Concert 6.30pm Buongiorno Italia! 6.55pm News and Sport, Weather 7.10pm Saturday Briefing 7.45pm Kingswood : A Comprehensive School 8.30pm Long Day's Journey into Night 11.15pm News on 2, Weather 11.20pm Frank Delaney 12.05am Midnight Movie Film : The Ghost Breakers (1940) Sunday 19th December 1982 1.50pm Rugby Special 2.50pm World Cup Chess 3.20pm Horizon 4.20pm Ski Sunday 4.55pm Schoolgirl Chums 6.00pm News Review 6.25pm The Money Programme 7.00pm The World About Us 7.50pm News on 2, Weather 7.55pm The World of the Ring 8.10pm Wagner's Ring : Twilight of the Gods 9.25pm The Barchester Chronicles 10.15pm The Great American Picture Show Film : Hollywood Cowboy (1975) Première Monday 20th December 1982 BBC2 11.00am Play School 11.25am Closedown 3.25pm Star Movie Film : Susan Slept Here (1954) 5.00pm One Man and His Dog 5.40pm Grange Hill 6.10pm Riverside 6.40pm The Turkey 7.35pm News Summary, Weather 7.40pm Inside Information 8.10pm Des O'Connor Tonight 9.00pm The Vocal Touch 9.35pm Horizon 10.25pm News on 2, Weather 10.35pm Hocus Pocus it's Magic Tuesday 21st December 1982 BBC2 11.00am Play School 11.25am Closedown 2.20pm Men of Ideas 3.05pm Roots of England 3.40pm A Christmas Carol 3.55pm Christmas Film Matinee : The Last Safari (1967) 5.40pm Grange Hill 6.05pm Kingswood : A Comprehensive School 6.55pm News Summary, Weather 7.00pm Around with Alliss 7.30pm Sounds of Christmas 8.25pm Russell Harty's Christmas party 9.00pm Your Life in Their Hands 10.00pm Kingswood: An End of Term Report 10.45pm News on 2 10.55pm The 18th Cambridge Folk Festival Wednesday 22nd December 1982 BBC2 10.20am Gharbar 10.45am Closedown 11.00am Play School 11.25am Closedown 2.00pm Sports Review of 1982 3.30pm Cartoon Two : Peace on Earth 3.40pm A Christmas Carol 3.55pm Film : Mississippi Gambler (1953) 5.30pm Cameo 5.40pm Charlie Chaplin in The Jitney Elopement 6.10pm The Waltons 7.00pm 16 Up 7.25pm News Summary, Weather 7.30pm Ebony 8.00pm Timewatch 9.00pm M*A*S*H 9.25pm The Barchester Chronicles 10.15pm Grapevine 10.45pm News on 2, Weather 10.55pm Chris Barber's Jazz and Blues Band Thursday 23rd December 1982 BBC2 11.00am Play School 11.25am Closedown 2.00pm International Cycling 2.50pm The Levin Interviews 3.20pm Arthur Negus Enjoys 3.40pm A Christmas Carol 3.55pm Sellers Over Christmas Film : Carlton-Browne of the FO (1959) 5.20pm Wings and Things 5.40pm What on Earth...? 6.10pm Eureka 6.45pm News Summary, Weather 6.50pm Film : Charles Laughton in Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) 9.00pm Yes Minister 9.30pm The Much Loved Music Show Christmas Special 10.20pm God's Frozen People 11.10pm News on 2, Weather 11.20:pm Triple Bill Christmas Eve Friday 24th December 1982 BBC2 11.00am Play School The Friendly Beast An old English Christmas carol 11.25am Closedown 2.00pm The Islanders Dennis Sklllicorn meets the men whose lives are influenced by the sea. He travels to the village of Bembridge to visit the coxswain-and crew of the local lifeboat, Across the other side, of the island, at Yarmouth, he talks to Charlie Atrill now in his last year as harbourmaster and friend to countless yachtsmen for over 20 years. And from Yarmouth he sets out to visit the men of The Needles lighthouse 2.30pm Schools Prom from the Royal Albert Hall , London. Antony Hopkins introduces highlights from the recent season of Schools Proms 3.10pm The Book Game Introduced by Robert Robinson The contestants - Anthony Burgess, Susan Hill, Frederic Raphael and Gillian Reynolds. Readings by Bernard Hepton 3.40pm A Christmas Carol The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come 3.55pm Film : Sellers Over Christmas : I'm All Right Jack (1959) starring Peter Sellers with Ian Carmichael Terry-Thomas Richard Attenborough Corrupt businessmen, incompetent managers and obstinate shop stewards are all equally lampooned in this satire 5.40pm K9 and Company starring Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith, John Leeson as the Voice of K9 Christmas at Moreton Harwood. All is peaceful. Or is it? 6.30pm The Year They Raised the Rose The operation to raise the Mary Rose captured the public imagination in October. Neither the Prince of Wales, Margaret Rule or anyone else will forget the moments when the hull broke the water, when the frame collapsed, when the ship came home. Now John Selwyn Gilbert and Margaret Rule look back together on the whole story, and forward to plans to conserve the ship, with new film of activity behind the scenes before the lift and excerpts from the outside broadcast coverage and from the Chronicle films of the excavation 7.35pm News Summary ; Weather 7.40pm A Service of Nine Lessons and Carols from King's A special televised celebration of the traditional service of lessons and carols from the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge, to herald Christmas. 8.40pm The Forgotten Voyage The story of Alfred Russel Wallace by Elaine Morgan In 1854 a young, Victorian naturalist journeyed to the unexplored islands of the Far East - inhabited by native peoples and wildlife more varied and colourful than anywhere else in the world. Wallace not only discovered new creatures but also new ideas about the origin of the species he encountered - the answer to 'the greatest mystery' that still preoccupied Charles Darwin and the other men of science back home in England. Darwin died in 1882. As a contribution to this centenary year, The World About Us dramatises Wallace's epic but forgotten voyage of discovery that led up to the most important scientific innovation of the 19th century. 10.00pm The Old Grey Whistle Test Presents Elton John live from the stage of London's Hammersmith Odeon. 11.00pm News on 2 with Jan Leeming, Weather 11.05pm Russell Harty At home in Yorkshire quietly and not so quietly celebrating Christmas Eve with special guests, friends and neighbours 11.50pm TV Film : The Gathering (1977) starring Edward Asner, Maureen Stapleton This superb drama was awarded an Emmy after it was first shown on American television. When Adam Thornton , a domineering New England businessman, learns that he is dying, he swallows his pride and attempts to unite his estranged family for a final gathering at Christmas. Having alienated both his wife and children by his lack of understanding, the reunion proves to be an explosive and emotional event. 1.25am Closedown Christmas Day Saturday 25th December 1982 BBC2 2:10pm The Islanders In the second of four programmes Dennis Skillicorn samples the beer from Ventnor brewery and meets the latest generation of the brewing family. He also finds out about deck chairs and pleasure boats 2:40pm Gold from the Deep The Salvage of the Century Narrated by Robert Powell Forty years ago HMS Edinburgh sank 800 feet down into the icy waters of the Barents Sea. In her bomb room lay 5 tons of Russian gold, apparently out of any diver's reach, and today worth around £45 million. Last year, however, in one of the most ambitious and hazardous salvage operations ever undertaken, Yorkshireman Keith Jessop fulfilled a dream. He led an all-or-nothing multi-million pound venture to wrest Edinburgh's gold from its deadly hiding place. For the divers, too, it was a gamble - no gold no pay, as they risked their lives at the very limits of endurance and modern technology. 3:40pm The Book Game Chairman Robert Robinson Anthony Burgess, Susan Hill, Frederic Raphael, Gillian Reynolds try to identify prose extracts and give vent to their literary likes and dislikes 4:10pm 25 Years in Space A Horizon special On 4 October 1957 the space age began as Russia sent Sputnik 1 blasting into orbit to become the world's first artificial satellite. Twenty-five years later, more than 100 people have ventured into space - 12 Americans have walked on the moon, a Russian has spent a year away from earth and a derelict robot probe is speeding towards the stars. Horizon recalls the highlights of the space age and reviews the story of space exploration 5:20pm Sellers Over Christmas : Film : The Millionairess (1960) starring Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren Sophia Loren as the richest woman in the world, who is amazed to find that money can't buy love and perfect marital bliss. Peter Sellers is the bewildered but resourceful Indian doctor desired by the millionairess in this comedy, which established him as a major star 6:45pm The Queen speaks to the Commonwealth 6.50pm News on 2 with Jan Leeming, Weather 6:55pm The World About Us : On the Tracks of the Wild Otter Beautiful, rare and secretive - the otter is one of our most delightful animals, yet one of the most elusive. Over the last three years wildlife cameraman Hugh Miles has spent many weeks on the wild and stormy islands of Shetland, in patient pursuit of these fascinating creatures. In this programme he tells, in words and pictures, the story of his relationship with one particular wild otter and her family. 7:40pm The World of James Joyce Is There One Who Understands Me? James Joyce was born in Dublin 100 years ago. At the age of 20 he left for Paris to begin a self-imposed exile that was to last most of his life. Dublin, however, remained the inspiration for his writing. This Emmy Award-winning film, complete with many previously unseen interviews, shows the obstacles that lay in the path of Dubliners, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Ulysses and Finnegans Wake, the books that were to make Joyce one of the most famous and influential writers of this century. 9:35pm Richard Baker's Christmas Dozen Festive concert of carols and Christmas music Orchestra conducted by Andrew Davis with Margaret Marshall and John Rawnsley Choristers of Westminster Abbey directed by Simon Preston Introduced by Richard Baker from the Barbican Hall, London 10:40pm Film : Fedora (1978) starring William Holden Marthe Keller, Hildegard Knef Jose Ferrer , Stephen Collins Michael York , Henry Fonda The fabulous, enigmatic film star Fedora has committed suicide. At her lavish lying-in-state in Paris, Hollywood producer Barry Detweiler recalls how, hardly two weeks before, he had travelled to Corfu in a desperate bid to lure the still beautiful actress out of retirement. Although Fedora badly wants to reach out for the limelight again, she is held back by the sinister entourage with whom she lives in a fortified villa. For Detweiler it is the start of a complex mystery - the key to which lies in the dark secret of Fedora's eternal youth Première Christmas Sunday 26th December 1982 BBC2 12.55pm Horizon The Mysterious Mr Tesla 1.45pm The Islanders 2.15pm The Lusitania File a Newsnight special on the sinking of the liner in 1915 3.05pm World Cup Chess the final, Anatoly Karpov v Boris Spassky 3.35pm The Book Game 4.05pm Film : The Two-Way Stretch (1960) starring Peter Sellers, Lionel Jeffries & Wilfrid Hyde White 5.30pm News Review 6.05pm The Ghost Downstairs a supernatural thriller by Leon Garfield, with Cyril Cusack, Mike Gwilym and Jonathan Byatt 7.05pm Cricket: Fourth Test highlights of Australia v England at Melbourne 7.30pm The Mormon Tabernacle Choir in concert at the Albert Hall 8.00pm The Barchester Chronicles (repeat of Wednesday's episode) 8.55pm News ; Weather 9.00pm Bach Goes East London's Bach Choir in Hong Kong for ten days earlier this year 10.00pm Spider's Web Agatha Christie mystery, starring Penelope Keith, Robert Flemyng, Thorley Walters, David Yelland and Elizabeth Spriggs 11.45pm Glen Campbell in Dublin 12.40am Closedown Boxing Day Monday 27th December 1982 BBC2 11.00am Play School 11.25am Closedown 12.45pm Racing from Wincanton (1.00, 1.35, 2.05 races) 2.20pm The Islanders 2.55pm Pacific Journey 3.30pm The Book Game 4.00pm Task Force South Brian Hanrahan revisits the scenes of the fighting 5.30pm Shakespeare in Perspective 5.55pm Jacqueline du Pre and the Elgar Cello Concerto 7.05pm News ; Weather 7.10pm Cricket: Fourth Test 7.35pm My Music for Christmas 8.05pm Burden of Dreams a documaentary about German film director Werner Herzog 9.35am Marti Caine with Bucks Fizz, Juan Martin and Gene Pitney 10.25am A Drop in the Ocean about the 10000 cases of whisky that went missing, despite a police and customs guard, after a shipwreck off the Outer Hebrides in 1941 11.15am News ; Weather 11.25am Film : Dance of the Vampires (1967) Roman Polanski stars in his own film, with Jack MacGowran 1.15am Closedown Bank Holiday Tuesday 28th December 1982 BBC2 11.00am Play School Story :The King of Singdom of Song 11.25am Closedown 1.55pm Osprey The first of four films which were featured in the Wildscreen 82 Festival Today: Winner Best Script Narrated by Robert Powell How does a 31lb hawk with a five-foot wing-span survive a 50 mph splashdown? How does it actually catch and carry a flashing, slithering trout half its own weight? Each year 30,000 people make a pilgrimage to Loch Garten, Speyside, to glimpse ospreys, yet only with patience and high-speed filming can you truly see the action in the world of the osprey. A revealing portrait of one of the world's most spectacular fishing birds. 2.45pm Guernica The Long Exile Last year a £13-million painting travelled in top secret from America to Spain. Next day it was headline news that Picasso's masterpiece 'Guernica' had come home at last, after 40 years in exile. This Arena special tells the story of an extraordinary work of art, and talks to survivors of the terrible event that inspired it. 3.30pm World Championship Snooker The Year of the Hurricane Alex Higgins, urged on by his fans and baby daughter Lauren, finally fulfilled his promise and became 'the people's champion', producing on the way some of the most dramatic moments in snooker history. David Vine recalls those 17 days at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield when the 1982 Embassy World Professional Snooker Championship became 'the year of the Hurricane' 5.55pm The BBC Television Shakespeare : The Merry Wives of Windsor 7.45pm News Summary with subtitles followed by Weather 7.50pm The BBC Television Shakespeare : The Merry Wives of Windsor (Continued) 8.50pm Cricket: Fourth Test Australia v England from Melbourne Richie Benaud introduces highlights of the third day's play 9.15pm Hooray for Hollywood A celebration of the heyday of the movies In this memorable compilation film, narrated by Mickey Rooney, the title says it all. Dozens of the screen's greatest stars appear in musicals, comedies, Westerns and dramatic sequences. (Colour and black and white) 10.25pm News on 2 with Richard Whitmore, Weather 10.35pm Film : Women in Love (1969) starring Alan Bates, Oliver Reed, Jennie Linden, Glenda Jackson with Eleanor Bron Returning home from London to the small colliery town of Beldover, Gudrun Brangwen is attracted to Gerald Crich-son of a wealthy mine owner. Her sister, Ursula, is equally attracted to Rupert Birkin, the inspector at the school where she is a teacher. The passions and tragic outcome of the quartet's complex relationships form the mainspring of the action to this ambitious film, derived from D. H. Lawrence 's celebrated and controversial novel Wednesday 29th December 1982 BBC2 10.20am Gharbar 10.45am Closedown 11.00am Play School 11.25am Closedown 2.10pm Sexual Encounters of the Floral Kind 2.55pm Common Sense 3.55pm Film : Kirk Douglas in The Last Sunset (1961) 5.40pm Beauty and the Beast 7.10pm Cricket : Fourth Test 7.35pm News Summary, Weather 7.40pm Dorset Dream 8.10pm John Denver - his Guitar and his Music 9.00pm East Lynne 11.00pm News on 2, Weather 11.10pm Film : Bartleby (1970) Thursday 30th December 1982 BBC2 11.00am Play School 11.25am Closedown 2.05pm The Incredible Heap 2.55pm Common Sense 3.55pm Film : Kirk Douglas in Two Weeks in Another Town (1962) 5.40pm Film : Gawain and the Green Knight (1973) 7.10pm Cricket : Fourth Test 7.35pm News Summary, Weather 7.40pm Joyce in June 8.50pm Falstaff 9.00pm John Denver-his Guitar and his Music 9.55pm Film : All the President's Men (1976) New Year's Eve Friday 31st December 1982 BBC2 11.00am Play School 11.25am Closedown 2.05pm Etosha- the Place of Dry Water 2.55pm Common Sens 3.55pm Film : Kirk Douglas in Lust for Life (1956) 5.50pm North Face -Ben Nevis 6.35pm People v Scott 7.35pm News Summary, Weather 7.40pm Film : Paper Moon (1973) 9.20pm Janet Baker: Full Circle 10.35pm News on 2, Weather 10.45pm Film : Hands of the Ripper (1971) Première 12.10am The Old Grey Whistle Test : Pick of the Year New Year's Day Saturday 1st January 1983 BBC2 2.05pm Common Sense 3.05pm Saturday Cinema : It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 5.10pm World Darts 5.55pm The New Year's Day Concert 7.00pm News and Sport, Weather 7.15pm Jane 8.00pm The Royal Opera presents Falstaff 10.25pm World Darts 11.15pm News on 2, Weather 11.20pm Film : Kirk Douglas in The Arrangement (1969) |
