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BBC CHRISTMAS TV 1984

   Saturday 22nd December 1984

  BBC1


     8.30am   The Perishers
      8.35am   The Littlest Hobo
     9.00am    Saturday SuperStore
      12.12pm   Weather 
      12.15pm   Grandstand
      5.05pm   News, Weatherman 
       5.15pm   Sport/Regional News
      5.20pm   Keith Harris Christmas Show
      5.55pm   The Circus World Championships
      6.45pm   Film : Breakheart Pass (1975)
       8.15pm  Dynasty
      9.05pm  Wogan's Women
    10.00pm  News and Sport, Weatherman
     10.15pm  Films of the Year
     11.10pm  All - Time Great Movies
                     Film : The Big Sleep (1946)
     1.00am   Weather

     1.05am   Closedown
​

  Sunday 23rd December 1984

  BBC1


​   9.00am   Fingerbobs
    9.15am   Knock Knock
    9.30am   Away in a Manger
  10.00am   Asian Magazine
  10.30am   Bonanza
   11.20am   Morning Worship
  12.05pm   Peace in No Man's Land
  12.40pm   Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
    1.05pm   Kung Fu
    1.50pm   News Headlines, Weather 
    1.55pm   The Rock Gospel Show Christmas Special
    2.30pm   The Old Man of Hoy
    3.10pm   Film : Ice Station Zebra (1968)
    5.30pm   The Prisoner of Zenda
    6.00pm   News, Weatherman
     6.10pm   Jimmy Hill appeals on behalf of
                     The Boys' Brigade 
      6.15pm   Songs of Praise
      7.15pm   Ever Decreasing Circles
     7.45pm   Big Deal
     8.35pm   Film : Steptoe and Son (1972)
   10.10pm   Frank and Selina's Christmas Time
   10.45pm   News, Weatherman
   11.00pm   The Hot Shoe Show
    11.55pm   James Last Christmas Concert
    12.45am   Weather
​    12,50am  Closedown



  Christmas Eve Monday 24th December 1984

  
BBC1

    6.30am  Breakfast Time
                   presented by Frank Bough and Selina Scott,
                   
with the news read by Fern Britton, 
                   
cookery from Glyn Christian, keep fit
                   from Diana Moran 
and guest Keith Harris
                   and Orville


    9.00am  The Busker's Christmas Story
​                    
1/3

     9.15am   Paddington
                    
...and the Christmas Shopping

     9.20am  Lassie
                    
first of a new animated series

     9.45am  Charlie Brown

   10.10am   Jackanory : Cinderella

                    read by Cherie Lunghi

   10.25am  Magic Roundabout

   10.30am  Play School : It's Christmas Eve
                    
with Carol Chell

   10.50am  Henry's Cat

    10.55am  The Chucklehounds Christmas

    11.05am  The Sounds of 84

                    music from the Montreux Festival

   12.05pm  Wait Till Your Father Gets Home

   12.30pm  News
, with Moira Stuart

    12.35pm  Junior Kick Start
                     1/3

     1.00pm  Kung Fu
                   
starring David Carradine

    1.50pm  The Christmas Raccoons
                   
musical cartoon

    2.15pm   Film : The Cruel Sea (1953)
                   
starring Jack Hawkins

     4.15pm  Pop Quiz Christmas Special
                    presented by Mike Read

     4.45pm  Jackanory
                   
Snowflake, by Paul Gallico, 
                   
read by Jeremy Irons


   5.00pm  Blue Peter

    5.25pm  The Box of Delights
                   
final episode
 
   6.00pm  News
                  
with Moira Stuart

    6.15pm  Jim'll Fix It for Christmas

    6.55pm  Film : One of Our
                   Dinosaurs is Missing (1975)
 
                   starring Peter Ustinov and Helen Hayes

    8.25pm  Only Fools and Horses

    8.55pm  Cagney and Lacey


    9.45pm   News
                    
with Moira Stuart

   10.00pm  Val Doonican's Very Special Christmas
                     with Engelbert Humperdinck, Pam Ayres
                     
and the Cambridge Buskers


   10.50pm  Play: Angels in the Annexe
                    a story of the clash between tradition and
                    new ideas in a school, by Janey 
Preger,
                    with Siobhan McKenna and 
Alfred Molina


   11.45pm    Midnight Mass of the Nativity 
                      from the Church of St Mary and St John,
                     
Wolverhampton

   12.45am    Weather

​   12.50am    Closedown


  Christmas Day Tuesday 25th December 1984    

     BBC1

    8:00am  Pages from Ceefax                          

    8:40am  Play School : It's Christmas Day 
                   
presented by Carol Chell

    9:00am  Busker's Christmas Story
                    The second of three episode 'We've come
                    to see the baby  Missus'
                    Christopher Lillicrap tells how Bert, Sid
                    and Arthur bring a birthday present,
                    and King Herod hears he's got a bit
                    of competition


     9:15am  Born in Bethlehem
                    
The BBC Welsh Chorus sing popular carols

   10:05am  Christmas Morning Family Service
                    from Fisherwick Presbyterian Church, Belfast

    11:03am  Weather  Michael Fish

    11:05am  Noel Edmonds Live Live Christmas 
                    Breakfast Show

                    From the top of British Telecom Tower, 
                    Noel Edmonds presents a live outside
                    
broadcast, wishing the United Kingdom a
                    
Happy Christmas from 625 feet above
                    London. 

                    He is joined by a host of star guests for
                    a morning of comedy, music, daredevil
                    stunts and highlights of this year's television. 
                    Mike Smith is out and about with the
                    roving outside broadcast
                    unit and the BBCtv 'hollycopter' makes its
                    way over London to drop in on viewers'
                    homes and celebrations. 


   12:35pm  Film : Blue Murder at St Trinians (1957)
                    starring Terry-Thomas, George Cole, 
                    Joyce Grenfell, Alastair Sim 
                    St Trinian's is under siege, its Headmistress
                    is in prison. The army has been called in
                    to protect the country from 'these fiends in
                    human shape' - but it would be more
                    
appropriate if somebody
                    protected the army.... 


    2:00pm  Top of the Pops Christmas Special
                    featuring The Hit Sounds of 84 with
                    this year's top-selling records starring
                    and introduced by Culture Club,
                    Jim Diamond, Duran Duran, 
                    Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Howard Jones,
                    Nik Kershaw, Thompson Twins, Wham!,
                    Paul Young who all appear live in the
                    Top of the Pops studio. 


     3:00pm  The Queen
                     A Christmas Day programme in which
                     HM The Queen speaks to the Commonwealth


     3:10pm    Film : Mary Poppins (1964)
                      Walt Disney's Oscar-winning musical
                      
fantasy starring Julie Andrews,
                      Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson,
                      Glynis Johns
                      Julie Andrews stars in Walt Disney's most
                      
sumptuous live action production, a
                      
musical version of the famous children's tales
                      by P. L. Travers. When Jane and Michael ask
                      
for a nanny with a cheery disposition and
                      
rosy cheeks, they are in for a big surprise.

                      Première

       5:25pm  News with Jan Leeming and Weather

       5:30pm  Christmas Blankety Blank

                       starring Les Dawson the host of the comedy
                       
quiz game that everyone can play at home. 
                       Six Christmas celebrities try to match the
                       
contestants' blanks on this festive edition. 
                       Lorraine Chase, Suzanne Danielle,
                       Ken Dodd, Russell Harty, Ruth Madoc,
                       Derek Nimmo 


       6:05pm  Hi-de-Hi!
                       The last of the present series 
                       Maplin's Holiday Camp, Spring 1960
                       Raffles 
                       Ted decides to raffle Clive's car and
                       switch it for a look-alike banger
​                       before delivering it to the lucky winner


       6:35pm  The Paul Daniels Magic Christmas Show
                       Join Paul Daniels for a special festive
                       package of comedy and magic in which
                       he provides amazing Christmas presents
                       for his surprise celebrity guests; has
                       a magical encounter with a snowman ;
                       
stages the most expensive illusion in
                       the history of entertainment; and
                       introduces his remarkable guest stars. 

                       From Chicago, the legendary international
                       
clown George Carl ;
                       from Las Vegas, the high-speed juggling
                       
sensation Kris Kremo and
                       from Germany, The Olympiads with
                       their statuesque balancing skills.
                       Special guest appearance by
                       Robert Maxwell 


       7:25pm  Just Good Friends Special
                      starring Paul Nicholas and Jan Francis 
                      Penny, having decided that her future
                      with Vince is pointless, reflects on the
                      events that caused such a dramatic
                      
conclusion

     8:55pm   The Two Ronnies
                      starring Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett
                      
in a special Christmas programme of
                      
sketches, jokes and songs with their
                      special guest 
Elaine Paige, also
                      
appearing Patrick Troughton, John Owens,
                      Gerrie Raymond and featuring The Ballad
                      of Snivelling and Grudge 


     9:55pm    News with Jan Leeming and Weather

    10:05pm   Wogan

                      Terry Wogan hosts a special Christmas
                      
edition with Freddie Starr,
                      Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Elton John
                      and Victoria Principal.


     10:55pm  All-Time Great Movies
                      Film : Some Like It Hot (1959)

                      starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis,
                      Jack Lemmon
                      It's Chicago 1929 - the pre-Depression
                      
flapper era dominated by prohibition,
                      hot music and tough racketeers.


     12:50pm  Weather

     12:55pm  Closedown



     Boxing Day Wednesday 26th December 1984

     BBC1

     8.00am  Pages from Ceefax

     8.40am  Play School Pantomime

                    Cinderella, with Brian Cant and co

     9.00am  Busker's Christmas Story
                    
final episode, with Christopher Lillicrap

     9.15am  Film :
                   The Adventures of Quentin Durward (1955)
 
                   starring Robert Taylor, Kay Kendall &
                   Robert Morley


   10.55am  Bugs Bunny Double Bill

   11.05am   The Sounds of 84
                    
with Bananarama, Duran Duran, Slade
                    
and Ultravox


  12.05pm   Wait Till Your Father Gets Home

  12.30pm   News

   12.35pm   Junior Kick Start

                    heat 2 from East Neston, Northants

    1.00pm  Kung Fu

    1.50pm  Film : The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)

                   starring James Stewart and 
                   Richard Attenborough


    4.10pm  Olympic Gymnastics 84
                   
highlights show

   4.50pm  Final Score

   5.00pm  News
                   
with Jan Leeming

    5.15pm  Bob's Christmas Full House

   5.50pm  No Place Like Home
                  
with William Gaunt

  6.20pm  Film : Escape to Victory (1981)
                  starring Michael Caine, Sylvester Stallone,
                  Max von Sydow 
& Pele


   8.10pm  Dallas

   9.00pm  News
*


    9.15pm   Miss Marple*
                   The Body in the Library,
                   1/3, starring Joan Hickson, 
                   
with Gwen Watford


  10.10pm   Dave Allen*

  11.10pm    Kenny and Dolly :
                    A Christmas to Remember
*


 11.45pm    Golf: The One Club Challenge 
                   on the Old Course, St Andrews,
                   with Peter Alliss


 12.35am    Weather

 12.40am   Closedown

*NOTE : The above shows the times the programmes were actually shown, the times published in the Radio Times were as follows


  9.00pm  Miss Marple, 
   9.55pm   Dave Allen, 
 10.45pm   BBC News 
 11.00pm    Kenny and Dolly: A Christmas to Remember

  Thursday 27th December 1984

  BBC1


     6.00am   Ceefax AM
     6.30am   Breakfast Time
     9.00am  Charlie Brown
     9.25am   Inch High Private Eye
     9.45am   Laurel and Hardy
     9.50am   Lassie
    10.15am   Jackanory : Puss in Boots
   10.30am   Play School It's Thursday
   10.50am   Heads and Tails
    11.05am   Tom and Jerry
     11.15am   Bonanza
   12.05pm   Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
   12.30pm   Midday News, Weather 
   12.42pm   Regional News
   12.45pm   Junior Kick Start
     1.10pm   Kung Fu
    2.00pm   Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales
     2.20pm  Film : Courage of Lassie (1946)
    3.50pm   William - at Christmas
    4.05pm   Alice in Wonderland
    4.30pm   Tom and Jerry
    4.40pm   Culture Club In Concert
    5.30pm   Grange Hill
    6.00pm   The Evening News, Weatherman
     6.15pm   Regional News
    6.20pm   Tomorrow's World
    6.50pm   Top of the Pops Review of 1984
     7.50pm   The Kenny Everett Christmas Show
    8.20pm   Porridge
    9.00pm   Miss Marple: The Body in the Library :
                    Part 2
    9.55pm   The Main News, Weatherman
   10.10pm   Review of the Year 1984
   11.30pm   Golf: The One Club Challenge
   12.20am   Weather
​    12.25am  Closedown


  Friday 28th December 1984

  BBC1


     6.00am   Ceefax AM
     6.30am   Breakfast Time
     9.00am   Charlie Brown
      9.25am   Inch High Private Eye
      9.45am   Laurel and Hardy
      9.50am   Lassie
     10.15am   Jackanory : Jack and the Beanstalk
    10.30am   Play School : It's Friday
    10.50am   Little Misses and the Mister Men
     11.05am   Cartoons
      11.15am   Bonanza
    12.05pm   Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
    12.30pm   Midday News, Weather 
    12.42pm   Regional News
    12.45pm   Junior Kick Start
      1.10pm   Kung Fu
     2.00pm   Tom and Jerry
      2.15pm   The Summer Olympics
     3.50pm   Henry's Cat
     3.55pm   William - at Christmas
     4.05pm   Benji, Zax and the Alien Prince
     4.30pm   Pop Quiz Special
     5.05pm   Film : The Boy Who Turned Yellow
                     
(1972) Première
     6.00pm   The Evening News, Weatherman 
      6.15pm   Regional News
     6.20pm   Christmas Knockout 1984
      7.10pm   Film : North Sea Hijack (1980)
     8.45pm   The Main News
                     Weekend Weather 
    9.00pm   Miss Marple : The Body in the Library :
                     
Part 3
     9.55pm   Manilow's Christmas Magic
    10.45pm  All-Time Great Movies
                     Film : Brief Encounter (1945)
    12.10am   Harty Goes to Hollywood
     1.00am   Weatherman
​      1.05am   Closedown


  Saturday 29th December 1984

  BBC1


      8.30am   The Perishers
      8.35am    The Littlest Hobo
      9.00am   Saturday SuperStore
     10.45am   Take Two
      11.25am   The Kids from Fame in Concert
     12.12 pm   Weather 
      12.15pm   Grandstand
       5.05pm   News, Weatherman 
        5.15pm   Sport/Regional News
       5.20pm   Jim'll Fix It
        5.55pm  Film : The Towering Inferno (1974)
        8.35pm  Dynasty
        9.25pm  News and Sport
                       Weatherman
       9.40pm   Come On Down!
     10.30pm   Match of the Day
      11.20pm   Diced Carrott
    12.00          All - Time Great Movies
                       Film : High Noon (1952)
       1.25pm   Weather
​       1.30am  Closedown


 Sunday 30th December 1984

  BBC1


        9.00am   The Flumps
         9.15am   'Olympic' Challenge
      10.00am   Asian Magazine
      10.30am   Bonanza
       11.20am   Morning Worship
      12.05pm   See Hear!
      12.30pm   Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
       12.55pm   Tom and Jerry
        1.00pm   News Headlines, Weather
         1.05pm   Wildlife on One
         1.30pm   The Rock Gospel Show from America
         2.05pm   Film : Zulu (1964)
          4.15pm   Jackanory 
                         HRH The Prince of Wales
                         tells his own story
                         The Old Man of Lochnagar 
         4.35pm   Holiday
         5.10pm   This Office Life
        6.30pm   News, Weather
        6.40pm   Songs of Praise
          7.15pm   Last of the Summer Wine
         7.45pm   Big Deal
         8.35pm   Film : Kramer vs Kramer (1979)
       10.20pm   News, Weatherman
       10.35pm   The Touch
        11.25pm   It's Max Boyce
        11.55pm   Golf: The One Club Challenge
        12.45am   Weather
        12.50am  Closedown


  New Year's Eve Monday 31st December 1984

  BBC1


     6.00am   Ceefax AM
     6.30am   Breakfast Time
     9.00am   Charlie Brown
     9.25am   The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
     9.45am   Why Don't You... ?
   10.10am   Jackanory : Peter Pan
   10.25am   Paddington
  10.30am   Play School 
  10.50am   Postman Pat
   11.05am   Tarzan and the Sifu 
   11.25am   Bonanza
   12.15pm   Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
  12.40pm   Midday News, Weather
  12.50pm   Kung Fu
    1.40pm   Peter Sellers Double Bill
                    Film : Heavens Above! (1963)
    3.35pm   Film : I'm All Right Jack (1959)
     5.15pm   Blue Peter Review of the Year
     5.45pm   A Question of Sport
     6.15pm   News, Weatherman
     6.25pm  Film : Treasure of the
                     Yankee Zephyr (1981)
Première
    8.00pm   Ernie Wise introduces the
                     Morecambe and Wise Classics
    9.00pm   The Main News, Weatherman
     9.15pm   Give Us a Break
  10.50pm   Halls of Fame
   11.40pm   Live into 85
   12.10am   All-Time Great Movies
                    Film : Singin' in the Rain (1952)
     1.50am   Weather
      1.55am  Closedown


  New Year's Day Tuesday 1st January 1985

  BBC1


     8.00am   Pages from Ceefax
     9.00am   The New Misadventures of Ichabod Crane
      9.25am   The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
      9.45am   Why Don't You...?
    10.10am   Peter Pan
    10.25am   Paddington
   10.30am   Play School : It's New Year's Day
   10.50am   Tom and Jerry
   11.00am   The Edinburgh Military Tattoo of 1984
   12.12pm   Weather 
    12.15pm   Bank Holiday Grandstand
    5.05pm   News, Weatherman 
     5.15pm   Sport/Regional News
    5.20pm   Disney Time
    6.10pm   Film : The Guns of Navarone (1961)
    8.40pm   Only Fools and Horses
    9.10pm   Cagney and Lacey
  10.00pm   The Main News, Weatherman
    10.15pm   TV Film : Absurd Person Singular (1985)
    12.20am   All - Time Great Movies 
                     Film : Duck Soup  (1933)
      1.25am   Weatherman​
     1.30am   Closedown

  

  Wednesday 2nd January 1985

  BBC1


     6.00am   Ceefax AM
     6.30am   Breakfast Time
     9.00am   Charlie Brown
      9.25am   The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
      9.45am   Why Don't You....?
    10.10am   Jackanory : Peter Pan
    10.25am   Paddington
    10.30am   Play School
    10.50am   King Rollo
    10.55am   Bric-a-Brac
     11.05am   The Little Mole
      11.15am   Bonanza
     12.05pm   Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
     12.30pm   Midday News
      12.47pm   Regional News 
                       Financial Report, and News Headlines
                       
(London and SE only)
     12.50pm   Racing from Cheltenham
      3.05pm   The Mole Comes to Town
       3.35pm   Cartoons
       3.48pm   Regional News
(except London)
       3.50pm   Play School : It's Wednesday
       4.10pm   The Puppy's New Adventures
      4.30pm   William - at Christmas
      4.45pm   Captain Caveman
      4.55pm   John Craven's Newsround
      5.05pm   Eureka!
      5.30pm   The Good Life
       5.58pm   Weatherman
      6.00pm   The Six O'Clock News
      6.30pm   Regional news magazines
       6.55pm   Tom and Jerry
       7.00pm   The Galactic Garden
      8.00pm   Dallas
       8.45pm   Points of View
      9.00pm   The Nine O'Clock News, Weatherman
       9.25pm   Wynne and Penkovsky
     10.20pm   All - Time Great Movies
                       Film : On the Waterfront (1954)
     12.05am   Weatherman
​     12.10am   Closedown


  Thursday 3rd January 1985

  BBC1


     6.00am  Ceefax AM
     6.30am   Breakfast Time
     9.00am   Charlie Brown
      9.25am   The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
     9.45am   Why Don't You...?
   10.10am   Jackanory : Peter Pan
   10.25am   Paddington
   10.30am   Play School : It's Thursday
   10.50am   Mickey and Donald
     11.15am   Bonanza
   12.05pm   Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
   12.30pm   News After Noon
                     Weather 
    12.57pm   Regional News
     1.00pm   Pebble Mill at One
     1.50pm   Bagpuss
     2.05pm   International Tennis
     3.48pm   Regional News
     3.50pm   Play School : It's Thursday
      4.10pm   The Family-Ness
      4.15pm   William - at Christmas
      4.25pm   Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds
      4.50pm   John Craven's Newsround
      5.00pm   Blue Peter
       5.25pm   Henry's Cat
      5.30pm   Grange Hill
      5.58pm   Weatherman
      6.00pm   The Six O'Clock News
      6.30pm   Regional news magazines
       6.55pm   Top of the Pops
        7.35pm   The Front Line
       8.05pm   Paul Daniels' Magic Moments
       9.00pm   The Nine O'Clock News, Weatherman
        9.25pm   Wynne and Penkovsky
      10.25pm   Starsky and Hutch
       11.15pm   International Tennis
      12.05am   Weatherman
       12.10am  Closedown


  Friday 4th January 1985

  BBC1


     6.00am   Ceefax AM
      6.30am   Breakfast Time
      9.00am   Charlie Brown
       9.25am   The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
       9.45am   Why Don't You... ?
     10.10am   Jackanory : Peter Pan
     10.25am   Paddington
    10.30am   Play School
    10.50am   The Pink Panther Show
     11.05am   Daffy Duck
      11.15am   Bonanza
    12.05pm   Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
    12.30pm   News After Noon, Weather 
     12.57pm   Regional News
      1.00pm   Pebble Mill at One
      1.50pm   Chock-a-Block
      2.05pm   International Tennis
      3.48pm   Regional News
      3.50pm   Play School: It's Friday
       4.10pm   The Hunter
       4.15pm    William - at Christmas
       4.25pm   Finders Keepers
      4.50pm   Newsround Extra
      5.05pm   The Machine Gunners
      5.30pm   Friday People 
      5.58pm   Weatherman
     6.00pm   The Six O'Clock News
     6.30pm   Regional news magazines
      6.55pm   Tom and Jerry
      7.05pm   Match of the Day Live
     9.00pm   The Nine O'Clock News
                      Weekend Weather
     9.25pm   Wynne and Penkovsky
   10.20pm   Starsky and Hutch
    11.10pm   International Tennis
    11.55pm   All - Time Great Movies
                    Film : Indiscreet (1958)
    1.30am   Weather
    1.35am   Closedown
 Saturday 22nd December 1984

  BBC2


     9.00am   Pages from Ceefax
     2.50pm   Saturday Cinema 1
                     Film : The Old Man and the Sea (1958)
      4.15pm   Saturday Cinema 2
                     Film : It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
     6.20pm   Shakespeare in Perspective
     6.45pm   News and Sport, Weather
     7.00pm   The First Noels
      7.15pm   Born in the USA
      8.15pm   The Saturday Alternative :
                     Much Ado about Nothing
   10.45pm   Arena Special
   12.00        Hammer Horror
                    Film : Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971)
​     1.35am   Closedown





    Sunday 23rd December 1984

    BBC2

 
      9.00am   Pages from Ceefax
        2.05pm  Horizon
        2.55pm   Music from St George's
        3.45pm   One Man and His Dog
        4.30pm   Geoffrey Smith's World of Flowers
         4.55pm   News Review
         5.25pm   The First Noels
         5.40pm   Ski Sunday
          6.15pm   Little Nezha Fights Great Dragon King
           7.15pm   Princes' Progress
          7.40pm   News on Two, Weather
           7.45pm   The Natural World
           8.35pm  Fanny and Alexander
          10.10pm  Film : Torn Curtain (1966)
​          12.20am  Closedown


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​  
    
Christmas Eve Monday 24th December 1984

    BBC2

     9.00am  Ceefax

      1.45pm  On the Tracks of the Wild Otter


      2.35pm  Film : The Gold Rush (1925)
                     with Charlie Chaplin

       3.45pm  The Telly Quiz 
​                      presented by Jerry Stevens


       4.15pm  The First Noels  
                      final part of the series tracing the
                      history of Christmas carols, 

                      presented by Sir Geraint Evans


      4.35pm  Alias St Nick, cartoon
 
      4.45pm  Film : Little Women (1949) 
                     starring June Allyson,
                     Margaret O`Brien, 
Elizabeth Taylor
                     & Janet Leigh


     6.40pm  Long Beach Olympiad
                    
documentary, narrated by Ray Moore,
                    
about Olympic Yachting


     7.30pm  News Summary
                    
with subtitles

    7.35pm  Born in Bethlehem
                   
the BBC Chorus with Aled Jones in Bethlehem,
                   
with readings  by Isla Blair and narration
                   
by Martin Jarvis


    8.25pm  Lena Horne: the Lady and Her Music
                   one-woman show recorded at the 
                   
Nederlander Theater, NY

  10.00pm  Film : The Quiet Man (1952)
                    starring John Wayne and Maureen O`Hara

  12.10am    Closedown





 










































​ 
​ 

  
     
Christmas Day Tuesday 25th December 1984   

     BBC2

     9:00am  Pages from Ceefax

      1:55pm  Film : Chaplin - A Dog's Life (1918)

                     starring Charlie Chaplin is the tramp in
                     this classic two-reeler co-stars the 'Tramp' 
                     
with scraps, a mongrel.

     2:35pm   Polar Bear Alert
                     Polar bears are among the world's
                     most dangerous animals.
                     For most of the year they are out on the
                     ice of Hudson Bay - until it melts, when they
                     
come ashore and Churchill, Manitoba,
                     
becomes reluctant host to them for
                     two months.

                     They saunter down Main Street, plunder
                     the rubbish dump, and break into homes -
                     
posing problems for the Bear Patrol


     3:25pm  Film : Chaplin - Limelight (1952)
                     starring Charlie Chaplin
                     once a star, is now only a theatrical memory.
                     
Returning home drunk one evening, he
                     
fortuitously saves a young ballet dancer
                     from suicide.
 
                     Their subsequent friendship alters the
                     course of both their careers. 

                     

      5:35pm  Telly Quiz 
                     with Jerry Stevens who asks 
                     Easy, Medium or Hard? 


     6:05pm  The Nutcracker
                     From the Theatre Royal, Glasgow,
                     Scottish Ballet presents a sparkling
                     production of Tchaikovsky's
                     The Nutcracker. After a sumptuous
                     Christmas party Clara helps the Nutcracker
                     
Prince defeat an army of giant mice and
                     is transported to the Land of Snow 


     7:50pm   The Master of Mouton
                     Russell Harty visits Baron Philippe
                     de Rothschild at Chateau Mouton
                     in the heart of the Medoc and gives
                     a personal glimpse of the most
                     colourful member of the Rothschild dynasty


     8:40pm   The Queen  
                      A Christmas Day programme in which 
                      HM The Queen speaks to the
                     
Commonwealth. 
                      With open subtitles and sign language
                       
interpretation for the deaf and
                       hard-of-hearing.
 


      8:55pm    Film : Kaos (1984)
                       This visually stunning film brings to
                       life four of Luigi Pirandello's short
                       stories. Tales of love, sorrow and laughter,
                       
shaded by superstition and gentle irony
                       and dominated by the harsh landscapes
                       of Sicily, lead to an imagined episode in
                       the writer's own life
.  
                       (An Italian film with English subtitles)

                       Première

      12.00        Closedown






























 







































 









​     Boxing Day Wednesday 26th December 1984


     BBC2
 
     9.00am  Pages from Ceefax

    12.45pm  Racing from Wincanton 

                     with Julian Wilson (1.00, 1.30, 2.00 races)

      2.15pm   In Pursuit of the Boar 
                     narrated by Joss Ackland

      3.05pm  Film : The Great Dictator (1940)
                     starring Charlie Chaplin, with
                     Paulette Goddard


      5.05pm  The Big H  
                      Leeds schoolchildren in a drama by
                      Tony Harrison with music by
 
                      Dominic Muldowney


       5.50pm  Telly Quiz 
                       third programme of the
celebrity quiz
                       hosted by Jerry Stevens


        6.20pm  Ingrid 
                       biographical documentary about
                       
Ingrid Bergman


         7.25pm  Hay Fever 
                       Noel Coward's play, starring 
                       Penelope Keith, Paul Eddington,

                       Patricia Hodge, Benjamin Whitrow,
                       Joan Sims, Susan Wooldridge
                       and many others


       9.00pm  Pavarotti at Madison Square Garden 
                       with music by the New Jersey Symphony
                       
Orchestra

      10.15pm   Innings of the Year
                        
Viv Richards' 189 not out v England at
                        Old Trafford on 31 May


      10.45pm  Film : The Third Man (1949)
                       starring Joseph Cotten and Orson Welles
​
      12.30am  Closedown




































      Thursday 27th December 1984

     BBC2


     9.00am   Pages from Ceefax
    12.45pm   Film : The Valley of Gwangi (1969)
     2.20pm   Schools Prom 84
     3.10pm   Cartoons
     3.25pm   Film :  Chaplin - Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
     5.25pm   News Summary, Weather
     5.30pm   Telly Quiz
     6.00pm   Film : Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
     8.00pm   Former Glory
     9.00pm  The Best.... and Worst of
                     Entertainment USA
     9.55pm   M*A*S*H : Goodbye, Farewell and Amen
    11.50pm   Lindisfarne Christmas Show
​    12.35am   Closedown
























​   Friday 28th December 1984

      BBC2


      9.00am   Pages from Ceefax
       1.45pm   Richard Rodgers : The Sound of his Music
       3.25pm  Film : Chaplin - A King in New York (1957)
       5.15pm   News Summary, Weather
      5.20pm   Penrose
      5.50pm   Telly Quiz
      6.20pm   Choir of the Year 1984
       7.30pm   Diving
      8.00pm   Do They Mean Us?
       8.45pm   Fanny and Alexander
     10.05pm   Hammer Horror Double Bill
                       Film : The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
      11.25pm   Film : Dracula (1958)
​      12.50am   Closedown


 























    Saturday 29th December 1984


    BBC2


      9.00am   Pages from Ceefax
       3.15pm   The Chaplin Revue
       4.35pm   Film : Bearheart of the Northwest (1978)
       5.55pm   The Saturday Alternative :
                       The Royal Ballet in Romeo and Juliet
       8.10pm   Saturday Review 1984
       9.25pm   Fanny and Alexander
      11.45pm   Hammer Horror 
                       Film : The Mummy (1959)
        1.15am   Closedown


 










    Sunday 30th December 1984


    BBC2


     9.00am   Pages from Ceefax
      1.50pm   Film : Chaplin - City Lights (1931)
      3.15pm   Rugby Special
     4.00pm   One Man and His Dog
      4.45pm   Geoffrey Smith's World of Flowers
      5.10pm   Film : The Wizard of Oz (1939)
     6.50pm   Cartoon
     7.00pm   Ski Sunday
      7.35pm   News on Two, Weather
      7.45pm   The Natural World
      8.35pm   The Everly Brothers Reunion Concert
      9.45pm   The Times at 200
    10.35pm   Film : Looking for Mr Goodbar 
(1977)
                      
Première

     12.50am   Closedown















​  New Year's Eve Monday 31st December 1984

  BBC2


     9.00am   Pages from Ceefax
    12.45pm   Racing from Newbury
     2.45pm   International Basketball
      4.15pm   The Real Good Life
     4.45pm   Telly Quiz
      5.15pm   Film : Chaplin - The Circus (1928)
      6.25pm   Bilko on Parade
      6.55pm   My Music
       7.25pm   Global Report
      9.00pm   Film : Day for Night (1973)
    10.50pm   84 Whistle Test 85
​      1.30am  Closedown




















 

   New Year's Day Tuesday 1st January 1985

  BBC2


     9.00am   Pages from Ceefax
    11.00am   The Red Arrows: Classic Manoeuvres
    11.40am   Color Rhapsody
     11.50am   Film : National Velvet (1944)
      1.50pm   Harold Lloyd in Luke's Movie Muddle
     2.00pm   Holiday Time
      2.45pm   Film : Mogambo (1953)
     4.40pm   Telly Quiz
      5.10pm   The Royal Institution's Christmas Lectures
                      The Message of the Genes 
       6.10pm  Film : Chaplin - Modern Times (1936)
       7.35pm  New Year in Vienna
      8.40pm  Meryl Streep at the National Film Theatre
       9.10pm  Film : The Deer Hunter  (1978)  
Première
      12.10am  Closedown


 








​   Wednesday 2nd January 1985


  BBC2


     9.00am  Pages from Ceefax
     1.55pm   Harold Lloyd in Somewhere in Turkey
    2.05pm   Holiday Time
    2.50pm   Cartoon Two
    3.00pm   Film : Bob Hope Stars in Road to Bali (1952)
    4.30pm   Telly Quiz
    5.00pm   The Royal Institution's Christmas Lectures
                    The Message of the Genes
    6.00pm   The High Chaparral
    6.50pm   International Snooker
    8.00pm   The Lambeth Boys
    9.00pm   Film :  Shirley MacLaine Stars in
                     The Turning Point (1977)
Première
   10.55pm   The 20th Century Remembered
   11.30pm   Closedown  




























​   Thursday 3rd January 1985
​
  BBC2


     9.00am   Pages from Ceefax
      1.55pm   Harold Lloyd in On the Fire
     2.05pm   Holiday Time
     2.50pm   Film : Bob Hope Stars in
                     The Ghost Breakers (1940)
      4.10pm   International Tennis
     5.00pm   The Royal Institution's Christmas Lectures
                       The Message of the Genes 
    6.00pm   A Passion to Protect
     6.50pm   International Snooker
     8.00pm   We Were the Lambeth Boys
     9.00pm   Film : Shirley MacLaine Stars in
                     Sweet Charity (1969)
    11.20pm   The 20th Century Remembered
     11.55pm   Closedown


  






















      Friday 4th January 1985

      BBC2


     9.00am   Pages from Ceefax
      1.55pm   Harold Lloyd in Swing Your Partners
     2.05pm   Holiday Time
     2.50pm   Film : Bob Hope Stars in
                     Son of Paleface (1952)
     4.20pm   International Tennis
     5.00pm   The Royal Institution's Christmas Lectures
                      The Message of the Genes 
     6.00pm   The Invaders
     6.50pm   Sing Country : New Year Special 
      7.35pm   Gardeners' World
     8.00pm   The Lambeth Boys
     9.00pm   Film : Shirley MacLaine Stars in
                      Gambit (1966)
    10.45pm   Male Up-Market
     11.15pm   Hammer Horror
                      Film : The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
    12.50am   Closedown


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