BBC CHRISTMAS TV 1985
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Saturday 21st December 1985
BBC1 8.30am The Family-Ness 8.35am Children of Fire Mountain 9.00am Saturday SuperStore 12.15pm Grandstand 5.05pm News, Weather 5.15pm Sport/Regional News 5.20pm The Krankies Elektronik Komik 5.50pm Bob's Full House 6.25pm Film : Carry On Follow that Camel (1967) 8.00pm Juliet Bravo 8.50pm Only Fools and Horses... 9.20pm News and Sport Weather 9.35pm Edge of Darkness 11.20pm Film : Dead Cert (1974) 12.50am Weather Sunday 22nd December 1985 BBC1 8.55am Play School 9.15am Articles of Faith 9.30am This is the Day 10.00am Asian Magazine 10.30am Former Glory 11.50am See Hear! 12.40pm Farming 1.05pm News Headlines 1.10pm Rockspell 2.00pm EastEnders Omnibus 3.00pm Tom and Jerry 3.10pm Botham Over Britain 3.40pm The Treble 4.45pm Sky-dive to Autana 5.30pm Oliver Twist 6.00pm Sir Richard Attenborough President of the Muscular Dystrophy Group appeals on its behalf. 6.05pm News 6.15pm Songs of Praise 7.15pm Film : The Jazz Singer (1980) Première 9.05pm News, Weather 9.20pm TV Film : Shadowlands (1985) 10.50pm Do They Know it's Christmas? 11.20pm Manilow's Christmas Magic 12.10am Weather Monday 23rd December 1985 BBC1 6.00am Ceefax AM 6.50am Breakfast Time 9.20am The Littlest Hobo 9.45am The Hunter 9.50am Play Chess 10.00am Charlie Brown 10.25am Roobarb 10.30am Play School 10.50am Songs of Praise 11.50am The Pink Panther Show 12.10pm Tom and Jerry 12.20pm Junior Kick Start 12.50pm News 1.00pm Regional News Weather 1.05pm Pebble Mill at One 1.45pm Pigeon Street 2.00pm Film : That's Action (1977) 3.45pm Tom and Jerry 3.52pm Regional News 3.55pm Cinderella 4.10pm Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends 4.35pm SuperTed 4.40pm Jonny Briggs 5.00pm John Craven's Newsround 5.05pm Blue Peter 5.35pm Rolf Harris Cartoon Time 6.00pm Six O'Clock News Weather 6.35pm Regional news magazines 7.00pm Wogan 7.35pm The Golden Oldie Christmas Show 8.00pm The 1973 Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show 9.00pm Nine O'Clock News 9.25pm The Monday Film : The Fog (1980) 10.55pm Dame Vera Lynn 11.35pm Taxi 12.00 Weather Christmas Eve Tuesday 24th December 1985 BBC1 6.00am Ceefax AM 6.50am Breakfast Time with Frank Bough, Selina Scott, Nick Ross, Debbie Greenwood & Mike Smith, with guests Roland Rat and the Choir of Westminster Abbey 9.20am The Littlest Hobo The Pearls Hobo helps the captain of a boat when he finds villains among the crew 9.45am The Hunter School Days, Fool Days Horace plays hookey and helps the Hunter blow the lid off the Fox's latest felony. 9.50am Play Chess Bill Hartston introduces the knight's move, and more easy checkmates 10.00am Charlie Brown A Charlie Brown Christmas There are fairy lights on Snoopy's kennel and the children have decided to put on a play, but Charlie Brown still wants to know what Christmas is really about 10.25am Magic Roundabout 10.30am Play School Story: A Close Shave for Father Christmas 10.50am Tom and Jerry 11.05am Charles in Charge A special Christmas edition starring Home for the Holidays It is Christmas Eve and the Pembroke household is buzzing with activity. Grandma Irene is expected for her annual visit and Charles is all set to leave to spend the holiday with his parents in Vermont - or is he? 11.30am See Hear! Christmas Special 12.20pm Junior Kick Start The second heat of BBC Television's junior motorcycling competition features 12 more talented riders from Cleveland, Hampshire, Tyne and Wear, Kent, the Isle of Man, Shropshire, Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Pembrokeshire and Lancashire as they attempt to conquer a difficult course at Easton Neston in Northamptonshire 12.50pm News with Richard Whitmore Weather, Bill Giles 1.00pm A Song for Christmas Cliff Richard is the star guest in the climax of this year's Children's Christmas Carol Competition, presented by Paul Coia and Josephine Buchan 1.45pm Mr Benn 2.00pm Film : The Slipper and the Rose (1976) In the tiny kingdom of Euphrania live a sad young girl and an unhappy prince. Trapped in their different worlds, they need only to meet to fall in love ... 4.20pm Keith and Orville's Christmas starring Keith Harris with Orville, Cuddles and Dippy and special guest star Dana Also featuring Eli Woods, Ronnie Brody, Los Martinos, Robbie Barnett and the Circus Dancers 5.00pm Carols from King's The traditional world-famous Service of Nine Lessons and Carols recorded specially for television in the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge 6.00pm News with Richard Whitmore Weather 6.15pm Jim'll Fix It for Christmas In this special Christmas edition, Jimmy Savile OBE fixes it for ... a pumpkin to be a coach, Bo-Peep to find her sheep, and a panto horse to win the 3.15 7.00pm Telly Addicts Christmas Special The Pains are the Telly Addict family of 1985. Tonight they meet a panel of television specialists. Nina Myskow. TV critic Barry Took. Points of View Michael Grade. Controller, BBC1 Larry Grayson, avid viewer Can the Pains beat the experts? 7.30pm Eastenders 8.00pm Kenny Everett's Christmas Carol The snow is falling in gentle flakes, the gaslight is flickering on ancient mantles, and Charles Dickens is spinning in his grave. Tonight Kenny presents his salute to the master's Christmas Carol with Michael Barrymore, Peter Cook, Spike Milligan Willie Rushton, John Wells and surprise guests, who appear as ghosts and other almost earthly beings 8.30pm A Question of Sport Bill Beaumont and Emlyn Hughes captain two teams of celebrities from the world of entertainment. Guests include BBCl's Bergerac, John Nettles ; from Big Deal, Ray Brooks - alias Robby Box, & comedians Eddie Large and Stan Boardman David Coleman questions their knowledge of the faces, facts and feats, reviving memories of the greatest - and the funniest - moments in sport 9.00pm Terry and June starring Terry Scott and June Whitfield 9.30pm News with Richard Whitmore Weather 9.45pm Cagney and Lacey Entrapment The criminals play a dirty game, so why not the cops? That question hangs above a partnership, when Cagney steps over the limits to ensnare an elusive drugs dealer and asks Lacey to fabricate her account of the arrest 10.30pm Val Donican's Christmas Party Val invites you to join him and his guests in a programme of music and fun for all the family. with his guests Pat Boone James Galway, Janet Brown, Stockton's Wing 11.20pm The Good Life Christmas Special Silly but it's fun 11.50pm The First Communion of Christmas from the Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Wilfrid at Ripon. For 1,300 years Christians have gathered on this site for worship. Introduced by Canon David Ford 12.50am Weather Christmas Day Wednesday 25th December 1985 BBC1 8:00am Pages from Ceefax 8:35am Play School It's Christmas Day! 8:55am Muppet Babies Ever wondered what Animal was like as a nipper; or if Miss Piggy looked glamorous in nappies; or whether Kermit was born a leader? Now is the chance to find out in Raiders of the Lost Muppet. Hide 'n' seek is fun, until Animal disappears and the trail leads the Muppet babies into the Basement of Doom. 9:20am Knock! Knock! celebrates Christmas. Around the Christmas Tree with Bryan Murray and Shireen Shah and the children of Great Moor Junior School, Stockport. 9:35am This is the Day A celebration, in worship and prayer, of the birth of the Saviour. The speaker is The Rt Rev Jim Thompson, Bishop of Stepney, and the service is introduced by Linda Mary Evans from a viewer's home in Birmingham 10:05am Film : The Gnome-Mobile (1967) starring Walter Brennan, Matthew Garber, Karen Dotrice Millionaire Mulrooney takes his grandchildren Elizabeth and Rodney tor a picnic in the Redwood Forest. While wandering in the woods, Elizabeth meets Jasper, a young gnome and his grandfather, Knobby, but soon discovers the gnomes have a serious problem. 11:30am Roland's Yuletide Binge The BBC are thrilled to present one of the most sensitive performing artistes, Roland Rat Superstar in a sparkling celebration of his historic move to the BBC 11:55am The Noel Edmonds Live Live Christmas Breakfast Show From the top of London's British Telecom Tower. Noel Edmonds presents a live outside broadcast uniting families and friends throughout the world. 2:00pm Top of the Pops Christmas Party Gary Davies, Jonathan King, Janice Long, Dixie Peach, John Peel and Steve Wright present the most popular hits of 1985. With Alison Moyet, Paul Young, Feargal Sharkey, King, Dead or Alive, Billy Ocean, Colonel Abrams and Baltimora Featuring the No 1 records of the year on video 3:00pm The Queen HM The Queen speaks to the Commonwealth 3:10pm Children's Royal Variety Performance in the presence of HRH The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, in aid of the NSPCC. 4:55pm All Creatures Great and Small James, Helen and their children share Skeldale House with the practice. Tristan, now working for the ministry, has picked up the threads of an old romance and Siegfried looks forward to the accelerating pace of progress 6:25pm News with Moira Stuart and Weather 6:30pm Hi-de-Hi! The Great Cat Robbery Maplin's Holiday Camp, 1960 The entertainment staffs troubles have only just begun, when they discover there's an emerald necklace hidden somewhere on the camp 7:30pm Only Fools and Horses. . . To Hull and Back In this special edition for Christmas, the Trotter family embark on a money-making adventure which takes them To Hull and Back starring David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst and Buster Merryfield 9:00pm The Two Ronnies starring Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett The two Ronnies are back with a crackerful of jokes in the gift-wrapped first show of a new series. 9:50pm News Moira Stuart and Weather Bill Giles 10:00pm Wogan Terry deserts his little home on Shepherd's Bush Green to fly out to Denver for Christmas at the Carrington mansion. 10:40pm Film : Absence of Malice (1981) starring Paul Newman, Sally Field Première 12:35am Weather 12:40am Closedown Boxing Day Thursday 26th December 1985 BBC1 8.00am Ceefax 8.35am Play School A Magic Box for Boxing Day! 9.00am Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse An animated film version of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous novel. Featuring the voices of Peter O'Toole, Helen Morse, Ron Haddrick 10.10am Take Two Christmas Special The programme that gives you the opportunity to comment on BBC tv with Josephine Buchan 10.50am Film : Swallows and Amazons (1974) starring Virginia McKenna, Ronald Fraser 12.20pm Junior Kick Start The final heat of BBC Television's junior motorcycling competition 12.50pm News with Jan Leeming Weather 1.00pm Ziggy's Gift Ziggy - a little guy in a big world, overweight and underwhelmed - takes a job as a street-corner Santa, but he finds himself working for a con man 1.25pm Film : The Great Escape (1963) starring Steve McQueen, James Garner Richard Attenborough 4.10pm Disney Time The traditional Christmas visit to the world of Walt Disney films introduced by Jan Francis Films include: Peter Pan, Bambi, The Black Cauldron Jungle Book, Pinocchio, The Adventures of Natty Gran 4.50pm Final Score All the headline makers and day's results 5.05pm News with Jan Leeming 5.15pm Comedy Classic : Open All Hours starring Ronnie Barker and David Jason with Lynda Baron 5.45pm Bob's Christmas Full House starring Bob Monkhouse A special festive edition of this exciting comedy quiz show 6.20pm The Paul Daniels Magic Christmas Show In a special holiday programme, Paul Daniels presents a magical version of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs featuring Debbie McGee as Snow White and Fenella Fielding as the Wicked Queen and, with the accent on youth, introduces his remarkable guests. From the USA, Lance Burton combining swordplay and magic with incredible results; The Jazzy Jumpers, skipping as you have never seen before; and, from China, the intriguing skills of gymnast, Zhou Shurong and a special guest appearance by Sooty with Matthew Corbett 7.10pm Eastenders 7.40pm 'Allo 'Allo! The Gateau from the Chateau 8.30pm In Sickness and in Health starring Warren Mitchell and Dandy Nichols 9.00pm Tenko Reunion Five years after their release from internment, the women return to Singapore for a reunion, unaware of the intrigue that is to involve them in treachery and murder 10.50pm News with Jan Leeming Weather 11.05pm Films of the Year Barry Norman reflects on 1985's outstanding releases and chooses his ten favourite films. 11.45pm Film : Hitchcock - Strangers on a Train (1951) The first of four films for the festive season from the master of suspense, tonight starring Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker with Leo G. Carroll 1.25am Weather Friday 27th December 1985 BBC1 8.00am Pages from Ceefax 9.05am Chigley 9.20am The Littlest Hobo 9.45am The Hunter 9.50am Play Chess 10.00am Charlie Brown 10.25am Willo the Wisp 10.30am Play School 10.50am A Merry Mirthworm Christmas 11.15am Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration 12.15pm Tom and Jerry 12.20pm Junior Kick Start 12.50pm News, Weather 1.00pm Sport 85 2.00pm Tom and Jerry 2.10pm Film : Ben Hur (1959) 5.35pm Grange Hill for Christmas 6.05pm News, Weather 6.20pm Superdance 85 7.00pm Wogan 7.40pm Christmas Blankety Blank 8.15pm Dynasty : The Homecoming 9.05pm Nine O'Clock News Weekend Weather 9.20pm Stanley Baxter's Christmas Hamper 10.10pm Film : High Risk (1981) Première 11.40pm Film : Hitchcock - Suspicion (1941) 1.15am Weather Saturday 28th December 1985 BBC1 8.30am The Family-Ness 8.35am Children of Fire Mountain 9.00am Saturday Superstore 10.50am Film : Hambone and Hillie (1983) Première 12.15pm Grandstand 5.05pm News, Weather 5.15pm Sport/Regional News 5.20pm The Krankies Elektronik Komik 5.50pm Film : Watership Down (1978) 7.20pm Les and Dustin's Laughter Show 7.55pm Film : Death on the Nile (1978) 10.10pm News and Sport, Weather 10.25pm Barry Norman's Guide to American Soaps 11.15pm Film : Hitchcock - The Wrong Man (1956) 1.00am Weather Sunday 29th December 1985 BBC1 8.55am Play School 9.15am Articles of Faith 9.30am This is the Day 10.00am Asian Magazine 10.30am See Hear! 10.55am The Pink Panther Show 11.10am Film : The Alamo (1960) 1.55pm News Headlines Weather news for farmers 2.00pm EastEnders Omnibus 3.00pm Film : The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) 4.40pm The Christmas Rock Gospel Show 5.15pm Earthstars 5.55pm Oliver Twist 6.25pm News, Weather 6.35pm Songs of Praise 7.15pm Film : Gandhi (1982) Première 8.40pm News, Weather 8.55pm Film : Gandhi (1982) (cont'd) Première 10.30pm Review of the Year 1985 11.45pm Weather Monday 30th December 1985 BBC1 6.00am CeefaxAM 6.50am Breakfast Time 9.20am The Littlest Hobo 9.45am Why Don't You.... 10.10am The Hunter 10.15am Play Chess 10.25am Paddington 10.30am Play School 10.50am The New Adventures of Wonder Woman 11.40am The Montreux Rock Festival 12.30pm News 12.40pm Regional News Weather 12.45pm Holiday Air 85 1.45pm Little Misses and the Mister Men 2.00pm Film : Treasure Island (1950) 3.30pm Tom and Jerry 3.47pm Regional News 3.50pm Caterpillar Trail 4.05pm Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends : Attack of the Arachnoid 4.30pm Alice Through the Looking Glass 5.05pm Blue Peter Review of the Year 5.35pm News, Weather 5.50pm Regional news magazines 6.00pm The World's Strongest Man 7.00pm Film : The Black Stallion (1979) Première 8.55pm News, Weather 9.10pm Yes Minister 10.10pm Silas Marner (The Weaver of Raveloe) 11.45pm Film Hitchcock - I Confess (1953) 1.20am Weather New Year's Eve Tuesday 31st December 1985 BBC1 6.00am Ceefax AM 6.50am Breakfast Time 9.20am The Littlest Hobo 9.45am Why Don't You... ? 10.10am The Hunter 10.15am Play Chess 10.25am Ivor the Engine 10.30am Play School 10.50am The New Adventures of Wonder Woman 11.40am The Montreux Rock Festival 12.30pm News, Weather 12.45pm Sport 85 1.45pm Ice Skating Special 2.40pm Film : Gone With the Wind (1939) 6.15pm News, Weather 6.30pm EastEnders 7.00pm Film : The Magnificent Seven (1960) 9.05pm Nine O'Clock News, Weather 9.20pm The Browning Version 10.35pm Comedy Classic : Steptoe and Son 11.15pm Wogan 12.15am Film : Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) 1.55am Weather New Year's Day Wednesday 1st January 1986 BBC1 8.00am Pages from Ceefax 8.30am The Pink Panther Show 9.05am Mop and Smiff 9.20am The Littlest Hobo: Second Chance 9.45am Why Don't You.... 10.10am The Hunter 10.15am Play Chess 10.25am Ivor the Engine 10.30am Play School 10.50am Edinburgh Military Tattoo 1985 12.00 Birdwatch 12.10pm Tom and Jerry 12.20pm Film : Dot and the Kangaroo (1977) 1.35pm News, Weather 1.45pm Birdwatch 2.00pm Ice Skating Special 2.50pm Birdwatch 3.15pm Back to the Drawing Board 4.00pm Paul Young in Concert 4.50pm Final Score 5.05pm News, Weather 5.20pm The Circus World Championships 6.20pm Film : Clash of the Titans (1981) Première 8.15pm Last of the Summer Wine : Uncle of the Bride 9.40pm News, Weather 9.55pm Film : Rocky II (1979) Première 11.50pm Barry Manilow 12.40am Weather Thursday 2nd January 1986 BBC1 6.00am Ceefax AM 6.50am Breakfast Time 9.20am The Littlest Hobo 9.45am Why Don't You...? 10.10am The Hunter 10.15am Play Chess 10.25am Ivor the Engine 10.30am Play School 10.50am The New Adventures of Wonder Woman 11.40am The Montreux Rock Festival 12.30pm News After Noon 12.50pm Regional News 12.55pm Fame 1.45pm Hokey Cokey 2.00pm Film : Son of Lassie (1945) 3.35pm Tom and Jerry 3.52pm Regional News 3.55pm T.T.V. (Tea Time Television) 4.10pm SuperTed 4.20pm William Plays Santa Claus 4.30pm Ulysses 31 4.55pm Phillip Looks at 86 5.05pm Blue Peter 5.35pm Best of Birdwatch 6.00pm Six O'Clock News 6.35pm Regional news magazines 7.00pm Top of the Pops 7.30pm EastEnders 8.00pm Tomorrow's World 8.30pm A Question of Sport 9.00pm Nine O'Clock News, Weather 9.25pm Film : Endless Love (1981) Première 11.15pm Starsky and Hutch 12.05am Weather Friday 3rd January 1986 BBC1 6.00am Ceefax AM 6.50am Breakfast Time 9.20am The Littlest Hobo 9.45am Why Don't You...? 10.10am The Hunter 10.15am Play Chess 10.25am Ivor the Engine 10.30am Play School 10.50am The New Adventures of Wonder Woman 11.40am The Montreux Rock Festival 12.30pm News After Noon 12.50pm Regional News, Weather 12.55pm Sport 85 1.45pm Chigley 2.00pm The Adventures of the Wilderness Family 3.35pm Tom and Jerry 3.52pm Regional News 3.55pm Count Me In 4.10pm The Mole Comes to Town 4.35pm A Paddington Special 5.05pm Newsround China 5.35pm The Flintstones 6.00pm Six O'Clock News Weather 6.35pm Regional news magazines 7.00pm Wogan 7.35pm Blankety Blank 8.10pm Dynasty 9.00pm Nine O'Clock News Weather 9.25pm Film : A Fistful of Dollars (1964) 11.00pm Starsky and Hutch 12.35am Weather |
Saturday 21st December 1985
BBC2 9.00am Pages from Ceefax 1.50pm The Sky at Night 2.10pm Saturday Cinema Double Bill Film : Cheaters (1945) 3.35pm TV Film : The Nativity (1978) 5.05pm Richard Dimbleby: A Broadcasting Life 6.00pm Deutsch direkt! 6.25pm James Cagney - That Yankee Doodle Dandy 7.15pm News and Sport, Weather 7.30pm The Doggy Men 10.05pm Saturday Review 1985 11.20pm Film : Francesco Rosi Season : Three Brothers (1981) Sunday 22nd December 1985 BBC2 11.45am Champion, the Wonder Horse 12.10pm Windmill 1.10pm States of Mind 2.00pm Rugby Special 2.30pm The Orson Welles Story 5.20pm News Review 5.50pm Thinking Aloud 6.30pm Ski Sunday 7.15pm The Natural World 8.05pm Comrades 8.45pm Under Sail 9.05pm Film : The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) Première 11.05pm The Other Side of Alf Monday 23rd December 1985 BBC2 9.00am Pages from Ceefax 2.00pm What's Up, Chuck? 2.35pm Film : Rex Harrison Stars in Cleopatra (1963) 6.35pm Gotta Dance, Gotta Sing 7.25pm The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin 8.00pm Film : Tess (1979) Première 10.45pm Sport 85 12.10am Weatherview Christmas Eve Tuesday 24th December 1985 BBC2 9.00am Ceefax 1.40pm What's Up, Chuck ? Today Chuck Jones traces the incwedible wise of Warner Brothers's greatest star, Bugs Bunny , from supporting role in Elmer's Candid Camera to superstardom as the saviour of democracy and the universe in Super-Rabbit and Haredevil Hare. Mel Blanc , 'the voice of the stars', talks about Bugs's distinctive accent and his own allergy to carrots! 2.10pm Sport 85 From one of the vintage years of British sport, Harry Carpenter selects another memorable occasion : The 50th Rugby League Challenge Cup Final Hull v Wigan 3.00pm Film : Peter No-Tail (1981) An animated feature film Première 4.20pm Film : Dr Dolittle (1967) In the second of three films featuring Rex Harrison , he plays the celebrated inhabitant of Puddleby. 6.40pm It's Your 20th Anniversary, Charlie Brown Good grief Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang have been appearing on the box for 20 years. Charles M. Schultz comperes this salute to his creations with highlights from many of the best Charlie Brown television shows, together with a sneak preview of Snoopy's Getting Married 7.30pm The New-Born King a Christmas celebration from Westminster Cathedral, with Aled Jones, Eirlan James, Benjamin Luxon and the Westminster Cathedral Choir 8.30pm Call My Bluff A duel of words and wit between Frank Muir, Jan Francis, Patrick Lichfield and Arthur Marshall Sue Arnold Ian Ogilvy Referee Robert Robinson 9.00pm Rush- The Fallow Deer Another animal drama from the team who made Three in the Wild. 10.00pm Charles and Diana- A Working Year In 1985 The Prince and Princess of Wales undertook more public engagements and foreign tours than ever before all in the customary blaze of world wide publicity. Sue Lawley looks back at the royal working year, and what the Prince and Princess are trying to achieve on the "royal road show" 10.30pm Film : The Innocents (1961) starring Deborah Kerr A chilling ghost story for Christmas Eve 12.05am Weather Christmas Day Wednesday 25th December 1985 BBC2 9:00am Pages from Ceefax 11:30am Horizon : Supercharged The Grand Prix Car (1924-39) Using unique film and priceless restored cars 'road-tested' by racing driver John Watson, Horizon re-creates the pre-war 'Golden Age' of the Grand Prix car. 12:20pm Film : The Man in the Santa Claus Suit (1978) starring Fred Astaire In this charming fantasy about the spirit of Christmas, Fred Astaire plays the title role - and seven other parts. Three men each rent a Santa Claus suit and find their lives drastically altered by a mysterious figure who appears in their lives 1:55pm Christmas Day Concert Live from the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam Mahler Symphony No 7 with the Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Bernard Haitink The Christmas Day concert in Amsterdam is a major event in the music calendar. It is a particularly special occasion this year because Bernard Haitink is celebrating his 25th anniversary as Artistic Director of the Concertgebouw Orchestra 3:30pm Three in the Wild The first in a trilogy of dramas depicting the lives of three of Britain's wild creatures 4:30pm Film : Welles Directs - Citizen Kane (1941) Some 45 years after Welles's feature debut, at the age of 25, Citizen Kane is still regarded as a masterpiece and a landmark in cinema history. As director, Welles broke, and re-created, innumerable rules. As an actor, he gave a mesmerising performance as the newspaper magnate who became rich and powerful, only to find his career threatened by scandal. 'Here is a man who could have been President, who was as loved and hated and as talked about as any man in our time, but when he comes to die, he's got something on his mind called Rosebud. Now what does that mean?' 6:25pm A Prize Performance : Hinge and Bracket When Dame Hilda Bracket is invited as guest speaker to The Cheltenham Ladies' College Speech Day, Dr Hinge assumes it is because she is a distinguished 'old girl'. However, on closer inspection, the history of Hilda's schooldays seems to elude the inquisitive doctor 7:20pm The Queen HM The Queen speaks to the Commonwealth. With open subtitles and sign-language interpretation for the deaf and hard-of-hearing 7:30pm Kiri Te Kanawa at Christmas Dame Kiri Te Kanawa presents a special programme of seasonal music both classical and contemporary from the Barbican Hall in London, with the Philharmonia Orchestra 8:20pm Edge of the Wind 'In the winter if I build a fire and the wind blows off the sea you could imagine you were back in the hills again.' 9:25pm Film Buff of the Year All- Winners Show Robin Ray brings together the winners of the previous series in a special holiday edition to find the Champion of Champions. Apart from general questions testing their knowledge, each contestant will be more closely tested on a specific chosen area. Dennis Howells (1982) answers questions on Hollywood musicals of the 1940s ; Peter Richards (1983) on Claude Chabrol ; John Dawson (1984) on Ken Russell ; and Howard Spencer, the current champion, on Claude Rains 10:00pm Film : Diva (1982) starring Wilhelmenia Wiggins, Fernandez Frederic Andrei American diva Cynthia Hawkins has never cut a disc, so the cassette secretly recorded by a young fan, - Jules, is priceless. So is the cassette a dying girl drops into Jules's saddle-bag. Ruthless killers compete for possession of the tapes and Jules finds himself the innocent quarry in Jean-Jacques Beineix 's witty and stylish film debut Première 11:55pm Choirs at Midnight An international festival of boys' choirs held in honour of St Cecilia 12:55am Weatherview 1:05am Closedown Boxing Day Thursday 26th December 1985 BBC2 9.00am Ceefax 10.35am The Journey A series of programmes featuring playwright Peter Terson and reporter Dennis Skillicorn as they travel by gypsy wagon along the old pilgrims' route from Winchester to Canterbury. In the ninth programme of the series they visit Aylesford Priory and join in the fun of the annual Maidstone Carnival. Rejoining the Pilgrims' Way at Thurnham they pass through Hollingbourne and find a camp site where they meet up with a genuine gypsy family, who tell the travellers what it is really like to spend a life on the road! 11.05am Film : John Ford's The Horse Soldiers (1959) starring john Wayne and William Holden 1.00pm Magnusson's Iceland 'Iceland is full of lovely places, lyrical places, dramatic places, places to discover, places to cherish, places to tell about' Magnus Magnusson was born in Iceland but left as a child to live in Scotland. This is the story of his personal pilgrimage back to the land of his birth to meet old friends and visit remembered places 1.50pm What's Up, Chuck ? Chuck Jones illustrates Daffy Duck's greed and cunning in three of his classic cartoons : My Favourite Duck Tom Turk and Daffy and The Scarlet Pumpernickle 2.20pm Three in the Wild The second in the trilogy depicting the lives of three of Britain's wild creatures. 3.20pm Film : The Adventures of Afanti (1980) starring Tuyikun China's folk hero, Afanti, is the hero of this exotic comedy set in the western China republic of Xinjiang. The roguish Afanti has his own way of dealing with problems. Where conventional protests fail, Afanti's outrageous cheek will always carry the day Première 4.30pm Film : Welles Directs - A Touch of Evil (1958) continues the season of films by Orson Welles who died in October. Today starring Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles Orson Welles presents a powerful tour de force as director-star in this rarely seen longer version of the film. Honeymooning in the frontier town of Los Robles, Mike Vargas , special narcotics investigator for the Mexican Ministry of Justice, finds himself mixed up in a case involving murder, underworld racketeers - and police corruption in the massive shape of Hank Quinlan , an unscrupulous detective captain. 6.15pm Sport 85 Harry Carpenter introduces one of the most amazing sports stories in his long television experience. Boris Becker - Wimbledon Champion 7.15pm The American Film Institute Salute to Gene Kelly The 13th annual AFI Life Achievement Award, presented in a tribute from Hollywood to the great dancer, singer, actor, choreographer and director. Introduced by Shirley MacLaine 8.30pm Film : Franco Zeffirelli 's La Traviata (1982) starring Teresa Stratas Placido Domingo Verdi's romantic tragedy about the love of a young nobleman for a courtesan gave Italian director Franco Zeffirelli the ideal opportunity to unite the two loves of his life - opera and film. Determined to break through the restraints of staged opera, Zeffirelli used the freedom of cinematic techniques to create a film of ravishing beauty and intimacy Première 10.15pm Black Silk The fate of a child of mixed parentage becomes the focus of a crisis in Larry's own life, last in the series 11.05pm Film : Gene Kelly in The Pirate (1948) Also starring Judy Garland With its 19th century Caribbean island setting, magnificent costumes and Cole Porter songs 'Be a clown' and 'Love of my life', The Pirate has long been acclaimed as one of the great Hollywood musicals. Judy Garland gives one of her greatest performances as the lovelorn Manuela and Gene Kelly confirmed his star status in the role of the dashing 'pirate' Serafin 12.45am Weather Friday 27th December 1985 BBC2 9.00am Pages from Ceefax 11.25am Film : Bundle of Joy (19) 1.00pm The Crazy Gang: A Celebration 2.00pm What's Up, Chuck? 2.30pm Three in the Wild 3.30pm Sweet FA 4.10pm Film : Welles Directs - Journey into Fear (1942) 5.20pm The Freddie Mills Story 6.20pm Film : Rex Harrison Stars in My Fair Lady (1964) 9.05pm Entertainment USA 9.35pm Film : Patricia Highsmith's Deep Water (1981) Première 11.35pm Film : Gene Kelly in Invitation to the Dance (1956) 1.05am Weatherview Saturday 28th December 1985 BBC2 9.00am Pages from Ceefax 1.00pm Choir of the Year 1984 1.45pm What's Up, Chuck? 2.10pm Film : Hitchcock - Under Capricorn (1949) 4.05pm Film : Welles Directs - Macbeth 5.50pm Great Western Journey 7.00pm News and Sport, Weather 7.20pm Yeomen of the Guard 8.45pm Penyberth 10.25pm Film : The Taking of Pelham 123 (1974) Sunday 29th December 1985 BBC2 9.00am Pages from Ceefax 11.40am Champion, the Wonder Horse 12.05pm Windmill 1.05pm States of Mind 1.55pm Film : Welles Directs - The Lady from Shanghai (1947) 3.20pm Aladdin and the 40 Thieves 4.20pm Under Sail 4.40pm Film : Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 7.15pm The Royal Ballet in The Nutcracker 8.55pm The Natural World 9.40pm Comrades 10.20pm Submarines at War 10.30pm Film : Serpico (1973) Monday 30th December 1985 BBC2 11.10am Film : Forty Guns to Apache Pass (1967) 12.45pm Racing from Newbury 2.45pm What's Up, Chuck? 3.15pm Sanders Rides the World 3.45pm Film : Welles Directs - Chimes at Midnight (1965) 5.35pm Ski Jumping 6.10pm One of Our Bombers is No Longer Missing 7.00pm The Compleat Beatles 9.00pm Whistle Test - The View Ahead 9.10pm Film : Ragtime (1981) Première 11.40pm Weatherview New Year's Eve Tuesday 31st December 1985 BBC2 9.00am Pages from Ceefax 11.45am Film : Maverick Queen (1956) 1.10pm Everest, the Final Challenge 2.00pm What's Up, Chuck? 2.30pm Motor 100 3.45pm Around the World in Seven Minutes and Four Times on Saturday 4.35pm Film : Welles Directs - The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) 6.00pm Call My Bluff 6.30pm Film : Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) 8.05pm 85 Whistle Test 86 New Year's Day Wednesday 1st January 1986 BBC2 9.00am Pages from Ceefax 10.30am Film : Huckleberry Finn (1974) Première 12.20pm Color Rhapsody 12.30pm Racing from Cheltenham 2.45pm What's Up, Chuck? 3.15pm Film : Cliff Richard in Wonderful Life (1964) 5.05pm Ski Sunday Special 5.40pm Philip Larkin 6.10pm New Year's Day Concert 7.25pm Timewatch 8.15pm Film : The Front Page (1974) 9.55pm Do They Mean Us 10.35pm Film : The Marx Brothers in Animal Crackers (1930) 12.10am Weatherview Thursday 2nd January 1986 BBC2 10.55am Film : The Outcast (1954) 12.20pm The Journey 12.50pm Racing from Cheltenham 3.05pm What's Up, Chuck? 3.35pm Film : Cliff Richard in The Young Ones (1961) 5.20pm The Watchtower 5.50pm The World of Maurice Sendak 6.20pm Where the Wild Things Are 7.00pm The Golden Years of Alexander Korda 8.20pm Into 86 with BBC2 8.30pm Entertainment USA 9.00pm Colette 10.30pm An Evening with Howard Keel 11.10pm Film : The Marx Brothers in Horse Feathers (1932) 12.15am Weatherview Friday 3rd January 1986 BBC2 11.40am Yabadabadoo! 12.10pm TV Film : Cutter's Trail (1970) 1.40pm What's Up, Chuck? 2.20pm Sport 85 3.50pm Film : Cliff Richard in Summer Holiday (1963) 5.35pm Film : Yellow Submarine (1968) 7.00pm Higglety Pigglety Pop! 8.00pm Flower of the Month 8.10pm To The World's End 9.00pm Colette 10.30pm An Evening with Howard Keel 11.15pm Film : The Marx Brothers in Monkey Business (1931) 12.30am Weatherview |
