BBC CHRISTMAS TV 1987
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Saturday 19th December 1987
BBC1 8.20am Roobarb 8.25am Corners 8.40am ChuckleVision 9.00am The Muppet Babies 9.30am Going Live! 12.12pm Weather 12.15pm Grandstand 5.05pm News, Weather 5.15pm Regional News/Sport 5.20pm Rolf Harris Cartoon Time 5.45pm Telly Addicts 6.15pm My Family and Other Animals 6.45pm Bob's Full House 7.25pm Hi-de-Hi! 8.10pm Casualty 9.00pm News and Sport, Weather 9.15pm Cagney and Lacey 10.00pm Stanley Baxter's Picture Annual 10.50pm International Show Jumping 11.55pm Film : The Anderson Tapes (1971) 1.30am Weather Sunday 20th December 1987 BBC1 8.55am Play School 9.15am Articles of Faith 9.30am This Is the Day 10.00am Bazaar 10.30am Talking Business 10.55am Tele-France 11.20am A vous la France! 11.45am See Hear Christmas Special 12.35pm Farming 12.58pm Weather for farmers 1.00pm News 1.05pm The High Chaparral 1.50pm Cartoon 2.00pm EastEnders 3.00pm Open Air Christmas Preview 3.50pm International Show Jumping 4.50pm Antiques Roadshow 5.35pm Vanity Fair 6.10pm Lifeline 6.20pm News, Weather 6.35pm Songs of Praise 7.15pm Last of the Summer Wine 7.50pm Film : Jaws (1975) 9.50pm News, Weather 10.05pm Everyman 10.45pm International Show Jumping 11.35pm The Secret Life of Paintings 12.15am Weather Monday 21st December 1987 BBC1 6.00am Ceefax AM 6.35am Clark and McCulloch 6.55am Weather 7.00am Breakfast Time 8.40am Open Air 8.55am Regional News and Weather 9.00am News Weather followed by Neighbours 9.25m Open Air 10.25am Children's BBC Play School 10.50am Open Air 10.55am Five to Eleven 11.00am News, Weather followed by Open Air 11.20am Why Don't You...? 11.45am Open Air 12.00 News, Weather followed by Daytime Live 12.55pm Regional News and Weather 1.00pm One O'Clock News, Weather 1.30pm Neighbours 1.50pm Going for Gold 2.15pm International Show Jumping 3.05pm The Pink Panther Show 3.25pm The Olden Days' Coat 3.50pm Children's BBC Laurel and Hardy 4.00pm Wizbit 4.10pm Ratman 4.20pm Ewoks 4.40pm Simon and the Witch 4.55pm Newsround 5.05pm Blue Peter 5.35pm Masterteam 87 : The Final 6.00pm Six O'Clock News Weather 6.35pm Regional news magazines 7.00pm Wogan 7.35pm Toys for Christmas 8.10pm Dear John 9.00pm Nine O'clock News Regional News, Weather 9.30pm Film : The Woman in Red (1984) Première 10.55pm A Perfect Spy 11.55pm Weather Tuesday 22nd December 1987 BBC1 6.00am Ceefax AM 6.35am Clark and McCulloch 6.55am Weather 7.00am Breakfast Time 8.30am Going for Gold 8.55am Regional News and Weather 9.00am News, Weather followed by Neighbours 9.20am Children's BBC Laurel and Hardy 9.30am Why Don't You...? 9.55am Paddington 10.00am News, Weather 10.05am Boss Cat 10.30am Play School 10.55am Five to Eleven 11.00am News, Weather 11.50am Cartoon 12.00 News, Weather 12.55pm Regional News and Weather 1.00pm One O'Clock News, Weather 1.30pm Neighbours 1.50pm Going for Gold 2.15pm Holiday Movie Film : The Wilderness Family (1975) 3.50pm Children's BBC Fireman Sam 4.00pm Sebastian, the Incredible Drawing Dog 4.10pm Philomena 4.20pm Simon and the Witch 4.35pm Record Breakers 5.00pm Newsround 5.10pm The Uphill Ski Club 5.35pm Rolf Harris Cartoon Time 6.00pm Six O'Clock News Weather 6.35pm Regional news magazines 7.00pm No Place Like Home 7.30pm EastEnders 8.00pm 'Allo 'Allo! 8.50pm Points of View 9.00pm Nine O'clock News Regional News; Weather 9.30pm Film : Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile (1978) 11.45pm Weather Wednesday 23rd December 1987 BBC1 6.00am Ceefax AM 6.35am Clark and McCulloch 6.55am Weather 7.00am Breakfast Time 8.30am Going for Gold 8.55am Regional News and Weather 9.00am News, Weather followed by Neighbours 9.20am Children's BBC Laurel and Hardy 9.30am Why Dont You... ? 9.55am Paddington 10.00am News, Weather Children's BBC 10.05am The Nightingale 10.30am Play School 10.55am Five to Eleven 11.00am News, Weather followed by The High Chaparral 11.50am Cartoon 12.00 News, Weather 12.55pm Regional News and Weather 1.00pm One O'Clock News Weather 1.30pm Neighbours 1.50pm Going for Gold 2.15pm Holiday Movie : TV Film : Yogi's First Christmas (1980) Première 3.50pm Children's BBC Caterpillar Trail 4.10pm Benji, Zax and the Alien Prince 4.30pm Hartbeat 4.55pm Newsround 5.05pm Aliens in the Family 5.35pm The Golden Oldie Christmas Show 6.00pm Six O'Clock News, Weather 6.35pm Regional news magazines 7.00pm Wogan 7.40pm Brockside 8.10pm Dallas 9.00pm Nine O'Clock News Regional News, Weather 9.30pm Film : Kelly's Heroes (1970) 11.50pm The Making of The Bounty 12.15am Weather Christmas Eve Thursday 24th December 1987 BBC1 6.00am Ceefax AM 6.35am Clark and McCulloch in A Pig's Eye 6.55am Weather 7.00am Breakfast Time with Jeremy Paxman and Sally Jones 8.30am Going for Gold with Henry Kelly 8.55am Regional News and Weather 9.00am News and Weather followed by Neighbours 9.20am Children's BBC introduced by Simon Parkin Laurel and Hardy Flea 's a Crowd, cartoon 9.30am Why Don't You...? Will the Grub Grotto finally crack under the weight of fruit and veg? Will the weather hold out for the special guest? Will life on the high seas change the gang or ruin their sweatshirts? Watch and find out! 9.55am Jimbo and the Jet Set Jinglebells Jimbo 10.00am News and Weather 10.05am Children's BBC Babar and Father Christmas It is Christmas time in the land of the elephants. Babar wants to persuade Father Christmas to visit his kingdom, and sets off to find him. 10.30am Play School with Elizabeth Watts 10.55am Five to Eleven Christmas readings with Laurence Olivier 11.00am News, Weather followed by Film : When the North Wind Blows (1974) starring Henry Brandon Herbert Nelson Dan Haggerty 12.55pm Regional News and Weather 1.00pm News with Michael Buerk Weather 1.15pm Cartoon Double Bill 1.30pm Neighbours Shane is in trouble with the police and seeks Clive's help 1.50pm Going for Gold Hosted by Henry Kelly 2.15pm Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales A 24 Carrot Delight Yosemite Sam Scrooge, Porky Pig Cratchit and Tweety Pie, Tiny Tim, star in Bugs Bunny's own A Christmas Carol. While Scrooge sees the light, hope flickers for Wile E. Coyote when he learns roadrunners hate snow ... 2.40pm The Christmas Toy It's Christmas Eve and all the playroom toys come to life. 3.30pm The Pink Panther Show A Fly in the Pink; The Ant from Uncle; Pinkfinger 3.50pm Children's BBC Panto-Time! Mother Goose by Brian Cant 4.10pm SuperTed SuperTed Meets Father Christmas 4.15pm Benji, Zax and the Alien Prince Benji Call Home 4.40pm 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 5.00pm Blue Peter with Mark Curry, Caron Keating, Yvette Fielding 5.35pm Rolf Harris Cartoon Time Today's cartoons are : Salt Water Tabby, The Up-standing Sitter, Rhapsody Rabbit 6.00pm News with Moira Stuart Weather Bill Giles 6.15pm Regional News 6.20pm Jim'll Fix It for Christmas Dear Jim, Please can you fix it for me to ... Climb a beanstalk? Build an igloo? Give Father Christmas his dinner? Those are just three of the dreams Jimmy Savile fixes in this special Christmas edition 7.00pm A Question of Sport For this seasonal special Emlyn Hughes and Bill Beaumont are joined by stars from the world of entertainment. Comedian Bernard Manning makes one of his rare television appearances alongside Emlyn, with 'Christmas greetings' from Peter Howitt - Joey Boswell from Bread; while the record-breaking Roy Castle joins Bill and controversial cricket writer Frances Edmonds. David Coleman questions their knowledge of the faces, facts and feats, reviving memories of the greatest - and the funniest - moments in sport 7.30pm Eastenders 'I've never wanted anything else, Charlie. I couldn't be happier even if the Archangel Gabriel walked through that door.' 8.00pm The Lenny Henry Christmas Special A Christmas special of sketches and music featuring favourite characters such as Deakus and Josh Yarlog , and a trip down memory lane to 1970-ish. Starring Lenny Henry Special guests Robbie Coltrane and Terence Trent D'Arby 8.40pm Film : High Road to China (1983) starring Tom Selleck and Bess Armstrong 10.25pm News with Moira Stuart Weather 10.40pm Christmas Eve with Val Doonican and his special guests Howard Keel with Sky Michala Petri and St Philip 's Choir As all the family gather at this special time of year, Val invites you to share this last hour or so of Christmas Eve, when he and his guests bring you some music, fun and nostalgia 11.30pm The First Communion of Christmas To mark the historic coming of the Light of the World, the programme joins Merseyside worshippers in Moreton Methodist Church on the Wirral for their candlelit communion service 12.35am Weather Christmas Day Friday 25th December 1987 BBC1 7.00am Children's BBC Christmas morning with Andy Crane, Simon Potter and Simon Parkin starting with Ziggy's Gift animation, Ziggy - a little guy in a big world, overweight and underwhelmed - takes a job as a street-corner Santa 7.30am Play School Presented by Elizabeth Watts, Floella Benjamin and Fred Harris 7.50am Panto-Time! Aladdin by Brian Cant 8.10am Umbrella Bryan Murray and Maria Warner light Hanukah and Christmas candles and tell tales of freedom fighters and of the children who led a peaceful protest over an orange shortage 8.30am Songs of Praise For Christmas Day from the chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge. Pauline Webb lights the last of the candles on the Advent wreath which has travelled to Zimbabwe, Scotland and Canada. The Christians of Cambridge, Harare, Edinburgh and Vancouver are linked together to share their favourite Christmas carols ; and the Christmas gospel is read by President Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia 9.00am Christmas Morning with Noel From the Telecom Tower in London, Noel Edmonds hosts an outside broadcast which is also being transmitted live throughout Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Gibraltar 10.30am Christmas Readings with Laurence Olivier 10.35am Christmas Morning Service from St George 's Chapel, Windsor Castle HM The Queen with HRH The Duke of Edinburgh and HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother with members of the Royal Family attend morning prayer in the historic setting of St George's Chapel 11.45am Christmas Morning with Noel Join Noel for a morning of family reunions, Christmas jollity and festive fun Telephone lines will be open for the on-screen dedication service 12.30pm Porridge No Way Out starring Ronnie Barker, Brian Wilde, Fulton Mackay, Richard Beckinsale 1.10pm Julie Andrews...The Sound of Christmas In this, her first Christmas special, Julie shares a few of her favourite things in the beautiful town of Salzburg, Austria. Joining her on this festive occasion are the much-loved singers John Denver and Placido Domingo who, with the help of the ever-popular King's Singers, render such classics as In the Bleak Mid-winter, Edelweiss and a very original Twelve Days of Christmas 2.05pm Top of the Pops Christmas Party In this special Christmas Day edition Mike Smith and Gary Davies present the most popular hits of 1987 and the year's No Is on video, plus this week's Top 40 chart and the No 1 best selling record this Christmas 3.00pm The Queen HM The Queen speaks to the Commonwealth 3.10pm EastEnders 'Hello Mum, back again like a bad penny.' 3.40pm Film : Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) Steven Spielberg's fantasy adventure starring Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw with Ke Huy Quan, Amrish Puri, Roshan Seth The hero is back! Intrepid archaeologist Indiana Jones, on the trail of fortune and glory in Old Shanghai, is ricocheted into a dangerous new adventure in India. Première 5.35pm News with Moira Stuart Weather Ian McCaskill 5.45pm Russ Abbot Christmas Show starring Russ Abbot special guest star Les Dennis featuring Bella Emberg, Maggie Moone, Tom Bright, Suzy Aitchison, Paul Shearer 6.25pm Only Fools and Horses starring David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Buster Merryfield 'Next year we'll be millionaires...' and what better time to start than at the wedding of an old flame? Del, Rodney and Uncle Albert are among the guests : everyone joins in a spirit of goodwill. Then Del hears about his mother's buried treasure.... 7.25pm Christmas Night with the Two Ronnies starring Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett Memo to producer: Thanks for yours of 10 November. If the Two Ronnies can actually get Charlton Heston to be in their film Pinocchio II : Killer Doll I will eat my hat. If the show also includes guest stars Lynda Baron, Maria Charles Sandra Dickinson, Frank Finlay, Alfred Marks, Denis Quilley and Elton John I will resign and go to Channel 4 Yours, M. Grade 8.15pm Miss Marple : 4.50 from Paddington starring Joan Hickson, Maurice Denham, Jill Meager, David Waller, Joanna David 'I can see how irritating it must be for you Inspector, but we shall probably both be involved in this business.... when one of us is clever enough to find the body.' 10.05pm In Sickness and in Health starring Warren Mitchell. Christmas is a time to be with family, but not for Alf. He is destined to spend Christmas in hospital, having his hip replaced 10.35pm News with Moira Stuart Weather 10.45pm Film : Terms of Endearment (1983) starring Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger and Jack Nicholson Première 12.55am The Gospel According to St Luke The Christmas story of the birth of Christ from St Luke 1.00am Weather 1.05am Closedown Boxing Day Saturday 26th December 1987 BBC1 8.20am Roobarb When It Was Christmas 8.25am Saturday Starts Here Sarah Greene, Phillip Schofield and Peter Simon introduce your Saturday morning entertainment. Starting with Paddington's Birthday Bonanza 8.50am Panto-Time! Jack and the Beanstalk by Brian Cant 9.00am The Muppet Babies Bad Luck Bear 9.30am Going Live! Join the Going Live! gang for a very special Boxing Day programme. There are star guests, live music, competitions, treasure hunts, pen pals, jokes, video voters, and cartoons too 12.17pm Weather Ian McCaskill 12.20pm Film : Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown (1977) Good grief! An action-packed feature film starring the entire Peanuts gang and their adventures at Camp Remote, where they brave the bullies and attempt to win the contest for 'top tent' in the hairiest, scariest river race you've ever seen! Premiere 1.35pm Holiday Movie Film : The Great Escape (1963) starring Steve McQueen, James Garner 4.20pm Telly Addicts It's champions all, as the Telly Addicts family of 1987 (the Brustads) plays the Telly Addicts family of 1986 (the Reynish family) in a special holiday edition of Britain's favourite television quiz. Noel Edmonds puts the questions - but will the contestants have the answers? 4.50pm Final Score Introduced by Harry Gration All the headline-makers and day's results. 5.05pm News with Philip Hayton Weather 5.15pm Regional News and Sport 5.20pm Blankety Blank starring Les Dawson Tonight Les is in a festive mood, so watch out as he showers the contestants with more fabulous prizes. Joining Les tonight in a Dickensian mood are Lynda Baron Joe Brown , Geoff Capes, Lorraine Chase, Roy Hudd & Wendy Richard 6.00pm Hi-de-Hi! featuring Clive Dempster , DFC Maplin's Holiday Camp, 1960 Tell It to the Marines Peggy's piano playing leads Ted to challenge the Royal Marines to a race over their assault course 6.45pm Bob's Christmas Full House starring Bob Monkhouse This year four contestants, all working within the health service, compete for prizes and cash to be donated to their hospital. On offer as always is the chance for one of them to win themselves a fabulous holiday 7.25pm The Paul Daniels Magic Christmas Show In a special programme for the festive season Paul Daniels takes a magical trip back into childhood, re-creates one of his funniest routines, and attempts to saw a horse in half! He also introduces: from Argentina the famous sleight-of-hand artist Rene Lavand ; from France the spellbinding puppets of Philippe Genty ; and from Korea the unusual climbing skills of The Brave Seamen. Featuring Debbie McGee 8.15pm Bergerac Treasure Hunt Series created by Robert Banks Stewart starring John Nettles with Terence Alexander, Sean Arnold, Louise Jameson Guest stars Liza Goddard, Peter Jeffrey, James Maxwell 9.45pm News Philip Hayton Sport and Weather 10.00pm Film : Agatha Christie 's Evil Under the Sun (1982) A Hercule Poirot murder mystery starring Peter Ustinov Première 11.55pm A Bit of Fry and Laurie by and with Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie 12.30am Movie Classics Film : Dead of Night (1945) starring Michael Redgrave, Googie Withers 2.10am Weather Sunday 27th December 1987 BBC1 8.30am The Raccoons : Surprise Attack 8.55am Play School Elizabeth Watts and her guests say Hello Again 9.15am Articles of Faith Last programme in the series Prayer ... As a way of life is prayer remote from everyday life? 9.30am Morning Worship This morning's service comes from the newly-established Roman Catholic Cathedral of St Joseph's, Swansea 10.15am Joseph and Child Arthur Dooley's sculpture shows Joseph holding up the child he has helped to deliver 10.30am Sign Extra A programme with sign language and subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. Today, an edited version of "The Turkey" A fun film made by the Natural History Unit about the Christmas turkey 10.55am Film : The Intelligence Men (1965) starring Eric Morecambe Ernie Wise Eric and Ernie accidentally get mixed up in the shady world of espionage 12.35pm The Grand Knockout Tournament On 19 June, BBCtv presented a unique event with teams of international celebrities led by royal captains competing in sponsored games to raise money for charity. This specially edited version recalls the flavour and excitement of the occasion. Team captains : HRH The Duke of York on behalf of the World Wildlife Fund, HRH The Duchess of York on behalf of International Year of Shelter for the Homeless, HRH The Prince Edward on behalf of the Duke of Edinburgh's International Project 87, HRH The Princess Royal on behalf of the Save the Children Fund 1.55pm News, Weather for Farmers Michael Fish 2.00pm Eastenders 'You'd all better make the most of me. I expect this'll be me last Christmas.' 3.30pm Film : Escape to Victory (1981) starring Michael Caine, Sylvester Stallone and 18 of the world's top soccer players feature in this exciting World War II drama. 5.20pm Rolf Harris Cartoon Time Rolf Harris presents classic cartoon comedy. The Million Hare Cat Feud The Dog House 5.45pm That's Life! Presents The Most Talented Pets in Britain Remember the dog who said 'sausages'? Or the mysterious Lirpa Loof who appeared at London Zoo on 1 April 1984? Or Shimmy the ping pong pussy? Or the budgie who fell in love with a goldfish? 6.20pm News with Phillip Hayton Weather Bill Giles 6.35pm Songs of Praise Songs of Praise joins London and Jamaica in a celebration of Christmas. Jamaica was the first Caribbean member of the Commonwealth to achieve its independence and as everybody of Jamaican origin in the UK will tell you, this year is the 25th anniversary of that event 7.15pm Last of the Summer Wine Big Day at Dream Acres starring Michael Aldridge, Bill Owen, Peter Sallis and Thora Hird featuring Jane Freeman, Kathy Staff, David Ellison and Ray McAnally 8.35pm TV Film : Perry Mason - The Case of the Shooting Star (1986) starring Raymond Burr Première 10.10pm News with Phillip Hayton Weather 10.25pm Everyman : Madonna about the mother of Christianity 11.20pm Movie Classic Film : The Maltese Falcon (1941) starring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre Sydney Greenstreet 1.00am Weather Bank Holiday Monday 28th December 1987 BBC1 7.00am Cartoons The Racoons Going it Alone 7.25am The Pink Panther Show Three cartoons 7.45am Bugs Bunny Bustin' Out All Over 8.10am A Merry Mirthworm Christmas An animated Christmas special. Preparations for the annual Wormingham Christmas Celebrations are progressing nicely until Bert Worm tries to help 8.35am The Flintstones Bachelor Daze 9.00am Children's BBC with Simon Parkin starting with Boss Cat 9.25am Why Don't You...? The Liverpool gang tries out a dry-ski slope 9.50am Willo the Wisp Christmas Box 9.55am Alice Through the Looking Glass A cartoon of the second Alice story by Lewis Carroll, first shown on Russian television. With Nigel Hawthorne as the voice of Lewis Carroll and Tracey Childs as Alice 10.30am Your Birthday Greetings with Simon Parkin followed by Play School 10.55am Five to Eleven with Joanna Lumley 11.00am Cartoon 11.05am The Littlest Hobo Happy Birthday Mom 11.30am Cartoon 11.40am Perfect Strangers starring Bronson Pinchot as Balki, Mark Linn-Baker as Larry Ernie Sabella as Twinkacetti. 12.05pm The Animals Holiday Roadshow with Dr Desmond Morris and Sarah Kennedy What makes reindeer fly? And robins sing? Who got turtle doves as a present? Which animal would find a welcome in Fawlty Towers? Brian Blessed introduces his family and other animals. Michael Fish, the weatherman, brings an unexpected pet. And they are joined by Ken Dodd, Robert Kilroy-Silk, Rick Wakeman, Andrew Sachs , Rustie Lee and a lot of friends. Donner and Blitzen turn up too. 12.45pm Racing from Chepstow 1.00 The Philip Comes Novices Hurdle (2im) 1.30 The Finale Junior Hurdle (2m) 2.05 The Coral Welsh National (H'cap'Chase 3m,6f) 2.20pm Holiday Movie Film : The Man from Snow River (1982) starring Kirk Douglas Tom Burlinson 4.00pm Disney Time The traditional Christmas visit to the world of Walt DIisney films introduced by Kenny Everett Films include: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs The Rescuers, Mary Poppins, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Mickey's Christmas Carol 4.50pm Final Score introduced by Ralph Dellor A round-up of the day's football programme. 5.05pm News with Richard Whitmore Weather Michael Fish 5.20pm Film : Hooper (1978) starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jan-Michael Vincent, Brian Keith 7.00pm Wogan 1/2 recalling the golden days of radio comedy, with guests Richard Murdoch, Bob Monkhouse, Cyril Fletcher, Molly Weir, Jimmy Edwards 7.40pm The Les Dawson Show starring Les Dawson with Roy Barraclough Graeme Garden, Brian Godfrey, Peter Goodwright, Johnny More, Mo Moreland, Patrick Mower, Toni Palmer and Jane Marie Osborne,The Roly Polys 8.30pm Film : Greystoke- The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) When Lord Clayton and his pregnant young wife are shipwrecked off the coast of Africa in 1886 a legend is born. Their son John, reared in the jungle by apes, is master of all he surveys - until the day that a hunting party strays into his territory, bringing with it the violence of civilisation. Première 10.40pm News with Richard Whitmore Weather 10.55pm Match of the Day Introduced by Jimmy Hill The good news for the New Year is that the crowds are returning to football. As a breath of fresh air over the holiday, here's action highlights from two Barclays League First Division matches with analysis and interviews 11.45pm Movie Classic Film : Twelve Angry Men (1957) starring Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley 1.20am Weather : Close Tuesday 29th December 1987 BBC1 6.00am Ceefax AM 6.55am Weather 7.00am Breakfast Time 8.30am Going for Gold 8.55am Regional News; Weather 9.00am News, Weather followed by Neighbours 9.20am Children's BBC Laurel and Hardy 9.30am Why Don't You...? 9.55am Bananaman 10.00am News, Weather 10.05am Boss Cat 10.30am Play School 10.55am Five to Eleven 11.00am News, Weather followed by The Littlest Hobo 11.25am Charlie Brown 11.50am Cartoon 12.00 News, Weather followed by Montreux Rock Festival 1987 12.55pm Regional News, Weather 1.00pm One O'Clock News, Weather 1.30pm Neighbours 1.50pm Holiday Movie Film : Captain Nemo and the Underwater City (1969) 3.35pm Cartoon 3.50pm Children's BBC Paddington Special 4.20pm Simon and the Witch 4.35pm Film Special : The Glitterball (1977) 5.35pm Rolf Harris Cartoon Time 6.00pm Six O'Clock News, Weather 6.35pm Regional news magazines 7.00pm Telly Addicts 7.30pm EastEnders 8.00pm The Guinness Book of Records Hall of Fame 9.00pm Nine O'Clock News Regional News, Weather 9.30pm Cagney and Lacey 10.20pm Review of the Year 87 11.35pm Movie Classic Film : Splendor in the Grass (1961) 1.35am Weather Wednesday 30th December 1987 BBC1 6.00am Ceefax AM 6.55am Weather 7.00am Breakfast Time 8.15am The Faces of 87 - Breakfast Time looks back at the year's headline-makers. 8.30am The Flintstones 8.55am Regional News; Weather 9.00am News, Weather followed by Neighbours 9.20am Children's BBC Laurel and Hardy 9.30am Why Don't You ? 9.55am Bananaman 10.00am News, Weather followed by Children's BBC 10.05am Boss Cat 10.30am Play School 10.55am Five to Eleven 11.00am News Weather followed by The Littlest Hobo 11.25am Charlie Brown 11.50am Cartoon 12.00 News, Weather followed by Montreux Rock Festival 1987 12.55pm Regional News and Weather 1.00pm One O'Clock News Weather 1.30pm Neighbours 1.50pm Holiday Movie Film : Hannibal Brooks (1969) 3.30pm The Pink Panther Show 3.45pm Children's BBC Wishing Well 3.50pm Space Baby 4.20pm Tales of the Mouse Hockey League 4.45pm Film Special : A Ghost of a Chance (1968) 5.35pm Rolf Harris Cartoon Time 6.00pm Six O'clock News Weather 6.35pm Regional news magazines 7.00pm Wogan 7.45pm What a Carry On! 8.10pm Dallas 9.00pm Nine O'Clock News Regional News, Weather 9.30pm Great Ormond Street - A Fighting Chance 10.45pm Films of the Year 11.30pm Movie Classic Film : On the Waterfront (1954) 1.15am Weather New Year's Eve Thursday 31st December 1987 BBC1 6.00am Ceefax AM 6.55am Weather 7.00am Breakfast Time 8.30am The Flintstones 8.55am Regional News; Weather 9.00am News, Weather followed by Neighbours 9.20am Children's BBC Laurel and Hardy 9.30am Why Don't You..? 9.55am Bananaman 10.00am News, Weather followed by Children's BBC 10.05am Charlie Brown Special 10.30am Play School 10.55am Five to Eleven 11.00am News, Weather followed by The Littlest Hobo 11.25am A Mirthworm Masquerade 11.50am Cartoon 12.00 News, Weather followed by Montreux Rock Festival 1987 12.55pm Regional News and Weather 1.00pm News, Weather 1.15pm Cartoons 1.30pm Neighbours 1.50pm Holiday Movie Film : The Champ (1979) 3.50pm Children's BBC A Paddington Special 4.15pm Benji, Zax and the Alien Prince 4.35pm Around the World with Willy Fog 5.05pm Blue Peter Review of the Year 5.35pm Rolf Harris Cartoon Time 6.00pm News, Weather 6.15pm Regional News 6.20pm A Question of Sport 6.55pm Top of the Pops 7.30pm EastEnders 8.00pm Ernie Wise Introduces The Morecambe and Wise Classics 8.45pm Film : Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express (1974) 10.50pm News Regional News; Weather 11.00pm Comedy Classic : To the Manor Born 11.30pm EastEnders 12.05am Happy New Year 12.10am Movie Classic Film : High Society (1956) 2.00am Weather New Year's Day Friday 1st January 1988 BBC1 6.00am Ceefax AM 7.10am The Raccoons : A Night to Remember 7.35am The Pink Panther Show 7.50am Bugs Bunny's Mac-World of Television 8.15am The Littlest Hobo 8.40am The Flintstones 9.05am Neighbours 9.20am Children's BBC Laurel and Hardy 9.30am Why Don't You...? 9.55am Boss Cat 10.20am Sebastian, the Incredible Drawing Dog 10.25am Henry's Cat 10.30am Your Birthday Greetings followed by Play School 10.55am Five to Eleven 11.00am Popeye the Sailor 11.20am Stuntman 86 12.20pm Challenge Anneka 1.00pm News, Weather 1.15pm Cartoons 1.30pm Neighbours 1.50pm Behind the Scenes at Grange Hill 2.40pm Cartoon 2.50pm Barnum (including at 4.00pm Half-Time Scores) 4.50pm Final Score 5.05pm News, Weather 5.20pm The Pink Panther Show 5.40pm Blankety Blank 6.15pm Twenty Years of the Two Ronnies 7.00pm Wogan 7.35pm Film : The Bounty (1984) Première 9.45pm News, Regional News Weekend Weather 10.00pm Alan Ayckbourn's Way Upstream 11.40pm Movie Classic Film : The Quiet Man (1952) 1.45am Weather |
Saturday 19th December 1987
BBC2 9.00am Pages from Ceefax 11.00am Carols for Christmas 12.05pm The Sky at Night 12.25pm Saturday Cinema Film : Tarzan the Ape Man (1932) 2.00pm Film : Time Masters (1982) 3.20pm Fred Astaire : Putting on His Top Hat 4.05pm International Bridge Club 4.35pm Film : The Slipper and the Rose (1976) 6.55pm News View, Weather 7.25pm Beethoven's Missa Solemnis 9.15pm The Film Club : The Cannes Film Festival Film : Le Cinéma Dans Les Yeux (1987) 10.50pm Film : When Father Was Away on Business (1985) Sunday 20th December 1987 BBC2 9.00am Pages from Ceefax 9.15am Now on Two 9.40am Whirlybirds 10.05am Odysseus The Greatest Hero of Them All : The Faces of the Dead 10.20am The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show 10.40am Now It's You 10.45am Blue Peter Omnibus 11.35am Aliens in the Family 12.00 Windmill 1.00pm No Limits : Powerplay Awards 2.00pm Rugby Special 2.40pm 100 Great Sporting Moments 3.00pm Film : Treasure Island (1950) 4.35pm The Story of Afanti 5.05pm Music in Camera 5.45pm The Great Philosophers 6.30pm Ski Sunday 7.15pm The Travel Show Christmas Special 7.50pm The Natural World 8.45pm American Film Institute Salute to Barbara Stanwyck 9.35pm It's My Pleasure 10.05pm Film : Ragtime (1981) Monday 21st December 1987 BBC2 9.00am Pages from Ceefax 11.50am Film : Tarzan and His Mate (1934) 1.20pm Songs of Praise 2.00pm News, Weather followed by American Basketball 2.45pm News, Weather followed by Fred Astaire : Change Partners and Dance 3.40pm News and Weather Regional News and Weather 3.50pm Fred Astaire Dances - Film : Three Little Words (1950) 5.30pm Jack High 6.00pm Future World - Film : Forbidden Planet (1956) 7.35pm Cartoon 7.40pm Thinking Aloud 8.20pm Venturers 9.00pm Absurd Person Singular 10.55pm The Million Dollar Hijack 12.20am Film : Barbara Stanwyck in The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1932) 1.45am Weather Tuesday 22nd December 1987 BBC2 9.00am Pages from Ceefax 12.35pm Film : Tarzan Finds a Son (1939) 1.55pm News, Weather followed by See Hear Christmas Special 2.45pm News, Weather followed by Christmas in the City 3.40pm News and Weather Regional News and Weather 3.50pm Fred Astaire Dances - Film : Roberta (1935) 5.30pm Jack High 6.00pm No Limits 7.00pm Open to Question 7.40pm The Sounds of Christmas 8.30pm Entertainment USA 9.00pm Moonlighting 9.50pm Horowitz Plays Mozart 10.40pm The Million Dollar Hijack 12.10am Film : Barbara Stanwyck in The File on Thelma Jordan (1950) 1.50am Weather Wednesday 23rd December 1987 BBC2 9.00am Pages from Ceefax 12.10pm Film : Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941) 1.30pm The Admiral's Cup 2.00pm News, Weather followed by The Natural World 2.50pm Holiday Outings 3.05pm News, Weather followed by Jacqueline du Pre Masterclass 3.40pm News and Weather Regional News and Weather 3.50pm Fred Astaire Dances - Film : The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939) 5.20pm Cartoon 5.30pm Jack High 6.00pm Film : The Wizard of Oz (1939) 7.40pm A Little Piece of England 8.10pm Two Loves 9.00pm Yes, Prime Minister 9.30pm The Home-made Xmas Video 10.00pm Catch a Fallen Star 10.40pm Film : Barbara Stanwyck in Sorry Wrong Number (1948) 12.10am Weather Christmas Eve Thursday 24th December 1987 BBC2 9.00am Ceefax 1.00pm Film : Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942) starring Johnny Weissmuller & Maureen O'Sullivan 2.10pm The Admiral's Cup From Christchurch Bay to the Fastnet Rock For two weeks, the world's best yachtsmen battled for the top prize in ocean racing, the Admiral's Cup. 2.40pm Jacqueline du Pre Masterclass The second of four programmes recorded in 1979 at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, in which the late Jacqueline du Pre worked with students on one of the major sonatas in the cello repertoire, the Brahms Sonata in E minor. 3.15pm Film : The Sound of Music (1965) starring Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer 6.00pm Carols from King's The celebration of lessons and carols from the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge, is world famous. The service this year includes, for the first time, readings from the Apocryphal Bible that reach back to the beginning of the Christmas story. 7.00pm Paper Kisses The story of a tragic love affair starring John Hallam, Rosalind Elliot 8.00pm Priddy the Hedgehog This year's animal drama from wildlife film-makers John and Simon King features a female hedgehog called Priddy, who lives on the Mendip Hills. All the adventures that happen to Priddy in this film have been experienced by one hedgehog or another in real life. 9.00pm Antonio Stradivari Gala Celebration 1737-1907 featuring Pinchas Zukerman, Yo-Yo Ma, Anne-Sophie Mutter and Charles Beare, with Vivaldi`s Four Seasons performed by the ECO/Menuhin at the Barbican Hall 10.25pm Film : The Bostonians (1984) starring Christopher Reeve, Vanessa Redgrave & Madeleine Potter Premiere 12.20am Film : There's Always Tomorrow (1956) starring Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray & Joan Bennett 1.40am Weather Christmas Day Friday 25th December 1987 BBC2 9.10am Film : The Cheaters (1945) starring Joseph Schildkraut, Billie Burke, Eugene Pallette. Mr Pidgeon faces financial ruin. Salvation beckons when a rich uncle dies ... 10.35am Film : White Christmas (1954) starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen Old army buddies Phil Davis and Bob Wallace are rehearsing their new show when they meet the glamorous Haynes sisters. 12.30pm Golf 87 - A Momentous Year A look back with Peter Alliss at some of the glorious moments of the golfing season. 1.45pm The Natural World Icebird Narrated by Tony Soper When spring comes to the Antarctic millions of penguins leap from the sea and walk as many as 80 kilometres over the ice to their traditional nesting-sites 2.35pm Jacqueline du Pré Masterclass Dvorak Cello Concerto in D minor with Lilly Canel and Joanna Borrett Accompanist Clifford Benson 3.10pm Film : 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 opportunity to unite the two loves of his life - opera and film (An Italian film with English subtitles) 4.55pm White Nights of Dance Leningrad in June - where it stays light all night. Two of the world's great dance companies meet for a festival of ballet - the first-ever combined appearance of a Soviet and a western company - filmed in the parks, squares and palaces of this beautiful Russian city 6.10pm Amsterdam Christmas Concert given earlier this afternoon in the Concertgebouw Mahler Symphony No 9 in D conducted by Bernard Haitink, with the Concertgebouw Orchestra 7.40pm Mother Teresa It is not how much you do, but how much love you put in the doing. Mother Teresa In 1950 a 40-year-old nun founded the Congregation of the Missionaries of Charity to help the sick and dying in the slums of Calcutta 8.35pm Garbo A Biographical Portrait This feature-length study of the great Swedish actress blends film clips, stills and interviews with her contemporaries plus recent footage of Garbo documents and other memorabilia 10.35pm The Story of Recluse starring Stewart Granger, Peter Capaldi, Cristina Higueras An entertaining tale of a gambler, a young man, a pretty girl and the games they all play 11.25pm The Queen The Christmas day programme in which HM The Queen speaks to the Commonwealth. With open subtitles and sign-language interpretation for people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing 11.35pm Julian Lloyd Webber plays the Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 85 by Elgar with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 12.25am Weather 12.30am Closedown Boxing Day Saturday 26th December 1987 BBC2 9.00am Ceefax 11.50am International Snooker Snooker 87: Highlights of the BBC's Year of Snooker David Vine recalls highlights from the Masters World Championship, Grand Prix and United Kingdom Championship 1.35pm Gymnastics Compilation Two months ago one of the greatest exhibitions of modern gymnastics was witnessed in six days of competition in Rotterdam. In total 14 gold medals were decided. See how they were all won, how some were lost and how Britain's gymnasts fared on the world stage 2.25pm Film : Peter No-Tail (1981) An animated feature film. 3.45pm Jacqueline du Pre Masterclass The last of a series of masterclasses recorded in 1979 at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, 4.20pm The Story of Royal Broadcasting Yesterday's Christmas broadcast by the Queen carries on a tradition started by her grandfather, George V, in 1932 which was the first royal landmark for the fledgling BBC. Then in 1937, George V's coronation procession marched across several thousand small screens and 'the magic of television' had arrived. The development of royal broadcasting is traced through a nostalgic look back over the first 50 years of the BBC's coverage 5.20pm Film : Oliver! (1968) starring Ron Moody, Oliver Reed, Mark Lester and Jack Wild This adaptation of Dickens's famous story about little orphan Oliver and his adventures with the Artful Dodger and master pickpocket Fagin won six Academy Awards 7.40pm Cinderella, Nuryev's Paris Opera The Paris Opera Ballet in Rudolf Nureyev's new version of the fairytale. Music by Serge Prokofiev 9.45pm When We Are Married by J. B. Priestley Three middle-aged couples are celebrating what should be the happiest day of their married lives, when they receive news that rocks them to their respectable foundations 11.45pm Film : Garbo as Queen Christina (1933) The first of five films starring the great actress. 1.25am Closedown Sunday 27th December 1987 BBC2 9.00am Ceefax 9.15am Babar Comes to America told by Peter Ustinov 9.40am Sebastian the Incredible Drawing Dog with Michael Barrymore 9.45am The Mole in a Dream Mole gets himself mixed up with an electronic buff whose life revolves around electric gadgets 10.15am Molly's Pilgrim Molly and her parents have gone to the USA from Russia but the children in her new school make her feel uncomfortable because she is different. Molly teaches them a lesson ... 10.35am Charlie Brown You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown Charlie Brown is having a personality crisis - but always on hand to help are his friends Lucy, Schroeder and Linus 11.25am Film : Arabian Adventure (1979) starring Christopher Lee, Milo O'Shea and Oliver Tobias 1.00pm No Limits 2.00pm The Bolshoi Ballet This special Omnibus presents an exclusive insight into the most famous ballet company in the world 4.10pm The Great Philosophers The last in a 15-part history of western philosophy. Wittgenstein with John Searle, Professor of Philosophy at the University of California in Berkeley 4.55pm Did You See...? Ludovic Kennedy 's personal selection of the television highlights of 1987 5.45pm Film : Bush Christmas (1983) starring Nicole Kidman and Mark Spain Premiere 7.15pm Mary Rose Harry, an Australian soldier, returns to the cold, disused house he ran away from when he was 12. He has heard the house is haunted, perhaps by his mother 8.55pm Global Report: A Year of Transition A Year of Transition The headlines of 1987 have told of profound and unsettling change. But what sort of year has it been for everyday people caught in the midst of these changes? 10.25pm Film : Still of the Night (1982) starring Meryl Streep Roy Scheider The mystery begins when the dead body of George Bynum is found in a parked car in Manhattan's Upper East Side 11.55pm Film : Garbo as Ninotchka (1939) continues a season of films starring the legendary actress with Melvyn Douglas. 1.50am Closedown Bank Holiday Monday 28th December 1987 BBC2 9.00am Film : Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20s (1965) A fun-filled festival of the best work of the immortal team of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, made during comedy's golden age 10.25am Film : Lassie Come Home (1943) starring Roddy McDowall, Donald Crisp, Elizabeth Taylor 11.50am Songs of Praise from Covent Garden and Kingston, Jamaica 12.30pm Film : The Good Companions (1933) starring Jessie Matthews John Gielgud Premiere 2.20pm The Bolshoi in the Park Another chance to enjoy the historic visit of the Bolshoi Ballet Company 4.35pm Showreel '87 Earlier this year 600 amateurs competed for the BBCtv and Radio Times Awards for Amateur Film and Video Makers with prizes totalling £9,000. Today, and over the next three days, Sue Robbie presents a selection of the semi-finalists and on Friday the winners will be announced. 5.15pm 100 Great Sporting Moments : Red Rum, 1973 When 'Rummy' jumped the final fence in the 1973 Grand National, he was still 15 lengths behind Crisp - a seemingly impossible handicap 5.30pm Jack High The Gateway Masters Bowls Tournament from Beach House Park, Worthing. Two matches tonight, both of which decide who goes through to the semi-finals 6.00pm On the Piste follows the fortunes of two sets of skiers - a group of accident-prone beginners in Soil, and members of the aristocratic and expensive Downhill Only Club in the faded elegance of Wengen. 7.00pm Film : National Velvet (1944) starring Elizabeth Taylor, Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp 9.00pm An Evening with Kiri Te Kanawa A gala concert from the Royal Albert Hall, London, presenting a blend of classical music and songs from My Fair Lady. In the first of two programmes Kiri Te Kanawa sings favourite arias of Mozart, Gounod, Charpentier and Puccini 9.55pm Flying for Fun A dramatised version of Jack Parham's book about flying a very small, very slow aeroplane around southern England in the 1930s. 10.30pm Screen Two A look ahead to a new season of outstanding productions 10.40pm Film : Woody Allen - Broadway Danny Rose (1984) continues a season of films by the master of American comedy. 12.00 Film : Garbo as Camille (1936) starring Greta Garbo Robert Taylor Tuesday 29th December 1987 BBC2 9.00am Pages from Ceefax 12.05pm TV Film : Lassie - Peace Is Our Profession (1970) Première 1.35pm World Cup Rugby Special 2.35pm Sign Extra 3.00pm News, Weather followed by Showreel 87 3.40pm News and Weather Regional News and Weather 3.50pm Film : Fred Astaire Dances - Flying Down to Rio (1933) 5.15pm 100 Great Sporting Moments 5.30pm Jack High 6.00pm Film : The Silent One (1985) Première 7.35pm The Fish Course Challenge 8.05pm L'heure espagnole 9.00pm Songs from 'My Fair Lady' 10.00pm Film : Shoot the Moon (1982) Première 12.00 Film : Garbo as Anna Karenina (1935) 1.30am Weather Wednesday 30th December 1987 BBC2 9.00am Pages from Ceefax 12.00 Film : Hambone and Hillie (1983) 1.25pm 100 Great Sporting Moments 1.40pm World Cup Rugby Special 2.55pm News, Weather followed by Showreel 87 3.35pm News and Weather Regional News and Weather 3.45pm Film : Fred Astaire Dances : The Gay Divorcee (1934) 5.30pm Jack High 6.00pm TV Film : Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980) 7.40pm Natural Concern 8.10pm L'enfant et les sortilèges 9.00pm Film : The Killing Fields (1984) Première 11.15pm Beethoven Piano Sonata 11.45pm Film : Garbo as Marie Walewska (1937) 1.35pm Weather New Year's Eve Thursday 31st December 1987 BBC2 9.00am Pages from Ceefax 11.30am Film : An Elephant Called Slowly (1970) 1.00pm Showreel 87 1.40pm Film : Ben Hur (1959) 5.05pm Jack High 5.35pm Film : Watership Down (1978) 7.05pm Bintley's Mozart 8.00pm The Continental 9.00pm Alas Smith and Jones 9.35pm 87 Whistle Test 88 includes Bruce Springsteen Glory Days and at 11.05pm The Bhundu Boys then at 11.40pm Gary Glitter takes you into 1988 with a live performance from the stage of the Bournemouth International Centre then 12.05am U2 - Outside It's America followed by 1.00am The Grateful Dead - Touch of Grey 1.15am That Was Whistle Test That Was 2.55am Weather New Year's Day Friday 1st January 1988 BBC2 9.05am Film : Dick Barton Strikes Back (1949) 10.15am Edinburgh Military Tattoo 1987 11.15am Vienna New Year's Day Concert 12.30pm Racing from Cheltenham 2.50pm Film : Mister Roberts (1955) 4.45pm Showreel 87 5.25pm Ski Sunday Special 6.10pm Durrell's Ark 7.00pm Mozart from Covent Garden : Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail (The Escape from the Harem) 9.35pm Screen Two 9.45pm Film : The Flamingo Kid (1984) Première 11.25pm Film : One Deadly Summer (L'ete meurtrier) (1983) Première 1.35am Weather |
