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BBC CHRISTMAS TV 1992

      Saturday 19th December 1992

      BBC1


  7.00am  Champion the Wonder Horse (Repeat)
  7.25am  News, Weather
  7.30am  Spider
  7.35am  Animal World
  7.45am  Quick Draw McGraw
  7.50am  Lltt'l Bits
  8.15am  ChuckleVision
  8.35am  Bucky O'Hare
  9.00am  Going Live! : Special Christmas edition 
 12.12pm  Weather
 12.15pm  Grandstand
  5.05pm  News, Weather 
  5.15pm  Regional News and Sport
  5.20pm  Dad's Army : Something Nasty in the Vault
  5.50pm  Big Break
  6.20pm  Noel's House Party
  7.15pm  Bruce Forsyth's Generation Game
  8.15pm  Casualty
  9.05pm  News and Sport
  9.25pm  Film : Midnight Run (1988)
 11.20pm  Match of the Day
 12.20am  Golf
  1.50am  Weather


      Sunday 20th December 1992

      BBC1


  7.35am  Film : In Name Only (1939)
  9.05am  Good Morning Advent Calendar
  9.10am  News, Weather
  9.15am  The Promise of His Glory
 10.00am  CountryFile
 10.25am  Film : Half a Sixpence (1967)
 12.45pm  Cartoon
 12.55pm  Weather for the Week Ahead
  1.00pm  News
                 
followed by 
                 Joy to the World
  2.00pm  EastEnders Omnibus edition
  3.00pm  Eldorado
  3.30pm  Film : Prancer (1989)
Première
  5.10pm  The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
  5.35pm  The Clothes Show
  6.00pm  Lifeline
  6.10pm  News, Weather 
  6.25pm  Songs of Praise : A celebration of Christmas 
  7.15pm  Last of the Summer Wine
  7.45pm  So Haunt Me : Christmas Special
  8.15pm  Screen One : The Hummingbird Tree (1992) 
                 
Première
  9.35pm  Porridge : No Way Out (Repeat)
10.20pm  News, Weather
10.35pm  Everyman
 11.25pm  Golf
 12.55am  Tanhalyan
(Repeat)
   1.35am  Weather


      

       
​     Monday 21st December 1992

      BBC1

    
6.00am  Ceefax Pages
    6.30am  Breakfast News
    9.05am  Children's BBC
                   Blood and Honey : Herod's Christmas
    9.20am  New Yogi Bear Show
    9.30am  Come Midnight Monday
  10.00am  News, Regional News, Weather
   10.05am  Playdays
   10.30am  Snoopy's Reunion
   11.00am  News, Regional News, Weather
   11.05am  Film : When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth
                   (1970)
   12.40pm  Cartoon Double Bill
   12.50pm  Good Morning Advent Calendar
   12.55pm  Regional News; Weather
    1.00pm  One O'Clock News, Weather 
    1.30pm  Neighbours
    1.50pm  Film : Carry On Follow that Camel (1967)
    3.20pm  Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories
    3.45pm  Henry's Cat
    3.50pm  Wildbunch
    4.05pm  Gordon T Gopher
    4.15pm  Jimbo and the Jet Set
    4.20pm  Watt on Earth
    4.35pm  Peter Pan and the Pirates
    4.55pm  Newsround
    5.05pm  Blue Peter
    5.35pm  Neighbours 
(Repeat)
    6.00pm  Six O'Clock News, weather
    6.30pm  Regional News Programmes
    7.00pm  Eldorado
    7.30pm  Wildlife on One
    8.00pm  Television's Greatest Christmas Hits
    9.00pm  Nine O'Clock News, Regional News
    9.30pm  Film : Dead Calm (1989)
Première
   11.00pm  Films of the Year with Barry Norman
   11.45pm  Film : UHF (1989)
Première
    1.20am  Weather

     Tuesday 22nd December 1992

      BBC1

   
6.00am  Ceefax Pages
   6.30am  Breakfast News
   9.05am  Blood and Honey : Herod's Christmas
   9.20am  New Yogi Bear Show
   9.30am  Come Midnight Monday
 10.00am  News, Regional News, Weather
 10.05am  Playdays
 10.30am  Babar the Little Elephant
  11.00am  News, Regional News, Weather
  11.05am  Film : Wonderful Life (1964)
 12.50pm  Good Morning Advent Calendar
 12.55pm  Regional News; Weather
  1.00pm  One O'Clock News, Weather 
  1.30pm  Neighbours
  1.50pm  Film : That's Entertainment! (1974)
 3.50pm  Harum Scarum
 4.00pm  Dooby Duck's Euro Tour
 4.05pm  Spacevets
 4.20pm  The Chipmunks
  4.35pm  Artifax
  5.00pm  Newsround
  5.10pm  Grange Hill
  5.35pm  Neighbours
(Repeat)
  6.00pm  Six O'Clock News, Weather 
  6.30pm  Regional news magazines
  7.00pm  Telly Addicts
  7.30pm  EastEnders
  8.00pm  2 Point 4 Children Christmas Special
  8.30pm  A Question of Sport
  9.00pm  Nine O'Clock News, Regional News, Weather 
  9.30pm  Film : Poltergeist II (1986)
 11.00pm  Neil Diamond's Christmas Special
 11.45pm  Film : The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
   1.45am  Weather


      Wednesday 23rd December 1992

      BBC1

 
6.00am  Ceefax Pages
  6.30am  Breakfast News
  9.05am  Children's BBC
                 Blood and Honey : Herod's Christmas
  9.20am  New Yogi Bear Show
  9.30am  Come Midnight Monday
 10.00am  News, Regional News, Weather
 10.05am  Playdays
 10.30am  Babar the Little Elephant
 11.00am  News, Regional News, Weather
 11.05am  Film : Kings of the Sun (1963)
 12.50pm  Good Morning Advent Calendar
 12.55pm  Regional News, Weather
  1.00pm  One O'Clock News, Weather 
  1.30pm  Neighbours
  1.50pm  Eldorado
  2.20pm  TV Film : The New Maverick (1978)
  3.50pm  Dooby Duck's Euro Tour
  3.55pm  Radio Roo
  4.10pm  New Yogi Bear Show
  4.20pm  Watt on Earth
  4.35pm  The Worst Day of My Life
  5.00pm  Newsround
  5.10pm  Grange Hill
  5.35pm  Neighbours
(Repeat)
  6.00pm  Six O'Clock News, Weather 
  6.30pm  Regional news magazines
  7.00pm  Eldorado
  7.30pm  Tomorrow's World Christmas Quiz
  8.00pm  Waiting for God Christmas Special
  8.50pm  Points of View
  9.00pm  Nine O'Clock News, Regional News, Weather 
  9.30pm  Lenny Henry : In Dreams
10.30pm  TV Film : Someone's Watching Me (1978)
 12.05am  Robert Palmer - Riding High
 12.55am  Weather


     Christmas Eve Thursday 24th December 1992
  
      BBC1

      7.00am  News, Regional News, Weather

      7.10am  
Children's BBC
                     with Andi Peters , Philippa Forrester
                     and Toby Anstis

                     Mycroft 
                     cartoon

     7.25am   The Railway Dragon 
                    animation, narrated by Leslie Nielsen

     7.50am  The Foxy Christmas Story 
                    animation

    8.00am  News, Regional News, Weather

    8.10am   Pinocchio
 
                    cartoon

   8.30am   Blood and Honey 
                    Herod's Christmas
                    4: Herod has all the baby boys in
                    Bethlehem below a certain age murdered,
                    but Joseph, Mary and the baby escape to Egypt


    8.45am  Henry's Cat
                   animation

    9.00am  News, Regional News, Weather

    9.05am  Santa and the Tooth Fairies

                   animation

    9.35am  Charlie's Christmas Project
                   Children's drama

   10.05am  Playdays
                    the Patch Stop

   10.30am  On Christmas Eve 
                    First showing on network TV for
                    this animated Christmas story in which
                    Santa Claus encounters a few problems


   11.00am   Film : Biggles (1986)
                    starring Neil Dickson, Alex Hyde White

   12.30pm  Stay Tooned! 
                   with Tony Robinson
                   seasonal edition of animated classics

    1.10pm   Good Morning Advent Calendar
                   Anne Diamond and Nick Owen open
                   today's window. Away in a Manger.
                   The Nativity story through children's eyes


    1.15pm   Regional News, Weather

    1.20pm   News
with Andrew Harvey
                    Weather Suzanne Charlton 

    1.35pm   Neighbours

    1.55pm   Film : The Land Before Time (1988)

                   animated feature Première

    3.00pm  Tom and Jerry 
                    The Night Before Christmas

    3.10pm  Blue Peter
                   featuring a last-minute decoration idea,
                   carols round the tree with a mass choir
                   and the Chalk Farm Band of the
                   Salvation Army with John Leslie,
                   Diane-Louise Jordan and Anthea Turner


    3.35pm  Film : Santa Claus (1985)
                   starring Dudley Moore

    5.20pm  Neighbours (Repeat)
                   Paul's future hangs in the balance as
                   Glen becomes aware of his deception.
                   Brad and Josh vie for Beth's attention


   5.45pm   News Andrew Harvey 
                   Weather Ian McCaskill 

   6.00pm  Regional news magazines

    6.15pm  The Paul Daniels Magic Show

                   Master magician and illusionist
                   Paul Daniels presents a special programme
                   for the festive season with Debbie McGee


    7.00pm  Keeping Up Appearances
                   Christmas edition of Roy Clarke 's comedy
                   
about a compulsive social climber,
                   starring Patricia Routledge
                  Hyacinth prepares to enjoy the festivities.
                  Richard is full of Christmas spirit, but this
                  only threatens to hinder her plans for him
                  to distribute gifts at the vicar's party for
                  the elderly
(Repeat)

   7.30pm  EastEnders
                  Mandy expects a visit from her mother;
                  the regulars at the Vic are entertained
                  by the mysterious Arlene ; Arthur comes
                  to a  decision and Pat gets a shock


  8.00pm  Sitting Pretty
                  comedy by John Sullivan
                  Happy Birthdays
                  Annie and twin sister Sylvie get together
                  for a birthday celebration at 
Sunnyside Farm


  8.30pm  Casualty
                 Silent Night
                 Festive cheer reaches Holby City Hospital
                 and livens up another busy shift, but there
                 is little 
Christmas spirit for a wife who
                 takes the law into her own hands


  9.20pm   Main News with Laurie Mayer
                  Regional News
                  Weather Ian McCaskill


  9.45pm   Film : Sea of Love (1989)
                  starring Al Pacino, Ellen Parkin, 
                  John Goodman
Première

  11.35pm  The First Mass of Christmas 
                  from St Marie's Roman Catholic Cathedral,
                  
Sheffield

  12.35am  Film : Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
                   starring Cary Grant

   2.30am  Weather

   2.35am  Closedown

     Christmas Day Friday 25th December 1992

     BBC1             

     6:50am  The Birthday Dragon  

                    Cartoon fun, as Dragon is invited to
                    his first party 
      


     7:15am   Playdays
                    the Tent Stop

     7:35am   A Bear Behind
                    fun with Lindsey and Boz

     7:45am   Juniper Jungle
                    animated adventures

     7:55am  Blood and Honey 
                   Herod's Christmas
                   In the final episode, Herod's death 
                   
causes unrest

    8:10am  Edd the Duck's Megastar Treck
                   A galaxy of stars join Quacktain Berk
                   on the starship Intrepedd


    8:20am  Santa's First Christmas
                   animation

    8:45am  The Christmas Toy
                   Toys from previous Christmases come to life

     9:42am  Weather Bernard Davey

    9:45am  Follow the Star
                   A celebration of the true spirit of
                   Christmas, beginning at  
Queen Charlotte's
                   Maternity Hospital in London


  10:30am  Good Morning... with Anne and Nick
                   A festive hour with Anne Diamond and
                   Nick Owen, plus their own children


  11:30am   Eldorado
                   At Christmas, Freddie is disillusioned
                   with family life


   12:00       Christmas Comedy Cracker
                   Hi-de-Hi!
                   September Song
                   It's circus night at Maplin's, but Ted
                   has another sort of ring on his mind


 12:45pm   The Two Ronnies
                   Sketches, jokes and songs from
                   Messrs Barker and Corbett
                   w
ith guest Elton John

   1:35pm   Neighbours
                   Gaby finds a new love to help her forget Glen.
                   A desperate 
Paul tries to salvage his business

  2:00pm   Top of the Pops 
                   Christmas 1992

  3:00pm   The Queen
                   Her Majesty 's Christmas message
                   to the Commonwealth


   3:10pm   Film : Indiana Jones and
                   the Last Crusade (1989)

                   starring Harrison Ford, Sean Connery 
                   Première

    5:10pm  News Chris Lowe
                   Weather Suzanne Charlton

   5:20pm   Bruce Forsyth's  Christmas 
                   Generation Game

                   Couples compete to see who will perform
                   in a version of Peter Pan and then who
                   will reach the conveyor belt and its
                   goodies with Rosemarie Ford and
                   surprise celebrity guests


    6:25pm  EastEnders
                   It's Christmas Day in Walford, and
                   Michelle has an unexpected visitor.
                   Pat and Frank have a difficult day and
                   Mandy learns a lesson about home


    6:55pm  Only Fools and Horses
                   
Mother Nature's Son
                   special Christmas edition of John Sullivan's
                   
popular comedy starring David Jason,
                   Nicholas Lyndhurst, Buster Merryfield


   8:00pm  Birds of a Feather
                   The Chigwell Connection
                   special Christmas edition of the comedy
                   
written by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran
                   starring Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson


   8:50pm  Main News Chris Lowe and 
                   Weather Suzanne Charlton

   9:00pm  Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
                   Sketches, stand-up comedy and songs
                   combine to create the latest daytime
                   show to be hosted by a popular
                   husband-and-wife team


   9:50pm  Film : Shirley Valentine (1989) 
                  starring Pauline Collins, Tom Conti  Première

   11:35pm  Reflection on Christmas
                   Time to think and reflect on the meaning
                   of Christmas


  11:40pm  Film : Earthquake (1974)
                   starring Charlton Heston 

    1:40am  Weather     
                                                         
    1:45am  Closedown 



      Boxing Day Saturday 26th December 1992

       BBC1

       7.00am  Children's BBC
                      Follow that Goblin

                      Cartoon.
                      An unlikely trio save a "haunted house"
                      from demolition.


       7.30am  Barney
                      cartoon
                      Barney surprises Mr Prophet with a present


       7.35am  Animal World
                     Nature series with music and narration
                     by Derek Griffiths.
                     A look at the British national bird -
                     the cheerful robin


       7.45am  Quick Draw McGraw
                     Western cartoon fun

       7.50am  Peter Pan and the Pirates
                     Cartoon
                     Captain Hook is taught a timely lesson


      8.15am  Chucklevision
                     A deserted house turns up a few
                     hilarious surprises


      8.35am  The Chipmunks
                     A festive musical cartoon special with
                     Alvin and the Chipmunks


     9.00am  Gone Live!
                    Today's special edition features a
                    celebrity Run the Risk.
                    Shane Richie and Peter Simon watch
                    as the Blue Peter team takes on CBBC's
                    trio and Brookside's representatives.
                    Plus Going Live's star-filled Christmas
                    
entertainment -
                    Snow Green and the Seven Idiots.
                    With Sarah Greene and Phillip Schofield


   10.00am  The Chronicles of Narnia
                    Based on the novels by C S Lewis. 
                    Prince Caspian. 
                    Troubled times return to the magical land

   11.00am   Film : Annie (1982)
                    starring Albert Finney and Aileen Quinn

    1.00pm  Cartoon Double Bill

    1.20pm   News
 Jennie Bond
                    Weather Ian McCaskill

    1.25pm   'Allo 'Allo
                   Rene finds himself in danger when
                   Yvette confides in him


    2.10pm   Film : Escape to Victory (1981)
                    starring Michael Caine, Sylvester Stallone

    4.05pm  Simply the Best 
                    highlights of Jayne Torvill and
                   Christopher Dean's ice show

                   which also features the Ukrainian
                   Ice Spectacular


    4.55pm  Final Score
                   with Ray Stubbs

    5.05pm  News Jennie Bond  
                    Weather Ian McCaskill

    5.15pm   Dad's Army  
                   Battle of the Giants
                   The vicar, the verger and the warden are
                   the umpires when the Walmington-on-Sea
                   
platoon takes an initiative test against
                   their old rivals from Eastgate

   6.10pm   Big Break Christmas Celebrity Special
                   Hi-de-Hi!s Ruth Madoc, Patrick Moore of
                   The Sky at Night, and Blue Peter presenter
                   
Anthea Turner are the celebrities
                   persuaded to risk their general-knowledge
                   
reputation on behalf of their favourite
                   
charities. Snooker stars joining in
                   the pantomime fun are Dennis Taylor
                   as the Dame, Allison Fisher as Buttons and
                   
Willie Thorne as the Giant.
​                   
Attempting to control the excesses of
                   Dick Whittington (host 
Jim Davidson ) will
                   be John Virgo in the amazing guise of
                   Dick's cat


   6.50pm  Noel's Christmas House Party
                   Festive celebrations at Noel Edmonds's
                   place include the 
Tony Blackburn Gotcha

    7.45pm  Last of the Summer Wine
                   Stop That Castle! 
                   With the annual gala parade in the
                   skilful hands of Foggy, Compo and Clegg,
                   how could anything go wrong?


    8.15pm   Lovejoy  
                   The Prague Sun
                   It looks like Lovejoy will be spending
                   
Christmas alone.
                   Then a savage attack on a veteran
                   Second World War flier from Czechoslovakia
                   
leads Lovejoy and Eric to Prague on a hunt
                   for missing diamonds


    9.50pm  News Jennie Bond and Sport
                    Weather Ian McCaskill

   10.05pm  Film : When Harry Met Sally (1989)
                    starring Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan  Première

   11.40pm   Film : Hud (1963)
                     starring Paul Newman and Patricia Neal

    1.30am    Weather

    1.35am    Closedown



      Sunday 27th December 1992

      BBC1

      7.50am  Film : The Treasure of Lost Canyon (1952)

                     starring William Powell

      9.10am   News, Weather

      9.15am   This is the Day : Christmas Special 

                     with Roy Castle

    10.00am  Christmas in Europe
                     Europe's broadcasters come together in
                     a celebration of Christmas traditions and
                     
folklore, capturing the excitement and
                     mystery
 of the season throughout Europe

    10.45am  The Natural Olympian
                     Speed, stamina and strength:
                     Olympic athletes strive for them,
                     animals survive by them.
                     This film looks at top performers from
                     both the natural and human worlds


     11.40am  Film : The Italian Job (1969) 
                      starring Michael Caine

       1.20pm  Weather for the Week Ahead
                      John Kettley

       1.25pm   News

       1.30pm  EastEnders
                      Omnibus edition

      3.00pm  Film : Chariots of Fire (1981)
                      starring Ben Cross, Ian Charleson

      5.00pm  Disney Time 
                      presented by Sarah Greene

      5.40pm   Antiques Roadshow - the Next Generation
                      A special edition full of dolls, toys, trains
                      and teddy bears, presented by Hugh Scully


       6.25pm  News Chris Lowe Weather Michael Fish

       6.40pm  Songs of Praise 
                       for Christmas, from Chester Cathedral.
                      This week's Songs of Praise comes as
                       the culmination of a year of 900th
                       
anniversary celebrations for
                       Chester Cathedral


        7.15pm   More Auntie's Bloomers
                       Terry Wogan rummages through the
                       BBC skip for more of those magic
                       moments in broadcasting history
                       when everything that can go wrong, does


       8.05pm  Miss Marple : 
                       
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
                       Joan Hickson stars for the last time 
                       
as Miss Marple

     10.00pm  The Good Life
                       Silly but It's Fun
                       Christmas Special from 1977

      10.30pm  News Michael Buerk
                       Weather Michael Fish
 
      10.45pm  Everyman
                       Songs of Longing
                       A portrayal of the extraordinary
                       spiritual world of a parish priest
                       in one of the remotest parts of Britain


      11.35pm   Film : Excalibur (1981)
                       starring Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren

        1.50am   Weather

        1.55am   Closedown


       























      Bank Holiday Monday 28th December 1992


         BBC1

         7.00am  News, Regional News, Weather

          7.10am  
Children's BBC
                        with Philippa Forrester and Toby Anstis
                        Hallo Spencer
                        Puppet adventures

         7.35am   Babar
                        Classic story of Babar the elephant

         8.00am  News, Regional News, Weather

         8.10am   Cuckooland

                         Return of the comedy about a house
                         with a life of its own


         8.35am   Swamp Thing
                         animated adventures

         9.00am   News, Regional News, Weather

         9.05am   Come Midnight Monday

                         4: Spack and the Shire 
                         Secretary, Harrison, lose their motion
                         to dispose of "Wombat"


         9.25am    Why Don't You ?
                         The new gang is at large in a
                         whacky mansion, offering activities,
                         recipes and games for the school holidays.
                         Today juggling, ballroom dancing
                         and pizza-making


        10.25am   TV Film : The Phantom Treehouse (1984) 
                          animation

         11.35am   Film : Sons of the Musketeers (1952)
                          starring Maureen O'Hara

         12.55pm  Regional News , Weather

          1.00pm   News 
Chris Lowe Weather Peter Cockroft 

           1.05pm   Neighbours

           1.25pm   Eldorado

                          Gwen is concerned about Terry's
                          effect on Blair


           1.55pm  Cartoon

           2.10pm  Film : Star Trek -
                          the Motion Picture (1979)

                          starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy

           4.15pm  The Russ Abbot Christmas Show
                          The excesses of Christmas Day are
                          only too obvious when an overweight
                          Peter Pan teaches Wendy how to fly


           4.55pm  Final Score
                          introduced by David Davies

           5.05pm  News Chris Lowe Weather Bernard Davey

            5.15pm  Regional News and Sport 

           5.20pm  Neighbours 
(Repeat)
                          Toby is riding for a fall, and Brad
                           is shattered when his birthday
                           present has a devastating effect on Beth.
                           Gaby catches a shoplifter and then
                           makes a surprising decision


           5.45pm   Jim'll Fix It
                           A seasonal special in which 
                           
Jimmy Savile plays Santa Claus
                           for viewers and makes their dreams
                           come true


          6.30pm   Telly Addicts
                           In this special edition of the television
                           
knowledge quiz, Noel Edmonds raids
                           the archives for some festive goodies
                           to challenge his celebrity guests.
                           Answering the questions are
                           Birds of a Feather Pauline Quirke
                           and Linda Robson ,singer Michael Ball,
                           Keith Barron (Good Guys) 
                           EastEnder Michelle Collins,
                           Rosemarie Ford (Generation Game), 
                           
Geoffrey Hughes  (Keeping Up
                           Appearances), and radio and
                           TV personality Danny Baker


           7.00pm  Film : Twins (1988) 
                          starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, 
                          Danny De Vito 
Première

           8.45pm  Main News Michael Buerk 
                          Regional News, Weather Bernard Davey

           9.05pm  One Jasper Carrott
                          One of Britain's funniest sit-down
                          
comedians returns to the stool with
                          some acerbic new material delivered
                          from the stage of the Theatre Royal
                          in London's Drury Lane


         9.55pm   One Foot in the Grave  
                         The Man in the Long Black Coat
                         repeat of last year's Christmas episode

       10.45pm   Match of the Day
                         Highlights from two of the day's
                         top Premier League games


        11.55pm  Film : Downhill Racer (1969)
                        starring Robert Redford, Gene Hackman

         1.35am  Weather

         1.40am  Closedown

        Tuesday 29th December 1992

        BBC1
   
   
7.00am  News, Regional News, Weather
   7.10am  Hallo Spencer
   7.35am  Babar the Elephant
   8.00am  News, Regional News, Weather
   8.10am  Cuckooland
   8.35am  Swamp Thing
   9.00am  News, Regional News, Weather
   9.05am  Come Midnight Monday
   9.25am  Why Don't You .. ?
  10.05am  Playdays
  10.30am  Film : Ferry to Hong Kong (1959)
  12.20pm  Cartoon
  12.25pm  Animal Sanctuary
  12.55pm  Regional News; Weather
   1.00pm  News, Weather 
   1.10pm  Neighbours
   1.30pm  Film : That's Entertainment! (1974)
   3.35pm  Cartoon Double Bill
   3.50pm  Pingu
   3.55pm  Noddy
   4.05pm  The Chronicles of Narnia
   5.00pm  The Best of Blue Peter
   5.35pm  Neighbours 
(Repeat)
   6.00pm  News, Weather 
   6.15pm  Regional news magazines
   6.30pm  The World's Strongest Man
   7.30pm  EastEnders
   8.00pm  Citizen Smith
   8.30pm  A Question of Sport
   9.00pm  Nine O'Clock News, Regional News, Weather 
   9.30pm  Film : Gorillas In the Mist (1988) 
Première
  11.35pm  Curtis Stigers Live in Concert
  12.25am  Weather


      Wednesday 30th December 1992

      BBC1

   
7.00am  News, Regional News, Weather
    7.10am  Hallo Spencer
    7.35am  Babar the Elephant
   8.00am  News, Regional News, Weather
    8.10am  Cuckooland
    8.35am  Swamp Thing
    9.00am  News, Regional News, Weather
    9.05am  Come Midnight Monday
    9.25am  Why Don't You.. ?
   10.05am  Playdays
   10.30am  Film : The Slipper and the Rose (1976)
   12.45pm  Cartoon
   12.55pm  Regional News; Weather
    1.00pm  One O'Clock News
    1.10pm  Neighbours
    1.30pm  Eldorado
    2.00pm  Hotel
    3.30pm  Cartoons
    3.50pm  Children's BBC
                    Pingu
    4.00pm  Henry's Cat
    4.10pm  The Chronicles of Narnia
    5.05pm  Newsround : Review of the Year
    5.35pm  Neighbours
(Repeat)
    6.00pm  News, Weather 
     6.15pm  Regional news magazines
    6.30pm  Eldorado
    7.00pm  Film : Bronco Billy (1980)
    8.50pm  Points of View : Review of the Year
    9.00pm  Nine O'Clock News, Regional News, Weather
    9.30pm  Porridge (Christmas Special from 1976)
                   
(Repeat)
   10.15pm  Review 92: That Was the Year That Was
   11.30pm  Film : They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970)
      1.15am  Weather


     New Year's Eve Thursday 31st December 1992

​     BBC1


  7.00am  News, Regional News, Weather
  7.10am  Hallo Spencer
  7.35am  Babar the Elephant
  8.00am  News, Regional News, Weather
  8.10am  Cuckooland
  8.35am  Swamp Thing
  9.00am  News, Regional News, Weather
  9.05am  Come Midnight Monday
  9.25am  Why Don't You..?
 10.05am  Playdays
 10.25am  Film : On the Town (1949)
 12.05pm  I Talk to the Animals
 12.55pm  Regional News, Weather
  1.00pm  News, Weather 
  1.10pm  Neighbours
  1.30pm  Film : The Boy Who Could Fly (1986)
Première
  3.10pm  Cartoon
  3.20pm  That's Life! Talented Pets
  3.50pm  Film : Barefoot in the Park (1967)
  5.35pm  Neighbours
(Repeat)
  6.00pm  News, Weather 
  6.15pm  Regional news magazines
  6.30pm  That's Showbusiness New Year's Eve Show
  7.00pm  EastEnders
  7.30pm  Bruce Forsyth: 50 Years in Showbusiness
  8.20pm  Film : Appointment with Death (1988)
 10.00pm  Main News, Regional News, Weather 
 10.20pm  Clive James on 1992
 12.05am  Happy New Year
 12.10am  Film : The Ipcress File (1965)
  1.55am  Weather


    New Year's Day Friday 1st January 1993

​     BBC1


  7.00am  How Big Is an Elephant
   7.10am  Hallo Spencer
  7.30am  Teddy Bears' Picnic
   7.55am  Pingu
  8.00am  Playdays
   8.25am  Henry's Cat
  8.30am  The Canterville Ghost
   8.55am  Swamp Thing
  9.20am  Why Don't You...?
  9.50am  Raccoons on Ice
 10.15am  Dark Horse
 11.00am  Olympics 92
12.30pm  The Flintstones
 12.55pm  Regional News, Weather
  1.00pm  News, Weather
  1.05pm  Neighbours
  1.25pm  Eldorado
  1.55pm  Film : Ben-Hur (1959)
  5.20pm  Neighbours 
(Repeat)
  5.45pm  News, Weather 
  5.55pm  Regional News, Sport
 6.00pm  Portrait Painter to the Birds
 6.30pm  Eldorado
  7.00pm  Only Fools and Horses
  8.30pm  Sitting Pretty
  9.00pm  Love Hurts
  9.50pm  Main News, Regional News,
                  Weekend Weather
 10.10pm  Film : Fatal Beauty (1987)
 11.50pm  Patti Labelle - Live in New York
 12.50am  Weather
     Saturday 19th December 1992

      BBC2


  9.05am  Film : Unconquered (1947)
 11.25am  Bird's Eye View
 12.15pm  Film : The Lady Vanishes (1938)
  1.50pm  Network East
  2.20pm  Tanhalyan
  3.00pm  Animation Now
  3.10pm  Film : Spartacus (1960)
Première
  6.10pm  The Swagger Portrait
  6.35pm  Scrutiny
  7.05pm  News and Sport, Weather 
  7.20pm  Music on Two
  8.35pm  Have I Got News for You
  9.05pm  Performance: Absolute Hell
 11.05pm  Film : Nobody's Fool (1986)
Première
      

 







​     
Sunday 20th December 1992

      BBC2

 
7.00am  Felix the Cat
   7.15am  Playdays
  7.40am  Smoggles
  8.05am  Telling Tales
  8.20am  Orville and Cuddles
   8.25am  Bltsa
   8.45am  Gentle Ben
   9.10am  The Wetter, the Better!
  9.35am  Thundercats
 10.00am  Kevin and Co
 10.25am  Blue Peter Omnibus
  11.15am  The OZone
 11.30am  Children's BBC 
                 Shakespeare: the Animated Tales :
                 Twelfth Night
 12.00       Thunderbirds : Give or Take a Million
 12.50pm  The Invaders
   1.40pm  Tex Avery
  2.00pm  South : South of Westminster
  2.00pm  South East : Around Westminster
  2.30pm  Show Jumping
  3.20pm  Kullervo
  4.50pm  Rugby Special
  5.45pm  Life with Eliza
  5.55pm  Ski Sunday
  6.25pm  Film : A Christmas Story (1983)
Première
  7.55pm  Realms of the Russian Bear
                 
followed by 
                 Advent Calendar
  8.45pm  The Cry
  9.00pm  Film : Crossing Delancey (1988)
Première
 10.35pm  Funny Business
 11.35pm  Film : Frenzy (1972)


     Monday 21st December 1992

      BBC2

 
8.00am  Breakfast News
   8.15am  Film : The Falcon's Adventure (19)
   9.15am  Film : Mr and Mrs Smith (19)
 10.45am  Claymation
 11.00am  Mr Benn
  11.15am  Priddy the Hedgehog
 12.10pm  Nikolayeva Plays Shostakovich
 12.55pm  The Lambeth Boys
   1.55pm  Christmas Carols
  2.00pm  News, Weather
                 
followed by 
                  The Warlords
  2.30pm  Westminster reports
  3.00pm  News, Weather
                 
followed by
                  Songs of Praise
   3.50pm  News, Weather, Regional News, Weather
  4.00pm  Golf
  5.00pm  Show Jumping
  5.50pm  Life with Eliza
  6.00pm  The Addams Family
   6.25pm  DEF II 
                  Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
  6.50pm  Dance Energy House Party
                 
followed by 
                  Advent Calendar
   7.30pm  Film : The Dark Crystal (1982)
  9.00pm  I'm All Right Jacques
  9.30pm  Bookmark
 10.20pm  Manipulation
 10.30pm  Newsnight
   11.15pm  Film : Breathless (1983)
  12.50am  Weatherview


 




​    
Tuesday 22nd December 1992

      BBC2

 
8.00am  Breakfast News
  8.15am  Film : The Falcon in Danger (1943)
  9.25am  Film : A Man Alone (1955)
 10.55am  Christmas Carols
 11.00am  Charlie Chalk
  11.15am  Drift the Mute Swan
 12.10pm  Nikolayeva Plays Shostakovich
 12.40pm  The Lambeth Boys
   1.40pm  TV
  2.00pm  News, Weather

                  followed by 
                  Warlords
  2.30pm  Away in a Manger
  3.00pm  News; Weather
  3.40pm  It's a Small World
  3.50pm  News and Weather, Regional News, Weather 
  4.00pm  Film : The Band Wagon (193)
  5.50pm  Life with Eliza
  6.00pm  Film : Up Periscope (1959)
  7.50pm  Travel Show Guides Special
  8.30pm  Food and Drink Christmas Special
  9.00pm  Quantum Leap
  9.50pm  Troubleshooter 2

 10.30pm  Newsnight
   11.15pm  Film : American Gigolo (1980)
     1.10am  Weatherview


   







​      
Wednesday 23rd December 1992

      BBC2


   8.00am  Breakfast News
    8.15am  Film : The Falcon's Alibi (1946)
    9.15am  Film : This Happy Breed (1944)
  11.00am  Greenclaws
   11.15am  Kali the Lion
  12.15pm  Nikolayeva Plays Shostakovich
 12.45pm  Balloon
  1.00pm  Sailing
  2.00pm  News, Weather
                 
followed by 
                 Dance with Me, Henry 
  2.35pm  CountryFile
  3.00pm  News, Weather
                 
followed by 
                 Christmas in the City
  3.50pm  News, Weather, Regional News, Weather
  4.00pm  Animation Now
   4.15pm  Film : The 39 Steps (1935) b&w
  5.40pm  Life with Eliza
  5.50pm  Star Trek : Arena
  6.40pm  DEF11
                 Rough Guide to the World's Islands
  7.30pm  Christmas in Vienna
  8.30pm  Open Space :
                  Kurdistan - the Promised Country
  9.00pm  Film : Dreamchild (1985)
 10.30pm  Newsnight
 11.15pm  Film : Le Cop II (1990) 
Première
  1.00am  Weathervlew    

 






     Christmas Eve Thursday 24th December 1992


      BBC2

      7.10am   Film : Bengazi (1955)
                     starring Richard Conte

      8.25am  Film : A Christmas Carol (1938) 
                     starring Reginald Owen Première

      9.30am  Film : Flying Down to Rio (1933) 
                     starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers

     11.00am  Pigeon Street
                      cartoon

      11.15am  Animation Now 
                     Paradise 
                     A crow attempts to become a bird of paradise

     11.30am  Sports Review of the Year
                     Another chance to see this look back to
                     1992's great sporting moments, and
                     the announcement of the BBC Sports
                     Personality of the Year.
                     With Desmond Lynam and Steve Rider


       1.20pm  Motor Racing
                      introduced by Steve Rider
                      Highlights of the 1992 Esso British
                      Touring Car 
Championship which
                      reached a thrilling climax at Silverstone. 

                      Commentary by Murray Walker

       2.20pm  Nikolayeva Plays Shostakovich 
                      Preludes and Fugues 14 to 17
                      Tatiana Nikolayeva continues
                      the epic cycle of Shostakovich's
                      preludes and fugues


      2.50pm  Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre
                     This company, founded in 1958,
                     holds a unique place in American
                     dance history for the eclecticism of
                     its repertory. 

                     Judith Jamison, the company's director
                     since Ailey's death in 1989, introduces
                     his ballet : 
Memoria


      3.45pm  TV
                     Journeys through colour. 
                     White is.... the beginning. 

                     It is John Lennon's piano, the
                     sliced loaf and lies that don't count


     4.05pm  Paralympics
                    Just three weeks after the Olympic
                    Games finished in Barcelona, the city
                    was host to the ninth Paralympics, a
                    great celebration of  disabled sport.
                    Helen Rollason reviews the event


     5.05pm  Reverse Gear 
                     a look back at Top Gear's 1992 series

     5.35pm   Food and Drink
                     Christmas quiz of practical and
                     entertaining ideas such as suggestions
                     for red wine to go with turkey and
                     recipes for Christmas leftovers


     6.05pm   Life with Eliza
                      Continuing the daily series of
                      Edwardian comedy vignettes,
                      starring John Sessions
                      A Game of Bowls. 

                      Ernest acquires a set of finger bowls

       6.15pm   A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols 
                      from the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge

       7.30pm  How about a Lift, Old Boy?
                      In 1955, Stirling Moss won the Mille Miglia,
                      a 1,000-mile dash through Italy.
                      This summer, 300 vintage cars took part
                      in a rally over the original route, and
                      Moss drove the race-winning 
Mercedes.
                      His navigator, sports-writer
                      Ian Wooldridge, reports

                      followed by 
                     Advent Calendar

      8.20pm  In the Beginning
                     John Cleese is the fast-talking serpent in
                     Bud Handelsman's witty animation based
                     on the story of the Creation and Fall.
                     With Harry Enfield as Adam and
                     Michael Hordern as God


      8.30pm  Aliya the Asian Elephant
                     Simon and John King 's "animal drama"
                     
follows a baby elephant in Sri Lanka who,
                     
separated from the main herd, faces
                     many 
dangers


      9.20pm  Harry Enfield's Festive
                      
Television Programme
                      comedy sketches including the Old Gits,
                      
Smashie and Nicey, Leslie Norris and
                      the Slobs


     10.00pm  The Comic Strip Presents 
                      Wild Turkey
                      This new adventure from the Comic Strip
                       
team begins one snowy Christmas Eve

      10.30pm  Film : Women on the Verge of a
                       Nervous Breakdown (1988)

                       starring Carmen Maura Première

       11.55pm  Film : The Birds (1963)
                       starring Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor

         1.50am  Weatherview

         2.00am  Closedown













 








      Christmas Day Friday 25th December 1992

      BBC2

      6.40am  
Christmas In Paris
                      A concert capturing the flavour of a
                      French Christmas and including a
                      live performance by the French
                      National Orchestra


       7:30am  Film : Rio Bravo (1959)
                      starring John Wayne, Dean Martin 

       9:45am  Film : Jour de Fete (1947)
                      directed by and starring Jacques Tati 

      11:15am  Advent Calendar
                     Throughout December, BBC2 has
                     been opening windows on Christmas past.
                     All 24 images can be seen again in this
                     round-up of the television advent calendar


     11:45am   The Freddie Mercury Tribute 
                      Concert for Aids Awareness 
                      Last April, thousands crowded into
                      Wembley Stadium to hear top pop
                      stars appearing live in a special concert.
                      This programme of highlights includes
                     
performances from the remaining
                      members of Queen, David Bowie, 
                      
Lisa Stansfield, Elton John, Annie Lennox,
                      
George Michael and Guns 'n' Roses


       1:15pm   Film : Top Hat (1935)
                      starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers 

       2:50pm  Sister Wendy's Odyssey
                      Sister Wendy Beckett has a special
                      Christmas story as she ends her odyssey
                      in Edinburgh. Here she offers her
                     
unorthodox views on why Santa Claus
                      is the patron saint of pawn brokers


       3:00pm  Nigel Mansell 1992
                       Winning the Formula 1 World 
                       
Championship is the pinnacle of
                       any racing driver's career. Having
                       come so close to it before, Nigel Mansell
                       
finally realised that dream this year

      3:45pm    The Maestro and the Diva
                       Songs by Richard Strauss 
                       In the first of two programmes, conductor
                       
Sir Georg Solti and soprano
                       Dame Kiri Te Kanawa are shown
                       in rehearsal and performance as they
                       
prepare a concert of Strauss songs.
                       The selection includes Die Nacht,
                       Madrigal and Begegnung


       4:40pm   Life with Eliza
                       The Aquapen
                       Ernest buys a pen which promises to
                       convert water into ink


      4:50pm   Film : Monsieur Hulot's Holiday ( 1953)
                       directed by and starring Jacques Tati 

      6:25pm   The Queen
                      A special showing of Her Majesty the
                      Queen's Christmas message to the
                     
Commonwealth, with subtitles and
                      sign language 
interpretation
                      for deaf and hard of hearing people


     6:35pm   Reindeer Rock
                     This programme plunders the best,
                     and the worst, from the Yuletide pop archive,
                     
and combines them with some classic comedy

     7:15pm    Romeo and Juliet
                     Northern Ballet Theatre performs 
                     
Prokofiev's ballet

     9:00pm  Film : Dangerous Liaisons (1988) 
                     starring Glenn Close, John Malkovich,
                     
Michelle Pfeiffer Première

    10:55pm  The Cry
                     The Cry of Christmas 
                     The series of music videos commissioned
                     for Advent reaches its climax with a
                     new performance of John Tavener 's 

                     God Is with Us

     11:05pm  The Likely Lads
                      The classic Christmas episode from 1974
                      of the comedy series starring 
James Bolam,
                      
Rodney Bewes

      11:50pm  Film : Rear Window (1954)
                       a classic thriller starring James Stewart, 
                       
Grace Kelly

        1:40am  Weather

         1.45am  Closedown



  

















      Boxing Day Saturday 26th December 1992

      BBC2

      6.50am  Film : Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
                      starring Glenn Ford, Bette Davis

      9.00am  Film : The Magic of Lassie (1978)
                      starring James Stewart, Mickey Rooney

     10.35am  Film : My Uncle (Mon Uncle) (1958)
                      starring Jacques Tati

     12.35pm  Looks Like a Chair, Actually It's a Lavatory 
                     Alan Bennett explores his memories of
                     nearly 40 years of TV



       1.15pm  Film : The Water Babies (1978)
                     starring James Mason, Billie Whitelaw

      2.45pm  Elizabeth R
                     A unique film portrait of one year in the
                     life of Her Majesty the Queen - celebrating 
                     
the 40th anniversary of her accession to
                     the throne


      4.35pm  Film : Jean de Florette (1986)
                     starring Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu , 
                     a French film with English subtitles

      6.30pm  Life with Eliza 
                      continuing the comedy drama starring
                      John Sessions 

                      Psychic Encounters

                      Ernest wonders whether he might
                      possess special psychic gifts


       6.40pm  Arena 
                       Linda McCartney, behind the Lens

        7.30pm  The Mikado
                       or The Town of Titipu 
                       The D'Oyly Carte Opera 

        9.50pm  Bookmark 
                       Sunny Stories 
                       An imaginative study of the life of
                       author Enid Blyton that combines drama,
                       
animation and documentary

      11.00pm   A Ghost Story for Christmas 
                        A Warning to the Curious by M R James

       11.50pm  Film : Marnie (1964)
                        starring Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery

         2.00am  Closedown



                     














     




 


































 

















       Sunday 27th December 1992


       BBC2

       7.00am  Children's BBC
                      with Philippa Forrester and Toby Anstis
                      Champion the Wonder Horse 
                      Rebel and Champion help Ricky and Sandy
​                      
(b/w)

      7.25am   Poddington Peas
                     The Peas wake up on Christmas day
                     to find that Santa hasn't left them
                     any presents


      7.30am  Felix the Cat
                     animation, Felix outwits the nasty professor
 
      7.45am   Playdays
                     the Why Bird Stop

      8.10am  Smoggies
                    Arnold the Shark eats a Smoggies garbage can

      8.35am  Telling Tales
                     The story of St Francis and the Wolf
                     of Gubbio, as told by Philip Hawthorn


      8.50am  Orville and Cuddles
                     Orville and Cuddles try to earn some
                     money to buy a cake


      8.55am  Gentle Ben
                     The Wedloes and aquarium men search
                     for Ben the bear and Marco Polo the dolphin


      9.25am  Bitsa
                     Recycling ideas with Caitlin Easterby
                     and Simon Pascoe


      9.40am  The Wetter, the Better!
                     Children's splash -hit game show

     10.05am  Pingu
                     Pingu the Penguin is intelligent
                     but
 rather clumsy

     10.10am  Edd the Duck's Megastar Treck

     10.20am  The Juggler

                      Drama set in Quebec

     10.45am  Thundercats
                      Vultureman invents a Super Power Potion
                      
which gives him great magical powers

      11.10am  The Prom
                      Rebecca will never be able to forget her
                      prom night


      12.00       Thunderbirds  
                      Day of Disaster

      12.50pm  The Invaders
                       The Possessed
                       David Vincent learns the aliens
                       have been 
"programming" people


       1.40pm   Film : To Catch a Thief (1955)
                       starring Cary Grant

       3.25pm  The Maestro and the Diva
                      A concert performance of The Four Last
                      
Songs by Richard Strauss, with
                      Sir Georg Solti conducting the
                      BBC Philharmonic
Orchestra and
                      Dame Kiri Te Kanawa as soloist


      4.25pm   Film : Manon des Sources (1986) 
                      starring Yves Montand 
                      (in French with English subtitles)


      6.15pm    Life with Eliza
                      The Curse of Summer
                      Ernest is struck by the vast amount
                      of rhubarb in his garden


      6.25pm   Le Cenerentoia 
                      Rossini's opera version of the Cinderella
                      
fairy tale is an effervescent mixture
                      of comedy, pathos and masquerade,
                      with spectacular fireworks and
                      colourful costumes


      9.05pm  Funny Business 
                     A Fools Guide to Musical Comedy 

      9.55pm  New Season on Two
                     preview of the new season of drama
                     starting soon on BBC2


    10.00pm  Film : The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
                     starring Jeff Bridges, Beau Bridges,
                     Michelle Pfeiffer
 Première      

     11.50am  Film : Notorius (1946)
                     starring Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman

       1.35am  Closedown       

      Bank Holiday Monday 28th December 1992

      BBC2

      6.45am  Film : Sister Kenny (1946)

                     starring Rosalind Russell, Alexander Knox

      8.35am  Film : The Gay Divorcee (1934)
                     starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers

    10.20am  Light the Darkness
                    This film is a reminder of the international
                    
conventions designed to protect the innocent
                    
victims of war. But they have all been broken
                    in the past year - in Europe alone.
                    With Peter Ustinov and the London Chamber
                    
Orchestra

     11.10am  Songs of Praise
                     from Chester Cathedral

     11.45am  Geraint Evans Masterclass
                     As a tribute to Sir Geraint Evans -
                    the Welsh opera singer who died in
                    September this year - BBC2 repeats
                    the series of
masterclasses which he gave
                    in 1981, offering guidance to young singers
                    in the portrayal of operatic characters


    12.45pm  Racing from Chepstow  
                    (12.55, 1.25, 2.00 & 2.35 races)

     2.50pm  The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
                    A series of five daily lectures by
                    
Professor Charles Stirling, FRS. 
                    Man in the Mirror.
                    A look at how humans are lop-sided, in
                    the use of brains, eyes, ears, right down
                    to fingerprints


     3.50pm  The Works
                     Waiting to Work
                     This first programme in the series explores
                     
the hair-trigger world of the one-shot device,
                     
machines such as ejection seats that 
                     work once, perfectly


      4.10pm  Film : Yentl (1983)
                     starring Barbra Streisand Première

     6.20pm  Life with Eliza
                    Women Are So Variable 
                    Ernest ponders the nature of love,
                    women and his own considerable attractions


     6.30pm  The Hard Nut 
                     To mark the centenary of Tchaikovsky's
                     ballet The Nutcracker, a performance by
                     the Mark Morris Dance Group of the
                     American choreographer's "alternative"
                     
version

      8.00pm  Granadaland  
                      As part of its first night in 1956,
                      Granada Television broadcast a Tribute
                      to the BBC. In the week that Granada
                      begins its new franchise, the BBC belatedly
                      
returns the favour by transmitting an
                      evening of programmes devoted to the
                      oldest surviving independent TV company

                      Coronation Street
                      A classic episode of Britain's
                      longest-running TV serial

  
       8.30pm  From the North
                       The story of Granada, the company
                       
responsible for Britain's most enduring
                       soap opera Coronation Street, the current
                       affairs series World in Action, and highly
                       
praised drama from Brideshead Revisited
                       to Prime Suspect


        9.30pm  Pro-Celebrity University Challenge
                       quizmaster Bamber Gascoigne pits some
                       of the programme's most celebrated
                       alumni 
(including comedian Stephen Fry
                       and BBC's Foreign Affairs Editor
                       John Simpson) against a team of
                       current undergraduates


      10.00pm  Roll on Four O' Clock
                       classic from Granada's drama archive
                       by one of Britain's foremost playwrights


      11.00pm  Northern Songs
                       from the Beatles to the Buzzcocks,
                       from the Bay City Rollers to Joy Division,
                       
Granada has always been quick to bring
                       new bands 
to the screen.
                       This programme plunders the archive


      11.30pm   Flat Caps and Ferrets
                        A celebration of the cultural heritage of
                        the mythical land filled with pigeons,
                        
whippets and endless cups of tea.
                        It draws on such 
Granada classics as
                        
Coronation Street, A Family at War and
                        Nearest and Dearest to expose some of
                        the myths about the north of England


        12.00      Film : The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)
                       starring Ray Milland

         1.15am  Weatherview

        1.20am  Closedown













   ​Tuesday 29th December 1992

​   BBC2

   
6.55am  Film : Samson and Delilah (1949)
   9.00am  Film : The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
                   (1939)
  10.30am  Charlie Chalk
  10.45am  Into the Woods
    1.20pm  Nikolayeva Plays Shostakovich
    1.45pm  Adam
    1.50pm  Geraint Evans Masterclass
   2.50pm  Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
   3.50pm  The Works
   4.10pm  Film : Suspicion (1941)
   5.50pm  Life with Eliza
   6.00pm  TV Film : Christmas Comes to Willow Creek
                   (1987) 
    7.30pm  Talking Magritte
   8.00pm  Winter Dreams
(Ballet)
   9.00pm  The Vampyr - a Soap Opera
    9.25pm  The Bogie Man
   10.25pm  Film : Earth Girls Are Easy (1988)
Première
   12.00       Film : Invaders from Mars (1953)
   1.20am  Weathervlew


 











   Wednesday 30th December 1992

   BBC2

   
 7.00am  Film : Hollywood Hotel (1937)   
    8.45am  Film : Follow the Fleet (1936)
   10.30am  Greenclaws
   10.45am  Sunday in the Park with George
    1.10pm  Nikolayeva Plays Shostakovich
    1.40pm  Jean-Claude des Alpes
(animation)
    1.50pm  Geraint Evans Masterclass
    2.50pm  Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
    3.50pm  Film : A Star is Born (1976)
    6.20pm  Life with Eliza
    6.30pm  Tosca
    8.25pm  Talking Rembrandt
    9.00pm  The Vampyra Soap Opera
    9.25pm  New Season on Two
    9.30pm  Film : Married to the Mob (1988)
Première
   11.10pm  Unplugged - Eric Clapton
   12.00      Film : The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
    1.20am  Weatherview


   

 














​  New Year's Eve Thursday 31st December 1992

   BBC2

 
6.55am  Film : Spirit of the People (1940)
  8.40am  Film : Shall We Dance (1937)
 10.25am  Pigeon Street
 10.40am  Chinese State Circus
  11.30am  Aspen - Colorado
   1.50pm  Geraint Evans Masterclass
  2.50pm  The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
  3.50pm  The Works
(b&w) (Repeat))
  4.20pm  World Darts
   5.10pm  Faldo's Open
   5.50pm  Life with Eliza
  6.00pm  Film : The Black Stallion (1979)
  8.00pm  I'm a Stranger Here Myself
  9.00pm  The Vampyr - a Soap Opera
   9.25pm  The Doug Anthony All-Stars
   9.55pm  New Season on Two
 10.00pm  Film : Monty Python and the Holy Grail
​                   (1975) 
Première
 11.30pm  Rab C Nesbitt
 12.20am  Film : Without You I'm Nothing (1990)
   1.45am  Weatherview

   

 








​    New Year's Day Friday 1st January 1993

​   BBC2

  
 6.50am  Film : Meet John Doe (1941)
    8.55am  Film : Swing Time (1936)
   10.35am  Early One Morning
   11.00am  Fingermouse
    11.15am  New Year's Day Concert
  12.30pm  Racing from Cheltenham.
    2.50pm  The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
    3.50pm  The Works
    4.10pm  Top Gear Rally Report
    4.40pm  The Natural World
    5.30pm  Ski Sunday Special
    6.00pm  Street Scene (Opera)
    8.30pm  Film : A Cry in the Dark (1988)
Première
   10.25pm  The Vampyr: a Soap Opera
   10.50pm  World Darts
    11.50pm  Film : Blow Out (1981)
      1.30am  Weatherview 














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