BBC 1995

BBC CHRISTMAS TV 1995

  Saturday 23rd December 1995

BBC1

7.25am News, Weather .
7.30am The Dwarf Tree
7.40am Nick and Noel
8.05am Eek the Cat
8.30am The New Adventures of Superman
9.15am Live and Kicking
12.30pm News, Weather
12.35pm Joy to the World
1.35pm Film : Problem Child 2 (1991)
3.05pm Film : Santa Claus (1985)
4.50pm Final Score
5.15pm News, Weather
5.25pm Regional News, Sport
5.30pm Dad's Army (Repeat)
6.00pm Jim Davidson's Generation Game
7.00pm All the Best for Christmas
8.00pm The National Lottery Live
8.15pm Casualty
9.05pm News, Sport, Weather
followed by
National Lottery Update
9.25pm It Might Be You
10.45pm Match of the Day
11.50pm The Stand-Up Show
12.20am Film : Birth of the Beatles (1979)
2.00am Weather

Christmas Eve Sunday 24th December 1995

   BBC1

7.30am Film : The Pink Panther (1964)
      starring Peter Sellers, David Niven

  9.25am News and Weather

9.30am The Promise of His Glory
last in the series of advent services from
St Peter's Church, Woolley, Yorkshire

10.15am Film : Oliver! (1968)
starring Ron Moody, Oliver Reed, Mark Lester

12.35pm A Flintstone Family Christmas
   festive pre-historic fun

   1.15pm Noel's Christmas Past
   Noel Edmonds raids the archives and
presents some of the most moving
moments from his previous Christmas shows

   2.15pm EastEnders
    omnibus edition

3.40pm Film : ET the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
starring Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace

   5.30pm Antiques Roadshow - the Next Generation
   from the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum
near Belfast, introduced by Hugh Scully
and Diane-Louise Jordan

  6.15pm News with Jennie Bond
   Weather Bill Giles

   6.30pm Regional News

6.35pm Christmas with Cliff
   a Songs of Praise special with Cliff Richard,
Sally Magnusson

  7.15pm Last of Summer Wine
   A Leg Up for Christmas
starring Bill Owen, Peter Salis, Brian Wilde

  8.15pm 2 Point 4 Children
Porky's
In a display of poor judgement, Bill
entrusts Ben with buying all the food
for Christmas with Belinda Lang and
Gary Olsen

  8.45pm P.G.Wodehouse's Heavy Weather
starring Peter O'Toole, Richard Briers

10.20pm News with Justin Webb
Weather Bill Giles

10.35pm Morecambe and Wise
   1975 Christmas Show with Diana Rigg,
Gordon Jackson, Des O'Connor (Repeat)

11.40pm The First Communion of Christmas
      live from Lichfield Cathedral, Staffordshire

12.50am Film : Rear Window (1954)
  starring James Stewart, Grace Kelly

2.40am Weather

2.45am Closedown

    Christmas Day Monday 25th December 1995

BBC1

6.00am Children's BBC
Podddington Peas
   (Repeat)

6.05am Bump's Christmas Story
(Repeat)

6.15am Moomin

6.40am White Christmas
animation

  7.10am Playdays
      (Repeat)

  7.30am PJ's Unfunnybunny Christmas
   animation about a one bunny campaign
to find the true meaning of Christmas

  7.55am McGee and Me
  a Christmas scrape for a boy and his
  cartoon creation (Repeat)

  8.15am The Flintstones
  Fred and Barney stage a pre-historic
version of A Christmas Carol

   9.25am The Movie Game
  a Christmas special of the film quiz
  with guests Donna Air, Toby Anstis,
  Claire Buckfield, Mark Curry, Mark Evans,
Natalie Poyser, Judy Simpson,
  John Barrowman

10.00am Christmas Day in the Morning
Don McLean, Lord Montagu and the
  residents of Beaulieu estate with a festive
  mix of carols, readings and prayers.
  Guests Harry Secombe, Ruth Madoc,
  Clive Mantle and BBC Choirgirl of
  the Year Tabitha Watling

10.55am Film : The Neverending Story (1984)
   fantasy adventure

12.25pm Neighbours
Various residents desire to "seize the day"

12.50pm News and Weather

12.55pm Top of the Pops
   Bjork and Jack Dee introduce the
  biggest selling songs of 1995, plus
  the Christmas Day Number One

  1.55pm Only Fools and Horses
Mother Nature's Son : a special
Christmas edition from 1992 (Repeat)

3.00pm The Queen
   Her Majesty the Queen's Christmas
message to the Commonwealth

  3.10pm Noel's Christmas Presents
With the help of Cliff Richard and the cast
of Riverdance, Noel Edmonds brings
surprises to deserving people, including
     a trip for a group of underprivileged children
to meet the real Santa Claus in Lapland

  4.20pm News, Weather

4.30pm Film : Hook (1991) Première
starring Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams,
Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins

   6.45pm Auntie's Brand New Bloomers
The secrets of some of the BBC's most
popular and prestigious programmes
are revealed when Terry Wogan digs
out classic clips from the archives

   7.30pm EastEnders
The first of tonight's two offerings from
Albert Square.
The Vic is full of Christmas cheer while
the Fowlers put on a brave face, Pat's plans
for a perfect Christmas take an unexpected
turn

  8.00pm Keeping Up Appearances
  with Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift
Plans to hold a pageant don't go quite
  as Hyacinth anticipated.
Could this be remotely connected to the
fact that she is organising it?

  8.30pm EastEnders
   Part 2

  9.00pm One Foot in the Grave
  The Wisdom of the Witch, starring
  Richard Wilson, Annette Crosbie

10.00pm News with Peter Sissons
Weather Rob McElwee

10.10pm Film : Indecent Proposal (1993)
   starring Robert Redford, Demi Moore,
Woody Harreison
   Première

12.00 I Hate Christmas
  a tale of the true spirit of Christmas

12.05am The Greatest Music Party in the World
1/2 recorded at this month's concert at
the NEC in Birmingham,
including David Bowie, Rod Stewart,
Diana Ross, Soul II Soul,  Lightning Seeds,
Des'ree, Echobelly, Alanis Morissette,
Alanan Myles, Curtis Stigers, Diana King

   1.35am Weather

1.40am Closedown

 Boxing Day Tuesday 26th December 1995

  7.00am Children's BBC
Tales of the Tooth Fairies
   animation
(Repeat)

   7.05am The Greedysaurus Gang
  dinosaur adventures (Repeat)

  7.10am The Snow Queen
   animation narrated by Sigourney Weaver
      (Repeat)

  7.35am Opus and Bill
  Opus writes to Santa (Repeat)

8.00am Fireman Sam
  animation (Repeat)

8.20am Playdays
   the Patch Stop

8.40am White Christmas
   animation

9.10am Peter Pan and the Pirates
   cartoon (Repeat)

9.30am The Legend of Prince Valiant
  animation (Repeat)

  9.55am Eek the Cat
cartoon (Repeat)

10.20am Record Breakers
   with Cheryl Baker, Kriss Akabusi, Mark Curry

10.45am Film : Those Magnificent Men in
  Their Flying Machines (1965)
  starring Sarah Miles, James Fox,
  Stuart Whitman

12.50pm News and Weather

12.55pm Regional News; Weather

1.00pm Neighbours

1.20pm The Two Ronnies
The 1987 Christmas edition of the
comedy show, starring Ronnie Barker
and Ronnie Corbett.
Featuring actor Charlton Heston and
singer Elton John

2.10pm Film : Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
  (1989)
  starring Harrison Ford, Sean Connery,
Denholm Elliott

  4.10pm Disneytime
presented by Michaela Strachan

  4.50pm Final Score
  football news and results plus action from
  this morning's FA Premiership games
  with Hazel Irvine

5.15pm News and Weather

5.25pm Regional News; Weather

5.30pm Cartoon
animated capers

5.40pm Neighbours
Libby is concerned at Karl's reaction when
  he sees her kissing Luke.
   Lou and Philip's ruthless greyhound
  trainer makes a shocking suggestion

6.05pm Film : Beethoven (1992)
   starring Charles Grodin Première

7.30pm EastEnders
  Kathy is organising Steven's sixth
  birthday party, but has other things on
her mind. Pat tries to pick up the pieces
but only succeeds in driving people away.
  When Pauline visits her, they both find a
   shoulder to cry on

  8.00pm Goodnight Sweetheart
  Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
   starring Nicholas Lyndhurst

  8.50pm The Thin Blue Line
   Yuletide Spirit
starring Rowan Atkinson

   9.20pm Film : Patriot Games (1992)
   starring Harrison Ford, Anne Archer
Première

11.10pm News with Justin Webb
Weather Isobel Lang

11.25pm Film : Clockwise (1986)
  starring John Cleese, Alison Steadman

   1.00am Lisa Stansfield in Concert
   her 1994 concert recorded at the
  Royal Albert Hall, London

  2.00am Weather

2.05am Closedown

Wednesday 27th December 1995

BBC1

7.00am News, Regional News, Weather
7.10am The Little Drummer Boy (Repeat)
8.00am News, Regional News, Weather
8.10am Joe 90
8.35am Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles (Repeat)
9.00am News, Regional News, Weather
9.05am Global Gatecrash
9.30am Stone Protectors Cartoon.
10.00am Playdays
10.30am Film : Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
12.45pm Cartoon
12.55pm Regional News; Weather
1.00pm News and Weather
1.10pm Neighbours
1.35pm Cartoon
1.50pm The Greatest Music Party in the World
3.20pm Film : Back to the Future Part II (1989)
5.05pm Blue Peter - the Best Bits
5.35pm Neighbours (Repeat)
6.00pm News, Weather
6.15pm Regional news magazine
6.30pm Animal Hospital Down Under -
A Christmas Special
7.20pm This Is Your Life
8.00pm Jobs for the Girls :
  Pauline and Linda Plan a Party
9.00pm Film : Hot Shots! (1991)
10.25pm News, Regional News, Weather
10.50pm Sorry about Last Night
11.40pm Film : Carry On Dick (1974)
1.10am Weather

Thursday 28th December 1995

BBC1

7.00am News, Regional News, Weather
7.10am The Toy Symphony
7.35am Favourite Songs
8.00am News, Regional News, Weather
8.10am Joe 90
8.35am Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles (Repeat)
9.00am News, Regional News, Weather
9.05am Global Gatecrash
9.30am Stone Protectors Cartoon (Repeat)
10.25am William's Wish Wellingtons
10.30am Film : The Three Musketeers (1973)
12.15pm Dannii on Safari
12.55pm Regional News, Weather
1.00pm News and Weather
1.10pm Neighbours
1.30pm Cartoon
1.40pm The Borrowers (Repeat)
3.05pm Film : Superman III (1983)
5.05pm Newsround Review of the Year
5.35pm Neighbours (Repeat)
6.00pm News, Weather
6.15pm Regional news magazines
6.30pm Telly Addicts Christmas Special
7.00pm Big Break Christmas Special
7.30pm EastEnders
8.00pm Great Ormond Street
8.30pm The Lenny Henry Christmas Show
9.00pm Nine O' Clock News, Regional News
Weather
9.30pm Billy Connolly : a Scot in the Arctic
10.20pm They Think It's All Over Christmas Special
11.00pm Review of the Year 1995
12.15am Film : Carry On Behind (1975)
1.45am Weather

Friday 29th December 1995

BBC1

7.00am News, Regional News, Weather
7.10am Classical Music Animations
Swan Lake
7.35am Favourite Songs
The Prince's Rain
8.00am News, Regional News, Weather
8.10am Joe 90
8.35am Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles Rpt
9.00am News, Regional News, Weather
9.05am Global Gatecrash
9.30am Stone Protectors (Repeat)
10.00am Playdays
10.25am William's Wish Wellington's
10.30am Film : The Four Musketeers (1974)
12.10pm The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
12.40pm Cartoon
12.55pm Regional News, Weather
1.00pm News and Weather
1.10pm Neighbours
1.30pm Cartoon
1.40pm The Borrowers
3.05pm Film : Supergirl (1984)
5.05pm Blue Peter - High Adventure
5.35pm Neighbours (Repeat)
6.00pm News, Weather
6.15pm Regional news magazines
6.30pm The World's Strongest Man
7.30pm Animal Sanctuary
8.00pm That's Showbusiness!- Movies Special
8.30pm A Question of Sport
9.00pm Nine O' Clock News
Regional News, Weekend Weather
9.30pm Film : Ghost (1990)
11.30pm Films of the Year with Barry Norman
12.15am Film : Little Big Man (1970)
2.30am Weather

  Saturday 30th December 1995

BBC1

7.25am News, Weather
7.30am Superted (Repeat)
7.35am The Artbox Bunch
7.50am Iznogoud
8.05am Peter Pan and the Pirates (Repeat)
8.30am The New Adventures of Superman
9.15am Live and Kicking
12.12pm Weather
12.15pm Grandstand
5.20pm News and Weather
5.30pm Regional News, Sport
5.35pm Dad's Army
6.05pm Jim Davidson's Generation Game
7.00pm The Gotcha Hall of Fame
7.50pm The National Lottery Live
8.05pm Casualty
8.55pm News and Sport, Weather
followed by
National Lottery Update
9.15pm Film : Only the Lonely (1991)
10.55pm Match of the Day
12.00 They Think It's All Over Christmas Special
(Repeat)
12.40am Film : Carry On Abroad (1972)
2.05am Weather

New Year's Eve Sunday 31st December 1995

BBC1

7.35am Film : Inspector Clouseau (1968)
9.10am News
9.15am The Big Question
9.30am First Light
10.00am Countryfile
10.30am Film : El Cid (1961)
1.25pm News
1.30pm Review of the Year 1995
2.45pm EastEnders Omnibus
3.45pm Film : Labyrinth (1986)
5.20pm Black Hearts in Battersea
5.50pm News
6.05pm Regional News
6.10pm Songs of Praise on Ice
6.45pm Antiques Roadshow
7.30pm Pie in the Sky
8.20pm Film : Strictly Ballroom (1992)
9.50pm News
10.05pm I Worked with Morecambe and Wise
... And Look What Happened to Me.
11.00pm The End of the Year Show
with Angus Deayton
(including Big Ben at midnight)
12.05am Happy New Year :
The Archbishop of Canterbury
12.10am Hogmanay Live
1.00am Film : Carry On Camping (1969)
2.25am Weather

  New Year's Day Monday 1st January 1996

BBC1

7.00am Children's BBC
Classical Music Animations -
Sleeping Beauty.
7.25am Favourite Songs - The Rise and Fall
of Humpty Dumpty (Repeat)
7.50am Joshua Jones (Repeat)
8.00am Playdays
8.20am Joe 90.
8.45am Peter Pan and the Pirates.
9.10am Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles.
9.30am Stone Protectors (Repeat)
9.55am Blue Peter - High Adventure.
10.25am Film : The Princess and the Goblin (1992)
11.45am Film : Bugsy Malone(1976)
1.15pm News, Regional News, Weather
1.25pm Neighbours
1.45pm EastEnders Omnibus
2.40pm Film : Suburban Commando (1991)
4.05pm Roald Dahl's Little Red Riding Hood
4.50pm Final Score
5.15pm News Summary
Regional News and Weather
5.30pm Neighbours (Repeat)
5.55pm Film : Never Say Never Again (1983)
8.00pm EastEnders
8.30pm Goodnight Sweetheart
9.00pm The Peacock Spring
10.25pm News, Regional News, Weather
10.45pm Match of the Day
11.35pm The Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge Live
1.10am Film : Carry On Doctor (1968)
2.40am Weather

Tuesday 2nd January 1996

BBC1

    6.00am Business Breakfast
7.00am Breakfast News
9.05am Global Gatecrash
9.30am Stone Protectors
10.00am News, Regional News, Weather
10.05am The Morning on BBC1
Can't Cook Won't Cook
10.30am Good Morning.... with Anne and Nick
12.00 News, Regional News, Weather
12.05pm Pebble Mill
12.50pm Regional News, Weather
1.00pm One O'Clock News
1.30pm Neighbours
1.50pm Banacek
3.05pm Timekeepers
3.30pm Children's BBC
Ants in Your Pants
3.50pm Chucklevision
4.10pm Free Willy
4.35pm Take Two
5.00pm Newsround
5.10pm The Demon Headmaster
5.35pm Neighbours (Repeat)
6.00pm Six O'Clock News
6.30pm Regional news magazines
7.00pm Holiday
7.30pm EastEnders
8.00pm Great Ormond Street
8.30pm Next of Kin
9.00pm Nine O'Clock News
Regional News, Weather
9.30pm The Peacock Spring
11.00pm Film : The Mean Season (1985)
12.35am Weather

Wednessday 3rd January 1996

BBC1

6.00am Business Breakfast
7.00am Breakfast News
9.05am Global Gatecrash
9.30am Stone Protectors (Repeat)
10.00am News, Regional News, Weather
10.05am The Morning on BBC1
Can't Cook Won't Cook
10.30am Good Morning.... with Anne and Nick
12.00 News, Regional News, Weather
12.05pm Pebble Mill
12.50pm Regional News, Weather
1.00pm One O'Clock News
1.30pm Neighbours
1.50pm Hawkeye
2.35pm Holiday
3.05pm Timekeepers
3.30pm Moomin
3.50pm Bitsa
4.10pm Rugrats (Repeat)
4.35pm Agent Z and the Penguins from Mars
5.00pm Newsround
5.10pm Blue Peter
5.35pm Neighbours (Repeat)
6.00pm Six O'Clock News, Weather
6.30pm Regional news magazines
7.00pm This Is Your Life
7.30pm May to December (Repeat)
8.00pm Paul Daniels's Secrets
8.50pm Points of View
9.00pm Nine O'Clock News
Regional News, Weather
9.30pm Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
10.40pm Inside Story
11.35pm Film : The House on Carroll Street (1987)
1.15am Weather

Thursday 4th January 1996

BBC1

    6.00am Business Breakfast
7.00am Breakfast News
9.05am The Morning on BBC1
Kilroy
10.00am News, Regional News, Weather
10.05am Can't Cook Won't Cook
10.30am Good Morning.... with Anne and Nick
12.00 News, Regional News, Weather
12.05pm Pebble Mill
12.50pm Regional News, Weather
1.00pm One O'Clock News, Weather
1.30pm Neighbours
1.50pm The Flying Doctors
2.35pm This Is Your Life
3.05pm Timekeepers
3.30pm New Yogi Bear Show (Repeat)
3.35pm The Morph Files
3.50pm Peter Pan and the Pirates (Repeat)
4.10pm Highlander
4.35pm The Really Wild Show
5.00pm Newsround
5.10pm The Demon Headmaster
5.35pm Neighbours (Repeat)
6.00pm Six O'Clock News, Weather
6.30pm Regional news magazine
7.00pm Top of the Pops
7.30pm EastEnders
8.00pm The Vet
8.50pm Animal Hospital Heroes
9.00pm Nine O'Clock News
Regional News, Weather
9.30pm French and Saunders
10.00pm Film : The Terminator (1984)
11.45pm Film : Busting (1974)
1.15am Weather

Friday 5th January 1996

BBC1

6.00am Business Breakfast
7.00am Breakfast News
9.05am The Morning on BBC1
Kilroy
10.00am News, Regional News, Weather
10.05am Can't Cook Won't Cook
12.00 News, Regional News, Weather
12.05pm Pebble Mill Special
12.50pm Regional News and Weather
1.00pm One O'Clock News
1.30pm Neighbours
1.50pm Banacek
3.05pm Timekeepers
3.30pm The Littlest Pet Shop
3.55pm Look Sharp!
4.10pm The All New Popeye Show
4.20pm Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde
4.35pm The Mask
4.55pm Newsround Extra
5.10pm Blue Peter
5.35pm Neighbours (Repeat)
6.00pm Six O'Clock News, Weather
6.30pm Regional news magazines
7.00pm Film : Cop and a Half (1993)
8.30pm A Question of Sport
9.00pm Nine O'Clock News
Regional News, Weekend Weather
9.30pm Film : Backdraft (1991)
11.40pm Annie Lennox....in the Park
12.40am Film : Midnight Fear (1990)
2.05am Weather

  Saturday 23rd December 1995

BBC2

  7.40am Film : The Gold Rush (1925) (b&w)
8.50am Film : The Invisible Man (1933)
10.00am Asia Two
Bollywood 95
11.00am Network East: Imran Khan. ...
the Untold Story
11.50am Sports Review of the Year 1995 (Repeat)
1.50pm Film : Gypsy (1962)
4.10pm The Oprah Winfrey Show
4.50pm TOTP2 Christmas Special
5.35pm In Search of Santa
6.15pm Bollywood or Bust!
7.00pm Coppelia
8.40pm Tx
9.15pm Film : The Mambo Kings (1992)
10.55pm Have I Got News for You : the Best of 1995
11.25pm Unplugged - Bob Dylan
12.10am Film : Hair (1979)
2.05am Weatherview

   Christmas Eve Sunday 24th December 1995

BBC2

7.30am Children's BBC
William's Wish Wellingtons
cartoon

  7.35am The Foxy Christmas Story
animated tale

7.45am Spot's Magical Christmas
cartoon

8.10am Playdays
   the poppy stop

8.30am Bitsa
  Hosted by Caitlin Easterby and
  Simon Pascoe

   8.45am Jackanory
  The traditional story of Jack and
the Beanstalk has been given a new
  twist by writer Adrian Mitchell.
  Read by Rik Mayall

9.10am The Animals of Farthing Wood
animation

9.35am A Monster Christmas
  Musical animation (Repeat)

10.05am Blue Peter

10.30am Grange Hill
   School drama series (Repeat)

10.55am The Queen's Nose
   Comedy drama

11.20am Weekend Break
   The last of three episodes of a
teenage comedy drama

11.40am Star Trek
  The Conscience of the King
A mass killer, long believed dead, may
  well have returned to continue his evil deeds

12.30pm Fantasy Football League
  with Frank Skinner and David Baddiel

1.00pm Dreaming of Ajax
  Gary Lineker looks at the footballing
  success of European champions Ajax FC
of Amsterdam. With comment by
  Paul Gascoigne, Kevin Keegan,
  Johann Cruyff and Dennis Bergkamp

  1.45pm The O Zone
pop news magazine

1.55pm Film : Donovan's Reef (1963)
     starring John Wayne

3.40pm The Making of The Trials of Life
   Once More Into the Termite Mound.
David Attenborough tells some of
  the amazing stories behind the filming
  of his acclaimed natural history series,
  from swimming with killer whales
  to avoiding becoming an animal's meal
  (Repeat)

   4.30pm Christmas in Vienna 1995
  The great opera tenors Placido Domingo
  and Jose Carreras are joined by singing
  star Natalie Cole in this festive concert
of traditional and modern Christmas music

5.30pm Space Precinct
Friends
Castle's life is threatened by a gang of
high-tech criminals

   6.15pm Wallace and Gromit in A Close Shave
A brand new comedy thriller from
  Oscar-winning animator Nick Park

6.45pm Rannoch the Red Dear
   For a year John and Simon King followed
  the fortunes of a red deer stag.
  This film portrays all aspects of Rannoch's
life in story form

7.35pm Red Rum - a National Treasure
  A look at the life of Britain's
favourite racehorse, Red Rum,
who died in October

  8.15pm On the Road Again
   In the last of the series, Simon Dring
completes the last leg of his joumey on
the hippy trail to India

   8.45pm The Mrs Merton Show
Caroline Hook , in the guise of chat
show host Mrs Merton , presents her
very own Christmas show. Guests on
her sofa include chef Gary Rhodes,
Coronation Street's Mike and Alma Baldwin
(Johnny Briggs and Amanda Barrie )
and Euro MP Glenys Kinnock

  9.15pm Three Fights, Two Weddings and a Funeral
  Pauline Calf's Wedding Video
  starring Steve Coogan

   9.50pm Bottom
   Holy
A festive episode, starring and written
  by Adrian Edmondson and Rik Mayall
  Christmas comes early, and with
  Richie's cooking and Eddie's decorations,
  what could go wrong?

10.20pm Screen Two : The Hawk (1992)
  starring Helen Mirren, George Costigan
  Première

11.45pm Unplugged : Phil Collins
  The versatile singer and drummer
  performs cover versions and some of
  his greatest hits

12.35am A Classic Ghost Story
  The Stalls of Barchester
Chilling drama based on the short
  story by M R James

1.20am Film : La Beauté du Diable (1950)
  in French with English subtitles

2.55am Weatherview

3.05am Closedown

Christmas Day Monday 25th December 1995

BBC2

7.05am Christmas with Cliff

7.45am Film : A Christmas Carol (1938)
   starring Reginald Owen

8.50am Film : 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
starring Kirk Douglas , James Mason

10.55am Top Gear Rally Special
  A review of last month's RAC Rally in
  which team-mates
Colin McRae and Carlos Sainz started
  on equal points in this final race of the
  world championship

  11.40am Treasures in Trust
In the year in which the National Trust
celebrated its 100th birthday,
Ian Holm introduces some of the
characters who carry out its work
on Trust properties

12.55pm The Hills are Alive
The Sound of Music Phenomenon
An exploration of one of the best known
films in the world, and those whose
lives have been changed by seeing it

1.35pm Victory Stills
The mixed emotions of VE Day in
captured on camera at public
and private celebrations (b/w)

1.55pm Memories and Celebrations
VE and VJ50
Highlights of this year's celebrations
commemorating the end of the war.
The programme recalls a memorable
royal balcony appearance, street parties,
a network of beacons across the country,
the thousands of people milling in the
Mall and, of course, the singing of
Cliff Richard and Vera Lynn

  3.00pm Tricks on Two
  Celebrities watch magic tricks by
  British magicians (Repeat)

3.10pm La Bohème
Giacomo Puccini's opera in four acts
is given a fresh reworking in this
production for Australian Opera by
Baz Luhrmann

   5.05pm Today's the Day Christmas Special
   Stars from the world of entertainment
do battle in this festive edition of the
nostalgia quiz using clips and facts
from Christmases past with Martyn Lewis

  5.35pm Some Enchanted Evening
Julie Andrews hosts a centenary
celebration from Broadway of
legendary lyricist Oscar Hammerstein

  7.00pm Screen Two : Jane Austen's Persuasion
   A film adaptation of Jane Austen's
novel about the enduring power of love

8.40pm Close Up
  Actor and director Richard Attenborough
  chooses a scene from Charlie Chaplin's
  City Lights (Repeat)

8.50pm The Queen
  Her Majesty the Queen's Christmas
  message with signing and subtitles

  9.00pm The Abbey
  A three-part series, showing on
  consecutive evenings, in which
  Alan Bennett goes behind the scenes
  at Westminster Abbey

10.00pm Film : Farewell My Concubine (1993)
  starring Leslie Cheung , Zhang Fengyi
In Mandarin with English subtitles
  Première

12.30am Rowan and Martin's Laugh-in
  A compilation of highlights to celebrate
  the 25th anniversary of the anarchic
  comedy show which, during the late
  sixties and early seventies, won two
  Emmy awards and a cult following

1.30am Film : A Night at the Opera (1935)
   with the Marx Brothers

  3.00am Weatherview

3.10am Closedown



Boxing Day Tuesday 26th December 1995

  7.00am Film : City Lights (1931)
starring Charlie Chaplin (b&w)

  8.25am Film : Mame (1974)
starring Lucille Ball, Robert Preston

10.30am The Voyage of Charles Darwin
A six-part documentary drama series,
showing over the next week, based on
the naturalist's five-year voyage of
adventure and scientific discovery to
South America and the Galapagos

11.30am Celebrity Mantlepiece
   Reflections on the treasures kept on
his mantelpiece by the late actor
Michael Hordern

11.45am Film : The Adventure of
Quentin Durward (1955)
  starring Robert Taylor

1.20pm Anne Frank Remembered
The International Emmy award-winning
account of the life of
Anne Frank , the 15-year-old who kept
a diary through her two years in hiding
in Amsterdam during the Second World War
Narrated by Kenneth Branagh

  3.20pm Film : My Fair Lady (1964)
  starring Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison

  6.05pm The Gurkhas
   Soldiers of myth and mystery, the
Nepalese men who swear allegiance
to the Queen have fought for Britain
for 180 years, winning a total of 26
Victoria Crosses along the way and
inspiring fear in enemy armies.
Ian Wooldridge considers what makes
these men from the foothills of the
Himalayas such good soldiers

   7.05pm Pride and Prejudice : from Page to Screen
Another chance to see Andrew Davies,
who adapted Jane Austen's Pride and
Prejudice for the recent TV series, and other
members of the production team discussing
the novel's dramatisation

7.35pm Sylvie Guillem
A new three-part series, showing
on consecutive nights, in which
French dancer Sylvie Guillem invites
directors and choreographers to explore
new ways of bringing dance and
movement to the screen.
Tonight's piece, entitled Smoke, is a
duet created by Swedish choreographer
Mats Ek for Sylvie and his brother,
the dancer Niklas Ek

8.00pm The Abbey
   The second of a three-part series in
  which Alan Bennett explores
  Westminster Abbey

  8.55pm Close Up
  Screen writing teacher Robert McKee
  chooses a scene from Erich von
Stroheim's silent classic Greed

   9.00pm A to Z of ATV
  An alphabetical compendium of classic
  clips and famous faces from over a quarter
  of a century of the channel ATV, including
  Morecambe and Wise, Crossroads,
  Sunday Night at the London Palladium
  and The Prisoner (Repeat)

  9.20pm Victoria Wood - as Seen on TV Special
   A repeat showing of a 1987 special edition
  of the comedy show, written by and
  starring Victoria Wood, and featuring
such classic sketches as Acorn Antiques

10.00pm Film : Screen Two :
The Hour of the Pig (1993)
     starring Colin Firth Première

11.55am Film : Faust (1994)
   starring Petr Cepek Première

1.30am Film : The Body Snatcher (1945)
     starring Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi

2.35am Weatherview

2.45am Closedown

  Wednesday 27th December 1995

BBC2

7.15am Film : Modern Times (1936) (b&w)
8.40am Film : Woman of the Year (1942) (b&w)
10.30am The Voyage of Charles Darwin
11.30am The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures Planet Earth, an Explorer's Guide
12.30pm Celebrity Mantelpiece
12.40pm Racing from Chepstow
2.50pm A River of Sound
3.50pm Close Up
3.55pm Film : On a Clear Day You
  Can See Forever (1970)
6.00pm Wallace and Gromit in
  The Wrong Trousers (Repeat)
6.30pm Star Trek : The Next Generation
7.15pm Rocky Star (b&w)
7.30pm Sylvie Guillem
8.00pm The Abbey
8.50pm Another Foot in the Past
9.00pm The Likely Lads Christmas Special
  (Repeat)
9.45pm Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam
11.30pm Film : A Great Day in Harlem (1994)
  (b&w and Colour)
12.30am Film : Mo' Better Blues (1990)
2.30am Weatherview



Thursday 28th December 1995

BBC2

7.05am Film : The Great Dictator (1940) (b&w)
9.05am Film : What Price Hollywood? (1932) (b&w)
10.30am The Voyage of Charles Darwin
11.30am The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
Planet Earth, an Explorer's Guide
12.30pm A River of Sound
1.30pm What Did You Do in the War, Auntie?
  (b&w and Colour) (Revised Repeat)
3.10pm Film : Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
6.00pm Wallace and Gromit in :
A Grand Day Out
6.25pm Star Trek : Deep Space Nine
7.10pm The Car's the Star
7.30pm Sylvie Guillem
8.00pm Decisive Moments 95
9.00pm Film : Much Ado about Nothing (1993)
Premiere
10.50pm Tricks on Two
11.00pm Film : Man of the West (1958)
12.35am Unplugged - Bjork
1.20am Film : The Big Knife (1955) (b&w)
3.00am Weatherview



  Friday 29th December 1995

BBC2

6.45am Film : Limelight (1952) (b&w)
8.55am Film : The Errand Boy (1961) (b&w)
10.30am The Voyage of Charles Darwin
11.30am The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
Planet Earth, an Explorer's Guide
12.30pm A River of Sound
1.30pm Yachting :The 1995 Ultra 30 Grand Prix
2.10pm Earth and the American Dream
3.25pm More Loverly than Ever
4.25pm Tyto the Barn Owl
5.15pm Film : The Sound of Music (1965)
8.00pm University Challenge
8.30pm Slice of Life
9.00pm Reeves and Mortimer -
  Xmas Shooting Stars
9.40pm Knowing Me, Knowing Yule...
  with Alan Partridge
10.20pm The BBC 100 : Film : The Player (1992)
  Premiere
12.20am Film : Hearts of Darkness :
a Film-Maker's Apocalypse (1991)
1.55am Weatherview

Saturday 30th December 1995

BBC2

   6.55am Le Cinema des Peches
(In French with English subtitles)
7.45am Film : Windbag the Sailor (1936) (b&w)
9.05am Film : Forbidden Cargo (1954) (b&w)
10.30am The Voyage of Charles Darwin
11.30am The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
Planet Earth, an Explorer's Guide
12.30pm Power Behind the Image
1.10pm Film : Animal Farm (1954)
2.20pm Film : Spartacus (1960)
5.20pm Schumacher
6.05pm Moving Pictures : the Reality Trip
7.05pm Bookmark
8.05pm The Young Ones
8.40pm Film : Hoop Dreams (1994)
11.30pm Tx
12.20am Unplugged
Plant and Page
1.30am Film : Hellzapoppin' (1941) (b&w)
2.50am Weatherview

New Year's Eve Sunday 31st December 1995

BBC2

7.30am The Adventures of Skippy (Repeat)
7.55am Playdays
8.10am Babar
8.35am Jackanory
9.00am Bitsa
9.15am The Curious Case of Dr Hertz van Rental
9.40am Phantom 2040
10.05am Blue Peter - the Best Bits (Repeat)
10.35am Grange Hill (Repeat)
11.00am Newsround Review of the Year
11.30am The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
Planet Earth, an Explorer's Guide
12.30pm Rugby Special
1.30pm Film : Gay Purr-ee (1962)
2.50pm Film : Pal Joey (1957)
4.40pm Notes from a Diva
5.30pm Wildlife on Two (Repeat)
6.00pm Film : The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
(1988)
7.30pm Video Nation - Best of 95
8.10pm Close Up
8.25pm Fine Cut : Louis Malle's India :
a Film Journey
9.50pm Screen Two : Return of the Native
11.30pm TOTP2
12.00 The Third Annual Jools' Hootenanny
1.15am Film : Imagine: John Lennon (1988)
  (Colour & b&w)
2.55am Weatherview

New Year's Day Monday 1st January 1996

BBC2

7.15am Film : The Square Peg (1958) (b&w)
8.45am Film : A Day at the Races (1937) (b&w)
10.30am The Voyage of Charles Darwin
12.30pm Solti Conducts :
the World Orchestra for Peace
1.50pm Darts
4.15pm Ski Sunday Special
4.50pm Coastermania
5.40pm Pavarotti and Domingo at the Met
8.00pm Burt Bacharach.... This Is Now
8.50pm Another Foot in the Past :
Dirty Boppers Go Home... (Revised Repeat)
9.00pm Arena : The Burger and the King
10.00pm Film : Grand Canyon (1991)
12.10am Darts
1.10am Film :The Days (1993) (b&w)
(in Mandarin with English subtitles)
2.25am Weatherview

Tuesday 2nd January 1996

BBC2

7.00am Breakfast News
7.15am Children's BBC
Lassie
7.40am Children's BBC
Albert the 5th Musketeer
8.05am Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles
8.35am Film : The Sheepman (1958)
10.00am Children's BBC
Playdays
10.25am Film : Johnny Angel (1945) (b&w)
11.50am The Fugitive (First shown on lTV) (b&w)
12.30pm Australia Wild
1.00pm Children's BBC
Spot
1.05pm Juniper Jungle
1.20pm On the Throne
2.00pm Darts
6.00pm Fresh Prince of Bel Air
6.25pm Heartbreak High
7.10pm The Ren and Stimpy Show
7.30pm Local Heroes
8.00pm Pound for Pound
8.30pm Food and Drink
9.00pm Film : Victim of Innocence (1990)
10.30pm Newsnight
11.15pm Darts
12.15am Weatherview
12.20am Film : Milou en Mai (1989)
A French film with English subtitles.

Wednesday 3rd January 1996

BBC2

    7.00am Breakfast News
7.15am Children's BBC
Lassie
7.40am Albert the 5th Musketeer (Repeat)
8.05am Take Two
8.35am Film : Tennessee's Partner (1955)
10.00am Children's BBC
Playdays
10.25am Film : Grand Central Murder (1942) (b&w)
11.35am The Fugitive (b&w)
(First shown on lTV)
12.30pm Australia Wild (Repeat)
1.00pm Children's BBC
Melvin and Maureen's Music-a-Grams
  (Repeat)
1.20pm Film : Go Naked in the World (1961)
3.00pm Darts
6.00pm Star Trek: the Next Generation
6.45pm Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (Repeat)
7.30pm House Detectives
8.00pm University Challenge
8.30pm Delia Smith's Winter Collection
9.00pm Victoria Wood - as Seen on TV (Repeat)
9.30pm Modern Times
10.20pm What the Papers Say
10.30pm Newsnight
12.15am Weatherview
12.20am Film : Les Enfants du Paradis: 1 :
The Boulevard of Crime (1945) (b&w)
In French with English subtitles. (b&w)

Thursday 4th January 1996

BBC2

  7.00am Breakfast News
7.15am Children's BBC
Lassie
7.40am Stone Protectors
8.05am Blue Peter (Repeat)
8.35am Film : Along Came Jones (1945) (b&w)
10.00am Children's BBC
Playdays
10.25am The Woman on Pier 13 (1949) (b&w)
11.35am The Fugitive (b&w)
(First shown on lTV)
12.30pm Australia Wild (Repeat)
1.00pm Children's BBC
Melvin and Maureen's Music-a-Grams
  (Repeat)
1.15pm Film : Fanny by Gaslight (1944) (b&w)
3.00pm Darts
6.00pm Star Trek : Deep Space Nine
6.45pm The O Zone (Revised Repeat)
7.00pm Waiting for God (Repeat)
7.30pm The 45 Rebellion
8.00pm My Brilliant Career
8.30pm Jeremy Clarkson's Motorworld
9.00pm Traces of Guilt: The Verdict
9.50pm Potted Histories
10.00pm Game On (Repeat)
10.30pm Newsnight
11.15pm Darts
12.15am Weatherview
12.20am Film : Les Enfants du Paradis : 2 :
The Man in White (1945)
In French with English subtitles. (b&w)

Friday 5th January 1996

BBC2

7.00am Breakfast News
7.15am Children's BBC
Lassie (Repeat)
7.40am Stone Protectors (Repeat)
8.05am The Really Wild Show
8.35am Film : Tall in the Saddle (1944) (b&w)
10.00am Playdays (Repeat)
10.25am Film : Condemned Women (1938) (b&w)
11.40am The Fugitive (b&w)
(First shown on ITV)
12.30pm Reams of Passion
1.00pm Children's BBC
William's Wish Wellingtons (Repeat)
1.05pm Children's BBC
Johnson and Friends
1.15pm Film : Windom's Way (1957)
3.00pm Sport on Friday
6.00pm The Munsters
6.25pm The New Avengers
(First shown on ITV)
7.15pm Kicking and Screaming (Repeat)
8.00pm Top Gear
8.30pm Gardening from Scratch
9.00pm Rab C Nesbitt
9.30pm The Fast Show
10.00pm The Real McCoy
10.30pm Newsnight
11.15pm Fantasy Football League
11.45pm Weatherview
11.50pm Darts
12.50am Film : The Double Life of Veronique (1991)
  In Polish and French with English subtitles

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