BBC CHRISTMAS TV 1996
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Saturday 21st December 1996
BBC1 7.05am The Pink Panther Show (Repeat) 7.25am News and Weather 7.30am The Dwarf Tree (Repeat) 7.40am Speed Racer (Repeat) 8.05am Alvin and the Chipmunks Christmas Special (Repeat) 8.30am The New Adventures of Superman (Repeat) 12.12am Weather 12.15pm Grandstand 5.20pm News and Weather 5.30pm Regional News and Sport 5.35pm The Simpsons Christmas Special : Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire 6.00pm Jim Davidson's Generation Game 7.00pm Noel's....and the Winner Is 7.50pm The National Lottery Live 8.10pm Casualty 9.00pm Gobble 10.15pm News and Sport Weather followed by National Lottery Update 10.35pm Match of the Day 11.40pm The Stand-Up Show 12.15am Top of the Pops (Repeat) 12.45am Film : The Wiz (1978) 2.55am Weather Sunday 22nd December 1996 BBC1 7.20am Film : Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) 9.25am News 9.30am The Promise of His Glory 10.15am See Hear Christmas Special 11.00am End to End followed by Weather for the Week Ahead 11.40am Film : High Society (1956) 1.25pm News 1.30pm EastEnders Omnibus 2.55pm Film : Clash of the Titans (1981) 4.50pm The Bookworm 5.20pm The Clothes Show 5.45pm News, Weather 6.00pm Regional News 6.05pm Songs of Praise 6.45pm Last of the Summer Wine 7.15pm The Christmas Great Antiques Hunt with Pauline and Linda 8.00pm Film : Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 9.50pm News, Weather 10.05pm Clive Anderson All Talk 10.40pm Lives of Jesus 11.30pm Heart of the Matter 12.10am Accused 12.40am Film : Wise Guys (1986) 2.10am Weather Monday 23rd December 1996 7.00am News, Regional News, Weather 7.10am Children's BBC Favourite Songs (Repeat) 7.35am The Little Drummer Boy (Repeat) 8.00am News, Regional News, Weather 8.10am The Legend of Prince Valiant (Repeat) 8.35am Blue Peter (Repeat) 9.00am News, Regional News, Weather 9.05am Incredible Games (Repeat) 9.35am Sweet Valley High (Repeat) 9.55am The Foxy Christmas Story (Repeat) 10.05am Playdays 10.30am The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends 11.00am Wipeout 11.30am Smillie's Laughs 12.00 A Song for Christmas 1.00pm News, Weather 1.10pm Regional News, Weather 1.15pm Neighbours 1.35pm Call My Bluff 2.05pm Film : All Want for Christmas (1991) 3.30pm The Busy World of Richard Scarry 3.55pm The Christmas Zone 5.00pm Newsround 5.10pm Blue Peter 5.35pm Neighbours (Repeat) 6.00pm News, Weather 6.15pm Regional News 6.30pm Are You Being Served? 7.00pm Telly Addicts 7.30pm Animal Sanctuary Born Free 8.00pm EastEnders 8.30pm Chef! 9.00pm Nine O'Clock News Regional News, Weather 9.30pm The Thin Blue Line 10.00pm They Think It's all Over Christmas Special 10.30pm Euro 96: When Football Came Home 11.30pm Films of the Year with Barry Norman 12.15am The Phil Collins Big Band 1.15am Unplugged - Phil Collins (Repeat) 2.05am Weather Christmas Eve Tuesday 24th December 1996 BBC1 7.00am News Summary, Regional News, Weather 7.10am Children's BBC Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Animation. Narrated and sung by Burl Ives (Repeat) 8.00am News, Regional News, Weather 8.10am Barney cartoon fun (Repeat) 8.15am The Bears Who Saved Christmas animation (Repeat) 8.40am X-Men cartoon fun with the mutant heroes 9.00am News, Regional News, Weather 9.05am Incredible Games Futuristic game Show (Repeat) 9.35am Blue Peter (Repeat) 10.00am Playdays The Roundabout Stop (Repeat) 10.25am The Night Before Christmas An animated version of this classic poem by the makers of the Enchanted Tales series. An orphan's Christmas dreams are dramatically brought to life 11.15am The Making of Jurassic Park A behind-the-scenes look at Stephen Spielberg 's monster hit movie, featuring exclusive footage of the special effects and computer graphics 12.00 Joy to the World A Feast of Christmas Cheer! A celebration of the Christmas story from London's Royal Albert Hall, combining carols, comedy, music and dance. With guests Michael Ball, Ben Kingsley, Patti Boulaye, Denis Quilley, Cleo Laine and John Dankworth 1.00pm News and Weather 1.10pm Regional News, Weather 1.15pm Neighbours 1.40pm Film : Star Trek : the Motion Picture (1979) starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy 3.55pm Film : Super Mario Bros (1993) starring Bob Hoskins,Dennis Hopper Première 5.35pm Neighbours Jo flies off the handle 6.00pm News Jennie Bond Weather David Lee 6.15pm Regional news magazines 6.30pm The Brittas Empire Christmas Special Surviving Christmas Brittas organises a special Christmas treat for his staff at the Whitbury Leisure Centre. It's a team-bonding exercise in the Welsh mountains and a fight for survival 7.00pm All the Best for Christmas with Brian Conley Stage and television entertainer Brian Conley delves into the BBC archives to find a collection of some of the funniest moments from Christmas past 8.00pm A Question of Sport Christmas Special Ally McCoist and John Parrott captain two teams of sporting celebrities as they answer the questions put to them by David Coleman in this seasonal edition of the show 8.30pm EastEnders Time is running out for Carol as she tries to keep a promise. Meanwhile Robbie undertakes an impossible mission and Joe gets a big shock 9.00pm Film : Cliffhanger (1993) starring Sylvester Stallone, John Lithgow Première 10.40pm News Martyn Lewis Regional News Weather Suzanne Charlton 11.00pm The Mrs Merton Show Christmas Special Caroline Aherne, in the guise of chat show host Mrs Merton, presents her very own Christmas show. Guests on her sofa tonight include Irish singer Daniel O'Donnell and Noddy Holder, former lead singer of Slade 11.30pm Christmas Midnight Mass live from Westminster Cathedral 12.50am Film : The Birds (1963) starring Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor 2.45am Weather 2.50am Closedown Christmas Day Wednesday 25th December 1996 BBC1 6.00am Children's BBC Joe 90 Puppet series (Repeat) 6.25am Christinas Time animation (Repeat) 6.50am Playdays Why, Poppy and Peggy contact relatives around the world (Repeat) 7.10am Fireman Sam Sarah and James are trapped animation (Repeat) 7.35am Christmas Time cartoon 8.00am The Littlest Pet Shop animation 8.20am Eek the Cat cartoon (Repeat) 8.45am Sweet Valley High Teenage drama 9.05am The Mask animation 9.30am Santa Claus Is Coming to Town Samuel Claus is haunted by voices 10.20am On Christmas Day in the Morning Diane-Louise Jordan is joined by singer Doris Troy and actor Christopher Timothy for a selection of carols at the Wintershall estate in Surrey, Britain's biggest nativity scene 11.20am Film : The Wizard of Oz (1939) starring Judy Garland 1.00pm News and Weather 1.05pm Top of the Pops The chart-topping Spice Girls introduce the stars and the top-selling songs of the year, plus the Christmas number one 2.10pm Keeping Up Appearances special Christmas edition from 1994 3.00pm The Queen Her Majesty addresses the Commonwealth 3.10pm Noel's Christmas Presents Noel Edmonds enlists the help of Prime Minister John Major and US President Bill Clinton to turn a young girl's poem for world peace into a spectacular event at Walt Disney World in Florida. Other guests fulfilling people's dreams are singers Chris de Burgh and Anthony Newley, star of the musical Scrooge 4.15pm Brambly Hedge - Winter Story animation based on the picture book 4.40pm News, Weather 4.50pm Animal Hospital Goes West Rolf Harris meets human and animal film stars in the USA 5.40pm Auntie's All-New Christmas Bloomers Terry Wogan with clips that the stars hoped would never be shown 6.30pm Film : Jurassic Park (1993) starring Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough Première 8.30pm EastEnders Sparks fly at the Mitchell family dinner. The Jacksons are faced with tragedy 9.00pm Only Fools and Horses Heroes and Villains First of three new episodes in the comedy series starring David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Buster Merryfield 10.00pm The Vicar of Dibley Christmas Special A seasonal edition of the comedy starring Dawn French 10.45pm News Martyn Lewis Weather Helen Young 10.55pm The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show A seasonal edition of the comedy programme first shown in 1970 12.00 Film : Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978) starring Peter Sellers 1.35am Christmas Epilogue The story of the nativity, interpreted through the eyes of people today 1.40am Film : Please Sir! (1971) starring John Alderton, Deryck Guyler 3.20am Weather 3.25am Closedown Boxing Day Thursday 26th December 1996 BBC1 6.00am Children's BBC Joe 90 Puppet adventures (Repeat) 6.25am Santa and the Tooth Fairies animation (Repeat) 6.50am Noddy animation 7.20am Playdays the Patch Stop 7.40am Christopher the Christmas Tree cartoon (Repeat) 8.00am Christmas Time animation 8.30am Little Mouse on the Prairie animation 8.55am Round the Twist Fantasy drama (Repeat) 9.20am A Flintstone Christmas Carol animation (Repeat) 10.10am Film : An American Tail : Fievel Goes West (1991) animation 11.20am Lyddie Drama, set in Canada in the 1860s, telling the story of a young girl's journey of self-discovery, from a country farm to the heart of the industrial age. Based on the novel by Katherine Paterson 12.50pm News and Weather 12.55pm Regional News, Weather 1.00pm Neighbours 1.20pm Just William William and the White Elephants First of three schoolboy dramas, based on the stories by Richmal Crompton 1.50pm Film : Never Say Never Again (1983) starring Sean Connery 4.00pm The Wrong Trousers Wallace and Gromit 4.30pm The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse. A new animated adaptation of Beatrix Potter 's stories 4.55pm Final Score Today's football results and sporting news. Introduced by Ray Stubbs 5.15pm News and Weather 5.25pm Regional News 5.30pm Tom and Jerry cartoon fun (Repeat) 5.35pm Neighbours Hannah makes a sacrifice. Sam waves goodbye to Australia, and Jo's fairy-tale wedding plans come true 6.00pm Film : Free Willy (1993) starring Jason James Richter Première 7.50pm EastEnders Peggy gives Grant some unwelcome advice, Joe is finding it hard to cope, and Pauline faces some uncomfortable home truths 8.20pm 2 Point 4 Christmas Two Years before the Mast A holiday edition of the comedy 2 Point 4 Children to conclude the series 9.00pm One Foot in the Grave Christmas Special Starbound A seasonal edition of the popular comedy starring Richard Wilson, Annette Crosbie 10.00pm News Peter Sissons Weather Suzanne Chariton 10.15pm Film : Sommersby (1993) starring Richard Gere, Jodie Foster Première 12.05am Film : The Graduate (1967) starring Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross 1.45am Clive Anderson All Talk The guests in a festive edition of the irreverent chat show are Hollywood actors Danny DeVito and Sylvester Stallone 2.20am Weather 2.25am Closedown Friday 27th December 1996 BBC1 7.00am News, Regional News, Weather 7.10am Children's BBC Joe 90 (Repeat) 7.35am Pinocchio (Repeat) 8.00am News 8.10am Barney (Repeat) 8.15am Follow That Sleigh (Repeat) 8.35am The Legend of Prince Valiant (Repeat) 9.00am News, Regional News, Weather 9.05am Incredible Games (Repeat) 9.30am Record Breakers (Repeat) 10.00am Playdays 10.20am The Pink Panther Show 10.40am Film : Supergirl (1984) 12.40pm Wipeout 1.10pm News and Weather 1.20pm Regional News, Weather 1.25pm Neighbours 1.45pm Just William (Repeat) 2.15pm Disneytime 2.55pm Film : Grease (1978) 4.40pm The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends 5.05pm Blue Peter the Best Bits 5.35pm Neighbours (Repeat) 6.00pm News, Weather 6.15pm Regional news magazines 6.30pm Big Break 7.00pm Dad's Army (Repeat) 8.00pm Only Fools and Horses 9.00pm Nine O'Clock News Regional News, Weekend Weather 9.30pm Film : The Firm (1993) 12.00 Jackie Mason at the London Palladium 1.00am Film : Carry On Matron (1972) 2.30am Weather Saturday 28th December 1996 BBC1 7.05am The Pink Panther Show (Repeat) 7.25am News and Weather 7.30am Iznogoud (Repeat) 7.40am Speed Racer (Repeat) 8.05am The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (Repeat) 8.30am The New Adventures of Superman (Repeat) 9.15am Almost Live, Definitely Kicking 10.50am Circus of the World 11.40am The World's Strongest Man 12.12pm Weather 12.15pm Grandstand 5.20pm News, Weather 5.30pm Regional News, Sport 5.35pm Tom and Jerry 5.45pm The Simpsons 6.10pm Gotcha Hall of Fame 7.00pm Lenny Henry Gets Wild 7.50pm The National Lottery Live 8.05pm Casualty 8.55pm News, Sport 9.15pm Film : Death Train (1993) 10.50pm Match of the Day 12.05am They Think It's All Over Christmas Special (Repeat) 12.35am Top of the Pops (Repeat) 1.40am Film : The Ipcress File (1965) 3.25am Weather Sunday 29th December 1996 BBC1 7.00am Film : Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965) 9.10am News 9.15am The Good Book Guide 9.30am First Light 10.00am Film : Quo Vadis (1951,) 12.45pm The World's Strongest Man 1.15pm News The Week's Weather 1.25pm Cartoon 1.30pm Just William (Repeat) 2.00pm The Bookworm 2.30pm EastEnders Omnibus (part one) 3.25pm Wizard of Oz on Ice 4.10pm The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends (Repeat) 4.35pm EastEnders Omnibus (part two) 5.35pm News, Weather 5.50pm Regional News 5.55pm Songs of Praise 6.30pm Last of the Summer Wine Christmas Special 7.15pm Antiques Roadshow - the Next Generation 8.00pm Only Fools and Horses 9.00pm Richard Wilson Way Out West 9.50pm News, Weather 10.05pm The Frank Skinner Show 10.45pm The Spirit of 66 with Alf Garnett 11.45pm Film : Alfie (1966) 1.35am Film : Funeral in Berlin (1966) 3.15am Weather Monday 30th December 1996 BBC1 7.00am News, Regional News, Weather 7.10am Joe 90 (Repeat) 7.35am The Busy World of Richard Scarry (Repeat) 8.00am News, Regional News, Weather 8.10am Barney Animation (Repeat) 8.15am Peter Pan and the Pirates (Repeat) 8.35am The Legend of Prince Valiant (Repeat) 9.00am News 9.05am Incredible Games (Repeat) 9.30am Record Breakers 10.00am Playdays (Repeat) 10.20am William's Wish Wellingtons (Repeat) 10.30am Film : The Barefoot Executive (1971) 12.05pm The Muppets 12.30pm Wipeout 1.00pm News, Weather 1.10pm Regional News, Weather 1.15pm Neighbours 1.35pm Neighbours : Tenth Anniversary Special (Repeat) 2.15pm The World's Strongest Man 2.45pm Film : The Boy Who Could Fly (1986) 4.30pm The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends (Repeat) 4.55pm Newsround Review of the Year 5.25pm The Biz 5.50pm Neighbours (Repeat) 6.15pm News, Weather 6.30pm Regional news magazines 6.45pm Winter on One 6.50pm This Is Your Life 7.30pm A Monkey for all Seasons (Repeat) 8.30pm Chef! 9.00pm Nine O' Clock News Regional News, Weather 9.30pm Film : Death Becomes Her (1992) 11.05pm Review 96 12.25am The Mrs Merton Show Christmas Special (Repeat) 12.55am Film : Billion Dollar Brain (1967) 2.40am Weather New Year's Eve Tuesday 31st December 1996 BBC1 7.00am News, Regional News, Weather 7.10am Joe 90 (Repeat) 7.35am The Busy World of Richard Scarry (Repeat) 8.00am News, Regional News, Weather 8.10am Barney (Repeat) 8.15am Peter Pan and the Pirates (Repeat) 8.35am The Legend of Prince Valiant (Repeat) 9.00am News, Regional News, Weather 9.05am Incredible Games (Repeat) 9.35am Sweet Valley High (Repeat) 9.55am The Little Polar Bear (Repeat) 10.00am Playdays (Repeat) 10.20am William's Wish Wellingtons (Repeat) 10.30am Film : Snowball Express (1972) 12.05pm The Muppets 12.30pm Wipeout 1.00pm News and Weather 1.10pm Regional News, Weather 1.15pm Neighbours 1.35pm The World's Strongest Man 2.10pm Film : Problem Child (1990) 3.20pm Film : Star Trek VI : the Undiscovered Country (1991) 5.05pm Neighbours (Repeat) 5.30pm News, Weather 5.45pm Regional news magazines 6.00pm The World's Strongest Man 7.00pm The Only Fools and Horses Selection Box 7.30pm EastEnders 8.00pm Film : Shadowlands (1993) Première 10.05pm News, Regional News, Weather 10.25pm The Adventures of Morecambe and Wise 11.00pm The End of the Year Show 12.05am Hogmanay Live 1.00am Happy New Year The Archbishop of Canterbury New Year's Day Wednesday 1st January 1997 BBC1 7.00am Children's BBC Joe 90 (Repeat) 7.25am Playdays 7.45am Postman Pat (Repeat) 8.00am Peter Pan and the Pirates (Repeat) 8.20am Bodger and Badger 8.35am The Legend of Prince Valiant (Repeat) 9.00am Incredible Games (Repeat) 9.25am Sweet Valley High (Repeat) 9.50am Record Breakers Gold 10.15am Blue Peter - Magic Moments Highlights Of 1996. 10.45am Film : Bigfoot and the Hendersons (1987) 12.30pm Wipeout 1.00pm News, Regional News, Weather 1.10pm Neighbours 1.30pm The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends (Repeat) 2.00pm Film : Porridge (1979) 3.30pm Global Sunrise 4.50pm Final Score 5.10pm News, Weather 5.20pm Regional News 5.25pm Tom and Jerry's Greatest Hits (Repeat) 5.45pm Neighbours (Repeat) 6.10pm Film : ET the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 8.00pm Ronnie Barker - a Life in Comedy 8.40pm News, Regional News, Weather 9.00pm The Mill on the Floss 11.05pm Match of the Day 12.10am Film : Big Jake (1971) 1.55am Weather Thursday 2nd January 1997 BBC1 7.00am Breakfast News 9.05am Incredible Games (Repeat) 9.35am Sweet Valley High (Repeat) 9.55am William's Wish Wellingtons (Repeat) 10.00am Playdays (Repeat) 10.25am Film : The Apple Dumpling Gang (1974) 12.05pm Incognito 12.30pm Wipeout 1.00pm One O' Clock News Weather 1.30pm Regional News, Weather 1.40pm Neighbours 2.00pm Film : The Strongest Man in the World (1975) 3.30pm Playdays (Repeat) 3.50pm Casper Classics (Repeat) 3.55pm Wham Bam Strawberry Jam! 4.10pm Free Willy 4.35pm Really Wild Show 5.00pm Newsround 5.10pm The Biz 5.35pm Neighbours (Repeat) 6.00pm Six O' Clock News Weather 6.30pm Regional news magazines 7.00pm Watchdog 7.30pm EastEnders 8.00pm Incredible Journeys A Caribou's Trek 8.30pm Next of Kin 9.00pm Nine O' Clock News Regional News, Weather 9.30pm The X Files 10.15pm The Frank Skinner Show 10.45pm Nightmare : the Birth of Horror : Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 11.35pm Film : Halloween (1978) 1.05am Film : Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1941) (b&w) 3.05am Weather Friday 3rd January 1997 BBC1 7.00am Breakfast News 9.05am Incredible Games (Repeat) 9.35am Sweet Valley High (Repeat) 9.55am William's Wish Wellingtons (Repeat) 10.00am Playdays (Repeat) 10.20am Film : Return to Oz (1985) 12.05pm Incognito 12.30pm Wipeout 1.00pm One O' Clock News, Weather 1.30pm Regional News, Weather 1.40pm Neighbours 2.00pm Film : Herbie Rides Again (1974) 3.30pm Playdays (Repeat) 3.50pm The Friday Zone 4.55pm Newsround Extra : Rainforest Crisis 5.10pm Blue Peter 5.35pm Neighbours (Repeat) 6.00pm Six O' Clock News, Weather 6.30pm Regional news magazines 7.00pm Film : Almost an Angel (1990) 8.30pm Big Break 9.00pm Nine O'Clock News Regional News, Weekend Weather 9.30pm Hetty Wainthropp Investigates 10.20pm Film : Thelma and Louise (1991) 12.25am Film : California Suite (1978) 2.05am Weather |
Saturday 21st December 1996
BBC1 7.05am Film : Miracle on Main Street (1940) (b&w) 8.20am Film : Peter Ibbetson (1935) (b&w) 9.45am Sports Review of the Year 1996 (Repeat) 11.45am Film 96 with Barry Norman 12.15pm Film : Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951) 2.10pm Film : The Big Country (1958) 4.50pm TOTP2 5.35pm Gluck, Gluck, Gluck 6.05pm Cat Show 6.55pm Affairs to Remember 7.00pm Christmas in Vienna 8.00pm What the Papers Say 8.10pm Enterprise Culture Revisited 8.50pm Gogs 9.00pm Musicals Great Musicals 10.25pm Film : On the Town (1949) 12.00 The Second Greatest Story Ever Told 12.50am REM Road Movie followed by Weatherview Sunday 22nd December 1996 BBC1 7.30am Joe 90 (Repeat) 7.55am Playdays (Repeat) 8.15am Bitsa (Repeat) 8.30am Jackanory Gold (Repeat) 8.45am Little Polar Bear (Repeat) 8.55am Highlander (Repeat) 9.15am The Itsy Bitsy Spider (Repeat) 9.35am McGee and Me (Repeat) 10.00am Incredible Games (Repeat) 10.30am The Mask (Repeat) 10.55am Grange Hill (Repeat) 11.20am The Queen's Nose (Repeat) 11.45am Shooting Stars (Repeat) 12.15pm The Sunday Show 1.00pm The O Zone 1.35pm Messiah from Scratch 2.25pm Film : The Pirate (1948) 4.05pm Ski Sunday 4.55pm Rugby Special 5.55pm Spirits of the Jaguar 6.45pm Star Trek : Voyager 7.30pm American Visions 8.30pm Arena 9.50pm Cruel Train 11.30pm Film : In Bed with Madonna (1991) (b&w and colour) followed by Weatherview Monday 23rd December 1996 7.20am Film : A Farewell to Arms (1932) (b&w) 8.40am See Hear (Repeat) 9.25am Film : The Shop around the Corner (1940) (b&w) 11.00am Film : In Search of the Castaways (1961) 12.40pm On Christmas Eve 1.05pm Film : Now, Voyager (1942) (b&w) 3.00pm The Big Picture 3.30pm Show Jumping 4.20pm Film : Easter Parade (1948) 6.00pm Space Precinct (Repeat) 6.45pm Gogs 6.55pm Affairs to Remember 7.00pm 1914-18 7.50pm A Week to Remember : Pathe News from 1956 (b&w) 8.00pm An Audience with Charles Dickens : Sikes and Nancy 8.30pm Open Rhodes 9.00pm An Everyday Story of Country Life 10.00pm Film : Love Story (1970) 11.40pm Film : A Man and a Woman (1966) (b&w, colour and sepia) followed by Weatherview Christmas Eve Tuesday 24th December 1996 BBC2 7.05am Film : Christmas in Connecticut (1945) starring Barbara Stanwyck 8.45am Film : For Me and My Gal (1942) starring Judy Garland, George Murphy, Gene Kelly 10.25am Film : King of the Khyber Rifles (1953) starring Tyrone Power, Terry Moore 12.05pm Film : Ferngully : the Last Rainforest (1992) Première 1.15pm Behind the Reporting Line The BBC's foreign affairs editor John Simpson shows how he covered the Russian elections in June and the latest conflict in Afghanistan 2.05pm Yehoudi Menuhin - 80th Birthday Concert Sir David Attenborough introduces a gala birthday tribute to the acclaimed violinist Yehudi Menuhin from London's Royal Albert Hall 4.15pm Affairs to Remember In this documentary accompanying the Affairs to Remember film season, viewers relate their romantic encounters and reflect on cinematic romance 4.45pm Carols from King's A celebration of Christmas from King's College Chapel, Cambridge 6.00pm Film : Meet Me in St Louis (1944) starring Judy Garland 7.50pm Being There Antartica The continent of Antarctica is a place of extremes. It is colder, wilder and more desolate than any other place, and for most of the year the most appalling conditions imaginable scour the icy Wasteland 8.20pm Gogs Continuing the five-part animated saga of the Gogs. The Stone-Age family discover that when it comes to sheltering from the elements, caves are far more effective than leaves 8.30pm An Audience with Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol (part 1) Continuing actor Simon Callow's re-enactment of the public readings of the novelist Charles Dickens 9.00pm Arena Caesar' s Writers The legendary Sid Caesar was one America's favourite TV stars in the fifties 10.00pm Film : Blazing Saddles (1974) starring Gene Wilder 11.30pm Film : Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) starring Alan Alda, Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Anjelica Huston Première 1.15am Film : The Producers (1968) starring Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder 2.55am Closedown Christmas Day Wednesday 25th December 1996 BBC2 6.45am Film: The Barkleys of Broadway (1949) The first in a double bill of musicals produced by Arthur Freed and starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers 8.30am Film : The Band Wagon (1953) concluding the double bill of musicals produced by Arthur Freed and starring Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse 10.20am The Simpsons Christmas Special Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire Homer needs to earn some extra cash 10.45am The Sunday Show To end the series. Donna McPhail presents a compilation of show highlights, with Dennis Pennis 's celebrity interrogations, Jenny Ross on a pop pilgrimage to trace Icelandic star Bjork's roots, and a festive hangover cure from Bez 11.15am Affairs to Remember People recall their magic movie moments 11.20am Ballet Documentary-maker Frederick Wiseman turns his cameras on the American Ballet Theatre as they prepare for their European tour 2.10pm The Year in Flight Julian Tutt reviews an eventful year in aviation, with action from the Farnborough Air Show, news of major projects in the Far East, the final passenger flight made by the Viscount, and a flypast for Heathrow Airport's 50th birthday 3.00pm Gogs Continuing the animated saga of the Gogs The family tries to ward off disease 3.10pm Film : Casablanca (1942) starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman 4.50pm Choir of the Year First of a four-part search for Britain's top amateur choir in Sainsbury's Choir of the Year competition 5.30pm The Queen Her Majesty makes her address to the Commonwealth. With signing, subtitles 5.40pm Today's the Day Christmas Special Two celebrity teams made up of members of classic television comedy shows do battle in this festive edition of the nostalgia quiz using clips and facts from Christmases past 6.10pm An Audience with Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol (part 2). Simon Callow re-enacts Christmas dinner with the Cratchit family in the second scene selected from Charles Dickens 's best-loved seasonal story 6.40pm Ariodante from the London Coliseum, David Alden directs the English National Opera in an acclaimed production of Handel's three-act work, conducted by Ivor Bolton starring Lesley Garrett Joan Rodgers, Ann Murray 9.40pm Saint-Ex This one-off seasonal special edition of Bookmark is a drama-documentary telling the story of Antoine de Saint-Exupery, author of classic children's fable The Little Prince and fearless aviator, who mysteriously disappeared during the Second World War 11.00pm Film : Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) starring Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin Première 12.40am Film : Play It Again, Sam (1972) starring Woody Allen and Diane Keaton 2.10am Weatherview Boxing Day Thursday 26th December 1996 BBC2 6.55am Film : Breakfast for Two (1937) starring Barbara Stanwyck (b&w) 8.00am Barbara Stanwyck : Fire and Desire Actress Sally Field presents a tribute to silver screen legend Barbara Stanwyck 8.50am Film : Cattle Queen of Montana (1954) starring Barbara Stanwyck, Ronald Reagan 10.15am Film : Little Dorrit : Nobody's Fault (1987) part one starring Derek Jacobi, Alec Guinness, Sarah Pickering 1.05pm Cinderella Italian mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli sings the title role in a staging of Gioacchino Rossini's two-act opera 3.45pm Choir of the Year from more than 200 choirs, just eight remain to battle it out in the youth semi-final of the competition 4.25pm Film : The Italian Job (1969) starring Michael Caine, Noel Coward 6.00pm Euro 96 When Football Came Home A look back at the European football championships held in England in June 7.00pm Jeremy Clarkson's Motorworld UK Jeremy Clarkson goes investigating to find out who has been responsible for the demise of the British car industry 7.30pm A Tribute to Mohamed Amin Michael Buerk presents a profile of Mohamed Amin, the cameraman who died when a hijacked airliner crashed into the Indian Ocean last month 8.00pm An Audience with Charles Dickens The Trial from Pickwick Fourth of five programmes featuring readings by Simon Callow 8.30pm Swan Lake Director and choreographer Matthew Bourne's challenging reworking of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake has become a hit in London's West End 10.30pm Steptoe and Son Another chance to see the Christmas 1973 edition of the classic comedy 11.15pm Gogs The last in the series featuring the animated Stone-Age family. Domestic bliss is disturbed when baby is accidentally swapped for a gorilla 11.25pm Film : Crumb (1995) Documentary, showing as part of the Fine Cut series, providing an insight into the world of underground cartoonist Robert Crumb, creator of characters such as Fritz the Cat 1.30am Film : The Seventh Victim (1943) starring Kim Hunter, Tom Conway followed by Weatherview 2.50am Closedown Friday 27th December 1996 BBC2 7.20am Film : A Man for All Seasons (1988) 9.45am Little Dorrit : Little Dorrit's Story 12.40pm Racing from Chepstow 2.50pm Film : An Affair to Remember (1957) 4.40pm Choir of the Year 5.20pm Film : Singin' in the Rain (1952) 7.00pm House Detectives 7.30pm Escaping from Liberty 8.20pm The Works 9.00pm Shooting Stars 9.40pm The Fast Show 10.25pm Knowing Me, Knowing Yule ... with Alan Partridge 11.10pm Film : High Heels (1991) 1.00am A Night of Wonder (Repeat) Saturday 28th December 1996 BBC2 6.50am In Search of Genghis Khan 7.45am Film : Song of Norway (1970) 10.05am Film : To Be or Not to Be (1942) (b&w) 11.40am The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures The History in Our Bones 12.40pm Star Trek : 30 Years and Beyond 1.30pm Film : Ben-Hur (1959) 4.55pm TOTP2 5.40pm Ready, Steady, Cook 6.10pm Natural History Night 6.15pm Namib... Strange Creature of the Skeleton Coast 7.15pm Malice in Wonderland (Repeat) 7.50pm Kingdom of the Ice Bear (Repeat) 8.55pm The Restless Year 9.50pm On the Tracks of the Wild Otter (Repeat) 10.20pm Attenborough in Paradise (Repeat) 11.30pm The Most Popular BBC Wildlife Programme 12.00 Film : Cat People (1942) (b&w) followed by Weatherview Sunday 29th December 1996 BBC2 7.30am Joe 90 (Repeat) 7.55am Playdays (Repeat) 8.15am Bitsa (Repeat) 8.30am Jackanory Gold 8.45am Highlander (Repeat) 9.10am The Itsy Bitsy Spider (Repeat) 9.30am Incredible Games (Repeat) 10.00am The Mask (Repeat) 10.25am Grange Hill (Repeat) 10.50am Blue Peter-the Best Bits (Repeat) 11.20am Bay City (Repeat) 11.45am The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures The History in Our Bones 12.45pm The Simpsons (Repeat) 1.10pm Film : Fantastic Voyage (1966) 2.45pm Cartoons 3.00pm The Phil Silvers Show : Bilko Talks in His Sleep (b&w) (Repeat) 3.25pm The Essential Olympics 4.25pm Choir of the Year 5.15pm Rugby Special 6.15pm Star Trek : Voyager 7.00pm American Visions 8.00pm Decisive Moments : Images from the News 1996 9.00pm The Moonstone (part one) 10.10pm Film : Heaven and Earth (1993) 12.25pm Film : Luck, Trust and Ketchup (1994) Premiere followed by Weatherview Monday 30th December 1996 BBC2 7.10am The Phil Silvers Show : Bilko and the Flying Saucers (b&w) (Repeat) 7.35am Going Hollywood: the War Years (Repeat) 8.50am Film : Command Decision (1948) (b&w) 10.40am Eisenhower: Soldier 11.45am The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures The History in Our Bones 12.45pm Clash of the Titans (Repeat) 1.25pm The Essential Olympics 1968-92 (Revised Repeat) 2.45pm The Car's the Star (Repeat) 3.05pm Great Railway Journeys (Repeat) 4.00pm Love on a Branch Line (Repeat) 4.50pm Film : Brief Encounter (1945) (b&w) 6.15pm Film : The Witches (1989) 7.45pm An Audience with Charles Dickens 8.30pm Changing Rooms 9.00pm The Moonstone (part two) 10.05pm Have I Got News for You (Repeat) 10.35pm Film : El Mariachi (1992) 11.55pm Alanis Morissette in Concert (colour and b&w) 12.55am Film : The Curse of the Cat People (1944) (b&w) followed by Weatherview New Year's Eve Tuesday 31st December 1996 BBC2 7.30am The Phil Silvers Show : Lieutenant Bilko (b&w) (Repeat) 7.55am James Cagney : Top of the World (b&w and colour) (Repeat) 8.45am Film : Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) (b&w) 10.20am Eisenhower : Statesman 11.45am The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures The History in Our Bones 12.45pm Clash of the Titans (Repeat) 1.25pm The Essential Olympics : Atlanta 1996 2.40pm More Secret Gardens (Repeat) 2.50pm Great Railway Journeys (Repeat) 3.45pm Love on a Branch Line (Repeat) 4.35pm Film : An American in Paris (1951) 6.25pm Shadow - the Peregrine 7.15pm Who Could Ask for Anything More? A Celebration of Ira Gershwin 8.50pm Tap Dogs 9.50pm Siegfried and Roy 10.25pm Burn Your Phone 10.55pm Film : The Rolling Stones' Rock and Roll Circus (1996) Première 12.00 Jools's Hootenanny 1.15am Elvis - the 68 Comeback Special (Repeat) followed by Weatherview New Year's Day Wednesday 1st January 1997 BBC2 7.30am Film : Blockade (1938) (b&w) 8.50am Fonda on Fonda 9.40am Film : My Darling Clementine (1946) (b&w) 11.15am New Year's Day Concert from Vienna 12.30pm The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures The History in Our Bones 1.30pm Olympic Gymnastics 2.30pm Balanchine 3.55pm Film : Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) 5.30pm Ski Sunday Special 6.10pm In the Eye of the Wind 7.00pm Waiting for God Christmas Special (Repeat) 7.30pm University Challenge 8.00pm The Travel Show Caribbean Special 8.40pm Shooting Stars Christmas Special (Repeat) 9.20pm The Tony Ferrino Phenomenon 10.05pm Film : Shortcuts (1993) Premiere followed by Weatherview Thursday 2nd January 1997 BBC2 7.15am See Hear Breakfast News 7.30am Pingu (Repeat) 7.35am Noddy (Repeat) 7.50am The Busy World of Richard Scarry (Repeat) 8.15am Peter Pan 8.35am The Legend of Prince Valiant 9.05am Film : Portrait of Jennie (1948) (b&w and colour) 10.30am Film : The Enchanted Cottage (1945) (b&w) 12.00 The Phil Silvers Show : Bilko's Cousin (b&w) (Repeat) 12.25pm Man in a Suitcase (First shown on ITV) 1.15pm Police Squad (Repeat) 1.40pm The Car's the Star (Repeat) 2.00pm Clash of the Titans (Repeat) 2.45pm Great Railway Journeys (Repeat) 3.40pm Love on a Branch Line (Repeat) 4.30pm Film : Flaming Star (1960) 6.00pm Star Trek : Deep Space Nine 6.45pm The Cunning Little Vixen (opera) 8.25pm Affairs to Remember 8.30pm Top Gear 9.00pm Sykes : Golf (Repeat) 9.30pm Gogs (Repeat) 9.40pm Arena : There's No Such Thing as a Small Head of State 10.30pm Newsnight 11.15pm This Life (Repeat) 11.55pm Looking for Tat 12.35am Film : Voyager (1991) followed by Weatherview Friday 3rd January 1997 BBC2 7.15am See Hear Breakfast News 7.30am Children's BBC Charlie Chalk (Repeat) 7.45am The Busy World of Richard Scarry (Repeat) 8.10am The Legend of Prince Valiant (Repeat) 8.35am The Really Wild Show (Repeat) 9.05am Film : Miranda (1947) (b&w) 10.20am Film : It's Always Fair Weather (1955) 12.00 The Phil Silvers Show : Bilko at Bay (b&w) (Repeat) 12.25pm Man in a Suitcase (Repeat) 1.15pm Police Squad (Repeat) 1.40pm The Car's the Star (Repeat) 2.00pm Clash of the Titans (Repeat) 2.45pm Great Railway Journeys (Repeat) 3.40pm Love on a Branch Line (Repeat) 4.30pm Film : Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971) 6.00pm The Munsters (Repeat) 6.25pm UFO (First shown on lTV) 7.15pm Affairs to Remember 7.20pm Escaping from Liberty 8.10pm The Gold Plane 9.00pm Third Rock from the Sun 9.25pm Gogs (Repeat) 10.00pm Introducing Tony Ferrino, Who and Why? A Quest 10.30pm Newsnight 11.15pm This Life (Repeat) 12.00 Film : Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) In Spanish with English subtitles |
