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BBC CHRISTMAS TV 1996

     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)
                      P
remiere
                      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)

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