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BBC CHRISTMAS TV 1997

    Saturday 20th December 1997

    BBC1

    
  7.00am  Flash Gordon (b&w) (Repeat)
      7.20am  News and Weather
      7.25am  The Adventures of the Garden Fairies
                     
(Repeat)
      7.30am  Romuald the Reindeer (Repeat)
      7.40am  Highlander (Repeat)
      8.05am  Conan the Adventurer (Repeat)
      8.30am  The New Adventures of Superman (Repeat)
      9.15am  Live and Kicking
     12.12pm  Weather
     12.15pm  Grandstand
      5.15pm  News and Weather
      5.25pm  Regional News, Sport
      5.30pm  Are You Being Served?
      6.00pm  Jim Davidson's Christmas
                     Generation Game
      7.00pm  Noel's House Party
      7.50pm  National Lottery Draw
      8.15pm  Casualty
      9.10pm  The Vicar of Dibley Christmas Special
                     
(Repeat)
      9.55pm  News, Sport, Weather 
     10.15pm  Match of the Day
     11.25pm  They Think It's All Over
(Repeat)
     11.55pm  Clive Anderson All Talk
     12.25am  Top of the Pops
(Repeat)
     12.55am  Film : Swashbuckler (1976) 
                     
followed by 
                     Weather
      2.35am  BBC News 24


    Sunday 21st December 1997

    BBC1


        6.45am  Match of the Day (Repeat)
         7.55am  Film : Yes Virginia,
                       There Is a Santa Claus (1991)
         9.25am  News, Weather
        9.30am  The Promise of His Glory
       10.15am  Snowy River: the McGregor Saga
(Repeat) 
       11.00am  Countryfile
       11.30am  Canterbury : Cathedral Tales
       12.20pm  News
                        Weather for the Week Ahead
       12.30pm  EastEnders Omnibus 
         1.50pm  Film : Oliver! (1968) 
         4.15pm  News, Weather
        4.30pm  Regional News
        4.35pm  The Phoenix and the Carpet
        5.05pm  The Great Antiques Hunt
                        Christmas Special
         5.50pm  Songs of Praise :
​                        A Christmas Carol Special
        6.30pm  Memories of Diana
          7.15pm  Film : Crocodile Dundee (1986)
         8.45pm  News, Weather 
        9.00pm  Ballykissangel Christmas Special
       10.15pm  The Lily Savage Show
       10.45pm  Everyman
        11.35pm  It's Later Than You Think
        12.15am  Film : Doctor in the House (1954) 
         1.45am  BBC News 24


   
​    Monday 22nd December 1997

    BBC1


        6.00am  Business Breakfast            
        7.00am  Breakfast News
        9.00am  Film : That's Entertainment! (1974)
                       
(b&w and colour) 
       11.05am  The Traditions of Christmas
       11.10am  Champion Children Awards
      12.00       Last of the Summer Wine
(Repeat)
      12.30pm  Celebrity Ready, Steady, Cook
        1.00pm  One O' Clock News, Weather 
        1.30pm  Regional News, Weather
        1.40pm  The Weather Show
        1.45pm  Neighbours
        2.10pm  Petrocelli
(Repeat)
        3.00pm  Vets in Practice (Repeat)
        3.30pm  Playdays
        3.50pm  The Enchanted Lands
        4.00pm  Bodger and Badger
        4.15pm  Noah's Island
        4.40pm  Goosebumps
        5.00pm  Newsround
        5.10pm  Blue Peter
        5.35pm  Neighbours
(Repeat)
        6.00pm  Six O'Clock News, Weather 
        6.30pm  Newsroom South East
        7.00pm  This Is Your Life
        7.30pm  Here and Now Christmas Special
        8.00pm  EastEnders
        8.30pm  Children's Hospital
        9.00pm  Nine O'Clock News
                       Regional News, Weather
        9.30pm  Hotel
      10.00pm  Film : Death Train (1993)
       11.40pm  Film : Carry On - Don't Lose Your Head
                       (1966)
        1.05pm  Film : The Phantom of Hollywood (1974) 
        2.20pm  BBC News 24


​   
      Tuesday 23rd December 1997

​    BBC1


        6.00am  Business Breakfast
        7.00am  Breakfast News
        9.00am  Film : That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
                       
(colour & b&w)
       11.00am  Film : A Christmas Story (1983) 
       12.30pm  Celebrity Ready, Steady, Cook
         1.00pm  One O' Clock News, Weather 
         1.30pm  Regional News, Weather 
         1.40pm  The Weather Show
         1.45pm  Neighbours
         2.10pm  Petrocelli
(Repeat)
        3.00pm  Vets in Practice (Repeat)
        3.30pm  Playdays (Repeat)
        3.50pm  Arthur
        4.10pm  To Me... to You
        4.35pm  The Mask
(Repeat)
        5.00pm  Newsround
        5.10pm  Aquila
        5.35pm  Neighbours
(Repeat)
        6.00pm  Six O' Clock News, Weather 
        6.30pm  Regional news magazine
        7.00pm  Holiday
        7.30pm  A Question of Sport
        8.00pm  EastEnders
        8.30pm  Airport
        9.00pm  Nine O' Clock News
                       Regional News, Weather
        9.30pm  Film : Clear and Present Danger (1994)
                       
Première 
       11.45pm  Bette Midler- Diva LasVegas
          1.15am  Film : Dream Lover (1986)
        3.00am  BBC News 24



     


​      Christmas Eve Wednesday 24th December 1997


     BBC1

     7.00am  News, Regional News and Weather

      7.10am  Children's BBC
                    Teletubbies

                    Making Christmas Cards

    7.35am   Model Millie
                   Millie's model park comes to life (Repeat)

    7.50am  The Busy World of Richard Scarry
                   animation

    8.15am  Yakky Duck
                  Adventures of a little duckling (Repeat) 

   8.35am  Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
                  animation, Samuel Claus is haunted by voices
                  
(Repeat) 

   9.05am  The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
                  The team find an alien skeleton (Repeat)

   9.30am  Sweet Valley High
                  Teenage drama (Repeat)

   9.55am  Teletubbies
                  Dipsy's present is a big Christmas cracker

  10.20am  News, Regional News, Weather

  10.30am  Film : The Neverending Story (1984) 

                   starring Noah Hathaway

  12.00       Joy to the World
                  A Feast of Christmas Cheer! 
                  The Christmas story celebrated in a gala
                  of carols, comedy, music and dance, at
                  London's Royal Albert Hall. Guests include
                  Cliff Richard, Diana Rigg, 
Peter Bowles,
                  Hannah Gordon, Gloria Hunniford and
                  the Chicken Shed Theatre Company


   1.00pm  News : Weather, Regional News

    1.15pm   Neighbours

                   Ruth resolves to leave Erinsborough

   1.35pm   Film : Problem Child (1990) 
                   starring John Ritter

   2.50pm  Film : Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
                   starring Harrison Ford

   4.35pm  Blue Peter
                  The team are joined by a band and some
                  school chidren for a spot of carol-singing


   5.05pm  Neighbours

   5.30pm  Spice Girls on Top of the Pops
                  An insight into the chart busting girl group,
                  with interviews, previous performances on
                  the music show. and their latest single


  6.00pm  News and Weather

  6.15pm    Regional news magazine

  6.30pm   Celebrity Ready, Steady, Cook

                  Comedians Gareth Hale and Norman Pace
                  join chefs Ainsley Harriott and
                  Antony Worrall 
Thompson for a festive
                  edition of the cookery show, Which one of
                  the mirth-making duo will be the turkey
                  in the
kitchen? 


  7.00pm  All the Best for Christmas
                 Ronnie Corbett gets into the festive mood
                 with a selection of seasonal BBC comedy.
                 Among the classic programmes featured
                 are Porridge, The Good Life, Morecambe
                 and Wise, 
Steptoe and Son and Bottom

  7.50pm  A Perfect Day for Christmas
                 A Christmas Eve transmission of the
                 RRC's promotional video, which is being
                 shown several times over the holiday season.
                 The single topped the chart following
                 Children in Need.


   7.55pm  The Wildlife Specials 
                  Humpback Whale 
                  Continuing the series celebrating the
                  40th anniversary of the BBC Natural
                  History Unit, presented by David Attenborough


  8.40pm  National Lottery Draw

  9.00pm  Film : Naked Gun 33⅓  : the Final Insult

                  starring Leslie Nielsen Première

  10.15pm  Harry Enfield and Chums
                  Harry Enfield presents a new festive
                  special with his regular repertoire of
                  characters, including Kevin the teenager
                  and the Scousers


 10.55pm  News Justin Webb Regional News
                  Weather
 Peter Cockroft

  11.15pm  Christmas Midnight Mass
                  A live broadcast from Salisbury Cathedral
                  where worshippers congregate for a
                  traditional celebration of the First Mass
                  of  
Christmas                   


  12.35am  Film : Please Sir ! (1971) 
                  starring John Alderton, Deryck Guyler

   2.15-6.00am  BBC News 24

     Christmas Day Thursday 25th December 1997

       BBC1
 
     6.00am  Children's BBC
                    Christopher the Christmas Tree

                     (Repeat)

     6.25am  Santa's First Christmas
                   (Repeat)

     6.50am  The Legend of Prince Valiant
                    (Repeat)

     7.15am   Eek! the Cat 
                   (Repeat)

     7.35am  Free Willy 

   8.00am   A Monster Christmas 
                  
(Repeat)

    8.30am  The Demon Headmaster Takes Over TV
                    A panto with an all-Starcast

    9.20am  Casper

    9.40am  Teletubbies

                   Christmas Carols

   10.05am  Christmas at the Castle
                    Fern Britton celebrates Christmas at
                    York's 
Castle Museum, with Archbishop
                    of York, 
Dr David Hope, David Bellamy, 
                    
Gary Barlow, Adiemus and York Minster choir


   11.05am   Film : Willy Wonka and the 
                    Chocolate Factory (1971)

                    starring Gene Wilder

   12.40pm  Peter and the Wolf
                    The Royal Ballet school's production
                    of  Prokofiev's orchestral fairy tale,
                    narrated by Anthony Dowell


    1.10pm   News and Weather

    1.15pm   Top of the Pops

                   The stars and the top-selling songs of the
                   year, introduced by Jayne Middlemiss,
                   Zoe Ball and Jo Whiley


    2.15pm  The Two Ronnies Christmas Show  
                   seasonal selection of classic sketches and
                   songs featuring the talents of comic duo
                   Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett. 
                   
With guest David Essex           
                   
    3.00pm  The Queen
                    Her Majesty addresses the Commonwealth

   3.10pm   Noel's Christmas Presents    
                   A boy meets Star Wars creator George Lucas
                   a scout leader visits the African home of
                  Baden-Powel and a wish to see elephants
                  in their natural habitat becomes a reality.
                  Noel Edmonds brings more surprises to
                  deserving people     
 
          
                       
   4.10pm  Film : The Flintstones (1994)
                  starring John Goodman, 
                  
Elizabeth Perkins  Première 

  5.30pm   Animal Hospital
                  Rolf Harris, Shauna Lowry and Steve Knight
                  are joined by friends old and new at the
                  RSPCA's 
Harmsworth hospital this 
Christmas


  6.00pm  Auntie's New Festive Bloomers
                  Terry Wogan presents clips that the stars
                  hoped would never be shown. Including 
                 
out-takes from Tom Jones, I'm Alan Partridge,
                  Can't Cook Won't Cook , 
Blue Peter,
                  EastEnders and Men Behaving Badly


  6.40pm  News Justin Webb
                  Weather Peter Cockroft 

  6.50pm  Film : The Mask (1994)  Première
                  followed by A Perfect Day for Christmas

  8.30pm  EastEnders
                  Tony learns Terry and Irene's secret.
                  Will Phil regret his behaviour? 


  9.00pm  One Foot in the Grave
                  Endgame
                  Victor's plans for a quiet autumn break
                  in the West 
Country have an eerie and
                  utterly terrifying conclusion


  10.10pm  News Anna Ford 
                   Weather Peter Cockroft


   10.20pm  Men Behaving Badly
                    Christmas Day in Gary and Tony's flat:
                    a day spent lying in front of the telly in
                    a self-induced coma


   11.05pm  They Think It's All Over
                   Nick Hancock hosts the irreverent sports
                   quiz, 
David Gower, Gary Lineker, Lee Hurst
                   and Rory McGrath are joined by Sooty and
                   Matthew Corbett, and footballer
                   Graeme Le Saux


   11.40pm  I Hate Christmas Too!
                   A contemporary Christmas fable,
                   featuring Samuel West and Peter Capaldi


   11.45pm  Film : Airplane! (1980)
                   starring Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty,  
                   
Leslie Nielsen 

    1.10am  Film : Carry On Loving (1970)
                  starring Sidney James, 
​                  
Kenneth Williams, 
Charles Hawtrey 


  2.40pm  News 24

  
      Boxing Day Friday 26th December 1997

      BBC1  

      6.30am  
Children's BBC
                     The Greedysauras Gang
                     Animated antics of five dinosaurs (Repeat)

      6.35am  William's Wish Wellingtons
                     Cartoon (Repeat)

     6.40am  Bump's Christmas Story
                    animation

    6.50am  Spot's Magical Christmas
                   animation (Repeat)

    7.20am  Poddington Peas
                   animation (Repeat)

    7.25am  The Toy Symphony
                  animation (Repeat)

    7.50am  White Christmas
                   animation (Repeat)

    8.15am  Eek! the Cat
                  animated feline fun

    8.40am  Sweet Valley High
                   High Teenage drama (Repeat) 

    9.00am  North and South on Tour
                   Gail Porter meets the boy band on
                   tour and looks at how the comedy series
                   No Sweat turned them into pop stars


    9.25am  Casper Classics
                   Cartoon fun with the friendly ghost (Repeat)

    9.40am  Teletubbies
                    Po's present is a frosty cloud

  10.10am   Film : Superman III (1983)
                   starring Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor

  12.10pm  Paul McCartney's Standing Stone : 
                  the Documentary

                  Film following the creation of
                  Paul McCartney 's new symphonic work,
                  from the very beginnings of the piece through
                  to the first performance at the
                  Royal 
Albert Hall in London

   1.00pm  News and Weather, Regional News

    1.10pm  Neighbours

                  Lance finds a way to stay in Ramsay Street.
                  Lisa opts for a career change


   1.30pm  Disney Time 
                  introduced by Keith Chegwin and 
                  Jayne Middlemiss


   2.10pm  Film : Hook (1991) 
                  starring Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams

   4.25pm  Pink Panther
                  cartoon capers (Repeat)

   4.50pm  Final Score
                  Today's football results and sporting news
                  with Ray Stubbs


   5.10pm  News and Weather, Regional News

   5.25pm  Neighbours

   5.50pm  Big Break

                  Jim Davidson hosts a Boxing Day edition
                  of the snooker game show. Playing for charity
                  are The Generation Game's Melanie 
Stace,
                  singer Darren Day and former EastEnders
                  actress June 
Brown, while Peter Ebdon, 
                  
Ronnie O'Sullivan and Ken 
Doherty help out
                  with the shots, and John Virgo acts as referee


  6.20pm  Film : Beethoven's 2nd (1993)
                  starring Charles Grodin Première 

   7.40pm  EastEnders
                  Frank comes to Pat's rescue, and Tiffany
                  pushes Grant too far


  8.10pm  Blankety Blank 
                 The celebrity panel game returns for a
                 Christmas show with the Birkenhead
                 bomb-site Lily 
Savage as the new hostess


  8.40pm  News Edward Stourton
                  Weekend Weather Peter Cockroft

  9.00pm  The Vicar of Dibley
                  seasonal edition of the comedy.  
                  
Geraldine encourages Alice and
                  Hugo to further their relationship
                  and receives an unexpected proposal
                  herself


   9.40pm  Before They Were Famous II
                  Angus Deayton takes another dip into
                  the archives to find clips of the stars that
                  they would rather forget


  10.15pm   Film : True Lies (1994) 
                   starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, 
                   
Jamie Lee Curtis Première  

   
12.35am  Unplugged : Oasis
                   Tonight's programme captures one of
                   Britain's most popular bands of the
                   nineties, Oasis


     1.20pm  Film : Carry On Girls (1973)
                    starring Sidney James, Joan Sims
                    
followed by
                    Weather

     2.45am  BBC News 24

    Saturday 27th December 1997

     BBC1


         7.00am  Flash Gordon (b&w) (Repeat)
         7.20am  News, Weather
         7.25am  The Adventures of the Garden Fairies
                       
(Repeat)
         7.30am  Noddy (Repeat)
         7.40am  Highlander (Repeat)
         8.05am  Conan the Adventurer (Repeat)
         8.30am  The New Adventures of Superman
                        
(Repeat)
          9.15am  Almost Live, Definitely Kicking
         11.15am  Film : When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth 
                        (1969)
        12.50pm  News, Weather
        12.55pm  Film : Half a Sixpence (1967)
         3.15pm  The World's Strongest Man
         3.45pm  Film : Bless This House (1972) 
         5.15pm  News, Weather
         5.25pm  Regional News
         5.30pm  Are You Being Served?
(Repeat)
         6.00pm  Film : Twins (1988)
          7.40pm  National Lottery Draw
         8.05pm  Casualty
                       
followed by 
                        National Lottery Update
         9.25pm  Birds of a Feather Christmas Special
        10.15pm  The Mrs Merton Christmas Show
        10.45pm  News and Sport
                        Weather 
        11.05pm  They Think It's All Over
                        Christmas Special
(Repeat)
        11.40pm  Film : Carry On Again Doctor (1969) 
         1.10am  Top of the Pops 
(Repeat)
         2.15am  BBC News 24

     Sunday 28th December 1997

       BBC1


        7.10am  Film : Custer of the West (1968)
        9.25am  News, Weather
        9.30am  New Every Morning
       10.15am  Film : Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)
      12.05pm  Canterbury : Cathedral Tales
      12.55pm  News and Weather
        1.00pm  EastEnders Omnibus
(part one)
         1.55pm  Film : Porridge (1979)
        3.25pm  The World's Strongest Man
        3.55pm  EastEnders Omnibus
(part two)
        4.50pm  Final Score
        5.10pm  Antiques Roadshow - the Next Generation
        5.55pm  News, Weather 
        6.10pm  Regional News
        6.15pm  The Gospel According to Cliff
        7.00pm  Last of the Summer Wine
       8.00pm  The Detectives Special
       8.50pm  The Woman in White
(1/2)
        9.55pm  News, Weather 
       10.10pm  Match of the Day
        11.25pm  Film : The Rhythm of Life
(1/3)
        12.15am  Unplugged : George Michael
         1.05am  Film : Sixteen Candies (1984)
         2.35am  BBC News 24


   







     Monday 29th December 1997


    BBC1

    
    7.15am  Teletubbies (Repeat)
        7.40am  The Busy World of Richard Scarry (Repeat)
        8.05am  Yakky Duck (Repeat)
        8.30am  Gadget Boy 
        8.55am  The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
                       
(Repeat)
        9.20am  Sweet Valley High (Repeat)
        9.45am  Pingu (Repeat)
        9.50am  Teletubbies
       10.20am  News, Regional News, Weather
       10.30am  Film : The Ugly Dachshund (1966) 
       12.00       To the Manor Born Christmas Special
                        
(Repeat)
       12.30pm  Celebrity Ready, Steady, Cook
         1.00pm  News, Weather, Regional News
          1.15pm  Neighbours
         1.35pm  Film : The Land before Time (1988)
        2.40pm  Vets in Practice
        3.10pm  The World's Strongest Man
        3.40pm  Film : Flight of the Navigator (1986)
        5.05pm  Blue Peter - the Best Bits
        5.35pm  Neighbours
       6.00pm  News, Weather
        6.15pm  Regional news magazines
        7.00pm  This Is Your Life
        7.30pm  Animal Sanctuary
        8.00pm  EastEnders
        8.30pm  Auntie's New Winter Bloomers
        9.00pm  Nine o'Clock News
                        Regional News; Weather
        9.30pm  The Woman in White
(2/2)
       10.35pm  Films of the Year with Barry Norman
       11.20pm  Rhythm of Life
       12.10am  Film : Carry On England (1976)
        1.40am  Film : Blue City (1986)
                       
followed by
                       Weather
        2.55am  BBC News 24


    Tuesday 30th December 1997

    BBC1

    
   7.00am  News, Regional News, Weather
       7.10am  Poddington Peas
(Repeat)
       7.15am  Teletubbies (Repeat)
       7.40am  The Busy World of Richard Scarry (Repeat)
       8.05am  Casper Classics
       8.30am  The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
                     
(Repeat)
       8.55am  Blue Peter - the Best Bits (Repeat)
       9.30am  Sweet Valley High (Repeat)
       9.50am  Teletubbies
      10.20am  News, Regional News, Weather
      10.30am  Film : The Shaggy Dog (1959)
                       
(b&w)
      12.00      Waiting for God Christmas Special (Repeat)
     12.30pm  Celebrity Ready, Steady, Cook
       1.00pm  News, Weather, Regional News
       1.15pm  Neighbours
       1.35pm  Film : We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993) 
       2.40pm  Vets in Practice
       3.10pm  The World's Strongest Man
       3.40pm  Balls to Africa
(Revised Repeat)
       4.30pm  Tom and Jerry
       4.40pm  A Flintstone Family Christmas
(Repeat)
       5.05pm  Newsround 97
       5.35pm  Neighbours 
(Repeat)
       6.00pm  News, Weather
        6.15pm  Regional news magazines
       6.30pm  Watchdog : House-Style
       7.00pm  Holiday
       7.30pm  EastEnders
       8.00pm  Film : Mrs Doubtfire (1993)
       9.00pm  Nine o'Clock News
                      Regional News, Weather
       9.30pm  Film : Mrs Doubtfire (1993)
      10.30pm  Review of the Year
       11.45pm  Film : Carry On Up the Khyber (1968)
         1.10am  Film : A Nightingale Sang in
                       Berkeley Square (1979)
                       
followed by 
                       Weather
        3.00am  BBC News 24


    New Year's Eve Wednesday 31st December 1997

    BBC1


        7.00am  News, Regional News, Weather
         7.10am  Poddington Peas
(Repeat)
         7.15am  Teletubbies (Repeat)
        7.40am  The Busy World of Richard Scarry
                       
(Repeat)
        8.05am  Casper Classics 
        8.30am  The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
                       
(Repeat)
        8.55am  Newsround 97 (Repeat)
        9.30am  Sweet Valley High (Repeat)
        9.50am  Teletubbies
       10.20am  News, Regional News, Weather
       10.30am  Film : The Nutcracker Prince (1990)
       11.40am  Cartoon
       12.00       Keeping Up Appearances
                       Christmas Special
(Repeat)
      12.30pm  Celebrity Ready, Steady, Cook
        1.00pm  News, Weather, Regional News
         1.15pm  Neighbours
        1.35pm  Cartoons
        1.45pm  Film : Bugsy Malone (1976)
        3.15pm  Film : Back to the Future Part III (1990)
        5.05pm  Neighbours
(Repeat)
        5.30pm  News, Weather
        5.45pm  Regional news magazines
        6.00pm  Film : K-9 (1989)
        7.35pm  The Wildlife Specials : Wolf
        8.25pm  News, Regional News, Weather
        8.45pm  National Lottery Draw
        9.00pm  Cold Enough for Snow
       10.30pm  The Unique Dave Allen
       11.00pm  The End of the Year Show
                        with Angus Deayton
       12.05am  Happy New Year
                       The Archbishop of Canterbury
       12.10am  Hogmanay Live
        1.00am  Film : Carry On at Your Convenience (1971)
        2.30am  BBC News 24


    New Year's Day Thursday 1st January 1998

    BBC1

     
  7.00am  Children's BBC
                      Poddington Peas 
(Repeat)
       7.05am  Teletubbies (Repeat)
       7.30am  The Busy World of Richard Scarry (Repeat)
       7.55am  Casper Classics
       8.15am  Mighty Max
(Repeat)
       8.40am  The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
                      
(Repeat)
       9.05am  Sweet Valley High (Repeat)
       9.30am  The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
                       
(Repeat)
      10.00am  Teletubbies
      10.30am  Film : Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977) 
       12.10pm  Noel's Le Mans Dream
        1.00pm  News, Weather, Regional News
         1.10pm  Neighbours
        1.30pm  Brambly Hedge
(Repeat)
        2.00pm  Film : Mary Poppins (1964)
         4.15pm  Cartoons
        4.35pm  Blue Peter - Happy New Year
        5.05pm  From Grange Hill to Albert Square....
                       and Beyond
        5.45pm  News, Weather
        5.55pm  Regional News
       6.00pm  The World's Strongest Man 1997
       7.00pm  Mysteries with Carol Vorderman
       7.30pm  EastEnders
       8.00pm  Born to Be Wild with Martin Clunes
       9.00pm  Film : Forrest Gump (1994) Premiere
       11.15pm  News, Regional News, Weather
      11.35pm  Ramadan
      11.55pm  Fleetwood Mac - the Dance
                     
followed by 
                      Weather
      12.55am  Film : Carry On Abroad (1972)
       2.20am  BBC News 24


    Friday 2nd January 1998

​    BBC1

   
     6.40am  Ramadan (Repeat)
        7.00am  News, Regional News, Weather
         7.10am  Poddington Peas
(Repeat)
         7.15am  Teletubbies (Repeat)
        7.40am  The Busy World of Richard Scarry (Repeat)
        8.05am  Casper Classics 
        8.30am  Mighty Max
(Repeat)
        8.55am  The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
                       
(Repeat)
        9.20am  Blue Peter - Happy New Year (Repeat)
        9.5Oam  Teletubbies
       10.20am  News, Regional News, Weather
       10.30am  Film : The Shaggy DA (1976)
       12.00       The Good Life Christmas Special
(Repeat)
       12.30pm  Celebrity Ready, Steady, Cook
         1.00pm  News, Weather, Regional News 
          1.15pm  Neighbours
         1.40pm  Film : Suburban Commando (1991)
        3.00pm  Vets in Practice
(Repeat)
        3.30pm  Film : Star Trek V : The Final Frontier
                       (1989)
        5.10pm  Blue Peter
        5.35pm  Neighbours
(Repeat)
        6.00pm  News and Weather
         6.15pm  Regional news magazines
        6.30pm  Film : Rent-a-Kid (1992)
         7.55pm  Only Fools and Horses :
                       Heroes and Villains 
(Repeat)
        8.55pm  Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
        9.45pm  News, Regional News
                       Weekend Weather
      10.05pm  Shirley Bassey : This is My Life!
      10.50pm  International Come Dancing
       11.50pm  Film : Carry On Behind (1975)
         1.20am  Film : Story of a Love Story (1973) 
                       
followed by 
                       Weather
        3.00am  BBC News 24
   Saturday 20th December 1997

    BBC2

    
  7.15am  The Sky at Night
      7.35am  Film : Random Harvest (1942)
(b&w)
      9.40am  Sports Review of the Year 1997 (Repeat)
     11.40am  The Whitbread: the World's
                     Greatest Ocean Race
     12.10pm  Film 97 with Barry Norman
     12.40pm  British Country Music Awards
       1.40pm  Film : The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
      4.10pm  The Saint
(First shown on ITV) 
      5.00pm  TOTP2
       5.45pm  Timewatch : The True Story of
                      the Bridge on the River Kwai
(Repeat)
       6.35pm  Busby Berkeley : Going through the Roof
       7.30pm  The Works :
                      Hughie Green - Mr Opportunity
      8.00pm  What the Papers Say
       8.10pm  I, Caesar
      9.00pm  Close Up on James Stewart
       9.10pm  Film : The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 
      11.45pm  Film : Brainstorm (1983)
       1.30am  Film : First Man into Space (1958)
(b&w)
                      followed by 
                     Weatherview
     

 





​    Sunday 21st December 1997

    BBC2

     
 7.30am  Teletubbies
      8.10am  Spot
(Repeat)
      8.15am  Jackanory Gold (Repeat)
      8.30am  Bitsa (Repeat)
      8.45am  The Animals of Farthing Wood
      9.10am  The Prince of Atlantis
(Repeat)
      9.35am  Noah's Island (Repeat)
     10.00am  The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
     10.25am  Grange Hill
(Repeat)
     10.50am  Out of Tune
     11.20am  Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show
(Repeat)
     11.50am  The Simpsons (Repeat)
     12.15pm  The Sunday Show
      1.00pm  Film : Harvey (1950)
(b&w)
      2.40pm  Film : The Naked Spur (1953)
      4.10pm  Close Up on James Stewart
       4.15pm  Ski Sunday
       5.05pm  Star Trek: Voyager
       5.50pm  The Natural World
       6.40pm  The Cat Show
        7.30pm  A Christmas Dickens
       8.00pm  Great Composers
       9.00pm  All Rise for Julian Clary
       9.30pm  Horizon : Ice Mummies
     10.20pm  The Perfect Blue
      11.50pm  Profit
      12.35am  Forgiveness. 
        1.20am  Film : Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957)
                     
(b&w)

    Monday 22nd December 1997

    BBC2


       7.15am  Children's BBC
                     Teletubbies
(Repeat)
       7.40am  Orville and Cuddles (Repeat)
       7.45am  Juniper Jungle (Repeat)
       7.55am  Yakky Duck (Repeat)
       8.15am  Blue Peter
       8.40am  Harry and the Hendersons
(Repeat)
       9.05am  The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
                      
(Repeat)
       9.30am  Sweet Valley High (Repeat)
       9.55am  Pingu (Repeat)
      10.00am  Teletubbies
      10.30am  Film : The Water Babies (1978) 
      12.00       Film : A Gift for Heidi (1958) 
       1.10pm   The Greedysaurus Gang
(Repeat)
        1.15pm  Hairy Jeremy (Repeat)
       1.20pm  A River Somewhere
       1.50pm  The Natural World : Gran Paradiso
(Repeat)
       2.40pm  News, Regional News, Weather
       2.45pm  Call My Bluff
(Repeat)
       3.15pm  Close Up on James Stewart
       3.25pm  News, Regional News, Weather (1962) 
       6.00pm  The Simpsons
       6.20pm  Battlestar Galactica
(Repeat)
       7.15pm  Close Up on James Stewart
       7.30pm  A Christmas Dickens
       8.00pm  Top Gear : the TVR Story
       8.30pm  The Antiques Show Christmas Special
       9.00pm  Shooting Stars Christmas Special
       9.30pm  The Fast Show
     10.00pm  All Rise for Julian Clary
     10.30pm  Newsnight
       11.15pm  Stella Street
      11.25pm  Film : Vertigo (1958) 
       1.30pm  Film : Rope (1948) 
                     
followed by
                      Weather

   Tuesday 23rd December 1997

​    BBC2

    
    7.15am  Teletubbies (Repeat)
        7.40am  Secret Life of Toys (Repeat)
        7.55am  Yakky Duck Cartoons (Repeat)
        8.15am  Blue Peter (Repeat)
        8.40am  Harry and the Hendersons (Repeat)
        9.10am  The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
                       
(Repeat)
        9.30am  Sweet Valley High (Repeat)
         9.55am  Pingu (Repeat)
       10.00am  Teletubbies 
       10.30am  Film : The Last Unicorn (1980)
       12.00       Film : Gypsy Colt (1954) 
        1.10pm   Fireman Sam
(Repeat)
        1.20pm   Golf
        2.10pm  Wildlife Showcase
(Repeat)     
        2.40pm  News, Regional News, Weather
        2.45pm  Call My Bluff
(Repeat)
        3.15pm  Close Up on James Stewart
        3.25pm  News, Regional News, Weather
        3.30pm  Show Jumping
        4.30pm  Film : The Philadelphia Story (1940)
(b&w)
        6.20pm  Close Up on James Stewart
        6.35pm  James Stewart : the Last of the Good Guys
        7.30pm  University Challenge
        8.00pm  A Christmas Dickens
        8.30pm  Food and Drink
        9.00pm  Brazen Hussies 
(Repeat)
       10.30pm  Newsnight
       11.15pm  Stella Street
       11.25pm  Treat It Gentle : Sidney Bechet
       12.15am  Film : Pete Kelly's Blues (1955) 
        1.50am  Film : A Great Day in Harlem (1994)
                       
(b&w and colour)
                        followed by
                        Weatherview

     
​     Christmas Eve Wednesday 24th December 1997


     BBC2

     7.00am  The Phil Silvers Show
                    Army comedy with Sergeant Bilko
                     (b/w) (Repeat)

     7.25am   Film : The Night at the Opera (1935)
                    starring the Marx Brothers

    8.55am   Film : Footlight Parade (1933)
                    starring James Cagney

   10.35am  Film : Easy to Love (1953) 
                    starring Esther Williams

   12.10pm   In Between
                    Documentary exploring the work of
                    award-winning choreographer 
                    
Shobana Jeyasingh

     1.00pm  Film : Destry Rides Again (1939) 
                    starring James Stewart

     2.30pm  Film : Reach for the Sky (1956) 
                    starring Kenneth More

     4.45pm  Everything to Play For
                    art series about classical music,
                    featuring conductor Mark Wigglesworth


     5.15pm   Carols from King's
                    A celebration of Christmas from the
                    chapel of King's 
College, Cambridge

    6.30pm  The First Silent Night
                    This musical detective story uncovers
                    the origin of the world's most famous
                    Christmas carol


     7.00pm  Flatworld
                    An animated cops and robbers film for
                    the family from Oscar-winning British
                    director 
Daniel Greaves, following the
                    trials and tribulations of a much-maligned
                    cat called Geoff, a fish called 
Chips and
                    their accident-prone owner Matt Phlatt


    7.30pm  Christmas Open Rhodes
                   Chef Gary Rhodes visits the Caribbean
                   island of Grenada to track down the origins
                   of Christmas spices such as nutmeg, cloves
                   and cinnamon 


   8.00pm  Two Fat Ladies : Christmas
                   in this Yuletide tour, chefs Jennifer Paterson
                   and Clarissa Dickson Wright visit Winchester,
                   where they prepare a feast for the cathedral's
                   choirboys


    8.30pm  Third Rock from the Sun
                    Jolly Old St Dick
                    The aliens' first impression of Christmas
                    is that it's all about shopping and the killing
                    of defenceless trees

                    followed by A Perfect Day for Christmas

    9.00pm  Modern Times 
                    Toy Stories
                    The documentary series enters the
                    action-packed, rocket-powered,
                    space-hopping, train-driven, model-mad
                    world of toys in a Christmas special that
                    profiles the people who play with them


    9.50pm  Sykes 
                    Christmas Party
                    Eric and Hattie spend Christmas Day
                    at Corky's


   10.20pm  Arena 
                    The Banana
                    Tonight's programme considers
                    musa sapientum, the fruit of the wise


    11.20pm  Film : The Haunting of Helen Walker (1995)
                     
starring Valerie Bertinelli  Première

    12.50am  Film : Carnival of Souls (1962)
                     starring Candace Hilligoss,
                     Frances Feist, Sidney Berger

      2.15am   Closedown




  


















 





 

​      Christmas Day Thursday 25th December 1997


      BBC2

      7.00am  Film : A Christmas Carol (1938)
                     starring Reginald Owen

     8.10am   Film : David Copperfield (1935)
                     starring W C Fields, Lionel Barrymore 

    10.15am  Today's the Day Christmas Special
                    Roy Hudd and Amanda Barrie do battle
                    with Loyd Grossman and Lynda Barron
                    in this festive edition of the nostalgia quiz
                    using clips from Christmases past


    10.45am  Jinnah
                     A documentary about Mohammad Ali Jinnah,
                     founding father of Pakistan, whose birthday
                     is celebrated today


     11.35am  Film : Mrs Miniver (1942) 
                     starring Greer Garson , Walter Pidgeon   

      1.45pm  Everything to Play For     
                    Settling Old Scores
                    The series exploring the world of a
                    young conductor continues with
                    Mark Wigglesworth leading the BBC
                    National Orchestra of Wales playing
                    
Beethoven's Fifth Symphony


      2.15pm  Shooting Stars
                    Christmas edition of the offbeat game show

     2.45pm  The Simpsons
                    Simpson and Delilah
                    A hair-growth product transforms
                    Homer's life


    3.10pm  Film : White Christmas (1954)
                   starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye,
                   Rosemary Clooney


    5.05pm  Close Up on James Stewart
                   Charlton Heston and Rod Steiger recall
                   their favourite moments from 

                   James Stewart's film career

    5.25pm  Film : Madame Butterfly (1995)
                   Adaptation of the classic Puccini opera,
                   starring Ying Huang, 
Richard 
Troxell
                   Première

    7.30pm  The Queen
                   Her Majesty's message to the Commonwealth
                   with signing and subtitles


    7.40pm  Cardigans at Christmas
                   A feast of old chestnuts from the glory days
                   of Christmases past with this look at the
                   rise and demise of the Christmas
                   light-entertainment spectacular


   8.30pm  A Christmas Dickens
                   Bob Sawyer's Party
                   Dickens's affection for The Pickwick Papers
                   led him to turn this comic encounter with
                   the zealous landlady Mrs Raddle into one of
                   his funniest and most popular entertainments

                                                 
   9.00pm  Arena
                   Cigars - out of the Humidor 
                   In 1962, before John F Kennedy signed the
                   embargo banning the importation of cigars
                   into America from Cuba, the President
                   ordered 1,200 
Havana cigars, according to
                   Pierre Salinger, his former press secretary


  10.00pm  Gogs
                   Animated adventures of a Stone Age
                   family known as the Gogs


  10.10pm   Film : La Reine Margot (1994) 
                    starring Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil,
                    
Jean-Hugues Anglade 
                    In French with English subtitles
                    Première

   12.25am   Close Up on James Stewart
                    Another celebrity chooses a treasured
                    movie moment from the film career of
                    the late 
James Stewart

  12.35am    Film : The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
                    starring Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern 
 
    2.30am  Closedown

 





























 


     Boxing Day Friday 26th December 1997


     BBC2

      7.15am   The Phil Silvers Show 
                     Phil Silvers as Sgt Bilko (b&w)  

      7.40am  Film : Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
                     Busby Berkeley musical (b&w)

      9.15am   Film : Oliver Twist (1948)
                     starring Alec Guiness, Robert Newton (b&w) 

     11.05am  Film : Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
                     starring Mary Tyler Moore, Julie Andrews

      1.20pm  Christmas in Vienna
                     Placido Domingo and Sarah Brightman
                     star in a concert of traditional festive
                     music featuring the Vienna Symphony
                     Orchestra


      2.20pm  Everything to Play for
                     A Matter of Survival
                     Mark Wigglesworth travels to snowy
                     St Petersburg to uncover the origins of
                     Shostakovich's massive 
Leningrad Symphony


      2.50pm  Salome 
                      opera, Luc Bondy 's production of
                      Richard Strauss's masterpiece


      4.45pm   Film : The Far Country (1955) 
                      starring James Stewart

      6.20pm  Land of the Tiger
                     Concluding the wildlife documentary
                     series presented by writer Valmik Thapar


       7.10pm  A Christmas Dickens 
                     Mrs Lirriper's Lodgings
                     Concluding the series of readings by
                     Simon Callow 
                     
followed by
                     Winter on Two

      7.45pm  The Royal Ballet
                    The Royal Ballet perform two ballets of
                    vastly differing styles


    9.00pm  The Hunt
                    With the debate on fox hunting gaining
                    particular topicality, this documentary,
                    in the Under the Sun series, looks at how
                    the controversial issue, which conjures up
                    quintessential images of traditional rural
                    England for some and an outdated and
                    barbaric practice for others, is under threat


   10.10pm  Steptoe and Son  
                    Seasonal episode from 1974 of the classic
                    comedy about a rag-and-bone man and
                    his terminally frustrated son


   10.55pm  Stella Street
                    Another visit to the the celebrity-populated
                    avenues of Surbiton


   11.05pm   Film : The Browning Version (1994) 
                    starring Albert Finney, Greta Scacchi,
                    Matthew Modine
  Première 

  12.35pm   Film : The Amazing Colossal Man (1957)
                    followed by
                    Weatherview

     2.05pm  Closedown





















































    Saturday 27th December 1997

    BBC2

     
 6.35am  Film : Dames (1934) (b&w)
      8.00am  Film : Count Three and Pray (1955)
      9.40am  Film : Seven Cities of Gold (1955) 
     11.20am  Cardiff Singer of the World
     12.10pm  The Whitbread :
                      the World's Greatest Ocean Race
     12.40pm  Racing from Chepstow
       2.45pm  Film : Seven Seas to Calais (1962) 
       4.25pm  Campaign Confessions
       5.15pm  TOTP 2
      6.00pm  Natural History Night
                      An Evening with David Attenborough
​                      and Friends
       6.10pm  The Flight of the Condor : 
                      Ocean, Desert and Thin Air
(Repeat)
      7.10pm  Too Close for Comfort (Repeat)
      7.45pm  The Big Freeze (Repeat)
      8.20pm  The Natural World : The Secret Garden
       9.15pm  The Bat That Cracked the Frog Code
                      
(Repeat)
      9.50pm  The Haunted Huntress (Repeat)
     10.30pm  Stoats in the Priory (Repeat)
     11.10pm  The Most Popular BBC Wildlife Programme
     
12.00       Film : The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) 
                     (b&w)
      1.20am  Film : War of the Colossal Beast (1958) (b&w)
                    followed by
                    Weatherview

   




​    Sunday 28th December 1997

    BBC2

    
   7.30am  Noddy
       7.40am  Teletubbies
       8.20am  Spot
(Repeat)
       8.25am  Jackanory Gold (Repeat)
       8.40am  Bitsa (Repeat)
       8.55am  The Animals of Farthing Wood (Repeat)
       9.20am  The Prince of Atlantis (Repeat)
       9.45am  Noah's Island (Repeat)
      10.10am  The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
                       
(Repeat)
      10.30am  Grange Hill (Repeat)
      11.00am  Sweet Valley High (Repeat)
      11.25am  Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show (Repeat)
      11.50am  The Simpsons
      12.15pm  The Sunday Show Christmas Special
      12.45pm  Gogs
(Repeat)
       1.00pm  The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures :
                      The Magical Maze
       2.00pm  The Merry Widow
(opera)
        4.25pm  Campaign Confessions
        5.15pm  Duma the Cheetah
       6.05pm  Star Trek : Voyager
       6.50pm  Film : Legend (1985) 
       8.15pm  Third Rock from the Sun
      9.00pm  Laurens van der Post : a Tribute
       9.55pm  Mothertime
      11.25pm  Stella Street
      11.35pm  Film : Le Colonel Chabert (1994)
       1.30am  Film : Terror from the Year 5000 (1958)
                     
(b&w)
                      followed by 
                      Weatherview

    Monday 29th December 1997

    BBC2

     
 7.05am  Match of the Day (Repeat)
      8.20am  Great Mysteries and Myths
                     of the 20th Century
(b&w/colour)
      8.45am  Film : The Golden Hour (1941) (b&w)
    10.05am  Film : Mr Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
                     
(b&w) 
     12.10pm  Close Upon James Stewart
     12.15pm  Cambridge Folk Festival
     12.55pm  The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
                     The Magical Maze
       1.55pm  Film : We Dive at Dawn (1943)
(b&w)
      3.30pm  Film : The Way to the Stars (1945) (b&w)
       5.15pm  Everything to Play for
      5.45pm  Film : Zulu (1964)
      8.00pm  The Lost Children of Berlin
      8.50pm  Close Up on James Stewart
      9.00pm  The Fast Show
      9.30pm  Operation Good Guys : The Informant
    10.00pm  Merry Mind the Buzzcocks
     10.40pm  Stella Street
     10.50pm  The Christmas Armistice
      11.35pm  Stella Street
      11.45pm  Film : Germinal (1993)
                     
followed by
                      Weatherview

   












​     Tuesday 30th December 1997

    BBC2

    
    7.05am  Kisses (Repeat)
        7.50am  The Phil Silvers Show (Repeat) (b&w)
        8.15am  Great Mysteries and Myths
                       of the 20th Century
       8.40am  Film : 42nd Street (1933)
(b&w)
     10.05am  The Great Romances of the 20th Century
     10.30am  Film : The Stratton Story (1949)
(b&w)
     12.20pm  Cambridge Folk Festival
        1.10pm  Fireman Sam 
        1.20pm  The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
                       The Magical Maze
        2.20pm  Film : The Crimson Pirate (1952)
        4.00pm  Everything to Play For : Caught in the Act
        4.30pm  Film : Vera Cruz (1954)
        6.00pm  Film : The Man Who Never Was (1955) 
                       
followed by 
                        A Perfect Day for Christmas
         7.45pm  University Challenge
         8.15pm  The Travel Show Christmas Show
        9.00pm  Modern Times : The Shrine
       10.15pm  Stella Street
       10.25pm  Film : Valmont (1989)
       12.35am  Film : Women in Love (1969) 
                       followed by 
                       Weatherview


 
















​   New Year's Eve Wednesday 31st December 1997

    BBC2


       6.55am  Going Hollywood: the War Years (Repeat)
       8.10am  Great Mysteries and Myths of
                      the 20th Century
(b&w and colour)
       8.35am  Film : Vivacious Lady (1938) (b&w)
     10.05am  The Great Romances of the 20th Century
                       
(Repeat)
      10.30am  Film : The Shop around the Corner (1940)
                       
(b&w)
      12.05pm  Close Up on James Stewart
      12.15pm  Top Gear Rally Report
      12.45pm  Cambridge Folk Festival
        1.25pm  The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
                      The Magical Maze
       2.25pm  The Travel Show
(Repeat)
       3.10pm  Garth Brooks
       4.20pm  Everything to Play For : Turning the Page
       4.50pm  The World in 1998
       5.50pm  Close Up on James Stewart
       6.00pm  Film : Bend of the River (1952) 
        7.30pm  Decisive Moments :
                      Images from the News 1997
       8.30pm  Flatworld (Repeat)
       9.00pm  Shooting Stars Christmas Special
(Repeat)
       9.35pm  The Fast Show Christmas Special (Repeat)
      10.20pm  Stella Street
      10.30pm  Film : Official Denial (1993) 
       11.55pm  Jools's Hootenanny
         1.15am  The Best of Glastonbury 97
                       
followed by 
                       Weatherview

   







​   New Year's Day Thursday 1st January 1998

    BBC2

    
   7.00am  Day of the Pharaohs
                     The Face of Tutankhamun
(Repeat)
       7.50am  Wonderful Things (Repeat)
       8.40am  Everywhere the Glint of Gold (Repeat)
       9.30am  The Pharaoh Awakes (Repeat)
      10.20am  Heads in the Sand (Repeat)

      11.10am  Happy New Year
                     The Archbishop of Canterbury
(Repeat)
      11.15am  New Year's Day Concert from Vienna
    12.30pm  Video Nation - Best of 97
      1.20pm  The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
                     The Magical Maze

       2.20pm  Day of the Pharaohs
                      Timewatch
(Repeat)
       3.10pm  Film : Cleopatra (1963)
       5.05pm  Intermission-the Sand Dance 
       5.10pm  Film : Cleopatra (1963)
(cont'd)
       7.20pm  Pyramid People
       7.30pm  Secrets of Lost Empires : The Pyramid
                      
(Repeat)
       8.20pm  Some of My Best Friends Are Asps
       8.30pm  The Cleopatra Files
       9.00pm  Search for the Lost Tomb - KV5

       9.50pm  The Likely Lads Christmas Special 1974
                      
(Repeat)
      10.35pm  Film : Small Faces (1995)
      12.20am  Stella Street
      12.30am  Film : The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
                       
followed by 
                       Skiing Forecast

   


   Friday 2nd January 1998

​       BBC2

    
    6.55am  Film : Each Dawn I Die (1939) (b&w)
        8.20am  Film : The Roaring Twenties (1939) (b&w)
       10.05am  The Art of Singing
       11.05am  Film : The Great Caruso (1951)
       12.50pm  The Art of Singing
        1.50pm  James Stewart : the Last of the Good Guys
        2.40pm  Winchester '73 (1950)
(b&w)
        4.10pm  Film : Strategic Air Command (1955) 
        6.00pm  The Simpsons
(Repeat)
        6.20pm  Star Trek (Repeat)
         7.15pm  Electric Circus
        7.30pm  The Face
        8.00pm  The Fred Dibnah Story
(Repeat)
        8.30pm  Gardeners' World
        9.00pm  Blackadder's Christmas Carol
(Repeat)
        9.45pm  Game On
       10.15pm  Stella Street
       10.25pm  The Armistice Party Bucket
       10.55pm  Gary Larson's Tales from the Far Side
                        
(Repeat)
        11.25pm  Film : Bodies, Rest and Motion (1993) 
        12.55am  Clive Barker's A-Z of Horror
          1.35am  The Cask of Amontillado
                       
followed by 
                        Weatherview













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