BBC CHRISTMAS TV 1997
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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 |
