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BBC CHRISTMAS TV 2000

  
      Saturday 23rd December 2000

​      BBC1

     
 7.00am  Children's BBC: 
                     Teletubbies Advent Calendar
(Repeat)
                     followed by
                     The Raccoons (Repeat)
       7.25am  The Prince of Atlantis (Repeat)
       7.50am  The X-Men (Repeat)
       8.10am  Rugrats (Repeat)
       8.35am  Smart Guy
       9.00am  Live and Kicking
      12.10pm  News, Weather
      12.15pm  Grandstand
       5.30pm  BBC News, Weather
       5.45pm  Regional News, Sport
       5.50pm  Jim Davidson's Christmas
                      Generation Game
       6.45pm  Friends like These Christmas Special
       7.40pm  National Lottery Stars
       8.05pm  Casualty
       9.05pm  Winton's Wonderland
       9.45pm  Kiss Me Kate
      10.15pm  BBC News, Sport, Weather 
     10.30pm  Match of the Day
      11.40pm  They Think It's All Over
(Repeat)
      12.10am  The Stand-Up Show
                     
followed by 
                      Weatherview 
     12.45am  A Question of Sport
       1.15am  Top of the Pops
(Repeat)
       1.45am  BBC News 24

      Christmas Eve Sunday 24th December 2000
  
       
BBC1

       7.00am  
Children's BBC in Lapland
                      Teletubbies Advent Calendar (Repeat) 
                      then
                      Barney 
                      Barney surprises Mr Prophet with a
                      very special Christmas present 
(Repeat)

       7.05am  Arthur's Perfect Christmas
                     Arthur is worried that Christmas will
                     be a disappointment


      8.00am  Tweenies Top of the Pops Special
                     The Tweenies become pop stars for a day,
                     as they perform before an audience of
                     children, singing about their favourite things


      8.25am  Christmas in Gaudinia
                     When the Christmas Star is stolen by a
                     witch, three chimney sweeps endeavour
                     to save the day


      8.50am  Pocket Dragon Adventures
                     The dragons help the wizard wrap 
                     
Christmas presents

      9.05am  The Queen's Nose
                     Last in the series.
                     Social Services assess the foster
                     home application


      9.30am  Big Kids
                     Last in the series. Mum refuses to have 
                     
an injection (Repeat)

      9.55am  Generation X
                     In the last of the series actress Natalie Casey
                     
shares childhood stories with her dad Barry

    10.20am  Blue Peter
                     Simon Thomas tells the story of the
                     first Christmas crib and Konnie Huq
                     has decoration suggestions
(Repeat)


    10.50am  Morning Service from Sandringham
                     Live Christmas Eve service from Norfolk
                     in the parish church of St Mary
                     Magdalene, 
Sandringham, attended by
                     the Queen and members of the royal family
                     with sermons from the Archbishop of
                     Canterbury, 
Dr George Carey.
                     Nicholas Witchell sets 
the scene

     11.50am  BBC News, Weather, Regional News

     12.00      Are You Being Served ? 

                    The Hold-Up
                    Thieves who break into Grace Brothers
                    reckon without the first floor staff

                    (Repeat)

   12.25pm  Castaway Christmas Diary
                    With just a week to go in their year as
                    castaways, Christmas preparations are
                    in full swing on Taransay. But will they
                    cope without traditional festive fare? 


   12.55pm   Morecambe and Wise
                    A Christmas special from Eric and Ernie,
                    with guests 
Robin Day, Pan's People, 
                    
Diana Rigg and Des O'Connor (Repeat)

     2.00pm  EastEnders
                    Omnibus edition

     3.20pm  Film : Casper (1995)
                    Comedy. A wicked heiress hires a specialist
                    on ghosts to rid the haunted house she has
                    inherited of its ghouls, but one of the ghosts
                    strikes up a friendship with the doctor's
                    daughter. 

                    
     4.55pm  BBC News and Weather

     5.15pm  Regional News

    5.20pm  Charlotte Church -
 
                   Christmas in the Holy Land
                   In this Songs of Praise special
                   Charlotte Church travels in search
                   of places connected to the Christmas story.
                   She visits Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity,
                   which is built on the site where it is believed
                   Jesus was born. She also performs
                   0 Come All Ye Faithful, 0 Holy Night,
                   Little Drummer Boy and Silent Night


    6.05pm  Lorna Doone  
                    The first of a two-part drama based on
                    the classic novel by RD Blackmore and
                    starring Aidan Gillen, Amelia Warner,

                    Richard Coyle and Martin Clunes.
                    Lorna Doone is betrothed to her cousin
                    Carver. However, she falls for farmer
                    John Ridd, whose father was killed by
                    the Doones


     7.25pm  Christmas Holiday Swaps
                   In this one-off special Carol Smillie
                   introduces two families not only willing
                   to trade holiday habits but also to spend
                   Christmas away from home for the first time.
                   The 
Alpine-loving Hopkins family are sent to
​                   Florida, while the sun-worshipping Pollendine
                   family are given a break in the French Alps. 


     7.55pm  Auntie's Sparkling Bloomers
                   Terry Wogan introduces a selection of
                   seasonal TV howlers from the cutting room,
                   featuring Brian Blessed, Caroline Quentin,
                   Jerome Flynn and Martin Kemp


    8.30pm  Film : Independence Day (1996)
                    Sci-fi blockbuster starring Will Smith,
                    Bill Pullman and Jeff Goldblum.
                    When alien spaceships take up positions
                    above major cities, their intentions are not
                    clear until a cable-TV boffin discovers a
                    sinister signal emanating from the aliens


    10.45pm  They Think It's All Over
                     Nick Hancock hosts the sports quiz.
                     Captains David Gower and Gary Lineker
                     are joined by Jonathan Ross, Rory McGrath,
                     Frank Bruno, Omid Djalili and Gail Porter


    11.20pm   BBC News with Fiona Bruce 
                     Weather David Braine

     11.30pm  First Communion of Christmas
                      The traditional Christmas service comes
                      live from 
Westminster Abbey.
                      The celebrant is the Precentor, the
                      Rev Dominic Fenton and preacher the
                      Dean, the Very Rev Dr Wesley Carr.
                      With hymns : 0 Come All Ye Faithful,
                      0 Little Town of Bethlehem and
                      In the Bleak Mid-winter
 
                      
followed by
                      Weatherview

     12.35am  Film : Carry On Again Doctor (1969)
                     Comedy starring Kenneth Williams,
                     Jim Dale and Sidney James.
                     Dr Nookey's behaviour gets him posted
​                     to a South 
Sea island where
                     he senses a money-making opportunity

                
  2.00- 5.45am  BBC News 24

 
         Christmas Day Monday 25th December 2000 

        BBC1      

        5:30am  Children's BBC in Lapland 
                       Potsworth & Co 

                       animated tales with four friends
                       and a dog
 (Repeat)

        5:50am  The Toy Symphony
                       animation with music by
                       Leopold Mozart
 (Repeat)

        6:15am  Taz-mania
                      animation  (Repeat)

       6:40am  Teletubbies Advent Calendar 
                      the Christmas countdown ends (Repeat) 
                      then
                       Teletubbies Christmas in
                       South Africa
 
(Repeat)


        7:05am  Tweenies 
                       Fizz meets her favourite toy (Repeat)

        7:25am   Casper
                       animation (Repeat)

        7:45am   Scrooge Koala's Christmas
                       animation. One of Santa's reindeer is
                       lost in Australia
 
(Repeat) 


        8:10am  Round the Twist
                      Pete's dreams cause him problems
                      with Santa Claws
(Repeat)


      8:35am   50/50 Christmas Special
                      Game-show with Sally Gray

       9:05am  Badjelly the Witch
                      A fairy story written and read by 
                      
Spike Milligan

       9:35am  Santa's Special Delivery
                      animation. Santa Claus seeks help
                      when people stop believing in him. 

                      Voiced by Rik Mayall

    10:00am  Christmas in Wonderland 
                      a Service for Christmas Day
                      Live from All Saints parish church
                      in Daresbury, Cheshire, birthplace of
                      Alice creator Lewis Carroll


     11:00am  Film : The Santa Clause (1994)
                     Seasonal fantasy.
                     A divorced father takes over from Santa


    12:35pm  News and Weather

    12:40pm  Hooves of Fire

                     comedy animation narrated by
                     Robbie Williams.
                     Robbie the Reindeer joins 
Santa's team
                     
(Repeat)


     1:10pm   Top of the Pops
                    This year's top-sellers and the
                    Christmas number one, with
                    Jamie Theakston, 
Sara Cox and
                    Richard Blackwood


    2:10pm   Homeward Bound for Christmas
                    Prince Charles introduces this programme
                    for the British Forces' Foundation, hosted
                    on HMS 
Invincible by Jim Davidson and
                    Suzi Perry


    3:00pm  The Queen
                    Her Majesty addresses the nation and
                    the Commonwealth


     3:10pm  Film : The Borrowers (1997)
                    Fantasy. The Borrowers, tiny people
                    living secretly in a house, help thwart
                    a greedy lawyer


    4:35pm  Walking with Dinosaurs Special 
                   The Ballad of Big Al
                   In 1991 a fossil allosaurus, nicknamed 
                   
Big Al, was found in the USA.
                   The first of two films looks at his life
                   145 million years ago


   5:05pm   BBC News and Weather        
                              
    5:15pm   EastEnders

                    Mel makes a decision that will change her life

   5:45pm   Film : Titanic (1997) 
                   James Cameron's Oscar-winning
                   blockbuster starring 
Leonardo DiCaprio
                   and Kate Winslet. During the Titanic's
                   maiden voyage in 1912, penniless artist
                   Jack Dawson falls for socialite
                   Rose DeWitt Bukater. Years later,
                   Rose relives the affair and the tragic
                   events that followed

                         
   8:50pm  EastEnders
                   An uninvited guest causes mayhem at
                   the Fowlers.
                   Phil's actions have a devastating effect


   9:20pm   Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
                   Dozens of celebrities from the worlds of
                   film, television 
and pop music join
                   Victoria Wood in a series of comic
                   pastiches, including a Dickens saga and
                   a documentary set on board a cruise liner


  10:10pm  The Royle Family at Christmas
                   Bloated with turkey, the family gather
                   round the TV to enjoy the Christmas
                   edition of Animal Hospital


  10:40pm  BBC News with George Alagiah 
                   Weather Sarah Wilmshurst

   10:50pm  Before They Were Famous
                    Angus Deayton haunts famous
                    personalities with clips they would
                    rather forget. Victims embarrassed
                    tonight include Michelle Pfeiffer,
                    Robbie Williams, Russell Crowe, 
                    
Jamie Theakston, Kirsty Young
                    and All Saints

   11:30pm  French & Saunders Present
                    the Making of the Making of Titanic
                    Joanna Lumley introduces this spoof
                    taken from Dawn French and
                    Jennifer Saunders's 1998 Christmas show

                    
(Repeat)

    11.45pm  It's a Girl
                    a short Nativity play with a difference,
                    featuring 
John Thomson of Cold Feet
                    and The Fast Show


   11:50pm  Film : Naked Gun 2½ :
                    the Smell of Fear (1991)

                    comedy starring Leslie Nielsen and
                    Priscilla Presley.
                    George Bush is in the White House,
                    Frank Drebin is in Police Squad, and
                    pollution threatens the planet


     1:15am   Film : Carry on Camping (1969)
                   comedy starring Sidney James and
                   Kenneth Williams. 
                   
Sid Boggle and Bernie Lugg take their
​                   girlfriends on a holiday


    2:40am  Joins BBC News 24 


         Boxing Day Tuesday 26th December 2000

         BBC1

         6.00am   Children's BBC in Lapland
                         William's Wish Wellingtons

                         Cartoon fun (Repeat)

         6.05am   Little Monsters
                         animation with the tiny terrors (Repeat)

         6.10am   Fireman Sam
                         Sarah and James get trapped in the ice, 
                         so Sam rescues them 
(Repeat)

        6.30am   The Busy World of Richard Scarry
                        more animated tales of Busytown  (Repeat)

       6.55am   Christmas Toons
                       King Wenceslas sets out to deliver food
                       to a poor man
(Repeat)

       7.25am   Teletubbies
                      everything is covered in snow (Repeat)

       7.50am  Tweenies
                      Jake meets a highly-strung string puppet

       8.10am  Pocket Dragon Adventures
                     The dragons try to save the last snowman
                     of Winter with a spell


      8.25am  Pocket Dragon Adventures
                     there's rainbow coloured snow outside 
                     the castle
(Repeat)

      8.35am  The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
                     animated fun (Repeat)

      9.05am  A Monster Christmas
                     
animation (Repeat)

      9.30am  Film : Babes in Toyland (1997) 
                     animated children's fantasy.
                     Just before 
Christmas, the Toyland
                     toy factory is threatened with closure

                     Première

    10.40am  The First Snow of Winter
                     animation about a duck who misses
                     the migration south
 (Repeat)

     11.10am  Gary Lineker's Football Feast
                     an animated Gary Lineker hosts a
                     Boxing Day party and a review of the season


     11.40am  Film : The Return of Jafar (1994)
                     animated musical sequel to Disney's
                     hit film Aladdin. Evil sorcerer Jafar
                     escapes and Aladdin must thwart his
                     schemes against the Sultan's kingdom
                     
Première

     12.45pm  BBC News, Weather, Regional News

      1.00pm  Film : The Jungle Book (1994)
                     Disney's live-action version of the
                     classic Rudyard Kipling adventure tale,
                     starring 
Jason Scott Lee. Mowgli, a boy
                     raised by wolves after his father was killed
                     by a tiger, lives in the jungle with his
                     animal friends
 Première
 

     2.40pm  Film : Mousehunt (1997) 
                    Comedy starring Nathan Lane, Lee Evans
                    and Christopher Walken.
                    Brothers Ernie and Lars face unexpected
                    problems from a mouse when they inherit
                    a dilapidated old house
 Première

     4.15pm  Animal Hospital
                   In a Christmas edition, Rolf Harris and
                   the team catch up with some of the
                   patients they've treated during the series


    4.45pm  Final Score
                   A roundup of today's results, with Ray Stubbs

    5.10pm  BBC News and Weather

    5.20pm  Regional News and Sport

    5.25pm  Film : 101 Dalmations (1996) 

                   Disney's live-action adaptation of the
                   classic tale, starring 
Glenn Close, Jeff Daniels
​                   and Joely Richardson.
                   Love blossoms for dalmatian owners Roger
                   and Anita when their pets meet in the park.
                   But the fur-loving Cruella De Vil has her
                   eye on their new litter of puppies

                   Première

    7.00pm  Lorna Doone 
                   concluding the two-part dramatisation of 
                   
RD Blackmore's novel about romance and
                   revenge, starring Aidan Gillen, 
                   
Amelia Warner, Martin Clunes and
                   Barbara Flynn.
                   John Ridd has rescued Loma from becoming
                   the unwilling bride of her cousin, Carver.
                   But Carver is not going to give her up easily


    8.15pm  EastEnders
                   Mel tries to piece her life back together,
                   Sonia receives an unexpected present,
                   and Little Mo succumbs to temptation


    9.15pm  The Sleeper 
                   The first in a two-part drama, mixing
                   dark humour and murder,
                   Based on the book by Gillian White.
                   The Moon family gathers for a traditional
                   Christmas in a remote farmhouse.
                   As rain and gales cut off the power and
                   maroon them, a figure from the past makes
                   her way to the isolated farm


   10.15pm  Kiss Me Kate Christmas Special
                   An unexpected turn of events lie in store
                   for Kate when she agrees to do her bit
                   for charity


  10.45pm  BBC News with Huw Edwards
                   Weather Sarah Wilmshurst

  10.55pm  Match of the Day
                   The best of the Boxing Day Premiership
                   action, with highlights of Newcastle v Leeds,
                   West Ham v Charlton, and
                   Manchester 
City v Derby. With Gary Lineker

   12.40am  Film : Carry on Loving (1970) 
                   comedy starring Sidney James,
                   Kenneth Williams and Charles Hawtrey.
                   The path to true love proves to be a rocky
                   one for clients of a marriage bureau


    2.10am  BBC News 24


   Wednesday 27th December 2000

​      BBC1

   
    6.00am  Noddy in Toyland (Repeat)
       6.30am  Noddy in Toyland (Repeat)
       6.55am  Bob the Builder (Repeat)
       7.10am  Playdays (Repeat)
       7.30am  See It Saw It
       7.50am  The X Men 
(Repeat)
       8.15am  Rugrats (Repeat)
      8.40am  Kenan and Kel (Repeat)
       9.05am  Star - Christmas Special
       9.35am  Rugrats
(Repeat)
     10.00am  Teletubbies
      10.30am  Tweenies
(Repeat)
      10.50am  Bob the Builder (Repeat)
      11.00am  The Ghost Hunter
      12.30pm  BBC News, Weather, Regional News 
      12.45pm  A Celebration of Gymnastics
        1.35pm  Castaways Kids
       2.05pm  Film : Gone Fishin' (1997) 
       3.35pm  Film : Harriet the Spy (1996) 
       5.10pm  The Blue Peter Selection Box
       5.40pm  BBC News, Weather
       6.05pm  Regional News
       6.10pm  The World's Strongest Man
       6.40pm  Celebrity Ready Steady Cook
        7.10pm  Celebrity Robot Wars
       8.00pm  Walking with Dinosaurs Special 
       8.30pm  The Midweek National Lottery Draw
                      with Lottery Extra
       8.35pm  This Is Your Life
       9.05pm  The Sleeper
                       
followed by 
                       National Lottery Update
      10.05pm  BBC News
      10.20pm  Regional News, Weather 
      10.25pm  Castaway 2000
      10.35pm  Fiona Bruce's Year 2000
      11.50pm  In My Life
(Repeat)
                      
Followed by
                      Weathervlew
      12.50am  The Deaf Zone
                      Superhuman : Trauma 
(Repeat)
        1.40am  Superhuman : Spare Parts (Repeat)
       2.30am  Superhuman : Self Repair (Repeat)
       3.20am  BBC News 24

       Thursday 28th December 2000

​       BBC1

      
6.00am  Noddy in Toyland (Repeat)
      6.30am  Noddy In Toyland (Repeat)
      6.55am  Bob the Builder (Repeat)
       7.10am  Playdays (Repeat)
      7.30am  See It Saw It (Repeat)
      7.50am  The X Men (Repeat)
      8.15am  Rugrats (Repeat)
     8.40am  Kenan and Kell (Repeat)
     9.05am  The Blue Peter Selection Box (Repeat)
      9.35am  Rugrats (Repeat)
    10.00am  Teletubbies
    10.30am  Tweenies
    10.50am  Bob the Builder
(Repeat)
     11.00am  Children of the New Forest (Repeat)
     12.40pm  BBC News, Weather, Regional News 
     12.55pm  Paralympics Review
       1.45pm  Film : Mighty Morphin Power Rangers :
                     the Movie (1995)
      3.10pm  Film : Beethoven (1992)
      4.35pm  Newsround Review of the Year
      5.05pm  BBC News, Weather
      5.30pm  Regional News
      5.35pm  The World's Strongest Man
      6.05pm  A Question of Pop
      6.35pm  Friends like These Christmas Special
      7.30pm  EastEnders
     8.00pm  Holby City
     9.00pm  Donovan Quick
    10.45pm  BBC News
    11.00pm  Regional News, Weather 
     11.05pm  Castaway 2000
      11.15pm  Film : Death Train (1993) 
                     
followed by 
                     Skiing Weather 
     12.55am  Film : 100 Rifles (1969) 
      2.40am  BBC News 24


      Friday 29th December 2000

      BBC1


      6.00am  Noddy in Toyland (Repeat)
      6.30am  Noddy In Toyland (Repeat)
      6.55am  Bob the Builder (Repeat)
       7.10am  Playdays (Repeat)
      7.30am  See It Saw It (Repeat)
      7.50am  The X Men (Repeat)
      8.15am  Rugrats (Repeat)
     8.40am  Kenan and Kel (Repeat)
     9.05am  Newsround Review of the Year (Repeat)
     9.35am  Rugrats (Repeat)
   10.00am  Teletubbies (Repeat)
   10.30am  Tweenies
   10.50am  Tales of the Tooth Fairies
    10.55am  The Queen's Nose
(Repeat)
    12.35pm  BBC News, Weather, Regional News 
    12.50pm  Elton John for One Night Only
(Repeat)
      1.50pm  Film : Larger than Life (1996) 
      3.15pm  Film : Beethoven's 2nd (1993) 
     4.40pm  Blue Peter - Personal Best
      5.10pm  BBC News, Weather
      5.35pm  Regional News
      5.40pm  The World's Strongest Man
      6.10pm  A Question of Sport Christmas Special
      6.40pm  Film : Free Willy 3 : the Rescue (1997) 
      8.00pm  Vets in the Wild - Polar Bear Special
      8.50pm  BBC News
      9.05pm  Regional News, Weather
      9.10pm  Film : Face/Off (1997) 
Première
     11.20pm  Castaway 2000
     11.30pm  Hoots
                     
followed by 
                      Weatherview 
     12.35am  Film : Hustle (1975) 
      2.30am  BBC News 24


     Saturday 30th December 2000

     BBC1


      7.00am  Noddy in Toyland (Repeat)
       7.35am  Pocket Dragon Adventures (Repeat)
       7.45am  Arthur (Repeat)
       8.15am  Taz-Mania (Repeat)
       8.35am  The Wild Thornberrys (Repeat)
       9.00am  Live and Kicking
      10.45am  Film : Spring Fling ! (1995) 
      12.15pm  BBC News, Weather
      12.20pm  Grandstand
       5.35pm  BBC News, Weather
       5.50pm  Regional News, Sport
       5.55pm  The World's Strongest Man
       6.25pm  The Other Half Celebrity Special
       7.05pm  Jim Davidson's New Year Generation Game
       8.00pm  National Lottery Stars
        8.10pm  Casualty
       9.00pm  Lenny Henry in Pieces
       9.30pm  Alistair McGowan's 2000 Impressions
     10.00pm  Castaway 2000
                       
followed by 
                      National Lottery Update
      10.10pm  BBC News, Sport, Weather 
      10.30pm  Match of the Day
      11.40pm  They Think It's All Over
(Repeat)
      12.15am  Question of Sport Christmas Special
                     
(Repeat)
                     followed by 
                     Weathervlew 
     12.50am  Film : Red Line 7000 (1965)
       2.35am  BBC News 24


     New Year's Eve Sunday 31st December 2000

     BBC1
     
     
   7.00am  Penny Crayon (Repeat)
        7.15am  Teletubbies
        7.55am  Arthur
(Repeat)
        8.20am  Taz-Mania (Repeat)
        8.40am  Film : Johnny Mysto (1996) 
       10.00am  Service for the Turning of the Year
       10.45am  Castaway 2000
       10.55am  Film : Father Dear Father (1972) 
       12.30pm  Are You Being Served?
(Repeat)
        1.00pm  News and Weather, Regional News 
        1.10pm  Castaway 2000
        1.20pm  EastEnders Omnibus 
         3.15pm  Castaway 2000
        3.30pm  Film : The Wizard of Oz (1939)
                       
(colour & b&w) 
        5.10pm  The World's Strongest I Man
        5.40pm  BBC News, Weather
        6.05pm  Regional News
        6.10pm  Songs of Praise for New Year's Eve
        6.45pm  David Copperfield
(Repeat)
        8.00pm  EastEnders
        8.30pm  David Copperfield
(Repeat)
       10.20pm  BBC News, Weather
       10.35pm  Castaway 2000
       10.45pm  Goodbye 2000
        11.45pm  The National Lottery New Year's Stars
        12.45am  Film : Carry On Girls (1973) 
          2.10am  BBC News 24


     New Year's Day Monday 1st January 2001

     BBC1


       6.00am  Yoho Ahoy!
        6.05am  Microscopic Milton
(Repeat)
        6.10am  Little Bear (Repeat)
        6.40am  Teletubbies
        7.05am  Tweenies
(Repeat)
        7.25am  The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
        7.50am  Film : Lion of Oz (2000)
        9.05am  Blue Peter - Personal Best
(Repeat)
        9.40am  S Club 7 (Repeat)
      10.30am  Film : Pooh's Grand Adventure :
                       the Search for Christopher Robin (1997) 
       11.45am  Keeping Up Appearances
(Repeat)
       12.15pm  Passport to the Sun
       12.45pm  BBC News, Weather
       12.55pm  Happy New Year
                       The Archbishop of Canterbury
(Repeat)
        1.00pm  Castaway 2000
        1.30pm  Film : Mary Poppins (1964)
        3.45pm  Top of the Pops - the True Story
        4.45pm  Final Score
        5.15pm  BBC News, Weather
        5.25pm  Regional News
        5.30pm  The World's Strongest Man
        6.25pm  Making Animal Babies
         7.15pm  Antiques Roadshow - the Next Generation
       8.00pm  EastEnders
        8.30pm  2,000 Acres of Sky
        9.20pm  Gentlemen's Relish
      10.50pm  BBC News, Regional News, Weather 
       11.05pm  Match of the Day
       12.20am  Film : The Dirty Dozen :
​                       the Next Mission (1985) 
        1.50am  BBC News 24


         Tuesday 2nd January 2001

         BBC1


          6.00am  Breakfast
          9.00am  Kenan and Kel
(Repeat)
          9.30am  Spider-Man (Repeat)
           9.55am  Angelmouse (Repeat)
         10.05am  Teletubbies
         10.30am  Tweenies
(Repeat)
         10.50am  Bob the Builder (Repeat)
         11.00am  Film : The Little Rascals (1994) 
         12.20pm  Passport to the Sun
         12.50pm  BBC News, Weather 
           1.20pm  Regional News, Weather 
           1.35pm  Film : Escape to Victory (1981)
          3.25pm  Tweenies
          3.45pm  Microscopic Milton
          3.50pm  Sheeep
          4.00pm  The Woody Woodpecker Show
          4.20pm  There's a Viking In My Bed
          4.35pm  The Really Wild Show
          5.00pm  The Ghost Hunter
           5.25pm  Newsround
           5.35pm  'Allo 'Allo!
(Repeat)
          6.00pm  BBC News, Weather 
          6.30pm  Regional news magazines
          7.00pm  Holiday 2001
           7.35pm  EastEnders
          8.05pm  Film : Deep Impact (1998) 
        10.00pm  BBC News
         10.25pm  Regional News
                         
followed by 
                         
Weather 
         10.35pm  Second Sight (Repeat)
                          followed by 
                          Weatherview 
         12.10am  Film : The Cassandra Crossing (1976) 
          2.15am  BBC News 24


     Wednesday 3rd January 2001

      BBC1


       6.00am  Breakfast
       9.00am  Kilroy
                     
followed by 
                      News, Weather 
     10.00am  Housecall
                     
followed by 
                      News, Weather 
     11.00am  Kitchen Invaders
     11.30am  Girls on Top
                     
followed by 
                     News, Weather 
     12.00       Passport to the Sun
    12.30pm  Call My Bluff
      1.00pm  BBC News, Weather 
      1.30pm  Regional News, Weather 
      1.45pm  Neighbours
      2.05pm  Lovejoy
(Repeat)
      2.55pm  As Time Goes By (Repeat)
      3.25pm  Tweenies
      3.45pm  Microscopic Milton
      3.50pm  Chucklevision
      4.10pm  See It Saw It
      4.35pm  Custer's Last Stand-Up
      5.00pm  Blue Peter
      5.25pm  Newsround
      5.35pm  Neighbours
(Repeat)
     6.00pm  BBC News, Weather 
      6.30pm  Regional news magazines
      7.00pm  Dream Lives
      7.30pm  Animal Sanctuary 2000
      8.00pm  Celebrity Ready Steady Cook
      8.30pm  The Midweek National Lottery Draw 
                      with Lottery Extra
       8.45pm  Escape to the Sun
       9.15pm  Kevin and Perry's Girlfriends
    10.00pm  BBC News
     10.25pm  Regional News
                     
followed by 
                      Weather 
     10.35pm  Second Sight
(Repeat)
                      followed by 
                      Weatherview 
     12.10am  Film : Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1994) 
      1.45am  The Deaf Zone 
                    Superhuman : Killers into Cures
(Repeat)
     2.35am  Superhuman : The Enemy Within (Repeat)
      3.25am  Superhuman : The Baby Builders (Repeat)
      4.15am  BBC News 24

     Thursday 4th January 2001

     BBC1


       6.00am  Breakfast
       9.00am  Kilroy
                       
followed by 
                       News, Weather 
      10.00am  Housecall
                       
followed by
                      News, Weather 
      11.00am  Kitchen Invaders
      11.30am  Girls on Top
      12.00       Passport to the Sun
      12.30pm  Call My Bluff
       1.00pm  BBC News, Weather 
       1.30pm  Regional News, Weather 
        1.45pm  Neighbours
       2.05pm  Lovejoy
(Repeat) 
       2.55pm  As Time Goes By (Repeat) 
       3.25pm  Tweenies
       3.45pm  Bill and Ben
       3.55pm  Hububb
       4.10pm  Rotten Ralph
       4.20pm  There's a Viking In My Bed
       4.35pm  Short Change
       5.00pm  The Ghost Hunter
       5.25pm  Newsround
       5.35pm  Neighbours
       6.00pm  BBC News, Weather 
       6.30pm  Regional news magazines
                     
followed by 
                      Weather 
       7.00pm  A Question of Sport Out-Takes Special
       7.30pm  EastEnders
      8.00pm  This Is Your Life
      8.30pm  Changing Rooms
       9.10pm  2,000 Acres of Sky
     10.00pm  BBC News
     10.25pm  Regional News
                     
followed by 
                      Weather 
      10.35pm  Film : Naked Gun 33⅓ :
                       the Final Insult (1994) 
                       
followed by
                      Skiing Weather
      11.55pm  Film : Carry On Columbus (1992) 
        1.25am  BBC News 24


      Friday 5th January 2001

      BBC1


      6.00am  Breakfast
      9.00am  Kilroy
                     
followed by 
                   
 News, Weather 
    10.00am  Housecall
                     
followed by
                     News, Weather
     11.00am  Kitchen Invaders
     11.30am  Girls on Top
                     
followed by
                     News, Weather
     12.00       Passport to the Sun
     12.30pm  Call My Bluff
      1.00pm  BBC News, Weather
      1.30pm  Regional News, Weather 
      1.45pm  Neighbours
      2.05pm  Lovejoy
(Repeat) 
      2.55pm  As Time Goes By (Repeat)
      3.25pm  Tweenies
      3.45pm  El Nombre
      3.50pm  Smart on the Road
      4.10pm  Rugrats 
(Repeat)
      4.35pm  Very Important Party
      5.00pm  Blue Peter
      5.25pm  Newsround Extra
      5.35pm  Neighbours
      6.00pm  BBC News, Weather 
      6.30pm  Regional news magazines
                     
followed by 
                     Weather 
      7.00pm  The Watchdog Hour with Anne Robinson
      8.00pm  Vets in Practice
      8.30pm  Escape to the Sun
      9.00pm  Harry Enfield Presents.... Tim Nice but
                     Dim's Guide to Being a Bloody Nice Bloke
      9.30pm  They Think It's All Over
     10.00pm  BBC News
     10.25pm  Regional News
                     
followed by 
                      Weather 
     10.35pm  Clive Anderson Now
     11.05pm  Film : For Love or Money (1993) 
                     
followed by 
                     Weatherview 
     12.40am  Film : Carry On at Your Convenience (1971) 
      2.05am  BBC News 24
   
        Saturday 23rd December 2000

​        BBC2

       
6.10am  Film : Gulliver's Travels (1939)
       7.25am  Film : Pardon Us (1931)
(b&w) 
       8.35am  Film : It's Always Fair Weather (1955) 
      10.15am  The West 
(Repeat)
      11.40am  Classic Challenge
      12.10pm  Choir of the Year
     12.50pm  Full Circle with Michael Palin
       1.40pm  Film : The Early Bird (1965)
       3.25pm  Film : The Big Sky (1952)
(b&w)
       5.25pm  TOTP2 Christmas (Repeat)
       6.10pm  Star Trek (Repeat)
       7.00pm  What the Papers Say Awards
       7.40pm  The Good Life Christmas 1977
(Repeat)
       8.10pm  Song of the Earth
       9.00pm  Turning Points
       9.05pm  Film : LA Confidential (1997) 
Première
       11.15pm  Christopher Lee's Ghost Stories
                      for Christmas
      11.45pm  That Thing
      11.55pm  Film : Vanishing Point (1971) 
       1.30am  Film : Will It Snow for Christmas? (1996)
      3.00am  Clarkson
(Repeat)

​   






​     Christmas Eve Sunday 24th December 2000


        BBC2
 
        7.05am   Match of the Day

                        Yesterday's Premiership games.
                        Shown yesterday at 10.30pm on BBC1


        8.15am   Film : Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
                       a newly restored print that continues
                       the Laurel and Hardy 
season.
                       The duo try to keep a promise made
                       to a dead comrade (b&w)


        9.20am  Film : One Magic Christmas (1985)
                       Seasonal drama starring
                       Mary Steenburgen.       
                       A young mother becomes depressed
                       when her husband loses his job and
                       the family faces eviction.
​                       But an angel appears to show her the
                       true meaning of Christmas


      10.50am  The Simpsons
                       Mother Simpson
                       Homer fakes his own death.
                       Guest starring 
Glenn Close


        11.15am  The Fresh Prince of Bel Air
                       Ain't No Business like Show Business.
                       Will takes part in a comedy club showcase

                       (Repeat)

       11.40am  Choir of the Year
                       The daily visits to Buxton Opera House
                       continue today as eight of the country's
                       best youth choirs compete for the two
                       places in the final at the Royal Albert Hall.
                       With Howard Goodall and
                       Diane Louise Jordan


      12.20pm  Travels with My Tutu
                       Deborah Bull Tries Break Dance 
                       The Royal Ballet's principal dancer
                       break-dances at the
                       Funkin' Pussy Club in London


      12.50pm  Film : Black Narcissus (1946) 
                       classic drama starring Deborah Kerr
                       as one 
of five nuns who establish a
                       school and hospital in a disused harem
                       high in the Himalayas


        2.25pm  Film : Our Man Flint (1966) 
                       Spy spoof.
                       Derek Flint, international playboy and
                       the world's greatest secret agent,
                       is summoned to battle a mysterious
                       group of scientists


        4.10pm  Carols from King's
                       a celebration of Christmas from the
                       Chapel of King's College, Cambridge.
                       The Christmas story is told through
                       readings from the Bible and poems,
                       while carols include
                       Once in Royal David's City,
                       0 Little Town of Bethlehem,
                       Silent Night,
                       In the Bleak Midwinter and
                       Hark! The 
Herald Angels Sing

        5.25pm  The Weakest Link
                       Anne Robinson hosts a special edition
                       of the knockout quiz in which nine
                       celebrities work together to win up to
                       £10,000 for a charity chosen by the winner.
                       Taking part are Adam Woodyat,
                       Mel Giedroyc, Alice Beer, Louis Theroux,
                       Vanessa Feltz, Simon Biagi, Sue Perkins,
                       Nicholas Parsons and Charlotte Hudson


       6.15pm   Film : It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
                      Frank Capra's classic fantasy drama,
                      starring 
James Stewart, Donna Reed
                      and Lionel Barrymore.
                      A small-town businessman, who believes
                      he has been a failure is brought back
                      from the brink of suicide by his
                      guardian angel
 (b&w)


      8.20pm  Christmas Trade Secrets
                     Top tips on celebrating the festive
                     season 
in style

      8.30pm  Love a Seventies Christmas
                     Blue Peter presenters Peter Purves,
                     John Noakes and Valerie Singleton,
                     take a look back at Christmas 1970s style.

                     From Jimmy Osmond to Basil Brush,
                     Operation, Buckeroo and selection boxes,
                     and the disappointment of another year
                     without 
Scalextric or Tiny Tears, the
                     show remembers all the festive trimmings
                     of the decade


    10.00pm  Arena : Clint Eastwood
                     Out of the West.
                     The first of a two-part Christmas special
                     profiling the Hollywood actor and director
                     Clint Eastwood.
                     Eastwood recalls his tough childhood,
                     and looks back at his early career,
                     from Rawhide to Dirty Harry and the
                     spaghetti westerns.
                     With contributions from Don Siegel,
                     Sergio Leone, Eli Wallach and 
                     
Martin Scorsese, plus an exclusive
                     interview with his mother Ruth


    11.00pm   Film : Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
                     Prison drama, based on a true story,
                     starring 
Clint Eastwood and
                     Patrick McGoohan.
                     Alcatraz is America's highest security prison,
                     from where no one escapes.
                     But one prisoner is determined to prove
                     otherwise


    12.50am  Film : The Fury (1978) 
                     Psychological horror, continuing the
                     Kirk Douglas season. 
                     
Also starring John Cassavetes.
                     When psychic researcher 
Peter Sandza
                     mysteriously disappears while on holiday
                     in the Mediterranean, his son Robin
                     believes he has been killed


    2.40am   Film : Frankenstein (1931)
                    Universal Horror, a season celebrating
                    horror movies made by Universal Studios,
                    begins with this classic starring Colin Clive
                    and Boris Karloff.
                    Mad scientist Dr Frankenstein's dreams
                    of creating a living being from dead human
                    bodies become a nightmare (b&w)


     3.50am  Closedown

 










 




      Christmas Day Monday 25th December 2000 

      BBC2

      6:00am   Breakfast
                       presented by Darren Jordon

       8:30am   Laurel and Hardy
                       Busy Bodies. 
                       The duo get jobs in a sawmill in this
                       newly restored comedy short (b&w)


      8:50am   Film : Way Out West (1937)
                      classic comedy, continuing the Laurel
                      and Hardy season. 

                      Stan and Ollie must deliver the deeds
                      of a goldmine to an heiress


      9:55am  The Simpsons
                     Marge Be Not Proud. 
                     Bart is caught shoplifting (Repeat)

    10:20am  The Fresh Prince of Bel Air
                    The Way We Were.
                    Will and his 
cousins reminisce (Repeat)

    10:45am  Classic Challenge
                     series in which musicians create a work
                     in seven days.  
Dominic Muldowney,
                     teacher of composition at the Royal
                     Academy of Music, writes music around
                     words by poet Roger McGough for regulars
                     at a London bingo hall


     11:15am   Are You Superhuman?
                     The first of three daily science programmes
                     hosted by Gary I Lineker.
                    Today, experts assess human physical
                    performance and ways of improving it


     11:55am  Film : High Noon (1952) 
                     classic western, starring Gary Cooper
                     and Grace Kelly. 

                     Marshal Will Kane's wedding celebrations
                     are interrupted by the news that his arch
                     enemy is arriving on the noon train
  


     1:15pm   Film : The War Wagon (1967)
                    Western, continuing the Kirk Douglas season. 
                    Rivals Jackson and Lomax bury the hatchet
                    and plan a robbery when Jackson is released
                    from jail on parole


     2:55pm  The Simpsons 
                    Mountain of Madness
                    Homer and Mr Burns are buried by
                    an avalanche


     3:20pm  Film : Casablanca (1942)
                    The classic romantic drama starring
                    Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman.
                    The cynical owner of Rick's Cafe in wartime

                    Casablanca sticks his neck out for no
                    one -  until the arrival of the beautiful Lisa
                    and her husband, desperate to escape to
                    America (b&w)

 
     5:00pm  Turning Points
                    Oarsman Matthew Pinsent on the
                    1992 Olympics

   
     5:05pm  Choir of the Year
                    The daily heats continue as eight
                    choirs contest the first children's semi-final


     5:45pm  The Woman in White
                    Dramatisation based on the novel by
                    Wilkie  Collins, starring 
Tara Fitzgerald,
                    James Wilby, Simon Callow and
                    Ian Richardson.
                    When Marian Fairlie and her half-sister
                    Laura hear the tale of a mysterious encounter
​                    with a ghostly woman, they set out to
                    discover all they can about her
(Repeat)

     7:50pm  Big Day
                     A one-off drama written by and starring
                     Jim Broadbent. 

                     The paths of two Portuguese wideboys
                     and a pompous Englishman are about to
                     cross on the streets of Lisbon


     8:00pm  The Queen
                     Her Majesty's message to the nation.
                     With sign language and in-vision subtitles


      8:10pm  Alfred Brendel : Man and Mask
                     Classical musician Alfred Brendel is an
                     artist whose main work, interpreting scores
                     written for the piano, is illuminated by other
                     aspects of his life, including his love of
                     painting, literature, theatre and 


      9.20pm  Arena : Clint Eastwood
                     American Film-maker
                     Concluding the two-part profile of the
                     life and work of Hollywood actor and
                     director Clint Eastwood. 

                     The story continues with Eastwood's
                     directorial debut, as he completed
                     Play Misty for Me in five weeks before
                     going on to huge success in Dirty Harry.
                     Featuring actors Gene Hackman and
                     Meryl Streep, director Martin Scorsese,
                     plus Eastwood's mother Ruth, and wife Dina


    10.30pm  Film : Play Misty for Me (1971)
                     Thriller, directed by and starring
                     Clint Eastwood as a California DJ who
​                     gains a fan who repeatedly calls him up,
                     asking to hear the song Misty. After they
                     spend the night together, she begins to
                     behave more and more strangely

                                                                      
    12:10am   Film : The Brothers McMullen (1995)
                     comedy drama, written. directed by
                     and starring 
Edward Burns.
                     When their mother returns to Ireland,
                     Patrick and Barry move in with their older
                     brother, Jack. Their lives take disparate
                     turns as they try to get along  
Première   
 
       1:45am  Film : Build My Gallows High (1947)
                     Film noir, continuing the Kirk Douglas
                     season. Also starring Robert Mitchum
                     and Jane Greer.
                     A former private detective  turned garage
                     owner finds his violent past catching up
                     with him (b&w)

 
      3:20am  Closedown                                     



     



  

 



​











   
​       Boxing Day Tuesday 26th December 2000


        BBC2
     

        6.00am   Breakfast
                        presented by Nici Marx

         8.30am  When I Grow Up
                        Youngsters express their feelings about 
                        
the future

         8.35am  Laurel and Hardy 
                        Laughing Gravy 
                        It is a cold winter night and Stan and
                        Ollie have a secret they're trying to hide
                        from their landlord - a little dog called
                        Laughing Gravy 
(b&w)  (Repeat)

         9.05am  The West : 
                        The Geography of Hope 1877-87
                         with native Americans effectively
                         confined to reservations, the
​                         homesteaders staked their claim
                         to the West


       10.30am  Full Circle with Michael Palin
                        Chile and Bolivia. 
                        In the Antarctic winter, and with the
                        aid of the Chilean navy, Palin achieves
                        one of his great ambitions - to set foot
                        on Cape Horn


       11.20am   Are You Superhuman ?
                        The second of three daily science
                        programmes. Today, presenter
                        Gary Lineker explores how people
                        cope when they find themselves in
                        extreme environments


       12.00       Film : Dodge City (1939) 
                       Western starring Errol Flynn and
                       Olivia de Havilland.
                       Wade Hatton, a tough cattleman, takes
                       on the job of bringing law and order to
                       Dodge City


        1.40pm  Choir of the Year
                       Today it's the mixed-voice semi-final,
                       which sees eight choirs battle it out for
                       the two remaining places in the final.
                       Presented by Howard Goodall and
                       Diane Louise Jordan


        2.20pm  Travels with my Tutu
                       Last in the series in which the Royal Ballet's
​                       principal dancer explores different dance
                       styles. Deborah Bull tries Tango. Bull has
                       only days before she must dance with
                       tango  star 
Antonio Scares Cervila, aka
                       Junior. Help comes from Clive James, a
                       fan since his first  visit to Argentina.
                       But what will Junior think of Bull's rapidly
                       learnt style?


       2.50pm  Cinderella 
                      A new production of Rossini's comic
                      opera set in the 1950s, performed by the
                      Royal Opera and directed by Patrice Caurier
                      and Moshe Leiser.
                      Introduced by James Naughtie


       5.30pm  The Count of Monte Cristo 
                      A feature-length introductory instalment
                      to a new drama, based on the novel by
                      Alexandre Dumas, starring 
                      
Gerard Depardieu  and being broadcast
                      on seven consecutive days.
                      On the eve of his wedding, Edmond Dantes
                      is seized and imprisoned

                      (In French with English subtitles)

      7.10pm   Dance Lexie Dance 
                     An Oscar-nominated short film from
                     Northern Ireland, starring BJ Hogg and
                     Kimberly McConkey, which tells the story
                     of a young girl who dreams of being a
                     Riverdancer


      7.25pm  Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
                     The first episode in a nightly rerun of
                     the seven-part, award-winning espionage
                     drama of the seventies, based on the novel
                     by John le Carre and starring the late
                     Alec Guinness. Some say George Smiley is
                     in innocent retirement. Others say he was
                     sacked after the Czech scandal, but all agree
                     that nobody ever leaves the Circus without
                     some unfinished business
(Repeat)

     8.15pm   John le Carré : the Secret Centre
                     John le Carré's name is synonymous with
                     spies, he is the world renowned author of
                     thrillers such as The Spy Who 
Came In from
                     the Cold and Tinker,Tailor, Soldier, Spy.
                     His real name is David Cornwell and he
                     was an agent.
                     In this documentary about spies in fact
                     and fiction presented by  Nigel Williams,
                     le Carr
é
 discusses his extraordinary life


     9.15pm   The Last Fast Show Ever - Part One
                     First of three festive nightly editions of
                     the comedy sketch show, allegedly the last
                     ever, written by and starring, among others,
                     Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson.
                     Tonight featuring special guest actor
                     Johnny Depp


      9.55pm  Film : She's the One (1996) 
                     Romantic comedy starring Jennifer Aniston,
                     Edward Burns and Cameron Diaz.
                     Mickey has just married in haste, while
                     his brother Francis vacillates between a
                     wife and a mistress. Romantic bliss proves
                     elusive for both brothers, but their father's
                     always on hand with some timely advice
 
                     
Première  

     11.25pm  Christopher Lee's
                     Ghost Stories for Christmas 

                     actor Christopher Lee reads The Ash Tree,
                     the second of four ghost stories by
                     Victorian writer MR James


    12.00        Film : The Last Sunset (1961) 
                     The Kirk Douglas season continues with
                     a western, also starring Rock Hudson.
                     A fugitive and a lawman agree to join a
                     rancher's cattle trail north to Texas


       1.55am  Film : The Mummy (1932) 
                     The Universal horror season continues
                     with a classic starring Boris Karloff.
                     Archaeologists discover a sarcophagus,
                     along with a box upon which is written
                     a dire warning to whoever disturbs the
                     body within 
(b&w)
              
      3.05am  Closedown

      
Wednesday 27th December 2000

​       BBC2

     
6.00am  Breakfast
     8.30am  When I Grow Up
     8.35am  The West
(Repeat)
    10.30am  Full Circle with Michael Palin (Repeat)
    11.20am  Are You Superhuman?
    12.00      Choir of the Year
     1.00pm  Racing from Chepstow
     3.10pm  Film : The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) 
(b&w)
     5.05pm  The Count of Monte Cristo
                   
 (in French with English subtitles)
     5.55pm  Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (Repeat)
     6.45pm  Film : North by Northwest (1959) 
     9.00pm  The Last Fast Show Ever - Part Two
     9.40pm  The League of Gentlemen
                     Christmas Special
    10.40pm  Best of Clarkson 2000
    11.30pm  Film : Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
                    
(b&w)
    12.55am  Glastonbury 2000


























      Thursday 28th December 2000

​       BBC2

     
6.00am  Breakfast
      8.30am  Laurel and Hardy: The Fixer Uppers
(b&w)
                     
(Repeat)
      8.50am  Film : Our Relations (1936) (b&w) 
     10.00am  Film : Sons of the Desert (1933) (b&w) 
     11.05am  Full Circle with Michael Palin (Repeat)
     11.55am  Classic Challenge
     12.25pm  Film : Champion (1949)
(b&w)
      2.00pm  Kirk Douglas Scene by Scene
      2.50pm  Film : Lonely Are the Brave (1962)
(b&w)
      4.35pm  Robot Wars Special
      5.20pm  The Count of Monte Cristo
                     
(In French with English subtitles)
      6.15pm  Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (Repeat)
      7.00pm  Steptoe and Son (Repeat)
      7.30pm  Film : Man without a Star (1955) 
      9.00pm  The Last Fast Show Ever - Part Three
       9.40pm  Never Mind the Buzzcocks Special
     10.20pm  You Ain't Seen These, Right?
(Repeat)
     10.50pm  Film : American Perfekt (1997) 
      12.25am  Film : Universal Horror (1998)
                      
(colour & b&w) 
      2.00am  Film : The Old Dark House (1932) (b&w)

 












    Friday 29th December 2000

      BBC2

     
 6.00am  Breakfast
      8.30am  When I Grow Up
      8.35am  Film : Blockheads (1938)
(b&w) 
      9.35am  Film : The Adventures of Quentin Durward
​                     (1955)
     11.45am  Full Circle with Michael Palin 
(Repeat)
    12.05pm  Brendel in Performance
      1.00pm  Film : Arrowhead (1953) 
      2.40pm  Mozart In Turkey
      4.10pm  One Man and His Dog
      5.20pm  Robot Wars
      6.05pm  Sleepless in ... South London
      6.35pm  The Count of Monte Cristo

                     (In French with English subtitles)
      7.30pm  Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (Repeat)
      8.15pm  Some Mothers Do 'Ave Em Christmas 1974
                     
(Repeat)
      9.00pm  Film : Wilde (1997) 
     10.50pm  Christopher Lee's Ghost Stories
​                      for Christmas
      11.20pm  Film : Looking for Richard (1996) 
        1.10am  Trevor Nelson's Urban Choice
        1.40am  Film : The Black Cat (1934)
(b&w)












     Saturday 30th December 2000

     BBC2


       6.45am  Film : Carnegie Hall (1947) (b&w)
       8.55am  Theodore Roosevelt
      10.45am  Film : Lt Robin Crusoe, USN (1966) 
      12.35pm  The Simpsons
       1.00pm  Robot Wars
(Repeat)
       1.45pm  Film : The Seven Year Itch (1955)
       3.25pm  The Royal Ballet in The Nutcracker
       5.05pm  Robot Wars
       5.50pm  The Count of Monte Cristo
                     
(In French with English subtitles) 
       6.40pm  Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (Repeat)
        7.30pm  Film : Winchester '73 (1950) (b&w) 
       9.00pm  Film : Face (1997) 
      10.40pm  Film : Rosemary's Baby (1968) 
       12.55am  Film : The Invisible Man (1933)
(b&w)


 













​   New Year's Eve Sunday 31st December 2000

     BBC2

     
   6.55am  Match of the Day (Repeat)
        8.10am  Theodore Roosevelt
       10.00am  The Wild Thornberrys
(Repeat)
       10.25am  Grange Hill (Repeat)
        11.15am  Film : The Strongest Man in the World
                       (1975)
       12.45pm  Robot Wars
(Repeat)
        1.30pm  Locations
        2.00pm  Film : Ryan's Daughter (1970) 
        5.10pm  The Simpsons
        5.35pm  Robot Wars
        6.20pm  The Count of Monte Cristo
                       
(In French with English subtitles)
        7.10pm  Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (Repeat)
        7.55pm  Happy New Year
                       The Archbishop of Canterbury's message
        8.00pm  I Love the Seventies
        9.45pm  Christopher Lee's Ghost Stories
                       for Christmas'
       10.15pm  Film : Gods and Monsters (1998) 
       11.55pm  Jools at the New Year Hootenanny
        2.00pm  Film : Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
(b&w)

   





    New Year's Day Monday 1st January 2001

     BBC2

     
   6.00am  Breakfast
        8.30am  When I Grow Up
        8.35am  Turning Points
        8.45am  Laurel and Hardy : County Hospital
(b&w)
​                       
(Repeat)
        9.05am  When I Grow Up
         9.10am  Film : That's Entertainment! (1974)
                        
(b&w and colour) 
        11.15am  New Year's Day Concert 2001 from Vienna
       12.35pm  Robot Wars
(Repeat)
        1.20pm  Jools at the Now Year Hootenanny
                       
(Repeat)
         3.15pm  Film : Yellow Submarine (1968)
        4.40pm  My Little Pony
        5.20pm  UK Confidential - A Leviathan Special
        6.00pm  The Count of Monte Cristo
                       
(In French with English subtitles)
        6.40pm  Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (Repeat)
        7.30pm  The Victorian Roadshow
        8.30pm  Victoria and the Jubilee
(Repeat)
        9.20pm  Film : Shooting Fish (1997) 
       11.10pm  Film : Stealing Beauty (1995) 
        1.00am  Later Presents.... Moby
(Repeat)

   









    Tuesday 2nd January 2001

    BBC2

    
  7.00am  Children's BBC : Hollyday HoT
                     Yoho Ahoy!
(Repeat)
       7.05am  Playdays (Repeat)
       7.25am  See It Saw It
       7.50am  Spider-Man
(Repeat)
       8.15am  The All-New Popeye Show (Repeat)
       8.35am  Zorro (Repeat)
       9.00am  Turning Points
       9.05am  Laurel and Hardy : The Music Box
(b&w)
                      
(Repeat) 
        9.35am  Film : That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
                       
(colour and b&w) 
       11.40am  Film : Rodgers and Hammerstein :
                       the Sound of Movies (1995) 
         1.10pm  Angelmouse 
(Repeat) 
         1.15pm  Poddington Peas
(Repeat)
        1.20pm  Film : The Importance of Being Earnest
                       (1952)
        2.55pm  Film : Rage at Dawn (1955) 
        4.25pm  Ready Steady Cook
        5.10pm  The Weakest Link
(Repeat)
       6.00pm  Thunderbirds (Repeat)
        6.45pm  Star Trek : Voyager
        7.30pm  Great Expectations
(Repeat)
        9.05pm  Fred Dibnah's Victorian Heroes
        9.55pm  Film : A Simple Twist of Fate (1994) 
       11.35pm  Storyville
                      
(In Russian with English subtitles)
        1.10am  Film : The Wolf Man (1941) (b&w)

 





     Wednesday 3rd Janauary 2001

    BBC2


      7.00am  Children's BBC Hollyday HoT
                     Yoho Ahoy!
(Repeat)
       7.05am  Playdays (Repeat)
       7.25am  Smurfs' Adventures (Repeat)
       7.50am  The All-New Popeye Show (Repeat)
       8.10am  The Really Wild Show (Repeat)
       8.35am  Zorro (Repeat)
       9.00am  Animorphs
       9.30am  Casper
(Repeat)
        9.55am  Teddy Trucks
      10.05am  Teletubbies
      10.30am  Tweenies
(Repeat)
      10.50am  The Raccoons (Repeat)
       11.15am  Harry and the Hendersons (Repeat)
      11.40am  Heartbreak High (Repeat)
      12.25pm  Looking Good Tricks (Repeat)
      12.30pm  Working Lunch
       1.00pm  Brum and the Very Windy Day
(Repeat)
        1.15pm  Brum and the Flood (Repeat)
       1.30pm  Fireman Sam (Repeat)
       1.40pm  Playdays (Repeat)
       2.00pm  Teddy Trucks (Repeat)
       2.05pm  Postman Pat (Repeat)
       2.20pm  Green Claws (Repeat)
       2.35pm  Melvin and Maureen's Music-a-Grams
                      
(Repeat)
       2.50pm  Bodger and Badger (Repeat)
       3.05pm  Secret Life of Toys (Repeat)
       3.20pm  News, Regional News, Weather 
       3.30pm  Esther
       4.30pm  Ready Steady Cook
        5.15pm  The Weakest Link
       6.00pm  TOTP2
       6.45pm  Star Trek : Deep Space Nine
(Repeat)
       7.30pm  Great Expectations (Repeat)
       9.00pm  Scandalous Women
       9.50pm  Reel Victorians : Nineties Girls
     10.00pm  Murder Most Horrid
(Repeat)
     10.30pm  Newsnight
      11.20pm  Stella Street Special
     12.00        Film : The Conformist (1969)
(b&w)
                      (In Italian with English subtitles)

​    

 



​      Thursday 4th January 2001

      BBC2

    
  7.00am  Children's BBC : Hollyday Hot
                    Yoho Ahoy!
(Repeat)
      7.05am  Playdays (Repeat)
      7.25am  Smurfs' Adventures (Repeat)
      7.50am  The All-New Popeye Show (Repeat)
      8.10am  Blue Peter (Repeat)
      8.40am  Zorro (Repeat)
      9.00am  Animorphs
      9.30am  Casper
(Repeat)
      9.55am  Pingu (Repeat)
     10.05am  Teletubbies
     10.30am  Tweenies
(Repeat)
     10.50am  The Raccoons (Repeat)
      11.15am  Harry and the Hendersons (Repeat)
     11.40am  Heartbreak High (Repeat)
     12.25pm  Looking Good Tricks (Repeat)
     12.30pm  Working Lunch
      1.00pm  Brum
(Repeat)
       1.15pm  Brum (Repeat)
      1.30pm  Fireman Sam (Repeat)
      1.40pm  Playdays (Repeat)
      2.00pm  Pingu (Repeat)
      2.05pm  Postman Pat (Repeat)
      2.20pm  Greenclaws (Repeat)
      2.35pm  Melvin and Maureen's Music-a-Grams
                     
(Repeat)
      2.50pm  Bodger and Badger (Repeat)
      3.05pm  Secret Life of Toys (Repeat)
      3.20pm  News, Regional News, Weather 
      3.30pm  Esther
      4.30pm  Ready Steady Cook
      6.00pm  Roswell High
      6.45pm  Buffy the Vampire Slayer
      7.30pm  First Sight
(Regional programme)
      8.00pm  Lost Gods of Easter Island (Repeat)
      8.50pm  Reel Victorians
      9.00pm  The Victorian Way of Death
      9.50pm  Trade Secrets 
(Repeat)
     10.00pm  Have I Got News for You (Repeat)
     10.30pm  Newsnight
      11.20pm  Storyville
(b&w & colour) 
                      (In Czech with English subtitles)
     12.20am  Film : Marius et Jeannette (1997)
                      (In French with English subtitles)

    Friday 5th January 2001

     BBC2

 
      7.00am  Children's BBC : Hollyday HoT
                      Yoho Ahoy!
(Repeat)
       7.05am  Playdays (Repeat)
       7.25am  Smurfs' Adventures (Repeat)
       7.50am  The All-New Popeye Show (Repeat)
       8.10am  Short Change (Repeat)
       8.40am  Zorro (Repeat)
       9.00am  Animorphs
       9.30am  Casper
(Repeat)
       9.55am  William's Wish Wellingtons (Repeat)
      10.05am  Teletubbies
      10.30am  Tweenies
(Repeat)
      10.50am  The Raccoons (Repeat)
      11.15am  Harry and the Hendersons (Repeat)
      11.40am  Heartbreak High (Repeat)
      12.25pm  Looking Good Tricks (Repeat)
      12.30pm  Working Lunch
       1.00pm  Brum
(Repeat)
        1.15pm  Brum (Repeat)
       1.30pm  Fireman Sam (Repeat)
       1.40pm  Playdays (Repeat)
       2.00pm  William's Wish Wellingtons (Repeat)
       2.05pm  Postman Pat (Repeat)
       2.20pm  Greenclaws (Repeat)
       2.35pm  Melvin and Maureen's Music-a-Grams
                      
(Repeat)
       2.50pm  Bodger and Badger (Repeat)
       3.05pm  Secret Life of Toys (Repeat)
       3.20pm  News, Regional News, Weather 
       3.30pm  Esther
       4.30pm  Ready Steady Cook
       5.15pm  The Weakest Link
       6.00pm  The Simpsons
(Repeat)
       6.20pm  The Simpsons (Repeat)
       6.45pm  Robot Wars
       7.30pm  Bill Oddie Goes Wild
       8.00pm  Dan Pearson's Home Farm
       8.30pm  The Flying Gardener
       9.00pm  Reputations
(Repeat)
       9.50pm  Reel Victorians
      10.00pm  Murder Most Horrid 
(Repeat)
      10.30pm  Newsnight
      11.20pm  Buffy the Vampire Slayer
      12.05am  Robot Wars 
(Repeat)
      12.50am  Trevor Nelson's Urban Choice
        1.20am  Film : The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
                      
(b&w)​
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