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BBC CHRISTMAS TV 2003
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  Christmas Eve Wednesday 24th December 2003

  BBC1

    6.00am  Breakfast
                    with Dermot Murnaghan and 
                    
Natasha Kaplinsky
                    then The National Lottery Daily Play

    9.00am  CBBC
                    Arthur

                    DW's prized snowball goes missing,
                    and the  friends learn to 
work as a team
                    
(Repeat)

   9.25am   The Woody Woodpecker Show
                   How did Woody manage to save the 
                   
festive season? (Repeat)

    9.50am   Looney Tunes
                    Taz and Bugs Bunny get set
                    for Christmas 
(Repeat)

   10.00am  Bring It On
                    a winter survival challenge in the
                    Canadian Rocky Mountains, including
                    ice-climbing and husky-dog racing
 
(Repeat)

   10.25am  Donner
                   animation. A reindeer loses his ability to
                   fly - can one of Santa's elves help?
 
(Repeat)

  10.50am  Jackie Chan Adventures
                   The J-Team swings into action when 
                   
Santa is kidnapped (Repeat)

  11.10am   Film : A Goofy Movie (1995)
                  animated comedy. Goofy is now a single
                  parent with a teenage son, Max.
                  On learning the boy has been misbehaving
                  at school, he decides to take him on a
                  fishing trip


 12.20pm  Film : The Santa Clause (1994) 
                  Heartwarming fantasy starring Tim Allen
                  and Judge Reinhold.
                  A divorcee steps into Santa's shoes when
                  the real one falls off his roof, and soon
                  discovers that delivering presents is the
                  least of his p
roblems


   1.55pm  BBC News, Regional News, Weather

  2.20pm  Film : The Road to El Dorado (2000) 

                 animated adventure. Tulio and Miguel,
                 two small-time Spanish tricksters,
                 get their hands on a map to El Dorado.
                 After stowing away on a ship bound for
                 Mexico, they set out to find the fabled lost
                 city of gold. Narrated by Elton John
 Première

  3.40pm  Film : 101 Dalmatians (1996) 
                 Disney's live-action adaptation of the classic
                 tale, starring Glenn Close, Jeff Daniels and
                 Joely Richardson.
                 Love blossoms for dog owners Roger and
                 Anita when their pets meet in the park.
                 But the fearsome, fur-loving Cruella De Vil
                 has her eye on their litter of dalmatian puppies


  5.15pm   I Want to Be Mary
                 A light-hearted look at one of Britain's most
                 endearing 
traditions : the children's Nativity
                 play. Cute home-video clips starring unruly
                 angels, sulky shepherds and not-so-wise
                 men are used to illustrate the Christmas story.
                 Presented by Angellica Bell


  6.10pm  Film : Chicken Run (2000)
                animated comedy adventure, featuring
                the voices of Julia Sawalha,
                Jane Horrocks, Miranda Richardson and
                Mel Gibson. When the greedy owners of a 1950s
                egg farm decide to move into the meat-pie
                business, the chickens fear the worst and
                turn to Rocky the rooster and a daring escape
                plan as their potential salvation


  7.30pm  EastEnders
                 Kate hears reassuring news.
                 Kat's good intentions backfire


  8.00pm  EastEnders Christmas Party
                  Suggs, Richard E Grant, Jo Brand and
                  Greg Rusedski are among the celebrity guests
                  joining host Shane Richie for a right old
                  knees-up in Albert Square with live
                  performances from Lulu and Liberty X, a duet
                  from one of Walford's most popular couples,
                  and a festive feast in the Queen Vic with
                  Mike Reid and Clarissa Dickson Wright.
                  Plus classic Christmas songs from cast
                  members past and present, including
                  Michelle Gayle, Kim Medcalf and Jill Halfpenny


  9.05pm  Absolutely Fabulous 
                 Cold Turkey
                 
Edina plans her first family Christmas.
                 Patsy, meanwhile, is traumatised by the
                 arrival of her sister Jackie


  9.40pm  The National Lottery - Midweek Draws

  9.55pm  Film : Shangai Noon (2000) 
                 Western action comedy starring
                 Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson.
                 When a runaway Chinese princess
                 is held for ransom in America, the emperor
                 sends his three best guards to the Wild West
                 to bring her back
 Première

11.35pm   News : Weather
                 then National Lottery Update

 11.45pm  The First Eucharist of Christmas 
                 from Ely Cathedral in Cambridgeshire,
                where worshippers gather for a celebration of
                the First Communion of Christmas.
                The live service is led by the Bishop of Ely,
                the Rt Rev Dr Anthony Russell, with the
                Dean of Ely, the Very Rev Dr Michael Chandler,
                giving the address. Music includes Silent Night,
                0 Come, All Ye Faithful,
                It Came upon the Midnight Clear and Hark!
                the Herald Angels Sing

                followed by Weatherview

  1.05am  Film : The Producers (1968) 
                 comedy starring Zero Mostel as struggling
                 producer Max Bialystock.
                 Once the "King of Broadway", Bialystock is
                 now making a living by conning old ladies out
                 of their savings. Then his accountant,
                 Leo Bloom (Gene Wilder), mentions a sure-fire
                 way of making some quick cash by putting on
                 a guaranteed Broadway flop


2.35-6.00am  BBC News 24


  





















 






 
   





​    Christmas Day Thursday 25th December 2003


  BBC1
 
  6:00am   Breakfast 

                   with Bill Turnbull

  9:00am   CBBC
                   Arthur

                   Francine forms her own band as the
                   Backstreet Boys make a guest appearance


    9:25am  The Christmas Orange
                   animation.
                   A boy decides to take Father Christmas
                   to court


    9:50am  Looney Tunes
                   cartoon fun with Sylvester, Tweety,
                   Wile E Coyote and the Road Runner
 
 (Repeat)

  10:00am  The Joys of Christmas
                    Worshippers from Milton Keynes gather
                    in the city's ecumenical 
Church of Christ
                    the Cornerstone for a live celebration of
                    the birth of Jesus. The service features
                    the story of the first Christmas and carols,
                    including God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
                    and 0 Come, All Ye Faithful


   11:00am   Hooves of Fire
                    comedy animation featuring a host of
                    famous voices. Robbie the Reindeer
                    joins Santa's team 
 (Repeat)

  11:35am    Morecambe and Wise
                    The much-loved double act and Special
                    guests in a compilation of the Christmas
                    specials from 1975 and 1976 
 (Repeat)

   12:40pm  Film : The Tigger Movie (2000)
                    Disney animation
                    Longing to meet the family he has
                    never known, Tigger embarks on a quest
                    to find them. Providing him with
                    encouragement in his search are all his
                    faithful friends - Roo, Winnie the Pooh,
                    Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga and Owl.
                    Narrated by John Hurt
 
 Première

     1:50pm  News and Weather

     2:00pm  Top of the Pops
                    the annual rundown of the Year's
                    top-selling singles and the Christmas
                    number one


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


   3:10pm   Dear Father Christmas
                   Dale Winton assists Father Christmas
                   in fulfilling special yuletide wishes for
                   children - dreams made possible with
                   the help of Blue, Fearne Cotton and the
                   Ready Steady Cook team among others


    3:55pm  Outtake TV
                   Anne Robinson presents a selection
                   of merciless put-downs and laughable
                   answers from Weakest Link


  4  :25pm  Film : Stuart Little (1999)
                   Children's fantasy, based on EB White's
                   novel, starring Hugh Laurie and Geena Davis
                   and featuring the voice of Michael J Fox.
                   The Littles want to adopt a younger brother
                    for their son, George.
                   At the orphanage they are charmed by
                   a young mouse called 
Stuart, and decide
                   to take him home
 
Première

   5:50pm   News and Weather

   6:00pm  EastEnders

                   Kate has a surprise visitor. Alfie desperately
                   tries to arrange a dream wedding for Kat


   6:40pm  My Family
                   Sixty Feet Under
                   After a shopping trip, the Harpers face
                   the prospect of spending Christmas stuck
                   on the London Underground.
                   Guest-starring Richard Whiteley


    7:10pm  Christmas Night With the Stars
                   Michael Parkinson is joined by stars from
                   the music world including Ozzy and
                   Kelly Osbourne, Victoria Beckham,
                   Emma Bunton, Will Young and Busted,
                   while comedians including Jon Culshaw,
                   the Kumars and Ricky Tomlinson provide
                   the laughs - and there are plenty of
                   surprises along the way


    8:30pm  BBC News with George Alagiah
                    Weather with Rob McElwee     
                                 
    8:40pm  EastEnders
                    Phil has a showdown with Den at the club.
                    Dennis makes a decision, and Alfie has
                    some explaining to do to Kat


     9:20pm  Only Fools and Horses 
                    Sleepless in Peckham
                    The last of three festive comedy specials
                    by John Sullivan. 
                    
After 22 years in Mandela House, Del Boy
                    and family face eviction by the Inland
                    Revenue, while Marlene has vanished
                    and Cassandra is heavily pregnant


  10:35pm  Posh and Becks's Big Impression
                   Alistair McGowan and Ronni Ancona
                   update the Beckhams' story as they make
                   their move from " Beckingham Palace to
                   Madrid, while celebrities such as Madonna
                   and Jordan comment on the transfer.
                   With guest Damian Lewis


  11:20pm   Film : The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
                   Remake of the 1968 romantic crime caper
                   starring Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo.
                   Bored billionaire Thomas Crown has a
                   hobby - stealing art treasures.
                   But insurance investigator
                   Catherine Banning is soon on his trail
 

   1:05am   Christmas Reflection
                   Where There's Brass
                   A Salvation Army band member shows
                   how the Christmas story can inspire us
                   to improve our world


    1:10am  Film : Airplane II : the Sequel (1982)
                  comedy starring Robert Hays and Julie Hagerty.
                  Disgraced pilot Ted Striker escapes
                  from hospital and boards an ill-fated shuttle


   2:35am  Joins BBC News 24


  




 

 







​    Boxing Day Friday 26th December 2003


    6.00am  Breakfast
                    with Jules Botfield

     9.00am  CBBC
                    Arthur

                    Francine's band play with the  
                    
Backstreet Boys (Repeat)

     9.25am  The Woody Woodpecker Show
                    frozen woodpeckers, models and
                    amusement parks 
(Repeat)

    9.50am   Looney Tunes
                    Bugs becomes a TV star (Repeat)

   10.00am  SMart
                    Ice sculpture and drawing with chalk
                    feature in the art show.
                    Last in series


   10.25am  Mona the Vampire
                   Mona tries to revive a snowman  (Repeat)

   10.40am  The New Scooby and Scrappy Show
                    a ghost frightens folk at a Ski lodge (Repeat)

  11.00am   Film : Mousehunt (1997) 
                    comedy with Nathan Lane.
                    Two brothers face problems from
                    a mouse when they inherit a
                    dilapidated old house


   12.35pm   BBC News, Regional News, Weather

    12.50pm  Legend of the Lost Tribe

                     Robbie the Reindeer and pals search
                     for a band of warriors in a family
                     animation with a star-studded cast
                     of voices 

(Repeat)

     1.20pm  Film : The Adventures of Rocky
                    & Bullwinkle (1999) 

                    Part-animated comedy.
                    When their enemy Fearless Leader 
is
                    brought into the real world, 
Rocky
                    and Bullwinkle must foil the villain
                   
 
Première 

     2.45pm  Film : The Wizard of Oz (1939) 
                    classic musical, with Judy Garland.
                    When a tornado hits Dorothy's home
                    in Kansas, she is whisked into a
                    dazzling world


     4.20pm  BBC News, Regional News, Weather

    4.35pm   Film : Mulan (1998) 

                    animated musical adventure from Disney.
                   Ancient China : headstrong Mulan disguises
                   herself as a man and joins the army in
                   her father's place.
                   With the singing voices of Lea 
Salonga
                   and Donny Osmond  
 
Première 

   6.00pm  The Young Visiters 
                   Jim Broadbent and Hugh Laurie star as
                   Alfred Salteena and Lord Bernard Clark,
                   two gentlemen competing for the favours
                   of young minx Ethel Monticue.
                   Patrick Barlow's adaptation of Daisy
                   Ashford's Victorian novel, a magical
                   and poignant comic drama, is narrated by
                   Alan Bennett


    7.30pm  Outtake TV
                   Anne Robinson takes viewers through TV's
                   Hall of Shame - the fluffs and fumbles,  
                   giggles and gaffes, plus the usual contribution
                   from our friends in the animal kingdom


   8.00pm  EastEnders
                   Garry's juggling act reaches crisis point,
                   Derek faces his past, and Martin's plans
                   for New Year come to a halt


   8.30pm  Film : Meet the Parents (2000)
                   comedy with Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller.
                   Male nurse Greg Focker wants to propose
                   to his girlfriend Pam, but decides to he asks
                   the permission of her old-fashioned father,
                   Jack. However, Jack's over-protectiveness
                   spells trouble for the accident-prone Greg

                   Première

  10.15pm  The Office Christmas Specials 
                   1/2  What has happened to the Slough
                   paper merchant workers in the three years
                   since cameras started rolling at
                   Wernham Hogg ?


  11.00pm  French and Saunders Actually
                   Madonna and Britney, Rosemary and
                   Thyme and free running are among
                   this season's targets for the duo


  11.40pm   BBC News Anna Ford
                   Weather Darren Bett

12.00         Film : Flashdance (1983)
                  Musical drama with Jennifer Beals as Alex,
                  a welder who longs to become a ballet dancer.
                  In the meantime, she dances at a bar
​                  frequented by her co-workers, waiting
                  for a big break 
followed by
                  Weatherview

 1.35am     Film : Young Frankenstein (1974)
                  Horror spoof with Gene Wilder,
                  Peter Boyle and Marty Feldman.
                  Though shamed by his ancestry,
                  Frederick Frankenstein goes to 
                  Transylvania and dreams of
​                  re-animating the dead (b&w)


  3.20am  BBC News 24

  Christmas Eve Wednesday 24th December 2003

  BBC2

     6.00am  CBeebies
                    Tweenies Count to Christmas 

                     One more day to go! (Repeat)
                     Little Bear 
                     Three stories featuring the tiny cub and
                     his pals 
(Repeat)

    6.30am   Fimbles 
                    Florrie finds some sparkly tinsel (Repeat)

    6.50am   Romuald the Reindeer
                    The price of fame is high (Repeat)

     7.00am  The Shiny Show
                    Entertaining and informative
                    quiz show 
(Repeat)
  
    7.20am   Bump
                    cartoon about a clumsy elephant (Repeat)

    7.30am  Brambly Hedge
                   The enchanting world of the little
                   mice 
(Repeat)

    8.00am  Bob the Builder
                   Bob dresses up as Father Christmas (Repeat)
  
    8.10am  Balamory
                   Who will play Cinderella in the
                   Christmas pantomime? 
(Repeat)

    8.30am  Tweenies
                   The friends hope to get a visit from
                    Santa 
(Repeat)

     8.50am  Pingu
                    animated fun with the little penguin  (Repeat)

    9.00am  Millennium : a Thousand Years of History
                    3/10  Century of the Stirrup 
                    AD 1200-1300: Genghis Khan creates Asia,
                    the world's largest land empire 
(Repeat)

     9.45am   The Way We Cooked
                    3/3 How Jamie Oliver inspired with
                    his cheeky enthusiasm 
(Repeat)

   10.45am  Ray Mears' s Extreme Survival
                   3/12  Namibia
                   Mears looks for the black rhino (Repeat)

  11.45am    Around the World in 80 Days
                    3/7  Ancient Mariners 
                    Michael arrives in Dubai (Repeat)

   12.35pm  Laurel and Hardy
                   Oliver the Eighth
                   a lonely-hearts ad spells trouble 
                   
(b&w) 
(Repeat)

    1.05pm  Laurel and Hardy 
                   Come Clean 

                   Ollie rescues a woman (Repeat)

   1.25pm   Film : Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943) 
                   Crime mystery starring Basil Rathbone.
                   The sleuth investigates strange happenings
                    at a huge mansion
 (b&w)


     2.30pm  Film : White Christmas (1954)
                    Musical starring Bing Crosby and
                    Danny Kaye. Old army buddies reunite
                    to help keep a Vermont inn going by
                    putting on a show


    4.30pm  Escape to the Country
                    a metropolitan couple run for
                    the hills 
(Repeat)

     5.00pm  Carols from King's
                     a celebration of Christmas from the
                     Chapel of King's College, Cambridge.
                     The Christmas story is told in the words
                     of the Bible and the poetry of Robert Bridges,
                     Isaac Watts and Edwin Muir.
                     Carols include Once in Royal David's City
                     and Hark! the Herald Angels Sing


     6.15pm   The Simpsons 
                    Miracle on Evergreen Terrace
                    in the first of a seasonal double bill
                    of episodes, people throughout Springfield
                    open their hearts and wallets after
                    Bart claims their family's 
Christmas
                    presents were stolen by a burglar


    6.35pm   The Simpsons 
                    
Grift of the Magi
                    as Christmas approaches, a sinister
                    toy company takes over Springfield
                    Elementary


    7.00pm   Film : She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
                    classic John Ford western starring
                    John Wayne.
                    A US 
Cavalry officer suffers a setback
                    on his last mission and is "retired" before
                    he can take further action. In order to avert
                    a full-scale American Indian war, he decides
                    to act on his own


    8.40pm  Wild Battlefields : Wolf
                    2/3  The wolf is one of nature's top
                    predators, but it needs to be one of a team
                    to survive the bitter Rocky 
Mountain
                    winters in North America. The disparate
                    ways in which a pack battles with, and
                    out-manoeuvres, its enemies, rivals and
                    prey are revealed in dramatic detail, as
                    it's never been seen before


  9.40pm    I'm Dreaming of a TV Christmas 
                   TV stars including Ronnie Barker and
                   Ronnie Corbett, Noel Edmonds, Jimmy Savile
                   and Tony Blackburn join host Phill Jupitus
                   on a journey through the best moments
                   from festive programmes over the last 30
                   years. 

                   The Morecambe and Wise Show was the
                   cornerstone of the BBC's schedule during
                   the 1970s, while in the 1980s, no festive
                   period would be complete without an
                   edition of The Two Ronnies.
                   Game shows and quizzes got a special
                   seasonal revamp - former contestants
                   from The Generation Game Christmas
                   special get the chance to have another go
                   - while in the soaps, the cliffhangers just
                   kept getting bigger and the misery deeper.
                   When an EastEnders episode in which Den
                   handed Angie their divorce papers went
                   out in 1986 it drew a record audience.
                   Sitcom specials were also veritable
                   crowd-pullers, while, arguably, the highlight
                   - or lowlight - was yet another showing of
                   an epic movie


  11.40pm   Room 101 
                    Spike Milligan nominates muzak, soap
                    operas and Portsmouth for Orwellian
                    torture 
(Repeat)

12.10am      The Fast Show
                    More from series one, featuring
                    Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson,
                    Mark Williams, John Thomson,
                    Caroline Aherne,  
Simon Day and
                    Arabella Weir 
 (Repeat)

12.40am     Red Dwarf V
                    2/6  Inquisitor
                    The Inquisitor roams through time
                     weeding out life's wastrels -
                     it's no surprise then that the Red 
Dwarf
                     crew is in big, big trouble

                     (Repeat)

  1.10am        TOTP2
                      tonight's festive archive footage
                      includes performances by the
                      Housemartins, Slade and East 17  
 (Repeat)

  1.35am        Later....with Jools Holland
                      New York art-punk trio the
                      Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Californian
                      space-rockers Grandaddy,
                      singer-songwriter Joe Jackson
                      and Brazil's Celso Fonseca guest
​                      on the musical showcase
(Repeat)

  2.40am       Closedown

  Christmas Day Thursday 25th December 2003

   BBC2

    6:00am   CBeebies 
                     Tweenies Count to Christmas

                     The big day is finally here  (Repeat)
                      followed by 
                      Little Bear
                      animated triple bill  (Repeat)

     6:30am   Fimbles
                     Fimbo thinks a woolly hat might be magical
                   
 
 (Repeat)

    6:50am   Romuald the Reindeer
                    Romuald makes an interesting
                    discovery about his father 
 (Repeat)

     7:00am  Tangerine Bear
                    a sad bear finds unexpected happiness
                    with other toys in a quiet shop 
 (Repeat)

     8:05am  Bob the Builder
                    Bob's twin comes home for Christmas (Repeat)

    8:55am  Pingu
                   Pingu and family celebrate Christmas (Repeat)
  
    9:00am  Millennium : a Thousand Years of History
                    4/10  Century of the Scythe 
                    The Black Death ravages Europe in the 
                    
14th century (Repeat)

    9:45am  Ray Mears's Extreme Survival
                   4/12  Alaska
                   Mears relates two incredible tales of
                   survival from frozen Alaska
 
(Repeat)

  10:45am  Around the World in 80 Days
                   4/7 A Close Shave
                   In the first of a double bill, 
                   Michael Palin journeys to Madras
                   from Bombay
 
 (Repeat)
 
 11:35am    Around the World in 80 Days
                   5/7 Oriental Express 
                   Michael travels from Singapore to Hong Kong
                  
 
(Repeat)

   12:25pm  Film : Sherlock Holmes and the 
                   Secret Weapon (1942)

                   Mystery starring Basil Rathbone and
                   Nigel Bruce. Sherlock Holmes
                   tries to prevent a pioneering Nazi
                   weapon from falling into the hands
                   of his arch-rival Professor Moriarty 
(b&w)

    1:30pm  Film : My Fair Lady (1964)
                   classic musical based on
                   George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion,
                   starring 
Audrey Hepburn.
                   Phonetics professor Henry Higgins bets
                   his friend he can coach cockney flower
                   girl Eliza Doolittle to pass as a lady at
                   any social gathering. She initially refutes
                   the idea, but later asks to be taught


    4:15pm  Die Fledermaus
                  Johann Strauss's witty operetta, recorded
                  at the Glyndebourne Festival.
                  When her husband Gabriel is supposedly
                  ordered to prison, Rosalinde seizes the
                  chance to meet with her former lover,
                  Alfred, but Gabriel is diverted by Dr Falke
                  to a party. The cast includes Thomas Allen,
                  Par Lindskog, Hakan Hagegard, Artur Korn
                  and Ragnar Ulfung. Vladimir Jurowski
                  conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra


  7:00pm  Film : Belleville Rendez-vous (2003)
​                  
acclaimed comic animated adventure.
                  A devoted grandmother crosses the ocean
                  with her trusty hound to rescue her cyclist
                  grandson who has been kidnapped during the
                  Tour de France. In French with
                  English 
subtitles Première
 
  8:20pm  The Queen
                  Her Majesty addresses the nation
                  and the Commonwealth. With signing


  8:30pm  Highgrove : a Prince's Legacy
                  filmed over a year, this Natural World
                  documentary offers a rare look behind the
                  walls of Highgrove, home to Prince Charles.
                  The prince, an advocate of organic principles,
                  is seen playing an active role in maintaining
                  the 25-acre garden and 1,000-acre farm,
                  where achieving a natural balance between
                  commercial farming, productive gardening
                  and a diverse wildlife population presents
                  an ongoing challenge.  
​                  Narrated by David Attenborough


   9:20pm  Wild Battlefields : Polar Bear
                   3/3  As a mother polar bear and her
                   cub emerge from their snowy den in the
                   High Arctic, they enter a hostile world of
                   sub-zero temperatures where food supplies
                   are limited. Survival becomes a constant
                   challenge in the ice, where the bears and
                   seals become mortal enemies. This film in
                   the series following nature's most formidable
                   predators, follows the search-and-attack
                   strategy of the world's largest land-based
                   carnivore


10:20pm  Grumpy Old Men at Christmas
                  festive cheer is put on the back-burner as
                  a rogues' gallery of middle-aged moaners
                  vent their spleen on everything they find
                  repugnant about Christmas in this
                  
Scrooge-esque special edition.
                  Pantos, nativity plays, false bonhomie
                  and novelty socks are among the many
                  bugbears as Jeremy Clarkson, Andrew Marr
                  and John Sergeant add their gripes to those
                  of the usual cast of Will Self, Arthur Smith,
                  John Peel, Rick Wakeman and Rory McGrath


  11.20pm  Room 101
                  Paul Merton launches Jonathan Ross into
                  a tirade of his pet hates, culminating in a
                  sustained assault on his own notoriously
                  flamboyant dress sense  
 (Repeat)

  11:50pm  The Fast Show
                   Quick-fire comedy sketches and
                   catchphrases from Paul Whitehouse,
                   Charlie Higson, 
Mark Williams, 
                   
John Thomson, Caroline Aherne,
                   Simon Day and Arabella Weir 
(Repeat)
 
  12:20am  Red Dwarf V
                   3/6 Terrorform
                   
Rimmer is prisoner inside his
                   own mind 
(Repeat)

  12:50am   TOTP2
                    Steve Wright unveils a selection of
                    archive performances from the
                    Rolling Stones, George Michael,
                    the Electric 
Light Orchestra and
                    Hazel O'Connor 
 (Repeat)
 
   1:15am     Later...with Jools Holland
                    Jools is joined by dance hitmakers
                    Moloko, pop-soul perennials
                    Simply Red, brooding troubadour
                    Nick Cave with some of his
                    Bad Seeds, retro-rockers the Thrills
                    and the rock sensation of 2003,
                    the Darkness 
 (Repeat)

  2:20am  Closedown 


  Boxing Day Friday 26th December 2003
 
  6.00am   CBeebies
                   Little Bear

                   The lake is frozen and a deer is hurt (Repeat)

    6.30am  Fimbles
                   Pom finds a beautiful autumn leaf  (Repeat)

    6.50am  Romuald the Reindeer
                    a computer game proves addictive  (Repeat)

     7.00am  Fireman Sam
                    Sarah and James are trapped in
                    the ice 
(Repeat)

     7.20am  Brum
                    a couple of thieves must be stopped (Repeat)
                
     7.30am  Postman Pat
                    Pat does his round on ice skates (Repeat)

     7.45am   Bill and Ben
                    the duo make a snow castle (Repeat)

    8.00am  Bob the Builder
                    the farm roof is close to collapse (Repeat)

    8.10am   Balamory
                    Archie is feeling glum after
                    getting flu 
(Repeat)

    8.30am  Tweenies
                    the gang want it to snow (Repeat)

    8.50am   Pingu
                    a brand new sibling is on the way (Repeat)

   9.00am  Millennium : a Thousand Year History
                   5/10 Century of the Sail. The 15th century  
                   and China sets out to dominate
                   the seas 
(Repeat)

     9.45am  The Joy of Gardening
                    1/2  a reflection on 50 years of gardening
                    on television 
(Repeat)

   10.45am  Ray Mears's Extreme Survival
                    5/12. Rogers's Rangers 
                    Retracing the footsteps of Mears's
                    childhood hero, 18th-century
                    American frontiersman Robert Rogers
                    
(Repeat)

   11.45am   Around the World in 80 Days
                   6/7. Far East and Farther East
                   After stopping in Tokyo,
 
Michael has
                   to find a shipping company willing to
                   ferry him across the Pacific
 
(Repeat)

  12.35pm   Animaland
                   Ginger Nutt's plans are interrupted

  12.50pm  Film : Pursuit to Algiers (1945)  
                   crime mystery starring Basil Rathbone
                   and Nigel Bruce. 
Sherlock Holmes
                   is asked to safeguard a foreign prince
                   who must return home from London
                   following his father's death 
(b&w) 


    1.55pm   Film : The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
                   Historical epic starring Sophia Loren,
                   Stephen Boyd and featuring Alec Guinness.
                   The Roman Empire falls into the hands of  
                   the unstable, corrupt Commodus,
                   whose insane pride leads to cruelty and
                   revolt. Caught up in the turmoil are his
                   sister and the man who should have become
                   emperor


   4.50pm   Final Score
                   Results and reports

  5.15pm     Ready Steady Cook
                    Nanette Newman and Emma Forbes
                    are guests


    6.00pm  Weakest Link
                    More quiz contestants risk the wrath of
                    host Anne Robinson


     6.45pm  Film : Rio Grande (1950)  
                    The season directed by John Ford and
                    starring John Wayne continues with this
                    western.
                    On the Mexican border in the 1880s,
                    Lt Colonel Yorke of the US cavalry is
                    conducting a vain campaign against
                    marauding Apaches. When his son arrives
                    at the fort, followed by Yorke's estranged
                    wife, family conflict adds to his troubles 
(b&w)


    8.25pm   Celebrity Mastermind
                    1/3 David Blunkett answers questions on
                    the Harry Potter novels,
                    Shaun Williamson tackles the life
                    Richard Burton,
                    Antony Worrall Thompson opts for the
                    works of Escoffier, and
                    Jeremy Bowen's knowledge of the
                    Arab/Israeli Six Day War is tested.
                    With John Humphrys


    9.00pm   Life Beyond the Box : 
                     Norman Stanley Fletcher

                     What happened to Slade Prison's
                     most famous old lag in the years
                     since he announced he was going
                     straight? 

                     Find out in this fictional biography of
                     one of Britain's most warmly remembered
                     criminals, from wartime evacuation to
                     Wales and teddy-boy stardom in Muswell
                     Hill to various spells at Her Majesty's
                     pleasure and his present life in north London


     9.50pm  Porridge 
                    Disturbing the Peace
                    Fletcher thinks he is in for an easy ride
                    when Mackay leaves Slade Prison.
                    But then he meets the fearsome
                    replacement in this episode from 1975
                   
(Repeat)

   10.20pm  That Was the Week We Watched
                     1/6  How the TV schedules of a
                     particular week capture the essence
                     of an era - in this case mid-November 1973.
                     Princess Anne  married Captain Mark
                     Phillips and the BBC broadcast the first
                     Last of the Summer Wine. 
Plus an
                     investigation into why the horse playing
                     Black Beauty required make-up.
                     Narrated by Simon Pegg


   10.50pm    Room 101
                      Presenter Paul Merton invites
                      Kathy Burke to rid the world of her
                      pet hates, including mobile phones
                      and Jeffrey Archer


  11.20pm      The Fast Show

                       it may well be too cold to use your
                       jumpers for goalposts, but Ron Manager
​                       still has plenty of useful advice


  11.50pm       Grumpy Old Men
                        1/4. Is This the World We Created? 
                        Another chance to see the series,
                        showing over the next four nights,
                        in which the self-confessed grumpiest
                        group in Britain - 35-54-year-old males
                        get things off their chests. Designer
                        labels, fatty foods, body-piercing,
                        automated call centres and speed bumps
                        get a sound dressing-down from Bill Nighy,
                        Bob Geldof , Rory McGrath and
                        Arthur Smith


    12.30pm     Red Dwarf V
                        
4/6. Quarantine.
                        After an encounter at a viral research
                        centre, Rimmer decides on drastic
                        measures and locks up the rest of the crew


 
     1.00am     TOTP2
                        
Featuring Black, the Eagles,
                        Chumbawamba, Wax, the Adverts
                        and the Rolling Stones


       1.25am     Later . . .with Jools Holland
                        
REM, Buddy Guy , Yoko Ono , Jamelia,
                        June Tabor and British Sea Power are
                        tonight's eclectic line-up
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