CHANNEL 4 CHRISTMAS TV 1983

  Christmas Eve Saturday 24th December 1983    

  2.05pm  Film : Major Barbara (1941)
                    starring Wendy Hiller, Rex Harrison 

  4.35pm  Unforgettable Swingtime

  5.05pm  Brookside

  6.00pm  News Headlines and Weather followed by
                    A Wee Bit Cheeky : Arnold Taylor

  7.00pm  Film : Stormy Weather (1943)
                    starring Lena Horne, Bill Robinson, Cab Calloway, Fats Waller

  8.30pm  An Evening with Max Wall 

  9.30pm  It's Got to be Funny Hasn't It?
                   Max Wall Talking to Peter Williams   

10.30pm  The Worst of Hollywood : Film : Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)
                     starring John Call  

12.15am  Closedown


  Christmas Day Sunday 25th December 1983

10.35am  Christmas Oratorio

  1.15pm    Film : The Gang's All Here (1943)
                   starring Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda 

  3.10pm  Skywhales

  3.25pm  Fragile Earth

  4.25pm  Film : Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953)
                   starring Jacques Tati  

  6.00pm  The Queen

  6.15pm  Twice Knightly : The Barron Knights 

  7.15pm  News Headlines and Weather followed by
                  Father's Day Christmas Special  
                  Guess Who's Coming to Christmas Dinner ?   

  7.50pm  Struggle : One Person, One Vote
                   starring Tim Piggot-Smith, Ray Smith 
 
  8.25pm  Film : The King of Comedy (1982)
                   ​starring Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis 

10.25pm  Tadada : Peter Brook's Paris Cabaret

11.10pm  Peace on Earth

12.10am  Closedown


  Boxing Day Monday 26th December 1983  

10.35am   Animated Fables

11.05am    Film : A Swarm in May (1983)
                     starring Oliver Hicks, Rory MacFarquhar, Peter Cosmetatos

12.30pm   Film : The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
                    starring Tommy Kelly, Jacky Moran, Walter Brennan 

  2.00pm  A Rough Stage

  3.30pm  Christmas Cartoon Carnival

  4.00pm  Charlie Chaplin - The Little Tramp

  4.45pm  The Sleeping Beauty The Kirov Ballet 

  6.55pm  News Headlines and Weather followed by 
                   Home

  8.00pm  From Mao to Mozart

  9.30pm  Film : Renaldo and Clara (1978)
                    starring Bob Dylan, Joan Baez   

  1.45am  Closedown  


  Christmas Tuesday 27th December 1983

10.55am  Film : The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939)
                   starring Mickey Rooney 

12.30pm  Rockers Roadshow

  1.15pm  American Football

  3.30pm  The Sports Quiz with Steve Davis

  4.00pm  Supersonic

  5.00pm  Film : Spring in Park Lane (1948)
                     starring Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding 

  6.45pm  Silas Marner

  7.15pm   News Headlines and Weather followed by
                   A Day in the Garden

  8.15pm   Brookside

  8.50pm  ITV Comedy Classics
                   The Morecambe and Wise Show

  9.20pm  George and the Dragon

  9.50pm  Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium

10.50pm  At Last the 1948 Show

11.20pm  Film : Mr Moto's Gamble (1938)
                   starring Peter Lorre 

12.35am  Closedown

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