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