CHANNEL 4 CHRISTMAS TV 1985

  Christmas Eve Tuesday 24th December 1985

  2.35pm  Launder and Gilliat : Film : Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday (1939) 
                   starring Alastair Sim, Gordon Harker  (B&W)

  4.15pm  Film : Pest from the West (1939)
                  starring Buster Keaton  (B&W)

  4.35pm  Taize : That Little Springtime
                    documentary about the ecumenical religious community of Taize in France and its founder, Brother Roger

  5.00pm  Peace on Earth  
                     narrated by Dame Flora Robson with readings by Laurence Olivier (Repeat)

  6.00pm  Altarpieces
                    Seeking the Blessed 

  6.30pm  Film : The Snowman (1982)
                     animation of Raymond Briggs's Book introduced by David Bowie

  7.00pm  News Summary and Weather
                    followed by
                    Gymnastics
                     the Kraft International from Wembley Arena 

  8.00pm  Brookside

  8.30pm   Carols for Christmas
                     with David Willcocks, Aled Jones, Gerald Finley

  9.35pm    Launder and Gilliat : Film : The Lady Vanishes (1938)
                     starring Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave  

11.25pm  The Pointer Sisters in Paris 

12.35am  Closedown


  Christmas Day Wednesday 25th December 1985 

11.00am  Film : Mister Skeeter (1985)
                   starring Peter Bayliss  (TV Movie)

12.30pm  Wil 6
                    adapted by Meredith Edwards from a story by Huw K. Evans 

  1.20pm  Film : Happy Anniversary (1962)
                   starring Pierre Etaix 

  1.35pm  A Closer Encounter
                   an Assignment Adventure film

  2.35pm  Film : The Marx Brothers at the Circus (1939) (B&W)

  4.15pm  Film : Nothing But Pleasure (1940)
                   starring Buster Keaton  (B&W)

  4.35pm  The Queen

  4.45pm  Film : The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
                    starring Douglas Fairbanks  (B&W)

  7.40pm  News Summary and Weather

  7.45pm  The Mind of David Berglas
                   Christmas Special

  8.45pm  Fonteyn and Nureyev : The Perfect Partnership

10.40pm  Mel Brooks Hails Sid Caesar

11.40pm  Weber's, Missa Sancta

12.25am  Closedown


  Boxing Day Thursday 26th December 1985   

11.00am  Christ Stopped at Eboli
                   Four part Italian/French TV version of Rosi's acclaimed film

12.00       The Heart Has Its Reasons
                   a profile of Jean Vanier founder of L'Arche a community for the mentally handicapped which he began in France in 1964 (Repeat)

12.55pm  Channel Four Racing
                  from Kempton Park  1.10, 1.40, 2.10, & 2.45 races

  3.00pm  Launder and Gilliat : Film : The Rake's Progress (1945) 
                    starring Rex Harrison, Lilli Palmer, Godfrey Tearle  (B&W)

  5.20pm  Christmas Cracker
                    multi award winning seasonal animaton   

  5.30pm  Incantation : Music of the Andes

  6.30pm  News Summary and Weather followed by
                    A Frame With Davis
                     with Steve Davis, Max Boyce & Emlyn Hughes

  7.00pm  Treasure Hunt Special
                     with Kenneth Kendall, Anneka Rice, Wincey Willis from Florida USA

  8.00pm  Viv
                     a portrait of cricketer Viv Richards 

  9.00pm  Golden Hours and Sad Partings
                     Villers-Sur-Mer 

10.00pm  Film : A Delicate Balance (1973)
                      starring Katherine Hepburn, Paul Scofield, Lee Remick

12.30am  Closedown


  

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