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 animation
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