CHANNEL 4 CHRISTMAS TV 1986


  Christmas Eve Wednesday 24th December 1986 

   11.00am  Film : Cammina, Cammina  (1983)  
                    (Keep Walking)

     1.40pm  Cartoon Carnival
                    Ray Alan and Lord Charles introduce some Christmas cartoons

    2.00pm  Pob's Christmas Special 
                    Su Pollard

     2.30pm  Stacking in the Sky
                    Leo Dickinson's Adventures With a Camera 

    3.30pm  Film : The Strong Man (1926)
                    starring Harry Langdon   
                    A restored version of the silent film tinted by David Gill & Kevin Brownlow with a new musical
                    score by Carl Davis.

     5.00pm  Gymnastics
                     The Kraft International from Wembley Arena 

     6.00pm  Carols for Christmas
                     a traditional carol concert featuring Aled Jones

      7.00pm  News Summary and Weather followed by 
                     Film : Holiday Inn (1942)
                     starring Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Marjorie Reynolds  

     9.00pm  Dame Peggy
                     A Portrait of Peggy Ashcroft 

    10.45pm  St Nicolas Cantata Op 42
                     by Benjamin Britten 

     11.45pm  Blue Suede Shoes
                     with Carl Perkins, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Dave Edmunds, Geraint Watkins,
                     The Stray Cats (Repeat)

     12.45am  Film : Mad Love (1935)
                     starring Peter Lorre, Frances Drake  (b&w)

      2.00am  Closedown

   Christmas Day Thursday 25th December 1986 

    10.00am  The Gingerbread Man
                     Children's Christmas Playhouse

   11.45am    Film : The Nightingale ​
                     Hans Christian Andersen fairytale 

     12.25pm  A Lakeland Overture
                     Christmas Concert from St Andrew's Church, Penrith  introduced by Melvynn Bragg

      1.25pm  Film : Hellzapoppin' (1941)
                    Olsen and Johnson 

     3.00pm  Glorianna  
                     opera  with Sarah Walker, Anthony Rolfe Johnson

      5.40pm  The Queen

      5.50pm  Film : The Snowman (1982)
                      animation

      6.20pm  Hallaig  
                     the Poetry and Landscape of Sorley MacLean 

      7.20pm  News Summary and Weather followed by
                     Vladimir Horowitz - the Last Romantic

     9.00pm  The Importance of Being Earnest
                     starring Wendy Hiller  

    11.10pm   Eric Clapton and Friends
                     at the Birmingham NEC

     12.10am  Rejoice

     12.40am  Closedown

   Boxing Day Friday 26th December 1986    

        9.30am  Film : A Swarm in May (1983)
                       starring Oliver Hicks, Jack May

       11.00am  Theresa at the Palace

        12.35pm  Santa's Pocket Watch 
                         a Christmas cartoon 

         1.00pm  Channel 4 Racing
                        from Kempton Park  1.10, 1.40, 2.15 & 2.45 races

        3.00pm  Tennis  
                        The Davis Cup Final : Australia v Sweden 

         5.00pm  The Queen and Her Ceremonial Horses
                         The Story of the Royal Mews 

          6.00pm  The Pleasure Gardens - Vauxhall Revisited
                          with Reri Grist, Donald Grobe

           7.05pm  News Summary and Weather followed by 
                          Stairs
                          a programme taking a light-hearted look at the role of stairs in the movies, in life and also
                          in our dreams

           7.35pm  The Works
                          starring Glenn Sherwood 

          9.00pm  L'Heure Espagnole  
                          opera

        10.00pm  Max Headroom's Giant Christmas Turkey
                         with Matt Frewer, Dave Edmunds, Bob Geldof, Tina Turner

        10.45pm  The Weavers : Wasn't That a Time ?

         12.05am  Film : It Came From Outer Space (1953)
                          starring Kathleen Hughes, Richard Carlson, Barbara Rush

            1.35am  Closedown