CHANNEL 4 CHRISTMAS TV 1987
Wednesday 23rd December 1987
9.25am Bert Hardy's World (Repeat)
10.40am TV Film : Parade (1974)
12.00 Business Daily
12.30pm Just 4 Fun
1.00pm Sesame Street
2.00pm Altarpieces (Repeat)
2.30pm "Napoli" (ballet)
4.15pm Chinese Dancers
4.30pm Countdown
5.00pm Film : Monsieur Beaucaire (1946)
6.45pm French Shorts
7.00pm Channel 4 News
7.50pm Comment
followed by
Weather
8.00pm Every Window Tells a Story (Repeat)
8.30pm See How They Run (Repeat)
10.00pm Graceland: African Concert
11.10pm Hale & Pace Christmas Extravaganda (Repeat)
12.10am The Decameron
12.25am Film : Return to Glennascaul (1953)
12.55am Closedown
Christmas Eve Thursday 24th December 1987
9.25am The Creation
Haydn's oratorio from the Old University in Vienna
11.50am Christmas Crackers
animation including the Canadian film Concerto Gross Modo
12.10pm Film : School for Vandals (1986)
with Jenni Barrand, Jeremy Coster, Samantha McMillan
1.50pm Just 4 Fun
Storybook Classics : The Emperor's Nightingale
2.35pm Christmas Star
animated Czech version of the Christmas Story
2.50pm Film : 42nd Street (1933)
starring Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels (b&w)
4.30pm Countdown
5.00pm Gymnastics
The Kraft International
6.00pm The Curious Case of Santa Claus
with James Coco, Jon Pertwee, Sabina Franklin (Repeat)
7.00pm News Summary and Weather followed by
Twice Knightly : The Barron Knights (Repeat)
8.00pm Opera on Four : La Cenerentola
Rossini's opera
10.45pm The Comic Strip Presents . . . Consuela
with Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Peter Richardson
11.30pm Film : King of Jazz (1930)
starring Paul Whiteman, John Boles, Bing Crosby (shot in two-colour Technicolor)
1.20am The Decameron Beauty of Bologna
animated tale for adults
1.35am The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer
a homage to the surrealist world of the Czech animator
1.50am Tadada : Peter Brook's Parts Cabaret
a bubbly evening of festive cabaret songs (Repeat)
Christmas Day Friday 25th December 1987
9.30am The Christmas Messenger
with Richard Chamberlain, a Canadian film combining animation and film sequences
with Christmas Carols (Repeat)
10.00am The Story of Abba (Repeat)
10.50am Christmas Crackers
animation for children including the French film, The Little Snow Girl
11.00am Christmas Oratorio
by Johann Sebastian Bach (Repeat)
1.45pm Christmas Sermon : A Wink of Heaven
with Alan Dobie
2.10pm The Mysteries : The Nativity
adapted by Tony Harrison from the Medieval English Mystery Plays (Repeat)
4.30pm Countdown : The Final
with Richard Whiteley, Gyles Brandreth, Carol Thatcher
5.15pm The Queen
5.25pm Film : The Snowman (1982)
animation
6.00pm The Amadeus Quartet
featuring Norbert Brainin, Peter Schidlof, Siegmund Nissel, Martin Lovett
6.45pm News Summary and Weather followed by
Film : Five Days One Summer (1982)
starring Sean Connery
8.50pm Everybody Say Yeah!
hosted by singer/songwriter Paul Simon, recorded at the First Presbyterian Church, Hollywood
10.00pm The Golden Girls
Dorothy's Prized Pupil
10.30pm The Last Resort ( The Least Embarassing Of!)
with Steve Nieve and the Playboys. Jonathan Ross's Christmas cracker
11.20pm Dire Straits Live in '85 at Wembley Arena (Repeat)
12.50am The Decameron
Theme and Variation
1.00am Film : Street of Crocodiles (1986)
puppet animation
1.25am Film : Wild Style (1983)
with Easy AD, AJ, Almighty KG, Patti Astor
3.00am Closedown
Boxing Day Saturday 26th December 1987
9.25am Film : The Big Store (1941)
starring The Marx Brothers (b&w)
11.00am Kalhari - Wilderness Without Water (Repeat)
12.00 Dancin' Days
A Brazilian drama in an English Language version (Repeat)
12.30pm Channel 4 Racing
from Kempton Park 12.45, 1.15, 1.45 & 2.20 races
2.45pm Animating Art
documentary (Repeat)
3.30pm Shorelines
lyrical documentary exploring the shorelines of Orkney
3.50pm The Old Man of Lochnagar
by David Wood based on the book by HRH the Prince of Wales
5.05pm Brookside (Repeat)
6.00pm A Ladies Knight!
with Sir Geraint Evans, an hour of musical favourites
7.00pm News Summary and Weather followed by
Andrès Segovia : The Song of the Guitar (Repeat)
8.00pm A Century of Stars
The story of the Grand Order of Water Rats (Repeat)
9.30pm A Fine Romance
with Judi Dench, Michael Williams
10.05pm Grand Illusions
11.15pm Lily Tomlin
documentary
12.55am The Decameron : Cross Purposes
animation
1.10am Film : The Tingler (1959)
starring Vincent Price
2.45am Closedown
Sunday 27th December 1987
9.25am Movie Mahal : Shammi Kapoor
1: Always in Time
10.00am Coventry's Cup of Joy
Coventry City's FA Cup win as seen through the eyes of their coaches George Curtis and John Sillett
12.00 The Chart Show Christmas Special
1.30pm Glenn Miller : A Moonlight Serenade
a tribute to Glenn Miller (Repeat)
3.00pm Damon and Debbie
starring Simon O'Brien, Gillian Kearney (Repeat)
5.30pm West Country Journey
a lyrical film journey made by British Rail in 1963
6.00pm American Football
with Angelo Abela, Andy Smart & John Smith
7.15pm News Summary and Weather followed by
Mon Cher Papa
documentary about Maurice Sendak
8.20pm An Icelandic Saga
a Swedish animated film
8.30pm Maria Callas - Life and Art
Documentary
10.00pm Film : The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
starring Maggie Smith
12.10am The Decameron : Pestle and Mortar
animation
12.30am Closedown
Christmas Holiday Monday 28th December 1987
9.25am After Dark
Klaus Barbie : Can We Forgive, Dare, We Forget ? (Repeat)
12.00 Street Hockey
Talacre Titans v Renegade Redskins, Street Raiders v Enforcers
12.30pm Racing
from Kempton Park 12.45, 1.15, 1.45 & 2.20 races
2.45pm Film : Star! (1968)
starring Julie Andrews
5.55pm Faerie Tale Theatre : Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
starring Elizabeth McGovern, Vanessa Redgrave, Rex Smith, Vincent Price
6.50pm News Summary and Weather followed by
Cliff from the Hip
Cliff Richard in concert with guests Elton John, Billy Ocean, Five Star, The Shadows, Marti Webb (Repeat)
8.00pm Brookside
8.30pm Charles Rennie Mackintosh - Dreams and Recollections
drama documentary starring Tom Conti, Kara Wilson
10.00pm Thomas 'Fats' Waller - This Joint is Jumpin'
11.00am Comedienne
documentary about Cheryl Klein and Zora Rasmussen, two New York comediennes
12.25am Closedown
9.25am Bert Hardy's World (Repeat)
10.40am TV Film : Parade (1974)
12.00 Business Daily
12.30pm Just 4 Fun
1.00pm Sesame Street
2.00pm Altarpieces (Repeat)
2.30pm "Napoli" (ballet)
4.15pm Chinese Dancers
4.30pm Countdown
5.00pm Film : Monsieur Beaucaire (1946)
6.45pm French Shorts
7.00pm Channel 4 News
7.50pm Comment
followed by
Weather
8.00pm Every Window Tells a Story (Repeat)
8.30pm See How They Run (Repeat)
10.00pm Graceland: African Concert
11.10pm Hale & Pace Christmas Extravaganda (Repeat)
12.10am The Decameron
12.25am Film : Return to Glennascaul (1953)
12.55am Closedown
Christmas Eve Thursday 24th December 1987
9.25am The Creation
Haydn's oratorio from the Old University in Vienna
11.50am Christmas Crackers
animation including the Canadian film Concerto Gross Modo
12.10pm Film : School for Vandals (1986)
with Jenni Barrand, Jeremy Coster, Samantha McMillan
1.50pm Just 4 Fun
Storybook Classics : The Emperor's Nightingale
2.35pm Christmas Star
animated Czech version of the Christmas Story
2.50pm Film : 42nd Street (1933)
starring Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels (b&w)
4.30pm Countdown
5.00pm Gymnastics
The Kraft International
6.00pm The Curious Case of Santa Claus
with James Coco, Jon Pertwee, Sabina Franklin (Repeat)
7.00pm News Summary and Weather followed by
Twice Knightly : The Barron Knights (Repeat)
8.00pm Opera on Four : La Cenerentola
Rossini's opera
10.45pm The Comic Strip Presents . . . Consuela
with Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Peter Richardson
11.30pm Film : King of Jazz (1930)
starring Paul Whiteman, John Boles, Bing Crosby (shot in two-colour Technicolor)
1.20am The Decameron Beauty of Bologna
animated tale for adults
1.35am The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer
a homage to the surrealist world of the Czech animator
1.50am Tadada : Peter Brook's Parts Cabaret
a bubbly evening of festive cabaret songs (Repeat)
Christmas Day Friday 25th December 1987
9.30am The Christmas Messenger
with Richard Chamberlain, a Canadian film combining animation and film sequences
with Christmas Carols (Repeat)
10.00am The Story of Abba (Repeat)
10.50am Christmas Crackers
animation for children including the French film, The Little Snow Girl
11.00am Christmas Oratorio
by Johann Sebastian Bach (Repeat)
1.45pm Christmas Sermon : A Wink of Heaven
with Alan Dobie
2.10pm The Mysteries : The Nativity
adapted by Tony Harrison from the Medieval English Mystery Plays (Repeat)
4.30pm Countdown : The Final
with Richard Whiteley, Gyles Brandreth, Carol Thatcher
5.15pm The Queen
5.25pm Film : The Snowman (1982)
animation
6.00pm The Amadeus Quartet
featuring Norbert Brainin, Peter Schidlof, Siegmund Nissel, Martin Lovett
6.45pm News Summary and Weather followed by
Film : Five Days One Summer (1982)
starring Sean Connery
8.50pm Everybody Say Yeah!
hosted by singer/songwriter Paul Simon, recorded at the First Presbyterian Church, Hollywood
10.00pm The Golden Girls
Dorothy's Prized Pupil
10.30pm The Last Resort ( The Least Embarassing Of!)
with Steve Nieve and the Playboys. Jonathan Ross's Christmas cracker
11.20pm Dire Straits Live in '85 at Wembley Arena (Repeat)
12.50am The Decameron
Theme and Variation
1.00am Film : Street of Crocodiles (1986)
puppet animation
1.25am Film : Wild Style (1983)
with Easy AD, AJ, Almighty KG, Patti Astor
3.00am Closedown
Boxing Day Saturday 26th December 1987
9.25am Film : The Big Store (1941)
starring The Marx Brothers (b&w)
11.00am Kalhari - Wilderness Without Water (Repeat)
12.00 Dancin' Days
A Brazilian drama in an English Language version (Repeat)
12.30pm Channel 4 Racing
from Kempton Park 12.45, 1.15, 1.45 & 2.20 races
2.45pm Animating Art
documentary (Repeat)
3.30pm Shorelines
lyrical documentary exploring the shorelines of Orkney
3.50pm The Old Man of Lochnagar
by David Wood based on the book by HRH the Prince of Wales
5.05pm Brookside (Repeat)
6.00pm A Ladies Knight!
with Sir Geraint Evans, an hour of musical favourites
7.00pm News Summary and Weather followed by
Andrès Segovia : The Song of the Guitar (Repeat)
8.00pm A Century of Stars
The story of the Grand Order of Water Rats (Repeat)
9.30pm A Fine Romance
with Judi Dench, Michael Williams
10.05pm Grand Illusions
11.15pm Lily Tomlin
documentary
12.55am The Decameron : Cross Purposes
animation
1.10am Film : The Tingler (1959)
starring Vincent Price
2.45am Closedown
Sunday 27th December 1987
9.25am Movie Mahal : Shammi Kapoor
1: Always in Time
10.00am Coventry's Cup of Joy
Coventry City's FA Cup win as seen through the eyes of their coaches George Curtis and John Sillett
12.00 The Chart Show Christmas Special
1.30pm Glenn Miller : A Moonlight Serenade
a tribute to Glenn Miller (Repeat)
3.00pm Damon and Debbie
starring Simon O'Brien, Gillian Kearney (Repeat)
5.30pm West Country Journey
a lyrical film journey made by British Rail in 1963
6.00pm American Football
with Angelo Abela, Andy Smart & John Smith
7.15pm News Summary and Weather followed by
Mon Cher Papa
documentary about Maurice Sendak
8.20pm An Icelandic Saga
a Swedish animated film
8.30pm Maria Callas - Life and Art
Documentary
10.00pm Film : The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
starring Maggie Smith
12.10am The Decameron : Pestle and Mortar
animation
12.30am Closedown
Christmas Holiday Monday 28th December 1987
9.25am After Dark
Klaus Barbie : Can We Forgive, Dare, We Forget ? (Repeat)
12.00 Street Hockey
Talacre Titans v Renegade Redskins, Street Raiders v Enforcers
12.30pm Racing
from Kempton Park 12.45, 1.15, 1.45 & 2.20 races
2.45pm Film : Star! (1968)
starring Julie Andrews
5.55pm Faerie Tale Theatre : Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
starring Elizabeth McGovern, Vanessa Redgrave, Rex Smith, Vincent Price
6.50pm News Summary and Weather followed by
Cliff from the Hip
Cliff Richard in concert with guests Elton John, Billy Ocean, Five Star, The Shadows, Marti Webb (Repeat)
8.00pm Brookside
8.30pm Charles Rennie Mackintosh - Dreams and Recollections
drama documentary starring Tom Conti, Kara Wilson
10.00pm Thomas 'Fats' Waller - This Joint is Jumpin'
11.00am Comedienne
documentary about Cheryl Klein and Zora Rasmussen, two New York comediennes
12.25am Closedown
