CHANNEL 4 CHRISTMAS TV 1988
Saturday 17th December 1988
9.30am Storybook Classics
10.00am Moneyspinner
10.30am Film: Easy Money
12.15pm World of Animation
12.30pm Empress Wu
1.00pm Patterns of Life : Flights of Fancy
2.00pm Film : Cottage To Let (1941)
3.45pm Film : The Big Noise (1944)
5.05pm Brookside
6.00pm Right to Reply
6.30pm First in the Frame
7.00pm News, Weather
7.05pm Hollywood
8.05pm Game, Set & Match
9.05pm Allegro : Jean Sibelius
11.05pm Creation
11.35pm Tennis : The Davis Cup Final
12.35am The Street
1.05am Film : Le Pêtomane (1979)
1.45am Barney Miller
2.45am Closedown
Sunday 18th December 1988
9.25am Orientations
10.00am The World This Week
11.00am The Waltons
12.00 Treasure Hunt
1.00pm Lost in Space
2.00pm Film : Flesh and the Devil (1926)
4.05pm World Within a Ring
4.40pm News, Weather
4.45pm Sea Farmers
5.45pm American Football
7.00pm Taming the Flood
8.00pm Testament
9.00pm The Media Show
10.00pm Film : The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
11.55pm Tennis : The Davis Cup. Final
12.55am Film : Touki-Bouki (1973)
2.35am Closedown
Monday 19th December 1988
9.30am Film : My Favourite Blonde (1942)
10.55am Film : My Little Chickadee (1944)
12.30pm Business Daily
1.00pm Sesame. Street
2.00pm Film : The Little Princess (19)
3.45pm Years Ahead
4.30pm Fifteen-to-One
5.00pm The Late Late Show
6.00pm The Munsters
6.30pm Hillwomen
7.00pm Channel 4 News
7.50pm Comment
followed by
Weather
8.00pm Brookside
8.30pm All I Want For Christmas
9.00pm In the Club? - Birth Control this Century
9.45pm Masterworks
10.00pm Hill Street Blues
11.00pm The Eleventh Hour
12.30am Tears, Laughter, Fears & Rage
1.00am Closedown
Tuesday 20th December 1988
9.30am Film : The Golden Age of Buster Keaton (1975)
11.20am Film : The Chaser (1928)
12.30pm Business Daily
1.00pm Sesame. Street
2.00pm Film : Dear Mr Prohack (1949)
3.40pm The Oprah Winfrey Show
4.30pm Fifteen-to-One
5.00pm American Football
6.00pm The Cosby Show
6.30pm The Secret Life of the Television Set
7.00pm Channel 4 News
7.50pm Comment
followed by
Weather
8.00pm The Divided Kingdom
8.30pm Moneyspinner
9.00pm Bandung File
10.00pm Almost Christmas
11.05pm Scoff
11.35pm American Football
12.35am Film : I Ought to be in Pictures (1982)
2.35am Closedown
Wednesday 21st December `1988
9.30am Film : Cheer Boys Cheer (1939)
11.05am Film : Gasbags (1941)
12.30pm Business Daily
1.00pm Sesame Street
2.00pm Happy Ever After
3.40pm The Oprah Winfrey Show
4.30pm Fifteen-to-One
5.00pm Hand In Hand
5.30pm The Three Stooges
5.50pm Infantile Disorders
7.00pm Channel 4 News
7.50pm Comment
followed by
Weather
8.00pm Brookside
8.30pm Dispatches
9.15pm Signals
10.15pm The Greatest Show on Earth
11.20pm Lou Grant
12.20am The Late Shift
2.35am Closedown
Thursday 22nd December 1988
9.30am Film : Lost in a Harem (1944)
11.05am Film : Jack of All Trades (1936)
12.30pm Business Daily
1.00pm Sesame Street
2.00pm Horses
3.00pm Equinox : Malltime (Repeat)
4.00pm Not on Sunday
4.30pm Fifteen-to-One
5.00pm Scarecrow and Mrs King
6.00pm A Different World
6.30pm Pandas
7.00pm Channel 4 News
7.50pm Comment
followed by
Weather
8.00pm Sumo
8.30pm Troubles
12.25am Film : Pumping Iron (1977)
2.05am Closedown
Friday 23rd December 1988
9.30am Film : It's a Gift (1934) (b&w)
10.45am The Gingerbread Man
12.30pm Business Daily
1.00pm Sesame Street
2.00pm Film : The Lord of the Rings (1978)
4.30pm Fifteen-to-One
5.00pm Mork & Mindy
5.30pm Redbrick
6.00pm Faerie Tale Theatre
7.00pm Channel 4 News
7.55pm Graceland : African Concert
9.00pm The Golden Girls
9.30pm A Houseful of Plants
10.00pm The Last Resort
10.50pm Fritz Lang Double Bill
Film : Metropolis (1927) (b&w)
12.25am Film : The Woman in the Window (1944) (b&w)
Christmas Eve Saturday 24th December 1988
9.30am Storybook Classics
Santabear's First Christmas (Repeat)
10.00am Moneyspinner (Repeat)
10.30am Film : Forever and a Day (1943)
starring Anna Neagle, Ray Milland (b&w)
12.30pm Empress Wu
1.00pm Christmas Star
Czech animation of the Christmas story (Repeat)
1.15pm A Child's Christmas in Wales
starring Denholm Elliott
2.15pm Gymnastics
The Kraft International from Alexandra Palace
3.30pm Film : The Little Match Girl (1987)
starring Keshia Knight Pulliam, William Daniels, Rue McClanahan
5.05pm Brookside (Repeat)
6.00pm Faerie Tale Theatre
The Three Little Pigs with Billy Crystal, Valerie Perrine, Jeff Goldblum
7.00pm News Summary and Weather
7.05pm Hollywood
13 : The End of an Era (Repeat)
8.05pm Game, Set & Match
starring Ian Holm
9.05pm Nine on 4
9.15pm Tchaikovsky's Women
film covering Tchakovsky's life up to the composition of Eugene Onegin, starring Vladimir Ashkenazy,
Helen Field, Cythia Harvey, Clarry Bartha
10.35pm Creation
Part 2
old time religion comes to Canterbury, an original black gospel musical
11.05pm Film : Yanks (1979)
starring Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Gere, William Devane
1.45am Max Headroom's Giant Christmas Turkey (Repeat)
2.30am Closedown
Christmas Day Sunday 25th December 1988
9.30am Christopher's Christmas Mission
Swedish animation narrated by Bernard Cribbins
10.00am Silent Mouse
starring Lynn Redgrave, Gregor Fisher
11.00am The Waltons
The Genius
12.00 Treasure Hunt
with Kenneth Kendall, Aneka Rice, Wincey Willis (Repeat)
1.00pm Lost in Space
A Visit to Hades
2.00pm Film : Show People (1928)
starring Marion Davies
3.30pm Film : The Snowman (1982)
animation
6.00pm Faerie Tale Theatre
Pinocchio, starring Paul Reubens
7.00pm News Summary and Weather
followed by
Time is a Country
Margaret Gardiner
8.20pm Challenge by Fire - Restoring the Glory of York Minster
9.00pm Creole Giselle
The Dance Theatre of Harlem, ballet
10.40pm Jean-Michel Jarre : Destination Docklands
11.40am Human Rights Now!
concert filmed live in Buenos Aries, Argentina featuring Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Peter Gabriel,
Tracy Chapman, Youssou N'Dour, E Street Band (Repeat)
2.40am Closedown
Boxing Day Monday 26th December 1988
9.30am Sesame Street
Victor Borge
10.30am Race Against the Wind
an Assignment Adventure documentary (Repeat)
11.30am Street Hockey
Street Warriors v Streetforce Titans
12.00 Stone Monkey
portrait of a rock climber (Repeat)
12.30pm Channel 4 Racing
from Kempton Park 12.45, 1.15, 1.45, 2.20 & 2.50 races
3.15pm Anne of Green Gables
starring Megan Follows (Repeat)
5.05pm Cricket - The Women's World Cup Final
6.00pm Faerie Tale Theatre
Rapunzel, starring Shelley Duvall, Jeff Bridges, Gena Rowlands, Roddy McDowell
7.00pm News Summary and Weather
followed by
Caught in the Act
with Kenneth Branagh, David Parfitt, Derek Jacobi, Judi Dench, Geraldine McEwan
8.00pm Cheers
Christmas Cheers (Repeat)
8.30pm Brookside
9.00pm Film : Ginger and Fred (1986)
starring Marcello Mastroianni
11.25pm Le Tango Stupéfiant
Helene Delavault
12.25am Film : Fritz Lang : The Return of Frank James (1940)
starring Henry Fonda
2.10am Closedown
Christmas Tuesday 27th December 1988
9.30am Sesame Street
Jose Carreras
10.30am Transatlantic Diary
an Assignment Adventure documentary (Repeat)
11.30am Street Hockey
The Wigan Wildcats v The Maulers
12.00 Rowing
Westminster Serpentine Regatta
12.30pm Channel 4 Racing
from Kempton Park 12.45, 1.15, 1.45, 2.20 races
2.45pm On the Twelfth Day
film interpreting the song about the 12 Days of Christmas (Repeat)
3.10pm Anne of the Green Gables (Repeat)
5.00pm American Football
Super Bowl XXIII play-offs
6.00pm Faerie Tale Theatre
The Pied Piper starring Eric Idle
7.00pm News Summary and Weather
followed by
Remembering Marilyn
a tribute to Marilyn Monroe
8.00pm The Cosby Show
Mr Quiet
8.30pm Brookside
9.00pm Othello
with John Kani, Joanna Weinberg
12.40am Film : Fritz Lang : Fury (1936)
starring Spencer Tracy (B&W)
2.25am Closedown
Wednesday 28th December 1988
Thursday 29th December 1988
Friday 30th December 1988
New Year's Eve Saturday 31st December 1988
New Year's Day Sunday 1st January 1989
9.30am Storybook Classics
10.00am Moneyspinner
10.30am Film: Easy Money
12.15pm World of Animation
12.30pm Empress Wu
1.00pm Patterns of Life : Flights of Fancy
2.00pm Film : Cottage To Let (1941)
3.45pm Film : The Big Noise (1944)
5.05pm Brookside
6.00pm Right to Reply
6.30pm First in the Frame
7.00pm News, Weather
7.05pm Hollywood
8.05pm Game, Set & Match
9.05pm Allegro : Jean Sibelius
11.05pm Creation
11.35pm Tennis : The Davis Cup Final
12.35am The Street
1.05am Film : Le Pêtomane (1979)
1.45am Barney Miller
2.45am Closedown
Sunday 18th December 1988
9.25am Orientations
10.00am The World This Week
11.00am The Waltons
12.00 Treasure Hunt
1.00pm Lost in Space
2.00pm Film : Flesh and the Devil (1926)
4.05pm World Within a Ring
4.40pm News, Weather
4.45pm Sea Farmers
5.45pm American Football
7.00pm Taming the Flood
8.00pm Testament
9.00pm The Media Show
10.00pm Film : The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
11.55pm Tennis : The Davis Cup. Final
12.55am Film : Touki-Bouki (1973)
2.35am Closedown
Monday 19th December 1988
9.30am Film : My Favourite Blonde (1942)
10.55am Film : My Little Chickadee (1944)
12.30pm Business Daily
1.00pm Sesame. Street
2.00pm Film : The Little Princess (19)
3.45pm Years Ahead
4.30pm Fifteen-to-One
5.00pm The Late Late Show
6.00pm The Munsters
6.30pm Hillwomen
7.00pm Channel 4 News
7.50pm Comment
followed by
Weather
8.00pm Brookside
8.30pm All I Want For Christmas
9.00pm In the Club? - Birth Control this Century
9.45pm Masterworks
10.00pm Hill Street Blues
11.00pm The Eleventh Hour
12.30am Tears, Laughter, Fears & Rage
1.00am Closedown
Tuesday 20th December 1988
9.30am Film : The Golden Age of Buster Keaton (1975)
11.20am Film : The Chaser (1928)
12.30pm Business Daily
1.00pm Sesame. Street
2.00pm Film : Dear Mr Prohack (1949)
3.40pm The Oprah Winfrey Show
4.30pm Fifteen-to-One
5.00pm American Football
6.00pm The Cosby Show
6.30pm The Secret Life of the Television Set
7.00pm Channel 4 News
7.50pm Comment
followed by
Weather
8.00pm The Divided Kingdom
8.30pm Moneyspinner
9.00pm Bandung File
10.00pm Almost Christmas
11.05pm Scoff
11.35pm American Football
12.35am Film : I Ought to be in Pictures (1982)
2.35am Closedown
Wednesday 21st December `1988
9.30am Film : Cheer Boys Cheer (1939)
11.05am Film : Gasbags (1941)
12.30pm Business Daily
1.00pm Sesame Street
2.00pm Happy Ever After
3.40pm The Oprah Winfrey Show
4.30pm Fifteen-to-One
5.00pm Hand In Hand
5.30pm The Three Stooges
5.50pm Infantile Disorders
7.00pm Channel 4 News
7.50pm Comment
followed by
Weather
8.00pm Brookside
8.30pm Dispatches
9.15pm Signals
10.15pm The Greatest Show on Earth
11.20pm Lou Grant
12.20am The Late Shift
2.35am Closedown
Thursday 22nd December 1988
9.30am Film : Lost in a Harem (1944)
11.05am Film : Jack of All Trades (1936)
12.30pm Business Daily
1.00pm Sesame Street
2.00pm Horses
3.00pm Equinox : Malltime (Repeat)
4.00pm Not on Sunday
4.30pm Fifteen-to-One
5.00pm Scarecrow and Mrs King
6.00pm A Different World
6.30pm Pandas
7.00pm Channel 4 News
7.50pm Comment
followed by
Weather
8.00pm Sumo
8.30pm Troubles
12.25am Film : Pumping Iron (1977)
2.05am Closedown
Friday 23rd December 1988
9.30am Film : It's a Gift (1934) (b&w)
10.45am The Gingerbread Man
12.30pm Business Daily
1.00pm Sesame Street
2.00pm Film : The Lord of the Rings (1978)
4.30pm Fifteen-to-One
5.00pm Mork & Mindy
5.30pm Redbrick
6.00pm Faerie Tale Theatre
7.00pm Channel 4 News
7.55pm Graceland : African Concert
9.00pm The Golden Girls
9.30pm A Houseful of Plants
10.00pm The Last Resort
10.50pm Fritz Lang Double Bill
Film : Metropolis (1927) (b&w)
12.25am Film : The Woman in the Window (1944) (b&w)
Christmas Eve Saturday 24th December 1988
9.30am Storybook Classics
Santabear's First Christmas (Repeat)
10.00am Moneyspinner (Repeat)
10.30am Film : Forever and a Day (1943)
starring Anna Neagle, Ray Milland (b&w)
12.30pm Empress Wu
1.00pm Christmas Star
Czech animation of the Christmas story (Repeat)
1.15pm A Child's Christmas in Wales
starring Denholm Elliott
2.15pm Gymnastics
The Kraft International from Alexandra Palace
3.30pm Film : The Little Match Girl (1987)
starring Keshia Knight Pulliam, William Daniels, Rue McClanahan
5.05pm Brookside (Repeat)
6.00pm Faerie Tale Theatre
The Three Little Pigs with Billy Crystal, Valerie Perrine, Jeff Goldblum
7.00pm News Summary and Weather
7.05pm Hollywood
13 : The End of an Era (Repeat)
8.05pm Game, Set & Match
starring Ian Holm
9.05pm Nine on 4
9.15pm Tchaikovsky's Women
film covering Tchakovsky's life up to the composition of Eugene Onegin, starring Vladimir Ashkenazy,
Helen Field, Cythia Harvey, Clarry Bartha
10.35pm Creation
Part 2
old time religion comes to Canterbury, an original black gospel musical
11.05pm Film : Yanks (1979)
starring Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Gere, William Devane
1.45am Max Headroom's Giant Christmas Turkey (Repeat)
2.30am Closedown
Christmas Day Sunday 25th December 1988
9.30am Christopher's Christmas Mission
Swedish animation narrated by Bernard Cribbins
10.00am Silent Mouse
starring Lynn Redgrave, Gregor Fisher
11.00am The Waltons
The Genius
12.00 Treasure Hunt
with Kenneth Kendall, Aneka Rice, Wincey Willis (Repeat)
1.00pm Lost in Space
A Visit to Hades
2.00pm Film : Show People (1928)
starring Marion Davies
3.30pm Film : The Snowman (1982)
animation
6.00pm Faerie Tale Theatre
Pinocchio, starring Paul Reubens
7.00pm News Summary and Weather
followed by
Time is a Country
Margaret Gardiner
8.20pm Challenge by Fire - Restoring the Glory of York Minster
9.00pm Creole Giselle
The Dance Theatre of Harlem, ballet
10.40pm Jean-Michel Jarre : Destination Docklands
11.40am Human Rights Now!
concert filmed live in Buenos Aries, Argentina featuring Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Peter Gabriel,
Tracy Chapman, Youssou N'Dour, E Street Band (Repeat)
2.40am Closedown
Boxing Day Monday 26th December 1988
9.30am Sesame Street
Victor Borge
10.30am Race Against the Wind
an Assignment Adventure documentary (Repeat)
11.30am Street Hockey
Street Warriors v Streetforce Titans
12.00 Stone Monkey
portrait of a rock climber (Repeat)
12.30pm Channel 4 Racing
from Kempton Park 12.45, 1.15, 1.45, 2.20 & 2.50 races
3.15pm Anne of Green Gables
starring Megan Follows (Repeat)
5.05pm Cricket - The Women's World Cup Final
6.00pm Faerie Tale Theatre
Rapunzel, starring Shelley Duvall, Jeff Bridges, Gena Rowlands, Roddy McDowell
7.00pm News Summary and Weather
followed by
Caught in the Act
with Kenneth Branagh, David Parfitt, Derek Jacobi, Judi Dench, Geraldine McEwan
8.00pm Cheers
Christmas Cheers (Repeat)
8.30pm Brookside
9.00pm Film : Ginger and Fred (1986)
starring Marcello Mastroianni
11.25pm Le Tango Stupéfiant
Helene Delavault
12.25am Film : Fritz Lang : The Return of Frank James (1940)
starring Henry Fonda
2.10am Closedown
Christmas Tuesday 27th December 1988
9.30am Sesame Street
Jose Carreras
10.30am Transatlantic Diary
an Assignment Adventure documentary (Repeat)
11.30am Street Hockey
The Wigan Wildcats v The Maulers
12.00 Rowing
Westminster Serpentine Regatta
12.30pm Channel 4 Racing
from Kempton Park 12.45, 1.15, 1.45, 2.20 races
2.45pm On the Twelfth Day
film interpreting the song about the 12 Days of Christmas (Repeat)
3.10pm Anne of the Green Gables (Repeat)
5.00pm American Football
Super Bowl XXIII play-offs
6.00pm Faerie Tale Theatre
The Pied Piper starring Eric Idle
7.00pm News Summary and Weather
followed by
Remembering Marilyn
a tribute to Marilyn Monroe
8.00pm The Cosby Show
Mr Quiet
8.30pm Brookside
9.00pm Othello
with John Kani, Joanna Weinberg
12.40am Film : Fritz Lang : Fury (1936)
starring Spencer Tracy (B&W)
2.25am Closedown
Wednesday 28th December 1988
Thursday 29th December 1988
Friday 30th December 1988
New Year's Eve Saturday 31st December 1988
New Year's Day Sunday 1st January 1989
