CHANNEL 4 CHRISTMAS TV 1993
Christmas Eve Friday 24th December 1993
5.00am 4-Tel on View
6.30am Ulysses 31 (Repeat)
7.00am The Big Breakfast
9.00am Saved by the Bell
US teen comedy
9.30am Grim Tales
The Little Peasant animation (Repeat)
9.45am The Lone Ranger
an ex criminal shelters baddies from the masked hero (b&w)
10.15am Grim Tales
The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids animation told by Rik Mayall (Repeat)
10.30am Dennis
cartoon (Repeat)
10.40am Film : Green Grass of Wyoming (1948)
starring Peggy Cummins, Charles Coburn
12.20pm Father Christmas
classic animation based on Raymond Briggs's book with the voice of Mel Smith
12.50pm Sesame Street
with special guest Robbie Williams
1.50pm Christmas in Rome
1/3 musical celebration of the Christmas season from the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome
2.35pm Film : Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
starring Edmund Gwenn, Maureen O'Hara (b&w)
4.20pm Fifteen to One
general knowledge quiz
5.00pm News Summary and Weather
5.05pm Monster Maker
fantasy drama with Jim Henson's Creature Shop (Repeat)
6.00pm The Crystal Maze Kids' Special
presented by Ed Tudor Pole
7.00pm Twist
documentary which chronicles the evolution of the rock 'n' roll dance
featuring Chubby Checker, Dee Dee Sharp, Hank Ballard
8.30pm Brookside
9.00pm Tina Turner : What's Love
Live concert recorded on 15th September at the Blockbuster Stadium, San Bernadino, California
10.00pm Christmas in New York : Camp Christmas
Channel 4's alternative Christmas celebration hosted by Erasure's Andy Bell and American singer
Melissa Etheridge, starring Stephen Fry, Quentin Crisp, Martina Navratilova, Ian McKellen,
Pam St Clement, Polly Perkins and Julian Clary as a talking reindeer.
Also featured are Sandra Bernhard, Justin Fashanu, Lily Savage, Anthony Sher, Simon Callow,
Pierre et Gilles, Jimmy Somerville, and many more surprise guests
11.05pm Diana Ross, the Lady Sings
recorded live in New York
12.10am The Word Christmas Special
highlights from this year's shows with Terry Christian, Dani Behr, Mark Lamarr, Huffty
1.10am Manhattan Cable's Christmas Extravaganza
Laurie Pike presents a special Christmas edition of the cult American TV access show
1.55am LA Law
(first shown on ITV)
2.50am Closedown
Christmas Day Saturday 25th December 1993
5.00am 4-Tel on View
6.00am The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Repeat)
6.25am Heathcliff
6.40am Bobobobs (Repeat)
7.05am Up on the House Top
family animation
7.35am The Boy Who Dreamed Christmas
animation (Repeat)
8.00am Ziggy's Gift
animated story
8.30am For Better or Worse
festive edition of the animated family adventures
9.00am White Camel
animated story about the boy king, Melchoir whose search for a white camel leads him to Bethlehem
9.55am Saved by the Bell
teenage comedy series
10.20am Film : The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery (1966)
starring Frankie Howerd, George Cole, Dora Bryan
12.05pm Harold Lloyd - the Third Genius
documentary
1.05pm Ginger Nutt's Christmas Circus
vintage animation
1.10pm Christmas in Rome
seasonal 17th and 18th Century music performed by Trevor Pinnock and the English Concert
1.50pm The One, the only Groucho
documentary
3.00pm Christmas in New York : The Alternative Queen's Message
with Quentin Crisp
3.15pm Christmas Star
documentary
4.15pm The Queen
4.25pm The Snowman
animation (Repeat)
4.55pm Brookside
6.20pm Christmas
with Luciano Pavarotti
7.25pm News Summary and Weather
7.30pm Christmas in New York
Film : Cousin Bobby (1992)
documentary Première
8.30pm Film : Swan Song (1992)
starring John Gielgud Première
9.00pm La Fanciulla del West
Puccini's wild west opera starring Placido Domingo
11.30pm Christmas in New York : The Alternative Queen's Message
with Quentin Crisp at the Plaza, New York (Repeat)
11.50pm Robin Williams Live at the Met
Robin Williams performs stand-up comedy in New York
12.50am Film : Monkey Business (1931)
starring the Marx Brothers (b&w)
2.15am LA Law
Rollins defends a ventriloquist (first shown on ITV)
3.10am Closedown
Christmas Sunday 26th December 1993
5.00am 4-Tel on View
6.00am Trans World Sport
6.55am Heathcliff
animation
7.05am Tooth Fairy, Where are You ?
animation (Repeat)
7.35am The Adventures of Super Mario Bros
cartoon
8.05am Super Dave
festive animation
8.30am Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
animation
9.00am The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (Repeat)
9.55am Saved by the Bell
High School comedy series
10.25am Take That Live at Wembley
recorded in the summer
11.35am Harold Lloyd - the Third Genius
2/3
12.40pm Christmas in Rome
more classical Christmas music including Vivaldi's Gloria
1.15pm The Shepherd
animation
1.25pm Film : Wings (1927)
silent war drama starring Clara Bow (b&w)
4.10pm Christmas in New York : Film : Sunday in New York (1963)
starring Cliff Robertson, Jane Fonda, Rod Taylor
6.05pm The Cosby Show
6.35pm News Summary and Weather
6.40pm The Ghosts of Oxford Street
musical film charting the history of London's famous street directed and
narrated by Malcolm McLaren
7.45pm The Great Commanders
Georgi Zhukov and the Battle for Berlin
8.30pm The Harmfulness of Tobacco
starring Edward Fox
9.00pm Christmas in New York : Film : Manhattan (1979)
starring Woody Allen, Diane Keaton (b&w)
10.45pm The Road to the Superbowl
coverage of the XXVIII Superbowl featuring a key match in the
selection process which leads to Atlanta
12.45am Film : Animal Crackers (1930)
starring the Marx Brothers (b&w)
2.30am LA Law
Grace helps to free someone she helped convict (first shown on ITV)
3.20am Closedown
Boxing Day Monday 27th December 1993
5.00am 4-Tel on View
7.00am Ulysses 31
7.25am Spiff and Hercules
animation
7.45am Dennis
more scamp tales
8.00am The Big Breakfast
live magazine show including an hour of highlights from the Big Breakfast 1993, also includes at
8.02am Mr Men
8.12am Magic Roundabout
8.21am Monster Tails
8.30am Wish Kid
9.02am Crunch with Zig and Zag
9.06am Gags
9.10am Family Stuff
9.20am Stuff and Nonsense : Invention Corner
9.30am Down Your Doorstep
9.40am Cue Paula
9.50am Crunch with Zig and Zag
10.00am Saved by the Bell
US teen comedy
10.30am The Lone Ranger
mob violence breaks out in Eagle City (b&w)
11.00am Racing : the Morning Line
reviews and a preview of today's action
11.30am Sesame Street
with guest, singer Randy Travis
12.30pm Racing from Kempton
(12.45, 1.45, 2.20, 2.50 races)
3.15pm Film : Movie Crazy (1932)
starring Harold Lloyd (b&w)
4.50pm Christmas in New York : Big Apple Tinsel
Santa Kitsch an archive compilation built around the theme of New York, Santa Claus and. . .weapons
5.05pm News and Weather
5.10pm Christmas in New York : Film : The Out of Towners (1970)
starring Jack Lemmon, Sandy Dennis
7.00pm Prince Cinders
animation a twist on the traditional Cinderella story
7.30pm Mouse Soup animation based on a book by Arnold Lobel
8.00pm Brookside
8.30pm Desmond's (Repeat)
9.00pm Christmas in New York : Film : New York Stories (1989) Première
featuring a trilogy of stories set on New York
Life Lessons starring Nick Nolte, Rosanna Arquette, Patrick O'Neal, Peter Gabriel
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Life Without Zoe with Heather McComb, Talia Shire, Giancarlo Giannini Directed by Francis Coppola
Oedipus Wrecks with Woody Allen, Mia Farrow Directed by Woody Allen
11.20pm American Football : the Big Match
the road to the Superbowl
12.40am Film : At the Circus (1939)
starring the Marx Brothers (b&w)
2.10am LA Law
Kuzak defends the owner of a nudist colony (first shown on ITV)
3.05am Closedown
Holiday Tuesday 28th December 1993
5.00am 4-Tel on View
7.00am Ulysses 31 (Repeat)
7.25am Spiff and Hercules
cat and dog cartoon
7.50am Dennis
animation
8.00am The Big Breakfast
10.00am Saved by the Bell
US teen comedy
10.30am The Lone Ranger
classic Western series (b&w)
11.00am Racing : the Morning Line reviews and previews of today's action
11.30am Sesame Street
12.30pm Racing from Kempton Park
(12.45, 1.15, 2.20, 2.50 plus the the 2.35 from Leopardstown)
3.15pm Film : Speed (1928)
starring Harold Lloyd (b&w)
4.55pm Christmas in New York : Big Apple Tinsel
2/4 God and the Devil in New York
5.10pm The Oprah Winfrey Show
6.00pm Roseanne
6.30pm Gamesmaster
with Dexter Fletcher
followed by
News Summary and Weather
7.00pm Ray of Hope
a profile of footballer Ray Kennedy who played for Arsenal and Liverpool
who is now suffering from Parkinson's Disease. Narrated by James Bolam
8.00pm Claws, Jaws and Dinosaurs
9.00pm Film : Wittgenstein (1993)
starring Karl Johnson, Tilda Swinton Première
10.20pm Tim Allen Rewires America
stand-up comedy
11.00pm Christmas in New York : New(s) York
Laurie Pike investigates life in New York as represented on the 24-hour news cable station NY1
11.30pm Brace Yourself Sydney
comedian Julian Clary makes a visit to Australia
12.15am Ready, Steady, Go! Motown Special
including Stevie Wonder, the Supremes, the Temptations, Martha and the Vandellas (b&w)
1.15am Film : Horse Feathers (1932)
starring the Marx Brothers (b&w)
2.25am LA Law
Van Owen has a re-match against a rival who once defeated her in court
3.20am Closedown
