CHANNEL 4 CHRISTMAS TV 1997
Christmas Eve Wednesday 24th December 1997
5.55am Children's programmes
Dumb and Dumber
cartoon
6.10am Ovide
6.35am Madeleine
7.00am The Babysitters Club
7.30am Two Stupid Dogs
8.00am The Big Breakfast
10.00am Zig and Zag's Big Morning
Smudge
10.30am Dennis
10.45am Film : Tom and Jerry : the Movie (1992)
animation Première
12.15pm Light Lunch
1.20pm Frances Bissell's West Country Christmas
1.50pm Film : Ebbie (1995) Première
3.30pm Film : All Creatures Great and Small (1974)
starring Simon Ward, Anthony Hopkins
followed by
News and Weather
5.15pm The Snowman
animation
5.45pm Film : Andre (1994)
starring Keith Carradine Première
7.30pm The Real Nativity Show
8.30pm Brookside
9.00pm Five Go Mad in Dorset
9.40pm The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross
10.25pm Whose Line is it Anyway?
10.55pm Eurotrash
11.25pm Film : Only You (1994)
starring Marisa Tomei, Robert Downey Jr Première
1.05am Film : Mr Vampire II (1986)
2.45am J'Accuse : Santa
3.15am Film : Night Nurse (1931)
starring Barbara Stanwyck (b&w)
4.30am Film : Baby Face (1933)
starring Barbara Stanwyck (b&w)
Christmas Day Thursday 25th December 1997
5.55am Children's programmes
Dumb and Dumber
cartoon
6.10am Ovide
6.35am Madeleine
7.00am The Babysitters Club
7.30am Two Stupid Dogs
8.00am The Big Breakfast
10.00am Film : Dr Dolittle (1967)
starring Rex Harrison
12.40pm Diana : a Tribute
1.55pm The Roses of No Man's Land
3.00pm The Alternative Christmas Message
13yr old Margaret Gibney
3.05pm Verdi's Requiem with Pavarotti
4.45pm The Nativity
animation
5.00pm Countdown Special
5.30pm Film : Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
starring Alec Guinness, Dennis Price
followed by
News and Weather
7.30pm The Damnation of Faust
opera
10.05pm The Queen
10.15pm A Splice of Life : 15 Years of Film Four
11.05pm Film : Dracula - Prince of Darkness (1965)
starring Christopher Lee
12.45am Film : Lust for a Vampire (1970)
starring Ralph Bates
2.30am Film : Front Page Woman (1935)
starring Bette Davis (b&w)
4.05am Film : Fashions of 1934 (1934)
starring Bette Davis (b&w)
5.25am Those British Faces
Boxing Day Friday 26th December 1997
5.55am Children's programmes
Dumb and Dumber
cartoon
6.10am Ovide
6.35am Madeleine
7.00am The Babysitters Club
7.30am Two Stupid Dogs
8.00am The Big Breakfast
10.00am Zig and Zag's Big Morning
Happy Days
10.30am The Morning Line
11.15am Film : Jack the Giant Killer (1962)
1.00pm Racing from Kempton Park
3.15pm Film : The Land That Time Forget (1974)
starring Doug McLure
4.55pm Bewitched
5.25pm The Light Lunch Cardigan Christmas
6.30pm Brookside
8.05pm Film : A Midsummer Night's Dream (1996)
starring Lindsay Duncan, Alex Jennings Première
10.00pm Film : Nell (1994)
starring Jodie Foster, Liam Neeson, Natasha Richardson Première
12.05am Film : Le Confessionnal (1995) Première
2.00am Film : I, Confess (1953)
starring Montgomery Clift, Anne Baxter
3.45am Film : Strange Cargo (1940)
starring Clark Gable, Joan Crawford (until 5.45am)