CHANNEL 4 CHRISTMAS TV 2006
Christmas Eve Sunday 24th December 2006
6.10am Children
The Mousehole Cat (Repeat)
6.40am The Treacle People (Repeat)
6.55am Film : Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1998)
featuring the voices of John Goodman, Debbie Reynolds, Whoopi Goldberg
8.25am The Bear
animation (Repeat)
9.00am T4
Popworld
a look back at the best performances and interviews of the year
9.50am Friends (Repeat)
10.30am Hollyoaks
omnibus edition
1.05pm Girls Aloud : Live and Lovely
2.05pm Friends (Repeat)
2.40pm Film : Gremlins 2 : the New Batch (1992)
starring Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Christopher Lee
4.30pm Peter & the Wolf
a new stop-motion animated version of Prokofiev's children's classic
5.00pm Deal or No Deal
5.45pm TV Film : A Christmas Carol (1999)
starring Patrick Stewart, Richard E Grant, Joel Grey
7.30pm Channel 4 News with Samira Ahmed, Sport, Weather
7.35pm AFI's 100 Years - 100 Cheers
a celebration of the most inspiring films of all time as determined by film artists, critics and historians
10.10pm The Friday Night Christmas Project
with Justin Lee Collins and Alan Carr
11.15pm Film : A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
starring John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin
1.15am The Best of The Album Chart Show
1/2
2.00am KOTV
boxing magazine show
2.30am Transworld Sport
3.20am Thunder Races
with Adrian Simpson, Rachael Simmonite. Teams convert beloved bangers into off-road racers
4.20am Scrapheap Challenge (Repeat)
5.15pm Countdown (Repeat)
Christmas Day Monday 25th December 2006
6.00am Children
Making It
a sculpture (Repeat)
6.05am Wilde Stories : The Nightingale and the Rose
animation (Repeat)
6.35am Wilde Stories : The Selfish Giant
animation (Repeat)
7.00am Film : Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of the Misfit Toys (2001)
animation, with the voices of Rick Moranis, Jamie Lee Curtis
8.20am Father Christmas
animation, based on the book by Raymond Briggs (Repeat)
8.50am T4
The Simpsons Bart
remembers Lisa's early days (Repeat)
9.20am Friends (Repeat)
9.50am The Simpsons
Homer has a heart attack (Repeat)
10.20am Friends (Repeat)
10.50am Robbie Williams Live From Knebworth (Repeat)
12.30pm The Simpsons
Mr Burns hires Homer to play pranks for his amusement park (Repeat)
1.00pm Film : A Christmas Carol (2001)
part animated
2.30pm The Snowman
animation (Repeat)
3.00pm Alternative Christmas Message
by Khadija a British Muslim woman
3.10pm Deal or No Deal
4.05pm The Simpsons
a snowstorm leaves the children trapped in school
4.35pm Film : Some Like It Hot (1959)
starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis
6.45pm Channel 4 News
including Sport ; Weather
6.55pm Three-Minute Wonder : Yo Ho Ho Blair!
And Another Thing, candid moments from Tony Blair's last 12 months
7.00pm Deal or No Deal
8.00pm The Secret Family of Jesus
documentary investigating if Jesus and Mary Magdalene really did have a child
10.00pm Ricky Gervais meets Christopher Guest
11.05pm Ricky Gervais : Politics
stand-up
12.40am The Magic of Jesus
magicians Barry and Stuart attempt to perform illusions based on the miracles performed by Jesus
1.40am Film : Laws of Attraction (2003)
starring Pierce Brosnan, Julianne Moore Première
3.15am Film : Boys on the Side (1995)
starring Whoopi Goldberg, Mary-Louise Parker
5.15am In Your Dreams
Jean-Christophe Novelli's childhood nightmares (Repeat) (until 5.30am)
Boxing Day Tuesday 26th December 2006
5.50am Children
Hey Arnold! the Movie (2002)
animated comedy Première
7.00am Mornings
Freshly Squeezed
music and celebrity interviews
7.30am Friends (Repeat)
8.00am The Morning Line
8.55am T4
The Simpsons
Leonard Nimoy guest stars (Repeat)
9.25am Friends (Repeat)
10.00am The Simpsons
Selma thinks about having children (Repeat)
10.30am Friends (Repeat)
11.00am The Simpsons
Lisa converts to Buddhism, guest-starring Richard Gere
11.30am Film : The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2003) Première
animation
1.00pm Racing
from Kempton Park and Wetherby, (1.10, 1.45, 2.20, 2.55 from Kempton Park, 1.25 from Wetherby)
3.20pm Man on the Moon
opera about the 1969 moon landing
4.15pm Deal or No Deal
5.00pm The Simpsons (Repeat)
5.30pm The Simpsons (Repeat)
6.00pm Film : Free Willy 2 : The Adventure Home (1995)
starring Jason James Richter
7.45pm Channel 4 News
including Sport ; Weather
8.00pm Deal or No Deal
9.00pm Faking It Burlesque Special
10.20pm The Charlotte Church Show Christmas Special
11.15pm Ricky Gervais Meets Garry Shandling
12.20am Robbie Williams : Live at Wembley Road
1.50am God Gave Rock and Roll to You
the turbulent relationship between religion and pop music
3.50am Mama Lou
puppet film (Repeat)
3.55am World Cup Skiing
4.50am Scrapheap Challenge (Repeat) (until 5.45am)