ITV CHRISTMAS TV 1983
Christmas Eve Saturday 24th December 1983
ITV GRANADA
6.25am Good Morning Britain
A Christmas Eve Special, presented by Michael and Mary Parkinson
8.30am Roland's Winter Wonderland
the gang prepare for Father Christmas's visit
8.40am Data Run's Christmas Party
with Jeremy Beadle, Terry Jones, Man Machine the parcel passing robots and guests
Lynsey de Paul, the Belle Stars, the Lotus Eaters, Tracey Ullman and Madness
9.25am Metal Mickey
Panto Mickey with Irene Handl (Repeat)
9.55am Cartoon Time
10.05am The Monsters' Christmas
New Zealand story about the quest to find monsters' voices that have been stolen by a witch
11.00am The Smurfs Christmas Special
11.25am The Fraggles are Coming
11.30am Terrahawks
Christmas Miracle
12.00pm Film Fun at Christmas
with Derek Griffiths (Repeat)
1.00pm Adam Ant-Prince Charming Revue
music, pantomime and theatre from the Dominion Theatre, London
2.20pm Tweety Pie
Gift Wrapped
2.30pm Film : Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
starring Todd Armstrong, Nancy Kovack
4.25pm ITN News
4.30pm The Krankies at Christmas
with Bernie Winters, Melvyn Hayes, Jimmy Cricket,
Sarah Hollamby, Pepe and the Gang, Barbara Dickson and Modern Romance
5.15pm Knight Rider
6.10pm Punchlines
presented by Lennie Bennett, with Christopher Biggins, Faith Brown, Bob Carolgees,
Diana Dors, Pearly Gates, David Hamilton, Barbara Kelly, Mike Reid, Wincey Willis, Gary Wilmot
6.45pm 3-2-1
Dick Whittington, with Ted Rogers, Dana, Julie Rogers, Kenneth Connor, Chris Emmett, Mike Newman,
Alan Curtis, Charlie Williams, charity edition all the contestants being children
7.45pm Cilla Black's Christmas Eve
with Frankie Howerd, Graham Fletcher, from America by satellite The Bee Gees, Julio Iglesias, George Benson
8.45pm ITN News
9.00pm Hart to Hart
A Christmas Hart with Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers
10.00pm TV Film : Agatha Christie's Murder Made Easy (1982)
starring Bill Bixby, Lesley Anne-Down, Olivia de Havilland, Jonathan Pryce,
Anthony Valentine,Timothy West (TV Movie)
11.45pm Midnight Mass
from St Mary's Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne
12.40am Quincy
The Golden Hour starring Jack Klugman
1.35am Closedown
ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV Granada except)
12.40am Closedown
Christmas Day Sunday 25th December 1983
ITV GRANADA
7.00am Rub-a-Dub-Tub
Christmas Day Special with Bonnie Langford, Michelle Dotrice, Edward Woodward and Alan Dart
8.00am Christmas with TV-am
with a Thought for Christmas from Cardinal Hume & Chris Tarrant at the
Queen Mary Hospital for Children
9.00am Roland's Winter Wonderland
9.25am The Night the Animals Talked
animated Nativity parable, with music & words by Sammy Cahn and Julie Styne
9.50am The Fraggles are Coming
9.55am Messengers to Earth
musical fantasy recorded at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Crediton
10.20am Christmas Morning Worship
from St Molua's Church, Belfast
11.20am The Magic Planet
ice skating fantasy spectacular
12.15pm TV Film : The Capture of Grizzly Adams (1982)
with Dan Haggerty
2.00pm The Royal Year
ITN compilation
3.00pm The Queen
3.15pm Film : Superman (1978)
starring Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Gene Hackman, Marlon Brando
5.40pm Bullseye Christmas Special
presented by Jim Bowen, with Kenneth Kendall and Anne Diamond
6.25pm ITN News
6.35pm A Royal Concert of Carols
in the presence of the Prince & Princess of Wales, with Marti Webb and Peter Donohoe
7.15pm Bruce Forsyth's Play Your Cards Right
7.45pm Jimmy Tarbuck's Christmas All Stars
with Bruce Forsyth, Mike Yarwood, Max Bygraves, Cannon & Ball, Shakin' Stevens, Bonnie Tyler,
Michael Barrymore. Game for a Laugh : Jeremy Beadle, Henry Kelly, Matthew Kelly, Sarah Kennedy
From America by satellite : Andy Williams, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Robert Wagner,
Stefanie Powers, David Hasselhoff
9.10pm Film : The Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
starring Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Dyan Cannon
11.00pm ITN News
11.10pm The King's Christmas
with The King's Singers from Harewood House, Yorkshire
11.40pm The Streets of San Francisco
False Witness
with Karl Malden, Michael Douglas
12.30am A Different Christmas
Gillian Reynolds chats to Jimmy Savile at Stoke Mandeville Hospital
12.45am Closedown
ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV Granada except)
11.40pm Benson
12.10am A Different Christmas
12.20am Closedown
Boxing Day Monday 26th December 1983
ITV GRANADA
7.30am The Adventures of Mole
a special story for little children
8.00am TV-am's Boxing Day Show
9.00am Roland's Winter Wonderland
9.25am The Sooty Show Christmas Show
with Matthew Corbett (Repeat)
9.45am The Talking Parcel
animated version of Gerald Durrell's story, voiced by Freddie Jones,
Mollie Sugden, Roy Kinnear and Windsor Davies (Repeat)
10.25am Film : The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979)
12.00pm Take Over
simulator exploits introduced by Brough Scott, with captains Jenny Lee-Wright,
Richard O'Sullivan and Isla St Clair
1.00pm ITN News
1.05pm Racing from Kempton
introduced by Brough Scott, with John Oaksey and Graham Goode (1.10, 1.40, 2.15 races)
2.30pm Film : The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)
starring Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour, Ian McKellen
5.15pm ITN News and Sport
5.30pm Give Us a Clue
with Michael Aspel, Una Stubbs, Lionel Blair, Jane Asher, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Jilly Cooper,
Bob Geldof, Russel Grant, Tracey Ullman
6.00pm Coronation Street
6.30pm The James Bond Film : The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
starring Roger Moore
8.45pm Eric and Ernie's Christmas Show
with Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, Gemma Craven, Nigel Hawthorne, Derek Jacobi, Felicity Kendal,
Burt Kwouk, Jennie Linden, Fulton Mackay, Tony Monopoly, Patrick Mower, Nanette Newman,
Peter Skellern
9.45pm Minder
Christmas Bonus
Terry and Arthur reminisce while at the Winchester Club, clip show with
Dennis Waterman, George Cole and Glyn Edwards
10.45pm ITN News
10.50pm Des O'Connor Tonight
with Jimmy Tarbuck, Marti Caine, Charlie Callas
12.00am Tales of the Unexpected : Death in the Morning
starring Cherie Lunghi, Moray Watson, Carol Drinkwater
12.35am Closedown
Bank Holiday Tuesday 27th December 1983
ITV YORKSHIRE
6.25am Good Morning Britain
presented by Nick Owen & Anne Diamond
9.00am Roland's Winter Wonderland
9.25am Regional Weather Forecast
followed by
Sesame Street
10.25am The USSR Gymnastics and Sports Acrobatics Display
11.20am TV Film : Massarati and the Brain (1982)
starring Daniel Pilon, Peter Billingsley, Christopher Hewett
1.00pm ITN News
1.05pm Racing from Kempton
2.30pm Just Amazing!
introduced by Barry Sheene, Kenny Lynch, Suzanne Danielle
3.15pm Film : The Sons of Kate Elder (1965)
starring John Wayne, Dean Martin
5.25pm ITN News
5.30pm The Wind in the Willows
7.00pm This is Your Life
introduced by Eamonn Andrews
7.45pm The Mike Yarwood Hour
with guests Janet Brown, Suzanne Danielle, The Three Degrees
8.45pm ITN News
9.00pm Film : The China Syndrome (1979)
starring Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas
11.15pm Shirley Bassey - A Special Lady
12.15am Closedown
