ITV CHRISTMAS TV 1986
Christmas Eve Wednesday 24th December 1986
ITV LONDON
6.15am TV-am : Good Morning Britain
presented by Anne Diamond and Mike Morris,
includes news read by Gordon Honeycombe ,weather forecasts with Wincey Willis, sport with Richard Keys. Money Matters with Brian Milton,
Lizzie Webb, exercise and a Popeye cartoon. Gyles Brandreth with Video Report
9.00am Wacaday
with Timmy Mallett
9.25am Thames News followed by
Tickle on the Tum- Christmas Special
with Ralph McTell, Jacqueline Reddin
9.50am Chorlton and the Ice World (Repeat)
10.25am Film : Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981)
starring Klinton Spilsbury, Michael Horse & Christopher Lloyd
12.05pm The Bestest Present
animation
12.30pm A Child This Day
how 3 Catholic diocese are supporting family life
1.00pm News at One
1.20pm Thames News
1.30pm Disney at Christmas : Film : Rob Roy- the Highland Rogue (1953)
starring Richard Todd, Glynis Johns & James Robertson Justice
3.00pm Disney: The Night Before Christmas
cartoon (Repeat)
3.10pm Pass the Buck Celebrity Special
with Simon Williams, Lucy Fleming, Dennis Waterman and Rula Lenska, presented by George Layton
3.40pm Thames News
3.45pm Jambo- the Gentle Giant
how a gorilla protected a child that fell into a compound at Jersey Zoo
4.15pm Supergran
with Gudrun Ure, Iain Cuthbertson, Paul Shane and Anna Dawson
5.15pm Blockbusters
5.45pm News at 5.45
6.00pm Thames News
6.25pm Help!
Viv Taylor Gee with news of a 24 hour advice line
6.35pm Crossroads
7.00pm This Is Your Life
presented by Eamonn Andrews
7.30pm Coronation Street
8.00pm Jim Davidson in Germany- Special
with Diane Solomon and Richard Digance
9.00pm Movie Première : Hitchcock's The Trouble with Harry (1955)
starring Shirley MacLaine and John Forsythe
10.45pm News
11.00pm Fresh Fields Special
A Dickens of a Christmas with Julia McKenzie, Anton Rodgers (Repeat)
11.45pm Christmas Eve Service of Communion
from St Cuthbert's Church of Scotland, Princes Street, Edinburgh
12.30am Film : The Big Sleep (1978)
starring Robert Mitchum and Sarah Miles
2.15am Closedown
ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV London except)
1.20pm Calendar News (until 1.30)
6.00pm Calendar (until 6.35)
12.30am Music Box
1.00am Amanda Reddington Show
2.00am Nino Show
3.00am Martin Buchanan Show
4.00am Simon Potter Show
5.00am The Shadow
6.00am Closedown
Christmas Day Thursday 25th December 1986
ITV HTV
6.15am TV-am
featuring
Mask
6.35am Flipper
6.55am Transformers.
7.00am Good Morning Britain
with Anne Diamond, Mike Morris, Richard Keys, Gordon Honeycombe, Jimmy Greaves, Wincey Willis, Lizzie Webb, Russel Grant
9.25am Disney at Christmas : Father Noah's Ark
followed by
Film : Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968)
animation
10.00am The Christmas Morning Service
family Mass from Church of St Francis of Assisi, Pottery Lane, London
11.00am He-Man and She-Ra Christmas Special (Repeat)
11:40am Disney at Christmas, Film : Swiss Family Robinson (1959)
starring John Mills, Dorothy McGuire
2.00pm Ark Royal - The Rock Show
with Paul Young, Alison Moyet, Bob Geldof, Cyndi Lauper, The Pretenders, Go West
3.00pm The Queen
3.10pm Disney at Christmas, Film : Dumbo (1941) Première
4.20pm Strike It Lucky
with Michael Barrymore
4.55pm ITN News
5.00pm Cinderella
pantomime, starring Danny La Rue, Roy Kinnear, Cheryl Baker, Jimmy Cricket, Michael Howe, Brian Murphy, Roy Hudd
6.30pm The James Bond Première : Film : Never Say Never Again (1983)
starring Sean Connery
9.00pm A Duty Free Christmas
starring Keith Barron, Gwen Taylor
10.00pm ITN News
10.10pm Movie Première : Agatha Christie's Dead Man's Folly (1986)
starring Peter Ustinov, Jean Stapleton, Constance Cummings
12.00 Silent Night
with José Carreras
(ITV TSW : Road to Trenarren)
12.35am Weather and Close
Boxing Day Friday 26th December 1986
ITV LONDON
7.00am WACADAY Special
presented by Timmy Mallett and Michaela Strachan
9.25am Rainbow Christmas Special
9.50am Emu at Christmas
with Rod Hull
10.30am Disney at Christmas : Film : Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)
starring Eddie Albert, Ray Milland, Donald Pleasance
12.15pm Athletics '86
highlights show
1.20pm ITN News
1.25pm The Royal Day
Alastair Burnet presents highlights of this year's Royal Wedding of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson
2.10pm Disney at Christmas : Film : 20000 Leagues Under The Sea (1954)
starring Kirk Douglas and James Mason
4.30pm Name That Tune Special
presented by Lionel Blair, with Maggie Moone, Angela Rippon and Mike Read
5.00pm ITN News and Sport
5.15pm The James Bond Film : The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
starring Roger Moore
7.30pm Fire and Ice
a Torvill and Dean spectacular, with music by Carl Davis
8.30pm A Christmas Night of One Hundred Stars
from the London Palladium, in aid of Help the Aged
(9.45pm-10.00pm News)
11.15pm Movie Première : Airplane II- The Sequel (1982)
starring Robert Hays
12.50am Christmas Night Thoughts
ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV London except)
12.50am Music Box- Simon Potter's Show
1.00am Power Hour
2.00am Boogie Box
3.00am Off the Wall
4.00am Private Eyes
5.00am The Shadow
6.00am Closedown
