ITV CHRISTMAS TV 1987
Christmas Eve Thursday 24th December 1987
ITV LONDON
6.00am TV-am
presented by Kate Burley and Mike Morris
7.00am Good Morning Britain
9.00am Wacaday
9.25am Thames News
9.30am Children's ITV
A Child's Christmas in Wales
play based on a Dylan Thomas story, with Denholm Elliott
10.25am ITN News Headlines
10.30am Santa Barbara
11.00am The Vladimir Experience
John Taylor reports on the experiences of Russian gymnasts
11.30am Tidings of Comfort
the work of the Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen
12.00 The Sullivans
12.30pm ITN News
12.50pm Thames News
1.00pm Disney at Christmas : Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
starring John Mills, Dorothy McGuire & James MacArthur
3.20pm Disney at Christmas : Symphony Hour
with Mickey and Goofy
3.25pm Thames News
3.30pm Sons and Daughters
4.00pm Disney at Christmas : Santa's Workshop
cartoon
4.10pm Film : Mr Horatio Nibbles (1971)
starring Lesley and Gary Smith
5.15pm Blockbusters
5.45pm News
6.00pm Thames News
6.25pm Help- Christmas Line
6.35pm Crossroads
7.00pm Sporting Triangles
presented by Nick Owen, Jimmy Greaves and Tessa Sanderson, with Frank Bruno, Dennis Taylor,
Aiden J Harvey and Andy Gray
7.30pm Only When I Laugh
8.00pm Strike It Lucky
8.30pm TV Film : A Masterpiece of Murder (1986)
starring Bob Hope and Don Ameche
10.15pm News
10.30pm A Duty Free Christmas
11.30pm Midnight Eucharist
from Norwich Cathedral
12.30am Film : Vertigo (1958)
starring James Stewart and Kim Novak
2.50pm News Headlines followed by
The All-Time Christmas Top Ten
4.00am Lindisfarne Rock 'n' Roll Christmas Party
from City Hall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
5.00am A Good Tree
5.30am CNN Headline News
ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV London except)
12.00 Lunchtime News (until 12.30pm)
12.50pm Calendar News (until 1.00pm)
6.00pm Calendar (until 6.35pm)
2.50am Closedown
Christmas Day Friday 25th December 1987
ITV Central
6.00am TV-am
9.25am Disney at Christmas : Pluto's Christmas Tree
9.40am Fat Tulip's Fat Christmas
10.00am Christmas Family Worship
11.00am Disney at Christmas : Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)
11.30am Disney at Christmas : Dumbo (1941)
12.40pm The James Bond Film : The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
with Roger Moore
3.00pm The Queen
3.10pm Disney at Christmas : Alice in Wonderland (1951)
4.30pm ITN News
4.35pm Disney at Christmas : Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
6.45pm Christmas Blind Date
7.30pm Coronation Street
8.00pm It'll Be Alright on Christmas Night
9.00pm Inspector Morse
11.00pm ITN News
11.15pm Rejoice: Carols for Christmas
12:15am Film : Airplane II The Sequel (1982)
1.50am The Roxy
2.20am America's Top Ten
2.50am Phil Collins - Live at Perkins Palace
3.50am Central Jobfinder '87
ANGLIA (as Central except)
12.15am Jay Leno and the American Dream
1.00am Night Network
4.00am Film : Diamonds (1975)
GRANADA (as Central except)
1.50am All Time Christmas Top 10
3.00am Closedown
THAMES/LWT (as Central except)
12.15am Jay Leno and the American Dream
1.00am Night Network
4.00am Film : Diamonds
TVS
12.15am Jay Leno and the American Dream
1.00am Night Network
4.00am Closedown
YORKSHIRE
1.50am Barbara Dickson at the Royal Albert Hall
2.50am As Central
Boxing Day Saturday 26th December 1987
ITV LONDON
6.00am TV-am
7.30am Mallet in Majorca
8.00am WAC Special
9.25am BMX Beat
the Tizer World BMX Freestyle Championships
10.00am The Velveteen Rabbit
animation
10.30am The Smurfs
11.00am Professor Poopsnagle's Steam Zeppelin : A Race to the Finish
12.30pm The Roxy
1.00pm ITN News
1.05pm Saint and Greavsie Boxing Day Special
2.00pm A.L.F.
2.30pm Film : Scrooge (1970)
starring Albert Finney
4.35pm Mickey's Birthday Party
4.45pm Results Service
5.00pm ITN News
5.05pm Christmas Robbins
impressions from Kate and Ted Robbins
5.50pm The Sleeping Beauty
ice spectacular with Robin Cousins
6.50pm Bobby Davro's TV Annual '88
comedy and music
7.30pm Film : Ghostbusters (1984) Première
starring Bill Murray
9.30pm ITN News
9.45pm The Dame Edna Christmas Experience!
10.50pm Clive James in Japan
part two
11.45pm Barbara Dickson at the Royal Albert Hall
12.45am Fun in the Sun
surfing and jet-skiing
1.00am Night Network
4.00am TV Film : The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies (1981)
starring Buddy Ebsen
5.40am Christmas Cartoon
ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV London except)
10.30am The Roxy
11.00am Mickey Mouse
11.10am Film : The Cat from Outer Space (1978)
(until 1.00pm)
4.55pm Sports Results
(until 5.00pm)
11.45pm TV Film : Agatha Christie's Murder with Mirrors (1985)
1.25am Closedown
Christmas Sunday 27th December 1987
CENTRAL
6.00am TV-am
introduced by Suzanne Dando
Open College how to survive the 9 to 5
7.00am Wide Awake Club : Are You Awake Yet
with Sally Dewhurst, Peter Gosling
8.00am Jimmy Greaves' Christmas Special
celebrities join Jimmy Greaves for a musical celebration of Christmas Sunday
9.25am BMX Beat
The Tizer World BMX Freestyle Championships with Andy Ruffell, Ron Stebbenne
10.00am Film : The Johnstown Monster (1971)
starring Connor Brennan, Simon Tully, Kim McDonald
11.00am Morning Worship
from St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Soho Square, London
12.00 Chris Bonington - the Everest Years
1.00pm Disney Family Movie : Fuzzbucket (1986) (TV Movie)
2.00pm The Royal Year
2.45pm Christmas Bullseye
with Jim Bowen, Eric Bristow, Duggie Brown, Geoff Capes, Bob Carolgees, Tony Green,
Denny Hodge, Cliff Lazarenko, Rustie Lee, Jan Leeming, Steve Nallon, Jerry Thomas, Jocky Wilson
3.30pm The Bretts Grand Finale
4.30pm Cue Gary's Christmas!
with Gary Wilmot
5.15pm Coronation Street (Repeat)
6.15pm ITN News
6.20pm Highway Christmas Special
with Harry Secombe, Roy Castle, Max Boyce, Helen Hessey-White, Richard Williams Singers,
Brian Johnston
7.15pm Home to Roost
Family Ties
with John Thaw, Reece Dinsdale
8.15pm Christmas Surprise, Surprise
with Cilla Black, Bob Carolgees, Gordon Burns
9.15pm Watching
Seasoning
with Emma Wray, Paul Brown, Liza Tarbuck
9.45pm ITN News
10.00pm Spitting Image Christmas Show Special
10.30pm The Lady's Not For Burning
Christopher Fry's play starring Kenneth Brannagh, Cherie Lunghi
12.00 Prisoner : Cell Block H
12.55am Donahue Men Over 50
1.50am Thriller Classic : Burnt Evidence (1954)
3.00am Central Jobfinder '87
ANGLIA (as Central except)
12.00 Hart to Hart
1.00am Night Network -The Carpenters
2.00am Film : North to Alaska (1960)
with John Wayne, Stewart Grainger
3.45am Film : Cahill US Marshall (1973)
5.40am Cartoons
(until 6.00am)
GRANADA (as Central except)
12.00 Alfred Hitchcock Presents...
(until 12.30am)
HTV (as Central except)
12.00 America's Top Ten
(until 12.30am)
TVS
12.00 Film : Airplane II - The Sequel (1982)
starring Robert Hays, Julie Haggerty
YORKSHIRE (as Central except)
12.00 Lord of the Tin Soldiers
(until 12.30am)
Bank Holiday Monday 28th December 1987
THAMES
6.00am TV-am
9.25am Splash- Christmas in Walt Disney World
with Lisa Maxwell and Michael Groth
9.55am Bellamy's Journey to the Centre of the World
10.25am News
10.30am Walt Disney presents : Donald Duck
10.45am Film : The Spaceman and King Arthur (1979)
12.30pm News
12.35pm The Best of Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures
1975 compilation
2.15pm TV Film : Kim (1984)
with Peter O'Toole
4.50pm News; Sport ; Weather
5.05pm Blockbusters
with Bob Holness
5.35pm The Deacon Street Deer
Disney drama about inner city kids protecting a four-legged friend
6.30pm Wish You Were Here...?
with Anneka Rice on a coach tour of America, Judith Chalmers investigating gliding and museums
in Shropshire and John Carter on the Yugoslavian island of Korcula
7.00pm The Krypton Factor
the final with Gordon Burns and guest Imran Khan
7.30pm Coronation Street
8.00pm Film : No Sex Please, We're British (1973)
starring Ronnie Corbett
9.45pm News ; Weather
10.00pm Film : Twilight Zone- The Movie (1983)
11.50pm Boxing Year
a review by Dickie Davies, with Jim Watt
12.50am Closedown
YORKSHIRE (as Thames)
