ITV CHRISTMAS TV 1988
Christmas Eve Saturday 24th December 1988
ITV LONDON
5.00am ITN Morning News
6.00am TV-am
Saturday Sport
7.30am Wideawake
9.25am Motormouth on Christmas Eve
with Andres Arnold, Julian Ballantyne, Neil Buchanan, Tony Gregory, Caroline Hanson
MM1......loads of famous faces popping in to put a touch of tinsel on the tree
MM2......The Reluctant Dragon animation
MM3......Spin Off.....Christmas Eve at the complex
MM4......What do you want for Christmas?, we may just have it!
MM5......Mickey Mouse at 60
12.00 Physical Pursuits
three teams take part in quizzes and games, presented by Eamonn Holmes,
Emlyn Hughes and Jane Bennett
1.00pm ITN News with Sue Carpenter followed by
LWT News and Weather
1.05pm Saint and Greavsie
specially extended Christmas edition
1.50pm Disney at Christmas : Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966)
2.20pm Film : The Ugly Dachshund (1966)
starring Dean Jones, Suzanne Pleshette & Kelly Thordsen
4.05pm 3-2-1 Christmas Special
with Ted Rogers and Christopher Biggins, Geoff Capes, Suzanne Mizzi, Linda Nolan and Maria Whittaker
5.05pm ITN News with Sue Carpenter
5.10pm LWT News and Weather
5.15pm The Cannon and Ball Show
with Dennis Waterman, Kim Wilde, Chris de Burgh, Brother Beyond and Linda Lusardi
6.15pm Bobby in Wonderland
Bobby Davro with Dave Lee and Bernie Winters
7.05pm Watching Special
starring Emma Wray . Paul Brown, Liza Tarbuck
8.05pm Film : Sherlock Holmes - The Sign of Four (1983) Première
starring Ian Richardson and David Healy (TV Movie)
(NB This was shown in place of the originally planned 1987 version following a late change to the schedules)
9.50pm ITN News
10.00pm LWT Weather
10.05pm Film : No Sex Please- We're British (1973)
starring Ronnie Corbett and Beryl Reid
11.45pm Midnight Mass
from St John's Roman Catholic Church, Banbury, Oxon
1.00am ITN News Headlines
followed by
Film : Otley (1968)
starring Tom Courtenay
2.40am ITN News Headlines followed by
Night Network
with the best of 1988's videos, Spike Milligan in the bunker and Communard Richard Coles
reviewing the big screen new releases (ends at 5.00am)
ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV London except)
12.00 UFO
Destruction (until 1.00pm)
5.00am Christmas Cartoons
5.30am Christmas Comes to Pacland
ITV HTV (as ITV London except)
12.00 Chatterbox Christmas Party
with Aled Jones, Michael Quill, Josie White (until 1.00pm)
Christmas Day Sunday 25th December 1988
ITV HTV
5.00am ITN News Headlines followed by
Christmas Cartoons
The Great Santa Claus Caper
The Big Bad Wolf tries to take over Santa's business
5.30am Christmas Comes to Pacland
Santa Claus crash lands in Pacland
5.55am ITN News Headlines
6.00am TV-am
Christmas Robbins
7.00am Puff the Magic Dragon
7.30am Christmas with TV-am
8.30am Black Beauty
9.25am Motormouth on Christmas Day
with Andrea Arnold, Julian Ballantyne, Neil Buchannan, Tony Gregory, Caroline Hanson
including Disney cartoons
10.05am Film : The Little Troll Prince (1987)
11.00am Christmas Morning Worship
from St John's Church, Lemsford, Hertfordshire
12.00 Disney at Christmas : Moving Day
12.15pm The Great British Pop Machine
with French and Saunders celebrating the booming success of British pop music
1.15pm Mr Majeika
Have Yourself a Wizard Little Christmas, starring Stanley Baxter
2.15pm Bullseye Christmas Special
hosted by Jim Bowen with Bob Anderson, Eric Bristow, Marti Caine, Les Dennis, Tony Green,
Denny Hodge, Bob Holness, Roy Walker, Jocky Wilson, the Birmingham Cathedral Choir
3.00pm The Queen
3.05pm Christmas Blind Date
presented by Cilla Black
3.55pm Film : The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Première
starring Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill
6.05pm Save The Children
with Michael Crawford some of the best loved Christmas music, artists include Michael Ball,
David Essex, Anita Harris, Bonnie Langford, Julia McKenzie, Claire Moore, Paul Nicholas,
Elaine Paige, Francis Rufelle, Lon Satton, Colm Wilkinson
7.15pm Coronation Street
7.45pm 10 Years of Alright on the Night
with Denis Nordern
8.45pm London's Burning
Ding Dong Merrily
10.15pm ITN News
10.25pm One More Audience With Dame Edna
11:30pm Christmas Night at the Movies : The Squeeze (1977)
starring Stacy Keach
1.20am Film : Our Man Flint (1966)
starring James Coburn
3.15am Film : In Like Flynn (1985)
starring Jenny Seagrove
GRANADA, TSW, CENTRAL (as London except)
11.15pm - 1.15am Film : The Liquidator (1965)
TVS (as London except)
11.15pm - 1.15am Film : The Liquidator (1965)
3.15am TV Film : Robbers of the Sacred Mountain (1980)
Boxing Day Monday 26th December 1988
ITV LONDON
5.00am Scooby Goes Hollywood
5.55am ITN News Headlines
6.00am TV-am
Boxing Day Sport
7.30am Wideawake Special
9.25am The Sooty Christmas Show
with Matthew Corbett, Roger Walker & Suzy Aitchison
9.50am Disney at Christmas : Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)
10.20am Disney at Christmas : Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956)
starring Fess Parker and Buddy Ebsen
12.00 What's My Line? Christmas Special
presented by Angela Rippon with Jilly Cooper, Gabrielle Drake, Nino Firetto, Adrian Mills
12.30pm ITN News with Fiona Armstrong
12.35pm Film : The Sea Wolves (1980)
starring Gregory Peck, Roger Moore, David Niven, Trevor Howard
2.40pm Wish You Were Here...?
with Judith Chalmers, Anneka Rice and John Carter
3.40pm The James Bond Film : Octopussy (1983)
starring Roger Moore, Maud Adams and Louis Jordan
5.00pm ITN News and Sports Results
5.15pm The James Bond Film : Octopussy (1983)
continued
6.15pm Strike It Lucky
presented by Michael Barrymore
7.00pm The Krypton Factor Grand Final
presented by Gordon Burns
7.30pm Coronation Street
8.00pm Minder
An Officer and a Car Salesman
starring George Cole, Dennis Waterman and Patrick Malahide
9.30pm After Henry
A Quiet Christmas
with Prunella Scales, Joan Sanderson, Janine Wood, Jonathan Newth
10.00pm ITN News with Fiona Armstrong
10.15pm Film : Blackout (1985) Première
starring Richard Widmark and Keith Carradine (TV Movie)
12.00 Barcelona
a Musical Extravaganza, rock meets opera with Motserrat Caballe, Jose Carreras,
Eddy Grant, Barbara Hendricks, Jerry Lee Lewis, Freddie Mercury, Rudolf Nureyev
with Charles Jude, Joan Manel Serrat, Spandau Ballet, Suzanne Vega, Dionne Warwick
1.00am Film : 10 (1979)
with Julie Andrews and Bo Derek followed by
ITN News Headlines
3.15am WKRP in Cincinnati
3.45am Film : Whistling in Dixie (1942)
starring Red Skelton, Ann Rutherford and George Bancroft (b&w)
5.00am ITN Morning News
ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV London except)
3.15am Three's Company
(until 3.45am)
ITV HTV (as ITV London except)
3.15am Ben Sidran : On the Live Side (Repeat)
(until 3.45am)
Christmas Tuesday 27th December 1988
ITV HTV
6.00am TV-am
About Britain Running
7.00am GMB Sport
9.00am Wacaday
9.25am T-Bag's Christmas Cracker
with Elizabeth Estensen, John Hasler
9.50am Disney at Christmas : The Miracle of the White Stallions (1963)
starring Robert Taylor, Lilli Palmer
12.00 Mr & Mrs
with Derek Batey and Donna Mayers
12.40pm Film : Shane (1953)
starring Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur,Van Heflin
2.50pm The Match : Norwich City v West Ham United
live from Carrow Road
4.55pm ITN News and Sport
5.00pm Run the Gauntlet Christmas Challenge
The Mitsubishi Shogun Challenge
6.00pm With Hilarious Consequences
Denis Norden looks at over 21 years of situation-comedy from Thames TV
7.30pm Prove It
with Chris Tarrant
8.00pm The Bill
Digging Up the Past
8.30pm Executive Stress
starring Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles
9.00pm Boon
starring Michael Elphick, David Daker, Amanda Burton, Neil Morrissey, guests Judy Geeson,
Kristoffer Tabori and special guest Joan Hickson
10.00pm ITN News
10.15pm Film : The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983) Première
starring Ian Richardson and Donald Churchill
12.10am Tina Turner - Break Every Rule followed by
ITN News Headlines
1.15am Film : Battleflag (1977)
starring Simon Ward, Peter Cushing
3.30am America's Top 10 The All-Time Christmas Top 10
with Casey Kasem
4.30am Out of the Christmas Box
out-takes
