ITV CHRISTMAS TV 1996


  Christmas Eve Tuesday 24th December 1996

  ITV CENTRAL

  6.00am  GMTV

  9.25am  Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys

  9.50am  Hollywood's Greatest Stunts

10.50am  News, Regional News

11.00am  Film : Batman : Mask of the Phantom (1993)
                 animation Première

12.20pm  Regional News, Weather

12.35pm  Lunchtime News, Weather

  1.00pm  Make 'em Laugh
                  clips from films

  1.30pm  Film : The Last Starfighter (1984)
                 starring Lance Guest

  3.20pm  News, Regional News

  3.30pm  Film : Protocol (1984)
                  starring Goldie Hawn

  5.10pm  Shortland Street

  5.40pm  Early Evening News, Weather

  6.00pm  Wheel of Fortune

  6.30pm  Regional news magazine

  7.00pm  Emmerdale at Christmas

  8.00pm  The Bill  
                  Merrily on High

  8.30pm  For One Night Only - Tom Jones

  9.30pm  News, Weather

  9.45pm  Film : Top Gun (1986)
                  starring Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis

11.45pm  Good Tidings of Great Joy

12.45am  Pavarotti in Modena

  1.45am  Film : Bite the Bullet (1975)
                 starring Gene Hackman, Candice Bergman, James Coburn

  4.10am  Bushell on the Box

  4.40am  Film : A Christmas Carol (1985)
                  animation

  5.55am  News

  Christmas Day Wednesday 25th December 1996

  ITV CENTRAL

  6.00am  GMTV
                  News

  6.10am  GMTV Review

  7.30am  Barney and Friends

  8.00am  Bug Alert!

  8.30am  We Wish You a Merry Christmas

  9.25am  Cartoon Time

  9.30am  Away in a Manger  
                 Christmas service from a farmyard in Leiston, Surrey

10.30am  Christmas with the Royal Navy

10.50am  Percy the Park Keeper animation

 11.20am  Film : Alice in Wonderland (1951)

12.40pm  News and Weather

12.50pm  Christmas with the Royal Navy

  1.10pm   Film : The Man Upstairs (1992)
                  starring Katharine Hepburn, Ryan O'Neal

  2.45pm  Christmas with the Royal Navy

  3.00pm  The Queen

  3.10pm  The Treasure Seekers  

  5.00pm  News, Weather

  5.10pm  Christmas with the Royal Navy

  5.25pm  Film : Dennis (1993)
                 starring Walter Matthau Première

  7.00pm  Coronation Street

  7.30pm  Des O'Connor's Christmas with the Stars

  8.45pm  Christmas with the Royal Navy

  8.55pm  News, Weather, Regional News

  9.00pm  Heartbeat

10.00pm  Film : The Remains of the Day (1993)
                  starring Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson

12.30am   Film : Fort Apache, the Bronx (1981)
                  starring Paul Newman

  2.50am  Film : Obsession (1976)
                 starring Cliff Robertson

  4.35am  The Making of 101 Dalmatians

  5.05am  James Bond Jr.
                 animated double bill

  5.55am  News

  Boxing Day Thursday 26th December 1996    

  6.00am  GMTV
                 Bananas in Pyjamas

  6.20am  Barney and Friends

  6.50am  Bug Alert!

  7.30am  News, Weather and Sport

  8.05am  GMTV Review

  9.25am  Film : Cannonball Run II (1983)
                 starring Burt Reynolds  

11.20am   Survival Special Baboons  
                 Too Close for Comfort  

12.20pm  Cartoon Time

12.35pm  Lunchtime News, Weather

12.50pm   Film : Funny Farm (1988)
                  starring Chevy Chase Première 

  2.45pm   The Willows in Winter
                  animation 

  4.10pm  Home and Away

  4.40pm  News, Weather, Regional Weather

  4.50pm   Film : The Secret Garden (1993)
                   starring Kate Maberly 

  6.45pm  The Russ Abbott Show

  7.30pm  Michael Barrymore's Strike it Rich

  8.00pm  The Bill  
                  Heirs  

  8.30pm  Emmerdale

  9.00pm  Peter Benchley's The Beast

 10.30pm  News, Weather, Regional Weather

 10.40pm  The Lee Evans Show

  11.40pm  Film : Doorways (1993) Première 

     1.15am  Instant Replay

    2.20am  Film : They Live (1988)

    4.00am  Sound Bites

     4.15am  Film : The Pickwick Papers (1985)

    5.30am  James Bond Jr

     5.55am  News