ITV CHRISTMAS TV 1997
Christmas Eve Wednesday 24th December 1997
ITV ANGLIA
6.00am GMTV
9.25am The Treasure Seekers
9.55am Percy the Park Keeper : The Rescue Party
animation
10.25am The Forgotten Toys
animation
10.50am News, Regional News and Weather
11.00am Film : To Grandmother's House We Go (1992)
starring Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen Première
12.40pm Lunchtime News,Weather
12.50pm Regional News, Weather
1.00pm Cartoon
1.10pm Movie Magic : Wild Hollywood
2.05pm Film : Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
staring Richard Dreyfuss
4.30pm The Making of The Men in Black
5.00pm Regional News, Weather
5.30pm Early Evening News, Weather
5.45pm Film : Look Who's Talking Now! (1993)
starring John Travolta, Kirstie Alley Première
7.30pm Emmerdale
8.00pm Des O'Connor Tonight
9.00pm Black Velvet Band
starring Nick Berry, Todd Carty
11.00pm News, Weather
11.15pm Christmas Glory
12.15am Film : Rising Damp (1980)
starring Leonard Rossiter, Frances de la Tour
2.05am Instant Replay 97
3.05am The Chart Show
4.00am Funny Business
4.30am Carnival of the Animals
5.00am The Making of Hercules
5.30am Talespin
animation
5.55am Morning News
Christmas Day Thursday 25th December 1997
ITV ANGLIA
6.00am GMTV
Kids at GMTV
Barney and Friends
6.20am Bananas in Pyjamas
6.30am Barney and Friends
6.50am Fun Song Factory
7.25am Bananas in Pyjamas
8.05am Bug Alert!
8.25am We Wish You a Merry Christmas
with Steve Chalke
9.25am A Child's Christmas
10.25am Film : Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
starring Rick Moranis
12.00 Father Christmas and the Missing Reindeer
animation
12.35pm Film : Homeward Bound : the Incredible Journey (1993) Première
2.10pm Play It for Real
2.55pm News and Weather
3.00pm The Queen
3.10pm Film : The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
starring Michael Caine Première
4.45pm Spice Up Your Christmas
The Spice Girls in concert in Istanbul
5.50pm News, Weather
6.00pm Emmerdale
7.00pm Coronation Street
7.30pm Film : Home Alone 2 : Lost in New York (1992) Première
9.45pm Starting Blocks
10.20pm The Bare Necessities
comedy drama
11.15pm News, Weather
11.25pm Film : Mortal Thoughts (1991)
starring Demi Moore
1.20am Entertainment Now
2.20am The 1997 World Music Awards
4.15am Coronation Street
4.45am Funny Business
5.15am Cartoons
5.30am Talespin
animation
5.55am Morning News
Boxing Day Friday 26th December 1997
ITV ANGLIA
6.00am GMTV
Kids at GMTV
Our House
6.25am Barney and Friends
7.10am Bananas in Pyjamas
7.35am Bug Alert!
8.00am News, Sport and Weather
8.30am GMTV Special
a look at the rise of the Spice Girls
8.50am Bug Alert!
9.25am The Treasure Seekers
9.55am Tiny Toons
a seasonal animation
10.20am Percy the Park Keeper
After the Storm, animation
10.50pm TV Film : Freaky Friday (1995)
starring Shelley Long
12.30pm Countdown to Tomorrow
the making of the 18th James Bond film, Tomorrow Never Dies
1.20pm Lunchtime News, Weather
1.30pm Film : Batman : Mask of Phantasm (1993)
animation
2.40pm Film : The Sword in the Stone (1963)
Disney animation
4.10pm The Canterville Ghost
5.40pm News, Weather
5.50pm Emmerdale
6.20pm Film : Forever Young (1992)
starring Mel Gibson, Jamie Lee Curtis
8.20pm Coronation Street
8.50pm News with Dermot Murnaghan
Weekend Weather Martyn Davies
9.00pm Dame Edna Kisses It Better
10.00pm Film : Dances with Wolves (1990)
starring Kevin Costner
1.20am Film : 10 (1979)
starring Dudley Moore, Julie Andrews, Bo Derek
3.30am Collins and Maconie's Movie Club
3.55am Sound Bites
Late-night music
4.05am Comedy Central
5.30am Talespin
5.55pm Morning News
