ITV CHRISTMAS TV 1999
Christmas Eve Friday 24th December 1999
ITV CARLTON/ MERIDIAN
6.00am GMTV
including at
8.30am Lorraine Kelly
looks forward to the holiday television
9.25am CITV
Santa's Last Christmas
animation, Santa and his elves oversleep leaving only a few days to make all the toys for Christmas
9.55am Top Ten of Everything
Ben Jones, Vanessa Bewley look at the most popular Christmas cards, best-selling festive singles,
with music by Atomic Kitten, Another Level
10.25am The Worst Witch
the very first episode (Repeat)
10.55am News, Regional News, Weather
11.05am The Christmas Storykeepers
animation
12.30pm Regional News, Weather
12.40pm Lunchtime News, Weather
1.00pm Regional News (Carlton) or Shortland Street (Meridian)
1.30pm Clueless
US High-school comedy
1.55pm From Mickey to Infinity - and Beyond
Neil Buchannan looks at the history of animation
2.50pm Film : The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
starring Michael Caine
4.20pm Regional News
4.50pm ITV News, Weather
5.05pm Film : Forever Young (1992)
starring Mel Gibson, Jamie Lee Curtis
ITV LWT/ MERIDIAN
7.00pm Emmerdale
7.30pm Coronation Street
8.00pm The Bill
When the Snow Lay Round About
9.00pm Who Wants to Be a Christmas Millionaire ?
Chris Tarrant with the first of four editions
9.30pm Is That Your Final Answer ?
a look behind the scenes of Who Wants to be a Millionaire
10.30pm Dark Ages War
Rewald's agony is prolonged when war is declared on the Vikings
11.00pm ITV Nightly News, Weather Sian Lloyd
11.15pm Bethlehem Year Zero
Martyn Lewis reads the news headlines of this day 2,000 years ago, a star is reported over Bethlehem
11.30pm Christmas Glory
a celebration of Christmas from Westminster Abbey introduced by the Duke of Edinburgh. Andrea Bocelli, Bryn Terfel,
Trevor McDonald and the Archbishop of Canterbury are among those using readings, poetry and traditional carols to tell the story of the Nativity
12.35am Film : Beaches (1988)
starring Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey
2.50am Club@Vision
dance music guide
3.30am Box Office America
film news
3.55am Film : Make Mine Music (1946)
Disney musical animation featuring ten short stories including,
The Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met, Peter and the Wolf, All the Cats Join In
5.15am Cartoon
5.30am Clueless (LWT) or 5.25am Dinosaurs prehistoric comedy (Meridian)
5.55am ITV Morning News
Christmas Day Saturday 25th December 1999
ITV LWT/ MERIDIAN
6.00am GMTV
Jellikins
animation narrated by Rik Mayall
6.15am The Big Bug Show
insect animation
6.40am Jellikins
more fun
7.00am Diggit with Paul
"Des" Ballard, Fearne Cotton, includes cartoons Jungle Cubs, Timon and Pumbaa, Hercules and Recess
8.00am Christmas Day on GMTV
The Rev Steve Chalke and Anne Davies select favourite carols
9.25am SM : TV Live
with Ant and Dec, Steps, S Club 7, Five, Westlife plus episodes of Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Pokemon
12.05pm Film : Pinocchio (1940)
Disney animation
1.45pm News, Weather
2.00pm Dame Thora Hird : My Favourite Hymns
3.00pm The Queen
3.10pm Film : Ace Ventura : Pet Detective (1993)
starring Jim Carrey
4.45pm News, Weather
5.05pm Gladiators : the Final Battle
with Ulrika Jonsson and John Fashanu
6.00pm Who Wants to Be a Christmas Millionaire?
with Chris Tarrant
6.30pm Emmerdale
7.30pm Coronation Street
8.30pm Who Wants to Be a Christmas Millionaire?
with Chris Tarrant
9.00pm A Touch of Frost
Line of Fire (part 1) starring David Jason
10.30pm Who Wants to Be a Christmas Millionaire?
11.00pm ITV News, Weather Sian Lloyd
11.10pm Bethlehem Year Zero
Today's news, Herod's regime is on the brink of collapse and a miracle baby is born
11.25pm Film : Charade (1963)
starring Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau
1.35am Film : Blame It on the Bellboy (1992)
starring Dudley Moore
3.05am Film : National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
starring Chevy Chase
4.40am Animaniacs
comic cartoon chaos
5.00am Dover
behind-the-scenes look at the port (Meridian)
5.30am Clueless (LWT) or
5.30am Dinosaurs Scent of a Reptile (Meridian)
Charlene grows a scent gland and looks forward to attracting a mate
5.55am News
Boxing Day Sunday 26th December 1999
ITV LWT/MERIDIAN
6.00am GMTV
News and Weather
6.10am The Big Garage
6.25am Bananas in Pyjamas
young fun
6.45am The Wiggles
7.05am Barney and Friends
dinosaur deeds
7.25am The Big Bug Show
7.45am Jellikins
animation
8.00am Diggit including at
8.10am 101 Dalmatians
8.35am Pepper Ann
9.10am Recess
9.25am Archbishop of Canterbury : My Favourite Hymns
Dr George Carey talks to John Stapleton about his future hopes and chooses his favourite hymns
9.55am Sunday Morning
Daniel O'Donnell presents hymns chosen by viewers for Christmas worship from Essex
10.55am The Searchers
docusoap following seven sceptical teenagers on a course in Christianity
11.25am The Day I Met an Angel
people talk about their belief in the existence of angels including Bill Roache, Gabby Logan
12.25pm Trisha : Home for Christmas
Trisha Goddard plays fairy godmother to people hoping to be reunited with loved ones for Christmas
1.25pm News, Weather
1.35pm The Timekeepers of the Millennium
children's comedy drama, penultimate part
2.00pm Film : The Shaggy Dog (1994)
Disney fantasy
3.40pm Stepping Out
featuring the pop band Steps
4.45pm Faeries
feature length animation
6.15pm ITV News, Weather
Sian Lloyd
6.25pm You've Been Framed Christmas Special
Lisa Riley presents
6.55pm Stars and Their Lives
Carol Vorderman presents this one off show in which viewers are invited to guess the identity of a mystery celebrity through a series of intriguing clues.
But the celebrity in question receives a few surprises of her own when long lost relatives and a former beau are wheeled on
7.30pm Coronation Street
8.00pm Heartbeat
Full Circle
9.00pm The Turn of the Screw
drama starring Pam Ferris, Jodhi May and Colin Firth
11.00pm ITV News, Weather Sian Lloyd Regional Weather
11.10pm The South Bank Show : Bing Crosby
a special profile of the film star and singer's career
12.15am Bethlehem Year Zero
the news headlines, read by Martyn Lewis, of this day 2,000 years ago.
The baby Jesus is recognised as the potential King of the Jews
12.35am Film : I Love Trouble (1994)
romantic comedy starring Nick Nolte, Julia Roberts
2.50am Film : Greyhounds (1994)
action drama
4.35am Cybernet computer news
5.00am Animaniacs (LWT) or 5.00am Dinosaurs (Meridian)
5.20am Cartoon (LWT)
5.30am Clueless
5.55am ITV News
Bank Holiday Monday 27th December 1999
ITV CARLTON/ MERIDIAN
6.00am GMTV
News
6.10am Bananas in Pyjamas
fun with B1 and B2
6.15am The Wiggles
6.35am The Big Bug Show
insect adventures
6.55am Barney and Friends
fun with the purple dinosaur
7.10am Jellikins
7.30am Beetleborgs
computer animated action
7.50am Pokemon
a double bill of animated adventures
8.50am Beast Wars
cartoon adventures
9.25am CITV
Pokemon (Repeat)
9.50am Fun House
hosted by Pat Sharp
10.20am Stepping Out (Repeat)
10.50am The Foxbusters
animation (Repeat)
11.05am Film : Escape to Witch Mountain (1995)
children's drama starring Robert Vaughan
12.45pm Lunchtime News, Weather
12.55pm Laugh with the Carry Ons (Carlton) or 12.55pm Shortland Street (Meridian)
1.20pm Sharpe
Sharpe's Regiment starring Sean Bean (Meridian) (Repeat) or
1.25pm Film : Follow that Dream (1962) (Carlton)
3.20pm Film : The Goonies (1985)
5.15pm News, Weather
5.30pm I Was There
featuring significant events of the last 60 years
6.30pm Des O'Connor Tonight Christmas Special
with Pierce Brosnan, Robson Green, Charlotte Church, Celine Dion, Frank Skinner, Joe Pasquale and the cast of Mamma Mia
7.30pm Coronation Street
8.00pm OK! TV
a look into the lives of well-known celebrities presented by Fiona Phillips
8.30pm Merry Christmas, Mr Bean
starring Rowan Atkinson
9.00pm Airline at Christmas
docusoap
10.00pm Dark Ages
comedy series double bill
Witch, followed by
The End of the World
11.00pm ITV Nightly News, Weather
Martyn Davies
11.10pm Bethlehem Year Zero
with David Jessel, the headlines as they might have been read 2000 years ago
11.25pm Film : Police Academy 2 : Their First Assignment (1985)
comedy
1.05am Film : Missing (1981)
starring Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek
3.20am World Sport Special
sports magazine
3.50am Club@Vision
clubbing news (Repeat)
4.35am ITV Nightscreen (Carlton) or 4.35am Taxi US comedy series (Meridian)
5.00am Scooby and Scrappy Doo
cartoon fun
5.25am Clueless
US comedy series (Carlton) or 5.30am Clueless (Meridian)
5.55am ITV Morning News
Bank Holiday Tuesday 28th December 1999
ITV CARLTON/ MERIDIAN
6.00am GMTV
News
6.10am Bananas in Pyjamas
fun with the fruity friends
6.15am The Wiggles
educational singing and dancing
6.35am The Big Bug Show
more insect antics
6.55am Barney and Friends
the big dinosaur returns
7.10am Jellikins
more capers with the 3-D friends
7.30am Beetleborgs
computer- animated action
7.50am Pokemon
double bill of animated adventure
8.50am Beast Wars
action with the cartoon creatures
9.25am CITV
Pokemon
another fun adventure (Repeat)
9.50am Fun House
the madcap game show
10.15am Stepping Out
with Steps (Repeat)
10.40am Film : Freaky Friday (1995)
starring Shelley Long
12.15pm Lunchtime News, Weather
12.30pm Film : Frankie and Johnny (1966)
musical starring Elvis Presley (Carlton)
2.05pm Film : Clambake (1967)
starring Elvis Presley (Carlton) or
2.05pm Film : Flash Gordon (1980) starring Sam J Jones (Meridian)
3.50pm Film : Gold (1974)
starring Roger Moore, Susannah York (Carlton)
4.05pm Sharpe
Sharpe's Siege starring Sean Bean (Repeat) (Meridian)
6.05pm Year of Promise
Carol Vorderman updates viewers on ITV's Year of Promise campaign with Patsy Palmer, Glen Murphy, Patrick Robinson, Nicholas Owen, Dermot Murnaghan
6.35pm Regional News
6.45pm ITV Evening News, Weather Martyn Davies
7.00pm Emmerdale
7.30pm Down Wembley Way (Carlton) or
7.30pm Decision Time consumer issues show presented by Simon Biagi, Gwenan Edwards (Meridian)
8.00pm Christmas Soap Secrets
presented by Lisa Riley
9.00pm Film : Pretty Woman (1990)
starring Richard Gere, Julia Roberts
11.10pm ITV Nightly News, Weather Martyn Davies
11.20pm Regional News ; Weather
11.30pm Film : Police Academy : Mission to Moscow (1994)
comedy
1.05am Football Extra
all the league highlights
2.05am The Haunted Fishtank
TV news and reviews
2.40am Film : The Virgin Soldiers (1969)
comic drama starring Hywel Bennett
4.20am Box Office America
US movie rundown
4.55am ITV Nightscreen
5.05am Scooby and Scrappy Doo
cartoon fun (Meridian)
5.20am Clueless
US high-school comedy (Carlton)
5.30am Clueless (Meridian)
5.55am ITV Morning News
ITV CARLTON/ MERIDIAN
6.00am GMTV
including at
8.30am Lorraine Kelly
looks forward to the holiday television
9.25am CITV
Santa's Last Christmas
animation, Santa and his elves oversleep leaving only a few days to make all the toys for Christmas
9.55am Top Ten of Everything
Ben Jones, Vanessa Bewley look at the most popular Christmas cards, best-selling festive singles,
with music by Atomic Kitten, Another Level
10.25am The Worst Witch
the very first episode (Repeat)
10.55am News, Regional News, Weather
11.05am The Christmas Storykeepers
animation
12.30pm Regional News, Weather
12.40pm Lunchtime News, Weather
1.00pm Regional News (Carlton) or Shortland Street (Meridian)
1.30pm Clueless
US High-school comedy
1.55pm From Mickey to Infinity - and Beyond
Neil Buchannan looks at the history of animation
2.50pm Film : The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
starring Michael Caine
4.20pm Regional News
4.50pm ITV News, Weather
5.05pm Film : Forever Young (1992)
starring Mel Gibson, Jamie Lee Curtis
ITV LWT/ MERIDIAN
7.00pm Emmerdale
7.30pm Coronation Street
8.00pm The Bill
When the Snow Lay Round About
9.00pm Who Wants to Be a Christmas Millionaire ?
Chris Tarrant with the first of four editions
9.30pm Is That Your Final Answer ?
a look behind the scenes of Who Wants to be a Millionaire
10.30pm Dark Ages War
Rewald's agony is prolonged when war is declared on the Vikings
11.00pm ITV Nightly News, Weather Sian Lloyd
11.15pm Bethlehem Year Zero
Martyn Lewis reads the news headlines of this day 2,000 years ago, a star is reported over Bethlehem
11.30pm Christmas Glory
a celebration of Christmas from Westminster Abbey introduced by the Duke of Edinburgh. Andrea Bocelli, Bryn Terfel,
Trevor McDonald and the Archbishop of Canterbury are among those using readings, poetry and traditional carols to tell the story of the Nativity
12.35am Film : Beaches (1988)
starring Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey
2.50am Club@Vision
dance music guide
3.30am Box Office America
film news
3.55am Film : Make Mine Music (1946)
Disney musical animation featuring ten short stories including,
The Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met, Peter and the Wolf, All the Cats Join In
5.15am Cartoon
5.30am Clueless (LWT) or 5.25am Dinosaurs prehistoric comedy (Meridian)
5.55am ITV Morning News
Christmas Day Saturday 25th December 1999
ITV LWT/ MERIDIAN
6.00am GMTV
Jellikins
animation narrated by Rik Mayall
6.15am The Big Bug Show
insect animation
6.40am Jellikins
more fun
7.00am Diggit with Paul
"Des" Ballard, Fearne Cotton, includes cartoons Jungle Cubs, Timon and Pumbaa, Hercules and Recess
8.00am Christmas Day on GMTV
The Rev Steve Chalke and Anne Davies select favourite carols
9.25am SM : TV Live
with Ant and Dec, Steps, S Club 7, Five, Westlife plus episodes of Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Pokemon
12.05pm Film : Pinocchio (1940)
Disney animation
1.45pm News, Weather
2.00pm Dame Thora Hird : My Favourite Hymns
3.00pm The Queen
3.10pm Film : Ace Ventura : Pet Detective (1993)
starring Jim Carrey
4.45pm News, Weather
5.05pm Gladiators : the Final Battle
with Ulrika Jonsson and John Fashanu
6.00pm Who Wants to Be a Christmas Millionaire?
with Chris Tarrant
6.30pm Emmerdale
7.30pm Coronation Street
8.30pm Who Wants to Be a Christmas Millionaire?
with Chris Tarrant
9.00pm A Touch of Frost
Line of Fire (part 1) starring David Jason
10.30pm Who Wants to Be a Christmas Millionaire?
11.00pm ITV News, Weather Sian Lloyd
11.10pm Bethlehem Year Zero
Today's news, Herod's regime is on the brink of collapse and a miracle baby is born
11.25pm Film : Charade (1963)
starring Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau
1.35am Film : Blame It on the Bellboy (1992)
starring Dudley Moore
3.05am Film : National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
starring Chevy Chase
4.40am Animaniacs
comic cartoon chaos
5.00am Dover
behind-the-scenes look at the port (Meridian)
5.30am Clueless (LWT) or
5.30am Dinosaurs Scent of a Reptile (Meridian)
Charlene grows a scent gland and looks forward to attracting a mate
5.55am News
Boxing Day Sunday 26th December 1999
ITV LWT/MERIDIAN
6.00am GMTV
News and Weather
6.10am The Big Garage
6.25am Bananas in Pyjamas
young fun
6.45am The Wiggles
7.05am Barney and Friends
dinosaur deeds
7.25am The Big Bug Show
7.45am Jellikins
animation
8.00am Diggit including at
8.10am 101 Dalmatians
8.35am Pepper Ann
9.10am Recess
9.25am Archbishop of Canterbury : My Favourite Hymns
Dr George Carey talks to John Stapleton about his future hopes and chooses his favourite hymns
9.55am Sunday Morning
Daniel O'Donnell presents hymns chosen by viewers for Christmas worship from Essex
10.55am The Searchers
docusoap following seven sceptical teenagers on a course in Christianity
11.25am The Day I Met an Angel
people talk about their belief in the existence of angels including Bill Roache, Gabby Logan
12.25pm Trisha : Home for Christmas
Trisha Goddard plays fairy godmother to people hoping to be reunited with loved ones for Christmas
1.25pm News, Weather
1.35pm The Timekeepers of the Millennium
children's comedy drama, penultimate part
2.00pm Film : The Shaggy Dog (1994)
Disney fantasy
3.40pm Stepping Out
featuring the pop band Steps
4.45pm Faeries
feature length animation
6.15pm ITV News, Weather
Sian Lloyd
6.25pm You've Been Framed Christmas Special
Lisa Riley presents
6.55pm Stars and Their Lives
Carol Vorderman presents this one off show in which viewers are invited to guess the identity of a mystery celebrity through a series of intriguing clues.
But the celebrity in question receives a few surprises of her own when long lost relatives and a former beau are wheeled on
7.30pm Coronation Street
8.00pm Heartbeat
Full Circle
9.00pm The Turn of the Screw
drama starring Pam Ferris, Jodhi May and Colin Firth
11.00pm ITV News, Weather Sian Lloyd Regional Weather
11.10pm The South Bank Show : Bing Crosby
a special profile of the film star and singer's career
12.15am Bethlehem Year Zero
the news headlines, read by Martyn Lewis, of this day 2,000 years ago.
The baby Jesus is recognised as the potential King of the Jews
12.35am Film : I Love Trouble (1994)
romantic comedy starring Nick Nolte, Julia Roberts
2.50am Film : Greyhounds (1994)
action drama
4.35am Cybernet computer news
5.00am Animaniacs (LWT) or 5.00am Dinosaurs (Meridian)
5.20am Cartoon (LWT)
5.30am Clueless
5.55am ITV News
Bank Holiday Monday 27th December 1999
ITV CARLTON/ MERIDIAN
6.00am GMTV
News
6.10am Bananas in Pyjamas
fun with B1 and B2
6.15am The Wiggles
6.35am The Big Bug Show
insect adventures
6.55am Barney and Friends
fun with the purple dinosaur
7.10am Jellikins
7.30am Beetleborgs
computer animated action
7.50am Pokemon
a double bill of animated adventures
8.50am Beast Wars
cartoon adventures
9.25am CITV
Pokemon (Repeat)
9.50am Fun House
hosted by Pat Sharp
10.20am Stepping Out (Repeat)
10.50am The Foxbusters
animation (Repeat)
11.05am Film : Escape to Witch Mountain (1995)
children's drama starring Robert Vaughan
12.45pm Lunchtime News, Weather
12.55pm Laugh with the Carry Ons (Carlton) or 12.55pm Shortland Street (Meridian)
1.20pm Sharpe
Sharpe's Regiment starring Sean Bean (Meridian) (Repeat) or
1.25pm Film : Follow that Dream (1962) (Carlton)
3.20pm Film : The Goonies (1985)
5.15pm News, Weather
5.30pm I Was There
featuring significant events of the last 60 years
6.30pm Des O'Connor Tonight Christmas Special
with Pierce Brosnan, Robson Green, Charlotte Church, Celine Dion, Frank Skinner, Joe Pasquale and the cast of Mamma Mia
7.30pm Coronation Street
8.00pm OK! TV
a look into the lives of well-known celebrities presented by Fiona Phillips
8.30pm Merry Christmas, Mr Bean
starring Rowan Atkinson
9.00pm Airline at Christmas
docusoap
10.00pm Dark Ages
comedy series double bill
Witch, followed by
The End of the World
11.00pm ITV Nightly News, Weather
Martyn Davies
11.10pm Bethlehem Year Zero
with David Jessel, the headlines as they might have been read 2000 years ago
11.25pm Film : Police Academy 2 : Their First Assignment (1985)
comedy
1.05am Film : Missing (1981)
starring Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek
3.20am World Sport Special
sports magazine
3.50am Club@Vision
clubbing news (Repeat)
4.35am ITV Nightscreen (Carlton) or 4.35am Taxi US comedy series (Meridian)
5.00am Scooby and Scrappy Doo
cartoon fun
5.25am Clueless
US comedy series (Carlton) or 5.30am Clueless (Meridian)
5.55am ITV Morning News
Bank Holiday Tuesday 28th December 1999
ITV CARLTON/ MERIDIAN
6.00am GMTV
News
6.10am Bananas in Pyjamas
fun with the fruity friends
6.15am The Wiggles
educational singing and dancing
6.35am The Big Bug Show
more insect antics
6.55am Barney and Friends
the big dinosaur returns
7.10am Jellikins
more capers with the 3-D friends
7.30am Beetleborgs
computer- animated action
7.50am Pokemon
double bill of animated adventure
8.50am Beast Wars
action with the cartoon creatures
9.25am CITV
Pokemon
another fun adventure (Repeat)
9.50am Fun House
the madcap game show
10.15am Stepping Out
with Steps (Repeat)
10.40am Film : Freaky Friday (1995)
starring Shelley Long
12.15pm Lunchtime News, Weather
12.30pm Film : Frankie and Johnny (1966)
musical starring Elvis Presley (Carlton)
2.05pm Film : Clambake (1967)
starring Elvis Presley (Carlton) or
2.05pm Film : Flash Gordon (1980) starring Sam J Jones (Meridian)
3.50pm Film : Gold (1974)
starring Roger Moore, Susannah York (Carlton)
4.05pm Sharpe
Sharpe's Siege starring Sean Bean (Repeat) (Meridian)
6.05pm Year of Promise
Carol Vorderman updates viewers on ITV's Year of Promise campaign with Patsy Palmer, Glen Murphy, Patrick Robinson, Nicholas Owen, Dermot Murnaghan
6.35pm Regional News
6.45pm ITV Evening News, Weather Martyn Davies
7.00pm Emmerdale
7.30pm Down Wembley Way (Carlton) or
7.30pm Decision Time consumer issues show presented by Simon Biagi, Gwenan Edwards (Meridian)
8.00pm Christmas Soap Secrets
presented by Lisa Riley
9.00pm Film : Pretty Woman (1990)
starring Richard Gere, Julia Roberts
11.10pm ITV Nightly News, Weather Martyn Davies
11.20pm Regional News ; Weather
11.30pm Film : Police Academy : Mission to Moscow (1994)
comedy
1.05am Football Extra
all the league highlights
2.05am The Haunted Fishtank
TV news and reviews
2.40am Film : The Virgin Soldiers (1969)
comic drama starring Hywel Bennett
4.20am Box Office America
US movie rundown
4.55am ITV Nightscreen
5.05am Scooby and Scrappy Doo
cartoon fun (Meridian)
5.20am Clueless
US high-school comedy (Carlton)
5.30am Clueless (Meridian)
5.55am ITV Morning News
