A Complete Guide to Christmas and New Year's EVE on Talking
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A complete Guide to Christmas And New Year’s EVE on Talking Pictures TV Watch Talking Pictures on: FREEVIEW 81 | SKY 328 | FREESAT 306 | VIRGIN 445 Watch Talking Pictures on: FREEVIEW 81 | SKY 328 | FREESAT 306 | VIRGIN 445 Thursday 24th December Christmas Eve Friday 25th December Christmas Day Friday 26th December Boxing Day Thursday 31st December New Year’s Eve 06:10 Scrooge (1935) Ebenezer Scrooge (Seymour 06:00 John and Julie (1955) Comedy. Director William 06:00 Jim’s Gift (1996) Stars: Jean Boht, Chris Jury and 06:00 Man Who Changed His Name (1934) Drama. Hicks) is persuaded to change his ways by visits from Fairchild. Stars: Colin Gibson, Noelle Middleton, Robert Llewellyn. A mysterious stranger presents a boy Lyn Harding plays Shelby Clive, who has shortened his the ghosts of Christmas past, present and yet-to-come. Lesley Dudley, Megs Jenkins, Sid James & Peter Sellers. with a VCR that can play the future. last name so that he won’t be mistaken for a murderer. 07:45 Get Some In! Christmas at the Camp (1975) Two children run away to London so they can visit 08.00 BFI: Skid Kids (1953) Drama. Director: Don 07:35 Scotland Yard: Wings of Death (1961) Stars: Tony Selby, Robert Lindsay, David Janson. C Flight the Queen. Chaffey. Stars: Peter Neil, Barry MacGregor, Anthony Director: Allan Davis. Stars: Harry H. Corbett, Peter must stay behind for maintenance duty (Special) 07:40 Christmas in 1942 Lang and A. E. Matthews. ‘Swanky’ and his chums take Bowles & Simon Lack. A light aeroplane comes down in 08:15 The Yellow Balloon (1953) Drama. Stars: 07:45 We Joined The Navy (1962) Comedy. Director: on bike thieves in this Bermondsey-shot Children’s Film Kent, killing the pilot. It was no accident... (S1, E38) Andrew Ray, Kenneth More, Kathleen Ryan. A young Wendy Toye. Stars: Kenneth More, Lloyd Nolan, Joan Foundation short. 08:10 No Highway in the Sky (1951) Drama. boy is blackmailed by a crook who saw him unwittingly O’Brien and Mischa Auer. Lt Commander Badger, RN: 09:00 Runaround: Christmas Special (1979) Directed by Henry Koster. Stars: James Stewart, Jack lead his friend to fall from a building. has one simple fault. The honesty to say the right thing Classic children’s gameshow. Hosted by Mike Reid and Hawkins, Marlene Dietrich & Glynis Johns. An aero- 09:50 Christmas In Britain Join the festive cheer all at the wrong time! featuring Barbara Dickson. nautical engineer predicts that a new plane will fail over the country in this short film showing how 09:45 The Christmas Truce of 1914 - Lest We 09:30 Black Saddle Client Starkey (1959) catastrophically. Christmases past were celebrated in London the great Forget Together with Alan Forbes, we visit the site 10:00 Johnny Ringo: The Hunters 10:00 Robin’s Nest: Day Trippers Stars: Tony Britton, British countryside and a traditional British home. where late on Christmas Eve 1914, our boys heard 10:30 Rogues Rock Double Trouble! (1975) Richard O’Sullivan and Tessa Wyatt. Vicky and Robin 10:00 Robin’s Nest: Once Two is Three German troops singing carols and on Christmas Day Stars: Donald Hewlett, Royston Tickner and take the day off so they can go out for a peaceful picnic. Stars: Richard O’Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton. British and German soldiers met in no man’s land. Harold Goodwin. The return of the hit 70s ITV series, 10:30 Jumping For Joy (1956) Comedy. Director John 10:30 Oliver Twist (1948) Drama. Directed by David 10:00 Christmas at Robin’s Nest Stars: Tony Britton, Rogue’s Rock! Action and adventure await! (S2, E4) Paddy Carstairs. Stars: Frankie Howerd, Stanley Holloway. Lean. Stars: John Howard Davies, Alec Guinness, Robert Tessa Wyatt and Richard O’Sullivan. Robin attempts to 11:00 The Christmas Truce of 1914 - A young dog racer loses his job and his honour. Newton & Kay Walsh. An orphaned boy in London joins put up the decorations but the bistro must stay closed. Lest We Forget 12:10 The Passionate Stranger (1957) Director: a household of boys trained to steal for their master. 10:30 An Inspector Calls (1954) Crime. Director: Guy 11:15 The Likely Lads (1976) Comedy. Director: Muriel Box. Stars: Margaret Leighton, Carlo Giustini, 12:50 BFI: The Christmas Tree (1966) Family. Stars: Hamilton. Stars: Alastair Sim, Olga Lindo, Eileen Moore. Michael Tuchner. Stars: Rodney Bewes, James Bolam Patricia Dainton and Ralph Richardson. A happily married Brian Blessed, William Burleigh, Anthony Honour and The Birling family are rich and complacent. It is 1912, & Brigit Forsyth. Bob, Thelma, Terry and his girlfriend writer of pens a book about an affair with a chauffeur. Kate Nicholls. Gary determines to get a tree for children and the shadow of impending war has yet to fall across Christina go on a touring caravan holiday. 14:00 Rooms: Paul & Lynda P1 (1975) in hospital for Christmas. Directed by Jim Clark. their lives. 13:05 The Long & the Short & the Tall (1961) War. 14:30 The Ghosts of Berkeley Square (1947) 14:00 Rooms: Alan & Peter P1 (1975) 12:05 Please Sir! (1971) Comedy. Directed by Mark Stars: Richard Todd, Laurence Harvey & Richard Harris. Comedy. Director: Vernon Sewell. Stars: Robert Morley, 14:30 Trouble in Store (1953) Comedy. Director: John Stuart. Stars: John Alderton, Deryck Guyler, & Joan A British patrol in Burma seeks to avenge British Felix Aylmer, Yvonne Arnaud. At a court in the afterlife Paddy Carstairs. Stars: Norman Wisdom, Moira Lister, Sanderson. Film version of the TV sitcom. Teacher prisoners. two 18th century soldiers are sentenced to haunt Margaret Rutherford. The escapades of an employee of a Bernard Hedges takes his Fenn Street class to a 15:10 The Winslow Boy (1948) Drama. Directed by a mansion. London store, who wants to become a window-dresser. holiday camp. Anthony Asquith. Stars: Robert Donat, Cedric Hardwicke 16:20 The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre: 16:15 The Night Before Christmas (1946) 14:10 Carols with Michael Horden (1983) With & Basil Radford. In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is The Set-Up (1962) Stars: Maurice Denham, John Beautiful adaptation of the famous poem, 1946. readings from Sir Michael Hordern and carols expelled from a naval academy over a theft. Carson & Brian Peck. A benevolent act leads to 16:25 An Evening With Matt Monro (1967) including O Little Town of Bethlehem, The First Noel, 17:30 The Adventures of Sir Lancelot: The Lesser something more sinister. Directed by Kenny Clayton. Lying hidden in his family Good King Wenceslas and Silent Night from the Royal Breed (1957) Stars: William Russell, Cyril Smith and 17:30 Rooms: Paul & Lynda P2 (1975) garage for forty years, until recently discovered, the only Choral Society and friends. Ronald Leigh-Hunt. A village is being terrorised; King 18:00 Scotland Yard: The Mysterious Bullet (1954) known film of Matt Monro performing live. 15:05 Scrooge: A Christmas Carol (1951) Drama. Arthur sends Sir Lancelot who discovers the Vikings Directed by Paul Gherzo. Stars: Robert Raglan, John 17:30 Rooms: Alan & Peter P2 (1975) Stars: Alastair Sim, Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison & are responsible. Warwick and Christine Adrian. A ballistics expert tracks 18:00 Scotland Yard: The Silent Witness (1954) Michael Hordern. Christmas is not a time of 18:00 Hobson’s Choice (1954) Drama. Director: David down the killer of a widow’s fiance. (S1, E13) Directed by Montgomery Tully. Stars: Molly Weir, Ivan celebration for the tight-fisted Ebenezer Scrooge. Lean. Stars: Charles Laughton, John Mills & Brenda de 18:35 The Telephone at Work 1970s A host of Craig & Kenneth Henry. The case of the self-confessed 16:50 Christmas In Britain - Glimpses Banzie. Henry Hobson’s daughters want to marry, but familiar faces warn us of the excessive use of telephones. killer who almost escaped the full weight of the law. 17:00 Upstairs Downstairs: The Path of Duty he refuses as traditions require him to pay settlements. 18:50 Dead of Night (1945) Thriller. Stars: Charles 18:35 The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre: Locker (1971) Stars: Gordon Jackson, David Langton and Jean 20:10 Went The Day Well (1942) War. Director: Crichton, Basil Dearden, Mervyn Johns, Michael Sixty-Nine (1962) Stars: Eddie Byrne, Paul Daneman & Marsh. Elizabeth returns from studying abroad and Cavalcanti. Stars: Leslie Banks, Mervyn Johns and Redgrave. An architect senses doom as his dreams Penelope Horner. A private detective is knocked the household are in a frenzy, preparing for her entry Basil Sydney. English villagers stage a fight back against become reality. unconscious after finding the body of his employer. into society. a german platoon. 20:55 Report On Litter 1950s Public Information Film 19:45 Christmas Under Fire It’s 1940 and the UK 18:00 El Cid (1961) Epic. Stars: Charlton Heston, 22:00 Personal Services (1987) Comedy. Director: on the rising concern of litter. Take your litter home! prepares for Christmas in this propaganda film for US Sophia Loren & Genevieve Page. Spain is overrun by the Terry Jones. Stars: Julie Walters, Alec McCowen. 21:00 Public Eye: Transatlantic Cousins (1971) audiences. It’s a Christmas of holly & barbed wire yet Moors and the country’s only hope rests in the knight A waitress becomes madam of a brothel which caters to Detective Drama. Stars: Alfred Burke, Brenda Cavendish the British are determined to make it as cheerful El Cid. older men. & Una Brandon-Jones. Marker finds a case involving an as possible. 21:30 Without a Clue (1988) Comedy. Directed by 00:10 The Boys From Brazil (1978) Drama. Directed old reprobate and a young American visiting Britain.