TV Misguidance

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Concept:
Graham Sadler

Contributors:
Kevan Davis
Graham Sadler

Sources:
Guardian Guide
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TV Misguidance has been mothballed, since it was only getting submissions from people who hadn't understood the joke, and people getting it mixed up with Other Listings Magazine.
30th December 2001
17.35
GS
Hear'Say Sheep Generation The band reflect on their puppet adventure with some hostage negotiations.
18.35
GS
Saturday Night Dinosaur Insight into some of the work that went into making the long-cold remains, which put the Bee Gees on the musical dinosaur dig.
19.00
GS
Never Mind The Station Mike and Tricia strive to reunite a blind woman with her stolen train station porter.
20.35
GS
[FILM] Crazy St Ives Story A hard-up author agrees to act as a Seventies rock group by falling in love during a holiday in cornwall.
21.00
GS
Mad Profile The troubled life and career of a Pennsylvania woman and her infant king of tennis.
1:00 Local News (R) 2:00 Pages from Ceefax 3:00 Sport : Women's Bare-Knuckle Hippo Racing 4:00 Learning Zone : Basic Fish Revision (S) 4:10 Sport : Underwater Literacy Biking 4:15 Sport : Under-15s Worm Racing from Zimbabwe (S)

29th December 2001
14.00
KD
[FILM] Much Ado About Glittering Entertaining mega-comic Shakespeare from the archives with Terry Wogan.
18.35
GS
The Lost Cologne Surprise Link Conclusion of the period adventure based on emotional reunions in front of a 55,000 strong general knowledge quiz. (rpt).
19.05
GS
Top Ten World A nostalgic look at Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and a large number of balloons. (rpt).
19.30
KD
Christmas Waiting Game Ruby Wax hosts as couples play with cold turkey?
20.05
GS
Private Casualty Arena Profile of the British actor Dirk Bogarde who lost part of a pub toilet to pursue a writing career. (rpt).
21.00
GS
National Christmas Presentation Emily is stunned when a festive family holiday decides to take a back seat in European cinema. (rpt).
22.00
KD
The Wicker Man: Live at Newbury Best of the genre. The Wicker Man has spent the week in Malta. Did last self-titled first album. Great Choice.
23.35
GS
The End of Love Fort Jon Snow is joined by the art of seduction inside the fortress. (rpt).

28th December 2001
19.00
GS
JK Rowling: Poison The author talks about her deadly toxins. (rpt).
20.30
GS
Animal Street Matt and Maxine share the dangerous snake but Barry has his worst pets over the Christmas period. (rpt).
21.00
GS
Father Ted Wars Fathers Ted and Dougal battle to become champions. (rpt).
0:25 Local Weather 1:00 Nightscreen (R) 2:00 Pobol y Cwm 3:00 Ivor the Engine 3:50 Work Essentials : Scooters (S) 4:00 Ivor the Engine (T) 4:35 Pornography 5:00 Work Essentials : Sausages (T) 6:00 News (S)

27th December 2001
11.35
GS
Live In Concert: In Concert Footage from the 1999 band's Dublin concert recorded their singles to 50,000 fans, finishing with songs. (b/w) (rpt). (T) Followed by 5 regional reports Skiing Weather round-up.
18.00
GS
El Dorado Fortunes Ageing gunfighter John Wayne and drunken sherrif Robert Mitchum take on another two families to compete for cash prizes.
19.00
KD
BBC Mirage Awards 2001 S Club 7 and other celebs pay winning homage to the power of Emilio Estevez on a surveillance horse Beatle.
21.00
GS
Inspector Profile Spoof interview with the disappearance of several teenage girls.
23.35
KD
[FILM] Beware My Doctor Profile of much-loved doctor who fabricates a war with grief from the local bad guys. Not on. See Film Choice.
0:40 Pages from Ceefax 1:00 News 1:10 Local News 2:00 Local Weather 2:05 The Clangers (R) 3:00 Pobol y Cwm (T) 3:55 Ivor the Engine 4:00 Sport : Bare-Knuckle Text Message Riding 4:35 Pages from Ceefax (T)

26th December 2001
15.00
GS
The Queen's Christmas World Her Majesty's annual adventure.
19.00
GS
Fort Braindead Teams of television and music personalities tackle the hazards of flesh-eating zombies.
21.05
GS
Only Fools and Evil The Trotter brothers return in a sinister world of demonic sadism.
1:00 Pages from Ceefax (S) 1:15 Open University : Librarians 1:35 Pages from Ceefax 1:55 Nightscreen (R) (S) (T) 2:00 Sport : Mug Golf (S) 2:30 Pages from Ceefax 3:00 Close (S) 4:00 News (S) (T) 5:00 Ivor the Engine

24th December 2001
17.30
GS
Scrapheap Songs of Praise The congregation of Southwell Minster are required to create a multi-purpose, all-terrain amphibious vehicle in just two days.
18.25
GS
Jim Davidson's Othello Modern adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy starring S Club 7, Cannon and Ball and the characters from Rainbow.
19.15
GS
Dale's National Lottery Misfortunes Dale Winton is joined by Cher, Will Smith and unintentionally hilarious moments.
20.00
GS
I Love The Spanish Armada Britt Ekland continues the nostalgic look back at the massive Spanish invasion fleet.
20.35
KD
Happy Christmas Nightmare Rush Jimmy wonders if his dependence on medication makes you smaller... Starry peak.
21.00
GS
[FILM] Journey Through Our Little King and Monkeys Laurel and Hardy elope with a time-traveller from 2035 to save the world from a deadly English schoolteacher.
22.00
GS
Parkinson in Wonderland The king of chat falls into an oversized rabbit warren and emerges into a magical world.
23.30
KD
Dale's Christmas Men Dale Winton hosts a festive but fun musical Dickens outing special, meeting Will Smith and Martin Short.
23.30
GS
Invisible Christmas Midnight Mass Animation about a boy who wakes up to find an invisible candlelit service celebrating the First Mass of Christmas.
1:00 Sport : Nude Long-Distance Bare-Knuckle Wig Biking (R) (S) 2:00 Pages from Ceefax (S) (T) 2:10 Work Essentials : Algebra 3:00 Open University : Intermediate Cats Revision (S) (T) 4:00 The Clangers (S) 4:50 Close 5:00 Open University : Intermediate Toast (T)

23rd December 2001
16.30
GS
Ready Steady Sex A compilation of culinary out-takes, proving even the most professional television chefs can sometimes end up chasing the same woman.
17.35
GS
[FILM] Fact or TV A widowed television host tries to boost her ratings by pretending to have shipbuilding, science, history and a 90mph hailstorm complete with baseball-sized snowballs.
20.30
GS
Walking With Nigella Nigella Lawson prepares her favourite migrating mammoth herd.
21.00
GS
Trigger Happy Gardens Don Joly unleashes himself on unsuspecting townhouse gardens.
22.05
GS
Christmas Awards Coverage of the 45th annual ceremony, which honours the best festive season.
23.10
GS
You've Been Banzai Dance Spoof Japanese-style gameshow in which viewers dance with three camcorder calamities.
23.40
GS
All About The Dead Investigation into the Mary Rose disaster of 1545, when the ship mysteriously rose from a life of rural poverty to win awards at the Cannes Film Festival.
0:40 Ivor the Engine 1:00 News (R) 1:40 Sport : Outdoor Bed Golf from Hell (T) 2:00 Close 2:35 The Clangers (T) 3:00 Pages from Ceefax (S) (T) 4:00 Pages from Ceefax (T) 5:00 Nightscreen (S) 6:00 The Clangers (S)

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