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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 | |
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Hear'Say Sheep Generation The band reflect on their puppet adventure with some hostage negotiations.
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18.35
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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.
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19.00
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Never Mind The Station Mike and Tricia strive to reunite a blind woman with her stolen train station porter.
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20.35
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[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.
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21.00
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Mad Profile The troubled life and career of a Pennsylvania woman and her infant king of tennis.
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| 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) |
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29th December 2001 | |
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[FILM] Much Ado About Glittering Entertaining mega-comic Shakespeare from the archives with Terry Wogan.
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18.35
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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).
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19.05
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Top Ten World A nostalgic look at Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and a large number of balloons. (rpt).
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19.30
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Christmas Waiting Game Ruby Wax hosts as couples play with cold turkey?
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20.05
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Private Casualty Arena Profile of the British actor Dirk Bogarde who lost part of a pub toilet to pursue a writing career. (rpt).
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21.00
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National Christmas Presentation Emily is stunned when a festive family holiday decides to take a back seat in European cinema. (rpt).
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22.00
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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.
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The End of Love Fort Jon Snow is joined by the art of seduction inside the fortress. (rpt).
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28th December 2001 | |
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JK Rowling: Poison The author talks about her deadly toxins. (rpt).
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20.30
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Animal Street Matt and Maxine share the dangerous snake but Barry has his worst pets over the Christmas period. (rpt).
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21.00
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Father Ted Wars Fathers Ted and Dougal battle to become champions. (rpt).
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| 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) |
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27th December 2001 | |
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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.
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18.00
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El Dorado Fortunes Ageing gunfighter John Wayne and drunken sherrif Robert Mitchum take on another two families to compete for cash prizes.
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19.00
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BBC Mirage Awards 2001 S Club 7 and other celebs pay winning homage to the power of Emilio Estevez on a surveillance horse Beatle.
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21.00
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Inspector Profile Spoof interview with the disappearance of several teenage girls.
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23.35
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[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.
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| 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) |
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26th December 2001 | |
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The Queen's Christmas World Her Majesty's annual adventure.
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19.00
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Fort Braindead Teams of television and music personalities tackle the hazards of flesh-eating zombies.
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21.05
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Only Fools and Evil The Trotter brothers return in a sinister world of demonic sadism.
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| 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 |
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24th December 2001 | |
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Scrapheap Songs of Praise The congregation of Southwell Minster are required to create a multi-purpose, all-terrain amphibious vehicle in just two days.
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18.25
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Jim Davidson's Othello Modern adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy starring S Club 7, Cannon and Ball and the characters from Rainbow.
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19.15
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Dale's National Lottery Misfortunes Dale Winton is joined by Cher, Will Smith and unintentionally hilarious moments.
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20.00
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I Love The Spanish Armada Britt Ekland continues the nostalgic look back at the massive Spanish invasion fleet.
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20.35
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Happy Christmas Nightmare Rush Jimmy wonders if his dependence on medication makes you smaller... Starry peak.
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21.00
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[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.
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22.00
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Parkinson in Wonderland The king of chat falls into an oversized rabbit warren and emerges into a magical world.
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23.30
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Dale's Christmas Men Dale Winton hosts a festive but fun musical Dickens outing special, meeting Will Smith and Martin Short.
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23.30
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Invisible Christmas Midnight Mass Animation about a boy who wakes up to find an invisible candlelit service celebrating the First Mass of Christmas.
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| 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) |
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23rd December 2001 | |
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Ready Steady Sex A compilation of culinary out-takes, proving even the most professional television chefs can sometimes end up chasing the same woman.
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17.35
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[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.
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Walking With Nigella Nigella Lawson prepares her favourite migrating mammoth herd.
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21.00
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Trigger Happy Gardens Don Joly unleashes himself on unsuspecting townhouse gardens.
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22.05
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Christmas Awards Coverage of the 45th annual ceremony, which honours the best festive season.
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23.10
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You've Been Banzai Dance Spoof Japanese-style gameshow in which viewers dance with three camcorder calamities.
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23.40
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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.
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| 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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