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Top of the Pops

25/12/1986

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

Available for 5 months

Peter Powell presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 25 December 1986, featuring performances by Billy Ocean, The Communards, a-ha, Diana Ross and George Michael. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Peter Powell
Performer:
The Communards
Performer:
a-ha
Performer:
Europe
Performer:
Cliff Richard
Performer:
The Young Ones
Performer:
Spitting Image
Performer:
Boris Gardiner
Performer:
Diana Ross
Performer:
Berlin
Performer:
Simply Red
Performer:
Nick Berry
Performer:
Falco
Performer:
George Michael
Performer:
Pet Shop Boys

Keeping Up Appearances

The Father Christmas Suit

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 5 months

Seasonal special of the sitcom. Hyacinth decides that Richard should help distribute gifts to the old folk at the church hall dressed as Father Christmas. Show more

To the Manor Born

Series 1

Episode 8: The First Noel

Duration: 27 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Classic sitcom. As Christmas approaches, Audrey is determined to carry out her responsibilities as though she still lived at the manor. Show more

Contributors

Audrey fforbes-Hamilton:
Penelope Keith
Richard DeVere:
Peter Bowles
Mrs Polouvicka:
Daphne Heard
The Rector:
Gerald Sim

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 5 months

Part one of a uniquely 'Billy' approach to biography - part shaggy dog tale, part self-portrait, with a lot of jokes, personal archive and a few famous faces thrown in between. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 5 months

This final instalment finds Billy back in the Scotland of his childhood, where he reveals that knitted woolly swimming trunks were not a figment of his imagination. Show more

Top of the Pops

25/12/1986

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

Available for 5 months

Peter Powell presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 25 December 1986, featuring performances by Billy Ocean, The Communards, a-ha, Diana Ross and George Michael. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Peter Powell
Performer:
The Communards
Performer:
a-ha
Performer:
Europe
Performer:
Cliff Richard
Performer:
The Young Ones
Performer:
Spitting Image
Performer:
Boris Gardiner
Performer:
Diana Ross
Performer:
Berlin
Performer:
Simply Red
Performer:
Nick Berry
Performer:
Falco
Performer:
George Michael
Performer:
Pet Shop Boys

Hope Street

Series 3

Episode 3

Duration: 43 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Nicole’s not pleased when Clint’s dodgy brother Sly arrives in Port Devine, determined to get their country and western band back together. Marlene makes a life-changing decision. Show more

Contributors

Sergeant Marlene Pettigrew:
Kerri Quinn
PC Callum McCarthy:
Niall Wright
Ryan Power:
Finnian Garbutt
Ray Evans:
Abe Smyth
Inspector Finn O'Hare:
Ciaran McMenamin
Siobhan O'Hare:
Rachel Tucker
Shay O'Hare:
Louis McCartney
Niamh O'Hare:
Ellie Lavery
Nicole Devine-Dunwoody:
Niamh McGrady
Taylor Quinn:
Sade Malone
DC Jo Lipton:
Karen Hassan
Clint Devine-Dunwoody:
Aaron McCusker
Barry Pettigrew:
Des McAleer
Executive Producer:
Paul Marquess
Executive Producer:
Donna Wiffen
Director:
Sean Glynn

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