Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 281,615 playable programmes from the BBC

Continuing the season directed by or starring Charlie Chaplin
A factory worker becomes unhinged and is put in a psychiatric hospital. After his release, he meets an orphan.
(1936, U) Black and white
City Lights is on Boxing Day at 6.05am
See Films: pages 43-79 *****

Contributors

[Actor]/Writer/Director:
Charlie Chaplin

Continuing the season directed by John Huston , and the first of two films today starring Humphrey Bogart
Also starring Edward G. Robinson
A weary war veteran arrives at a remote hotel to find it under a mobster's control.
(1948, PG) (Black and white)

(Bogart is in "To Have and Have Not" at 10.40am)
(See Films: pages 43-79)

Contributors

Director:
John Huston
[Actor]:
Humphrey Bogart
[Actor]:
Edward G. Robinson

Disney fantasy drama starring
Mary Steenburgen
A mother is deoressed when her husband loses his job and the family faces eviction. But an angel appears to show her the true meaning of Christmas.
Director Phillip Borsos (1985, U) Subtitled. ♦ See Films: pages 43-79

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Steenburgen
Director:
Phillip Borsos

War drama, ending the double bill of films starring Humphrey Bogart France has fallen but Harry Morgan declines an offer to work for the French underground, preferring to stay neutral. Director Howard Hawks (1944, PG)
Black and white Subtitled................ The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, starring Bogart and directed by John Huston , is tomorrow at 8am
♦ See Films: pages 43-79 *****

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Morgan
Directed By:
John Huston

Another animated double bill.

12.20 The lottery is fiddled.

At 12.30 Adventures on Telly: Part 1)
Bad Bob shoots the television.

(Repeat) (Digital widescreen)
Video plus code for 12.20-12.30pm
Code for 12.30-12.40pm
Code for 12.20-12.40pm (not PDC)

s Continuingthe season of westerns. Starring James Stewart
LonerCharlie Anderson keeps his family out of the Civil War until his son-in-law decides to join the Confederate army. Director Andrew V McLaglen (1965. PG)
Dodge City is tomorrow at 11.45am
♦ See Films: pages 43-79 ****

Contributors

Unknown:
James Stewart
Unknown:
Lonercharlie Anderson
Director:
Andrew V McLaglen

Four-part choral series, culminating in Sunday's final, presented by Howard Goodall from Buxton Opera House.
Today's programme features the single voice semi-final. Will the barbershops triumph or will the traditional single-voice choirs have the upper hand?
(Digital widescreen) (Subtitled)
Event sponsored by Sainsbury's

Contributors

Presenter:
Howard Goodall

Frank Capra's classic fantasy drama, starring James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore.
George Bailey is a small-town businessman who believes he has been a failure. One night as he contemplates suicide, George meets his guardian angel and discovers what life in Bedford Falls would have been like had he never lived.
(1946, U) (Black and white) (Subtitled)
See Films: pp 43-79 *****

Contributors

Director:
Frank Capra
George Bailey:
James Stewart
Mary Hatch:
Donna Reed
Mr Potter:
Lionel Barrymore
Uncle Billy:
Thomas Mitchell
Clarence:
Henry Travers
Mrs Bailey:
Beulah Bondi
Ernie:
Frank Faylen
Bert:
Ward Bond
Violet Bick:
Gloria Grahame
M rGower:
HB Warner
Pa Bailey:
Samuels Hinds
Sam Wainwright:
Frank Albertson
Harry Bailey:
Todd Karns
Cousin Tilly:
Mary Treen
Ruth Dakin:
Virginia Patton
Cousin Eustace:
Charles Williams
Mrs Hatch:
Sarah Edwards
Mr Martini:
Bill Edmunds

The late John Wells, who died in January, combined careers as dramatist, director and satirist.
This profile of the man who immortalised Denis Thatcher in Private Eye's "Dear Bill" letters features a portrait of Wells as a family man from wife Teresa and daughter Dolly. Those paying tribute to his multi-talented public aspect are Private Eye editors past and present Richard Ingrams and Ian Hislop, model Jerry Hall, actress Diana Rigg, playwrights and novelists Tom Stoppard and John Mortimer, impressionist Rory Bremner and satirists John Fortune and John Bird.
(Digital widescreen)

Contributors

Interviewee:
Richard Ingrams
Interviewee:
Ian Hislop
Interviewee:
Jerry Hall
Interviewee:
Diana Rigg
Interviewee:
Tom Stoppard
Interviewee:
John Mortimer
Interviewee:
Rory Bremner
Interviewee:
John Fortune
Interviewee:
John Bird
Director:
Angela O'Leary
Producer:
Paul Reizin

The lost Tibetan city of Shangri-la, an ancient mountain paradise reputed to hold the secrets to happiness and eternal youth, is the Holy Grail for intrepid traveller Charles Allen.
Earlier this year, he set out with explorer and sceptic Mark Shand to discover the true origins of the remote civilisation shrouded in myth. Led by a Tibetan monk, the pair track along the roof of the world, through the breathtaking Himalayan scenery. But the inhospitable and unforgiving terrain pushes the pair to the point of giving up on their trek.

Contributors

Subject:
Charles Allen
Subject:
Mark Shand
Director:
John Bulmer
Producer:
Nicholas Claxton

An adaptation of Wilkie Collins's classic detective novel, starring Greg Wise, Antony Sher, Patricia Hodge, Keeley Hawes
Heiress Rachel Verinder is given a priceless diamond for her 18th birthday. It is, though, no ordinary gem but a moonstone stolen from a sacred shrine in India - and it haunts all who cross its path.
(Repeat) (Subtitled)

Contributors

Author:
Wilkie Collins
Dramatised by:
Kevin Elyot
Producer:
Chris Parr
Director:
Robert Bierman
Franklin Blake:
Greg Wise
Sergeant Cuff:
Antony Sher
Lady Julia Verinder:
Patricia Hodge
Rachel Verinder:
Keeley Hawes
Gabriel Betteredge:
Peter Vaughan
Rosanna Spearman:
Lesley Sharp
Dr Candy:
Paul Brooke
Godfrey Ablewhite:
Scott Handy
Ezra Jennings:
Anton Lesser
Col Herncastle:
Terrence Hardiman
Druisilla Clack:
Kacey Ainsworth
Samuel:
Nicholas Lane
Penelope:
Rachel Lumberg
Indian:
Surinder Duhra
Constable Seegrave:
Roger Walker
Mrs Yolland:
Janet Henfrey
Limping Lucy:
Elizabeth Berrington
Mr Bruff:
Peter Jeffrey
Gooseberry:
Anthony Cumber
Septimus Luker:
Bob Bernard
Spy:
Carl Forgione

Horror starring Julie Harris, Claire Bloom

New England's infamous Hill House attracts investigators determined to uncover the terrifying truth about the place.
But as soon as they arrive, strange things start to happen - something from beyond the grave prowls the panelled corridors and climbs the creaking walls.
(Widescreen) (1963, 12) (Black and white)
See Films: pages 43-79 ****

Followed by Weatherview

(to 2.35)

Contributors

Director:
Robert Wise
Eleanor Vance:
Julie Harris
Theodora:
Claire Bloom
Dr John Markway:
Richard Johnson
Luke Sanderson:
Russ Tamblyn
Mrs Sanderson:
Fay Compton
Mrs Dudley:
Rosalie Crutchley
Grace Markway:
Lois Maxwell
Mr Dudley:
Valentine Dyall

BBC Two England

About BBC Two

BBC Two is a lively channel of depth and substance, carrying a range of knowledge-building programming complemented by great drama, comedy and arts.

Appears in

About this data

This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More

About this data

This data is drawn from the data stream that informs BBC's iPlayer and Sounds. The information shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was/is subject to change and may not be accurate. More