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03.12.02

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Spend a comical Christmas with 主播大秀 ONE


Only Fools and Horses - a Christmas Day treat on 主播大秀 ONE
Del Boy and Rodney, French and Saunders, Alistair and Ronni as Posh and Becks and two David Dickinsons - 主播大秀 ONE will have all the family doubled up with laughter on Christmas Day this year as part of the Christmas season.



Christmas Day comedy offers viewers a special treat which includes a little French humour in Only Fools and Horses, incredible impressions from Alistair McGowan, family fun with the Harpers in My Family, the terrestrial premiere of Chicken Run and French and Saunders house sitting for another famous duo.


Other festive favourites include a heart-warming visit by the Ground Force team to a Special Needs school and David Dickinson proves there is nothing in his Christmas stocking that is as "cheap as chips" in a Bargain Hunt special, and all of it is topped off with a double helping of EastEnders.


Lorraine Heggessey, Controller, 主播大秀 ONE said: "主播大秀 ONE is the place where family and friends can enjoy programmes together during the festive season.


"We have a fantastic line-up of comedy specials with everyone's favourite characters that will delight young and old alike this Christmas."


Christmas highlights


Saturday 21 December


路 Ian Wright hosts a popular favourite with a new twist for the festive season - Families Like These is sure to have all the laughter, tears and nail biting tension of its parent Friends Like These, but those participating are not likely to find the competition any easier.


DIY SOS Christmas finds Nick Knowles and Lowri Turner turning their attention to two very deserving causes in Buckfastleigh, Devon and Hackney, London.


路 It's going to be a seasonal shift to remember in Casualty.


路 A serial killer with a penchant for words engages in a dialogue with the two charismatic coppers in a Dalziel and Pascoe special. Warren Clarke and Colin Buchanan are joined by guest stars Dervla Kirwan, Lucy Davis, Jack Dee and John Sessions. The second part is on Sunday 22 December.


Sunday 22 December


路 Jack Dee braves the elements to see if he can survive on his own in frozen Siberia in Jack Dee - Sent to Siberia.


路 主播大秀 ONE travels the country to bring viewers a flavour of Christmas celebrations in churches nationwide, in a special edition of Songs of Praise.


路 Presented by actress Sue Johnston, The Virgin Mary explores the history behind the miraculous Bible stories to reveal the living, breathing mother of Christianity.


Mary may be the most famous, and certainly the most revered, woman ever to have lived but discovering who she really was is no easy task.


In The Virgin Mary, dramatic reconstructions and stunning visual effects are combined with the latest findings from historians and New Testament scholars to recreate the story of this remarkable woman.


Festive cheer from They Think It's All Over路 Nick Hancock, Gary Lineker, Steve Davies, Rory McGrath and Jonathan Ross get together for a festive They Think It's All Over.


World Cup 2002: Beckham for Breakfast celebrates the greatest sporting event in the world, from the supporters' point of view. This one-off homage provides an emotional and intimate portrait of the 2002 World Cup.


Monday 23 December


路 Anne Robinson and Phillip Schofield are back this Christmas to put the nation to the test. Joined by celebrity guests and a 300 strong audience of participants, they challenge everyone to take part in an end of year, interactive extravaganza that will question viewers' knowledge of the last 12 months and see whether the audience can outdo their nearest and dearest - in Test The Nation: The National 2002 Test.


Christmas Eve


路 Buttons, Princess Apricot Crumble, and Aladdin, aka Christopher Biggins, Malandra Burrows, and Bobby Davro are just three of the pantomime stars brave enough to face Anne Robinson in this festive edition of the Weakest Link.


路 Life is no picnic for the ants on Ant's Island in the premiere of A Bug's Life with the voices of Kevin Spacey and Dave Foley.


路 The terrestrial premiere of The Mummy with Rachel Weisz and John Hannah in a race against time to retrieve the ancient Book Of The Living.


路 See the results of the Big Draw in The Christmas National Lottery with Dale Winton and special guest, EastEnders favourite, Jessie Wallace.


Parkinson meets Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson, Nigel Havers, Alistair McGowan and magician Marc Paul, with performances from Tom Jones, Martine McCutcheon and Mica Paris with the London Gospel choir in a Christmas Special.


路 Join 主播大秀 ONE to celebrate Midnight Mass from Wells Cathedral.


Christmas Day


路 Tastier than your turkey, Top of the Pops celebrates the biggest and best-selling tunes of 2002 and features the Christmas No.1 including Pink, Ronan Keating, Holly Valance, Will Young, Gareth Gates and Liberty X.


路 To crown her Jubilee year we join Her Majesty The Queen for the Queen's Speech.


Christams Day fun with Robbie the Reindeer
Robbie the Reindeer is back with a new animated special - and this time he and his motley friends are on a death defying quest to find a mythical band of warriors in Legend of the Lost Tribe.




A star studded voice cast featuring David Attenborough, Rob Brydon, Steve Coogan, Harry Enfield, Ricky Gervais, Jeff Goldblum, Jane Horrocks, Sean Hughes, Ardal O'Hanlon, Alistair McGowan, Natalie Imbruglia, Paul Whitehouse and The League of Gentlemen.


路 In a Bargain Hunt Christmas Special, the team get into the panto season and David Dickinson impersonator Mark Perry (from Dead Ringers) turns up at the fair in Newark to help David keep the rowdy contestants in line.


路 Paul O'Grady takes the hot seat to share with us some seasonal clips that celebrities hoped we'd never see in Out Take TV.


路 A "Chick flick" with a difference, Chicken Run premieres on 主播大秀 ONE with its animated homage to the Great Escape.


The only difference is that protagonists are feathered, and don't risk the "cooler" but rather the fatal pie machine should they fail to escape the Tweedy's farm in 1950s Yorkshire.


Julia Sawalha and Mel Gibson star.


路 More drama with the inhabitants of Albert Square in two seasonal visits to EastEnders.


路 There's shock news for the Harper family in My Family when it seems there's not just a turkey in the oven this Christmas.


路 Alan Titchmarsh is leaving Ground Force and to complete the 10th series the team is sending Alan off with a bang in a Ground Force Christmas Special.


Ground Force heads off to Brighton to transform the courtyard of a Special Needs school and, with Alan and the team in high spirits, Christmas cheer is guaranteed.


Alistair McGowan - impressionist extraordinaire路 Impressionists extraordinaire Alistair McGowan and Ronni Ancona bring a host of familiar faces from the worlds of showbiz, sport and soap to The Big Impression Christmas Special.


The show includes Posh and Becks, Sven and Nancy, and new impressions like Little Mo, Billy Mitchell and Trevor from EastEnders.


路 Peckham's most popular wheeler-dealers headline the season on 主播大秀 ONE as Del Boy and Rodney burst back onto our screens in Only Fools and Horses: Strangers on the Shores. In this new special, the Trotter brothers embark on a trip to France聟 and pick up some unexpected cargo.


路 No one's safe as Dawn and Jennifer knock the stuffing out of Christmas, with a stocking full of sketches in French and Saunders.


Boxing Day


The Parent Trap, a modern re-telling of the classic movie, premieres on 主播大秀 ONE and stars Lindsay Lohan as twins Hallie and Annie separated at birth who attempt to get their parents played by Natasha Richardson and Dennis Quaid back together again.


路 Join the staff at Holby City for the first of two Christmas specials.


路 Richard Roxburgh (Moulin Rouge) leads a star-studded cast as Sherlock Holmes, opposite Ian Hart as Dr Watson, in a major new version of The Hound of the Baskervilles.


Using the latest computer technology to recreate the legendary hell-hound, and also starring Richard E. Grant and John Nettles, this stunning film drama sees Holmes and Watson as the young and athletic figures of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novel.


路 Angus Deayton presents Before They Were Famous VII - a comic look at the early appearances of some of the world's best loved actors, pop stars and celebrities, including Britney Spears and Todd Carty.


Friday 27 December


路 Returning for a second year The 主播大秀 Animal Awards, hosted by Gaby Roslin, bring together charities and celebrities to recognise ordinary people who do extraordinary work for animals.


Sweetie! Whoopi Goldberg meets Eddy and Patsy
路 The outrageous Edina (Jennifer Saunders) and Patsy (Joanna Lumley) are back for an Absolutely Fabulous special as the pair take on New York Fashion Week and attempt to track down Eddy's long lost son, Serge.




In addition to the long suffering Saffy, Mother and Bubble, the programme features special guest stars Whoopi Goldberg, Debbie Harry, Graham Norton and some very familiar faces from the world of fashion.


路 Hosted by Michael Parkinson, a star-studded evening pays tribute to Billy Connolly, Britain's best loved comedian. Billy Connolly - A BAFTA Tribute celebrates more than 30 years of the man known as the Big Yin.


From Judi Dench to Bob Geldof, Sarah Lancashire to Robin Williams, the people who know Billy best help to celebrate a glorious career.


Saturday 28 December


路 The man celebrated in this British Academy tribute is intelligent, suave, sexy, brave and ageless.


He likes beautiful women, Martinis, and expensive cars - he is James Bond 007, Britain's most infamous spy.


James Bond - A BAFTA Tribute features Pierce Brosnan, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton and George Lazenby as they are reunited and talk about their own interpretation and personification of Fleming's hero.


Sunday 29 December


路 Norman Wisdom returns to The Last Of The Summer Wine as a guest star in a festive special episode.


The Jubilee Girl is a look back at the spectacular bank holiday weekend this June when The Queen celebrated her Golden Jubilee.


Stars and performers, including Phil Collins, Ozzy Ozbourne, Dame Edna Everage and Michael Parkinson talk about their involvement in the unique concerts at Buckingham Palace and the programme also features exclusive behind the scenes footage.


路 Patricia Rozema's 1999 主播大秀 Film, Mansfield Park, receives its television premiere starring Embeth Davidtz, Johnny Lee-Miller, Harold Pinter and Lindsay Duncan.


路 Terrestrial premiere of the Oscar-winning American Beauty peels back the layers of USA-suburbia starring Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening.


Monday 30 December


路 To complement the premiere of Mansfield Park, The Real Jane Austen is a special documentary presented by Anna Chancellor with Gillian Kearney as the celebrated author.


路 In The Giant Claw: A Walking With Dinosaurs Special, zoologist and adventurer Nigel Marven goes back in time, 75 million years, on a pre-historic safari in search of the legendary Therizinosaurus, one of the most bizarre creatures ever to walk the earth and owner of the largest claws of all time.


New Year's Eve


路 Goodbye Vets In Practice. This one off special programme takes a nostalgic look back over six years of the highs and lows of the nations' favourite vets, plus there are a few new confessions from the vets themselves.


路 Another chance to see the spectacular Party at the Palace held in the grounds of Buckingham Palace this June to celebrate The Queen's Golden Jubilee.


Paying tribute to five decades of magnificent popular music during The Queen's reign, performers include Tom Jones, Sir Paul McCartney, Will Young and Ozzy Ozbourne.


Jonathan Ross on New Year's Eve welcomes in 2003 in his traditional no-holds-barred style as Jonathan looks back at the highs and lows, heroes and villains of 2002.


Jonathan will be joined by Louis Theroux, Pulp, Westlife, Alan Titchmarsh and many more.


New Year's Day


路 主播大秀 ONE celebrates 50 years of the UK pop charts with It's The Number One Party, a special musical extravaganza hosted by Dale Winton.


Chart-topping artists from the past five decades perform their number one hits in front of an audience of fellow stars from the world of music.


Performers include Nancy Sinatra, Irish boy-band Westlife, Lionel Richie, ska phenomenon Madness, UB40 & Chrissie Hynde, soul-pop stars Simply Red, Gareth Gates, Will Young and pop sensations Liberty X.


路 In Land of Giants: A Walking with Dinosaurs Special, Nigel Marven comes face to face with the biggest dinosaur that ever lived, Argentinosauraus, and the awesome predator Giganotosaurus in an exhilarating journey.


路 In an EastEnders special Dot Cotton relives her youth when she takes a trip to Wales to visit the family she stayed with as a child as an evacuee in the Second World War.


Set in the present day with flashbacks to war time featuring Dot as a young girl, Dot faces up to a dark secret that has shaped her life.


路 The premiere of the 主播大秀 Film Billy Elliot.


Set against the miners' strike in 1984, Billy Elliot features the debut of Jamie Bell in the title role with a supporting cast including Julie Walters as ballet teacher Mrs Wilkinson determined to see Billy fulfil his true potential and Gary Lewis as Billy's father.


A truly charming and heartfelt story of one boy's dream in the face of adversity from his own family, the movie charts his initial discovery of dance through to his auditions for the Royal Ballet School.


Notes to Editors


Special issue photographs from the Christmas schedules are available, for media use only, on the 主播大秀 digital picture service Programme and Publicity Specials folder.


Chicken, Trotters, Bolly and spirits top the menu from the 主播大秀 this Christmas (23.11.02)


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