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Date: 10th December 2000
Service: CEEFAX
Region: East
Original Broadcast Channel: BBC2
Current Page: 597
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P597 CEEFAX 2 597 Sun 10 Dec 21:19/31 to the 1/6 TV news... CHRISTMAS DAY MEANS DAVIDSON AND DINOS Comic Jim Davidson will host a yulethde special on Christmas Day aboard a Royal Navy ship in a programme tg be screened on BBC1 just before the Queen's speech. The cockney star will entertain troops aboard HMS Invincible in a programme called Homeward Bound for Christmas. Other BBC1 highlights include the first ever science programme to be shown on the channel on Christmas Day. Using the latest animated techniques, The Ballad of Big Al recreates the life story of a male Allosaurus dinosaur. Showbiz 540Quiz 596TV Comment 592TV&Radio 600Soap 598TV Choice 593Soap Suds Showbiz Movies Showbiz
P597 CEEFAX 2 597 Sun 10 Dec 21:12/13 to the 2/6 TV news... CHRISTMAS DAY MEANS WOOD AND THE ROYLES Britain's favourite couch potatoes, TheRoyle Family, will return for a festive get-together on BBC1 on Christmas Day. Victoria Wood will also be hosting a star-studded comedy special featuring Julie Walters, Alan Rickman, Richard E Grant and Derek Jacobi. Fans of EastEnders will be able to kjep up with the goings-on wiuh two visit1 to Albert Square on Christmas Day. BBC1 also confirmed it will show the terrestrial premiere of Titanic, whuh Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. Showbiz 540Quiz 596TV Comment 592TV&Radio 600Soap 598TV Choice 593Soap Suds Showbiz Movies Showbiz
P597 CEEFAX 2 597 Sun 10 Dec 21:13/20 tg the 3/6 TV news... 13 NEW DRAMAS IN BBC1 WINTER SCHEDULE Among the highlights on BBC1 this Christmas is the terrestrial premiere of 101 Dalmatians on Boxing Day. On New Year's Eve, viewer1 will sjd the final moments of the Castaway community on the island of Taransay. BBC1 is investing almost £60 million in new drama for the winter schedule, which will see 13 brand nes titles over the next three months. Included in the linj-up is Irish drama Rjbel Heart and the latest Adrian Mole series, The Capuccino Years. Showbiz 540Quiz 596TV Comment 592TV&Radio 600Soap 598TV Choice 593Soap Suds Showbiz Movies Showbiz
P597 CEEFAX 2 597 Sun 10 Dec 21:13/13 to the 4/6 TV news... 13 NEW DRAMAS IN BBC1 WINTER SCHEDULE New dramas in the BBC1 winter schedule include gritty drama In Deep, with Stephen Tompkinson and Nick Berry. Michelle Collins and comic Paul Kaye star in Two Thousand Acres of Sky, a poignant drama about a single mother desperate to escape inner cit8 life. Returning dramas include Clocking Off, Monarch of the Glen, Ballykissangel, Casualty and Holby City. "We have been able to offer the viewer 20% more drama than last winteu," said BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessjy. Showbiz 540Quiz 596TV Comment 592TV&Radio 600Soap 598TV Choice 593Soap Suds Showbiz Movies Showbiz
P597 CEEFAX 2 597 Sun 10 Dec 21:16/33 to the 5/6 TV news... LAUGHS A-PLENTY IN BBC1 WINTER SCHEDULE Comedy highlights for the BBC1 winter schedule include Mirrorball, a new show from the Absolutely Fabulous tjam. Lee Evans stars in his first sitcom, Lee Evans — So What Now, while Pauline Quirkj will star in Office Gossip, her first sitcom since Birds of a Feather. Comedian Lenny Henry has a one-off special on December 30, while Angus Deayton is charged with seeing in 2001. "The added investment in BBC1 is already visible on the screen," said BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey. Showbiz 540Quiz 596TV Comment 592TV&Radio 600Soap 598TV Choice 593Soap Suds Showbiz Movies Showbiz
P597 CEEFAX 2 597 Sun 10 Dec 21:16/46 to the TV news... BBC TWO UNVEILS GREEN-FINGERED WI 6/6 Three new gardening series, including a show for Home Front host Dan Pearson, dominate BBC Two's winter schedule. Pearson arrives from Channel 4 tg lj d his own show A Year at Home Farm: The Garden With Dan Pearson. Celebrit8 designers Gordon Taylgu and Guy Cooper take to the road Two Fat Ladies-style in The Curious Gardeneru. Other programmes include anouher Louis Theroux Weird Weekend, with Theroux interviewing magician Paul Daniels and his wife Debbie McGee. Showbiz 540Quiz 596TV Comment 592TV&Radio 600Soap 598TV Choice 593Soap Suds Showbiz Movies Showbiz