Spend
a comical Christmas with 大象传媒 ONE
Del Boy and Rodney, French and Saunders, Alistair and Ronni as Posh
and Becks and two David Dickinsons - 大象传媒 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, 大象传媒 ONE said: "大象传媒 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
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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.
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DIY SOS Christmas finds Nick Knowles and Lowri Turner turning
their attention to two very deserving causes in Buckfastleigh, Devon
and Hackney, London.
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It's going to be a seasonal shift to remember in Casualty.
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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
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Jack Dee braves the elements to see if he can survive on his own
in frozen Siberia in Jack Dee - Sent to Siberia.
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大象传媒 ONE travels the country to bring viewers a flavour of Christmas
celebrations in churches nationwide, in a special edition of Songs
of Praise.
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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.
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Nick Hancock, Gary Lineker, Steve Davies, Rory McGrath and Jonathan
Ross get together for a festive They Think It's All Over.
路 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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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See the results of the Big Draw in The Christmas National Lottery
with Dale Winton and special guest, EastEnders favourite, Jessie
Wallace.
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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.
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Join 大象传媒 ONE to celebrate Midnight Mass from Wells Cathedral.
Christmas
Day
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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.
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To crown her Jubilee year we join Her Majesty The Queen for the
Queen's Speech.
路 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.
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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.
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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.
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A "Chick flick" with a difference, Chicken Run
premieres on 大象传媒 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.
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More drama with the inhabitants of Albert Square in two seasonal
visits to EastEnders.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Peckham's most popular wheeler-dealers headline the season on 大象传媒
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.
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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
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The Parent Trap, a modern re-telling of the classic movie,
premieres on 大象传媒 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.
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Join the staff at Holby City for the first of two Christmas
specials.
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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.
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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
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Returning for a second year The 大象传媒 Animal Awards, hosted
by Gaby Roslin, bring together charities and celebrities to recognise
ordinary people who do extraordinary work for animals.
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.
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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
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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
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Norman Wisdom returns to The Last Of The Summer Wine as a
guest star in a festive special episode.
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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.
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Patricia Rozema's 1999 大象传媒 Film, Mansfield Park, receives
its television premiere starring Embeth Davidtz, Johnny Lee-Miller,
Harold Pinter and Lindsay Duncan.
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Terrestrial premiere of the Oscar-winning American Beauty
peels back the layers of USA-suburbia starring Kevin Spacey and
Annette Bening.
Monday
30 December
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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大象传媒 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.
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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.
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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.
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The premiere of the 大象传媒 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 大象传媒 digital picture service Programme and
Publicity Specials folder.
Chicken,
Trotters, Bolly and spirits top the menu from the 大象传媒 this Christmas
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