from The Observer
BBC1
7.35 Movie "It's Always Fair Weather"
9.15 Heart and Soul
10.00 Countryfile
10.25 Amazing Stories "Santa 85"
10.50 Harry & the Hendersons
11.10 Movie "Summer Holiday" (1963)
12.55 BBC News/Weather
1.05 Review of the Year (with James Naughtie)
2.20 Movie "Star Trek: The Search for Spock"
4.00 EastEnders (omnibus edition)
4.55 Little Lord Fauntleroy (part 1 of 6)
5.25 Antiques Roadshow: The Next Generation
6.10 BBC News/Weather
6.25 Songs of Praise (from Lambeth Palace)
7.00 Last of the Summer Wine "The Man Who Nearly Knew Pavarotti"
8.00 Auntie's New Bloomers
8.45 BBC News/Weather
9.00 One Foot in the Grave "Only a Story"
9.30 Movie "Cold Comfort Farm" (premiere of this TV movie starring a pretty young Kate Beckinsale)
11.10 Everyman
12.10 Movie "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
2.00 Weather (close at 2.05)
BBC2
7.30 Blinky Bill
7.55 The Why Bird Stop
8.15 Moomin
8.35 The Busy World of Richard Scarry
9.00 Joe 90
9.25 The Artbox Bunch
9.40 Stone Protectors
10.05 Newsround: Review of the Year
10.35 Grange Hill
11.00 The O Zone
11.15 New Year with the Vienna Philharmonic
12.30 Snowy River: The McGregor Saga (from Australia's Nine Network)
1.15 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures "Journey to the Centres of the Brain"
2.15 Darts: World Professional Championship (from Surrey)
3.55 Ski Sunday
4.30 Purcell: The English Orpheus
5.00 Welcome, Welcome Glorious Morn
6.10 Gorillas (Rwanda's mountain gorillas)
7.00 With a Song in My Heart (a tribute to Mario Lanza)
8.25 Sunday Dinner
8.40 Ayrton Senna (documentary)
9.30 Movie "L.A. Story"
11.00 Movie "Earth Girls Are Easy"
12.35 Darts: World Professional Championship (highlights)
1.40 close
LWT (ITV)
6.00 GMTV
7.00 The Sunday Programme
8.00 Disney Adventures
9.25 Disney's Lefty
10.15 Link "Happy New Legislation"
10.30 Sunday Matters
12.30 ITN News/Weather
12.40 The London Lecture
1.25 Movie "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation"
3.10 Movie "The Empire Strikes Back"
5.25 Murder, She Wrote
6.20 ITN News
6.35 Movie "Green Card"
8.30 ITN News
8.45 Agatha Christie's Poirot
10.45 Ye Olde Spitting Image
11.15 Movie "Memories of Me"
1.10 Cinema, Cinema, Cinema
1.40 McCloud
3.00 A Masterclass with Billy Joel
4.15 Movie "China O'Brien"
Channel 4
6.00 Blitz
7.00 Paddington
7.15 Dr. Snuggles
7.45 For Better, For Worse
8.15 Inspector Gadget
8.35 Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures
9.00 Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
9.30 Biker Mice from Mars
9.55 Terrytoons
10.00 Zig and Zag's Christmas Special
10.45 Saved by the Bell
11.15 Rawhide
12.15 Little House on the Prairie
1.10 Movie "Tom Thumb"
2.55 Living with Dinosaurs (from Jim Henson's Hour)
3.55 Grass Roots Tiger
4.25 Four-Mations "Pal's Puppets"
5.25 Channel Four News/Weather
5.30 Movie "The Red Shoes"
8.00 Witness "The Making of an Englishman"
9.00 Heroes of Comedy: Frankie Howerd
10.00 Movie "GI Blues"
11.55 American Football: The Road to Super Bowl
1.25 Movie "Fun in Acapulco"
3.10 close
BBC1
7.35 Movie "It's Always Fair Weather"
9.15 Heart and Soul
10.00 Countryfile
10.25 Amazing Stories "Santa 85"
10.50 Harry & the Hendersons
11.10 Movie "Summer Holiday" (1963)
12.55 BBC News/Weather
1.05 Review of the Year (with James Naughtie)
2.20 Movie "Star Trek: The Search for Spock"
4.00 EastEnders (omnibus edition)
4.55 Little Lord Fauntleroy (part 1 of 6)
5.25 Antiques Roadshow: The Next Generation
6.10 BBC News/Weather
6.25 Songs of Praise (from Lambeth Palace)
7.00 Last of the Summer Wine "The Man Who Nearly Knew Pavarotti"
8.00 Auntie's New Bloomers
8.45 BBC News/Weather
9.00 One Foot in the Grave "Only a Story"
9.30 Movie "Cold Comfort Farm" (premiere of this TV movie starring a pretty young Kate Beckinsale)
11.10 Everyman
12.10 Movie "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
2.00 Weather (close at 2.05)
BBC2
7.30 Blinky Bill
7.55 The Why Bird Stop
8.15 Moomin
8.35 The Busy World of Richard Scarry
9.00 Joe 90
9.25 The Artbox Bunch
9.40 Stone Protectors
10.05 Newsround: Review of the Year
10.35 Grange Hill
11.00 The O Zone
11.15 New Year with the Vienna Philharmonic
12.30 Snowy River: The McGregor Saga (from Australia's Nine Network)
1.15 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures "Journey to the Centres of the Brain"
2.15 Darts: World Professional Championship (from Surrey)
3.55 Ski Sunday
4.30 Purcell: The English Orpheus
5.00 Welcome, Welcome Glorious Morn
6.10 Gorillas (Rwanda's mountain gorillas)
7.00 With a Song in My Heart (a tribute to Mario Lanza)
8.25 Sunday Dinner
8.40 Ayrton Senna (documentary)
9.30 Movie "L.A. Story"
11.00 Movie "Earth Girls Are Easy"
12.35 Darts: World Professional Championship (highlights)
1.40 close
LWT (ITV)
6.00 GMTV
7.00 The Sunday Programme
8.00 Disney Adventures
9.25 Disney's Lefty
10.15 Link "Happy New Legislation"
10.30 Sunday Matters
12.30 ITN News/Weather
12.40 The London Lecture
1.25 Movie "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation"
3.10 Movie "The Empire Strikes Back"
5.25 Murder, She Wrote
6.20 ITN News
6.35 Movie "Green Card"
8.30 ITN News
8.45 Agatha Christie's Poirot
10.45 Ye Olde Spitting Image
11.15 Movie "Memories of Me"
1.10 Cinema, Cinema, Cinema
1.40 McCloud
3.00 A Masterclass with Billy Joel
4.15 Movie "China O'Brien"
Channel 4
6.00 Blitz
7.00 Paddington
7.15 Dr. Snuggles
7.45 For Better, For Worse
8.15 Inspector Gadget
8.35 Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures
9.00 Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
9.30 Biker Mice from Mars
9.55 Terrytoons
10.00 Zig and Zag's Christmas Special
10.45 Saved by the Bell
11.15 Rawhide
12.15 Little House on the Prairie
1.10 Movie "Tom Thumb"
2.55 Living with Dinosaurs (from Jim Henson's Hour)
3.55 Grass Roots Tiger
4.25 Four-Mations "Pal's Puppets"
5.25 Channel Four News/Weather
5.30 Movie "The Red Shoes"
8.00 Witness "The Making of an Englishman"
9.00 Heroes of Comedy: Frankie Howerd
10.00 Movie "GI Blues"
11.55 American Football: The Road to Super Bowl
1.25 Movie "Fun in Acapulco"
3.10 close