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Must be Santa (Film) Film icon PG certificate
An escaped prisoner is inadvertently selected to be the successor to Santa Claus, and he does his best to try to live up to the role.
Director: Brad Turner
Starring: Arnold Pinnock, Deanna Milligan, Dabney Coleman, Keenan MacWilliam, Peter Millard, Brian Miranda
(Made For TV, 1999, PG, 2 Star)

07:00


Christmas Baggage (Film) Film icon PG certificate
Cheryl Ladd stars as a single mother with a demanding job. When she invites her ex-husband to her home for the Christmas holidays she has one condition: he must reconcile with their daughters.
Director: Stephen Polk
Starring: Cher, Cheryl Ladd
(2008, PG)

09:00


The Christmas Hope (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Heart-warming story of love in the face of loss, as a bereaved couple finally finds hope for the future thanks to an orphaned girl.
Director: Norma Bailey
Starring: Madeleine Stowe, James Remar, Tori Barban, Mariam Bernstein, Daniel Boiteau, Jayne Eastwood
(Made For TV, 2009, PG, 3 Star)

11:00


All I Want for Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Sarah starts ****** to fulfill her son's Christmas wish for a new dad. But when she falls for someone unexpected she has to work extra hard, because her son already has a dad picked out.
Director: Harvey Frost
Starring: Gail O'Grady, Jimmy 'Jax' Pinchak, Robert Mailhouse, Greg Germann, Amanda Foreman, Bess Meyer
(Made For TV, 2007, PG, 3 Star)

13:00


Christmas Card (Music) PG certificate
American soldier Cody Cullen sets out to find a home he can call his own but discovers more than he ever could have hoped. John Newton stars in this delightful and moving holiday love story.
Starring: John Newton
(PG)



15:00


A Town Without Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
A little boy's heartfelt letter to Santa becomes a cry for help prompting the small town of Seacliff, Washington to go on a desperate search for him.
Director: Andy Wolk
Starring: Patricia Heaton, Peter Falk, Isabella Fink, Jeremy Akerman, Nigel Bennett, Bill Carr
(Made For TV, 2001, PG, 3 Star)

17:00


I'll be Home for Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
The Bundy family try to have a good family Christmas, despite World War 2.
Director: Jerry London
Starring: Ann Jillian, Robert Hays, Jack Palance, Tom Harvey, Linda Sorenson, Eric Peterson
(Made For TV, 1997, PG, 3 Star)

19:00


If You Believe (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Susan Stone is a modern-day scrooge. Out of nowhere, a carefree 7-year-old girl named Suzie, the embodiment of Susan's inner child, comes to help Susan recapture the love of life that she's lost.
Director: Alan Metzger
Starring: Ally Walker, Tom Amandes, Hayden Panettiere, Meredith McGeachie, Andrew Tarbet, Jonathan Welsh
(Made For TV, 1999, PG, 3 Star)

21:00


The Christmas Hope (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Heart-warming story of love in the face of loss, as a bereaved couple finally finds hope for the future thanks to an orphaned girl.
Director: Norma Bailey
Starring: Madeleine Stowe, James Remar, Tori Barban, Mariam Bernstein, Daniel Boiteau, Jayne Eastwood
(Made For TV, 2009, PG, 3 Star)

23:00


Christmas on Division Street (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
A homeless man who wanders the streets stealing, befriends a wealthy high school kid forming an interesting bond which they both remember for the rest of their lives.
Director: George Kaczender
Starring: Fred Savage, Hume Cronyn, Badja Djola, Jim Byrnes, Cloyce Morrow, Casey Ellison
(Made For TV, 1991, PG, 3 Star)



01:00


The Christmas Shoes (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Embracing the true meaning of Christmas. A young boy is able to transcend the pain of his mother's impending death as he embarks on a quest to give her the most meaningful gift of her life.
Director: Andy Wolk
Starring: Rob Lowe, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Max Morrow, Maria Del Mar, Hugh Thompson, Dorian Harewood
(Made For TV, 2002, PG, 3 Star)

03:00


If You Believe (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Susan Stone is a modern-day scrooge. Out of nowhere, a carefree 7-year-old girl named Suzie, the embodiment of Susan's inner child, comes to help Susan recapture the love of life that she's lost.
Director: Alan Metzger
Starring: Ally Walker, Tom Amandes, Hayden Panettiere, Meredith McGeachie, Andrew Tarbet, Jonathan Welsh
(Made For TV, 1999, PG, 3 Star)

05:00


A Holiday to Remember (Film) Film icon U certificate
Love reunites two very different people at Christmas when a successful career woman and her young daughter try to make a new life for themselves in a small town, in this warmhearted romantic comedy.
Director: Jud Taylor
Starring: Connie Sellecca, Randy Travis, Rue McClanahan, Elizabeth Lennie, Asia Vieira, Richard Fitzpatrick
(Made For TV, 1995, U, 1 Star)



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The Burning Season (Film) Film icon 4 star rating PG certificate
Brazilian union organizer Chico Mendes united Indians against the land barons plundering his homeland for economic gain. He was hailed as a saviour of the Amazon by the international media.
Director: John Frankenheimer
Starring: Raul Julia, Carmen Argenziano, Sonia Braga, Kamala Lopez, Luis Guzmán, Nigel Havers
(Made For TV, 1994, PG, 4 Star)

07:00


The Waltons (Drama) U certificate
The Comeback. Series 5, episode 3.
Jason loses his musical scholarship because of the school's lack of money and takes a job playing music at a local roadhouse to pay his tuition.
(1976, U)

08:00


The Waltons (Drama) PG certificate
The Baptism. Series 5, episode 4.
John Walton's peace of mind is threatened when an internationally known evangelist comes to Walton Mountain to preach and lead a baptismal service.
(1976, PG)

09:00


The Murder of Mary Phagan (Drama) PG certificate
In 1913, teenager Mary was found murdered. Although the evidence points to another suspect, the authorities chose to charge an outsider.
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Jack Lemmon, Cynthia Nixon
(Part 2 of 2, Last In Series, PG)

11:00


A Hobo's Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Walking out on his family 20 years ago, a hobo caused a bitter rift between himself and his family. However, it's Christmas, and he's back; what better time to heal past wounds?
Director: Will Mackenzie
Starring: Barnard Hughes, Gerald McRaney, Wendy Crewson, William Hickey, Lee Weaver, Jamie Sorrentini
(Made For TV, 1987, PG, 3 Star)



13:00


The Last Chance (Film) Film icon U certificate
Jennie Garth stars in this moving Western drama. Jake and John Cooper, an estranged father and daughter, must end their conflict to save the family ranch but can their relationship be salvaged?
Director: Joyce Chopra
Starring: Jennie Garth, Lance Henriksen, M.C. Gainey, Bradley Cooper, Dylan Wagner, Muse Watson
(Made For TV, 2003, U, 2 Star)

15:00


Johnson County War (Drama) PG certificate
The three Hammett brothers find themselves in the middle of a rapidly escalating range war that pits old time cattle barons against homesteaders. Luke Perry stars in this action-packed Western.
Starring: Luke Perry
(Part 2 of 2, Last In Series, PG)

17:00


Love's Unfolding Dream (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Struggling to start out in medicine, Belinda Tyler gets a chance as the physical therapist to a bitter old woman in desperate need of inspiration. But Drew Sampson proves Belinda's biggest challenge.
Director: Harvey Frost
Starring: Michael Auteri, Randall Bentley, J.C. Brandy, Nancy Linehan Charles, Erin Cottrell, Timmy Deters
(2007, PG, 3 Star)

19:00


Shadow on the Mesa (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
West Rawlins, a calculatingly honest man, is considered one of the best bounty hunters in the West but his life changes when his mother is brutally murdered by outlaws who are still on the run.
Director: David S. Cass Sr.
Starring: Wes Brown, Kevin Sorbo, Gail O'Grady, Shannon Lucio, Dave Florek, Stephen Bridgewater
(Made For TV, 2013, PG, 3 Star)

21:00


Lone Rider (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
An honored soldier returns to his embattled home town to face old enemies, and a new life-and-death struggle to protect himself and his family whatever the cost.
Director: David S. Cass Sr.
Starring: Lou Diamond Phillips, Angela Alvarado, Robert Baker, Timothy Bottoms, Maria Jordan, Stacy Keach
(2008, U, 3 Star)



23:00


Rough Riders (Drama) 4 star rating 15 certificate
When Theodore Roosevelt decided to experience the war first hand, his regiment, the Rough Riders, faced ambush, intense enemy fire, and a desperate, outnumbered charge up a defended hill.
Director: John Milius
Starring: Tom Berenger, Sam Elliott, Gary Busey, Brad Johnson, Illeana Douglas, Chris Noth
(Part 2 of 2, Last In Series, Made For TV, 1997, 15, 4 Star)

01:00


The Pact (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 12 certificate
For years, the Golds and Hartes have been the dearest of friends - until an apparent teenage suicide pact devastates the close bond between these two well-to-do families in an idyllic New England town. For was it suicide - or murder?
Director: Peter Werner
Starring: Megan Mullally, Juliet Stevenson, Henry Czerny, Bob Gunton, Eric Lively, J.C. MacKenzie
(Made For TV, 2002, 12, 3 Star)

03:00


Our Guys: Outrage at Glen Ridge (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
A community closes ranks when a group of high school sporting heroes are alleged to have carried out a shocking assault on a mentally challenged girl.
Director: Guy Ferland
Starring: Ally Sheedy, Heather Matarazzo, Sara Botsford, Scott Vickaryous, Eric Stoltz, Eric Keenleyside
(Made For TV, 1999, PG, 3 Star)

05:00


Crossing the Line (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 15 certificate
The high pressure world of high school basketball is the setting for this thought provoking drama where winning at any cost is far more important than playing the game.
Director: Graeme Clifford
Starring: Terry Farrell, Adrian Pasdar, Sumela Kay, Sherry Miller, Barry Flatman, Lawrence Dane
(Made For TV, 2002, 15, 3 Star)

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05:00


A Holiday to Remember (Film) Film icon U certificate
Love reunites two very different people at Christmas when a successful career woman and her young daughter try to make a new life for themselves in a small town, in this warmhearted romantic comedy.
Director: Jud Taylor
Starring: Connie Sellecca, Randy Travis, Rue McClanahan, Elizabeth Lennie, Asia Vieira, Richard Fitzpatrick
(Made For TV, 1995, U, 1 Star)

07:00


Undercover Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
Jake Cunningham is an uptight, workaholic FBI agent from a wealthy family. Jake is assigned to protect Brandi O'Neill, a lower class cocktail waitress, after she turns in her billionaire boyfriend for tax fraud. Jake is called home unexpectedly during the holidays, and must take Brandi with him.They pose as a couple to his parents, who are less than approving of their son's new 'girlfriend'.
Director: Nadia Tass
Starring: Jami Gertz, Shawn Christian, Tyne Daly, Winston Rekert, Anne Hawthorne, Alexandra Harvey
(Made For TV, 2003, U, 3 Star)

09:00


The Christmas Box (Film) Film icon 4 star rating PG certificate
Heart-warming seasonal drama about love, family and friendship. When the Evans family moves to a new city to open a ski shop, husband Richard becomes almost totally consumed by his stressful new job. After moving into an old mansion in order to live with, and take care of, an elderly widow, the Evanses soon learn that they were all meant to be together.
Director: Marcus Cole
Starring: Richard Thomas, Maureen O'Hara, Annette O'Toole, Kelsey Mulrooney, Robert Curtis-Brown, Michael Ensign
(Made For TV, 1995, PG, 4 Star)

11:00


The Christmas Pageant (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
When a temperamental Broadway director is fired from yet another job, she is forced to direct a community Christmas pageant.
Director: David S. Cass Sr.
Starring: Charlene Amoia, Candice Azzara, C. Stephen Browder, Brendan Patrick Connor, Jon Falkow, Kate Flannery
(Made For TV, 2011, PG, 3 Star)

13:00


A Different Kind of Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
What is it like to grow up with a dad who believes he is Santa? Shelley Long is running for mayor with a dad who sets up his own 'dream world' once a year. Can she keep his identity a secret?
Director: Tom McLoughlin
Starring: Shelley Long, Barry Bostwick, Nathan Lawrence, Nancy McLoughlin, Michael E. Knight, Bruce Kirby
(Made For TV, 1996, PG, 3 Star)



15:00


The Christmas Choir (Film) Film icon 4 star rating PG certificate
When a man at an all time low meets some homeless citizens, he is touched by their warmth and begins a choir. Follow his progress in this feel good film about love, redemption and second chances.
Director: Peter Svatek
Starring: Marianne Therien, Claudia Ferri, Jason Gedrick, Luis Oliva, Rhea Perlman, Cindy Sampson
(Made For TV, 2008, PG, 4 Star)

17:00


Once Upon a Christmas (Film) Film icon PG certificate
Santa's good-hearted daughter must save Christmas by foiling her evil sister's nefarious scheme to do away with it. In the process, she falls in love and sacrifices her immortality to save the day.
Director: Tibor Takacs
Starring: John Dye, Kathy Ireland, Mary Donnelly-Haskell, Liz Torres, Robin Avery, Penny Blake
(2000, PG, 2 Star)

19:00


Twice Upon a Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
Santa's first born Rudolpha hatches a scheme to sell off the North Pole and destroy Christmas once and for all. Will her sister Kristen be able to help save Christmas?
Director: Tibor Takacs
Starring: John Dye, Kathy Ireland, Mary Donnelly-Haskell, Wayne Thomas Yorke, Arturo Gil, Matthew Walker
(Made For TV, 2001, U, 3 Star)

21:00


Undercover Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
Jake Cunningham is an uptight, workaholic FBI agent from a wealthy family. Jake is assigned to protect Brandi O'Neill, a lower class cocktail waitress, after she turns in her billionaire boyfriend for tax fraud. Jake is called home unexpectedly during the holidays, and must take Brandi with him.They pose as a couple to his parents, who are less than approving of their son's new 'girlfriend'.
Director: Nadia Tass
Starring: Jami Gertz, Shawn Christian, Tyne Daly, Winston Rekert, Anne Hawthorne, Alexandra Harvey
(Made For TV, 2003, U, 3 Star)

23:00


Christmas in Connecticut (Film) Film icon U certificate
When a TV expert on marriage, cooking and homemaking is asked by her producer to host a national hero for Christmas, she must try to keep secret that she's single, can't cook and doesn't own a home.
Director: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Starring: Dyan Cannon, Kris Kristofferson, Tony Curtis, Richard Roundtree, Kelly Cinnante, Gene Lythgow
(Made For TV, 1992, U, 2 Star)



01:00


Ms. Scrooge (Film) Film icon PG certificate
A wealthy, miserly woman learns the meaning of Christmas in this urban update of 'A Christmas Carol'. A story everyone can believe in starring Cicely Tyson. Directed John Korty.
Director: John Korty
Starring: Michael Beach, Cicely Tyson, Katherine Helmond, John Bourgeois, Philip Akin, Arsinee Khanjian
(1997, PG)

03:00


A Dream for Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
A Southern minister is assigned to a poor church in California where the congregation is drifting away and the church itself is scheduled for demolition.
Director: Ralph Senensky
Starring: Hari Rhodes, Beah Richards, Lynn Hamilton, George Spell, Marlin Adams, Robert DoQui
(Made For TV, 1973, PG, 3 Star)

05:00


Mary and Joseph: A Story of Faith (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
A profound love develops between two young people from very different social classes, Mary and Joseph, which sustains them through the hardship of life under Roman conquerors.
Director: Eric Till
Starring: Blanche Baker, Lloyd Bochner, Colleen Dewhurst, Shay Duffin, Jeff East, Paul Hecht
(Part 1 of 2, Made For TV, 1979, PG, 3 Star)



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Crossing the Line (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 15 certificate
The high pressure world of high school basketball is the setting for this thought provoking drama where winning at any cost is far more important than playing the game.
Director: Graeme Clifford
Starring: Terry Farrell, Adrian Pasdar, Sumela Kay, Sherry Miller, Barry Flatman, Lawrence Dane
(Made For TV, 2002, 15, 3 Star)

07:00


The Waltons (Drama) PG certificate
The Fire Storm. Series 5, episode 5.
John-Boy becomes the object of public indignation when he insists on printing excerpts from Hitler's Mein Kampf.
(1976, PG)

08:00


The Waltons (Drama) PG certificate
The Nightwalker. Series 5, episode 6.
A mysterious presence moving through the night strikes fear in the hearts of the Walton's Mountain residents.
(1976, PG)

09:00


The Mystery of Natalie Wood (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
An intimate biography of Hollywood's most glamorous woman, from her fairytale career through her turbulent life to her mysterious death.
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Starring: Justine Waddell, Michael Weatherly, Matthew Settle, Colin Friels, Elizabeth Rice, Grace Fulton
(Part 1 of 2, Made For TV, 2004, PG, 3 Star)

11:00


The Christmas Choir (Film) Film icon 4 star rating PG certificate
When a man at an all time low meets some homeless citizens, he is touched by their warmth and begins a choir. Follow his progress in this feel good film about love, redemption and second chances.
Director: Peter Svatek
Starring: Marianne Therien, Claudia Ferri, Jason Gedrick, Luis Oliva, Rhea Perlman, Cindy Sampson
(Made For TV, 2008, PG, 4 Star)



13:00


Freshman Fall (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 12 certificate
After an impressionable college student is savagely attacked she must convince her family, her peers and her school that the violent classmate who brutalised her must never claim another victim again.
Director: Bethany Rooney
Starring: Candace Cameron Bure, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Jenna von Oÿ, Brandon Douglas, Nikki Cox, Ray Baker
(Made For TV, 1996, 12, 3 Star)

15:00


Little House on the Prairie (Drama) 3 star rating PG certificate
The Legacy.
A present-day couple buys an antique, folding-leaf table with a large "I" branded on it and are curious to learn about its origins.
(Part 14, 1974, PG, 3 Star)

16:00


Road to Avonlea (Drama) PG certificate
The Return of Gus Pike.
While at medical school in Halifax, Felicity meets Gus unexpectantly. Together they discover a street woman Eliza, who Gus soon believes to be his dead mother.
(Part 1, PG)

17:00


The Choice (Film) Film icon PG certificate
When a young woman learns that she is unexpectedly pregnant she turns to her mother for advice, only to discover that she too once faced a similar life changing dilemma.
Director: David Green
Starring: Susan Clark, Mitch Ryan, Largo Woodruff, Paul Regina, Kathleen Lloyd, Lisa Jane Persky
(Made For TV, 1981, PG, 2 Star)

19:00


Woman with a Past (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 12 certificate
A woman has two healthy kids and a happy marriage, but her perfect world slowly starts unravelling when her history catches up with her...
Director: Mimi Leder
Starring: Pamela Reed, Dwight Schultz, Richard Lineback, Carrie Snodgress, Adam Faraizl, Nick Stahl
(Made For TV, 1992, 12, 3 Star)



21:00


The Practice (Drama) PG certificate
The Emmy Award-winning drama follows Bobby Donnell, a young lawyer struggling to keep his small Boston law firm afloat.
(PG)

22:00


Far From the Madding Crowd (Film) Film icon 4 star rating PG certificate
Adaptation of the Thomas Hardy novel set in the farmlands of Wessex in the 1870s. A beautiful and headstrong young heiress has a profound effect on the three men in her life - a dashing sergeant, a wealthy landowner and a loyal shepherd.
Director: John Schlesinger
Starring: Julie Christie, Terence Stamp, Peter Finch, Alan Bates, Fiona Walker, Prunella Ransome
(1967, PG, 4 Star)

00:00


The Practice (Drama) PG certificate
The Emmy Award-winning drama follows Bobby Donnell, a young lawyer struggling to keep his small Boston law firm afloat.
(PG)

01:00


Evergreen (Drama) PG certificate
A young Jewish immigrant keeps her adulterous pregnancy a secret from her Orthodox husband who raises the child as his own only to discover the truth decades later. Lesley Ann Warren stars.
(Part 1 of 3, PG)

03:00


Evita Peron (Documentary) 15 certificate
Faye Dunaway stars in the fascinating story of Eva Peron. From her life as a young woman seeking her fortune to her death as one of the world's most powerful women. Nominated for 4 Emmy Awards.
Starring: Faye Dunaway
(Part 1 of 2, 15)



05:00


Lucky Day (Film) Film icon PG certificate
Amy Madigan plays an artist taking care of her mentally handicapped sister Allison, a job their mother gave up long before, but when Allison wins the lottery their mother returns with unclear motives.
Director: Donald Wrye
Starring: Amy Madigan, Olympia Dukakis
(1991, PG)

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Mary and Joseph: A Story of Faith (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
A profound love develops between two young people from very different social classes, Mary and Joseph, which sustains them through the hardship of life under Roman conquerors.
Director: Eric Till
Starring: Blanche Baker, Lloyd Bochner, Colleen Dewhurst, Shay Duffin, Jeff East, Paul Hecht
(Part 1 of 2, Made For TV, 1979, PG, 3 Star)

07:00


A Recipe for a Perfect Christmas (Film) Film icon PG certificate
Christine Baranski stars in this hilarious Christmas movie. JJ Jenner's orderly life as a magazine assistant is turned upside down when her free-spirited mother, Lee, shows up unannounced.
Starring: Christine Baranski
(PG)

09:00


The Man Who Saved Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Heart-warming drama based on the life of innovative inventor and toy maker A.C. Gilbert who was under pressure to let the U.S. Government turn his factory into a munitions plant at the onset of WW1.
Director: Sturla Gunnarsson
Starring: Kelly Rowan, Edward Asner, Jason Alexander, Daniel Kash, Kenneth Welsh, Jayne Eastwood
(Made For TV, 2002, PG, 3 Star)

11:00


A Holiday for Love (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
An executive returns to his small home town at Christmas to shut down a local business but is accidentally mistaken for a hero and unexpectedly finds himself falling in love with a single mother.
Director: Jerry London
Starring: Tim Matheson, Melissa Gilbert, Michelle Trachtenberg, Jayne Eastwood, Jack Jessop, Bernard Behrens
(Made For TV, 1996, PG, 3 Star)

13:00


Santa and Pete (Film) Film icon PG certificate
A heart-warming film that explores the beloved legend of Santa Claus and the seldom-told tale of faith and friendship between two men.
Director: Greg Taylor, Christopher Moore
Starring: Hume Cronyn, James Earl Jones, Flex Alexander, Tempest Bledsoe, Tracy Douglas, Bruce A. Young
(Made For TV, 1999, PG)



15:00


Christmas in Connecticut (Film) Film icon U certificate
When a TV expert on marriage, cooking and homemaking is asked by her producer to host a national hero for Christmas, she must try to keep secret that she's single, can't cook and doesn't own a home.
Director: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Starring: Dyan Cannon, Kris Kristofferson, Tony Curtis, Richard Roundtree, Kelly Cinnante, Gene Lythgow
(Made For TV, 1992, U, 2 Star)

17:00


Ms. Scrooge (Film) Film icon PG certificate
A wealthy, miserly woman learns the meaning of Christmas in this urban update of 'A Christmas Carol'. A story everyone can believe in starring Cicely Tyson. Directed John Korty.
Director: John Korty
Starring: Michael Beach, Cicely Tyson, Katherine Helmond, John Bourgeois, Philip Akin, Arsinee Khanjian
(1997, PG)

19:00


Mary and Joseph: A Story of Faith (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
A profound love develops between two young people from very different social classes, Mary and Joseph, which sustains them through the hardship of life under Roman conquerors.
Director: Eric Till
Starring: Blanche Baker, Lloyd Bochner, Colleen Dewhurst, Shay Duffin, Jeff East, Paul Hecht
(Part 1 of 2, Made For TV, 1979, PG, 3 Star)

21:00


The Christmas Choir (Film) Film icon 4 star rating PG certificate
When a man at an all time low meets some homeless citizens, he is touched by their warmth and begins a choir. Follow his progress in this feel good film about love, redemption and second chances.
Director: Peter Svatek
Starring: Marianne Therien, Claudia Ferri, Jason Gedrick, Luis Oliva, Rhea Perlman, Cindy Sampson
(Made For TV, 2008, PG, 4 Star)

23:00


The Night They Saved Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
An oil company is exploring two Arctic sites for oil. They find two, but the second is Santa Claus' home. If they destroy it, Christmas will be ruined. Can a mother and her children save Christmas?
Director: Jackie Cooper
Starring: Jaclyn A. Smith, Art Carney, Paul Le Mat, Mason Adams, June Lockhart, Paul Williams
(Made For TV, 1984, PG, 3 Star)



01:00


Once Upon a Christmas (Film) Film icon PG certificate
Santa's good-hearted daughter must save Christmas by foiling her evil sister's nefarious scheme to do away with it. In the process, she falls in love and sacrifices her immortality to save the day.
Director: Tibor Takacs
Starring: John Dye, Kathy Ireland, Mary Donnelly-Haskell, Liz Torres, Robin Avery, Penny Blake
(2000, PG, 2 Star)

03:00


Meet the Santas (Film) Film icon PG certificate
Even the son of Santa finds he can't escape the opinions of interfering parents and future in-laws when he's planning his wedding. Steve Guttenberg stars in this seasonal comedy drama.
Director: Harvey Frost
Starring: Marcia Ann Burrs, Julie Ariola
(Made For TV, 2005, PG, 2 Star)

05:00


Mary and Joseph: A Story of Faith (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
A profound love develops between two young people from very different social classes, Mary and Joseph, which sustains them through the hardship of life under Roman conquerors.
Director: Eric Till
Starring: Blanche Baker, Lloyd Bochner, Colleen Dewhurst, Shay Duffin, Jeff East, Paul Hecht
(Part 2 of 2, Last In Series, Made For TV, 1979, PG, 3 Star)



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Lucky Day (Film) Film icon PG certificate
Amy Madigan plays an artist taking care of her mentally handicapped sister Allison, a job their mother gave up long before, but when Allison wins the lottery their mother returns with unclear motives.
Director: Donald Wrye
Starring: Amy Madigan, Olympia Dukakis
(1991, PG)

07:00


The Waltons (Drama) PG certificate
The Wedding (Part 1 of 2). Series 5, episode 7.
Mary Ellen is engaged to Dr David Spencer and they plan the wedding Dr Curtis Willard arrives to be the town doctor.
(1976, PG)

08:00


The Waltons (Drama) PG certificate
The Wedding (Part 2 of 2). Series 5, episode 8.
Mary Ellen announces her engagement to young David Spencer, and after the initial shock, the Waltons join with the entire community to make plans for the big event.
(1976, PG)

09:00


The Mystery of Natalie Wood (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
An intimate biography of Hollywood's most glamorous woman, from her fairytale career through her turbulent life to her mysterious death.
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Starring: Justine Waddell, Michael Weatherly, Matthew Settle, Colin Friels, Elizabeth Rice, Grace Fulton
(Part 2 of 2, Last In Series, Made For TV, 2004, PG, 3 Star)

11:00


The Man Who Saved Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Heart-warming drama based on the life of innovative inventor and toy maker A.C. Gilbert who was under pressure to let the U.S. Government turn his factory into a munitions plant at the onset of WW1.
Director: Sturla Gunnarsson
Starring: Kelly Rowan, Edward Asner, Jason Alexander, Daniel Kash, Kenneth Welsh, Jayne Eastwood
(Made For TV, 2002, PG, 3 Star)



13:00


The Christmas Shoes (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Embracing the true meaning of Christmas. A young boy is able to transcend the pain of his mother's impending death as he embarks on a quest to give her the most meaningful gift of her life.
Director: Andy Wolk
Starring: Rob Lowe, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Max Morrow, Maria Del Mar, Hugh Thompson, Dorian Harewood
(Made For TV, 2002, PG, 3 Star)

15:00


Little House on the Prairie (Drama) 3 star rating PG certificate
Uncle Jed.
Charles and Caroline are about to adopt James and Cassandra, until Uncle Jed comes forward demanding custody of the Cooper children.
(Part 15, 1974, PG, 3 Star)

16:00


Road to Avonlea (Drama) PG certificate
Lonely Hearts.
Avonlea is in high spirits as the White Sands Hotel is to host a Festival and Bachelor Auction. Love and humour are in the air as the women bid on the bachelors of Avonlea.
(Part 2, PG)

17:00


Lucky Chances (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 12 certificate
From Jackie Collins comes the glamorous and sexy story of Gino Santangelo's rise in the Las Vegas casino industry and his daughter's subsequent struggle to maintain the family empire.
Director: Buzz Kulik
Starring: Vincent Irizarry, Michael Nader, Anne-Marie Johnson, Eric Braeden, Sandra Bullock, Stephanie Beacham
(Part 1 of 3, 1990, 12, 3 Star)

19:00


Circle of Violence (Film) Film icon PG certificate
Tuesday Weld, Geraldine Fitzgerald and River Phoenix star in this shocking story of a former victim of child abuse who, in turn, abuses her elderly mother.
Starring: Tuesday Weld, Geraldine Fitzgerald, River Phoenix
(PG)



21:00


The Practice (Drama) PG certificate
The Emmy Award-winning drama follows Bobby Donnell, a young lawyer struggling to keep his small Boston law firm afloat.
(PG)

22:00


All the Right Moves (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 15 certificate
Tom Cruise is Stefan, a young athlete who dreams of escaping his small mill town. His equally ambitious coach aims at a college position, resulting in a clash which could crush the player's dreams.
Director: Michael Chapman
Starring: Tom Cruise, Craig T. Nelson, Lea Thompson, Charles Cioffi, Gary Graham, Paul Carafotes
(1983, 15, 3 Star)

00:00


The Practice (Drama) PG certificate
The Emmy Award-winning drama follows Bobby Donnell, a young lawyer struggling to keep his small Boston law firm afloat.
(PG)

01:00


Evergreen (Drama) PG certificate
A young Jewish immigrant keeps her adulterous pregnancy a secret from her Orthodox husband who raises the child as his own only to discover the truth decades later. Lesley Ann Warren stars.
(Part 2 of 3, PG)

03:00


Evita Peron (Documentary) 15 certificate
Faye Dunaway stars in the fascinating story of Eva Peron. From her life as a young woman seeking her fortune to her death as one of the world's most powerful women. Nominated for 4 Emmy Awards.
Starring: Faye Dunaway
(Part 2 of 2, Last In Series, 15)



05:00


Miles to Go (Film) Film icon PG certificate
When a woman is diagnosed with cancer, her family rally round to enjoy their final days together.
Director: David Green
Starring: Jill Clayburgh, Mimi Kuzyk, Rosemary Dunsmore, Tom Skerritt, Cynthia Preston, Andrew Bednarski
(1986, PG, 2 Star)

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Christmas on Division Street (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
A homeless man who wanders the streets stealing, befriends a wealthy high school kid forming an interesting bond which they both remember for the rest of their lives.
Director: George Kaczender
Starring: Fred Savage, Hume Cronyn, Badja Djola, Jim Byrnes, Cloyce Morrow, Casey Ellison
(Made For TV, 1991, PG, 3 Star)

07:00


The Waltons (Drama) U certificate
The Cloudburst. Series 5, episode 9.
In a desperate attempt to save his newspaper from bankruptcy, John-Boy sells his meadow to a mining company, not realising the company's plans will devastate the local area.
(1976, U)

08:00


The Waltons (Drama) PG certificate
The Great Motorcycle Race. Series 5, episode 10.
The youngest Walton boy, Jim-Bob, takes his first step into the world when he enters a race, riding Ike's motorcycle.
(1976, PG)

09:00


The Man Who Saved Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Heart-warming drama based on the life of innovative inventor and toy maker A.C. Gilbert who was under pressure to let the U.S. Government turn his factory into a munitions plant at the onset of WW1.
Director: Sturla Gunnarsson
Starring: Kelly Rowan, Edward Asner, Jason Alexander, Daniel Kash, Kenneth Welsh, Jayne Eastwood
(Made For TV, 2002, PG, 3 Star)

11:00


Undercover Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
Jake Cunningham is an uptight, workaholic FBI agent from a wealthy family. Jake is assigned to protect Brandi O'Neill, a lower class cocktail waitress, after she turns in her billionaire boyfriend for tax fraud. Jake is called home unexpectedly during the holidays, and must take Brandi with him.They pose as a couple to his parents, who are less than approving of their son's new 'girlfriend'.
Director: Nadia Tass
Starring: Jami Gertz, Shawn Christian, Tyne Daly, Winston Rekert, Anne Hawthorne, Alexandra Harvey
(Made For TV, 2003, U, 3 Star)



13:00


A Christmas Without Snow (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
Miss Michael Learned and John Houseman star in this heartwarming story of a recently divorced mother who moves to a new city and experiences, for the first time, A Christmas Without Snow.
Director: John Korty
Starring: Michael Learned, John Houseman, Ramon Bieri, James Cromwell, Valerie Curtin, David Knell
(Made For TV, 1980, U, 3 Star)

15:00


Little House on the Prairie (Drama) 3 star rating PG certificate
Second Chance.
Hester Sue's ex-husband, Sam, arrives in Walnut Grove, stating that he is reformed from his days of drinking, gambling and wild living. But will she give him a second chance?
(Part 16, 1974, PG, 3 Star)

16:00


Road to Avonlea (Drama) PG certificate
Christmas in June.
Cecily is quarantined at a New York Sanitarium with tuberculosis. She becomes increasingly pessimistic about her treatment until she meets Louie, an orphan from New York.
(Part 3, PG)

17:00


A Dream for Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
A Southern minister is assigned to a poor church in California where the congregation is drifting away and the church itself is scheduled for demolition.
Director: Ralph Senensky
Starring: Hari Rhodes, Beah Richards, Lynn Hamilton, George Spell, Marlin Adams, Robert DoQui
(Made For TV, 1973, PG, 3 Star)

19:00


The Christmas Pageant (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
When a temperamental Broadway director is fired from yet another job, she is forced to direct a community Christmas pageant.
Director: David S. Cass Sr.
Starring: Charlene Amoia, Candice Azzara, C. Stephen Browder, Brendan Patrick Connor, Jon Falkow, Kate Flannery
(Made For TV, 2011, PG, 3 Star)



21:00


The Practice (Drama) PG certificate
The Emmy Award-winning drama follows Bobby Donnell, a young lawyer struggling to keep his small Boston law firm afloat.
(PG)

22:00


Christmas Baggage (Film) Film icon PG certificate
Cheryl Ladd stars as a single mother with a demanding job. When she invites her ex-husband to her home for the Christmas holidays she has one condition: he must reconcile with their daughters.
Director: Stephen Polk
Starring: Cher, Cheryl Ladd
(2008, PG)

00:00


The Practice (Drama) PG certificate
The Emmy Award-winning drama follows Bobby Donnell, a young lawyer struggling to keep his small Boston law firm afloat.
(PG)

01:00


A Recipe for a Perfect Christmas (Film) Film icon PG certificate
Christine Baranski stars in this hilarious Christmas movie. JJ Jenner's orderly life as a magazine assistant is turned upside down when her free-spirited mother, Lee, shows up unannounced.
Starring: Christine Baranski
(PG)

03:00


The Christmas Hope (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Heart-warming story of love in the face of loss, as a bereaved couple finally finds hope for the future thanks to an orphaned girl.
Director: Norma Bailey
Starring: Madeleine Stowe, James Remar, Tori Barban, Mariam Bernstein, Daniel Boiteau, Jayne Eastwood
(Made For TV, 2009, PG, 3 Star)



05:00


Ms. Scrooge (Film) Film icon PG certificate
A wealthy, miserly woman learns the meaning of Christmas in this urban update of 'A Christmas Carol'. A story everyone can believe in starring Cicely Tyson. Directed John Korty.
Director: John Korty
Starring: Michael Beach, Cicely Tyson, Katherine Helmond, John Bourgeois, Philip Akin, Arsinee Khanjian
(1997, PG)

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Ms. Scrooge (Film) Film icon PG certificate
A wealthy, miserly woman learns the meaning of Christmas in this urban update of 'A Christmas Carol'. A story everyone can believe in starring Cicely Tyson. Directed John Korty.
Director: John Korty
Starring: Michael Beach, Cicely Tyson, Katherine Helmond, John Bourgeois, Philip Akin, Arsinee Khanjian
(1997, PG)

07:00


The Waltons (Drama) PG certificate
The Pony Cart. Series 5, episode 11.
The oldest living Walton, Aunt Martha Corrine, disrupts the family members lives when she comes for an extended visit.
(1976, PG)

08:00


The Waltons (Drama) PG certificate
The Best Christmas. Series 5, episode 12.
With the Walton children growing up, this may be the last Christmas that the entire family can spend together.
(1976, PG)

09:00


Twice Upon a Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
Santa's first born Rudolpha hatches a scheme to sell off the North Pole and destroy Christmas once and for all. Will her sister Kristen be able to help save Christmas?
Director: Tibor Takacs
Starring: John Dye, Kathy Ireland, Mary Donnelly-Haskell, Wayne Thomas Yorke, Arturo Gil, Matthew Walker
(Made For TV, 2001, U, 3 Star)

11:00


Mary and Joseph: A Story of Faith (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
A profound love develops between two young people from very different social classes, Mary and Joseph, which sustains them through the hardship of life under Roman conquerors.
Director: Eric Till
Starring: Blanche Baker, Lloyd Bochner, Colleen Dewhurst, Shay Duffin, Jeff East, Paul Hecht
(Part 1 of 2, Made For TV, 1979, PG, 3 Star)



13:00


A Holiday to Remember (Film) Film icon U certificate
Love reunites two very different people at Christmas when a successful career woman and her young daughter try to make a new life for themselves in a small town, in this warmhearted romantic comedy.
Director: Jud Taylor
Starring: Connie Sellecca, Randy Travis, Rue McClanahan, Elizabeth Lennie, Asia Vieira, Richard Fitzpatrick
(Made For TV, 1995, U, 1 Star)

15:00


Little House on the Prairie (Drama) 3 star rating PG certificate
Days of Sunshine, Days of Shadow.
The marriage between Almonzo and Laura faces a test when he falls seriously ill with pneumonia and later suffers a crippling stroke.
(Part 1 of 3, 1974, PG, 3 Star)

16:00


Road to Avonlea (Drama) PG certificate
Comings and Goings.
It's a warm Avonlea reunion when Sara returns home to the Island with Nanny Louisa.
(Part 4, PG)

17:00


The Christmas Choir (Film) Film icon 4 star rating PG certificate
When a man at an all time low meets some homeless citizens, he is touched by their warmth and begins a choir. Follow his progress in this feel good film about love, redemption and second chances.
Director: Peter Svatek
Starring: Marianne Therien, Claudia Ferri, Jason Gedrick, Luis Oliva, Rhea Perlman, Cindy Sampson
(Made For TV, 2008, PG, 4 Star)

19:00


An Avonlea Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
The King family gather together to celebrate the holidays. However, the season is a time of crisis this year as eldest son Felix, who was fighting overseas, is missing in action.
Director: Stefan Scaini
Starring: Jackie Burroughs, Lally Cadeau, Mag Ruffman, Cedric Smith, Zachary Bennett, Patricia Hamilton
(Made For TV, 1998, U, 3 Star)



21:00


The Practice (Drama) PG certificate
The Emmy Award-winning drama follows Bobby Donnell, a young lawyer struggling to keep his small Boston law firm afloat.
(PG)

22:00


The Man Who Saved Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Heart-warming drama based on the life of innovative inventor and toy maker A.C. Gilbert who was under pressure to let the U.S. Government turn his factory into a munitions plant at the onset of WW1.
Director: Sturla Gunnarsson
Starring: Kelly Rowan, Edward Asner, Jason Alexander, Daniel Kash, Kenneth Welsh, Jayne Eastwood
(Made For TV, 2002, PG, 3 Star)

00:00


The Practice (Drama) PG certificate
The Emmy Award-winning drama follows Bobby Donnell, a young lawyer struggling to keep his small Boston law firm afloat.
(PG)

01:00


Stealing Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Tony Danza stars in this classic; a small time crook intent on robbing a department store is mistaken for Santa Claus. At first he plays along, but soon has second thoughts about Stealing Christmas.
Director: Gregg Champion
Starring: Tony Danza, Lea Thompson, Angela Goethals, Betty White, David Parker, Malcolm Stewart
(Made For TV, 2003, PG, 3 Star)

03:00


The Christmas Box (Film) Film icon 4 star rating PG certificate
Heart-warming seasonal drama about love, family and friendship. When the Evans family moves to a new city to open a ski shop, husband Richard becomes almost totally consumed by his stressful new job. After moving into an old mansion in order to live with, and take care of, an elderly widow, the Evanses soon learn that they were all meant to be together.
Director: Marcus Cole
Starring: Richard Thomas, Maureen O'Hara, Annette O'Toole, Kelsey Mulrooney, Robert Curtis-Brown, Michael Ensign
(Made For TV, 1995, PG, 4 Star)



05:00


The Christmas Choir (Film) Film icon 4 star rating PG certificate
When a man at an all time low meets some homeless citizens, he is touched by their warmth and begins a choir. Follow his progress in this feel good film about love, redemption and second chances.
Director: Peter Svatek
Starring: Marianne Therien, Claudia Ferri, Jason Gedrick, Luis Oliva, Rhea Perlman, Cindy Sampson
(Made For TV, 2008, PG, 4 Star)

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The Christmas Choir (Film) Film icon 4 star rating PG certificate
When a man at an all time low meets some homeless citizens, he is touched by their warmth and begins a choir. Follow his progress in this feel good film about love, redemption and second chances.
Director: Peter Svatek
Starring: Marianne Therien, Claudia Ferri, Jason Gedrick, Luis Oliva, Rhea Perlman, Cindy Sampson
(Made For TV, 2008, PG, 4 Star)

07:00


The Waltons (Drama) PG certificate
The Last Mustang. Series 5, episode 13.
The Waltons struggle to maintain the integrity of a local public office and to safeguard the freedom of the last local mustang.
(1976, PG)

08:00


The Waltons (Drama) PG certificate
The Rebellion. Series 5, episode 14.
Grandma becomes upset when she is asked to share her duty as church organist.
(1976, PG)

09:00


A Dream for Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
A Southern minister is assigned to a poor church in California where the congregation is drifting away and the church itself is scheduled for demolition.
Director: Ralph Senensky
Starring: Hari Rhodes, Beah Richards, Lynn Hamilton, George Spell, Marlin Adams, Robert DoQui
(Made For TV, 1973, PG, 3 Star)

11:00


Mary and Joseph: A Story of Faith (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
A profound love develops between two young people from very different social classes, Mary and Joseph, which sustains them through the hardship of life under Roman conquerors.
Director: Eric Till
Starring: Blanche Baker, Lloyd Bochner, Colleen Dewhurst, Shay Duffin, Jeff East, Paul Hecht
(Part 2 of 2, Last In Series, Made For TV, 1979, PG, 3 Star)



13:00


Ms. Scrooge (Film) Film icon PG certificate
A wealthy, miserly woman learns the meaning of Christmas in this urban update of 'A Christmas Carol'. A story everyone can believe in starring Cicely Tyson. Directed John Korty.
Director: John Korty
Starring: Michael Beach, Cicely Tyson, Katherine Helmond, John Bourgeois, Philip Akin, Arsinee Khanjian
(1997, PG)

15:00


Little House on the Prairie (Drama) 3 star rating PG certificate
Days of Sunshine, Days of Shadow.
Almonzo's continued negative outlook on life during his recovery from a stroke, takes its toll on the Wilder marriage.
(Part 2 of 3, 1974, PG, 3 Star)

16:00


Road to Avonlea (Drama) PG certificate
Trouble with Davey - Rachel Lynde is the victim of a sudden stroke and is sent out West to recover with her son, Robert.
(Part 5, PG)

17:00


Prancer Returns (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
Touching story of a young boy's efforts to return a lost reindeer to Santa Claus. Despite his difficulties at school and his parents' cynicism, finding the reindeer helps to teach some valuable lessons about the spirit of Christmas.
Director: Joshua Butler
Starring: John Corbett, Stacy Edwards, Michael O'Keefe, Jack Palance, Robert Nolan Clark, Gavin Fink
(2001, U, 3 Star)

19:00


The Christmas Pageant (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
When a temperamental Broadway director is fired from yet another job, she is forced to direct a community Christmas pageant.
Director: David S. Cass Sr.
Starring: Charlene Amoia, Candice Azzara, C. Stephen Browder, Brendan Patrick Connor, Jon Falkow, Kate Flannery
(Made For TV, 2011, PG, 3 Star)



21:00


The Practice (Drama) PG certificate
The Emmy Award-winning drama follows Bobby Donnell, a young lawyer struggling to keep his small Boston law firm afloat.
(PG)

22:00


The Christmas Box (Film) Film icon 4 star rating PG certificate
Heart-warming seasonal drama about love, family and friendship. When the Evans family moves to a new city to open a ski shop, husband Richard becomes almost totally consumed by his stressful new job. After moving into an old mansion in order to live with, and take care of, an elderly widow, the Evanses soon learn that they were all meant to be together.
Director: Marcus Cole
Starring: Richard Thomas, Maureen O'Hara, Annette O'Toole, Kelsey Mulrooney, Robert Curtis-Brown, Michael Ensign
(Made For TV, 1995, PG, 4 Star)

00:00


The Practice (Drama) PG certificate
The Emmy Award-winning drama follows Bobby Donnell, a young lawyer struggling to keep his small Boston law firm afloat.
(PG)

01:00


The Christmas Pageant (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
When a temperamental Broadway director is fired from yet another job, she is forced to direct a community Christmas pageant.
Director: David S. Cass Sr.
Starring: Charlene Amoia, Candice Azzara, C. Stephen Browder, Brendan Patrick Connor, Jon Falkow, Kate Flannery
(Made For TV, 2011, PG, 3 Star)

03:00


Annie Claus is Coming to Town (Film) Film icon PG certificate
Santa's daughter takes her first trip away from the North Pole during the Christmas season hoping to find adventure and love in sunny California.
Director: Kevin Connor
Starring: Maria Thayer, Sam Page, Nay Nay Kirby, Vivica A. Fox, Ryan Bittle, Randy J. Goodwin
(Made For TV, 2011, PG, 2 Star)



05:00


The Man Who Saved Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Heart-warming drama based on the life of innovative inventor and toy maker A.C. Gilbert who was under pressure to let the U.S. Government turn his factory into a munitions plant at the onset of WW1.
Director: Sturla Gunnarsson
Starring: Kelly Rowan, Edward Asner, Jason Alexander, Daniel Kash, Kenneth Welsh, Jayne Eastwood
(Made For TV, 2002, PG, 3 Star)

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The Man Who Saved Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Heart-warming drama based on the life of innovative inventor and toy maker A.C. Gilbert who was under pressure to let the U.S. Government turn his factory into a munitions plant at the onset of WW1.
Director: Sturla Gunnarsson
Starring: Kelly Rowan, Edward Asner, Jason Alexander, Daniel Kash, Kenneth Welsh, Jayne Eastwood
(Made For TV, 2002, PG, 3 Star)

07:00


The Waltons (Drama) PG certificate
The Ferris Wheel. Series 5, episode 15.
The spectre of a frightening but unremembered childhood experience haunts young Elizabeth's nights and troubles the entire household.
(1977, PG)

08:00


The Waltons (Drama) PG certificate
The Elopement. Series 5, episode 16.
Both Erin and Jason learn lessons about growing up as Erin tries to elope with Chad Marshall and Jason takes over the store, while Ike is away.
(1977, PG)

09:00


Mary and Joseph: A Story of Faith (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
A profound love develops between two young people from very different social classes, Mary and Joseph, which sustains them through the hardship of life under Roman conquerors.
Director: Eric Till
Starring: Blanche Baker, Lloyd Bochner, Colleen Dewhurst, Shay Duffin, Jeff East, Paul Hecht
(Part 1 of 2, Made For TV, 1979, PG, 3 Star)

11:00


Christmas Card (Music) PG certificate
American soldier Cody Cullen sets out to find a home he can call his own but discovers more than he ever could have hoped. John Newton stars in this delightful and moving holiday love story.
Starring: John Newton
(PG)



13:00


A Grandpa for Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
After his estranged daughter is hospitalized, eighty-year-old Bert Riley takes Becca, the granddaughter he never met, under his wing.
Director: Harvey Frost
Starring: Ernest Borgnine, Juliette Goglia, Katherine Helmond, Richard Libertini, Tracy Nelson, Jamie Farr
(Made For TV, 2007, PG, 3 Star)

15:00


The Night They Saved Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
An oil company is exploring two Arctic sites for oil. They find two, but the second is Santa Claus' home. If they destroy it, Christmas will be ruined. Can a mother and her children save Christmas?
Director: Jackie Cooper
Starring: Jaclyn A. Smith, Art Carney, Paul Le Mat, Mason Adams, June Lockhart, Paul Williams
(Made For TV, 1984, PG, 3 Star)

17:00


A Hobo's Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Walking out on his family 20 years ago, a hobo caused a bitter rift between himself and his family. However, it's Christmas, and he's back; what better time to heal past wounds?
Director: Will Mackenzie
Starring: Barnard Hughes, Gerald McRaney, Wendy Crewson, William Hickey, Lee Weaver, Jamie Sorrentini
(Made For TV, 1987, PG, 3 Star)

19:00


Secret Santa (Film) Film icon PG certificate
A crumbling Florida hotel serves as an unlikely refuge for a guest whose identity is a secret. One young boy believes the old man is Santa Claus, off season and on vacation.
Director: Bruce Davison
Starring: Sherilyn Fenn
(2001, PG)

21:00


A Chance of Snow (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Thanks to a blanket of snow, and a closed airport, two weary travellers discover they have nothing more to do, except fall in love again. Heartwarming family Christmas tale starring JoBeth Williams.
Director: Tony Bill
Starring: JoBeth Williams, Michael Ontkean, Barbara Barrie, Dey Young
(1998, PG, 3 Star)



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The Christmas Wish (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Intent on fulfilling his grandma's Christmas wish, a man sets out to find the woman mentioned in his late grandfather's journals. He learns the secrets of his past and the true meaning of Christmas.
Director: Ian Barry
Starring: Neil Patrick Harris, Debbie Reynolds, Naomi Watts, Alexandra Wilson, Beverly Archer, Ian Meltzer
(Made For TV, 1998, PG, 3 Star)

01:00


Annie Claus is Coming to Town (Film) Film icon PG certificate
Santa's daughter takes her first trip away from the North Pole during the Christmas season hoping to find adventure and love in sunny California.
Director: Kevin Connor
Starring: Maria Thayer, Sam Page, Nay Nay Kirby, Vivica A. Fox, Ryan Bittle, Randy J. Goodwin
(Made For TV, 2011, PG, 2 Star)

03:00


The Christmas Wish (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Intent on fulfilling his grandma's Christmas wish, a man sets out to find the woman mentioned in his late grandfather's journals. He learns the secrets of his past and the true meaning of Christmas.
Director: Ian Barry
Starring: Neil Patrick Harris, Debbie Reynolds, Naomi Watts, Alexandra Wilson, Beverly Archer, Ian Meltzer
(Made For TV, 1998, PG, 3 Star)

05:00


I'll be Home for Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
The Bundy family try to have a good family Christmas, despite World War 2.
Director: Jerry London
Starring: Ann Jillian, Robert Hays, Jack Palance, Tom Harvey, Linda Sorenson, Eric Peterson
(Made For TV, 1997, PG, 3 Star)

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I'll be Home for Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
The Bundy family try to have a good family Christmas, despite World War 2.
Director: Jerry London
Starring: Ann Jillian, Robert Hays, Jack Palance, Tom Harvey, Linda Sorenson, Eric Peterson
(Made For TV, 1997, PG, 3 Star)

07:00


The Waltons (Drama) U certificate
John Crossroads. Series 5, episode 17.
Due to the breakdown of the mill and mounting bills, John takes an office job in Charlottesville.
(U)

08:00


The Waltons (Drama) U certificate
The Career Girl. Series 5, episode 18.
For Erin Walton, graduation day from high school, which is an event that most people regard with great pleasure, seems to be the most painful day of her life.
(1977, U)

09:00


Mary and Joseph: A Story of Faith (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
A profound love develops between two young people from very different social classes, Mary and Joseph, which sustains them through the hardship of life under Roman conquerors.
Director: Eric Till
Starring: Blanche Baker, Lloyd Bochner, Colleen Dewhurst, Shay Duffin, Jeff East, Paul Hecht
(Part 2 of 2, Last In Series, Made For TV, 1979, PG, 3 Star)

11:00


Borrowed Hearts (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
With Christmas fast approaching, a struggling single mother agrees that for a fee, she and her daughter will pose as the family of her bachelor boss in order to help him.
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Starring: Roma Downey, Eric McCormack, Shawn Thompson, Janet Bailey, Kevin Hicks, Barbara Gordon
(Made For TV, 1997, PG, 3 Star)



13:00


The Christmas Gift (Film) Film icon U certificate
A widowed architect and his young daughter take a Christmas vacation and end up in a small mystical town in Colorado where everyone believes in Santa Claus.
Director: Michael Pressman
Starring: John Denver, Jane Kaczmarek, Edward Winter, Gennie James
(Made For TV, 1986, U, 2 Star)

15:00


A Grandpa for Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
After his estranged daughter is hospitalized, eighty-year-old Bert Riley takes Becca, the granddaughter he never met, under his wing.
Director: Harvey Frost
Starring: Ernest Borgnine, Juliette Goglia, Katherine Helmond, Richard Libertini, Tracy Nelson, Jamie Farr
(Made For TV, 2007, PG, 3 Star)

17:00


The Christmas Box (Film) Film icon 4 star rating PG certificate
Heart-warming seasonal drama about love, family and friendship. When the Evans family moves to a new city to open a ski shop, husband Richard becomes almost totally consumed by his stressful new job. After moving into an old mansion in order to live with, and take care of, an elderly widow, the Evanses soon learn that they were all meant to be together.
Director: Marcus Cole
Starring: Richard Thomas, Maureen O'Hara, Annette O'Toole, Kelsey Mulrooney, Robert Curtis-Brown, Michael Ensign
(Made For TV, 1995, PG, 4 Star)

19:00


Silent Night (Film) Film icon 4 star rating PG certificate
A courageous and unyielding young mother risks charges of treason to turn bitter enemies into cherished friends on an extraordinary Christmas Eve during the final days of World War II.
Director: Rodney Gibbons
Starring: Linda Hamilton, Matthew Harbour, Romano Orzari, Alain Goulem, Martin Neufeld, Mark Antony Krupa
(Made For TV, 2002, PG, 4 Star)

21:00


A Song for the Season (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
A town stands on the verge of losing its best teacher when a school board cuts the local school budget. But can a Christmas miracle save the day and give a gift of music to an entire community?
Director: Bobby Roth
Starring: Naomi Judd, Daniel Speck, Andy Griffith
(1999, U, 3 Star)



23:00


The Year Without a Santa Claus (Film) Film icon U certificate
Mrs. Santa Claus tells the story of the year when Santa Claus, feeling ill and unwanted, decided to take a holiday.
Director: Ron Underwood
Starring: Mitchel Baker, Hunter Ballard, Aaron Beelner, John T. Billingsley, David Blackwell, Dodie Brown
(2006, U, 1 Star)

01:00


Undercover Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
Jake Cunningham is an uptight, workaholic FBI agent from a wealthy family. Jake is assigned to protect Brandi O'Neill, a lower class cocktail waitress, after she turns in her billionaire boyfriend for tax fraud. Jake is called home unexpectedly during the holidays, and must take Brandi with him.They pose as a couple to his parents, who are less than approving of their son's new 'girlfriend'.
Director: Nadia Tass
Starring: Jami Gertz, Shawn Christian, Tyne Daly, Winston Rekert, Anne Hawthorne, Alexandra Harvey
(Made For TV, 2003, U, 3 Star)

03:00


A Song for the Season (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
A town stands on the verge of losing its best teacher when a school board cuts the local school budget. But can a Christmas miracle save the day and give a gift of music to an entire community?
Director: Bobby Roth
Starring: Naomi Judd, Daniel Speck, Andy Griffith
(1999, U, 3 Star)

05:00


Borrowed Hearts (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
With Christmas fast approaching, a struggling single mother agrees that for a fee, she and her daughter will pose as the family of her bachelor boss in order to help him.
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Starring: Roma Downey, Eric McCormack, Shawn Thompson, Janet Bailey, Kevin Hicks, Barbara Gordon
(Made For TV, 1997, PG, 3 Star)

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Borrowed Hearts (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
With Christmas fast approaching, a struggling single mother agrees that for a fee, she and her daughter will pose as the family of her bachelor boss in order to help him.
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Starring: Roma Downey, Eric McCormack, Shawn Thompson, Janet Bailey, Kevin Hicks, Barbara Gordon
(Made For TV, 1997, PG, 3 Star)

07:00


The Waltons (Drama) U certificate
The Hero. Series 5, episode 19.
John-Boy decides to create a memorial of which Grandma Walton will be honoured.
(1977, U)

08:00


The Waltons (Drama) U certificate
The Inferno. Series 5, episode 20.
John-Boy is deeply affected when he witnesses the crash of the Hindenburg. Curt tries to find a way to be alone with Mary Ellen.
(1977, U)

09:00


Three Wise Women (Film) Film icon PG certificate
What do you get someone, who seems to have everything, for Christmas? For one young woman, it's a second chance.
Director: Declan Recks
Starring: Lauren Coe, Lesley Conroy, Niamh Fitzgerald, Fionnula Flanagan, Richard Flood, Amy Huberman
(Made For TV, 2010, PG, 2 Star)

11:00


A Dream for Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
A Southern minister is assigned to a poor church in California where the congregation is drifting away and the church itself is scheduled for demolition.
Director: Ralph Senensky
Starring: Hari Rhodes, Beah Richards, Lynn Hamilton, George Spell, Marlin Adams, Robert DoQui
(Made For TV, 1973, PG, 3 Star)



13:00


A Different Kind of Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
What is it like to grow up with a dad who believes he is Santa? Shelley Long is running for mayor with a dad who sets up his own 'dream world' once a year. Can she keep his identity a secret?
Director: Tom McLoughlin
Starring: Shelley Long, Barry Bostwick, Nathan Lawrence, Nancy McLoughlin, Michael E. Knight, Bruce Kirby
(Made For TV, 1996, PG, 3 Star)

15:00


Little House on the Prairie (Drama) 3 star rating PG certificate
Days of Sunshine, Days of Shadow.
A tornado hits the Wilder home leaving Laura injured. To make matters worse, once the tornado leaves, the Wilder home is just a pile of rubble.
(Last In Series, Part 3 of 3, 1974, PG, 3 Star)

16:00


Road to Avonlea (Drama) PG certificate
Great Expectations.
Davey refuses to return to school. Hoping to change his mind, Hetty uses reverse psychology, agreeing to allow Davey to join the workforce.
(Part 6, PG)

17:00


Twice Upon a Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
Santa's first born Rudolpha hatches a scheme to sell off the North Pole and destroy Christmas once and for all. Will her sister Kristen be able to help save Christmas?
Director: Tibor Takacs
Starring: John Dye, Kathy Ireland, Mary Donnelly-Haskell, Wayne Thomas Yorke, Arturo Gil, Matthew Walker
(Made For TV, 2001, U, 3 Star)

19:00


The Christmas Gift (Film) Film icon U certificate
A widowed architect and his young daughter take a Christmas vacation and end up in a small mystical town in Colorado where everyone believes in Santa Claus.
Director: Michael Pressman
Starring: John Denver, Jane Kaczmarek, Edward Winter, Gennie James
(Made For TV, 1986, U, 2 Star)



21:00


The Practice (Drama) PG certificate
The Emmy Award-winning drama follows Bobby Donnell, a young lawyer struggling to keep his small Boston law firm afloat.
(PG)

22:00


Stealing Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Tony Danza stars in this classic; a small time crook intent on robbing a department store is mistaken for Santa Claus. At first he plays along, but soon has second thoughts about Stealing Christmas.
Director: Gregg Champion
Starring: Tony Danza, Lea Thompson, Angela Goethals, Betty White, David Parker, Malcolm Stewart
(Made For TV, 2003, PG, 3 Star)

00:00


The Practice (Drama) PG certificate
The Emmy Award-winning drama follows Bobby Donnell, a young lawyer struggling to keep his small Boston law firm afloat.
(PG)

01:00


Christmas in Connecticut (Film) Film icon U certificate
When a TV expert on marriage, cooking and homemaking is asked by her producer to host a national hero for Christmas, she must try to keep secret that she's single, can't cook and doesn't own a home.
Director: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Starring: Dyan Cannon, Kris Kristofferson, Tony Curtis, Richard Roundtree, Kelly Cinnante, Gene Lythgow
(Made For TV, 1992, U, 2 Star)

03:00


Christmas Card (Music) PG certificate
American soldier Cody Cullen sets out to find a home he can call his own but discovers more than he ever could have hoped. John Newton stars in this delightful and moving holiday love story.
Starring: John Newton
(PG)



05:00


A Hobo's Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Walking out on his family 20 years ago, a hobo caused a bitter rift between himself and his family. However, it's Christmas, and he's back; what better time to heal past wounds?
Director: Will Mackenzie
Starring: Barnard Hughes, Gerald McRaney, Wendy Crewson, William Hickey, Lee Weaver, Jamie Sorrentini
(Made For TV, 1987, PG, 3 Star)

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A Hobo's Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Walking out on his family 20 years ago, a hobo caused a bitter rift between himself and his family. However, it's Christmas, and he's back; what better time to heal past wounds?
Director: Will Mackenzie
Starring: Barnard Hughes, Gerald McRaney, Wendy Crewson, William Hickey, Lee Weaver, Jamie Sorrentini
(Made For TV, 1987, PG, 3 Star)

07:00


The Waltons (Drama) U certificate
The Heartbreaker. Series 5, episode 21.
Jason Walton learns that love can be one of life's most painful experiences.
(1977, U)

08:00


The Waltons (Drama) U certificate
The Long Night. Series 5, episode 22.
With Grandma in the hospital, Grandpa feels alone and unneeded but builds a friendship with Aimee Goodsey which helps him.
(1977, U)

09:00


A Dream for Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
A Southern minister is assigned to a poor church in California where the congregation is drifting away and the church itself is scheduled for demolition.
Director: Ralph Senensky
Starring: Hari Rhodes, Beah Richards, Lynn Hamilton, George Spell, Marlin Adams, Robert DoQui
(Made For TV, 1973, PG, 3 Star)

11:00


The Christmas Blessing (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
An emotional drama starring Rob Lowe. Following the death of his mother, a doctor volunteers at an after-school club and forms a special bond with a desperately ill child who has also lost his mother.
Director: Karen Arthur
Starring: Neil Patrick Harris, Rebecca Gayheart, Angus T. Jones, Hugh Thompson, Shaun Johnston, Rob Lowe
(Made For TV, 2005, PG, 3 Star)



13:00


Annie Claus is Coming to Town (Film) Film icon PG certificate
Santa's daughter takes her first trip away from the North Pole during the Christmas season hoping to find adventure and love in sunny California.
Director: Kevin Connor
Starring: Maria Thayer, Sam Page, Nay Nay Kirby, Vivica A. Fox, Ryan Bittle, Randy J. Goodwin
(Made For TV, 2011, PG, 2 Star)

15:00


Little House on the Prairie (Drama) 3 star rating PG certificate
Promise to Keep.
Mr. Edwards arrives back to Walnut Grove harbouring some disturbing secrets, namely the destruction of his marriage to alcoholism; his friendship with Charles also affected.
(1974, PG, 3 Star)

16:00


Road to Avonlea (Drama) PG certificate
A Fox Tale.
Always searching for a new money-making scheme, Felix, with the help of Izzy Pettibone, wants to start his own fox farm.
(Part 7, PG)

17:00


Christmas in Connecticut (Film) Film icon U certificate
When a TV expert on marriage, cooking and homemaking is asked by her producer to host a national hero for Christmas, she must try to keep secret that she's single, can't cook and doesn't own a home.
Director: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Starring: Dyan Cannon, Kris Kristofferson, Tony Curtis, Richard Roundtree, Kelly Cinnante, Gene Lythgow
(Made For TV, 1992, U, 2 Star)

19:00


The Christmas Blessing (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
An emotional drama starring Rob Lowe. Following the death of his mother, a doctor volunteers at an after-school club and forms a special bond with a desperately ill child who has also lost his mother.
Director: Karen Arthur
Starring: Neil Patrick Harris, Rebecca Gayheart, Angus T. Jones, Hugh Thompson, Shaun Johnston, Rob Lowe
(Made For TV, 2005, PG, 3 Star)



21:00


The Practice (Drama) PG certificate
The Emmy Award-winning drama follows Bobby Donnell, a young lawyer struggling to keep his small Boston law firm afloat.
(PG)

22:00


Secret Santa (Film) Film icon PG certificate
A crumbling Florida hotel serves as an unlikely refuge for a guest whose identity is a secret. One young boy believes the old man is Santa Claus, off season and on vacation.
Director: Bruce Davison
Starring: Sherilyn Fenn
(2001, PG)

00:00


The Practice (Drama) PG certificate
The Emmy Award-winning drama follows Bobby Donnell, a young lawyer struggling to keep his small Boston law firm afloat.
(PG)

01:00


Twice Upon a Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
Santa's first born Rudolpha hatches a scheme to sell off the North Pole and destroy Christmas once and for all. Will her sister Kristen be able to help save Christmas?
Director: Tibor Takacs
Starring: John Dye, Kathy Ireland, Mary Donnelly-Haskell, Wayne Thomas Yorke, Arturo Gil, Matthew Walker
(Made For TV, 2001, U, 3 Star)

03:00


Mary and Joseph: A Story of Faith (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
A profound love develops between two young people from very different social classes, Mary and Joseph, which sustains them through the hardship of life under Roman conquerors.
Director: Eric Till
Starring: Blanche Baker, Lloyd Bochner, Colleen Dewhurst, Shay Duffin, Jeff East, Paul Hecht
(Part 1 of 2, Made For TV, 1979, PG, 3 Star)



05:00


Christmas Card (Music) PG certificate
American soldier Cody Cullen sets out to find a home he can call his own but discovers more than he ever could have hoped. John Newton stars in this delightful and moving holiday love story.
Starring: John Newton
(PG)

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Christmas Card (Music) PG certificate
American soldier Cody Cullen sets out to find a home he can call his own but discovers more than he ever could have hoped. John Newton stars in this delightful and moving holiday love story.
Starring: John Newton
(PG)

07:00


The Waltons (Drama) PG certificate
The Hiding Place. Series 5, episode 23.
The Baldwins' niece Hilary arrives, seeking a hiding place from the horrors of the war breaking out in her native Austria.
(1977, PG)

08:00


The Waltons (Drama) PG certificate
The Go-Getter. Series 5, episode 24.
Ben's tactics for selling used cars, alienate both family and friends.
(1977, PG)

09:00


A Christmas Without Snow (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
Miss Michael Learned and John Houseman star in this heartwarming story of a recently divorced mother who moves to a new city and experiences, for the first time, A Christmas Without Snow.
Director: John Korty
Starring: Michael Learned, John Houseman, Ramon Bieri, James Cromwell, Valerie Curtin, David Knell
(Made For TV, 1980, U, 3 Star)

11:00


Stealing Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Tony Danza stars in this classic; a small time crook intent on robbing a department store is mistaken for Santa Claus. At first he plays along, but soon has second thoughts about Stealing Christmas.
Director: Gregg Champion
Starring: Tony Danza, Lea Thompson, Angela Goethals, Betty White, David Parker, Malcolm Stewart
(Made For TV, 2003, PG, 3 Star)



13:00


Christmas in Connecticut (Film) Film icon U certificate
When a TV expert on marriage, cooking and homemaking is asked by her producer to host a national hero for Christmas, she must try to keep secret that she's single, can't cook and doesn't own a home.
Director: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Starring: Dyan Cannon, Kris Kristofferson, Tony Curtis, Richard Roundtree, Kelly Cinnante, Gene Lythgow
(Made For TV, 1992, U, 2 Star)

15:00


Little House on the Prairie (Drama) 3 star rating PG certificate
A Faraway Cry.
Caroline travels to an influenza-ridden mining camp with Dr. Baker after she receives a plea for help from an old friend who is pregnant and desperately ill.
(1974, PG, 3 Star)

16:00


Road to Avonlea (Drama) PG certificate
Fools and Kings.
Aunt Eliza takes Daniel on a vacation, leaving time for a "second honeymoon" for Janet and Alec. However, Alec is too busy tending the farm and something else..
(Part 8, PG)

17:00


Love's Christmas Journey (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
The saga of Love Comes Softly continues in this wonderful Christmas movie. Through love, faith, and forgiveness, a heartening family reunion will become a very real Christmas miracle.
Director: David S. Cass Sr.
Starring: Natalie Hall, JoBeth Williams, Greg Vaughan, Dylan Bruce, Bobby Campo, Charles Shaughnessy
(Part 1 of 2, Made For TV, 2011, PG, 3 Star)

19:00


Love's Christmas Journey (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
The saga of Love Comes Softly continues in this wonderful Christmas movie. Through love, faith, and forgiveness, a heartening family reunion will become a very real Christmas miracle.
Director: David S. Cass Sr.
Starring: Natalie Hall, JoBeth Williams, Greg Vaughan, Dylan Bruce, Bobby Campo, Charles Shaughnessy
(Part 2 of 2, Last In Series, Made For TV, 2011, PG, 3 Star)



21:00


The Practice (Drama) PG certificate
The Emmy Award-winning drama follows Bobby Donnell, a young lawyer struggling to keep his small Boston law firm afloat.
(PG)

22:00


The Night They Saved Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
An oil company is exploring two Arctic sites for oil. They find two, but the second is Santa Claus' home. If they destroy it, Christmas will be ruined. Can a mother and her children save Christmas?
Director: Jackie Cooper
Starring: Jaclyn A. Smith, Art Carney, Paul Le Mat, Mason Adams, June Lockhart, Paul Williams
(Made For TV, 1984, PG, 3 Star)

00:00


The Practice (Drama) PG certificate
The Emmy Award-winning drama follows Bobby Donnell, a young lawyer struggling to keep his small Boston law firm afloat.
(PG)

01:00


Secret Santa (Film) Film icon PG certificate
A crumbling Florida hotel serves as an unlikely refuge for a guest whose identity is a secret. One young boy believes the old man is Santa Claus, off season and on vacation.
Director: Bruce Davison
Starring: Sherilyn Fenn
(2001, PG)

03:00


Mary and Joseph: A Story of Faith (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
A profound love develops between two young people from very different social classes, Mary and Joseph, which sustains them through the hardship of life under Roman conquerors.
Director: Eric Till
Starring: Blanche Baker, Lloyd Bochner, Colleen Dewhurst, Shay Duffin, Jeff East, Paul Hecht
(Part 2 of 2, Last In Series, Made For TV, 1979, PG, 3 Star)



05:00


Stealing Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Tony Danza stars in this classic; a small time crook intent on robbing a department store is mistaken for Santa Claus. At first he plays along, but soon has second thoughts about Stealing Christmas.
Director: Gregg Champion
Starring: Tony Danza, Lea Thompson, Angela Goethals, Betty White, David Parker, Malcolm Stewart
(Made For TV, 2003, PG, 3 Star)

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Stealing Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Tony Danza stars in this classic; a small time crook intent on robbing a department store is mistaken for Santa Claus. At first he plays along, but soon has second thoughts about Stealing Christmas.
Director: Gregg Champion
Starring: Tony Danza, Lea Thompson, Angela Goethals, Betty White, David Parker, Malcolm Stewart
(Made For TV, 2003, PG, 3 Star)

07:00


The Waltons (Drama) U certificate
The Achievement. Series 5, episode 25.
When six weeks pass with no word from the publisher about his novel, John-Boy travels to New York and to a turning point in his personal and professional life.
(1977, U)

08:00


The Waltons (Drama) PG certificate
The Hawk. Series 6, episode 1.
A fierce hawk threatens peace on the Walton farm and a handsome new minister is chosen for the Walton community.
(1977, PG)

09:00


All I Want for Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Sarah starts ****** to fulfill her son's Christmas wish for a new dad. But when she falls for someone unexpected she has to work extra hard, because her son already has a dad picked out.
Director: Harvey Frost
Starring: Gail O'Grady, Jimmy 'Jax' Pinchak, Robert Mailhouse, Greg Germann, Amanda Foreman, Bess Meyer
(Made For TV, 2007, PG, 3 Star)

11:00


Christmas on Division Street (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
A homeless man who wanders the streets stealing, befriends a wealthy high school kid forming an interesting bond which they both remember for the rest of their lives.
Director: George Kaczender
Starring: Fred Savage, Hume Cronyn, Badja Djola, Jim Byrnes, Cloyce Morrow, Casey Ellison
(Made For TV, 1991, PG, 3 Star)



13:00


A Christmas Without Snow (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
Miss Michael Learned and John Houseman star in this heartwarming story of a recently divorced mother who moves to a new city and experiences, for the first time, A Christmas Without Snow.
Director: John Korty
Starring: Michael Learned, John Houseman, Ramon Bieri, James Cromwell, Valerie Curtin, David Knell
(Made For TV, 1980, U, 3 Star)

15:00


Little House on the Prairie (Drama) 3 star rating PG certificate
He Was Only Twelve.
During a trip to Sleepy Eye, James and Albert walk into a bank robbery. James is critically wounded, and the doctor tells Charles that James is expected to die.
(Part 1 of 2, 1974, PG, 3 Star)

16:00


Road to Avonlea (Drama) PG certificate
The More Things Change.
Clive and Muriel announce their marriage to Izzy and Arthur. Though fond of Muriel, Izzy becomes resentful of Muriel's relationship with her father.
(Part 9, PG)

17:00


Prancer Returns (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
Touching story of a young boy's efforts to return a lost reindeer to Santa Claus. Despite his difficulties at school and his parents' cynicism, finding the reindeer helps to teach some valuable lessons about the spirit of Christmas.
Director: Joshua Butler
Starring: John Corbett, Stacy Edwards, Michael O'Keefe, Jack Palance, Robert Nolan Clark, Gavin Fink
(2001, U, 3 Star)

19:00


Ms. Scrooge (Film) Film icon PG certificate
A wealthy, miserly woman learns the meaning of Christmas in this urban update of 'A Christmas Carol'. A story everyone can believe in starring Cicely Tyson. Directed John Korty.
Director: John Korty
Starring: Michael Beach, Cicely Tyson, Katherine Helmond, John Bourgeois, Philip Akin, Arsinee Khanjian
(1997, PG)



21:00


The Practice (Drama) PG certificate
The Emmy Award-winning drama follows Bobby Donnell, a young lawyer struggling to keep his small Boston law firm afloat.
(PG)

22:00


Undercover Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
Jake Cunningham is an uptight, workaholic FBI agent from a wealthy family. Jake is assigned to protect Brandi O'Neill, a lower class cocktail waitress, after she turns in her billionaire boyfriend for tax fraud. Jake is called home unexpectedly during the holidays, and must take Brandi with him.They pose as a couple to his parents, who are less than approving of their son's new 'girlfriend'.
Director: Nadia Tass
Starring: Jami Gertz, Shawn Christian, Tyne Daly, Winston Rekert, Anne Hawthorne, Alexandra Harvey
(Made For TV, 2003, U, 3 Star)

00:00


The Practice (Drama) PG certificate
The Emmy Award-winning drama follows Bobby Donnell, a young lawyer struggling to keep his small Boston law firm afloat.
(PG)

01:00


A Holiday for Love (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
An executive returns to his small home town at Christmas to shut down a local business but is accidentally mistaken for a hero and unexpectedly finds himself falling in love with a single mother.
Director: Jerry London
Starring: Tim Matheson, Melissa Gilbert, Michelle Trachtenberg, Jayne Eastwood, Jack Jessop, Bernard Behrens
(Made For TV, 1996, PG, 3 Star)

03:00


Prancer Returns (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
Touching story of a young boy's efforts to return a lost reindeer to Santa Claus. Despite his difficulties at school and his parents' cynicism, finding the reindeer helps to teach some valuable lessons about the spirit of Christmas.
Director: Joshua Butler
Starring: John Corbett, Stacy Edwards, Michael O'Keefe, Jack Palance, Robert Nolan Clark, Gavin Fink
(2001, U, 3 Star)



05:00


Once Upon a Christmas (Film) Film icon PG certificate
Santa's good-hearted daughter must save Christmas by foiling her evil sister's nefarious scheme to do away with it. In the process, she falls in love and sacrifices her immortality to save the day.
Director: Tibor Takacs
Starring: John Dye, Kathy Ireland, Mary Donnelly-Haskell, Liz Torres, Robin Avery, Penny Blake
(2000, PG, 2 Star)

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Once Upon a Christmas (Film) Film icon PG certificate
Santa's good-hearted daughter must save Christmas by foiling her evil sister's nefarious scheme to do away with it. In the process, she falls in love and sacrifices her immortality to save the day.
Director: Tibor Takacs
Starring: John Dye, Kathy Ireland, Mary Donnelly-Haskell, Liz Torres, Robin Avery, Penny Blake
(2000, PG, 2 Star)

07:00


The Waltons (Drama) PG certificate
The Stray. Series 6, episode 2.
Mysterious events at the Walton farm lead to the discovery of a 12-year-old orphan boy, who attaches himself to John Walton.
(1977, PG)

08:00


The Waltons (Drama) U certificate
The Recluse. Series 6, episode 3.
Jason befriends a mysterious recluse who loves music and Ben leaves home to look for a job in a defence plant.
(1977, U)

09:00


The Christmas Blessing (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
An emotional drama starring Rob Lowe. Following the death of his mother, a doctor volunteers at an after-school club and forms a special bond with a desperately ill child who has also lost his mother.
Director: Karen Arthur
Starring: Neil Patrick Harris, Rebecca Gayheart, Angus T. Jones, Hugh Thompson, Shaun Johnston, Rob Lowe
(Made For TV, 2005, PG, 3 Star)

11:00


Prancer Returns (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
Touching story of a young boy's efforts to return a lost reindeer to Santa Claus. Despite his difficulties at school and his parents' cynicism, finding the reindeer helps to teach some valuable lessons about the spirit of Christmas.
Director: Joshua Butler
Starring: John Corbett, Stacy Edwards, Michael O'Keefe, Jack Palance, Robert Nolan Clark, Gavin Fink
(2001, U, 3 Star)



13:00


The Man Who Saved Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Heart-warming drama based on the life of innovative inventor and toy maker A.C. Gilbert who was under pressure to let the U.S. Government turn his factory into a munitions plant at the onset of WW1.
Director: Sturla Gunnarsson
Starring: Kelly Rowan, Edward Asner, Jason Alexander, Daniel Kash, Kenneth Welsh, Jayne Eastwood
(Made For TV, 2002, PG, 3 Star)

15:00


Little House on the Prairie (Drama) 3 star rating PG certificate
He Was Only Twelve.
Charles, unable to deal with the mounting pressure concerning his son's critical condition, becomes verbally abusive to his family and friends as the weeks pass.
(Part 2 of 2, Last In Series, 1974, PG, 3 Star)

16:00


Road to Avonlea (Drama) PG certificate
Home is Where the Heart is.
Once in Avonlea, Hetty is determined to nurse her lifelong friend Rachel Lynde back to health.
(Part 10, PG)

17:00


Love's Christmas Journey (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
The saga of Love Comes Softly continues in this wonderful Christmas movie. Through love, faith, and forgiveness, a heartening family reunion will become a very real Christmas miracle.
Director: David S. Cass Sr.
Starring: Natalie Hall, JoBeth Williams, Greg Vaughan, Dylan Bruce, Bobby Campo, Charles Shaughnessy
(Part 1 of 2, Made For TV, 2011, PG, 3 Star)

19:00


Love's Christmas Journey (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
The saga of Love Comes Softly continues in this wonderful Christmas movie. Through love, faith, and forgiveness, a heartening family reunion will become a very real Christmas miracle.
Director: David S. Cass Sr.
Starring: Natalie Hall, JoBeth Williams, Greg Vaughan, Dylan Bruce, Bobby Campo, Charles Shaughnessy
(Part 2 of 2, Last In Series, Made For TV, 2011, PG, 3 Star)



21:00


The Practice (Drama) PG certificate
The Emmy Award-winning drama follows Bobby Donnell, a young lawyer struggling to keep his small Boston law firm afloat.
(PG)

22:00


Stealing Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Tony Danza stars in this classic; a small time crook intent on robbing a department store is mistaken for Santa Claus. At first he plays along, but soon has second thoughts about Stealing Christmas.
Director: Gregg Champion
Starring: Tony Danza, Lea Thompson, Angela Goethals, Betty White, David Parker, Malcolm Stewart
(Made For TV, 2003, PG, 3 Star)

00:00


The Practice (Drama) PG certificate
The Emmy Award-winning drama follows Bobby Donnell, a young lawyer struggling to keep his small Boston law firm afloat.
(PG)

01:00


Secret Santa (Film) Film icon PG certificate
A crumbling Florida hotel serves as an unlikely refuge for a guest whose identity is a secret. One young boy believes the old man is Santa Claus, off season and on vacation.
Director: Bruce Davison
Starring: Sherilyn Fenn
(2001, PG)

03:00


A Chance of Snow (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Thanks to a blanket of snow, and a closed airport, two weary travellers discover they have nothing more to do, except fall in love again. Heartwarming family Christmas tale starring JoBeth Williams.
Director: Tony Bill
Starring: JoBeth Williams, Michael Ontkean, Barbara Barrie, Dey Young
(1998, PG, 3 Star)



05:00


The Christmas Blessing (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
An emotional drama starring Rob Lowe. Following the death of his mother, a doctor volunteers at an after-school club and forms a special bond with a desperately ill child who has also lost his mother.
Director: Karen Arthur
Starring: Neil Patrick Harris, Rebecca Gayheart, Angus T. Jones, Hugh Thompson, Shaun Johnston, Rob Lowe
(Made For TV, 2005, PG, 3 Star)

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The Christmas Blessing (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
An emotional drama starring Rob Lowe. Following the death of his mother, a doctor volunteers at an after-school club and forms a special bond with a desperately ill child who has also lost his mother.
Director: Karen Arthur
Starring: Neil Patrick Harris, Rebecca Gayheart, Angus T. Jones, Hugh Thompson, Shaun Johnston, Rob Lowe
(Made For TV, 2005, PG, 3 Star)

07:00


The Waltons (Drama) U certificate
The Warrior. Series 6, episode 4.
The startling history of Walton's Mountain leads to the beginning of a new Indian burial ground and Myrtle, the goat, is healed.
(1977, U)

08:00


The Waltons (Drama) U certificate
The Seashore. Series 6, episode 5.
The Waltons go on vacation at the Baldwin's beach cottage and meet a mysterious English girl. Ben tries to enjoy the carefree life home alone.
(1977, U)

09:00


The Christmas Pageant (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
When a temperamental Broadway director is fired from yet another job, she is forced to direct a community Christmas pageant.
Director: David S. Cass Sr.
Starring: Charlene Amoia, Candice Azzara, C. Stephen Browder, Brendan Patrick Connor, Jon Falkow, Kate Flannery
(Made For TV, 2011, PG, 3 Star)

11:00


Twice Upon a Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
Santa's first born Rudolpha hatches a scheme to sell off the North Pole and destroy Christmas once and for all. Will her sister Kristen be able to help save Christmas?
Director: Tibor Takacs
Starring: John Dye, Kathy Ireland, Mary Donnelly-Haskell, Wayne Thomas Yorke, Arturo Gil, Matthew Walker
(Made For TV, 2001, U, 3 Star)



13:00


A Grandpa for Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
After his estranged daughter is hospitalized, eighty-year-old Bert Riley takes Becca, the granddaughter he never met, under his wing.
Director: Harvey Frost
Starring: Ernest Borgnine, Juliette Goglia, Katherine Helmond, Richard Libertini, Tracy Nelson, Jamie Farr
(Made For TV, 2007, PG, 3 Star)

15:00


Christmas in Connecticut (Film) Film icon U certificate
When a TV expert on marriage, cooking and homemaking is asked by her producer to host a national hero for Christmas, she must try to keep secret that she's single, can't cook and doesn't own a home.
Director: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Starring: Dyan Cannon, Kris Kristofferson, Tony Curtis, Richard Roundtree, Kelly Cinnante, Gene Lythgow
(Made For TV, 1992, U, 2 Star)

17:00


Once Upon a Christmas (Film) Film icon PG certificate
Santa's good-hearted daughter must save Christmas by foiling her evil sister's nefarious scheme to do away with it. In the process, she falls in love and sacrifices her immortality to save the day.
Director: Tibor Takacs
Starring: John Dye, Kathy Ireland, Mary Donnelly-Haskell, Liz Torres, Robin Avery, Penny Blake
(2000, PG, 2 Star)

19:00


All I Want for Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Sarah starts ****** to fulfill her son's Christmas wish for a new dad. But when she falls for someone unexpected she has to work extra hard, because her son already has a dad picked out.
Director: Harvey Frost
Starring: Gail O'Grady, Jimmy 'Jax' Pinchak, Robert Mailhouse, Greg Germann, Amanda Foreman, Bess Meyer
(Made For TV, 2007, PG, 3 Star)

21:00


An Avonlea Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
The King family gather together to celebrate the holidays. However, the season is a time of crisis this year as eldest son Felix, who was fighting overseas, is missing in action.
Director: Stefan Scaini
Starring: Jackie Burroughs, Lally Cadeau, Mag Ruffman, Cedric Smith, Zachary Bennett, Patricia Hamilton
(Made For TV, 1998, U, 3 Star)



23:00


Twice Upon a Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
Santa's first born Rudolpha hatches a scheme to sell off the North Pole and destroy Christmas once and for all. Will her sister Kristen be able to help save Christmas?
Director: Tibor Takacs
Starring: John Dye, Kathy Ireland, Mary Donnelly-Haskell, Wayne Thomas Yorke, Arturo Gil, Matthew Walker
(Made For TV, 2001, U, 3 Star)

01:00


Love's Christmas Journey (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
The saga of Love Comes Softly continues in this wonderful Christmas movie. Through love, faith, and forgiveness, a heartening family reunion will become a very real Christmas miracle.
Director: David S. Cass Sr.
Starring: Natalie Hall, JoBeth Williams, Greg Vaughan, Dylan Bruce, Bobby Campo, Charles Shaughnessy
(Part 1 of 2, Made For TV, 2011, PG, 3 Star)

03:00


Love's Christmas Journey (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
The saga of Love Comes Softly continues in this wonderful Christmas movie. Through love, faith, and forgiveness, a heartening family reunion will become a very real Christmas miracle.
Director: David S. Cass Sr.
Starring: Natalie Hall, JoBeth Williams, Greg Vaughan, Dylan Bruce, Bobby Campo, Charles Shaughnessy
(Part 2 of 2, Last In Series, Made For TV, 2011, PG, 3 Star)

05:00


Prancer Returns (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
Touching story of a young boy's efforts to return a lost reindeer to Santa Claus. Despite his difficulties at school and his parents' cynicism, finding the reindeer helps to teach some valuable lessons about the spirit of Christmas.
Director: Joshua Butler
Starring: John Corbett, Stacy Edwards, Michael O'Keefe, Jack Palance, Robert Nolan Clark, Gavin Fink
(2001, U, 3 Star)

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05:00


Prancer Returns (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
Touching story of a young boy's efforts to return a lost reindeer to Santa Claus. Despite his difficulties at school and his parents' cynicism, finding the reindeer helps to teach some valuable lessons about the spirit of Christmas.
Director: Joshua Butler
Starring: John Corbett, Stacy Edwards, Michael O'Keefe, Jack Palance, Robert Nolan Clark, Gavin Fink
(2001, U, 3 Star)

07:00


The Waltons (Drama) U certificate
The Volunteer. Series 6, episode 6.
John and Olivia must accept that Erin is growing up when G.W. Haines proposes marriage. But what will G.W do if Erin turns down his proposal?
(1977, U)

08:00


The Waltons (Drama) U certificate
The Grandchild (Part 1 of 2). Series 6, episode 7.
As Mary Ellen's baby is due, one of her friends' baby is born prematurely and stillborn. Out of grief, she torments Mary Ellen with talk of bad omens.
(1977, U)

09:00


The Christmas Blessing (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
An emotional drama starring Rob Lowe. Following the death of his mother, a doctor volunteers at an after-school club and forms a special bond with a desperately ill child who has also lost his mother.
Director: Karen Arthur
Starring: Neil Patrick Harris, Rebecca Gayheart, Angus T. Jones, Hugh Thompson, Shaun Johnston, Rob Lowe
(Made For TV, 2005, PG, 3 Star)

11:00


The Christmas Blessing (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
An emotional drama starring Rob Lowe. Following the death of his mother, a doctor volunteers at an after-school club and forms a special bond with a desperately ill child who has also lost his mother.
Director: Karen Arthur
Starring: Neil Patrick Harris, Rebecca Gayheart, Angus T. Jones, Hugh Thompson, Shaun Johnston, Rob Lowe
(Made For TV, 2005, PG, 3 Star)



13:00


Santa and Pete (Film) Film icon PG certificate
A heart-warming film that explores the beloved legend of Santa Claus and the seldom-told tale of faith and friendship between two men.
Director: Greg Taylor, Christopher Moore
Starring: Hume Cronyn, James Earl Jones, Flex Alexander, Tempest Bledsoe, Tracy Douglas, Bruce A. Young
(Made For TV, 1999, PG)

15:00


Secret Santa (Film) Film icon PG certificate
A crumbling Florida hotel serves as an unlikely refuge for a guest whose identity is a secret. One young boy believes the old man is Santa Claus, off season and on vacation.
Director: Bruce Davison
Starring: Sherilyn Fenn
(2001, PG)

17:00


The Christmas Pageant (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
When a temperamental Broadway director is fired from yet another job, she is forced to direct a community Christmas pageant.
Director: David S. Cass Sr.
Starring: Charlene Amoia, Candice Azzara, C. Stephen Browder, Brendan Patrick Connor, Jon Falkow, Kate Flannery
(Made For TV, 2011, PG, 3 Star)

19:00


Secret Santa (Film) Film icon PG certificate
A crumbling Florida hotel serves as an unlikely refuge for a guest whose identity is a secret. One young boy believes the old man is Santa Claus, off season and on vacation.
Director: Bruce Davison
Starring: Sherilyn Fenn
(2001, PG)

21:00


Children of the Night (Film) Film icon 15 certificate
Children of the Night is the true story of one woman's crusade to rescue some of the thousands of homeless runaway children who fall into prostitution.
Director: Robert Markowitz
Starring: Kathleen Quinlan, Nicholas Campbell, Mario Van Peebles, Lar Park-Lincoln, Wallace Langham, Eddie Velez
(Made For TV, 1985, 15, 2 Star)



23:00


Stealing Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Tony Danza stars in this classic; a small time crook intent on robbing a department store is mistaken for Santa Claus. At first he plays along, but soon has second thoughts about Stealing Christmas.
Director: Gregg Champion
Starring: Tony Danza, Lea Thompson, Angela Goethals, Betty White, David Parker, Malcolm Stewart
(Made For TV, 2003, PG, 3 Star)

01:00


In the Line of Duty: The FBI Murders (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 15 certificate
David Soul and Michael Gross star as two bank robbers responsible for a series of violent raids across Miami. A crack FBI team embarks on an arduous six month investigation to catch them.
Director: Dick Lowry
Starring: Ronny Cox, Bruce Greenwood, Michael Gross, Doug Sheehan, David Soul, Ronald G. Joseph
(1988, 15, 3 Star)

03:00


Sharing the Secret (Film) Film icon 12 certificate
Based on a true story. A young girl's life spirals out of control as she struggles to cope with the pressures of teenage life.
Director: Katt Shea
Starring: Mare Winningham, Alison Lohman, Lawrence Monoson, Mary Crosby, Diane Ladd, Tim Matheson
(Made For TV, 2000, 12)

05:00


... First Do No Harm (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Based on a true story. Oscar-winner Meryl Streep gives a magnificent performance as a mother fighting for her son's right, who has epilepsy, to a possible cure.
Director: Jim Abrahams
Starring: Meryl Streep, Fred Ward, Seth Adkins, Allison Janney, Margo Martindale, Oni Faida Lampley
(Made For TV, 1997, PG, 3 Star)

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... First Do No Harm (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Based on a true story. Oscar-winner Meryl Streep gives a magnificent performance as a mother fighting for her son's right, who has epilepsy, to a possible cure.
Director: Jim Abrahams
Starring: Meryl Streep, Fred Ward, Seth Adkins, Allison Janney, Margo Martindale, Oni Faida Lampley
(Made For TV, 1997, PG, 3 Star)

07:00


The Waltons (Drama) U certificate
The Grandchild (Part 2 of 2). Series 6, episode 7.
As Mary Ellen's baby is due, her friend's baby is born prematurely and stillborn. Out of grief, she torments Mary Ellen with talk of bad omens.
(1977, U)

08:00


The Waltons (Drama) U certificate
The First Casualty. Series 6, episode 8.
The war deeply affects the Waltons when Curt is called into active duty and G.W. Haines is killed during training.
(1977, U)

09:00


I'll be Home for Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
The Bundy family try to have a good family Christmas, despite World War 2.
Director: Jerry London
Starring: Ann Jillian, Robert Hays, Jack Palance, Tom Harvey, Linda Sorenson, Eric Peterson
(Made For TV, 1997, PG, 3 Star)

11:00


After the Silence (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 15 certificate
A fourteen year old deaf mute girl, who has never been taught sign language, finally learns how to communicate her traumatic story.
Director: Fred Gerber
Starring: JoBeth Williams, Kellie Martin, Alan Rosenberg, Aaron Kubey, Thomas Kopache, Billy Jayne
(Made For TV, 1997, 15, 3 Star)



13:00


Narrow Escape (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
Military drama in which morale on board a US aircraft carrier at the end of the Korean War is boosted by the arrival of a mixed-race baby rescued from a Korean orphanage. The child's welfare soon becomes the concern of the entire crew as well as the ship's doctor, whose stoical reaction to his wife's recent still-birth is modified by his charge. Based on a true story.
Director: Marcus Cole
Starring: Richard Thomas, Gerald McRaney, Jonathan Banks, Doris Roberts, Keith MacKechnie, Michael Woolson
(Made For TV, 1997, U, 3 Star)

15:00


Little House on the Prairie (Drama) 3 star rating PG certificate
Times are Changing Part 1 of 2.
Having suffered hard times and wanting to find a better life the Ingalls family move to the city, selling their land to the Carter family.
(1974, PG, 3 Star)

16:00


Road to Avonlea (Drama) PG certificate
What a Tangled Web We Weave.
Felix is having troubles at school and is in real danger of not graduating with his class.
(Part 11, PG)

17:00


Little Women (Drama) PG certificate
Meredith Baxter, Susan Dey, and William Shatner are the stars of this Emmy-winning mini-series based on Louisa May Alcott's classic about four sisters growing up in the American Civil War.
Starring: Meredith Baxter, Susan Dey
(Part 1 of 2, PG)

19:00


A Christmas Romance (Film) Film icon U certificate
Singer and actress Olivia Newton-John and Gregory Harrison play a couple who strike up the unlikeliest of romances in this heart-warming seasonal tale.
Director: Sheldon Larry
Starring: Olivia Newton-John, Gregory Harrison, Chloe Lattanzi, Stephanie Sawyer, Tom Heaton, Stephen E. Miller
(Made For TV, 1994, U, 2 Star)



21:00


Kris Kringle (Film) Film icon 12 certificate
It really is a wonderful life when holiday wishes, big troubles, little miracles, and a mob of department store Santas converge on a Christmas holiday destined to change one man, heart and soul.
(12)

23:00


The Practice (Drama) PG certificate
The Emmy Award-winning drama follows Bobby Donnell, a young lawyer struggling to keep his small Boston law firm afloat.
(PG)

00:00


Chicago Hope (Drama) 15 certificate
Dr. Geiger clashes with the hospital's executive committee for an experimental surgery on a deceased patient. Dr. Shutt lobbies an HMO for permission to perform a delicate operation. S01 Ep 1.
(15)

01:00


The Karen Carpenter Story (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
Biopic about Karen Carpenter, the singer who died tragically aged only 32. The film charts her rise to fame with her brother Richard, early recording deals, her roller-coaster lovelife and the downward spiral into anorexia and bulimia which would ultimately cause her death.
Director: Richard Carpenter, Joseph Sargent
Starring: Cynthia Gibb, Stephanie Denise Griffin, Mitchell Anderson, Robert Broyles, Scott Burkholder, Henry Crowell Jr.
(Made For TV, 1988, U, 3 Star)

03:00


A Matter of Justice (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Based on a true story. When Gwen Saticoy watches her brother's killer walk free thanks to a slick lawyer, she makes him the target of her own brand of justice.
Director: Michael Switzer
Starring: Patty Duke, Martin Sheen, Alexandra Powers, Jason London, Jeff Kober, Cole Hauser
(Made For TV, 1993, PG, 3 Star)



05:00


Behind the Mask (Film) Film icon PG certificate
Can a doctor who neglected his own family help a disturbed young man find his place in society? Donald Sutherland stars in Behind The Mask.
Director: Tom McLoughlin
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Matthew Fox, Mary McDonnell, Bradley Whitford, Sheila Larken, Lorena Gale
(Made For TV, 1999, PG, 2 Star)

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05:00


Behind the Mask (Film) Film icon PG certificate
Can a doctor who neglected his own family help a disturbed young man find his place in society? Donald Sutherland stars in Behind The Mask.
Director: Tom McLoughlin
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Matthew Fox, Mary McDonnell, Bradley Whitford, Sheila Larken, Lorena Gale
(Made For TV, 1999, PG, 2 Star)

07:00


The Waltons (Drama) U certificate
The Battle of Drucilla's Pond. Series 6, episode 9.
The United States Army invades Walton's Mountain to practise manoeuvres, and Olivia sells all her paintings to a mysterious gentleman.
(1977, U)

08:00


The Waltons (Drama) U certificate
The Flight. Series 6, episode 10.
Jim Bob befriends a boy who claims to be joining the Air Corps. Elizabeth adopts Maud as a grandmother and Myrtle the goat has a baby.
(1977, U)

09:00


Silent Night (Film) Film icon 4 star rating PG certificate
A courageous and unyielding young mother risks charges of treason to turn bitter enemies into cherished friends on an extraordinary Christmas Eve during the final days of World War II.
Director: Rodney Gibbons
Starring: Linda Hamilton, Matthew Harbour, Romano Orzari, Alain Goulem, Martin Neufeld, Mark Antony Krupa
(Made For TV, 2002, PG, 4 Star)

11:00


Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
When an eighteen month old baby falls down an abandoned well, a local fire chief and a police officer lead the efforts to free her.
Director: Mel Damski
Starring: Beau Bridges, Pat Hingle, Roxana Zal, Will Oldham, Whip Hubley, Robin Gammell
(Made For TV, 1989, PG, 3 Star)



13:00


Alex: The Life of a Child (Film) Film icon 4 star rating PG certificate
Based on the real life events of Sports Illustrated writer Frank Delford. When his daughter Alex is diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, Frank and his family's lives are shattered.
Director: Robert Markowitz
Starring: Craig T. Nelson, Bonnie Bedelia, Lindsey Amelio, Gennie James, Barbara Barnes, Brenda Bazinet
(Made For TV, 1986, PG, 4 Star)

15:00


Little House on the Prairie (Drama) 3 star rating PG certificate
Times are Changing Part 2 of 2.
Almanzo's brother Royal reveals he has a serious heart condition and sadly passes away. Jenny blames Laura for his death and feels she can't go on.
(1974, PG, 3 Star)

16:00


Road to Avonlea (Drama) PG certificate
A Time to Every Purpose.
Felicity, takes on an apprenticeship with Dr Snow. Following the Doctor from one medical emergency to another she begins to see what the practice is really about.
(Part 12, PG)

17:00


Little Women (Drama) PG certificate
Meredith Baxter, Susan Dey, and William Shatner are the stars of this Emmy-winning mini-series based on Louisa May Alcott's classic about four sisters growing up in the American Civil War.
Starring: Meredith Baxter, Susan Dey
(Part 2 of 2, Last In Series, PG)

19:00


Prancer Returns (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
Touching story of a young boy's efforts to return a lost reindeer to Santa Claus. Despite his difficulties at school and his parents' cynicism, finding the reindeer helps to teach some valuable lessons about the spirit of Christmas.
Director: Joshua Butler
Starring: John Corbett, Stacy Edwards, Michael O'Keefe, Jack Palance, Robert Nolan Clark, Gavin Fink
(2001, U, 3 Star)



21:00


A Holiday for Love (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
An executive returns to his small home town at Christmas to shut down a local business but is accidentally mistaken for a hero and unexpectedly finds himself falling in love with a single mother.
Director: Jerry London
Starring: Tim Matheson, Melissa Gilbert, Michelle Trachtenberg, Jayne Eastwood, Jack Jessop, Bernard Behrens
(Made For TV, 1996, PG, 3 Star)

23:00


The Practice (Drama) PG certificate
The Emmy Award-winning drama follows Bobby Donnell, a young lawyer struggling to keep his small Boston law firm afloat.
(PG)

00:00


Chicago Hope (Drama) 15 certificate
Angela is mortified when Hackett dies in the throes of passion. Dr. Geiger creates another furore when he attempts to transplant a baboon's heart into a dying patient. S01 Ep 2.
(15)

01:00


In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 15 certificate
An insight into the dangerous life of an undercover cop who lives life on the edge, he faces heartbreak when a drug raid in Los Angeles goes wrong.
Director: Dick Lowry
Starring: James Farentino, Steven Weber, Susan Walters, Harold Sylvester, Dan Lauria, Jane Daly
(Made For TV, 1990, 15, 3 Star)

03:00


Escape From Terror: The Teresa Stamper Story (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 15 certificate
He's handsome, successful and passionate. But the fairytale transformation in Teresa Walden's life when she marries Paul Stamper is short-lived as he changes by slow degrees into a relentless stalker and killer.
Director: Michael Scott
Starring: Adam Storke, Maria Pitillo, Brad Dourif, Tony Becker, Luce Rains, Cindy Williams
(Made For TV, 1995, 15, 3 Star)



05:00


The Disappearing Act (Film) Film icon 4 star rating PG certificate
She had beauty, brains, a great personality - and the temper of a serial killer: a beautiful and apparently benign young woman uses her 'innocence' to conceal the grim truth when her fiancée inexplicably vanishes.
Director: Paul Schneider
Starring: Patty Duke, Kelly Rowan, Robert Floyd, Rosemary Dunsmore, Dave Nichols, Karen Glave
(Made For TV, 1998, PG, 4 Star)

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05:00


The Disappearing Act (Film) Film icon 4 star rating PG certificate
She had beauty, brains, a great personality - and the temper of a serial killer: a beautiful and apparently benign young woman uses her 'innocence' to conceal the grim truth when her fiancée inexplicably vanishes.
Director: Paul Schneider
Starring: Patty Duke, Kelly Rowan, Robert Floyd, Rosemary Dunsmore, Dave Nichols, Karen Glave
(Made For TV, 1998, PG, 4 Star)

07:00


The Waltons (Drama) PG certificate
The Children's Carols (Part 1 of 2). Series 6, episode 11.
Olivia's faith in God is tested by the horrors of the oncoming war and by events within her community and her family.
(1977, PG)

08:00


The Waltons (Drama) PG certificate
The Children's Carols (Part 2 of 2). Series 6, episode 11.
Olivia's faith in God is tested by the horrors of the oncoming war and by events within her community and her family.
(1977, PG)

09:00


Santa and Pete (Film) Film icon PG certificate
A heart-warming film that explores the beloved legend of Santa Claus and the seldom-told tale of faith and friendship between two men.
Director: Greg Taylor, Christopher Moore
Starring: Hume Cronyn, James Earl Jones, Flex Alexander, Tempest Bledsoe, Tracy Douglas, Bruce A. Young
(Made For TV, 1999, PG)

11:00


... First Do No Harm (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Based on a true story. Oscar-winner Meryl Streep gives a magnificent performance as a mother fighting for her son's right, who has epilepsy, to a possible cure.
Director: Jim Abrahams
Starring: Meryl Streep, Fred Ward, Seth Adkins, Allison Janney, Margo Martindale, Oni Faida Lampley
(Made For TV, 1997, PG, 3 Star)



13:00


Friends at Last (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
A woman feels trapped in her marriage and seeks divorce. Only years later does she appreciate her husband for who he really is.
Director: John David Coles, John Coles
Starring: Kathleen Turner, Colm Feore, Julie Khaner, Sarah Paulson, Megan Bouchard, Faith Prince
(Made For TV, 1995, PG, 3 Star)

15:00


Little House on the Prairie (Drama) 3 star rating PG certificate
Welcome to Olesonville.
Mrs Oleson finds some old Walnut Grove bonds, she promises not to cash them in if the town elects her as Mayor! The Townsfolk fight back with their own candidate.
(Part 3, 1974, PG, 3 Star)

16:00


Road to Avonlea (Drama) PG certificate
Homecoming.
The King Family is elated when they learn Cecily's tuberculosis is dormant and that she is well enough to come home.
(Part 13, PG)

17:00


All I Want for Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Sarah starts ****** to fulfill her son's Christmas wish for a new dad. But when she falls for someone unexpected she has to work extra hard, because her son already has a dad picked out.
Director: Harvey Frost
Starring: Gail O'Grady, Jimmy 'Jax' Pinchak, Robert Mailhouse, Greg Germann, Amanda Foreman, Bess Meyer
(Made For TV, 2007, PG, 3 Star)

19:00


Once Upon a Christmas (Film) Film icon PG certificate
Santa's good-hearted daughter must save Christmas by foiling her evil sister's nefarious scheme to do away with it. In the process, she falls in love and sacrifices her immortality to save the day.
Director: Tibor Takács
Starring: John Dye, Kathy Ireland, Mary Donnelly-Haskell, Liz Torres, Robin Avery, Penny Blake
(2000, PG, 2 Star)



21:00


The Christmas Choir (Film) Film icon 4 star rating PG certificate
When a man at an all time low meets some homeless citizens, he is touched by their warmth and begins a choir. Follow his progress in this feel good film about love, redemption and second chances.
Director: Peter Svatek
Starring: Marianne Therien, Claudia Ferri, Jason Gedrick, Luis Oliva, Rhea Perlman, Cindy Sampson
(Made For TV, 2008, PG, 4 Star)

23:00


The Practice (Drama) PG certificate
The Emmy Award-winning drama follows Bobby Donnell, a young lawyer struggling to keep his small Boston law firm afloat.
(PG)

00:00


Chicago Hope (Drama) 15 certificate
Food Chains. Series 1, episode 3.
An accident brings tragedy to a family trapeze act while Dr. Geiger walks the fine edge of sanity. Dr. Shutt has a run-in with a bigoted patient and Camille returns to life without Aaron.
Director: Jeremy Paul Kagan, James Frawley
Starring: Mandy Patinkin, Adam Arkin, E.G. Marshall, Roxanne Hart, Peter MacNicol, Roma Maffia
(15)

01:00


American Tragedy (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
What started as a high-powered, cohesive defence team for O.J. Simpson's "trial of the century," ended up a fractured and tarnished group of attorneys. Christopher Plummer stars.
Director: Lawrence Schiller
Starring: Ving Rhames, Ron Silver, Bruno Kirby, Darryl Alan Reed, Nicholas Pryor, Robert LuPone
(Part 1 of 2, Made For TV, 2000, PG, 3 Star)

03:00


A Killer in the Family (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
A shocking true story of brothers who help their father escape from prison, but before they can reach safety across the Mexican border, they witness their father kill an innocent family.
Director: Richard T. Heffron
Starring: Robert Mitchum, James Spader, Lance Kerwin, Eric Stoltz, Salome Jens, Lynn Carlin
(Made For TV, 1983, PG, 3 Star)



05:00


Murder at Devil's Glen (Film) Film icon PG certificate
Three former college friends are haunted by a murder they helped cover-up. Eight years later they learn the burial site is to be excavated; they must return and face their past.
Director: Paul Shapiro
Starring: Ricky Schroder, Jack Noseworthy, Michael Easton, Jayce Bartok, Tara Reid, Jennifer Jostyn
(Made For TV, 1999, PG)

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05:00


Murder at Devil's Glen (Film) Film icon PG certificate
Three former college friends are haunted by a murder they helped cover-up. Eight years later they learn the burial site is to be excavated; they must return and face their past.
Director: Paul Shapiro
Starring: Ricky Schroder, Jack Noseworthy, Michael Easton, Jayce Bartok, Tara Reid, Jennifer Jostyn
(Made For TV, 1999, PG)

07:00


The Waltons (Drama) U certificate
The Milestone. Series 6, episode 12.
Olivia is forced to deal with the loss of emotional composure as she enters menopause and Jim-Bob struggles to reach manhood.
(1977, U)

08:00


The Waltons (Drama) U certificate
The Celebration. Series 6, episode 13.
After years of hard work, the Walton family is out of debt and Corabeth is interested in getting the handsome new preacher married.
(1977, U)

09:00


A Chance of Snow (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Thanks to a blanket of snow, and a closed airport, two weary travellers discover they have nothing more to do, except fall in love again. Heartwarming family Christmas tale starring JoBeth Williams.
Director: Tony Bill
Starring: JoBeth Williams, Michael Ontkean, Barbara Barrie, Dey Young
(1998, PG, 3 Star)

11:00


Fifteen and Pregnant (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 12 certificate
Can a girl who is barely more than a child herself be a good mother? Kirsten Dunst excels as the pregnant young girl who finds her relationship with her family changed forever.
Director: Sam Pillsbury
Starring: Park Overall, Kirsten Dunst, David Andrews, Margot Demeter, Karen Trumbo, Julia Whelan
(Made For TV, 1997, 12, 3 Star)



13:00


Mistaken Identity (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
In this emotionally charged drama, Melissa Gilbert and Rosanna Arquette play two mothers who must confront the nightmare that their babies have been switched at birth through a hospital blunder.
Director: Douglas Barr
Starring: Melissa Gilbert, Rosanna Arquette, David Andrews, James McCaffrey, Mary Mara, Susan Barnes
(Made For TV, 1999, PG, 3 Star)

15:00


Little House on the Prairie (Drama) 3 star rating PG certificate
Rage.
Mr. Stark is denied a bank loan, this sends him over the edge and he shoots his wife and daughter. He hides in Laura's house, convinced that she and Jenny are his wife and daughter.
(Part 4, 1974, PG, 3 Star)

16:00


Road to Avonlea (Drama) PG certificate
Out of the Ashes.
After being coerced by Seth Pritchard and his new bride Mavis to attend a town meeting, Felicity finds herself on a committee to assess the old Lloyd house.
(Part 1, PG)

17:00


The Christmas Shoes (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Embracing the true meaning of Christmas. A young boy is able to transcend the pain of his mother's impending death as he embarks on a quest to give her the most meaningful gift of her life.
Director: Andy Wolk
Starring: Rob Lowe, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Max Morrow, Maria Del Mar, Hugh Thompson, Dorian Harewood
(Made For TV, 2002, PG, 3 Star)

19:00


A Holiday to Remember (Film) Film icon U certificate
Love reunites two very different people at Christmas when a successful career woman and her young daughter try to make a new life for themselves in a small town, in this warmhearted romantic comedy.
Director: Jud Taylor
Starring: Connie Sellecca, Randy Travis, Rue McClanahan, Elizabeth Lennie, Asia Vieira, Richard Fitzpatrick
(Made For TV, 1995, U, 1 Star)



21:00


A Hobo's Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Walking out on his family 20 years ago, a hobo caused a bitter rift between himself and his family. However, it's Christmas, and he's back; what better time to heal past wounds?
Director: Will Mackenzie
Starring: Barnard Hughes, Gerald McRaney, Wendy Crewson, William Hickey, Lee Weaver, Jamie Sorrentini
(Made For TV, 1987, PG, 3 Star)

23:00


The Practice (Drama) PG certificate
The Emmy Award-winning drama follows Bobby Donnell, a young lawyer struggling to keep his small Boston law firm afloat.
(PG)

00:00


Chicago Hope (Drama) 15 certificate
When an infant suffering from a rare birth defect is pronounced legally dead, the child's mother refuses to grant an organ donation that could save another baby's life. S01 Ep 4.
(15)

01:00


American Tragedy (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
What started as a high-powered, cohesive defence team for O.J. Simpson's "trial of the century," ended up a fractured and tarnished group of attorneys. Christopher Plummer stars.
Director: Lawrence Schiller
Starring: Ving Rhames, Ron Silver, Bruno Kirby, Darryl Alan Reed, Nicholas Pryor, Robert LuPone
(Part 2 of 2, Last In Series, Made For TV, 2000, PG, 3 Star)

03:00


The Children Nobody Wanted (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Michelle Pfeiffer stars with Fredric Lehne in this drama about Tom Butterfield, a remarkable young man who launched a crusade to help homeless kids and give them a meaningful chance in life.
Director: Richard Michaels
Starring: Fredric Lehne, Michelle Pfeiffer, Matt Clark, Noble Willingham, Anne Haney, Joey Turley
(Made For TV, 1981, PG, 3 Star)



05:00


Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 18 certificate
Double Oscar-winner Hilary Swank features in this story of a woman who fails to heed the warning signs when she falls for a handsome cop. Soon she's suffering appalling abuse - abuse that leaves her no option but to plot his death.
Director: Armand Mastroianni
Starring: Jaclyn A. Smith, Brad Johnson, Hilary Swank, David Lascher, Carolyn McCormick, Andrew Lawrence
(Made For TV, 1994, 18, 3 Star)

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05:00


Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 18 certificate
Double Oscar-winner Hilary Swank features in this story of a woman who fails to heed the warning signs when she falls for a handsome cop. Soon she's suffering appalling abuse - abuse that leaves her no option but to plot his death.
Director: Armand Mastroianni
Starring: Jaclyn A. Smith, Brad Johnson, Hilary Swank, David Lascher, Carolyn McCormick, Andrew Lawrence
(Made For TV, 1994, 18, 3 Star)

07:00


The Waltons (Drama) U certificate
The Rumour. Series 6, episode 14.
Elizabeth's vivid imagination starts a rumour that an innocent family is spying for the Germans and the outcome threatens her family and friends.
(1978, U)

08:00


The Waltons (Drama) U certificate
Spring Fever. Series 6, episode 15.
Mamie Baldwin thinks her declining rosebush is a sign of her own impending death whilst Jim Bob and Ben fight over each other's girlfriends.
(1978, U)

09:00


Once Upon a Christmas (Film) Film icon PG certificate
Santa's good-hearted daughter must save Christmas by foiling her evil sister's nefarious scheme to do away with it. In the process, she falls in love and sacrifices her immortality to save the day.
Director: Tibor Takács
Starring: John Dye, Kathy Ireland, Mary Donnelly-Haskell, Liz Torres, Robin Avery, Penny Blake
(2000, PG, 2 Star)

11:00


When Andrew Came Home (Film) Film icon 4 star rating PG certificate
Fact-based drama in which a woman searches for her son for five years after he is kidnapped. But when the boy is unexpectedly found, the reunion does not go smoothly - they are both so scarred by their horrific experiences that normal life is virtually impossible.
Director: Artie Mandelberg
Starring: Park Overall, Jason Beghe, Seth Adkins, Lynne Deragon, Craig Eldridge, Shannon Lawson
(2000, PG, 4 Star)



13:00


Will There really be a Morning? (Film) Film icon PG certificate
The portrait of '40s actress Frances Farmer traces her fast and frantic life from childhood, her early success to her mental and physical breakdown.
Director: Fielder Cook
Starring: Susan Blakely, Lee Grant, Royal Dano, Joe Lambie, John Heard, Melanie Mayron
(Made For TV, 1983, PG)

15:00


Little House on the Prairie (Drama) 3 star rating PG certificate
Little Lou.
A widowed circus man and young father named 'Little Lou' makes a promise to quit the circus and move to Walnut Grove to try to make a living after his wife dies during childbirth.
(Part 5, 1974, PG, 3 Star)

16:00


Road to Avonlea (Drama) PG certificate
Love May Be Blind... But the Neighbours Ain't - Vain Hannah Hubbel makes her debut in Avonlea, turning the boys' heads and irritating all of the females in town.
(Part 2, PG)

17:00


Christmas in Connecticut (Film) Film icon U certificate
When a TV expert on marriage, cooking and homemaking is asked by her producer to host a national hero for Christmas, she must try to keep secret that she's single, can't cook and doesn't own a home.
Director: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Starring: Dyan Cannon, Kris Kristofferson, Tony Curtis, Richard Roundtree, Kelly Cinnante, Gene Lythgow
(Made For TV, 1992, U, 2 Star)

19:00


Stealing Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Tony Danza stars in this classic; a small time crook intent on robbing a department store is mistaken for Santa Claus. At first he plays along, but soon has second thoughts about Stealing Christmas.
Director: Gregg Champion
Starring: Tony Danza, Lea Thompson, Angela Goethals, Betty White, David Parker, Malcolm Stewart
(Made For TV, 2003, PG, 3 Star)



21:00


The Night They Saved Christmas (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
An oil company is exploring two Arctic sites for oil. They find two, but the second is Santa Claus' home. If they destroy it, Christmas will be ruined. Can a mother and her children save Christmas?
Director: Jackie Cooper
Starring: Jaclyn A. Smith, Art Carney, Paul Le Mat, Mason Adams, June Lockhart, Paul Williams
(Made For TV, 1984, PG, 3 Star)

23:00


The Practice (Drama) PG certificate
The Emmy Award-winning drama follows Bobby Donnell, a young lawyer struggling to keep his small Boston law firm afloat.
(PG)

00:00


Chicago Hope (Drama) 15 certificate
You Gotta Have Heart. Series 1, episode 5.
Dr. Shutt struggles with his ambivalence over the death of a gang member who opens fire in the ER. A boy is mysteriously paralyzed after a successful operation to correct a circulatory defect.
Director: Steve Miner
Starring: Mandy Patinkin, Adam Arkin, E.G. Marshall, Roxanne Hart, Peter MacNicol, Roma Maffia
(15)

01:00


The Other Woman (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Tessa Bryan hates her ex-husband's new wife, Carolyn, a young and beautiful model. But all this must change the day that Tessa discovers that she has a terminal illness.
Director: Gabrielle Beaumont
Starring: Jill Eikenberry, Laura Leighton, Rosemary Forsyth, Monica Parker, Sarah Martineck, Lindsay Parker
(Made For TV, 1995, PG, 3 Star)

03:00


Death of a Cheerleader (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
Based on a true story. A cheerleader's death challenges a whole community for its sense of values and the intense pressure it puts on its pupils.
Director: Billy Graham, William A. Graham
Starring: Kellie Martin, Tori Spelling, James Avery, Eugene Roche, Andy Romano, Margaret Langrick
(Made For TV, 1994, U, 3 Star)



05:00


Video Voyeur: The Susan Wilson Story (Film) Film icon 3 star rating 12 certificate
'Virtual Stalking', a sleazy act and violation of privacy. But it wasn't a crime until one woman's traumatic experiences made her fight for a change in law. Stars Jamey Sheridan.
Director: Tim Hunter
Starring: Angie Harmon, Jamey Sheridan, Dale Midkiff, Tegan Moss, Teryl Rothery, Linda Darlow
(Made For TV, 2002, 12, 3 Star)