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Television

TV schedule Monday 27th December 1982

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 5:20pm
30 min
Blankety Blank. Copyright: Thames

Blankety Blank

Series 5, Christmas Special

Comedy panel-game-show of missing words hosted in turn by Terry Wogan, Les Dawson, Lily Savage and Bradley Walsh.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 8:05pm
8 min
Only Fools And Horses. Image shows from L to R: Rodney (Nicholas Lyndhurst), Del (David Jason), Grandad (Lennard Pearce). Copyright: BBC

Only Fools And Horses

Series 2, Short Insert - Christmas Trees

After subtle hints from Del, Rodney donates one of their non-selling Christmas tree stock to the local church. He returns to find Del now selling the rest of the stock as "The only Christmas tree used and recommended by the Church of England itself"!

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 8:05pm
5 min
The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin. Image shows from L to R: Reginald Perrin (Leonard Rossiter), Doc Morrissey (John Horsley). Copyright: BBC

The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin

Series 3, Short Insert - The Funny Side Of Christmas

A midlife crisis sitcom about a bored executive who fakes his own suicide and seeks to reinvent himself in a desperate search for purpose and contentment.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 8:05pm
5 min
Sorry!. Timothy Lumsden (Ronnie Corbett). Copyright: BBC

Sorry!

Series 3, Short Insert - The Funny Side Of Christmas

Short special broadcast as part of The Funny Side Of Christmas.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 8:05pm
10 min
Butterflies. Image shows from L to R: Ben Parkinson (Geoffrey Palmer), Ria Parkinson (Wendy Craig)

Butterflies

Special - The Funny Side Of Christmas

Short special.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 8:05pm
5 min
The Les Dawson Show. Les Dawson. Credit: BBC

The Les Dawson Show

Series 2, Short Insert - The Funny Side Of Christmas

Long-running BBC sketch and stand-up series starring Les Dawson.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 8:25pm
2 min
Yes Minister. Image shows from L to R: James Hacker (Paul Eddington), Sir Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne), Bernard Woolley (Derek Fowlds). Copyright: BBC

Yes Minister

Series 3, Short Insert - The Funny Side Of Christmas

Sir Humphrey takes the opportunity to wish Jim a happy Christmas before Parliament breaks for its festive recess - in his own inimitably verbose fashion.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 8:44pm
6 min
Last Of The Summer Wine. Image shows from L to R: Walter C. 'Foggy' Dewhurst (Brian Wilde), William 'Compo' Simmonite (Bill Owen), Norman Clegg (Peter Sallis). Copyright: BBC

Last Of The Summer Wine

Series 6, Short Insert - The Funny Side Of Christmas

Short special from the 1982 Christmas entertainment extravaganza, The Funny Side Of Christmas.

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 9pm
60 min
The Morecambe & Wise Show. Image shows from L to R: Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise. Copyright: Thames Television

The Morecambe & Wise Show

Series 3, Christmas Special

Towards the end of their career together, Morecambe & Wise took their beloved mix of sketch, song and dance to Thames Television for this series.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 9:15pm
8 min
Open All Hours. Image shows from L to R: Nurse Gladys Emmanuel (Lynda Baron), Granville (David Jason), Albert Arkwright (Ronnie Barker). Copyright: BBC

Open All Hours

Series 3, Short Insert - The Funny Side Of Christmas

It's Christmas Day, and Arkwright's annoyed that - again! - he can't open up the shop. Granville, meanwhile, is looking forward to Christmas tea with Mavis...

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