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Wednesday, December 24, 1997 Published at 15:46 GMT



Special Report

What were you watching in 1977?

Cast your mind back to that woolly jumper you got from your Auntie for Christmas in 1992, or the sophisticated puffball skirt you might have worn to a Christmas Party in 1987. Can you remember the hours of endless fun you had with your model Darth Vader and light saber in 1977?

While all this was happening you probably found time to watch some of the ten most popular programmes on Christmas day.

What you were watching at Christmas in 1992

1. Only Fools and Horses
2. Coronation Street
3. More Auntie's Bloomers
4. Birds of a Feather
5. Noel's House Party
6. Indiana Jones/The Last Crusade
7. Eastenders
8. This is your life
9. Casualty
10. Shirley Valentine

What you were watching in 1987

1. Coronation Street
3. Indiana Jones/Temple of Doom
4. It'll be Alright on Christmas Night
5. Ghostbusters
6. A Question of Sport
6 .= Hi Di Hi
6. = Escape to Victory
9. Russ Abbott's Christmas Show
10. Christmas Blind Date

What you were watching in 1977

1. Mike Yarwood's Christmas Show
3. The Generation Game
4. George and Mildred
5. Wednesday at Eight
6. Coronation Street
7. This is Your Life
8. Crossroads
9. This England
10. The Liver Birds

 





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