BBC One continuity including programme promotions for Babe and Boxing Day followed by Top of the Pops opening/closing (25th December 1998)

The 12.50pm BBC One junction.

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[00:00:00] PROGRAMME GRAPHIC: standard BBC Two slide for Christmas in Vienna.

The programme airs at 11.15am on BBC Two – earlier than it says in Radio Times.

[00:00:12] STING: one of the Christmas trail stings – Bauble/Reindeer.

[00:00:16] PROGRAMME PROMOTION: for Babe.

The film airs tonight at 7pm on BBC One.

[00:00:00] PROGRAMME PROMOTION: some highlights for Boxing Day on BBC One:

5.30pm Animal Hospital: Fleas and All.

6.10pm Film: Free Willy 2.

7.45pm The National Lottery Draw.

[00:01:17] IDENT: one of the BBC One Christmas idents – Bauble/Penguins – is used to link into Top of the Pops.

[00:01:26] PROGRAMME: the opening and closing minutes from Top of the Pops.

Presenters: Kate Thornton, Jamie Theakston and Jayne Middlemiss.

We see the opening introduction from the presenters and the opening titles, followed by the opening portion of Viva Forever performed by the Spice Girls.

We then jump to the final minutes of the programme, for the Top 20 rundown. We then see Cher perform Believe – including the closing credits.

RELATED ARTICLE: you can view the junction that followed this one here.