Christmas TV

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Eve Saturday 24th December 1977

BBC1

8.55am Bagpuss (Repeat)

9.10am Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
(3/12) Walking Bombs starring Buster Crabbe (b&w)

9.30am Noel Edmonds Presents Swap of the Pops
a star studded Christmas Eve concert with Keith Chegwin, Abba,
Bonnie Tyler, The Carvels, Chopin, Chuck Berry, Cliff Richard,
Giorgio, Heatwave, Harry Secombe, Leo Sayer, Mozart,
Showaddywaddy, Smokie, Status Quo, Tina Charles, Twiggy, Vivaldi,
Wings, The Wurzels and a whole lot of others

11.00am Film : GI Blues (1960)
starring Elvis Presley

12.40pm Soviet Gymnastics Spectacular
the fourth annual visit of the Soviet Union gymnasts

1.30pm Film : White Christmas (1954)
starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye

3.25pm Jubilee 77
highlights of the Queen's Silver Jubilee

5.25pm News with Angela Rippon
Weather Michael Fish

5.35pm Emu's Broadcasting Company (EBC1)
starring Rod Hull and Emu

6.00pm Superpets
Esther Rantzen introduces some of Britain's most talented pets

6.30pm Film : Third Man on the Mountain (1959)
with Michael Rennie

8.15pm The Duchess of Duke Street
the last of 16 episodes starring Gemma Jones

9.05pm The Dick Emery Christmas Show
The Texan Connection
A seasonal escapade starring Dick Emery with special guests
Roy Kinnear, Judy Cornwell and June Whitfield and
featuring Patrick Troughton

9.50pm Starsky and Hutch
starring Paul Michael Glaser and David Soul

10.40pm News Angela Rippon
Weatherman

10.50pm Andre Previn's Christmas Music Night
Andre Previn introduces and conducts The London Symphony
Orchestra and others

11.55pm Midnight Mass
from Buckfast Abbey, Devon

1.15am Weather

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Day Sunday 25th December 1977

BBC1

8.55am Star Over Bethlehem
A programme of Christmas music.
(Shown last night on BBC2)

9.55am Playboard
with the Playboard Puppet Theatre and Christopher Lillicrap (Repeat)

10.10am Michael Bentine
appeals on behalf of Wells Cathedral

10.15am Christmas Worship
from All Saints Parish Church, Kingston-Upon-Thames, Surrey

11.13am Weatherman

11.15am The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas
animation

11.40am Film : National Velvet (1944)
starring Elizabeth Taylor, Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp

1.40pm Are You Being Served?
The Father Christmas Affair (Repeat)

2.10pm Top of the Pops 77
Part 1
with Noel Edmonds, Kid Jensen

3.00pm The Queen
speaks to the Commonwealth

3.10pm Billy Smart's Christmas Circus

4.10pm Film : The Wizard of Oz (1939)
starring Judy Garland

5.50pm Basil Through the Looking Glass
starring Basil Brush with Howard Williams

6.20pm Evening News with Angela Rippon
Weather Michael Fish

6.25pm Songs of Praise Special
Family Carols recorded at the Royal Albert Hall,
introduced by Geoffrey Wheeler

7.15pm Bruce Forsyth and The Generation Game
with Anthea Redfern

8.20pm Mike Yarwood Christmas Show
with guests Wings, Jenny Lee-Wright

8.55pm Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show
with guests Penelope Keith, Elton John, Francis Matthews,
Angharad Rees, Stella Starr and some surprise celebrity
guests

10.00pm News with Angela Rippon
Weather

10.05pm Film : Funny Girl (1968)
starring Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif Première

12.30am Weatherman

12.31am Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

Boxing Day Monday 26th December 1977

BBC1

9.30am Chigley
a present for Lord Belborough (Repeat)

9.45am Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
(4/12) The Destroying Ray (b&w)

10.00pm Film : Jailhouse Rock (1957)
starring Elvis Presley, Dean Jones, Judy Tyler

11.35am David Soul and Friends

12.13pm Weather Bill Giles

12.15pm Holiday Grandstand
introduced by Frank Bough,
(12.15 Rugby League: Leeds v Wakefield T,
12.55 Football Preview 1.10, 1.40,
2.10 Racing from Wincanton)

2.35pm Holiday on Ice
introduced by Brian Mathew

3.25pm Top of the Pops 77
part 2
with Tony Blackburn, Dave Lee Travis

4.15pm It's a Christmas Knockout
special festive competition from The Aviemore Centre, Scotland
with Stuart Hall, Eddie Waring

5.05pm Evening News with Angela Rippon
Weatherman

5.15pm Today's Sport

5.25pm Jim'll Fix It
a Christmas Special

6.05pm Film : Support Your Local Sheriff (1969)
starring James Garner, Joan Hackett, Walter Brennan

7.35pm The Good Life Christmas Special
It's Silly But It's Fun

8.05pm The Two Ronnies
Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett with guests the Nolan Sisters

8.50pm Main News with Angela Rippon
Weather

9.00pm Film : The Dirty Dozen (1967)
starring Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Robert RyanPremière

11.25pm Parkinson and the Comedians
Michael Parkinson introduces a selection of the funniest moments
from six years of interviews

12.35am Weather

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Tuesday 27th December 1977

BBC1

10.05am How Do You Do ?
rhymes and counting games introduced by Carmen Munro

10.20am Ski High
a traverse of of the Scottish Highlands

11.00am Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
5/12 The Palace of Terror (b&w)

11.20am Film : Blue Hawaii (1961)
starring Elvis Presley, Joan Blackman, Angela Lansbury

12.58pm Weather Bill Giles

1.00pm Grandstand
introduced by Tony Gubba
(Football Focus, 1.10 Racing from
Kempton Park, 2.05 Racing from
Leopardstown)

2.35pm Don Quixote
Australian ballet production with Rudolph Nureyev

4.20pm The Waltons' Best Christmas

5.05pm Evening News Richard Whitmore
Weatherman

5.15pm Today's Sport

5.25pm Disney Time
50th edition with David Jacobs
(who presented the first programme),
Sean Connery, Karen Dotrice,
Jodie Foster, Susan Hampshire,
Dean Jones, Sir John Mills, Hayley Mills,
Peter Ustinov

6.25pm Film : Silent Running (1972)
starring Bruce Dern Première

7.55pm The Little and Largest Show on Earth
with Little and Large and guests,
Leo Sayer, Marti Caine, Smokie

8.40pm The Three Hostages
by John Buchan,
with Barry Foster, Diane Quick
and John Castle

10.05pm News with Richard Whitmore
Weather

10.15pm Bob Hope on the Road with Bing
musical and comedy highlights
from a friendship that spanned 45 years

11.15pm Film : The Apartment (1960)
starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine (b&w)

1.15am Weather

1.17am Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

Wednesday 28th December 1977

BBC1

9.30am The Wombles
9.35am Jackanory
9.50am The Shining Princess
10.15am Adventure in the Danube Delta
10.40am Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
11.00am Film : Elvis in Kissin' Cousins (1964)
12.35pm Midday News, Weather
12.45pm Out of this World
1.45pm The Flumps
3.30pm Golden Great Hits of The Monkees
3.53pm Regional News (excluding London)
3.55pm Play School
4.20pm Paddington
4.25pm Secret Squirrel
4.30pm Jackanory
4.45pm The All Star Record Breakers
5.40pm Evening News
5.50pm The Tom and Jerry Show (London and South East only)
Regional News (All other English Regions)
6.00pm Christmas with The Osmonds
6.50pm Film : Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965)
9.00pm Nine O'Clock News, Weather
9.15pm Washington: Behind Closed Doors
11.00pm Christmas Ghost Story
11.30pm If it's Wednesday it must be Saturday Night at the Mill
12.10am Weatherman/Regional News

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Re: Christmas TV

Thursday 29th December 1977

BBC1

9.35am The Wombles
9.40am Jackanory
9.55am Daughter of the Sun
10.15am Adventure in the Danube Delta
10.40am Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
11.00am Film : Elvis in It Happened at the World's Fair (1963)
12.40pm Midday News, Weather
12.50pm The Mystery of Loch Ness
1.40pm Heads and Tails
1.55pm Film : My Side of the Mountain (1969)
3.30pm Laurel and Hardy in County Hospital
3.53pm Regional News (excluding London)
3.55pm Play School
4.20pm Lippy Lion
4.25pm Jackanory
4.40pm Charlie Brown
5.05pm Blue Peter Review of the Year
5.40pm Evening News, Weatherman
5.50pm The Tom and Jerry Show (London and South East only)
Regional News (All other English Regions)
6.00pm The Prince and the Pauper
7.00pm The Superstars
8.10pm Secret Army
9.00pm Nine O'Clock News, Weather
9.15pm Washington: Behind Closed Doors
10.50pm Music by Jerome Kern
11.50pm Film : Double Indemnity (1944)
1.35am Weather/Regional News

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Friday 30th December 1977

BBC1

9.50am The Wombles
9.55am Jackanory
10.10am The Wanderer Butterfly
10.25am Adventure in the Danube Delta
10.45am Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
11.05am Film : Elvis in Stay Away Joe (1968)
12.45pm Midday News, Weather
12.55pm The Ghost Hunters
1.45pm Barnaby
1.55pm Film : The Three Musketeers (1948)
3.58pm Regional News (excluding London)
4.00pm Jackanory
4.15pm Film ; Tin Tin and the Lake of the Sharks (1972)
5.30pm Evening News, Weatherman
5.40pm The Tom and Jerry Show (London and South East only)
Regional News (All other English regions)
5.50pm The Prince and the Pauper
6.50pm Film : Calamity Jane (1953)
8.30pm The Other One
9.00pm Nine O'Clock News
Weekend Weather
9.15pm Christmas with Kojak : Summer of Sixty-Nine
10.45pm Regional News (excluding London)
10.46pm Films of the Year
11.25pm Klute (1971)
1.15pm Weather

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Re: Christmas TV

New Year's Eve Saturday 31st December 1977

BBC1

9.15am Fingerbobs
9.30am Multi-Coloured Swap Shop
12.13pm Weather
12.15pm Grandstand
5.10pm The New Adventures of Batman
5.35pm News, Weatherman
5.45pm Sport/Regional News
5.50pm Jim'll Fix It
6.25pm Doctor Who : The Robots of Death : Part 1
7.15pm Bruce's Choice
8.15pm Val Doonican's Old Year Music Show
9.00pm Starsky and Hutch
9.50pm News, Weatherman
10.00pm Match of the Day
11.00pm The Good Old Days
12.00 Big Ben
12.01am Celebration
12.45am* Prologue
12.50am* Weather

*approximate times

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Eve Saturday 24th December 1977

BBC2

1.50pm Arlecchine
(Servant of Two Masters)
18th-century comedy by Carlo Goldoni (Repeat)

3.45pm Saturday Cinema : Double Crossbones (1951)
starring Donald O'Connor, Helena CarterPremière

5.00pm Thrice Welcome Christmas
with Brian Cant and Toni Arthur presenting a miscellany of
Christmas songs and customs

5.30pm The Snow Queen
a fairy-tale for television (Repeat)

6.30pm A Christmas Carol
starring Michael Hordern and John Le Mesurier, Richard Lee

7.30pm News on 2
Weather

7.35pm Network
from BBC North-East : Keelmen

8.05pm The Lively Arts
Karin Kain, ballerina

9.00pm Star Over Bethlehem
a live programme of Christmas music

10.00pm The Old Grey Whistle Test
The Kinks' Christmas Concert, live from the Rainbow Theatre, London,
introduced by Bob Harris

11.00pm Film : M*A*SH* (1972)
with Elliott Gould, Donald Sutherland and Tom SkerittPremière

12.55am Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Day Sunday 25th December 1977

BBC2

12.45pm Sing All Ye Faithful
a presentation of popular carols

1.30pm News Review
This week we forget the stresses and strains of the news and take a
continental holiday with a party of deaf children.
Quietly in Switzerland

2.15pm The World About Us
The Predators, narrated by David Attenborough

3.00pm Alpha Omega
prize-winning satirical cartoon which follows the life of a typical
20th-century man from childhood to old age

3.10pm The Lively Arts - In Performance
Robin Ray introduces Coppélia

4.40pm In Deepest Britain Waders in Winter
with Chris Mead, David Streeter

5.10pm Celebration
a portrait of the Queen's summer jubilee tour

5.40pm The Queen
speaks to the Commonwealth

5.50pm Film : Storm Boy (1976)
starring Greg Rowe, Peter Cummins, David GulpililPremière

7.15pm Thanks for the Memory
The Viewers View,
from archives of the last 25 years of TV(Edited Repeat)

8.15pm Interlude

9.35pm Christmas Past
introduced by James Cameron

10.05pm Country Holiday
Crystal Gayle, Larry Gatlin, George Hamilton IV
sing country music especially for the Christmas Holiday,
they are joined by British star, Pete Sayers

10.50pm News on 2
Weather

10.55pm Film : The Big Sleep (1946)
starring Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall (b&w)

12.45am Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

Boxing Day Monday 26th December 1977

BBC2

11.00am Play School
presented by Carol Chell, Lionel Martin
Story: The Train to Glasgow

11.25am Closedown

1.45pm Orion
a rock musical by Ken Howard, Alan Blaikley and Melvyn Bragg

2.40pm War and Peace
(parts 1 & 2)
starring Ludmila Savelyeva and Sergei Bondarchuk

6.35pm The Master Thief
based on The Brothers Grimm story

7.35pm News on 2
Weather

7.40pm Opera
cartoon, scenes from a gala opera night as viewed through the
satirical eyes of one of Italy's most brilliant animators

7.50pm The Moscow State Circus

8.50pm Drama on 2: Who Pays the Ferryman ?
8/8 The Daughters of Themis

9.40pm Doug Henning's World of Magic
Doug Henning has been hailed as one of the most dynamic
new magicians since Harry Houdini

10.30pm Cricket 1977
It will never be the same again, review by John Arlott and
the changes brought about by Kerry Packer

11.30pm Late News on 2
Weather

11.35pm Film : A Day at the Races (1937)
with the Marx Brothers (b&w)

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Tuesday 27th December 1977

BBC2

11.00am Play School
Today Carol Chell and Lionel Morton visit Charlton Park School
in Blackheath

11.25am Closedown

1.40pm Schools Prom
from the Royal Albert Hall

2.30pm War and Peace
parts 3 and 4

5.25pm Tennis
Match of the Year
Bjorn Borg v Vitas Gerulaitis
Introduced by Dan Maskell

6.25pm Bertram Battell's Side Show
Bertram's sparkling show of dance sequences, bursting with
music, movement and comedy

7.15pm News on 2

7.25pm Just a Nimmo
Derek Nimmo introduces a holiday celebration of some of the comedy
highlights of the last two series. Amongst his guests will be Ronnie Corbett,
Michael Bentine, Peter Ustinov

7.55pm Orpheus in the Underworld
pop opera by Carl Davis, lyrics by John Wells, with Julian Littman
and Joanna Carlin

8.25pm The Water Margin
A free-wheeling adaptation of the Chinese classic

9.10pm Film : Allegro Non Troppo (1976)
a wickedly witty parody of Walt Disney's Fantasia by Italian
animator Bruno Bozzetto which has been delighting film festival
audiences and criticsPremière

10.35pm Rachel and the Beelzebub Bombardier
Rachel Day was a housemaid who joined the Skeleton Army -
rowdies hired by the brewers in 1890 to break up the Salvation
Army's temperance meetings

11.30pm Late News on 2

11.35pm Closedown
Marius Goring reads The Old Man and the Sun

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Re: Christmas TV

Wednesday 28th December 1977

BBC2

10.20am Gharbar
10.45am Closedown
11.00am Play School
11.25am Closedown
6.40pm News on 2
Weather on 2
6.50pm The Getaways
7.20pm Julian Bream Festival : A Life in the Country
8.30pm The Master Game
9.00pm Play of the Week
10.10pm Fete des Vignerons
11.00pm Late News on 2, Weather
11.10pm The Old Grey Whistle Test

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Re: Christmas TV

Thursday 29th December 1977

BBC2

11.00am Play School
11.25am Closedown
6.40pm News on 2
Weather on 2
6.50pm Film : Dark Star (1974) Première
8.10pm Something in the Wind
9.00pm One Man and his Dog
9.35pm The Hollywood Musical
Film : West Side Story (1961)
12.00 News Summary
Weather
12.03am Closedown

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Friday 30th December 1977

BBC2

11.00am Play School
11.25am Closedown
7.25pm News on 2
Weather on 2
7.35pm Film : The Little Mermaid (1976) Première
9.00pm Marvin Hamlisch
10.00pm The Eiheiji Temple
10.50pm Jazz from Montreux
11.40pm Late News on 2, Weather
11.50pm Closedown
Marius Goring reads How I Brought the Good News
from Aix to Ghent (or vice versa) by R. J. Yeatman
and W. C. Sallar