Re: Christmas TV
Christmas Day Tuesday 25th December 1979
ITV LONDON
8.45am Beautiful Morning
carols from the choir of St Winifred's School, Stockport with the St Winifred's School Choir, Burl Ives
9.00am The Christmas Story
for younger viewers,told by Paul Copley
9.15am A Merry Morning
from the National Children's Home, Harrogate, presented by Jimmy Tarbuck, with Animal Kwackers, Mike Harding, Ward Allen
10.00am Christmas Morning Service
from Harpenden Methodist Church, Hertfordshire
11.00am TV Film : Lassie : The New Beginning (1978)
with John Reilly, Lee Bryant, Gene Evans
12.45pm Walt Disney Classics
Three Orphan Kittens, cartoon
1.00pm Christmas Oh Boy!
with Joe Brown and the Bruvvers, Billy Hartman, Freddie "Fingers" Lee, Alvin Stardust, Shakin' Stevens, Rachel Sweet, Tim Witnall, Fumble,
The Oh Boy! Cats and Kittens, The Oh Boy! Boogie Band
1.30pm Crossroads
2.00pm Star Games
The Grand Final - Comedy v TV Presenters with Michael Aspel, Alan Pascoe, Jenny Hanley, Gerald Sinsta
3.00pm The Queen
3.15pm The James Bond Film : Goldfinger (1964)
starring Sean Connery, Honor Blackman
5.10pm News
5.15pm 3-2-1
Dickensian Xmas Show, presented by Ted Rogers, with Terry Scott, Bill Maynard and Wilfrid Brambell
6.15pm George and Mildred
The Twenty-Six Year Itch, starring Yootha Joyce and Brian Murphy
6.45pm Film : The Three Musketeers (1973)
starring Michael York, Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Faye Dunaway, Frank Finlay, Richard Chamberlain
8.45pm Christmas with Eric and Ernie
with Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, David Frost, Glenda Jackson, The Peter Knight Orchestra
9.45pm This Is Your Life Special
presented by Eamonn Andrews
10.30pm News
10.40pm Cleo's Christmas
Cleo Lane with John Dankworth, Scott Madden, Modesty, Karen Winkermann
11.40pm TV Film : Death at Love House (1976)
starring Robert Wagner, Sylvia Sidney, Joan Blondell, Dorothy Lamour and John Carradine
1.00am A Child Is Born
Christmas chants from the monks of Farnborough Abbey
ITV GRANADA (as ITV London except)
11.40pm Vegas Night of a Thousand Eyes
starring Robert Urich, Bart Braverman
12.35am A Child Is Born
Christmas chants from the monks of Farnborough Abbey
12.45am Closedown
ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV London except)
11.45pm The Love Boat
12.35am A Child Is Born
Christmas Day Tuesday 25th December 1979
ITV LONDON
8.45am Beautiful Morning
carols from the choir of St Winifred's School, Stockport with the St Winifred's School Choir, Burl Ives
9.00am The Christmas Story
for younger viewers,told by Paul Copley
9.15am A Merry Morning
from the National Children's Home, Harrogate, presented by Jimmy Tarbuck, with Animal Kwackers, Mike Harding, Ward Allen
10.00am Christmas Morning Service
from Harpenden Methodist Church, Hertfordshire
11.00am TV Film : Lassie : The New Beginning (1978)
with John Reilly, Lee Bryant, Gene Evans
12.45pm Walt Disney Classics
Three Orphan Kittens, cartoon
1.00pm Christmas Oh Boy!
with Joe Brown and the Bruvvers, Billy Hartman, Freddie "Fingers" Lee, Alvin Stardust, Shakin' Stevens, Rachel Sweet, Tim Witnall, Fumble,
The Oh Boy! Cats and Kittens, The Oh Boy! Boogie Band
1.30pm Crossroads
2.00pm Star Games
The Grand Final - Comedy v TV Presenters with Michael Aspel, Alan Pascoe, Jenny Hanley, Gerald Sinsta
3.00pm The Queen
3.15pm The James Bond Film : Goldfinger (1964)
starring Sean Connery, Honor Blackman
5.10pm News
5.15pm 3-2-1
Dickensian Xmas Show, presented by Ted Rogers, with Terry Scott, Bill Maynard and Wilfrid Brambell
6.15pm George and Mildred
The Twenty-Six Year Itch, starring Yootha Joyce and Brian Murphy
6.45pm Film : The Three Musketeers (1973)
starring Michael York, Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Faye Dunaway, Frank Finlay, Richard Chamberlain
8.45pm Christmas with Eric and Ernie
with Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, David Frost, Glenda Jackson, The Peter Knight Orchestra
9.45pm This Is Your Life Special
presented by Eamonn Andrews
10.30pm News
10.40pm Cleo's Christmas
Cleo Lane with John Dankworth, Scott Madden, Modesty, Karen Winkermann
11.40pm TV Film : Death at Love House (1976)
starring Robert Wagner, Sylvia Sidney, Joan Blondell, Dorothy Lamour and John Carradine
1.00am A Child Is Born
Christmas chants from the monks of Farnborough Abbey
ITV GRANADA (as ITV London except)
11.40pm Vegas Night of a Thousand Eyes
starring Robert Urich, Bart Braverman
12.35am A Child Is Born
Christmas chants from the monks of Farnborough Abbey
12.45am Closedown
ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV London except)
11.45pm The Love Boat
12.35am A Child Is Born
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