Christmas TV

[staffslad]

Re: Christmas TV

Great listings and well-appreciated.

Re: Xmas Day 1980 on ITV...Yes, I remember that Runaround when they were on ice skates. Morcombe and Wise had a pretty stellar guest list that year--shame their work for ITV never reached the heights it did for the Beeb.

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

No probs ill keep putting them up.
Yes things did start to change from the start of the nineties.

i've said it once before darren and i'll say it again - many thanks for all the listings you've put up on this thread. Just looking through all of them i can quite easily see that the rot was starting from the beginning of the 90's on both itv and the bbc. A couple of good programmes each year on an otherwise poor festive schedule.

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Saturday 19th December 1981

BBC1

9.05am The World of Rugby
9.30am Swap Shop
12.12am Weather
12.15pm Grandstand
5.10pm The Police - Montserrat 81
5.50pm News, Weatherman
6.00pm Sport/Regional News
6.05pm Larry Grayson's Generation Game
7.00pm Film : Warlords of Atlantis (1978)
8.35pm The Two Ronnies
9.20pm News and Sport, Weatherman
9.35pm Match of the Day Special
(Football and Show Jumping)
11.05pm Parkinson
12.05am Fundamental Frolics
1.20am Weather

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Sunday 20th December 1981

BBC1

9.00am Mr Benn
9.15am Wake Up Sunday
9.35am Nai Zindagi Naya Jeevan
10.05am Mary Chipperfield's Wildest School on Earth
10.35am Lost for Words
11.00am See Hear!
11.50am Discovering Patchwork
12.15pm Sunday Worship
1.00pm Farming
1.25pm Embroidery
1.50pm News Headlines
1.55pm Film Matinee : The Man in the Santa Claus Suit (1979)
3.30pm Barbara's Problem Dogs
4.20pm International Show Jumping
5.30pm Great Expectations
6.00pm News, Weatherman
6.10pm Corbet Woodall
appeals on behalf of the Arthritis and Rheumatism
Council for Research
6.15pm Songs of Praise
7.15pm Hi-De-Hi!
7.45pm Mastermind
8.20pm Bergerac
9.15pm Dallas
10.05pm News, Weather
10.15pm Robert of Canterbury
11.10pm Women in the Eighties
11.35pm Men v Women : An International Golf Challenge
12.25am Weatherman

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Monday 21st December 1981

BBC1

10.25am Why Don't You....?
10.50am Play Chess!
11.00am The Rose and the Ring
11.20am King of the Rocket Men
11.40am The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Mysteries
12.30pm News After Noon, Weather J
12.57pm Regional News (excluding London & SE)
Financial Report, and News Headlines (London and SE only)
1.00pm Pebble Mill at One
1.45pm Chock-a-Block
2.00pm See Hear!
2.50pm International Show Jumping
3.53pm Regional News (excluding London)
3.55pm Play School
4.20pm Mighty Mouse
4.25pm Jackanory
4.40pm The Cricket in Times Square
5.05pm Blue Peter
5.35pm Paddington
5.40pm Evening News, Weatherman
6.00pm Nationwide
6.55pm Angels
7.20pm Blake's Seven
8.10pm Panorama
9.00pm Nine O'Clock News, Weatherman
9.25pm Max Boyce in Concert
10.00pm International Show Jumping
10.45pm Film 81
11.18pm News Headlines
11.20pm Men v Women : An International Golf
12.10am Weatherman

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Tuesday 22nd December 1981

BBC1

10.25am Why Don't You...?
10.50am Play Chess!
11.00am Go with Noakes
11.30am King of the Rocket Men
11.40am The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Mysteries
12.30pm News After Noon, Weather
12.57pm Regional News (excluding London)
Financial Report, and News Headlines (London and SE only)
1.00pm Pebble Mill at One
1.45pm Over the Moon
2.00pm Film : Sinbad the Sailor (1947)
3.53pm Regional News (excluding London)
3.55pm Play School
4.20pm Mighty Mouse
4.25pm Jackanory
4.40pm The Drak Pack : Dred Goes to Hollywood
5.00pm Codename Icarus
5.35pm Paddington
5.40pm Evening News, Weatherman
6.00pm Regional news magazines
6.25pm Nationwide
6.55pm Angels
7.20pm The Rockford Files
8.10pm Sean Connery Profile
9.00pm Nine O'Clock News
Weatherman
9.25pm Play for Today: The Factory
10.25pm Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet
11.13pm News Headlines
11.15pm Men v Women : International Golf Challenge
12.05am Weatherman

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Wednesday 23rd December 1981

BBC1

9.20am Gymnast
9.45am The Perishers
9.50am Jackanory
10.05am The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
10.25am Why Don't You ... ?
10.50am Play Chess!
11.00am Go with Noakes
11.30am King of the Rocket Men
11.40am The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Mysteries
12.30pm News After Noon, Weather
12.57pm Regional News (excluding London & SE)
Financial Report, and News Headlines (London and SE only)
1.00pm Pebble Mill at One
1.45pm Fingerbobs
2.00pm The Nativity
3.30pm The Pink Panther : A Pink Christmas
3.53pm Regional News (excluding London)
3.55pm Play School
4.15pm Jackanory
4.30pm The Record Breakers
4.55pm RentaSanta
5.40pm Evening News, Weatherman
6.00pm Regional news magazines
6.25pm Nationwide
7.15pm Tom and Jerry
7.25pm Film : Carry On Doctor (1967)
9.00pm Nine O'Clock News
9.25pm Tenko
10.20pm TV Film : The Savage Bees (1976)
11.50pm News Headlines; Weatherman

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Eve Thursday 24th December 1981

BBC1

9.20am Gymnast
Women's Floor Exercises
(Repeat)

9.45am The Perishers
(Repeat)

9.50am Jackanory
with Sinead Cusack, The Black Lamb of Bethlehem(Repeat)

10.05am The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
North Pole Peril(Repeat)

10.25am Why Don't You? . . .
Your ideas, games and activities

10.50am Play Chess
4 : Combinations

11.00am Go with Noakes : Port St Mary to Rathlin Island
Join John Noakes and Shep(Repeat)

11.30am King of the Rocket Men
A serial in 12 parts 4: High Peril (b&w)

11.40am The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Mysteries


12.30pm News After Noonwith Richard Whitmore
Weather Ann Purvis

12.45pm King Rollo
A See-Saw programme(Repeat)

12.50pm Stop-Go!
A new See-Saw programme

1.00pm Film : El Cid (1961)


3.53pm Regional News(Excluding London)

3.55pm Play School

4.20pm Mighty Mouse
The Mouse of Tomorrow(Repeat)

4.25pm Jackanory
The Snow Queen, by Hans Christian Andersen, read by Cheryl Campbell

4.40pm A Very Merry Cricket


5.05pm Blue Peter


5.35pm Willo the Wisp
Christmas Box

5.40pm Evening News
with Moira Stuart
Weatherman

5.55pm Tom and Jerry
The Night Before Christmas(London & SE)
Regional News(All other regions)

6.05pm The Little and Large Show
The Christmas Edition, starring Syd Little and Eddie Large
with guests Madness, The Stutz Bear Cats
Special guest star Lulu

6.35pm Top of the Pops
David Jensen presents a special live edition With Zoo

7.15pm Are You Being Served ?
Roots?
Old Mr Grace is due to celebrate his 90th birthday.
The staff of Grace Brothers decide to give him a coat of arms
but find it difficult to trace his roots

7.45pm The Kenny Everett Television Show
This is Kenny Everett's first show for the BBC and in it he will be doing
several things we're not allowed to talk about and meeting several
people we're not at liberty to divulge. The whole show is full of fantastic
ingredients too numerous to describe. Suffice it to say everything will
be completely original in as much as it's never been done before ...
on the BBC.
Join Kenny and the cast of thousands for the experience of a lifetime.
Or, on the other hand, watch this show

8.15pm Film : The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
with Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine and Shelley Winters
Heedless of mountainous seas and worsening weather, the passengers
aboard the huge liner Poseidon celebrate New Year's Eve in the traditional
fashion until their festivities are literally turned upside down. A freak
wave has capsized the ship and for the small band of survivors of the
initial disaster, the question is - can they escape from the floating
death trap before it sinks to the bottom of the sea?

10.10pm Main News with Moira Stuart
Weatherman

10.25pm The Good Old Days
A Christmas celebration from the famous City Varieties Theatre, Leeds.
For your delectation and delight, your chairman Leonard Sachs introduces
John Inman, Barry Howard, Eira Heath, Jimmy Cricket, Ricardo Arancibia,
Cosmotheka, Guest artist Roy Castle

11.15pm Peace in No Man's Land
The story of the Christmas Truce Narrated by Martin Jarvis
On Christmas Eve 1914 on the Western Front, British and German soldiers
sang carols to each other across a frosty, moonlit No Man's Land.
The next morning, on Christmas Day, hundreds of men of both
nations emerged from the trenches to talk, joke, take photographs and
exchange souvenirs, in the most famous fraternisation of the First World
War.
This remarkable event is remembered by three soldiers who took part:
Graham Williams of the London Rifle Brigade; Leslie Walkinton of the
Queen's Westminster Rifles and Albert Moren, of The Queen's Regiment.
And another truce of that war, on another front, is recalled by
Dr Friedrich Kohn, former Medical Officer attached to the
Hungarian Army

11.50pm Midnight Mass of the Nativity
from the Chapel of the Convent of Mercy, Strabane, Northern Ireland,
Fr John McCullagh conducts the traditional liturgy of Christmas on the
theme The Breadwinner with a congregation from the town with the
highest level of unemployment in the United Kingdom

12.50am Weather

12.55am Closedown

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Day Friday 25th December 1981

BBC1

8:40am Star Over Bethlehem
A musical celebration for Christmas.
Seven nations come together in a global concert united by the
man-made star of today - the communications satellite.

9:40am The Flumps
A See-Saw programme (Repeat)

9:55am Rolf at Christmas
Rolf Harris with guests Keith Harris and Darts and 200 children from
Overleigh Middle School, Chester bring you a selection of Christmas
songs. Rolf and 200 young guests bring you a selection of Christmas
songs from the historic city of Chester

10:30am Christmas Morning Service
from St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in the presence of
HM The Queen, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh and other members of
the Royal Family

11:47am Weather Jack Scott

11:50am The Donald Duck Story
The inside story of the meteoric career of the world's most bumptious
bird showing how that devious darned duck got his start in life. Part 1

12:30pm Film : tom thumb (1958)
starring Russ Tamblyn, Alan Young, Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers
George Pal 's famous film adaptation of the Grimm Brothers'
fairy-tale for children of all ages features some lively dancing from
Russ Tamblyn, a highly whistle-able theme song, some very convincing
trick photography and two hilariously incompetent villains

2:00pm Top of the Pops
TOTP's Christmas Party
The Radio 1 DJs present their favourite hits of 1981, hosted by
Peter Powell and Dave Lee Travis

3:00pm The Queen
speaks to the Commonwealth

3:10pm Larry Grayson's Generation Game
Join Larry Grayson and Isla St Clair for this special Christmas
edition with surprise guests and seasonal games for the
contestants and the family to play at home

4:10pm Film : In Search of the Castaways (1961)
Walt Disney's classic adventure film starring Hayley Mills,
Maurice Chevalier, George Sanders and Wilfrid Hyde White
Thrills abound as earthquake, hurricane, fire and flood beset
the voyagers in search of Captain Grant. Hayley Mills is perfect
as the dauntless daughter in this colourful version of Jules Verne's
tale for children of all agesPremière

5:45pm Jim'll Fix It
with Jimmy Savile, OBE
Dear Jim, Please may I ... Have a new set of angel's wings?
Go to Disneyland? Spend my 105th birthday by the sea?
Work for Father Christmas?
In this special Christmas Day programme Jimmy makes
these and other dreams come true

6:25pm Evening News with Moira Stuart
Weatherman

6:35pm Paul Daniels' Magical Christmas
Join Paul Daniels as he conjures up a host of seasonal surprises
and introduces his special guests: from Hamburg Tux and his
flying kitchen; from Paris Les Samurai, exciting exponents of the
martial arts; and the brilliant illusionist Pierre Brahma

7:15pm Last of the Summer Wine
Whoops
A special Christmas episode starring Bill Owen, Peter Sallis,
Brian Wilde with John Rutland, Arnold Peters, Foggy and Clegg
somewhat cautiously agree with Compo that Christmas isn't what it
used to be. In an effort to recapture the spirit of their youth they look
up two long-lost boisterous school mates: champion lamp-post climber
and duck impressionist 'Chuffer ' Enright, and long-distance hand
walker 'Splutter'

7:45pm The Two Ronnies
starring Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barker and their guests
Sheena Easton , Chas & Dave

8:35pm Dallas
Waterloo at South Fork
The problems for the Ewing family continue to grow as J.R. is
confronted by both Miss Ellie and Bobby - who demand explanations

9:25pm Film : Loophole (1980)
starring Albert Finney, Martin Sheen, Susannah York, Colin Blakely,
Jonathan Pryce, Robert Morley
The vault of one of the world's largest and safest holding banks is reputed
to be completely 'burglar-proof'. However, there is one loophole ...
An expert team of professional criminals, cramped in the putrid
labyrinth of sewers beneath the streets of London, ingeniously prepare
to exploit the loophole and pull off one of the most
ambitious and daring heistsPremière

11:05pm Main Newswith Moira Stuart
Holiday Weather Jack Scott

11:15pm Parkinson on Comedy
Michael Parkinson introduces a selection of the funniest moments
from his programme in recent years, featuring among others:
Dave Allen, Rowan Atkinson, Cannon and Ball, Michael Bentine,
Billy Connolly, Ken Dodd, Bob Hope, Frankie Howerd, Tom Lehrer
Arthur Marshall, Spike Milligan, Sir Harry Secombe, Jimmy Tarbuck,
Tommy Trinder, Kenneth Williams

12:15am Christmas Night with The Spinners
Over 1,000 people join The Spinners at the Spa for a musical
celebration of Christmas. BBC cameras move into the festive
atmosphere at Harrogate's Royal Hall to find Tony, Cliff, Mick, Hughie
and a singing audience

12:45am Weather

12:50am Closedown

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Boxing Day Saturday 26th December 1981

BBC1

9.00am Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales
Yosemite Sam Scrooge, Porky Pig Cratchit and Tweety Pie Tiny Tim
star in Bugs Bunny's own interpretation of A Christmas Carol

9.20am The Curious Cat
narrated by Eleanor Bron
Most people have strong feelings about cats; you either like them or
dislike them. But few of us have ever glimpsed the private
undomesticated cat-the cat that lives on its own, away from human
companions. In the heart of the Devon countryside, on open
farm-land, four cats - a mature tom and three females-were studied
and filmed for a year. Their story gives a picture of the cat in the wild
which will make us all-whether cat lovers or not-think quite differently
about an animal which, for centuries, we have taken for granted

10.10am Film : The Three Musketeers (1948)
starring Gene Kelly, Vincent Price and Lana Turner
In this lavish, Technicolor version of Dumas's famous story,
the three musketeers and the young recruit from Gascony fight
their way through a series of exciting adventures in their efforts to
foil Richelieu's plot to depose the King of France

12.10pm The Donald Duck Story
part 2

12.45pm Newswith Jan Leeming
Weather Anne Purvis

12.50pm Junior Kick Start
A motorcycle trials competition for the Lombard Trophy.
Two groups of young riders, from 9-17 years old, tackle a tough
course of natural and man-made obstacles

1.25pm Film : How the West Was Won (1962)
starring and narrated by Spencer Tracy
The epic story of the great American adventure, the conquest of the West,
is mirrored in the fortunes of one pioneer family

3.50pm The Junior Superstars
The Townsend Thoresen Challenge
Introduced by David Vine, Ron Pickering
The Superstars is a sporting phenomenon which began in the USA,
crossed to Britain, then spread throughout the world. Now the
logical extension, The Junior Superstars

5.00pm Final Score
introduced by David Coleman

5.10pm Newswith Jan LeemingWeatherman

5.20pm Film : The Magic of Lassie (1978)
starring James Stewart and Mickey Rooney
When Lassie is taken away from her owner Clovis Mitchell by the
dishonest businessman Jamison, she is forced to make a perilous
escape across the rugged West. With James Stewart as Lassie's proud
owner, the musical score for the film is by the award-winning team
responsible for Mary Poppins and The Slipper and the Rose

7.00pm Blankety Blank
Terry Wogan hosts a special Christmas edition of the comedy quiz
game, in which contestants attempt to match their 'blanks' with
Lorraine Chase, Liza Goddard Larry Grayson, Lenny Henry, Beryl Reid,
Jimmy Tarbuck

7.35pm The Mike Yarwood Christmas Show
starring Mike Yarwood with Marti Caine, Bucks Fizz and Suzanne Danielle

8.15pm Film : Gone with the Wind (1939)
starring Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh and Leslie Howard
Here it is at last - the film that more people have been to the cinema
to see than any other has finally come to television. Winner of ten
Academy Awards and a milestone in movie history, the passionate,
stormy romance of Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara is played out
against the devastating conflict of the Civil War and the South's
traumatic reconstruction, in epic scale.
Part 1: Southern belle Scarlett O'Hara is mortified to learn that Ashley
Wilkes, the handsome neighbour with whom she fancies herself in
love, is about to announce his engagement to his cousin, Melanie
Hamilton. Ashley is attracted to Scarlett like a moth to a candle but
lacks the courage either to woo her or to make her realise that it is
Melanie he loves - a mistake which is to have a lasting effect on all their
lives. On the day of Ashley's betrothal, Rhett Butler, black sheep of an
old Charleston family, is an amused witness of Scarlett's pique ...
Première

9.55pm News and Sport
with Jan Leemingand David Cass
Weatherman

10.10pm Match of the Day
Introduced by Jimmy Hill
Barry Davies and Alan Parry report on two First Division games in the
North and South. Bob Wilson gathers together the day's other
news including the late-night pools check. Also, the Christmas Goal
of the Month competition

11.10pm Perry Como's French-Canadian Christmas Special
with Debby Boone, Diane Tell and Olympic ice skating champion,
Dorothy Hamill

12.00 Men v Women
An International Golf Challenge
Sally Little v Severiano Ballesteros over 9 holes, presented by Peter Alliss

12.50am Barbara Mandrell
and The Mandrell Sisters celebrate Christmas with guests Bobby Vinton
and Andrae Crouch. Also enjoying the festive season is country music's
one and only puppet band Truck Shackley and the Texas Critters

1.25am Weather

1.30am Closedown

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Sunday 27th December 1981

BBC1

9.00am Mr Benn

9.15am Wake Up Sunday

9.45am Naya Zindagi Naya Jeevan

10.15am The Queen's Christmas Message
with sub-titles

10.30am Why Don`t You...?

10.55am Play Chess
with Bill Hartston

11.05am Day One
religious magazine presented by Sally Magnusson and Barry Lynch

11.50am The 1981 Edinburgh Military Tattoo

1.05pm News Headlines

1.10pm Cartoon: Along Came Daffy

1.20pm Round Robin

1.45pm Holiday on Ice
introduced by Brian Matthew

2.35pm That's Action!
a tribute to the tough men of Hollywood films

4.25pm The All Star Record Breakers
with Roy Castle

5.15pm Emu's Magical Christmas Show
from the Southport Theatre

5.50pm Newswith Jan Leeming

6.00pm Disney Time
with Windsor Davies

6.40pm Songs of Praise
from St George`s Chapel, Windsor Chapel

7.15pm Hi-De-Hi!

7.45pm Mastermind
the final from the Metropolitan Police Cadet School, Hendon

8.20pm Film : Gone with the Wind (1939)
part 2

10.15pm Newswith Jan Leeming Weather

10.25pm Everyman: The Rock That Doesn't Roll
Cliff Richard talks about his private life

11.00pm James Galway- Solo
with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Hiroyuki Iwaki

11.50pm Golf: Men v Women
Sally Little plays Greg Norman

12.40am Weather

[George 1978]

Re: Christmas TV

I have just come from WH Smith to get some of the latest editions of the Christmas TV listings magazines. No doubt that the programmes listed will never be as great as what is listed on here.

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Only there are far more channels now thnx to freeview.

but the channels back in the 70's 80's and 90's we had probably have better christmas telly than those same channels now.

i have just come from wh smith to get some of the latest editions of the christmas tv listings magazines. No doubt that the programmes listed will never be as great as what is listed on here.

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Bank Holiday Monday 28th December 1981

BBC1

9.05am Chock-a-Block (Repeat)

9.20am Gymnast
David Vine and Nik Stuart discuss Parallel Bars (Repeat)

9.45am The Perishers
featuring Leonard Rossiter as "Boot"(Repeat)

9.50am Jackanory with Kenneth Williams reading
Count Backwerdz on the Carpet (Repeat)

10.05am The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
Tall Timber Treachery (Repeat)

10.25am Why Don't You . . . ?
presented by the children of the Scottish "Why Don't You" gang

10.50am Play Chess!
6/10 Perpetual Check and Stalemate

11.00am Go with Noakes
John Noakes and Shep continue their voyage of discovery round
the British coastline(Repeat)

11.30am King of the Rocket Men
5/12 Fatal Dive(b&w)

11.40am The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Mysteries
Part One : Voodoo Doll,starring Shaun Cassidy, Parker Stevenson
and Janet Louise Johnson

12.27pm Weather Anne Purvis

12.30pm Grandstand
introduced by David Coleman
(12.35 Football Focus
1.05, 1.40, 2.15 Racing from Chepstow
1.25, 2.00 International Badminton )

2.40pm Film : The Slipper and the Rose (1976)
The story of Cinderella, the British film musical starring Richard
Chamberlain, Gemma Craven, Annette Crosbie, Edith Evans,
Christopher Gable, Michael Hordern, Margaret Lockwood,
Kenneth MorePremière

5.00pm Final Score
introduced by David Coleman

5.10pm Evening NewsRichard Baker
Weatherman

5.20pm Grange Hill
Christmas Special

5.45pm K9 and Company
starring Elisabeth Sladen and John Leeson as the voice of K9

6.35pm Christmas Terry and June
with Terry Scott and June Whitfield

7.05pm Film : Battle of Midway (1942)
starring Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, James Coburn, Glenn Ford

9.10pm Val sings Bing
with Val Doonican

9.55pm Only Fools and Horses . . .
with David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst and Leonard Pearce

10.30pm Main Newswith Richard Baker
Weatherman

10.40pm Films of the Year
Barry Norman looks back on the films of 1981

11.20pm Men v Women
an International Golf Challenge

12.10am Weatherman

12.15am Closedown

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Tuesday 29th December 1981

BBC1

9.25am Gymnast
9.50am The Perishers
9.55am Jackanory
10.05am The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
10.25am Why Don't You....?
10.50am Play Chess!
11.00am Go with Noakes
11.30am King of the Rocket Men
11.40am The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Mysteries
12.30pm News After Noon
12.45pm Over the Moon
1.00pm Behind the Greasepaint
1.30pm Daffy Duck
1.35pm Winnie the Pooh and the Hunny Tree
2.00pm Film : A Distant Trumpet (1964)
3.53pm Regional News (excluding London)
3.55pm Play School
4.20pm Mighty Mouse
4.25pm Jackanory
4.40pm John Diamond
5.35pm Ivor the Engine
5.40pm Evening News, Weatherman
5.50pm Cartoon : The Pups' Christmas (London and South East only)
Regional News (All other English regions)
6.00pm Pop Quiz
6.35pm Tomorrow's World
7.05pm Film : The Day of the Dolphin (1973)
8.50pm Main News, Weatherman
9.00pm TV Film : Artemis 81 (1981)
12.05am Weatherman