Re: Christmas TV
Boxing Day Saturday 26th December 1970
BBC1
9.45am Ken Dodd
and The Diddymen in His Doddyness the Mayor
9.55am News, WeathermanJack Scott
10.00am Banana Splits
10.40am Film : The Son of Robin Hood (1958)
starring Al Hedison and June Laverick
12.00 Boxing Day Grandstand
featuring Racing from Kempton Park
(12.05 Football Preview,
12.15 Rugby League:Leeds v Castleford,
12.55, 1.20, 1.50 Racing from Kempton
Park, 1.40, 2.10 Motor Racing from
Lydden)
2.25pm It's a Knock-Out!
for the BBC Boxing Day Challenge Trophy
Great Britain v Holland from Leiden, Holland
3.15pm Cartoon Capers
Donald Duck and Tom and Jerry
3.30pm Top of the Pops '70
A special Boxing Day edition featuring hits of 1970
introduced by Jimmy Savile and Tony Blackburn
4.15pm The Virginian
With Help from Ulysses
5.30pm The News and Sports Results; Weather
5.45pm The Black and White Minstrel Show
Christmas Special
A new Television Spectacular starring
The Mitchell Minstrels
Guest stars Leslie Crowther
Jimmy Jewell , George Chisholm
6.30pm Dixon of Dock Green
The Lags' Brigade starring Jack Warner
7.15pm The Rolf Harris Show
starring Rolf Harris in a programme recorded in Germany and
including a visit to the ancient city of Rothenburg with
The Young Generation
8.05pm Film : North West Frontier (1959)
starring Kenneth Moore, Lauren Bacall
10.10pm Newswith Richard Baker,Weather
10.20pm Sinatra Sings
at the Royal Festival Hall Introduced by
HRH The Princess Grace of Monaco
11.10pm Match of the Day
Two First Division matches; the December 'Goal of the Month' parade;
top news and views from the holiday fixture list.
12.00 Weatherman, Closedown
Boxing Day Saturday 26th December 1970
BBC1
9.45am Ken Dodd
and The Diddymen in His Doddyness the Mayor
9.55am News, WeathermanJack Scott
10.00am Banana Splits
10.40am Film : The Son of Robin Hood (1958)
starring Al Hedison and June Laverick
12.00 Boxing Day Grandstand
featuring Racing from Kempton Park
(12.05 Football Preview,
12.15 Rugby League:Leeds v Castleford,
12.55, 1.20, 1.50 Racing from Kempton
Park, 1.40, 2.10 Motor Racing from
Lydden)
2.25pm It's a Knock-Out!
for the BBC Boxing Day Challenge Trophy
Great Britain v Holland from Leiden, Holland
3.15pm Cartoon Capers
Donald Duck and Tom and Jerry
3.30pm Top of the Pops '70
A special Boxing Day edition featuring hits of 1970
introduced by Jimmy Savile and Tony Blackburn
4.15pm The Virginian
With Help from Ulysses
5.30pm The News and Sports Results; Weather
5.45pm The Black and White Minstrel Show
Christmas Special
A new Television Spectacular starring
The Mitchell Minstrels
Guest stars Leslie Crowther
Jimmy Jewell , George Chisholm
6.30pm Dixon of Dock Green
The Lags' Brigade starring Jack Warner
7.15pm The Rolf Harris Show
starring Rolf Harris in a programme recorded in Germany and
including a visit to the ancient city of Rothenburg with
The Young Generation
8.05pm Film : North West Frontier (1959)
starring Kenneth Moore, Lauren Bacall
10.10pm Newswith Richard Baker,Weather
10.20pm Sinatra Sings
at the Royal Festival Hall Introduced by
HRH The Princess Grace of Monaco
11.10pm Match of the Day
Two First Division matches; the December 'Goal of the Month' parade;
top news and views from the holiday fixture list.
12.00 Weatherman, Closedown
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