Christmas TV

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Sunday 26th December 1971

ITV LONDON

11.00am Morning Service

12.05pm The Sky's the Limit
with Hughie Green

12.30pm Film : Heidi (1937)
starring Shirley Temple, Jean Hersholt

2.00pm Queen's Hall Circus

2.45pm Film : Oklahoma! (1955)
with Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Rod Steiger, Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson, Eddie Albert

5.15pm The Golden Shot
hosted by Bob Mobkhouse with guests Des O'Connor, Mary Hopkin

6.05pm News

6.15pm A Play for Sunday: The Cribstarring Janet Key, Jenny Twigge, Ray Lonnen

7.00pm Stars on Christmas Sunday
with Petula Clark, The Beverley Sisters, Beryl Reid, The Poole Family, Shirley Bassey, Hughie Green, Bobby Bennett

7.25pm On the Buses Boxing Day Social

7.55pm Film : How to Steal a Million (1966)
with Audrey Hepburn, Peter O'Toole

9.55pm News

10.10pm Who Killed Santa Claus
with Barbara Murray, Robert Hardy, Carolyn Seymour, Lyndon Brook, Peter Bowles

11.25pm It Matters to Me

11.35pm Closedown

ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV London except)

9.30am Bugs Bunny

9.40am Out of the Shadow of the Sun

10.30am Wendy and Me(b&w) (until 11.00)

12.00 Film : Heidi (1937)

1.35pm Happy Sounds(until 2.00)

10.35pm Film : High Society (1956)

12.30pm The World of Whicker

1.00am Weather

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Eve Sunday 24th December 1972

BBC1

10.00am In Mercy and Love Unite
Mass from St Dunstan`s Church, King's Heath, Birmingham

11.05am A Christmas Carol animation

11.30am Jerusalem International
A film by Hugh Burnett
The tourists and pilgrims scatter across the countryside around
Jerusalem in search of the shrines of three of the world's great
religions - Judaism, Christianity and Islam

12.20am The Vienna Boys Choir
introduced by Michael Flanders Conducted by Anton Neyder

1.00pm The Golden Age of Comedy
Brilliant and hilarious highlights of laughter from the studios of
Mack Sennett and Hal Roach , featuring the most famous
comedians of the 1920s: Laurel and Hardy, Harry Langdon,
Will Rogers, Ben Turpin, Charlie Chase, Andy Clyde
Billy Bevan, Charlie Murray not to mention, Cameo, the wonder dog (b&w)

2.15pm Mary, Mungo and Midge
The Letter

2.30pm Film : Davy Crockett- King of the Wild Frontier (1955)
with Fess Parker, Buddy Ebsen, Basil Ruysdael

4.00pm Around the World in Eighty Minutes
a guided tour of our spectacular planet with Joyce Grenfell ,
Kenneth Allsop, David Attenborough and Tony Soper

5.20pm Disney Time
introduced by Rolf Harris with scenes from
Snow White and Seven Dwarfs
Peter and the Wolf
Cinderella
Mickey Mouse
Bear Country
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
and a new film, Snowball Express

6.05pm News, Weatherman Bert Foord

6.15pm Fancy Sending Them Away
film about a special school

6.35pm The New Beginning
The story of Jesus told in pictures
2: The Coming of the Christ

6.45pm Carols with King's College Choir
from Lincoln Cathedral
Christmas music and readings to mark the 900th Anniversary of the
founding of Lincoln Cathedral

7.25pm Film : West Side Story (1961)
with Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn

9.50pm NewsPeter WoodsWeather

10.00pm Omnibus : Judy
Impressions of Garland
A profile of Judy Garland, one of the world's greatest entertainers,
who died three years ago in London at the age of 47

11.05pm A Ghost Story for Christmas
A Warning to the Curious

11.55pm Nativity
Midnight Eucharist from the Parish Church of St Mary, Portsea

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Day Monday 25th December 1972

BBC1

9.30am This is Christmas Morning
Seasonal words and music spoken, sung and played by the
boys and girls of Chetham's School, Manchester

10.00am Mr Benn
Cowboy

10.15am News Summary
Weatherman Graham Parker

10.20am Born in the City
a service for Christmas morning

11.25am A Christmas Appeal
Robert Dougall appeals on behalf of Television for the Deaf

11.30am A Stocking Full of Stars
opened by Michael Aspel and Roy Castle, featuring
Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game,
Basil Brush, Blue Peter, The Goodies,
Animal Magic, Laurel and Hardy,
Penelope Pitstop, Tom and Jerry,
Top of the Pops, Vision On, Yogi Bear

1.30pm The Black and White Minstrel Show
starring The Mitchell Minstrels featuring Ted Darling , Dai Francis,
Margaret Savage, Andy Cole , Les Rawlings
with The Television Toppers

2.10pm Top of the Pops 72
part 1, with Jimmy Savile and Ed Stewart

3.00pm The Queen
speaks to the Commonwealth

3.05pm Billy Smart's Christmas Circus

4.10pm Dick Whittington
starring Dick Emery and Peter Noone

5.45pm NewsRobert Dougall
Weather

5.55pm Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game

6.55pm Christmas Night with the Stars,
introduced by Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barker, featuring
Cilla Black, Lulu, Dad's Army, Look - Mike Yarwood,
The Liver Birds, The Goodies, The Young Generation,
The Two Ronnies

8.15pm The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show
A star-studded holiday special starring Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise
with special guests Glenda Jackson, Jack Jones, Vera Lynn, Pete Murray
with Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen and guest appearances of
Shirley Bassey, Ian Carmichael, Fenella Fielding, Eric Porter,
Andre Previn, Flora Robson

9.15pm Film : Barefoot in the Park (1967)
starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda

11.00pm The Good Old Days 1953-1973
special Christmas edition which also marks the 150th programme of
Old-Time Music-Hall from the stage of the Famous City
Varieties Theatre, Leeds

11.50pm A Story for Christmas
Told by John Slater

12.00 Weather

12.05am Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

Boxing Day Tuesday 26th December 1972

BBC1

9.10am Camberwick Green
Mickey Murphy, the Baker

9.25am Winter Quarters
The wildlife of the Norfolk Broads makes itself snug and awaits
the coming spring

10.00am Film : Journey to the Centre of the Earth(1959)
starring James Mason

12.00 Holiday Grandstand
(12.05 Football Preview, 12.20 Rugby
League: Leeds v Wakefield T,
1.05, 1.40, 2.10 Racing from Kempton
1.25, 1.55 Motor Racing from Brands Hatch)

2.35pm It's a Christmas Knock-Out!
from Aviemore Centre, Scotland.
Great Britain: Aviemore
Holland: Ysselstein
Belgium: Angleur
Italy: Madonna Di Campiglio

3.30pm Film : Help!(1965)
starring The Beatles with Leo McKern , Eleanor Bron
Victor Spinetti , Roy Kinnear

5.00pm News Summary
Weather andToday's Sport

5.15pm Holiday on Ice
with Joan Haanappel and Wolfgang Schwarz

6.05pm The Sound of Petula
staring Petula Clark

6.50pm Film : Carry On Cleo (1964)
starring Sidney James,Kenneth Williams, Kenneth Connor,
Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Jim Dale, Amanda Barrie

8.20pm The Last Goon Show of All
A unique occasion recorded by outside broadcast cameras during
the BBC Anniversary celebrations earlier in the year, when a special
edition of radio's most famous comedy show took place before a
distinguished audience at the Camden Theatre in London

9.00pm NewsRichard WhitmoreWeather

9.10pm Till Death Us Do Part
starring Warren Mitchell, Dandy Nichols, Anthony Booth and
Una Stubbs featuring Bill Maynard and special guests from
Jesus Christ Superstar

9.55pm Shirley Bassey
recently returned from a record-breaking appearance in
New York With Segment

10.40pm Mastermind
Final

11.10pm Mr Wodehouse Speaking
William Mervyn presents the Comic and Idyllic World Of P G Wodehouse

12.10am WeathermanKeith Best
Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Eve Sunday 24th December 1972

BBC2

4.30pm Money at Work
The Poverty of Nations

5.30pm Horizon
Patently Absurd

6.15pm News Review
A digest of the news of the week plus a visual commentary for the deaf

6.50pm News Summary
Weather

6.55pm Christmas! What's It All About ?
A Quiz for Christmas Eve with Jimmy Savile OBE , Tania Mallett
The Rev David Martin , Questionmaster Brian Redhead

7.25pm America
A Personal History of the United States in 13 parts written and
narrated by Alistair Cooke 7/13 : A Firebell in the Night

8.15pm Face the Music
A Christmas Eve edition of this musical quiz Chairman Joseph Cooper
with Joyce Grenfell, Bernard Levin , Robin Ray
Guest Clifford Curzon

8.45pm For Loving
a play for Christmas by John King

9.30pm Milligan in Winter
entertainment with words and music by Spike Milligan

10.00pm A Day Out
by Alan Bennett

10.50pm Up Sunday
with James Cameron , Kenny Everett, William Rushton , John Wells

11.00pm News on 2
Weather

11.05pm Film : The Quiet Man (1952)
starring John Wayne and Maureen O`Hara

1.10am Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Day Monday 25th December 1972

BBC2

11.00am Play School
presented by Miranda Connell , Rick Jones
Story: The Christmas Story

11.25am The Point
Dustin Hoffman narrates this cartoon with music about a land where
everything and everyone is pointed - except little Oblio, a boy who is
always pointed at.
Songs written and sung by Harry Nilsson

12.40pm The Vanishing Hedgerows
Another chance to see this highly-praised documentary, entered for the
1973 Monte Carlo International TV Festival

1.30pm Look, Stranger
The World of Jane Phillips

1.55pm News Headlines

2.00pm Golf Story 72
with Tony Jacklin, Lee Trevino and Gary Player

3.00pm The Queen
speaks to the Commonwealth

3.05pm Film : Henry V (1944)
produced and directed by Laurence Olivier

5.15pm Call My Bluff
A duel of words and wit between Frank Muir, Jean Marsh , Miles Kington
and Patrick Campbell, Anne Stallybrass,Douglas Fairbanks Jr
Referee : Robert Robinson

5.45pm Childhood of Christ
by Berlioz
A musical evocation of the familiar story of the Holy Family's
flight into Egypt

7.25pm The Stallion
a man's efforts to capture a black Arab stallion

8.15pm La Sylphide
a film from French Television of a romantic ballet first performed at the
Paris Opera 140 years ago

9.25pm The Stone Tape
by Nigel Kneale,
starring Michael Bryant and Jane Asher

10.55pm News on 2
Weather

11.00pm America
a Personal History of the United States by Alistair Cooke 7/13

11.50pm Fred Astaire
in a special edition of The Dick Cavett Show

12.40am Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

Boxing Day Tuesday 26th December 1972

BBC2

11.00am Play School
today's story: Good King Wenceslas

11.25am Closedown

1.25pm Film : The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
with Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook

3.30pm Star Pieces
James Mason, Honor Blackman. Una Stubbs, Derek Nimmo,
Deryck Guyler, Dimitri, Tiomkin, Donald Pleasence, Anita Harris,
Leslie Crowther, Vince Hill, Julie Ege, Stanley Baker and
Arthur Negus each talk about a favourite piece in their collections.
Hugh Scully introduces Collector's World

4.10pm The Living Arctic
The summer bloom of flowers, beasts and birds is legendary.
Narrator Derek Jones

4.40pm Orville and Wilbur
with Stacey Keach and James Keach

6.05pm McCrindell's Toys
Soho publican Ron McCrindell has been collecting old toys for
over a quarter of a century

6.40pm News Summary, Weather

6.50pm Falstaff
Verdi's comic opera

8.55pm Skis Across the Alps
Last winter a party of British ski-mountaineers set out to traverse the
entire length of the Alps from east to west, climbing some of the highest
mountains on the way

9.55pm The Edwardians
The Reluctant Juggler
A night at an Edwardian music-hall both on stage and backstage,
where the performers are organising a strike
with Georgia Brown, Jack Douglas, Fulton Mackay, Peter Pratt
and George Sewell

11.10pm News on 2
Weather

11.15pm The Old Grey Whistle Test
In this special 'Sampler' edition Bob Harris introduces a selection of some
of the highlights of the last series, including The Beach Boys,
Jerry Lee Lewis, Kris Kristofferson, Roxy Music, Rolling Stones,
The Beatles and many others

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Eve Sunday 24th December 1972

ITV LONDON

9.30am A Service of Carols and Lessons
from the Cathedral Church of St Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne

10.30am The King's Breakfast

11.00am Christmas Lift Off

11.45am Stars at Christmas
with Songs of Christmas

12.30pm Film : Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966)
with Mike Henry and Kim Novak

2.25pm The Big Match

3.15pm Christmas Company

4.15pm The Golden Shot

5.05pm Sleeping Beauty on Ice

6.05pm News

6.15pm Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

7.00pm Carols for Children
with Fred Dinenage, Second Semi-Final

7.25pm Film : Khartoum (1966)
starring Charlton Heston

9.45pm News

10.00pm The LP Show
with Victor Borge

11.00pm Aquarius : A Play in a Manger

11.55pm Midnight Mass
from the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem

12.45am Closedown


ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV London except)

10.30am The Flintstones
(until 11.00)

12.30pm TV Film : Climb an Angry Mountain (1972)
with Fess Parker, Stella Stevens

2.15pm Soccer
(until 3.15pm)


ITV MIDLAND/ATV (as ITV London except)

10.30am Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
Inferno

12.30pm Feature Film : Ivanhoe (1952)
starring Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor

2.15pm Star Soccer
(until 3.15pm)

7.25pm Feature Film : Gigi (1958)
starring Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Day Monday 25th December 1972

ITV LONDON

8.30am A Concert for Christmas
Carols from the Royal Festival Hall

9.15am Enchanted House
Preparing for Christmas

9.30am A Merry Morning
with Leslie Crowther

10.00am Clapperboard's Christmas Cracker
with clips from such films as Snow White, Scrooge, Aladdin, Robinson Crusoe and
The Pied Piper of Hamelin, Chris Kelly adds to the merriment of this special morning

10.45am Christmas Morning Service
from St George's Chapel, Windsor

12.00 Film : Gulliver's Travels (1939)
cartoon

1.15pm The Big Top
Mary Chipperfield's International Circus

2.00pm The Flight of the Snow Geese
with Peter Scott

3.00pm The Queen

3.10pm Film : That Riviera Touch (1966)
starring Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise

4.50pm Opportunity Knocks !
Christmas Special with Hughie Green

5.35pm News

5.45pm All Star Comedy Carnival

7.30pm Coronation Street

8.00pm The Comedians

8.30pm Film : The Way West (1967)
starring Kirk Douglas and Robert Mitchum

10.00pm News at Ten

10.15pm Film : The Way West (1967)
continued

11.00pm Film : The Love Goddesses

12.30am A Carol for Christmas Night

ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV London except)

9.15am Felix the Cat
(until 9.30am)

ITV MIDLAND/ATV (as ITV London except)

8.30pm Film : Khartoum (1966)

10.15pm Film : Khartoum (1966)
part two

12.30am Weather, Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

Boxing Day Tuesday 26th December 1972

ITV LONDON

9.00am Cliff's Kids
with Clifford Henry : Clowns

9.15am Mountain Rescue
A Magpie Special with Tony Bastable

9.35am Bugs Bunny

10.00am Film : Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950)
with Lex Barker and Vanessa Brown

11.20am Professional Wrestling

12.20pm Boxing Day Racing
from Wetherby (12.30, 1.00, 1.30, 2.00) and Wincanton (12.45, 1.15, 1.45)

2.10pm The Lorax
cartoon

2.40pm Dear Octopus
a play starring Peter Barkworth, Lally Bowers, Anna Massey

4.10pm Cinderella
the Junior Showtime Pantomime

5.00pm News and Sport
Weather Forecast Summary

5.15pm All the Jokers- Full House!

6.15pm Film : Press for Time
starring Norman Wisdom and Derek Bond

8.00pm Big Bad Mouse
with Eric Sykes and Jimmy Edwards

9.30pm The Val Doonican Show
with Terry Wogan, Georgie Fame and Alan Price, Tonia Bell-Campbell, Charlie Drake

10.30pm News

10.45pm Film : The Mummy (1959)
starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee

12.25am Reconciliation


ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV London except)

11.25am Professional Wrestling

12.45pm Weather
(until 12.50pm)


ITV MIDLAND/ATV (as ITV London except)

9.35am Merrie Melodies Show

10.00am Professional Wrestling

10.55am Film : Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950)
with Lex Barker and Vanessa Brown

6.15pm Film : Return of the Seven (1966)
starring Yul Brynner, Robert Fuller, Warren Oates

10.45pm Film : Lolita (1962)
with James Mason, Sue Lyon, Peter Sellers,Shelley Winters

1.30am The Weather and Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

Chistmas Eve Monday 24th December 1973

BBC1

9.00am Fingerbobs
House

9.15am Champion, the Wonder Horse
Stone Heart (b&w)

9.40am Event : The Welsh Hill Rally

10.05am Magic Roundabout

10.10am Wonderful World of Disney
Fantasy on Skis

10.55am Tom and Jerry
The Night Before Christmas
and the award-winning Johann Mouse

11.10am Film : A Night in Casablanca (1946)
starring the Marx Brothers

12.30pm The Perry Como Winter Show
starring Perry Como and his guests Joey Heatherton,
The Muppets and Art Carney

1.20pm News, WeathermanBert Foord

1.25pm Mastermind
introduced by Magnus Magnusson

1.55pm Robert Mayer Carol Concert
for 50 years Sir Robert Mayer has been associated with concerts for
children. In honour of his services to music, the annual Carol Concert was
this year given by The Academy of the BBC

2.45pm Wildlife Safari to the Argentine
with Jeffery Boswall

4.00pm Play School
today's story : The Twelve Days of Christmas

4.25pm Yogi Bear
A Bear Pair

4.30pm Jackanory
with Eileen Alkins
"The Tailor of Gloucester"

4.45pm Blue Peter
including Blue Peter Pantomime with Valerie Singleton
John Noakes, Peter Purves and Lesley Judd

5.15pm National News with Richard Whitmore
Weather

5.20pm Natural Break
Cows can't fly ... but some mammals can

5.30pm Mr Chetham's Music School
words and music in tune with Christmas spoken, sung and
played by the boys and girls of this unique school

6.00pm Film : Walt Disney's The Happiest Millionaire (1967)
starring Fred MacMurray
Tommy Steele, Greer Garson,
Geraldine Page, Gladys Cooper,
Hermione Baddeley

8.20pm Ken Dodd
says....
Stand by your beds! for Doddy's Christmas Forces Show

9.20pm NewsRichard Whitmore
Weather

9.30pm Steptoe and Son
Christmas special

10.15pm Gershwin's Porgy
a special Christmas Omnibus

11.30pm The Countryman at Christmas
introduced by Duncan Carse who sets out to capture that elusive
"spirit of Christmas"

12.00 Midnight Mass of the Nativity
from the Priory Church of Christ the King, Cockfosters

1.00am Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Day Tuesday 25th December 1973

BBC1

9.35am Along the Trail
Canadian wildlife, including caribou and timber wolves

9.50am The Selfish Giant
cartoon film of the fairy tale by Oscar Wilde.
The children used to play in the Giant's beautiful garden.
One day, he came back and put up a notice "Trespassers will be
prosecuted."

10.15am News Headlines, WeathermanBert Foord

10.20am Christmas Morning Service
for Christmas Day from Wimborne Minster, Dorset

11.25am Harry Secombe
appeals on behalf of the National Council for One-Parent Families

11.30am A Stocking Full of Stars
opened by Michael Aspel and Hope and Keen direct from the
National Children's Home at Harpenden including Blue Peter,
Roy Castle, Charlie Cairoli,The Goodies, The Osmonds,
Tom and Jerry, Top Soccer Stars, Vision On, Walt Disney

1.30pm The Black and White Minstrel Show
starring The Mitchell Minstrels

2.15pm Top of the Pops 73
A review of the year's No 1 hits introduced by Tony Blackburn
and Noel Edmonds

3.00pm The Queen
speaks to the Commonwealth

3.15pm Billy Smart's Christmas Circus

4.20pm Christmas Pantomime : Robin Hood
starring Terry Scott and Anita Harris

5.55pm NewsRobert Dougall
Weatherman Bert Foord

6.05pm Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game
with Anthea Redfern

7.05pm The Mike Yarwood Christmas Show

7.35pm Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show
A star-studded holiday special starring Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise
with special guests Vanessa Redgrave, Hannah Gordon, The New Seekers
John Hanson and guest appearances of Yehudi Menuhin, Rudolf Nureyev,
Laurence Olivier, Andre Previn

8.35pm Film : The Odd Couple (1968)
starring Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon

10.20pm News Robert DougallWeather

10.30pm Gala Performance
Michael Flanders introduces:Norma Burrowes
Jacques Loussier Play Bach Trio, Galina Samsova, Andre Prokovsky
Ballet, Folklorico of Mexico, Nigel Kennedy, New Philharmonia Orchestra

11.35pm Lost Hearts
a ghost story for Christmas by M. R. James

12.10am Weather
Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

Boxing Day Wednesday 26th December 1973

BBC1

9.25am Ragtime
Play words with Bubble, Humbug and the Spoons

9.40am Appointment at Kiel
the story of the ambitious men who fought for places in the
British Olympic Yachting team

10.35am Film : A Hard Day's Night (1964)
starring The Beatles

11.55am Weatherman Keith Best

12.00 Boxing Day Grandstand
(12.05 Football Preview
12.15 Rugby League
12.55 Motor Racing
1.05 Racing from Kempton
1.25 Racing from Wincanton
1.40 Racing from Kempton
1.55 Racing from Wincanton
2.10 Racing from Kempton)

2.35pm It's A Christmas Knockout
between teams from Great Britain Belgium, Italy and Holland
from the Olympic Ice Rink, Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy

3.25pm Film : Porgy and Bess (1959)
starring Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis Jr

5.15pm Holiday on Ice
starring Ondrej Nepela , Hauss and Hafner, Mitsuko Funakoshi,
Don Knight, Janet Runn, Teri Tucker, Ricky Inglesi and a chorus
including 30 gorgeous girls

6.05pm Newswith Peter Woods, Weather and
Today's Sport

6.15pm Disney Time
introduced by Paul and Linda McCartney

7.00pm Film : Casino Royale (1967)
starring David Niven

9.05pm The Dick Emery Show

9.35pm The Two Ronnies Old-Fashioned Christmas Mystery
starring Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barker

10.35pm NewsPeter WoodsWeather

10.50pm The Good Old Days
Christmas edition of Old-Time Music-Hall from the stage of the
Famous City Varieties Theatre, Leeds

11.40pm The Exorcism
the weekend cottage is not quite the bargain it seemed, as Dan and
Margaret find when they accept an invitation to go there for Christmas

12.30am Weatherman
Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Eve Monday 24th December 1973

BBC2

11.00am Play School
today's story: The Twelve Days of Christmas

11.25am Closedown

1.50pm Film : The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)
starring Debbie Reynolds Harve Presnell with Ed Begley,
Jack Kruschen, Hermione Baddeley

3.55pm This World Is Not For Children
In this film, director Erwin Leiser looks at 'poverty row' life in India,
Japan, Peru, Columbia and Thailand through the eyes of the children
who have to endure it.

4.45pm Top Crown
Champions of Crown Green Bowling compete for the
BBC2 Masters Trophy
The Final
Brian Duncan (Lancashire) v Denis Mercer (Cheshire)

5.15pm The Goodies and the Beanstalk
starring Tim Brooke-Taylor Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie
with Alfie Bass and other surprise guests

6.00pm Call My Bluff
a duel of words and wit between Frank Muir, Helen Mirren, James Maxwell
and Patrick Campbell, Lynn Seymour, Simon Ward
Referee : Robert Robinson

6.30pm The Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Music and carols for the season Steve Race introduces
The Joy of Christmas from Salt Lake City

7.10pm The Cornet Lesson
by Roy Kendall
The identity of the Salvation Army bandmaster's new young pupil is a
mystery but, discovering more about her, he is faced with an agonising
dilemma

7.40pm Horizon
Kula - a Reason for Giving

8.20pm The Fox
Simon lives on an isolated farm in the middle of Dartmoor with his
mother and deaf-mute father. He has no school to go to, no other
children to play with. His life centres around his animals, particularly
a new friend - a fox

9.20pm Sonny and Cher
songs and a surprising line in up-beat comedy with two of
America's top entertainers and their guests

10.10pm News on 2, Weather

10.15pm Film : Wuthering Heights (1939)
starring Laurence Olivier, David Niven, Merle Oberon with Flora Robson,
Donald Crisp, Hugh Williams, Geraldine Fitzgerald

11.55pm Closedown

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Re: Christmas TV

Christmas Day Tuesday 25th December 1973

BBC2

11.00am Play School
presented Carol Chell, Johnny Ball, Lionel Morton
Story: The Christmas Story

11.30am To Earth with Heaven
reflections for Christmas morning by The Bishop of Gloucester,
Rt Rev Basil T. Guy

11.35am Film : White Christmas (1954)
starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney

1.30pm Palio
narrated by Robert Hardy

2.00pm A Christmas Carol
cartoon version narrated by Sir Michael Redgrave with the voices of
Alastair Sim as Scrooge and Michael Hordern as Marley's Ghost

2.30pm What's My Line?
special Christmas game Chairman David Jacobs
Panel : Isobel Barnett Kenneth Williams, William Franklyn,
Nanette Newman and a guest celebrity

3.00pm The Queen
speaks to the Commonwealth

3.15pm Film : Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
starring Julie Christie, Terence Stamp, Peter Finch, Alan Bates

5.55pm The Railroader
starring Buster Keaton

6.20pm Les Marottes de Paris
Andre Tahon 's Company of the Champs-Elysees Theatre - one of the
world's leading puppet theatres - has delighted audiences for a
generation

6.50pm Face the Music

7.30pm News on 2, Weather

7.35pm Swan Lake
with Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev

9.15pm Alice Through the Looking-Glass
by Lewis Carroll dramatised by James MacTaggart with
Original music by Herbert Chappell

10.30pm Film : Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
starring James Donald , Andrew Keir, Barbara Shelley , Julian Glover

12.05am Closedown