Christmas TV

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Boxing Day Monday 27th December 1976

BBC2

11.00am Play School
Story: Ah Fu and the Magic Fan

11.25am Closedown

2.20pm Schools Prom
from the Royal Albert Hall , London introduced by John Georgladls

3.10pm Irina Rodnina
Champion of Champions

3.40pm The World Orienteering Championships

4.20pm Film : Goodbye Mr Chips (1969)
with Peter O'Toole and Petula Clark

6.25pm News on 2, Weather

6.30pm Hansel and Gretel
a fairy tale opera by Englebert Humperdinck, with Ann Howard,
Elizabeth Connell and Benjamin Luxon

8.10pm Look Stranger
The World of Blaster Bates

8.35pm Moll Flanders
a play, with Julia Foster, Kenneth Haigh and Ian Ogilvy

11.35pm Christmas with Cagney : Film : Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
starring James Cagney

1.10am Closedown

[George 1978]

Re: Christmas TV

8.10pm Look Stranger
The World of Blaster Bates

Sounds like a Captain Pugwash character.

[staffslad]

Re: Christmas TV

Blaster Bates was a self-taught demolitions man who blew up chimneys and so forth. He appeared on TV a number of times in the 70s. He would give talks on demolitions and his experiences in that trade at Rotary Club events etc. Some of his talks were recorded and released on LPs and later on CD. He is extremely funny and I would recommend him to anyone who enjoys a good laugh. There are many clips of him on Youtube...just type in blaster bates and take a look

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Bank Holiday Tuesday 28th December 1976

BBC2

11.00am Play School
Story: Presents for the Baby

11.25am Closedown

3.25pm The Fiery Summer
John Arlott reflects on a cricket season that was set alight by
Tony Greig's provocative "We'll make them grovel"

4.20pm Film : It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
starring Spencer Tracy, Milton Berie, Sid Caesar, Jimmy Durante,
Buddy Hackett, Mickey Rooney, Phil Silvers, Terry-Thomas,
Jonathan Winters, Dick Shawn

6.50pm John Denver Rocky Mountain Christmas
a television special made entirely on location in the Rocky
Mountains in Colorado, special guest star Olivia Newton-John

7.35pm Mr Magoo
in People are a Scream

7.40pm News on 2, Weather

7.50pm The Lively Arts
vocal Gems Robert Tear and Benjamin Luxon accompanied by John
Constable present an evening of Victorian songs and ballads

8.50pm Film : Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
Julie Christie, Terence Stamp, Peter Finch, Alan Bates

11.30pm Late News on 2, Weather

11.35pm The Old Grey Whistle Test
presents Queen's Christmas Concert 1975 introduced by Bob Harris

12.35am Paul Scofield
reads A Pair of Swallows by Anthony Thwaite

12.40am Closedown

[darren]

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Wednesday 29th December 1976

BBC2

10.30am Nai Zindagi Naya Jeevan
11.00am Play School
11.25am Closedown
7.15pm News on 2, Weather
7.25pm The Kingston Sailing Olympiad
8.25pm The Golden Sea Swallow of Knokke 1976
The Norman Wisdom Show
9.00pm Party Political Broadcast on behalf of the Liberal Party
9.10pm The Glittering Prizes
10.25pm Poems and Pints
10.55pm Late News on 2, Weather
11.05pm The Conspiracy of Fiesco in Genoa
1.05am Closedown
Pauk Scofield reads Ali Ben Shufti by Anthony Thwaite

[George 1978]

Re: Christmas TV

Blaster Bates was a self-taught demolitions man who blew up chimneys and so forth. He appeared on TV a number of times in the 70s. He would give talks on demolitions and his experiences in that trade at Rotary Club events etc. Some of his talks were recorded and released on LPs and later on CD. He is extremely funny and I would recommend him to anyone who enjoys a good laugh. There are many clips of him on Youtube...just type in blaster bates and take a look

His name is extremely funny (innuendo alert there).

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Thursday 30th December 1976

BBC2

11.00am Play School
11.25am Closedown
7.05pm Network
7.35pm News on 2, Weather
7.45pm Top Crown - The Final
8.10pm Perry Como's Christmas in Mexico
9.00pm The Hunchback of Notre Dame
10.45pm Late News on 2, Weather
11.00pm In Tribute to Jean Gabin
Film : La Grande Illusion (1937)
12.50am Closedown
Paul Scofield reads Letter to Alex Comfort by Dannie Abse

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

New Year's Eve Friday 31st December 1976

BBC2

11.00am Play School
11.25am Closedown
6.35pm Oh, to be in England....
7.00pm Film : Stagecoach (1939)
8.35pm News on 2, Weather
8.40pm The Two Ronnies in The Picnic
9.10pm TV Film : Peter O'Toole in Rogue Male (1976)
10.50pm Vintage 76?
11.30pm Watchnight Service
12.00 Big Ben
12.03am Old Grey Whistle Test

[George 1978]

Re: Christmas TV

12.50am Closedown
Paul Scofield reads Letter to Alex Comfort by Dannie Abse

Dannie Abse was the younger brother of the late Labour politician Leo Abse - a politician whose surname was listed first alphabetically for many years.

[George 1978]

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New Year's Eve Friday 31st December 1976

11.30pm Watchnight Service
12.00 Big Ben
12.03am Old Grey Whistle Test

I thought that Watchnight would be on Christmas Eve rather than New Year's Eve, and probably in Scotland only if that.

The Old Grey Whistle Test was presumably the indirect predecessor of Jools Holland and his Hootenanny - it was still seen in the mid 1980s.

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV


thought that myself it was the indirect predecessor of jools holland etc.
Seems im bringing back memories with my posts.

i thought that watchnight would be on christmas eve rather than new year's eve, and probably in scotland only if that.

The old grey whistle test was presumably the indirect predecessor of jools holland and his hootenanny - it was still seen in the mid 1980s.

[darren]

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Christmas Eve Friday 24th December 1976

ITV LONDON

9.30am A Diary of Civilizations

10.20am Animated Classic: A Christmas Carol

11.10am Cowboy in Africa

12.00 A Handful of Songs
Maria Morgan and Keith Field show more of your paintings and sing their songs

12.10pm Pipkins
The Lookout. It's Johnny's birthday and his presents must be a surprise

12.30pm Frosty the Snowman

1.00pm News

1.20pm Today's Post

1.30pm Crown Court
A World of Difference

2.00pm Good Afternoon

2.25pm TV Film : Stowaway to the Moon with Lloyd Bridges

4.15pm The Siege of Golden Hill
The Frighteners
In his quest to stop his grandfather, Old Tom, being ousted from his life-long home, Billy sees Sarah's father, a local councillor

4.45pm Magpie

5.15pm University Challenge

5.45pm News

6.00pm Double Helping

6.35pm Crossroads

7.00pm Holiday Sweepstakes Game

7.30pm Within These Walls
Katharine Blake in Silent Night with Mona Bruce, Beth Harris, Denys Hawthorne and Jerome Willis

8.30pm TV Film : Terror on the 40th Floor (1974)
with John Forsythe

10.15pm News

10.30pm Bing Crosby's White Christmas

11.30pm Midnight Mass
from St Margaret of Scotland, Twickenham

12.25am Weather Forecast
Followed by
Closedown

ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV London except)

9.15am The Story of Silent Night

9.45am Lassie

10.15am Film : The Belles of St Trinian's (1954)
with Alistair Sim, Joyce Grenfell, George Cole (until 12.00)

1.20pm Calendar News
(until 1.30pm)

2.25pm Cartoon

2.30pm Film : Half a Sixpence (1967)
starring Tommy Steele, Julia Foster (until 4.45)

5.15pm The Siege of Golden Hill
(until 5.45pm)

6.00pm Christmas Calendar
(until 6.35pm)

[darren]

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Christmas Day Saturday 25th December 1976

ITV LONDON

8.45am Carols from Durham Cathedral
with Roy Dotrice

9.30am The Legend of the Christmas Messenger

10.00am Morning Service
from Boxgrove Priory, Chichester

11.00am A Merry Morning
with Jimmy Tarbuck, Johnny Hart

11.30am Film : Doctor Dolittle (1967)
starring Rex Harrison

2.15pm Christmas Supersonic

3.00pm The Queen

3.10pm Film : Please Sir! (1971)
with John Alderton, Deryck Guyler and Joan Sanderson

5.00pm New Faces
Derek Hobson with Jack Parnell, Les Reed, Shaw Taylor, Muriel Young

6.00pm News

6.10pm Christmas Sale of the Century

6.45pm The John Curry Ice Spectacular
with Millicent Martin and Wayne Sleep

8.00pm Film : Waterloo (1970)
starring Rod Steiger

10.25pm News

10.35pm Two's Company
A Loving Christmas, starring Elaine Stritch and Donald Sinden

11.05pm Celebration
with Sir Geraint Evans, Petula Clark, Ray Smith and Angharad Rees

12.00 Christmas Pie

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV London)

Christmas Sunday 26th December 1976

ITV LONDON

10.00am Morning Worship
from ATV Television Centre, Birmingham

10.30am A Christmas Two Step

10.50am Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

11.40am The Tiny Tree

12.05pm Film : Thunderbirds Are Go (1966)

1.45pm Peter Ustinov tells stories from Hans Christian Andersen

2.35pm The World of Magic
with Doug Hemming, Bill Crosby, Gene Kelly and Shimada

3.35pm TV Film : Peter Pan (1976)
with Mia Farrow and Danny Kaye

5.35pm The Ghosts of Motley Hall
(new series)
The Christmas Spirit

6.05pm News
with Gordon Honeycombe

6.15pm A Card for Christmas
with Sheila Kennedy

6.25pm Rock Nativity

7.25pm Stanley Baxter's Christmas Box

8.25pm Film : Catch Me a Spy (1971)
with Kirk Douglas

10.10pm News

10.25pm Operetta : The Merry Widow
with Catherine Wilson and Johnny Blane

12.05am Christmas Pie

ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV London except)

9.10am The Little House on the Prairie
(until 10.00am)

12.05pm Film : The Downhill Racer
(until 1.45pm)

12.05am Univerity Challenge

12.35am Closedown

[darren]

Re: Christmas TV

Bank Holiday Tuesday 28th December 1976

ITV LONDON

9.25am Aesop's Fables

10.00am Issi Noho
The Magic Conference That Never Was

10.10am Mister Trimble
Houses and Buildings, with Tony Boden

10.25am The Entertaining Electron
The 1975-76 Faraday Lecture

11.20am Film : Munster Go Home (1966)

1.00pm News

1.05pm Ukaliq

1.30pm The Cedar Tree

2.00pm Lure of the Dolphins with Anthony Grey

3.00pm Film - Gigi
with Leslie Caron Maurice Chevalier Louis Jourdan, Hermione Gingold, Eva Gabor

5.05pm News and Sports Results

5.20pm Crossroads

5.45pm Cranford
Judy Cornwall, Colin Douglas with Ann Beach, Joyce Grant, Pamela Charles, Eleanor McCready

7.00pm Tommy Cooper's Guest Night
with Arthur Askey, The Three Degrees, Los Zafiros, Lionel Blair

8.00pm The James Bond Film : From Russia with Love (1963)

10.10pm News

10.25pm International Pop Proms

11.25pm A Winter Journey

11.55pm Vincent Price