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Christmas Eve Sunday 24th December 1967
BBC1 9.00am Apna Hi Ghar Samajhiye for viewers from Pakistan and India 9.25am The News Peter Walker and The Weather Man 9.35am The Christmas People Christmas is for children, and without them the festival loses much of its joy But how do the children see it themselves? What do they think of it, what do they enjoy most about it? How do they regard their parents, relations, and adult friends? 10.00am Jackanory Dandy Nichols pays a special visit to tell The Christmas Tale of Sam Pig 10.15am Little Dog Lost a real-life story filmed by Walt Disney 11.00am Seeing and Believing The Case for Carols 11.30am The Monroes Teach the Tigers to Purr A Western film series A family of five youngsters face the challenge of the new frontiers in the raw and uncompromising Wyoming territory of the 1870s 12.20pm John Gilpin Rides Again hilarious cartoon version of the epic ride undertaken by that worthy citizen Mr. Gilpin on a runaway horse 12.30pm The Golden Age of Comedy Highlights of laughter from the studios of Mack Sennett and Hal Roach featuring many famous comedians of the 1920's 1.45pm The News and The Weather 1.50pm The Sooty Show featuring Sooty and Sweep assisted by Harry Corbett in The Carol Singers 2.00pm Film : David Copperfield (1935) starring Lionel Barrymore, Edna May Oliver Elizabeth Allan, Basil Rathbone Maureen O'Sullivan 4.05pm Hansel and Gretel Opera - The Sadler's Wells production of the ever-popular masterpiece by Engelbert Humperdinck 5.40pm Les Miserables Dramatised in ten parts 10: Redemption 6.05pm The News Peter Walker and The Weather 6.15pm Meeting Point The House by the Stable A play by Charles Williams 6.50pm Carols from King's College, Cambridge a Service of Lessons and Carols 7.25pm Steptoe and Son Pilgrim's Progress 7.55pm Dr Finlay's Casebook Unfit to Marry 8.45pm The News with Richard Baker followed by The Weather 8.55pm Film : The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958) starring Ingrid Bergman, Robert Donat 11.25pm Sir Malcolm's Carols from Stamford Sir Malcolm Sargent 's carol arrangements 11.50pm Midnight Mass from the Roman Catholic Church of St Alban and St Stephen, St Albans Christmas Day Monday 25th December 1967 BBC1 9.00am We Wish You a Merry Christmas Three thousand children sing a Christmas greeting at the Robert Mayer Carol Concert 9.30am The News George Luce and The Weather 9.40am Jackanory with Mike Hope and Alby Keen It's pantomime time all this week to Jackanory, beginning today with The Splendid History of Mother Goose and her Golden Eggs 9.55am The Sooty Show featuring Sooty and Sweep assisted by Harry Corbett in Christmas Shopping 10.05am The Charlie Chaplin Comedy Theatre : The Cure 10.30am Nina and Frederick in The Christmas Tree A new version of Hans Andersen's Christmas story 11.00am Morning Service for Christmas Day from St George's Parish Church, Stockport 11.45am Leslie Crowther invites you to Meet the Kids in hospital at Christmas with The Monkees Davy Jones , Peter Tork Micky Dolenz , Mike Nesmith in Hollywood 12.30pm Z Cars Family Affair : part 1 12.55pm The News George Luce and The Weatherman 1.05pm A Spoonful of Sugar special Christmas edition 1.35pm Three-Way Christmas Quiz A special holiday contest in which The Ask the Family winners, The Dupre Family from Frant, Sussex challenge the two Top of the Form Finalists Burnt Mill School, Harlow and either: The Regis School, Tettenhall or Kirkton High School, Dundee (depending on result of contest on December 21) 2.05pm Top of the Pops 67 part 1 with Jimmy Savile, Pete Murray and Alan Freeman 3.00pm The Queen Her Majesty's Message to the Commonwealth 3.10pm Billy Smart's Circus 4.15pm Disney Time with Dick van Dyke 5.00pm Cinderella BBC1's Christmas pantomime, starring Jimmy Tarbuck, Terry Scott, Hugh Lloyd 6.30pm The News with Robert Dougall followed by The Weather 6.35pm War on Want Christmas Appeal by James Mossman 6.40pm Christmas Night with the Stars introduced by Rolf Harris, featuring Billy Cotton, David Nixon, Beryl Reid, Sandie Shaw, Kenneth Williams, Till Death Us Do Part, Beggar My Neighbour, The Illustrated Weekly Hudd, Steptoe and Son 8.40pm Ken Dodd in the Ken Dodd Christmas Show starring The Seekers 9.40pm Film : The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) starring James Stewart, John Wayne, Vera Miles 11.35pm The News with Robert Dougall followed by The Weather 11.40pm Suliotis Sings Another chance to see the British debut of a new world opera star -at the age of twenty- four 12.40am An Astronomer's Christmas Some reflections by Sir Bernard Lovell , F.R.S. Director of Jodrell Bank Experimental Station and Professor of Radio Astronomy In the University of Manchester 12.47am The Weather Man George Luce 12.50am Closedown Boxing Day Tuesday 26th December 1967 BBC1 9.15am Jackanory with Mike Hope and Alby Keen The Incredible Saga of Sinbad the Sailor 9.30am The News and The Weather 9.35am Belle and Sebastian Part 13: The Proof Jean tries to find the evidence which will prove his innocence 10.00am Film : Last of the Mohicans (1936) starring Randolph Scott 11.30am Green Acres A film from the comedy series of far-from- quiet country life starring Eddie Albert as the successful big-city lawyer Oliver Wendell Douglas and Eva Cabor as Lisa, his luxury- loving wife who dream of the perfect rural existence, but down on the farm.... An Old- fashioned Christmas ... it something of a novelty! 11.55am The Lions of Longleat second chance to see the first outside broadcast from Europe's first Big Game Reserve 12.30pm Z Cars Family Affair : Part 2 12.55pm Boxing Day Grandstand (1.00 Motor Racing: BBC Grandstand Boxing Day Trophy, 1.10 News, 1.11, 2.35 Target Golf Semi Final: Peter Thomson v Malcolm Gregson, 1.25, 1.55, 2.15 Racing from Nice, 1.45, 2.50 Motor Racing, 2.10 Football News, 3.00 Rugby League: Hunslet v Hull KR) 3.45pm Film : The Road to Morocco (1942) starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby 5.05pm Tom and Jerry Neapolitan Mouse 5.15pm Today's Sport introduced by Frank Bough bringing you the day's Football and Rugby Football results 5.25pm Top of the Pops '67 (part 2) with Jimmy Savile Alan Freeman, Pete Murray 6.10pm The News with Michael Aspel and The Weather 6.15pm Brigadoon The famous Lerner and Loewe Musical The classic fantasy of an enchanted Scottish village which comes to life only once every century 7.30pm Frost Over Christmas A wry look at the festive season starring David Frost with Ronnie Barker , John Cleese, Ronnie Corbett, Sheila Steafel and Julie Felix 8.10pm This is Petula Clark The international singing star presents a new series of programmes live from London accompanied by The Breakaways 8.35pm The Beatles present their own film, Magical Mystery Tour 9.25pm News with Michael Aspel followed by The Weather 9.35pm Film : The Square Peg (1958) starring Norman Wisdom 11.00pm Peter Ustinov in a Christmas Conversation with Judi Dench, Patrick Campbell and Kenneth Allsop |
Christmas Eve Sunday 24th December 1967 BBC2 3.00pm Bird's Eye View of Great Britain To a bird's eye, the whole story of man in this island, from John O'Groats to Land's End, is written plain on the surface of the earth - past, present, and future 4.15pm Villa Mon Reve My Dream House A light-hearted cartoon from France on the problems of buying a house 4.30pm Gene Kelly in Jack and the Beanstalk A seasonal fairy story with music 5.20pm Professor in Toyland Some enchanting questions for enquiring minds asked by Professor Julius Sumner Miller on walking toys, singing toys, swimming toys, flying toys... 5.50pm How the Grinch Stole Christmas cartoon film with music and song Boris Karloff narrates this unusual and amusing Christmas story 6.15pm Newsyear '67 for the deaf and hard of hearing The excitement, interest, and entertainment of twelve months of news, filmed as and where it happened by cameramen throughout the world 7.25pm Film : Mr Topaze (1961) starring Peter Sellers, Nadia Gray 8.55pm Charlie Drake Show with The Three Bells, Flight Four, The George Mitchell Singers 9.40pm Call My Bluff A duel of words and wit between Michael Flanders with Phyllis Calvert. Dorian Williams and Patrick Campbell with Ann Summer, Richard Todd Referee : Robert Robinson 10.10pm New Faces fast-moving film revue 11.45pm News Summary 11.50pm Late Night Line-Up A special film for Christmas Eve : Someone in the Lift Christmas Day Monday 25th December 1967 BBC2 11.00am Play School Useful Box Day 11.25am Closedown 3.00pm The Queen Her Majesty's Message to the Commonwealth 3.10pm The Royal Palaces of Britain In this unique film originally shown on Christmas Day last year Sir Kenneth Clark tells the story of the kings and queens who built these palaces and filled them with the greatest private collection of art in the world 4.10pm Amahl and the Night Visitors An opera in one act 5.00pm Film : Doctor in Love (1960) starring Michael Craig, Virginia Maskell James Robertson Justice 6.30pm Red Skelton in Clown Alley 7.20pm Film : The Flute and the Arrow (1957) a 1957 Swedish drama film directed by Arne Sucksdorff. It was entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival 8.30pm The Rumanian National Dance Company and Orchestra An exciting and colourful spectacular featuring the romantic music of Rumania by eighty dancers and musicians on their first visit to this country 9.15pm Coral Caverns narrated by Derek Jones, Florida has one of the most unusual national parks in the world : The John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park 9.40pm The Black and White Minstrel Show Compère : Leslie Crowther 10.25pm News Summary 10.30pm Bach's Christmas Oratorio Parts 1, 2, and 3 Conducted by Benjamin Britten. The Aldeburgh Festival performance from the Great Church of the Holy Trinity Long Melford, Suffolk 12.05am Late Night Line Up A last look around the dally scene with Michael Dean, Joan Bakewell Tony Bilbow, Brian King and Sheridan Morley Boxing Day Tuesday 26th December 1967 BBC2 11.00am Play School In the story chair, Roy Castle Today's story : "The Trumpet" 11.25am Closedown 3.00pm Film : Smiley (1956) starring Colin Petersen, Bruce Archer, Ralph Richardson 4.35pm Spike Milligan's Sad/Happy Ending Story of the Bald Twit Lion The world premiere of a story told by Spike Milligan 5.05pm The Andy Williams Ice Show 5.55pm Face the Music A chance to match your musical wits, if you have any on Boxing Day, against Juliet Mills, Richard Baker, Robin Ray 6.40pm Danny Kaye Christmas Show in which Danny Kaye and his special guests, Wayne Newton, Peggy Lee entertain to the music of Paul Weston and his Orchestra 7.30pm Titipu A highly-coloured version of The Mikado 9.00pm Life in the animal world : False faces ? 9.45pm This is the Life C'est la Vie Maurice Chevalier and Diahann Carroll sing and dance their way through a programme of favourites old and new 10.35pm Leningrad Leningrad is renowned as one of the world's most colourful cities. This film recalls its history and reveals its wealth of art treasures 11.25pm News Summary 11.30pm Late Night Line-Up A last look around the daily scene with Michael Dean , Joan Bakewell Tony Bilbow , Brian King and Sheridan Morley |
