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Christmas Eve Wednesday 24th December 1969
BBC1 10.35am Nai Zindagi- Naya Jeevan New Citizens with Christmas Cheer for the Old The Asian community in Glasgow presents a programme of special entertainment to the residents of an old people's home (b&w) 11.05am Here's Lucy starring Lucille Ball (repeat) 11.30am The Golden Age of Comedy Highlights of laughter from the studios of Mack Sennett and Hal Roach featuring the most famous comedians of the 1920's (b&w) (repeat) 12.45pm Jackanory The Minstrel and the Mountain read by John Stride (b&w) 1.00pm The Great Sleigh Robbery cartoon of the picture book by Michael Foreman (repeat) 1.10pm Boniface's Holiday a cartoon from Russia 1.30pm Watch with Mother The Herbs 1.45pm The News, Weatherman Bert Foord 1.50pm A "Sky at Night" Special : 1969 - Year of Space "I believe 1969 may turn out the most famous year in all history" So says Patrick Moore who, this afternoon, surveys the space highlights and astronomical achievements of 1969. He shows unique film of a Russian manned space-flight, and interviews leading American space scientists. 2.20pm Film : Star of India (1954) starring Cornel Wilde, Jean Wallace, Herbert Lom 3.45pm 4472- Flying Scotsman An epitaph for the age of steam (repeat) 4.25pm Play School (shown at 11.00am on BBC2) 4.50pm The Private Life of the Robin The robin is Britain's most popular bird; it strikes up friendships with humans and nests in the unlikeliest places. At Christmas the redbreast on our greetings cards is a messenger of peace and goodwill, but in reality it can be a belligerent defender of its back-garden territory 5.15pm Something Cool a musical blend of ice skating artistry 5.50pm National News and Weather 6.00pm Regional News, Local Weather 6.15pm Carols from King's A Service of Lessons and Carols from the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge 7.00pm The Doctors starring John Barrie, Richard Leech, Justine Lord with Irene Hamilton and guest star Wilfred Pickles 7.25pm The Gang Show with a cast of 120 members of the Scout and Guide Movement the highlights of the 1969 production 8.15pm Cilla with Cliff Richard, Dusty Spingfield and Kenny Everett's "Review of Pop" 1969 9.05pm The Main News with John Edmunds Weather 9.25pm The Merry Widow an operetta with Mary Costa and Jeremy Brett 11.10pm The Spinners at the Phil Tonight's programme is part of a concert recorded in the unique atmosphere of the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall 11.45pm Christmas Midnight Mass from the Roman Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol Christmas Day Thursday 25th December 1969 BBC1 9.00am On Christmas Day in the Morning The children of: The Christopher Wren School Hammersmith County School St Clement Danes Grammar School Burlington Girls' Grammar School Ellerslie Primary School present an entertainment for Christmas morning 9.30am A Spoonful of Sugar from Stoke Mandeville Hospital with Michael Aspel and Sheila Tracy 10.00am The News and Weather 10.05am Tom and Jerry Cat Fishin' 10.15am The Doctors starring John Barrie, Justine Lord, Paul Massie, Wilfred Pickles 10.35am Christmas Morning Service from St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in the prescence of HM The Queen, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh and other members of the Royal Family 11.45am Rolf Harris invites you to Meet the Kids who are in hospital this Christmas 12.30pm Royal Family A special Christmas showing of the historic documentary film by Richard Cawston 2.15pm Top of the Pops '69 Part 1 with Pete Murray and Jimmy Savile 3.00pm Billy Smart's Circus Spectacular 4.10pm Disney Time introduced by Julie Andrews 5.00pm Cinderella pantomime starring Jimmy Tarbuck, Beryl Reid, Anita Harris, Jack Tripp and Basil Brush 6.30pm The Main News with Robert Dougall and Weather 6.40pm Save the Children a Christmas Appeal by Barbara Mullen 6.45pm Christmas Night with the Stars introduced by Val Doonican and featuring: Dad's Army, Dick Emery, Marty, Kenneth McKellar and Moira Anderson, Not in Front of the Children, Monty Python's Flying Circus, The Cliff Adams Singers 8.15pm The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show with guests Susan Hampshire, Frankie Vaughan, Nina, The Pattersons, Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen 9.15pm Film : McLintock (1963) starring John Wayne, Stefanie Powers 11.15pm Tony Bennett and the Count Basie Orchestra A musical spectacular with these two great artists 12.05am And Was Made Black At the end of the day which celebrates God's coming among men, we look at a modern "incarnation." Grace Halsell dropped out of prosperous White America, turned herself black, and went to live in Harlem and Mississippi Boxing Day Friday 26th December 1969 BBC1 9.30am Watch with Mother Pogle's Wood (b&w) 9.45am The News, Weatherman George Luce 9.50am Tom and Jerry Johann Mouse (repeat) 10.00am The Conquest of Everest The dramatic story of the first successful climb of the world's highest mountain 11.15am Television Brain of Britain second semi-final Chairman : Harvey Hall (b&w) 11.35am The Virginian starring James Drury 12.50pm Boxing Day Grandstand (12.50, 1.25, 1.50, 2.20 Racing from Kempton Park 1.10, 1.40, 2.10 Motor Racing from the Lydden Circuit, Kent 1.20 Football Preview, 2.40 Rugby League) 3.05pm Film : Singin' in the Rain (1952) starring Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds 4.45pm Pinocchio A musical fairy tale, with Peter Noone (Herman of the Hermits) as the famous puppet, and Burl Ives as the woodcarver 6.00pm National News and Weather 6.10pm Today's Sport introduced by Frank Bough All the classified football, racing, and rugby results News.... comment.... action from today's top sporting events 6.20pm Top of the Pops '69 part 2 with Alan Freeman and Tony Blackburn 7.00pm Film : Doctor at Large (1957) starring Dirk Bogarde, Muriel Pavlow, Donald Sinden, James Robertson Justice 8.35pm Pickwick musical based on The Pickwick Papers Harry Secombe, Roy Castle, Hattie Jacques, Aubrey Woods and Bill Fraser 10.05pm The Main News with Richard Baker and Weather 10.15pm If It Moves- It`s Rude! story of the Windmill Theatre 11.05pm Bardot Special Brigitte Bardot with guests Manitas de Palta, Sacha Distel |
Christmas Eve Wednesday 24th December 1969 BBC2 11.00am Play School Pets Day 11.20am Closedown 4.45pm Christmas on 2 A look at some of the programmes over the Christmas holiday 4.50pm The Three Princes starring Timothy Dalton and Isla Blair 5.50pm My World...and Welcome to It an invitation to step into the humorous and imaginative world of James Thurber 6.15pm Silbury Saga For three seasons, the archaeologists, watched by BBC cameras, camped at the foot of Silbury Hill in Wiltshire. Now, as traces of their presence fast disappear, Ludovic Kennedy looks back on the third and most publicised attempt to answer the multitude of questions posed by the biggest prehistoric man-made mound in Europe 7.00pm Show of the Week Mantovani and his Concert Orchestra 7.50pm Newsroom and Weather 8.15pm Johnny Cash On Christmas Eve, Man Alive hands over to a remarkable film made by a husband and wife team in America about Johnny Cash. The film followed him not only on a singing tour, but on a return to his early beginnings and his first background : the main inspiration of his haunting songs 9.25pm Film : Genevieve (1953) starring John Gregson, Dinah Sheridan, Kenneth More, Kay Kendall 10.50pm Christmas Carols introduced by Michael Flanders, Wandsworth School Choir 11.15pm News Summary 11.20pm Film : Laura(1944) starring Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price, Judith Anderson Christmas Day Thursday 25th December 1969 BBC2 10.15am Play School Christmas Day 10.35am Christmas Morning Service (as BBC1) 11.45am Kyoto narrated by Sir Michael Redgrave 12.30pm Royal Family (as BBC1) 2.15pm Chronicle : The Fate of the Armada introduced by Magnus Magnusson (Repeat) 3.00pm The Royal Ballet The Sleeping Beauty 5.25pm News Summary 5.30pm Call My Bluff Christmas Edition Cliff Michelmore, Kenneth More and Lance Percival v Jean Metcalfe, Eleanor Summerfield and Hilary Pritchard Referee : Robert Robinson 6.00pm The Price of Fame or Fame at Any Price starring Georgie Fame and Alan Price 6.45pm The Paladins of Palermo puppet theatre, (sub-titled) 7.10pm Children Talking That Christmas Feeling Gerald Harrison talks to boys and girls in North London schools about the world's biggest festival 7.20pm Jesus The story of His life through the eyes of the young generation featuring The Young Generation 8.05pm The News and Weather 8.15pm Birds-Eye View Beside the Seaside by Sir John Betjeman 9.05pm This Colourful Year of Sport At home in his 200-year-old Sussex windmill Henry Longhurst looks back in colour on the highspots and low-spots of sport in 1969 10.25pm Barbra Streisand entertains and causes A Happening in Central Park 11.15pm News Headlines 11.16pm Film : The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1960) starring Aldo Ray, Peter O'Toole, Elizabeth Sellars Boxing Day Friday 26th December 1969 BBC2 11.00am Play School Science Day 11.20am Closedown 12.50pm The Red Balloon Albert Lamorisse's delightful award-winning fantasy about a little boy who makes friends with a red balloon 1.25pm Film : Bell, Book and Candle (1958) starring James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs 3.05pm News Summary 3.10pm Gardeners' World from Blenheim Palace with Percy Thrower and guest Arthur Negus 3.40pm Aïda Verdi's opera conducted by Edward Downes (repeat) 6.10pm The Distracted Preacher starring Stephanie Beacham and Christopher Gable 7.00pm BBC2's Company of Comedy introduced by John Cleese : A choice of comedy scenes from BBC2 shows during 1969 including Marty, Where Was Spring?, Cage Me a Leacock, Q5, Barry Humphries' Scandals, The World of Beachcomber, Broaden Your Mind 7.25pm The Coward Revue A musical tribute to Noël Coward 8.30pm News 8.35pm Cold Comfort Farm starring Alastair Sim 1/3: Folk 9.20pm Jazz Scene at the Ronnie Scott Club 10.15pm Film : An Affair to Remember (1957) starring Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr 12.05am News Summary |