Christmas Eve Friday 24th December 1971
BBC1 10.00am Laurel and Hardy: Laughing Gravy 10.20am Film : White Christmas (1954) with Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney 12.15pm The Night the Animals Talked cartoon 12.40pm Jesus The story of His life through the eyes of the Young Generation introduced by Kenneth More 1.20pm Tom and Jerry Mice Follies 1.30pm Mary, Mungo and Midge The Hospital 1.45pm News, Weatherman Jack Scott 1.55pm Film : Mr Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962) with James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara 3.45pm Play School 4.10pm Jackanory The Armourer's House 4.25pm Jack and the Beanstalk A seasonal fairy story with music starring Gene Kelly 5.15pm Screen Test In this special edition Michael Rodd puts the questions to the four winners from previous finals 5.44pm Magic Roundabout 5.50pm National News and Weather 6.00pm Regional News 6.15pm Tomorrow's World visits Yesterday's World An exploration of the wonders of the scientific past, set in the historic splendour of Bunratty Castle 6.45pm Christmas Music from Ely Cathedral with The Choir of King's College, Cambridge 7.30pm It's Cliff Richard The first live show in a new series starring Cliff Richard with Olivia Newton-John , Labi Siffre and The Flirtations featuring The New Seekers and a special guest appearance of Dandy Nichols 8.15pm Film : Carrington VC (1955) A special film presentation starring David Niven, Margaret Leighton Noelle Middleton 10.00pm Main News Kenneth Kendall 10.15pm The Onedin Line Mutiny 11.05pm A Ghost Story for Christmas The Stalls of Barchester 11.50pm Midnight Mass of the Nativity from the Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Name, Manchester 1.05am Closedown Christmas Day Saturday 25th December 1971 BBC1 9.00am This is Christmas Morning Seasonal words and music spoken, sung and played by the boys and girls of Chetham's School, Manchester 9.30am Aspel's Christmas Crackers Michael Aspel introduces a selection of cartoons and a sequence from The Tales of Beatrix Potter 10.25am News Summary, Weather Bert Foord 10.30am A Family Service for Christmas Day from St Mary's Parish Church, Moseley, Birmingham 11.30am The Order of St John a Christmas Appeal on behalf of the Order of Chivalry 11.35am The Basil Brush Show Basil in Pantoland, featuring Derek Fowlds 12.00 Rolf Harris invites you to meet the Kids from Queen Mary's Hospital for Children, Carshalton, Surrey 12.50pm Ken Dodd introduces We Want to Sing 1.15pm Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game starring Bruce Forsyth in his special Christmas programme, with umpteen Santa Clauses, Walt Disney characters, clowns, a pantomime and Family Couples from all over the country, including a special section for kids at home 2.15pm Top of the Pops 71 introduced by Jimmy Savile 3.00pm The Queen 3.10pm Billy Smart's Christmas Circus 4.15pm 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 Orchestra 5.00pm Aladdin starring Cilla Black as Aladdin A traditional pantomime recorded at Wimbledon Theatre 6.30pm News Richard Baker, Weather Bert Foord 6.40pm Christmas Night with the Stars introduced by Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barker,featuring Englebert Humperdink, Lulu, Vera Lynn,Harry Secombe, The New Seekers, Till Death Us Do Part, Bachelor Father, Dick Emery, A Policeman's Lot with Eric Sykes, Look Mike Yarwood, The Young Generation 8.00pm The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show A star-studded holiday special starring Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise written by Eddie Braben with special guests Andre Previn and featuring Los Zafiros Ann Hamilton 9.05pm Film : Arabesque (1966) with Gregory Peck, Sophia Loren, Alan Badel 10.45pm The Good Old Days A Christmas edition of Old-Time Music-Hall from the stage of the Famous Varieties Theatre, Leeds 11.35pm The Countryman at Christmas A romantic look at the countryside and its resilience to change 11.55pm Reflection Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh considers a Nativity painting 12.00 Closedown Christmas Sunday 26th December 1971 BBC1 11.00am Seeing and Believing Christmas music in several styles from Trinity Methodist Church, Woking 11.30am 4472- Flying Scotsman An epitaph for the age of steam. Another chance to see this unique film of the Flying Scotsman's dramatic non-stop run from London to Edinburgh on the 40th anniversary of its first trip. 12.10pm Horton Hears a Who A voice coming from a small speck of dust cries for help and Horton the Elephant vows his assistance. Animation 12.55pm Peter and the Wolf Prokofiev's enchanting musical story told by Mia Farrow with the London Symphony Orchestra 1.00pm The World of Abbott and Costello starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello 2.15pm The Flying Falcons Behind the scenes with The RAF Free Fall Parachute Display Team 2.40pm Film : The Happy Years (1950) with Dean Stockwell, Darryl Hickman, Scotty Beckett 4.25pm The Gang Show Excerpts from the 1971 London production with Ralph Reader and a cast of 120 Scouts and Guides 5.00pm Wildlife Spectacular introduced by Peter Cushing and Dr David Bellamy 6.05pm News with John Edmunds Weatherman Bert Foord 6.15pm Noye's Fludde The Chester Miracle Play set to music by Benjamin Britten with Owen Brannigan as Noye and Sheila Rex as Mrs Noye The story of Noah's Ak 7.05pm Joy at Christmas Joy Webb of the Salvation Army's Joystrings invites you to join her in a musical party with the Croydon Junior Singers in the Hall of the Parish Church Junior School, Croydon 7.25pm Brian Rix presents "She's Done It Again!" by Michael Pertwee 8.55pm News Summary Weather 9.00pm Die Fledermaus operetta by Johann Strauss 11.00pm The Life and Death of the Scharnhorst written and presented by Ludovic Kennedy 11.50pm Weatherman, Closedown Boxing Day Monday 27th December 1971 BBC1 9.00am Along the River Watch with Mother 9.15am Golden Silents introduced by Michael Bentine 9.40am Film : A Hard Day's Night (1964) starring The Beatles with Wilfrid Brambell Norman Rossington Victor Spinetti The Beatles' first feature film was a way-out trip from Liverpool to London 11.05am Rock Island Climb An unconquered overhang in the Outer Hebrides 11.30am Ask the Family introduced by Robert Robinson The 1971 Finalists the Bygrave Family from Whitchurch, Bristol v The 1970 Finalists the Doran Family from Middlesbrough, Teesside 12.00 Holiday Grandstand introduced by Frank Bough 12.05 Football Preview 12.20 Rugby League from Headingley Leeds v Wakefield 1.05; 1.40; 2.05 Racing from Kempton 1.25; 1.55 Motor Racing from Brands Hatch 2.30pm It's a Christmas Knockout A special festive competition between teams from Great Britain, Holland Belgium, Italy from the Aviemore Centre, Scotland. 3.20pm The Virginian Crime Wave at Buffalo Springs starring James Drury 4.35pm Top of the Pops '71 Part Two 5.15pm News Kenneth Kendall Weatherman Jack Scott 5.30pm Disney Time Introduced by Valerie Singleton, John Noakes and Peter Purves of Blue Peter with scenes from Sleeping Beauty Treasure Island Robin Hood Swiss Family Robinson Wind in the Willows Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Bedknobs and Broomsticks 6.15pm Dixon of Dock Green Wingy starring Jack Warner 7.00pm A Special Dad's Army Battle of the Giants 8.00pm Film :Carry on Cowboy (1966) with Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Jim Dale 9.30pm Petula...and Friends starring Petula Clark who invites you to join her in a special Christmas programme with guests Warren Mitchell, Rolf Harris, Manitas de Plata, and Johnny Harris & his Orchestra 10.20pm News Robert Dougall 10.30pm Omnibus : Humphrey Bogart looking at the life, times and personality of Bogart and features excerpts from over 15 of his most significant films 11.30pm Weatherman, Closedown Tuesday 28th December 1971 (Bank Holiday) BBC1 9.00am Watch with Mother : Joe Joe and the Nursery 9.15am Film : Little Women (1949) with June Allyson 11.00am Festival of Entertainment share the enjoyment of music and spectacle with enthusiastic audiences in a variety of outside broadcast entertainments introduced by Michael Aspel 12.00 Film : The General (1926) with Buster Keaton (b&w) 1.10pm Grandstand introduced by Frank Bough (1.15, 1.45, 2.20, 2.50 Racing from Kempton, 2.05 Racing from Leopardstown, Show Jumping review 1971) 3.55pm Here's Lucy Lucy and the Generation Gap 4.20pm Doctor Who Doctor Who and the Daemons for the first time a complete adventure in one programme starring Jon Pertwee as the Doctor 5.50pm News, Weatherman Jack Scott 6.00pm Tom and Jerry Little School Mouse 6.10pm Transworld Top Team Oban v Baltimore 6.30pm Film : The Great Escape (1963) starring Steve McQueen, James Garner 9.15pm News presented by Robert Dougall Weather 9.30pm Panorama: Review of the Year The sights and sounds of 71 10.25pm Presenting Keith Michell in a special Christmas programme with Marian Montgomery, Nina, Richard Wattis Helena and Paul Michell and some surprise guests 11.15pm To Build a Fire based on Jack London's dramatic short story about a man facing the terrifying prospect of freezing to death 12.05am Reflection The Rev Moelwyn Merchant considers a painting of the Adoration of the Magi, 12.10am Weatherman 12.12am Regional News, Closedown | Christmas Eve Friday 24th December 1971 BBC2 11.00am Play School Today's story is "The Little Drummer Boy" 11.25am Closedown 5.40pm Christmas on 2 5.45pm Film : Show Boat (1951) with Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel 7.30pm Wives and Daughters by Mrs Gaskell : dramatised in six parts 6/6 Marriages 8.15pm News on 2 Weather 8.30pm Review Topical arts magazine introduced by David Jones A look at children, childhood and the Christmas Season with Alan Bennett telling a Christmas story 9.20pm Tales of Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach : Libretto based on the English version by Edward Agate with Geraint Evans, Elizabeth Harwood 11.30pm Star of Bethlehem Lotte Reiniger 's famous silhouettes bring a fresh and colourful vitality to the familiar story of the three kings on their journey to Bethlehem 11.50pm News on 2 Weather 11.55pm Film : Miracle on 34th Street (1947) with Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Edmund Gwenn 1.25am Closedown Christmas Day Saturday 25th December 1971 BBC2 10.30am Play School The Christmas Story, presented by Derek Griffiths, Carol Chell 10.55am How the Grinch Stole Christmas animation 11.20am Closedown 2.15pm Christmas on 2 2.20pm The Man Who Loves Giants a film about artist David Shepherd 3.10pm The Royal Ballet in La Fille Mal Gardee Music by Ferdinand Herold freely adapted and arranged by John Lanchbery 4.50pm The Queen speaks to the Commonwealth 5.00pm I Can See It All or The Grand Illusion written by Richard Wade starring Dudley Foster as Humphrey Hastings and Elvi Hale as his wife Constance, An Edwardian After- Dinner Christmas Entertainment 5.30pm Double Feature : Part 1 Film : A Distant Trumpet (1964) with Troy Donahue, Suzanne Pleshette, Diane McBain 7.20pm News on 2 and Weather 7.25pm Double Feature : Part 2 Film : The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957) with Jennifer Jones John Gielgud, Bill Travers 9.05pm Laurie Lee's Cider with Rosie 10.45pm The Little Angels National Folk Ballet of Korea Unique entertainment from the enchanting young Korean dancers who stole the show at the Royal Variety Performance 11.15pm News on 2 and Weather 11.20pm Midnight Movie : Marnie (1964) starring Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery Diane Baker, Martin Gabel , Louise Latham 1.25am Closedown Christmas Sunday 26th December 1971 BBC2 2.40pm Pickwick A musical based on The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens 4.05pm News Review with visual and spoken commentary, a look back on some aspects of a quiet year 5.00pm Film : Joan of Arc (1948) with Ingrid Bergman, Francis L. Sullivan, J. Carrol Naish 7.25pm Bird's-Eye View Switzerland 8.15pm Perry Como- in Person made a welcome return to London earlier this year to star in his first British-made TV special 9.00pm Film : The Prize (1963) starring Paul Newman , Elke Sommer with Diane Baker , Micheline Presle 11.10pm News Summary and Weather 11.15pm Germinal 1/5 Miners 11.55pm Closedown Boxing Day Monday 27th December 1971 BBC2 11.00am Play School Today's story is 'King John's Christmas by A A Milne 11.25am Closedown 4.35pm Surrender to Everest Narrated by Paul Scofield 6.05pm Abracadabra The enchanted tale of four children who defy the spells of an evil magician and restore the sun to its rightful place in the heavens, cartoon 6.15pm Hansel and Gretel Engelbert Humperdinck's tuneful and delightful opera, loved by children and adults alike, is based on a Grimm fairy tale 8.00pm News on 2 Weather 8.10pm Horizon Patently Absurd Is the world ready for a self-raising bowler hat? Or an edible spoon? Or even a pair of braces for escaping from burning buildings? The infinite variety of man's inventiveness is revealed in tonight's programme, which includes some of the more unusual inventions patented in Britain and America over the last 100 years. 8.55pm Thirty Minute Theatre A Wen by Saul Bellow 9.30pm Alias Smith and Jones A Western adventure series with Hannibal Heyes and Jed ' Kid ' Curry two of the roughest, toughest, nicest and kindest- outlaws who ever rode the West 10.20pm Call My Bluff A duel of words and wit between Patrick Campbell, Margaret Tyzack, Francis Matthews and Frank Muir Angela Browne , Richard Briers Referee : Robert Robinson 10.50pm Film : Three Coins in the Fountain (1954) with Clifton Webb, Dorothy McGuire, Jean Peters 12.30am Closedown Tuesday 28th December 1971 (Bank Holiday) BBC2 11.00am Play School Today's story is "Henry Hatter" by Daphne Jones 11.25am Closedown 2.10pm Film : Hand in Hand (1962) starring John Gregson and Sybil Thorndike 3.20pm The Sorrow and the Pity Another opportunity to see this remarkable film adapted by Marcel Ophuls from his original production Le Chagrin et ta Pitié which tells the human story of France under the Occupation (b&w) 7.45pm News on 2 with Peter Woods Weather 8.00pm International Tennis Masters Tournament from Paris 9.00pm Wheelbase Barrie Gill and Gordon Wilkins cover the world of motoring. with Maxwell Boyd 9.30pm Paul Gallico's The Snow Goose with Richard Harris and Jenny Agutter 10.25pm News on 2 Weather 10.30pm Private Eye TV Ten years of humour from the most scurrilous magazine in Britain featuring John Bird, Eleanor Bron, Spike Milligan, William Rushton, John Wells 11.15pm The Old Grey Whistle Test Richard Williams looks at the news, the views, the sounds of today's music |