Christmas Eve Monday 24th December 1979
BBC1 9.40am Fingerbobs House 9.55am What-a-Mess A Bee? tales about a dog told by its owner, Frank Muir 10.00am Jackanory The Holly Bears a Berry by Alison Uttley, read by Hannah Gordon 10.15am Captain Caveman The Kooky Case of Cryptic Keys 10.25am Young Explorers Christmas in the Sun, 25 youngsters from Somerset travel to Ghana 10.55am Magic Roundabout 11.00am Zorro Senior China Boy (b&w) 11.25am Mickey Mouse Club Two Donald Duck cartoons- No Hunting and Donald's Day Off plus Toby Tyler (parts 1 and 2) 12.00 Greatest Heroes of The Bible The Deluge, with Lew Ayres and Rita Game 12.45pm Midday News, Weather Jim Bacon 1.00pm Film : Treasure Island (1972) starring Kim Burfield and Orson Welles 2.30pm Hound Hunters a Tex Avery Cartoon 2.40pm Wings Over The World Paul McCartney and Wings 1975-6 tour of Australia and USA 3.53pm Regional News, Weather (except London) 3.55pm Play School with the story of The Little Shepherd Boy 4.20pm Touche Turtle The Flying Saucer Sorcerer 4.25pm Jackanory The Black Lamb at Bethlehem, by Rosemary Harris 4.40pm A Star for My Son a play by Margaret Eaves, with Jean Heywood 5.10pm Blue Peter with Simon Groom, Christopher Wenner, Tina Heath, Christmas is Coming! 5.40pm Evening News with Peter Woods Weatherman 5.50pm Tom and Jerry (London & South East) (or Regional News) 6.00pm Rolf at Christmas the children of Wilton Middle School, Salisbury decorate Longleat House 6.35pm Round Robin Bernard Cribbins reveals the private life of the Christmas bird 7.00pm It's a Christmas Knockout special festive competition from Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy 8.00pm Val's Christmas Music Show starring Val Doonican and featuring Twiggy Roy Castle, Magnus Magnusson, The Cambridge Buskers with special guest appearances by Bill Owen, Peter Sallis Brian Wilde and Jane Freeman from the Last of the Summer Wine 8.45pm News with Peter Woods, Weather 9.00pm Film : The Go-Between (1970) starring Julie Christie, Alan Bates and Dominic Guard 10.55pm Music for Christmas James Loughran conducts the BBCSO in music by Stravinsky, Humperdinck and Berlioz. With the choir of Westminster Abbey and the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble 11.45pm Midnight Mass from the Church of the Immaculate Conception, London W1 1.05am Closedown Christmas Day Tuesday 25th December 1979 BBC1 9.00am Star Over Bethlehem a programme of Christmas music. Eight nations, brought together by that man- made star, the communications satellite, joined in a global celebration 10.00am Morning Service A celebration of Christmas by the children and young people from Christ Church, Llanedeyrn, Cardiff 10.58am Weather Jack Scott 11.00am Bagpuss 11.15am The Spinners at Christmas The Spinners are joined by their audience in festive mood for a seasonal special of music and comedy, which this year is from Thoresby Hall, Nottinghamshire. 11.45am Film : Black Beauty (1971) starring Mark Lester , Walter Slezak 1.30pm John Curry with Katherine Foulkes and Lorna Brown recorded at Queens Ice Skating Club, London 2.00pm Top of the Pops 1979 introduced by Kid Jensen and Peter Powell 3.00pm The Queen speaks to the Commonwealth 3.20pm Larry Grayson's Christmas Generation Game special edition for Christmas Day - with surprise guests and seasonal games for the contestants and the family to play at home. starring Larry Grayson with Isla St Clair 4.20pm Film : The Gnome Mobile (1967) The Walt Disney film starring Walter Brennan, Matthew Garber , Karen Dotrice Première 5.45pm BBC News Peter Woods Weather 5.50pm Blankety Blank Terry Wogan hosts a special Christmas edition of the comedy quiz game, in which contestants attempt to match their "blanks" with Lennie Bennett, Lorraine Chase, Wendy Craig, Sandra Dickinson, Shirley Anne Field, Kenny Everett, Liza Goddard, David Hamilton, David Jason, Roy Kinnear, Patrick Moore and Beryl Reid 6.30pm All Creatures Great and Small A series in 14 parts 1: Plenty to Grouse About 7.20pm The Mike Yarwood Christmas Show with special guest star from America Johnny Mathis with Janet Brown 8.00pm To the Manor Born Christmas comes but once a year 8.30pm Film : The Sting (1973) starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford Première 10.35pm BBC News Peter Woods Weatherman 10.45pm Parkinson at Christmas Join Michael Parkinson and his seasonal guests for a special show which reflects some of the many aspects of Christmas past and present 12.05am Closedown Boxing Day Wednesday 26th December 1979 BBC1 9.45am Over The Moon Whole and Part 10.00am What-a-Mess A hat? 10.05am Jackanory The Christmas Box, read by Hannah Gordon 10.20am Captain Caveman cartoon series 10.30am Why Don't You...? Your own ideas, games and activities presented for children by children 10.55am Magic Roundabout 11.00am Mickey Mouse Club Goofy in No Smoking Toby Tyler : 3 11.20am Greatest Heroes of the Bible Esher, starring Victoria Principal and Noah Beery 12.08pm Weather Jim Bacon 12.10pm Grandstand with Frank Bough (12.12 Football Focus, presented by Bob Wilson, 12.20 Rugby League : Leeds v Hunslet, 1.15,1.45,2.20 Racing from Kempton Park, 1.25, 1.55 Racing from Wincanton) 2.35pm TV Film : Champions A Love Story (1979) a juvenile affair between figure skating partners 4.10pm Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree Disney animation 4.35pm The Road and the Miles of Max Boyce Songs and comedy filmed on location during Max's recent country-wide tour 5.05pm Today's Sport 5.10pm Disney Time with Rod Hull and Emu 5.50pm News with Richard Baker Weatherman 6.00pm Jim'll Fix It 6.40pm Are You Being Served ? The Punch and Judy Show 7.10pm Film : Where Eagles Dare (1968) starring Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood 9.40pm Dave Allen at Large Christmas special 10.25pm News with Richard Baker Weatherman 10.35pm Boxing Night at the Mill Bob Langley with Les Dawson, Dana and Kenny Ball 11.25pm Film : Play It Again, Sam (1972) starring Woody Allen and Diane Keaton 12.55am Closedown | Christmas Eve Monday 24th December 1979 BBC2 11.00am Play School with Sarah Long, Stuart McGugan and Elizabeth Millbank 11.25am Closedown 2.10pm Watch The Nativity told with puppets and music 2.40pm Christmas Matinee : Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) starring Vanessa Redgrave and Glenda Jackson 4.45pm The Great Toy Robbery cartoon 4.55pm The Sounds Of Christmas with The Goldsmiths Choral Union conducted by Brian Wright Recorded highlights of a concert from the Royal Albert Hall , London, attended by the Prime Minister, The Rt Hon Mrs Margaret Thatcher 5.40pm The Beatles at Christmas: Yellow Submarine (1968) full-length animated feature continuing our festive season of films celebrating the most famous pop group of them all starring The Beatles 7.00pm The Mid-Evening News including a news summary with sub-titles for the hard-of-hearing Weather 7.05pm Follow The Star musical nativity play by Wally K Daly (music by Jim Parker), with Sue Jones-Davies as Mary and Lewis Flander as Herod 8.25pm Itzhak Perlman Plays Bach filmed record of the celebrated Israeli violinist Itzhak Perlman in a memorable performance of Bach's D Minor Partita at a BBC Radio lunchtime concert in St John 's Smith Square, London 9.00pm Star Over Bethlehem a satellite transmission linking 8 countries, with Britain being represented by Trinity Chapel, Canterbury Cathedral. Tom Fleming and Claire Bloom speak Christopher Fry's narration 10.00pm Late News, Weather 10.05pm Alan Price special In Concert performance from The Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, starring Alan Price, his singers and musicians, and featuring such hits as "Don't Stop the Carnival", "Lucky Man " and "The Jarrow Song" 10.55pm Kelly at Christmas : Singin' In The Rain (1952) starring Gene Kelly 12.40am Closedown Christmas Day Tuesday 25th December 1979 BBC2 11.00am Play School Story : The Little Drummer Boy 11.25am Closedown 3.00pm The Beatles at Christmas : A Hard Day's Night (1964) with Wilfrid Brambell Norman Rossington Victor Spinetti 4.25pm Christmas Day Concert From Amsterdam the Symphonie Fantastique by Berlioz 5.30pm A Christmas Carol with Michael Hordern 6.30pm Baboushka A Musical Fable for Christmas by Donald Swann and Arthur Scholey 7.20pm News on 2, Weather 7.30pm The Front Garden celebration of the English at their favourite pastime 8.30pm The Queen speaks to the Commonwealth 8.50pm Sutherland and Pavarotti in Recital from the Avery Fisher Hall. Lincoln Center, New York 10.05pm Face the Music Sir Robert Mayer guests, with David Attenborough, Robin Ray and Joyce Grenfell (in her last television appearance) 10.45pm Film : Cabaret (1972) starring Liza Minelli and Michael York 12.50am Closedown Boxing Day Wednesday 26th December 1979 BBC2 10.20am Gharbar special variety programme of Asian music and dance 10.45am Closedown 11.00am Play School Story: The Winter Bear 11.25am Closedown 12.10pm Christmas Matine : Henry VIII and his Six Wives (1972) starring Keith Michell, with Charlotte Rampling,Jane Asher, Barabara Leigh-Hunt and Donald Pleasance 2.10pm Griffiths the Cue introduced by David Vine The most remarkable sports story of the year. Terry Griffiths relives his 13 days at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, that took him from the obscurity of the Llanelli League to Professional Snooker Champion of the World 3.40pm International Gymnastics the World Championships from Fort Worth 4.35pm The Dick Cavett Magic Show One of America's top TV personalities, Dick Cavett is also an enthusiastic amateur magician. Tonight he introduces some of the world's greatest illusionists 5.50pm The Beatles at Christmas : Let It Be (1970) with The Beatles 7.10pm Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet : Double Bill featuring two of the company's most popular ballets : Les Patineurs : an evocation of the Victorian skating party and Pineapple Poll: based on W S Gilbert's Bumboat Woman's Story 8.25pm News, Weather 8.40pm Our Day Out by Willy Russell, starring Jean Heywood and Alun Armstrong 9.50pm Sing Christmas with The King's Singers from Bisham Abbey and Leeds Castle 10.35pm Film : Oklahoma! (1955) with Gordon Macrae, Gloria Grahame and Shirley Jones 12.50am Music at Night The Christmas Tree Suite by Franz Liszt On each of the 12 days of Christmas Rhondda Gillespie plays a movement from this little-known suite for piano. Old Christmas Song |
