Christmas Day 1936 >>
The first ever Christmas Day television broadcast in the UK began at 3pm on Friday, 25th December 1936.
Back then, television was only broadcasting for two hours a day, 3pm-4pm in the afternoon and 9pm-10pm in the evening.
BBC TELEVISION SERVICE | ||||
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15.00 | Programme Summary | |||
followed by The Christmas Turkey. A Demonstration of Carving by B. J. HULBERT | ||||
15.15 | News Reel | |||
15.25 | A Lonely Christmas in the Arctic | |||
by EDWARD SHACKLETON When that famous explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton died at sea in 1922 his son was a schoolboy. Today, Edward Shackleton, a young man still, is earning a name for himself in the same sphere as his father. In 1932 he went to Sarawak with the Oxford University Expedition and in 1934 he organised and accompanied the Oxford University Expedition to Ellesmere Island in the Arctic. He gave his first radio talk early this year, and since then he has come to the microphone several times to describe some of his experiences. | ||||
15.30 | Picture Page | |||
(Fourteenth Edition) | ||||
Christmas Number A Magazine Programme of Topical and General Interest Devised and Edited by CECIL MADDEN Produced by G. MORE O'FERRALL The Switchboard Girl: JOAN MILLER | ||||
16.00 | Close | |||
21.00 | Christmas Carols | |||
THE SINGING BOYS from St. Mary-of-the-Angels Song School Founder and Honorary President, the Rev. Desmond Morse-Boycott Director of Music, Conrad Lewis | ||||
21.10 | A Seasonal Tour through the Empire | |||
A film showing various parts of the Empire at this season, with a commentary written and spoken by CECIL LEWIS Arranged by L. G. BARBROOK | ||||
21.20 | Some Unusual Christmases | |||
by Commander A. B. CAMPBELL | ||||
21.30 | News Reel | |||
21.35 | Television Party | |||
Distinguished artists from the stage and screen will be the guests of the BBC. CECIL LEWIS will act as host | ||||
22.00 | Close | |||
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