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Christmas TV

For many years now, families have gathered together on Christmas Day to enjoy Christmas lunch and Christmas telly.
Below you can find listings of every programme broadcast on British television on December 25th during the twentieth century.

  <<   Christmas Day 1960   >>

The front cover of the TV Times this week advertised ITV's all-star Christmas special, 'Alice Through the Looking Box', an alternative version of the Lewis Carroll fantasy.

     
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BBC tv
00.00Midnight Mass
The First Communion of Christmas
From All Saints',
Margaret Street, London
O come, all ye faithful (E.H. 28) Kyrie Eleison
Gloria in excelsis Collect
Epistle: Titus 2. vv. 11-15
While shepherds watched their flocks by night (E.H. 30)
Gospel: St. Luke 2, vv. 1-14 Nicene Creed
Short Address
Offertory Anthem: For unto us a Child is born (Handel)
At the Communion:
Deck thyself, my soul (E.H. 306)
Prayer of Thanksgiving Blessing
The Service sung to Schubert in 0 Celebrant.
The Rev. K. N. Ross
Deacon, The Rev. D. C. VICKERY
Sub-Deacon, The Rev. M. C. C.
MELVILLE
Organist and choirmaster, Michael Fleming See page 5
01.00Closedown
09.29Headline News
09.30On Christmas Day in the Morning
Christmas songs and carols in Welsh and English, with Osian Ellis, Iona Jones
Rowland Jones, Shelley Singers
Meredith Edwards telling a story by Gwyn Thomas
BBC Welsh Orchestra
Conducted by Mansel Thomas
Designer, Alan Taylor
Produced by ALWYN Jones Directed by Jack Williams
From Wales:
10.00The Perry Como Music Hall
starring
PERRY COMO in his traditional
Christmas programme featuring
GINNY TIC KOKOMO, JNB . and a party of young guests
The Peter Gennaro Dancers The Ray Charles Singers'
The Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
Orchestrations by Jack Andrews and Joe Lipman Vocal arrangements and special material by Ray Charles Script byGOODMAN ACE with SELMA DIAMOND, JAY Burton FRANK PEPPIATT and JOHN AYLESWORTH
Directed by Dwight Bemion Produced by Nick VANOFF
Presented for BBC Television by Yvonne Littlewood
Film editor. Richard Barclay NBC recording
10.45Christmas Morning Service
from Sandon Road
Methodist Church, Birmingham
Joyful and Triumphant
The Service conducted by the Minister, the Rev. Lionel Brayton
Preacher, the Rev. W. Russell Shearer Chairman of the Birmingham District at the Methodist Church
11.30Max Jaffa
invites you to a Christmas party with The Trios
Max Jaffa (violin)
Reginald Kilbey (cello)
Jack Byfield (piano) * and Beryl Grey
Ted and Ursula Darling
Peter Rhodes (boy soprano)
The Linden Singers
Directed by Ian Humphris
Produced by Christian SIMPSON
12.05The Adventures of Hiram Holliday
A film comedy series starring
WALLY COX
In
Vanishing House
While his friend Joel is busy eating eclairs in Paris, Hiram tries to interest a gendarme in the antics of a Punch and Judy show.
12.30Sing We Now of Christmas!
Carols for Christmas Day sung by the Orpington Junior Singers
Conductor, Sheila Mossman
Produced by Christian SIMPSON
13.00The Queen
Her Majesty's recorded Christmas Message to the Commonwealth
13.09The George Mitchell Glee Club
sing a parade of popular Christmas songs from medieval to modem times featuring
John Boulter
Mary Brown
Tony Mercer
Maryetta Midgelcy
John O'Neill
Accompanied by Tot DENNIS WILSON QUARTER
Organist, Leon Young Choral settings by GEORGE MITCHELL
Designer, Stanley Dorfman
Producer. DENNIS Main WILSON
13.44Wells Fargo
The exciting adventures of the Western Stagecoach Service starring
DALE ROBERTSON
In
Dead Man's Street
Paradise is not the place to expect trouble, but Jim finds it there, and stops to help his old friend the Marshal get the town back to a state which better suits its name.
14.09Walt Disney
The story of a man who has become a legend
Told by David Jacobs who introduces Walt Disney at his Hollywood studios and artists from his pictures with scenes from:
Steamboat WiUie
Hawaiian Holiday
Snow White aad the Seven Dwarfs
Fantasia
Dumbo
Lady and the Tramp Sleeping Beauty
The Living Desert Robin Hood
Davy Crockett
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
Jangle Cat
The Parent Trap Pollyanna
Greyfriars Bobby
Swiss Family Robinson Films by courtesy of Walt Disney Productions
Film editor. Geoffrey Botterill Produced for television by Richard Evans
15.25Appeal
on behalf of British
Wireless for the Blind Fund
(Registered in accordance with the National Assistance Act. 1948) by Colonel M. P. Ansell, C.B.E., D.S.O.
The blind Chairman of the British Show Jumping Association
Contributions (by crossed postal order or cheque) will be gratefully acknowledged and should be sent to: [address removed]
15.30Billy Smart's Circus
presents
Stars from the rings of the world in Super Circus
A special performance from the vast ' Big Top' of this great British Circus
The Grand Parade
Introduced by David Smart
The Five Katyanas
Glamour defies gravity
Bitty Smart, Jnr. presents his elephants in the ' big beat' number with The ' Digger' Pngh Girls
Birma
The 4-ton star tn her ' walk of death
Continued in next colums
The Boors
Up a ladder on a perob
Volcano
Breathing fire
The Trio Korens
Six feet make music
Les Idallys
Cycling on the ceiling
Les French
Musical clowns with the boxing robot
The Biros
Fantastic foot jugglers
The Gilberts
Ride for their lives
The Flying Lunasz Mid-air madness
Also appearing:
BARRY SLOAN. KENNY BAKER,
Coco THE CHIMP, FRANK HARTY. HARRY SLOAN and Family, and REBECCA SMART
The GEORGE MITCHELL Singers
Musical director, Bernie Weller Ringmaster. Alfred Delbosq Circus presentation.
RONNIE SMART AND DAVID SMART
Television production, DEREK BURRELL-DAVIS
Billy Smart's Circus is now In winter quarters at Winkfleld Zoo near Windsor
16.30What's My Line?
from Hammersmith Hospital, London
Chairman,
Eamonn Andrews
Panel:
Isobel Barnett
Barbara Kelly
Cyril Fletcher
Lord Boothby and a mystery guest celebrity Research by Julia Cave
Directed by Richard Evans
Produced by JOHN WARRINGTON Devised by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman
Televised by arrangement with CBS and Maurice Winnick
17.00Tonight with Belafonte
A new filmed programme of music and song starring the great entertainer
HARRY BELAFONTE and his Company with Ode- ta
Sonny Terry (harmonica) Brownie Mcghee (guitar) Direc'or, Norman Jewison
Mjsical director, Robert Corman Choreography, Walter Nicks Producer. GEORGE Charles
17.50The News
and THEWEATHEM
18.00Christmas Night with the Stars
A specially recorded programme featuring your favourite light entertainment artists
Introduced by DAVID NIXON
Cast in order of appearance: THE BLACK AND WHITE
MINSTRELS starrins;
The Mitchell Minstrels
The Television Toppers
Dance direction by Larry Gordon
Vocal arrangements: George Mitchell Musical arrangements:
Alan Bristow and Ray Terry
Directed by George Inns
SID JAMES with Bill Kerr, Liz Fraser Sydney Tafler
Script: RAY GALTOxand Alan SIMPSON Directed by Philip Barker
NINA AND FREDERIK
Directed by Bryan Sears
HAKRY WORTH with Deryck Guyler, Hugh Lloyd George Roderick
Script: LEW SCHWARZ
Directed by Dennis Main-Wilson
KENNETH McKELLAB with The Showtime Dancers
Directed by Graeme Muir
DAVID NIXON and ROBERT HARBIN
Musical arrangement: Peter Knight Directed by Graeme Muir
STANLEY BAXTER and BETTY MARSDEN
Script: RICHARD WARING
Directed by James Gilbert
JOAN BEGAN
Musical arrangements: Eric Cook Directed by John Street
JIMMY EDWARDS ; with Arthur Howard
Cyril Fletcher, Pip Hinton
Eric Robinson. John Vyvyan Chan Canasta, David Nixon
Script:
FRANK MUIR and Denis NORDEN Directed by Eric Fawcett
The Showtime Dancers
The George Mitchell Singers Dance direction by Sheila Holt and Tom Gillis
Musical arrangements: Alan Bristow Directed by Graeme Muir Continuity written by David Climie and David Whitaker The Orchestra
Leader. David McCallum Conducted by Eric Robinson
Edited by Len Trumm
Produced by GRAEME MUIR
See page 13
19.15The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
starring
RONALD COLMAN
MADELEINE CARROLL
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS. JNR
DAVID NIVEN
From the novel by Anthony Hope
Directed by John Cromwell
Produced by David 0. Selznick
20.50The Sunday-night Play
presents
FAY COMPTON
FREDERICK BARTMAN
VIVIENNE MARTIN
PATSY ROWLANDS in Tuppence in the Gods by MICHAEL VOYSEY
Cast in order of appearance:
Music directed and arranged by James Turner
Musical numbers staged by Denny Bettis
THE GEORGE MITCHELL Singers
Film cameraman, Peter Hamilton Film editor, Agnes Evan Designer. Barry Learoyd Produced by CHLOE GIBSON
Sarah Victoria has built and created the Hoxton Music Hall, beloved by performers and public alike. Now an old woman, it is in her granddaughter, Fanny, that she sees its glory continuing. Family jealousies and a new invention threaten everything she has created
22.20Christmas at Dean's Yard
Ludovic Kennedy visits
THE DEAN OF WESTMINSTER at his historic house with its private access to the Abbey
Carols sung by The Abbey Choir Organist and Master of the Choristers, Sir William McKie
Photographed by A. A. Englander, F.R.P.S.
Sound recordist, Michael Colomb
Editor. John Nash
Produced by OLIVER HUNKIN
BBC film
22.40Late Night News
22.45Celebrity Recital
Fou Ts'ong plays
Presented by Arthur Langford
23.05Weather and Close Down
ATV LONDON
11.00Christmas Communion
From Liverpool Cathedral
12.15The Sunday Break
13.00A Round Dozen
13.25Home for a While
15.00Her Majesty The Queen
A Christmas message to the Commonwealth given by Her Majesty the Queen.
15.10Grand Christmas Circus
from the Kelvin Hall, Glasgow
16.05Sleeping Beauty
Ice Pantomime Spectacular at Brighton Palladium
16.55Pathfinders to Mars
Episode 3: The Hostage
17.25Seeing is Disbelieving
17.45News from ITN
17.55Alice Through the Looking Box
A Christmas Fantasy
A Christmas TV special in which Alice does not go through a looking glass, but through a TV set.
19.25News
19.30Danger Man
The Nurse
20.00The Tommy Steele Show
21.00News from ITN
21.05Armchair Theatre
The Great Gold Bullion Robbery
22.10Maverick
The Marquesa
23.05Roll Back the Carpet and Dance
23.35 - 00.05Christmas in the Holy Land
Followed by Close-down
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