BBC CHRISTMAS TV 1949
Christmas Eve Saturday 24th December 1949
BBCTV
11.00am Newsreel
(Composite Edition)
12.00 Closedown
2.10pm Rugby Football
Blackheath v Bedford
For our Christmas Eve sport the mobile cameras visit the Rectory Field, Blackheath,
for the Annual Rugby Union Football match between Blackheath and Bedford.
(If light permits, the whole of the match will be televised)
3.35pm Closedown
7.30pm Film : Dick Barton Strikes Back (1949)
A film featuring Don Stannard, Sebastian Cabot, Jean Lodge, and James Raglan.
8.40pm Vic Oliver introduces
Joyce Gartside, Frederick Sharp,
Walter Gore, The British Concert Orchestra
9.40pm Newsreel
9.55pm The Coventry Nativity Play
Adapted and produced by Douglas Allen
10.40pm News
(sound only)
10.55pm Closedown
Christmas Day Sunday 25th December 1949
BBCTV
10.50am Christmas Day Parade Service
from the Royal Hospital Chapel, Chelsea
Attended by the staff of the Royal Hospital and Chelsea Pensioners
11.45am Closedown
3.20pm For the Children : Film : Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936)
with Freddie Bartholomew and Mickey Rooney
5.00pm Closedown
6.30pm Toad of Toad Hall
A play from Kenneth Grahame's 'The Wind in the Willows' by A. A. Milne.
8.30pm Closedown
9.00pm Miranda
a comedy by Peter Blackmore,
with Ann Crawford and David Tomlinson
10.40pm News
(sound only)
10.55pm Closedown
Boxing Day Monday 26th December 1949
BBCTV
1.15pm Racing from Kempton Park
2.45pm For the Children : Film : Whispering Smith Speaks (1935)
3.45pm Closedown
8.30pm Newsreel
8.45pm Jack Hulbert in a grand Christmas pantomime specially written for Television : Dick Whittington
10.15pm News
(sound only)
10.30pm Closedown
Bank Holiday Tuesday 27th December 1949
BBCTV
1.15pm Racing from Kempton Park
2.45pm For the Children : Terriers
A short film for dog-lovers
2.55pm Custer's Last Stand
part 1 : Peril of the Plains
part 2 : Custer Comes to Fort Henry
3.40pm Closedown
8.30pm The Long Christmas Dinner
a play by Thornton Wilder
9.00pm Your table has been reserved at your favourite rendezvous Cafe Continental
Grand Gala de Noël an international cabaret
Jacques Laroque et l'Orchestre Pigalle
Maitre d'hôtel: Claude Frederic at your service
10.00pm News
(sound only)
10.15pm Closedown