BBC CHRISTMAS TV 1979
Saturday 22nd December 1979
BBC1 9.30am Multi-Coloured Swap Shop 12.12pm Weather 12.15pm Grandstand 3.15pm A Bugs Bunny Special : Bugs Bunny in King Arthur's Court 3.40pm TV Film : Beauty and the Beast (1976) 5.10pm Today's Sport 5.15pm News, Weatherman 5.25pm Tom and Jerry (London & South East only) Regional News (All other English Regions) 5.35pm Basil's Christmas in the Country 6.10pm Doctor Who : The Horns of Nimon : Part 1 6.35pm Christmas Snowtime Special 7.25pm Butterflies 7.55pm The Paul Daniels Magic Show 8.40pm Dallas 9.30pm News, Weather 9.40pm Match of the Day 10.40pm Parkinson 11.40pm Weatherman Sunday 23rd December 1979 BBC1 9.00am Bod 9.15am Playhouse 9.40am The Sunday Gang 10.10am Nai ZindagiNaya Jeevan 10.40am Roadshow Disco 11.05am Sunday Worship 12.05pm Mystic Nativity 12.20pm Paul's Children 1.10pm News Headlines 1.15pm Film : White Christmas (1954) 3.10pm Cinderella (ballet) 5.05pm Emu's Broadcasting Company (EBC1) 5.30pm The Old Curiosity Shop 6.00pm News, Weatherman 6.10pm Ernie Wise appeals on behalf of the Peterborough Cathedral Preservation Trust 6.15pm Songs of Praise Christmas Special 7.15pm Film : The Poseidon Adventure (1972) Première 9.10pm Mastermind Final 9.50pm News, Weather 10.05pm A Christmas Tree 10.55pm Schalcken the Painter 12.05am Weatherman 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) Regional News (All other English regions) 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) Première 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 Thursday 27th December 1979 BBC1 9.45am Flumps 10.00am What a Mess 10.05am Jackanory 10.20am Captain Caveman 10.30am Why Don't You....? 10.55am Magic Roundabout 11.00am Greatest Heroes of the Bible 12.45pm Midday News, Weather 1.00pm Grandstand 2.35pm Film : Hugo the Hippo (1975) Première 3.53pm Regional News (excluding London) 3.55pm Play School 4.20pm Deputy Dawg 4.25pm Jackanory 4.40pm The All Star Record Breakers 5.35pm Ivor the Engine 5.40pm Evening News, Weatherman 5.50pm Tom and Jerry (London and South East only) Regional News (All other English regions) 6.00pm Rising Stars - Grand Final 6.50pm Tomorrow's World 7.20pm Top of the Pops 79 8.00pm The Dawson Watch 8.30pm Last of the Summer Wine 9.00pm Nine O'Clock News, Weatherman 9.15pm Fawlty Towers 9.55pm Film : A Man for All Seasons (1966) 11.50am Weatherman Friday 28th December 1979 BBC1 10.00am What a Mess 10.05am Jackanory 10.20am Captain Caveman 10.30am Why Don't You....? 10.55am Magic Roundabout 11.00am Zorro 11.20am Mickey Mouse Club 11.55am Greatest Heroes of the Bible 12.45pm Midday News, Weather 1.00pm The Queen in Arabia 1.50pm Camberwick Green 2.05pm Film : Stagecoach (1966) 3.53pm Regional News (excluding London) 3.55pm Play School 4.20pm Maxidog 4.25pm Jackanory 4.40pm Film : Jack and the Beanstalk (1974) 5.35pm Ivor the Engine 5.40pm Evening News, Weatherman 5.50pm Tom and Jerry (London and South East only) Regional News (All other English regions) 6.00pm Up a Gum Tree 6.30pm Film : A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966) 8.05pm Penmarric 9.00pm Nine O'Clock News Weekend Weather 9.15pm Film : Sleuth (1972) Première 11.29pm Regional News; Weather 11.30pm The Best of Dean Martin 12.35am Weather Saturday 29th December 1979 BBC1 9.30am Multi-Coloured Swap Shop 12.12am Weather 12.15pm Grandstand 5.10pm Bugs Bunny 5.35pm News, Weatherman 5.45pm Sport/Regional News 5.50pm Doctor Who : The Horns of Nimon : Part 2 6.15pm Jim'll Fix It 6.50pm Film : The Pride and the Passion (1957) 9.00pm Dallas 9.50pm News, Weather 10.00pm Match of the Day 11.00pm Parkinson 12.00 Weatherman Sunday 30th December 1979 BBC1 9.05am Ragtime 9.20am The Sunday Gang 9.40am Dinky Dog 9.50am Playhouse 10.20am What a Mess 10.25am Nai Zindagi Naya Jeevan 10.55am The Edinburgh Military Tattoo of 1979 12.10pm A Church to Yourself 12.25pm Christianity Explored 12.55pm Farming 1.20pm There's No Business Like Snow Business 1.45pm News Headlines 1.50pm The World About Us 2.40pm Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (Part 1) 5.00pm Emu's Broadcasting Company (EBC1) 5.25pm The Old Curiosity Shop 5.55pm News, Weatherman 6.05pm Holiday 6.40pm Songs of Praise 7.15pm The Lennie and Jerry Show 7.55pm Saint Joan 10.50pm The Last Right 11.25pm The Man with No Name 2.25am Weatherman New Year's Eve Monday 31st December 1979 BBC1 10.00am What a Mess 10.05am Jackanory 10.20am Captain Caveman 10.30am Why Don't You....? 10.55am Magic Roundabout 11.00am Zorro 11.25am Mickey Mouse Club 11.55am Greatest Heroes of the Bible 12.45pm Midday News, Weather 1.00pm Year of the Horse 1.50pm How Do You Do? 2.05pm Film : Meet Me in St Louis (1944) 3.53pm Regional News (excluding London) 3.55pm Play School 4.20pm Touche Turtle 4.25pm Jackanory 4.35pm Playhouse 5.10pm Blue Peter Review of the Year 5.40pm Evening News, Weatherman 5.50pm Tom and Jerry (London and South East only) Regional News (All other English regions) 6.00pm Pinocchio 7.35pm Larry Grayson's Generation Game 8.25pm Film : Murder on the Orient Express (1974) Première 10.30pm News, Weatherman 10.40pm The 70s Stop Here! 12.00 Big Ben 12.01am A Toast to the 80s New Year's Day Tuesday 1st January 1980 BBC1 9.45am Trumpton 10.00am What a Mess 10.05am Jackanory 10.20am Captain Caveman 10.30am Why Don't You... ? 10.55am Magic Roundabout 11.00am Zorro 11.25am Greatest Heroes of the Bible 12.13pm Weather 12.15pm Grandstand 3.05pm Alec Guinness in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy 5.40pm Today's Sport (London and South East only) Regional News and Sport (All other regions) 5.45pm Evening News, Weatherman 5.55pm Elvis -That's the Way It Is 7.30pm Hi De Hi 8.10pm The Little and Large Show 8.55pm News, Weatherman 9.05pm Film : The Odessa File (1974) Première 11.10pm Films of the Year 11.50pm Weatherman/Regional News Wednesday 2nd January 1980 BBC1 10.00am What a Mess 10.05am Jackanory 10.20am Captain Caveman 10.30am Why Don't You ... ? 10.55am Magic Roundabout 11.00am Zorro 11.25am Mickey Mouse Club 11.55am Greatest Heroes of the Bible 12.45pm Midday News, Weather 1.00pm Mary Chipperfield's Wildest School on Earth 1.30pm Playboard 1.45pm International Tennis 3.55pm Play School 4.20pm Pixie and Dixie 4.25pm Jackanory 4.40pm Take Hart 5.00pm John Craven's Newsround 5.05pm Our John Willie 5.40pm Evening News, Weatherman 5.55pm Nationwide 6.55pm TV Film : The Gift of Love (1978) Première 8.25pm Fawlty Towers 9.00pm Nine O'Clock News, Weatherman 9.25pm The Good Old Days 10.15pm Film : Horror Express (1972) Première 11.40pm News Headlines Weatherman Regional News Thursday 3rd January 1980 BBC1 10.00am What a Mess 10.05am Jackanory 10.20am Captain Caveman 10.30am Why Don't You....? 10.55am Magic Roundabout 11.00am Mickey Mouse Club 11.15am Greatest Heroesof the Bible 12.45pm Midday News, Weather 1.00pm Mary Chipperfield's Wildest School on Earth 1.30pm Heads and Tails 1.45pm International Tennis 3.53pm Regional News (excluding London) 3.55pm Play School 4.20pm Deputy Dawg 4.25pm Jackanory 4.40pm Screen Test 5.00pm John Craven's Newsround 5.05pm Blue Peter 5.40pm Evening News, Weatherman 5.55pm Nationwide 6.45pm Tomorrow's World 7.10pm Top of the Pops 7.45pm White Rock 9.00pm Nine O'Clock News, Weatherman 9.25pm Play for Today : Chance of a Lifetime 10.40pm International Tennis 11.35pm News Headlines Weatherman Regional News Friday 4th January 1980 BBC1 10.00am What a Mess 10.05am Jackanory 10.20am Captain Caveman 10.30am Why Don't You..? 10.55am Magic Roundabout 11.00am Mickey Mouse Club 11.20am Greatest Heroes of The Bible 12.45pm Midday News, Weather 1.00pm The Osmonds 1.30pm Mister Men 1.45pm International Tennis 3.53pm Regional News (excluding London) 3.55pm Play School 4.20pm One Cab's Family 4.25pm Jackanory 4.40pm The All New Popeye Show 5.05pm Johnny Ball Games 5.40pm Evening News, Weatherman 5.55pm Nationwide 7.00pm Up a Gum Tree 7.30pm The Superstars 8.30pm My Wife Next Door : The Absolute End 9.00pm Nine O'Clock News Weekend Weather 9.25pm The Assassination Run 10.15pm Points of View 10.20pm The Lucy Show 10.45pm News Headlines; Weather 10.50pm International Tennis 11.30pm The Late Film : Pancho Villa (1972) |
Saturday 22nd December 1979
BBC2 1.25pm Christmas Matinee Film : Cleopatra (1963) part 1 3.15pm Play Away 3.40pm Horizon 5.10pm Something Else 5.50pm A Diary of Britain 6.35pm The Beatles at Christmas : Film : Help! (1965) 8.00pm News and Sport, Weather 8.15pm Four Clowns 9.50pm Hinge and Bracket 10.35pm News on 2, Weather 10.45pm Kelly at Christmas : Film : Anchors Aweigh (1945) Sunday 23rd December 1979 BBC2 2.25pm Rugby Special 3.25pm Christmas Matinee Film : Cleopatra (1963) part 2 5.28pm Rugby League Results 5.30pm The Beatles at Christmas : The Beatles At Shea Stadium Première 6.20pm Shakespeare in Perspective 6.45pm News Review 7.15pm The BBC Television Shakespeare : Henry V 10.05pm The Much Loved Music Show Christmas Special 10.55pm Kelly at Christmas : Film : On the Town (1949) 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 Première 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) Première 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) Première 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 Thursday 27th December 1979 BBC2 11.00am Play School 11.25am Closedown 3.55pm Christmas Matinee Film : The Blue Max (1966) 6.20pm Peking Opera 7.10pm The Mid-Evening News Weather 7.20pm Film : My Fair Lady (1964) 10.05pm Leave Him to Heaven 11.10pm Richard Stilgoe 11.35pm Late News, Weather 11.50pm Music at Night Friday 28th December 1979 BBC2 11.00am Play School 11.25am Closedown 4.25pm Christmas Matinee Film : Moby Dick (1956) 6.15pm Lieutenant Kije 6.30pm The Light Princess 7.35pm Mid-Evening News Weather 7.50pm In the Country 8.15pm Kate 9.00pm Not the Least of Not the Nine O'Clock News 9.35pm The Bobby Bare Music Show 10.20pm Late News, Weather 10.35pm The Man You Loved to Hate 12.05am Something Else 12.45am Music at Night Saturday 29th December 1979 BBC1 1.20pm Saturday Cinema Film : National Velvet (1944) 3.20pm Play Away 3.45pm Film : Little Women (1949) 5.45pm Cricket : Australia v West Indies 6.15pm Die Fledermaus 9.40pm Spirit of Asia 10.00pm TV Film : Our Town (1977) 11.45pm News on 2, Weather 11.50pm Film : Five Graves to Cairo (1943) 1.25am Music at Night Sunday 30th December 1979 BBC1 2.25pm Coppelia 2.40pm New Year Matinee Film : The Yearling (1946) 4.45pm Ski Sunday 5.20pm Rugby Special 6.10pm News Review 6.40pm Cricket : Australia v West Indies 7.10pm News on 2, Weather 7.15pm Film : Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 9.50pm John Everett Millais (1829-1896) 10.50pm Film : Don't Look Now (1973) Première 12.35am Music at Night New Year's Eve Monday 31st December 1979 BBC2 11.00am Play School 11.25am Closedown 2.05pm Petrushka 2.25pm Turn-round 3.15pm International Basketball 3.55pm New Year Matinee Film : The Singing Nun (1966) 5.30pm The Chinese Nightingale 5.40pm The Royal Institution's Christmas Lectures : Atoms for Enquiring Minds 6.40pm Cricket : Australia v West Indies 7.10pm The Brothers Lionheart 7.35pm Mid-Evening News, Weather 7.45pm Schools Prom 8.25pm The World About Us 9.15pm News on 2, Weather 9.25pm Things to Come 10.00pm The Old Grey Whistle Test 10.40pm Film : Sunset Boulevard (1950) 12.25am Music at Night New Year's Day Tuesday 1st January 1980 BBC2 11.00am Play School 11.25am Closedown 2.35pm The Nutcracker and the Mouse King 2.55pm New Year Matinee Film : The Wonders of Aladdin (1961) 5.55pm The Royal Institution's Christmas Lectures : Atoms for Enquiring Minds 6.55pm The Brothers Lionheart 7.20pm The Mid-Evening News Weather 7.35pm Cricket : Australia v West Indies 8.05pm Ten for Survival 9.05pm The New Year's Day Concert from Vienna 10.05pm Late News, Weather 10.15pm Brubeck 11.10pm Film : La Grande Illusion (1937) 1.00am Music at Night Wednesday 2nd January 1980 BBC2 10.20am Gharbar 10.45am Closedown 11.00am Play School 11.25am Closedown 1.20pm Racing from Cheltenham 3.30pm New Year Matinee Film : Words and Music (1948) 5.25pm The Royal Institution's Christmas Lectures : Atoms for Enquiring Minds 6.25pm Cricket : Australia v West Indies 6.55pm The Brothers Lionheart 7.25pm The Mid-Evening News Weather 7.35pm Robin Ray's Picture Gallery 8.30pm The Great Bike Race 9.25pm The Black Stuff 11.15pm Late News, Weather 11.30pm International Tennis 12.05am Music at Night Thursday 3rd January 1980 BBC2 11.00am Play School 11.25am Closedown 3.55pm International Tennis 4.50pm Open University S101 Preparatory Maths - Numbers. 5.05pm The First Years of Life - On the Way. 5.30pm Interval 5.40pm Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe 6.00pm The Royal Institution's Christmas Lectures : Atoms for Enquiring Minds 7.00pm The Brothers Lionheart 7.25pm The Mid-Evening News Weather 7.35pm The Line that Refused to Die 8.15pm Talking Pictures 9.00pm Peter Ustinov and Natalie Wood at the Hermitage 10.30pm A Celebration for Stephane Grappelli 11.20pm Late News, Weather 11.35pm Richard Stilgoe 12.00 Music at Night Friday 4th January 1980 BBC2 11.00am Play School 11.25am Closedown 3.55pm International Tennis 5.35pm Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe 5.55pm The Royal Institution's Christmas Lectures : Atoms for Enquiring Minds 6.55pm The Brothers Lionheart 7.20pm Mid-Evening News Weather 7.30pm Cricket : Australia v England 8.00pm Quietly in Bulgaria 8.30pm In the Country 9.00pm Pot Black 80 9.25pm International Pro-Celebrity Golf 10.15pm A Celebration for Stephane Grappelli 11.20pm Late News, Weather 11.35pm lan Dury and the Blockheads 12.15am Music at Night |