ITV CHRISTMAS TV 1961

  Christmas Eve Sunday 24th December 1961

  ATV

11.00am  Christmas Sunday Service from Heaton Moor Congregational Church, Stockport, Cheshire

12.05pm  Closedown

  2.20pm  Interpol Calling

  2.45pm  Tempo

  3.35pm  Film : The Crowded Day (1954)

  5.05pm  Sir Francis Drake

  5.35pm  Supercar  Gerry Anderson puppet series

  6.05pm  News from ITN

  6.15pm    Journey of a Lifetime

  6.30pm  The Sunday Break

  7.00pm  About Religion

  7.25pm   News from ITN

  7.30pm  77 Sunset Strip

  8.25pm  Ring Out the Bells with Jo Stafford

  9.25pm  News

  9.35pm  Drama '61 : The Face of the Enemy starring Thorley Walters, Avice Landon and Michael Aldridge

10.35pm  Blondes for Danger with Gordon Harker
                   followed by Weather Forecast

11.50pm  First Communion of Christmas from Guildford Cathedral

  1.20am  Closedown


  ABC Midlands and Northern (as ATV except)

12.05pm  Yuletide Festival of Carols and Music from Liverpool Cathedral

12.50pm  Motor Cycle Scramble

  1.35pm  Christmas on the Other Man's Farm

  2.20pm  SOS Rhino (until 2.45)

  3.35pm  Sir Francis Drake

  4.05pm  The Film Show presents : April Showers (1948) with Ann Southern and Jack Carson

  5.20pm   Where Shall We Go ?

  5.45pm   Meet Foo Foo

  5.50pm  Seeing Christmas Stars (until 6.05)
 
  7.00pm  Living Your Life (until 7.25)

10.35pm  Tales of Dickens : Mr Pickwick's Dilemma starring John Salew, Harry Fowler and James Donald, introduced by Fredric March

11.00pm  Time to Remember

11.25pm   The Word in Season (until 11.50)

  
  Christmas Day Monday 25th December 1961

  Associated Rediffusion

11.15am  High Mass from St Dominic's Priory Church, Southampton Road, London

12.30pm  Closedown

  1.00pm  News

  1.05pm  Christmas Box

  2.00pm  The Cyril Stapleton Show

  3.00pm  Her Majesty The Queen

  3.07pm  Chipperfield's All Star Christmas Circus

  4.20pm  Close-Up

  5.00pm  For Children

  5.55pm    News from ITN

  6.05pm   His Grace The Archbishop of Canterbury

  6.15pm     Weather Forecast

  6.17pm    Christmas Alone

  6.45pm   Here and Now

  7.00pm  All Our Yesterdays Christmas 1936

  7.30pm  Coronation Street

  8.00pm  Gunsmoke

  8.55pm    News

  9.05pm    A Merry Max  with Max Bygraves

10.05pm    Film :  The Pickwick Papers (1952) starring James Hayter

11.57pm      The Epilogue

  Granada (as Associated Rediffusion except)

12.30pm   Music for Christmas

  5.00pm  Cartoon Time Huckleberry Hound, The Flintstones, Popeye (until 5.55)

  6.15pm   People and Places (until 7.00)

  8.00pm  Bonanza (until 8.55)

11.10pm    News Headlines


  Boxing Day Tuesday 26th December 1961

  Associated Rediffusion

  1.25pm   Racing from Wetherby

  3.30pm  Pencil and Paper

  4.00pm  Sport of the Year 1961

  4.35pm    Wally and the Ivy

  4.55pm    Sports Results

  5.00pm   For Children

  5.55pm    News

  6.06pm   Weather Forecast

  6.08pm   The Steve Race Four

  6.15pm     Mess Mates

  6.45pm  Film : Honeymoon for Three (1941)

  8.00pm  The Dickie Henderson Show

  8.30pm  Val Parnell presents All Kinds of Music

  9.25pm  News

  9.35pm  Film : Svengali  (1954) starring Donald Wolfit and Hildegarde Neff

11.05pm  This Wonderful World

11.35pm  Epilogue


  Granada (as Associated Rediffusion except)

  5.00pm  Tuesday Rendezvous (until 5.55)

  6.05pm  Granada Newsbrief (until 6.15)

  6.45pm  Film : Once Upon a Time  (1944) starring Cary Grant, Janet Blair (until 8.00)

11.00pm  News Headlines, Northern Newscast

11.15pm  Popeye

11.45pm  Goodnight

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