ITV CHRISTMAS TV 1978
Christmas Eve Sunday 24th December 1978
ITV LONDON
9.00am A Christmas Two Step
9.35am The First Christmas
10.00am The Morning Worship
from St Mary and All Saints, Whalley, Cheshire
11.00am Film : The Bible...in the Beginning (1966)
with Michael Parks, Richard Harris, John Huston, Ava Gardner and Peter O'Toole
2.15pm The Big Match
introduced by Brian Moore
3.15pm Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
narrated by Kermit the Frog
4.15pm Pam Ayres' Hong Kong Christmas
5.15pm ITV News
5.30pm Film : Godspell (1973)
with the original Broadway cast
7.15pm Bruce Forsyth's Christmas Eve
9.15pm Film : Charade (1954)
starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn
10.30pm ITV News and Area Weather Forecast
10.40pm Film : Charade (1954)
continued
11.30pm Midnight Mass
from the Church of the Holy Family, Cockerton, Darlington
12.35am Closedown
ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV London except)
9.00am no programme
9.05am Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
(until 10.00am)
2.05pm Cartoon Time
2.15pm Football Special
(until 3.15pm)
ITV ANGLIA (as ITV London except)
9.05am Rudolph the Red Nosed-Reindeer
(until 10.00am)
2.15pm Match of the Week
(until 3.15pm)
Christmas Day Monday 25th December 1978
ITV LONDON
8.45am The Christmas Story
9.00am The Wotsit from Whizz Bang
Enter the Wotsit
9.10am Pipkins
The Balloon Tree
9.25am Christmas Clapperboard
films about flying without planes
10.00am A Merry Morning
from the National Children`s Home, Harrogate, with Jimmy Tarbuck and Animal Kwackers
10.45am The Christmas Morning Service
from St George's Chapel, Windsor
12.00 Film : Living Free (1972)
starring Nigel Davenport and Susan Hampshire
1.30pm Christmas Day at Crossroads Motel
2.00pm 3-2-1
with Ted Rogers
3.00pm The Queen
3.20pm Film : Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)
starring Roddy McDowell and Claude Akins
4.55pm Billy Smart's Christmas Circus
6.05pm News
6.15pm The Muppet Show
with guest Danny Kaye
6.45pm Film : Diamonds Are Forever (1971) Première
starring Sean Connery
9.00pm The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show
with guest Harold Wilson
10.15pm This Is Your Life
11.00pm ITV News
11.10pm Film : There's a Girl in My Soup (1970)
starring Peter Sellers and Goldie Hawn
12.50am Meditation - For Christmas Night
1.15am Closedown
ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV London except)
11.10pm Twist in the Tale
12.10am Meditation
12.35am Closedown
Boxing Day Tuesday 26th December 1978
ITV LONDON
9.00am Chorlton and the Wheelies
Chorlton and the Snow Dragon
9.10am Pipkins
with Jonathan Kydd
9.25am Get It Together Christmas Special
10.00am Frosty's Winter Wonderland
10.25am Film : Tarzan the Magnificent (1960)
starring Gordon Scott
12.00 The Talking Parcel
animation
12.45pm ITV News
12.50pm Looks Familiar
1.30pm Crossroads
2.00pm Cartoon Time
Ginger Nutt's Christmas
2.10pm Film : Holiday on the Buses (1973)
3.45pm Christmas Star Games
from Islington, introduced by Michael Aspel
4.45pm Christmas Sale of the Century
with Nicholas Parsons
5.15pm ITV News and Sport
5.30pm Charlie's Angels
(New Series) Angels in Vegas with Dean Martin, Robert Urich
7.15pm The Benny Hill Show
8.15pm Film : The Day of the Jackal (1973)
starring Edward Fox
10.50pm ITV News
11.00pm Casino de Paris
inside the famous nightclub
12.00 Closedown
ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV London except)
10.00am The Ghosts of Motley Hall
10.25am Film : Mara of the Wilderness
(until 12.00)
12.00 Christmas Sweet
New Year's Eve Sunday 31st December 1978
ATV
11.00am Link
11.30am The Maharajahs (Repeat)
12.20pm The Mr Magoo Show
12.30pm University Challenge
1.00pm The Bionic Woman
2.00pm Star Soccer
3.00pm Life Goes to the Movies
5.35pm Enid Blyton's Famous Five
6.05pm ITN News
6.15pm At the Turn of the Year
7.15pm Bruce Forsyth's Big Night
9.05pm Film : The Diamond Mercenaries (1976)
10.50pm ITN News
11.05pm Out with the Old, In with the New
12.30am Closedown
New Year's Day Monday 1st January 1979
ATV
9.15am Rudolf's Shiny New Year
10.00am The Wotsit from Whizz-Bang (Repeat)
10.10am Stepping Stones
10.25am TV Film : Huckleberry Finn (1975)
11.40am Clapperboard
12.15pm Look Who's Talking New Year Party
1.00pm News at One
1.10pm Dudh Kosi, Relentless River of Everest (Repeat)
2.10pm Catuor
2.15pm Film : 55 Days at Peking (1963)
5.05pm Crossroads
5.30pm ITV News and Sport
5.45pm The Didn't Quite Make it in Time for Christmas Video Show
6.30pm Coronation Street
7.00pm This is Your Life
7.30pm Film : Kelly's Heroes (1970)
10.05pm ITN News
10.20pm Cinderella at the Palace
12.05am Closedown