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