BBC CHRISTMAS TV 1951
Christmas Eve Monday 24th December 1951
BBCTV
3.00pm For Women : Leisure and Pleasure
Introduced by Jeanne Heal
I'd like you to meet ...
Ethel Revnell Variety star who plays Mother Goose in pantomime this year
Roll up the Carpet!
Sydney and Mary Thompson show how to dance the Lancers
Christmas Decorations
Jeanne Heal shows the party decoration specially designed for this programme by John Lawrence
I Collect ...
T. P. Camerer Cuss talks about his collection of watches
Dressing Up
James Laver , with models in costume, argues the case for gayer clothes for men
Dancing Time
Sydney and Mary Thompson dance the Fylde Waltz and invite everyone to join them in
the Progressive Barn Dance
4.00pm Closedown
5.30pm For the Children
Carols sung by members of the choir of Tolworth County Secondary Boys' School
5.40pm For the Children : A Time To Be Born
A play for Christmas Eve by P.D.Cummins
6.30pm Closedown
8.00pm Newsreel
8.15pm Christmas Eve in Trafalgar Square
Viewers join the crowds round the Christmas Tree for a programme of popular carols,
organised by the Daily Mail
8.45pm Picture Page
invites some new and old friends to a Christmas party
Hosts: Joan Gilbert and Leslie Michell
9.30pm What's My Line
A special Christmas Challenge Match of fifteen minutes each way
What's My Liners v. Twenty Questioners
What's My Liners : Lesley Storm, Jimmy Edwards, Elizabeth Allan, Gilbert Harding
Twenty Questioners : Anona Winn, Jack Train, Joy Adamson , Richard Dimbleby
"Lines" men : Eamonn Andrews , Gilbert Harding and the week's "Celebrity"
1 0.15pm Christmas Story : The Face behind the Whiskers
written and told by John Slater
10.30pm The Crib
as Christmas Eve draws to its close, Father Agnellus Andrew, O.F.M.,
in a short devotional programme, explains the meaning of the Crib
10.40pm Weather Forecast and News (sound only)
Christmas Day Tuesday 25th December 1951
BBCTV
10.20am Christmas Day Service
from St Paul's Cathedral, London
11.40am Closedown
3.20pm Film : Wallaby Jim of the Islands (1937)
George Houston and Ruth Coleman in an exciting film set in the South Seas
4.15pm Closedown
5.30pm Christmas Day For the Children : Andy Pandy's Christmas
5.45pm For the Children : The Princess and the Swineherd
by Nicholas Stuart Gray
adapted from the story by Hans Andersen
Originally produced by the London Children's Theatre
The action takes place mainly in King Agramor's Castle,
and the Emperor's Garden, The Time, 1645
6.45pm Closedown
7.30pm Television's Christmas Party
Join in the fun and games and meet many television personalities who have contributed to
programmes during 1951 including Terry-Thomas, Jewel and Warriss, Norman Wisdom & Ethel Revnell
9.00pm When We Are Married
A farcical comedy by J. B. Priestley.
Starring Frank Pettingell and Raymond Huntley
The action takes place in Alderman Helliwell's house in the Yorkshire town of Clecklewyke, in the year 1908
10.45pm Newsreel
11.00pm Weather Forecast and News (sound only)
11.15pm Closedown
Boxing Day Wednesday 26th December 1951
BBCTV
1.15pm Racing from Kempton Park
2.40pm Closedown
3.00pm Film : Here's Flash Casey (1938)
with Eric Linden, Boots Mallory, Cully Richards, Holmes Herbert
4.00pm Closedown
5.30pm For the Whole Family : Aladdin
Christmas Pantomime by Peter Ling
7.00pm Closedown
7.30pm Newsreel
7.45pm Film : Something to Sing About (1936)
starring James Cagney, Evelyn Daw
9.00pm The Season's Greetings
from Binnie Hale, Renee Houston and Donald Stewart
The Beverley Sisters, Harold Warrender Goodliffe, Jan Berenska and his Orchestra
Televised from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital
9.50pm Charlie Chester
Invites you to take 'Pot-Luck' in a programme of prizes and surprises
10.35pm Weather Forecast and News (sound only)
