BBC CHRISTMAS TV 1955
Christmas Eve Saturday 24th December 1955
BBCTV
3.00pm The Leader of the House
a new comedy by Nigel Balchin starring Anne Crawford and Brian Reece
4.30pm Amos 'n' Andy : Andy Getting Married
Andy's susceptible heart complicates his path to the altar
4.55pm Association Football and Racing Results
5.05pm Children's Television
Christmas Songs from the West Indies sung by Cy Grant with his guitar
"Away in a Manger"
Written and produced by Dorothea Brooking
Carols sung by Paul Roberts, Malcolm Day
Alfred Bryant, Graham Saunders, Andrew Downie, John Carvalho
Uriel Porter accompanied by Tom McCall
6.00pm Closedown
7.00pm News, Weather, Today's Sport
7.30pm In Town Tonight
interesting people who are In Town Tonight interviewed by John Ellison
8.00pm The Adventures of Annabel
part 3 : Busman's Holiday starring :Elizabeth Allan and Hugh Sinclair
8.30pm Pantomania
or "It Was Never Like This"
Don't be surprised to see Peter Dimmock, McDonald Hobley, Freddie Mills,
Bruce Seton, Brian Johnston, Victor Silvester, Raymond Baxter, Peter West and may the best man win!
9.30pm Saturday Night Out
on Christmas Eve visits at the special invitation of the United States Forces
U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force units throughout the country
10.15pm Sports Special
Today's Sport on your Screen Tonight
BBC Outside Broadcast and Sportsview Unit film cameras bring you a nation-wide
coverage of today's sporting highlights introduced by Kenneth Wolstenholme
10.50pm News Summary, Weather, Interlude
11.00pm Christmas Midnight Mass
from Tongerio Abbey, Belgium
12.05am Closedown
Christmas Day Sunday 25th December 1955
BBCTV
11.00am Welcome to the New Born King
Family Service from St Martin's Church, Birmingham Parish Church
12.00 Closedown
3.00pm A Christmas Message to the Commonwealth from Her Majesty The Queen (sound only)
3.15pm A Christmas Visit to Disneyland
A programme based on films from the Hollywood studios of Walt Disney, featuring:
Mickey Mouse , Donald Duck , Pluto, The Three Little Pigs, Dame Clara Cluck,Johnny Appleseed,
Uncle Remus, Davy Crockett
4.45pm Watch with Mother : Andy Pandy
5.00pm Children's Television
Excerpts from
"Robinson Crusoe on Ice" from the Westover Ice Rink, Bournemouth
Book, production, and choreography by John Moss and Westover Ice Rink Corps de Ballet
Vocal' Quartet: Maureen Lawson. Great Sholl Donald Wynn. Paul Sherridan
Ice Rink Orchestra A special performance before an invited audience
Sunday at Six
A Christmas message from a friend of yours
7.30pm News, The Weather
7.45pm Music for You
with Benjamino Gigli and Joan Hammond
9.00pm Christmas Box
This year BBC Television takes you out to join in the fun and games at Christmas parties in Sheffield,
Bournemouth and London hosted by McDonald Hobley, Peter Haigh, Cliff Michelmore
9.45pm Bird in Hand
John Drinkwater's comedy, with Terry-Thomas
11.15pm Today in Bethlehem
Many of the scenes around Bethlehem remain the same as at the time of the Nativity of Our Lord
This film shows "the little town of Bethlehem" as it is today
11.25pm News Summary, The Weather
Closedown
Boxing Day Monday 26th December 1955
BBCTV
1.30pm Racing at Kempton Park
including The King George VI Steeplechase
3.20pm Film Profile of Maurice Elvey
In an interview with Peter Haigh, Maurice Elvey talks about the growth of the British
film industry and shows excerpts from the following films:
"The Sign of Four"
"Sally in our Alley"
"The Lamp still Burns"
"Stars in your Eyes"
4.00pm Watch with Mother : Picture Book
4.15pm Cabaret Matinee
Harry Roy and his Band invite you to join them in an afternoon floor show with some guest artists
4.50pm Association Football and Racing Results
5.00pm Children's Television : The Sleeping Beauty
Fairy Tale made into a play for television and produced by Rex Tucker
Other parts played by : Maria Hanson , Dennis Ramsden Nigel Arkwright, Garth Adams, Peter Macarte
7.00pm News, The Weather
7.15pm Today's Sport
presenting stop-press news and some of today's big sporting moments on film
7.30pm Red Riding Hood
pantomime excerpts, with Ken Dodd and Mrs Shufflewick
8.15pm Off the Record
Jack Payne reviews the top records of 1955 in a special edition together
with a preview of some of the new titles of 1956
9.00pm What's My Line ?
TV's most popular panel game with Isobel Barnett, Zoe Gail, Ben Lyon, Kenneth Home and
Eamonn Andrews in the chair
9.30pm Take it Away
a farce by Moss Mindelbaum, with Harry Green
10.55pm News Summary, The Weather
Closedown
Bank Holiday Tuesday 27 December 1955
BBCTV
1.25pm Racing at Kempton Park
(1.45 Christmas Handicap Hurdle Race,
2.15 Kenton Handicap Steeplechase, 2.45 Littleton Four-Year-Olds Hurdle Race)
3.00pm Mainly for Women : Your Own Time
A magazine of interest and entertainment for younger women
Fashion
A preview of summer clothes soon to be seen in the shops
Story in Season told by Gordon Bell
Sunshine in December
Muriel Hanning Lee gets away from the English winter in her job as an air hostess
Treasure Hunt
A.T.Morley Hewitt comments on more of the treasures found in viewers' homes
3.45pm Watch with Mother : Andy Pandy
4.00pm Armchair Traveller
Elkan Allan takes you to distant parts
4.15pm The Visitor : Pile of Rocks
In this film a man whose wife has disappeared is suspected by his sister-in-law of having murdered her.
When the facts are known the truth is revealed
4.45pm Popie
W.Macqueen-Pope, theatre historian, continues his stories of gay London nights
4.55pm Association Football and Racing Results
5.05pm Children's Television
"Chuk and Gek"
A film from Russia about the adventures of two little boys who go to visit their father working in the middle
of a big forest
Ruff 'n' Ready in "The Pigeons"
An adventure film
6.15pm Noson Lawen (Wenvoe, Holme Moss and Sutton Coldfield only)
(film in Welsh)
Film is based on an original idea by Sam Jones
The drama by John Gwilym Jones
The film was produced under the auspices of the National Savings Movement
6.45pm Closedown
7.00pm News, Weather and Today's Sport
7.30pm Top Town Parade
presenting some of the artists you have asked to see since their appearance in "Top Town"
during the past twelve months introduced by Peter Haigh
8.30pm Three Empty Rooms
a play by Reginald Rose
9.30pm At Home : Jimmy Edwards
BBC Outside Broadcast cameras go to Fletching, Sussex, to meet the "Professor" at his farm
10.00pm Commonwealth Magazine
A film programme made in cooperation with the Commonwealth Governments
10.30pm Late Night Special
with Lorrae Desmond
10.45pm News Summary and The Weather
Closedown
BBCTV
3.00pm The Leader of the House
a new comedy by Nigel Balchin starring Anne Crawford and Brian Reece
4.30pm Amos 'n' Andy : Andy Getting Married
Andy's susceptible heart complicates his path to the altar
4.55pm Association Football and Racing Results
5.05pm Children's Television
Christmas Songs from the West Indies sung by Cy Grant with his guitar
"Away in a Manger"
Written and produced by Dorothea Brooking
Carols sung by Paul Roberts, Malcolm Day
Alfred Bryant, Graham Saunders, Andrew Downie, John Carvalho
Uriel Porter accompanied by Tom McCall
6.00pm Closedown
7.00pm News, Weather, Today's Sport
7.30pm In Town Tonight
interesting people who are In Town Tonight interviewed by John Ellison
8.00pm The Adventures of Annabel
part 3 : Busman's Holiday starring :Elizabeth Allan and Hugh Sinclair
8.30pm Pantomania
or "It Was Never Like This"
Don't be surprised to see Peter Dimmock, McDonald Hobley, Freddie Mills,
Bruce Seton, Brian Johnston, Victor Silvester, Raymond Baxter, Peter West and may the best man win!
9.30pm Saturday Night Out
on Christmas Eve visits at the special invitation of the United States Forces
U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force units throughout the country
10.15pm Sports Special
Today's Sport on your Screen Tonight
BBC Outside Broadcast and Sportsview Unit film cameras bring you a nation-wide
coverage of today's sporting highlights introduced by Kenneth Wolstenholme
10.50pm News Summary, Weather, Interlude
11.00pm Christmas Midnight Mass
from Tongerio Abbey, Belgium
12.05am Closedown
Christmas Day Sunday 25th December 1955
BBCTV
11.00am Welcome to the New Born King
Family Service from St Martin's Church, Birmingham Parish Church
12.00 Closedown
3.00pm A Christmas Message to the Commonwealth from Her Majesty The Queen (sound only)
3.15pm A Christmas Visit to Disneyland
A programme based on films from the Hollywood studios of Walt Disney, featuring:
Mickey Mouse , Donald Duck , Pluto, The Three Little Pigs, Dame Clara Cluck,Johnny Appleseed,
Uncle Remus, Davy Crockett
4.45pm Watch with Mother : Andy Pandy
5.00pm Children's Television
Excerpts from
"Robinson Crusoe on Ice" from the Westover Ice Rink, Bournemouth
Book, production, and choreography by John Moss and Westover Ice Rink Corps de Ballet
Vocal' Quartet: Maureen Lawson. Great Sholl Donald Wynn. Paul Sherridan
Ice Rink Orchestra A special performance before an invited audience
Sunday at Six
A Christmas message from a friend of yours
7.30pm News, The Weather
7.45pm Music for You
with Benjamino Gigli and Joan Hammond
9.00pm Christmas Box
This year BBC Television takes you out to join in the fun and games at Christmas parties in Sheffield,
Bournemouth and London hosted by McDonald Hobley, Peter Haigh, Cliff Michelmore
9.45pm Bird in Hand
John Drinkwater's comedy, with Terry-Thomas
11.15pm Today in Bethlehem
Many of the scenes around Bethlehem remain the same as at the time of the Nativity of Our Lord
This film shows "the little town of Bethlehem" as it is today
11.25pm News Summary, The Weather
Closedown
Boxing Day Monday 26th December 1955
BBCTV
1.30pm Racing at Kempton Park
including The King George VI Steeplechase
3.20pm Film Profile of Maurice Elvey
In an interview with Peter Haigh, Maurice Elvey talks about the growth of the British
film industry and shows excerpts from the following films:
"The Sign of Four"
"Sally in our Alley"
"The Lamp still Burns"
"Stars in your Eyes"
4.00pm Watch with Mother : Picture Book
4.15pm Cabaret Matinee
Harry Roy and his Band invite you to join them in an afternoon floor show with some guest artists
4.50pm Association Football and Racing Results
5.00pm Children's Television : The Sleeping Beauty
Fairy Tale made into a play for television and produced by Rex Tucker
Other parts played by : Maria Hanson , Dennis Ramsden Nigel Arkwright, Garth Adams, Peter Macarte
7.00pm News, The Weather
7.15pm Today's Sport
presenting stop-press news and some of today's big sporting moments on film
7.30pm Red Riding Hood
pantomime excerpts, with Ken Dodd and Mrs Shufflewick
8.15pm Off the Record
Jack Payne reviews the top records of 1955 in a special edition together
with a preview of some of the new titles of 1956
9.00pm What's My Line ?
TV's most popular panel game with Isobel Barnett, Zoe Gail, Ben Lyon, Kenneth Home and
Eamonn Andrews in the chair
9.30pm Take it Away
a farce by Moss Mindelbaum, with Harry Green
10.55pm News Summary, The Weather
Closedown
Bank Holiday Tuesday 27 December 1955
BBCTV
1.25pm Racing at Kempton Park
(1.45 Christmas Handicap Hurdle Race,
2.15 Kenton Handicap Steeplechase, 2.45 Littleton Four-Year-Olds Hurdle Race)
3.00pm Mainly for Women : Your Own Time
A magazine of interest and entertainment for younger women
Fashion
A preview of summer clothes soon to be seen in the shops
Story in Season told by Gordon Bell
Sunshine in December
Muriel Hanning Lee gets away from the English winter in her job as an air hostess
Treasure Hunt
A.T.Morley Hewitt comments on more of the treasures found in viewers' homes
3.45pm Watch with Mother : Andy Pandy
4.00pm Armchair Traveller
Elkan Allan takes you to distant parts
4.15pm The Visitor : Pile of Rocks
In this film a man whose wife has disappeared is suspected by his sister-in-law of having murdered her.
When the facts are known the truth is revealed
4.45pm Popie
W.Macqueen-Pope, theatre historian, continues his stories of gay London nights
4.55pm Association Football and Racing Results
5.05pm Children's Television
"Chuk and Gek"
A film from Russia about the adventures of two little boys who go to visit their father working in the middle
of a big forest
Ruff 'n' Ready in "The Pigeons"
An adventure film
6.15pm Noson Lawen (Wenvoe, Holme Moss and Sutton Coldfield only)
(film in Welsh)
Film is based on an original idea by Sam Jones
The drama by John Gwilym Jones
The film was produced under the auspices of the National Savings Movement
6.45pm Closedown
7.00pm News, Weather and Today's Sport
7.30pm Top Town Parade
presenting some of the artists you have asked to see since their appearance in "Top Town"
during the past twelve months introduced by Peter Haigh
8.30pm Three Empty Rooms
a play by Reginald Rose
9.30pm At Home : Jimmy Edwards
BBC Outside Broadcast cameras go to Fletching, Sussex, to meet the "Professor" at his farm
10.00pm Commonwealth Magazine
A film programme made in cooperation with the Commonwealth Governments
10.30pm Late Night Special
with Lorrae Desmond
10.45pm News Summary and The Weather
Closedown
