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BBC CHRISTMAS TV 1955

    Christmas  Eve Saturday 24th December 1955 

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  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 

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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 

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  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

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  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 i
ntroduced 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
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