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BBC CHRISTMAS TV 1963



  Christmas Eve Tuesday 24th December 1963

  BBCTV

10.45am  Watch with Mother : Andy Pandy
               
11.00am  Closedown

  1.00pm  Newyddion 

                 (News in Welsh)
                 
(Welsh transmitters and Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield, Crystal Palace)

  1.05pm  Heddiw 
                 (Today, in Welsh)
                 (Welsh transmitters and Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield, Crystal Palace)

  1.25pm  The News

  1.30pm  Watch with Mother : 
The Woodentops


  1.45pm  Closedown

  4.30pm  The Magic Tree

                  A Persian fantasy by Gordon Murray with music composed by Richard Arnell
                  presented by the BBC Puppet Theatre

  4.55pm   The Snow Queen
                   second chance to see the Russian cartoon film based on the story by Hans Christian Andersen 

  6.00pm   The News

  6.10pm    Town and Around

                   A daily presentation of news and views from London and the South-East introduced by Michael Aspel 

  6.35pm   Compact 
                  "Dress Rehearsal"
                   series by Hazel Adair and Peter Ling
                   Christmas Eve is not without its last-minute crises

  7.05pm    The Old Man of the Mountains 
                   the story of William Collins

  7.45pm    The Lucy Show
                   A comedy film series of family life with never a dull moment starring Lucille Ball 

  8.10pm    Elizabeth Taylor in London
                   The London of Elizabeth Taylor is a London remembered mostly from childhood - a mosaic of places,
                   people, and events and of the written and spoken word


  9.00pm  The News

  9.10pm    Maigret

                   Maigret's Little Joke
                   crime series from the novels of Georges Simenon starring Rupert Davies as Chief-Inspector Maigret

10.00pm    The Good Old Days
                    Christmas edition of Old-Time Music-Hall from the stage of the famous City Varieties, Leeds

10.50pm     Christmas Carols 
                     from the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge

  11.35pm     Christmas and a Mouse
                     Alan Whicker tells the true story of the Song of Christmas-and the delight 
                     we all owe to a hungry church mouse 

  11.55pm    Midnight Mass of the Nativity
                     from Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church, Ardoyne, Belfast

    1.15am     Closedown


  Christmas Day Wednesday 25th December 1963

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    9.00am   Gwelson El Seren Ef
                     We saw his star Welsh meditation

    9.30am   Her Majesty the Queen
                    A sound recording of The Queen's Christmas message 
                    This broadcast may also be heard on BBC Radio followed by The News

    9.35am   Ring of Bright Water
                    Gavin Maxwell talks to W. Gordon Smith at Camusfearna in the Scottish Highlands, the 'embattled 
                    position' in which he lives and writes about himself and his famous otters


  10.00am  Zizou the Alpine Cat
                   a film from France 

   10.15am  Watch with Mother  :  Andy Pandy
               
   10.30am  Morning Service
                    from York Minster

   11.30am  Frankie Howerd 
                   invites you to Meet the Kids, at Great Ormond Street

  12.15pm  Film : The Red Stallion (1947)
                  directed by Lesley Selander 

   1.30pm   Carols for Christmas Day
                   introduced by Sir Malcolm Sargent who conducts the Royal Choral Society in the famous
                   Carol Concert they give each Christmas at the Royal Albert Hall , London.


   2.00pm   Walt Disney 
                    Walt Disney has made many feature films and cartoons based on British stories, or with British actors
                    and technicians 
David Tomlinson introduces scenes from some of these

  3.00pm  Billy Smart's Circus

  4.05pm  Film : Abbott & Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)


   5.15pm  Sooty
                 Sooty, Sweep and Harry Corbett invite you to Sooty's Christmas Party

   5.30pm  The News

   5.40pm  The Mills Family 

                   John, Mary, Juliet, Hayley and Jonathan Mills
                   appeal on behalf of Freedom from Hunger


  5.45pm  Dick Whittington
                 starring Terry Scott, Hugh Lloyd and Reg Varney

   7.15pm   Z Cars
                  It Never Rains by John Hopkins
                  On Christmas Eve Lynch and Graham are as full of goodwill to all men as any police officers can be -
                  with a garage robbery to deal with, and with other people's celebrations to get in the way


  8.05pm  Christmas Night with the Stars
                  introduced by Eamonn Andrews, featuring
                  The Black and White Minstrels, Russ Conway, Dixon of Dock Green, Dick Emery
                   Joan Sims, Hugh and I, It's a Square World, Juke Box Jury, The Marriage Lines,
                   Kenneth McKellar, Nina and Frederick, Andy Stewart


   9.25pm  Film : The Gold Rush (1925) 
                   starring Charlie Chaplin

 10.35pm  The News

 10.40pm  The Christmas Music 

                   from Messiah by Handel

  11.35pm  Holy Night
                  The story of Christ's Birth at Bethlehem shown through the play of light and movement of the camera
                  on porcelain figures made in Naples in the eighteenth century


 11.40pm   Weather
                  Closedown

​
   Boxing Day Thursday 26th December 1963

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  10.45am  Watch with Mother :  Rag, Tag, and Bobtail 
               
  11.00am  The Big Country
                   a picture of the workaday world of the cattlemen and seasonal life on the ranches and farms revealed
                   against the magnificent scenic background of western Canada 


  11.50am  The Picardy Affair
                   second chance to see the film first shown this year on the anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt 

 12.40pm  Boxing Day Grandstand 
                  (Racing from Kempton Park, Motor Racing
                   from Brand`s Hatch, Boxing in America, Late Results and News Round-up)


  3.20pm  Film : Knickerbocker Holiday (1944)
                  starring Nelson Eddy, Charles Coburn

  4.40pm  Champions on Ice
                  chance to see again the skills of the world's most exciting skaters 
                  An International Ice Cabaret featuring from Holland 

  5.20pm  Boss Cat
                  The Long Hot Winter
                  second chance to see the film cartoon series about the gang of alley cats captained by
                  the ever-resourceful and formidable Top Cat 
 

  5.45pm  No Road Back
                  an arctic adventure narrated by Derek Cooper 

  6.25pm  The News

  6.35pm  Compact

                  "On Stage" 
                   Backstage at the staff Christmas revue various disasters are faced-and some are settled unexpectedly.        
                   But the most serious drama takes place at the highest level


  7.05pm   Dr Kildare
                  starring Richard Chamberlain

  7.55pm    It's a Square World
                   with Michael Bentine

  8.20pm   Who is Secombe ?
                  What Is He? 
                  Dora Bryan, Roy Castle, Jimmy Edwards and Fenella Fielding conduct you on a tour around 
                  Harry Secombe with the help of Eric Robinson, Anton Rodgers and Amanda Barrie 


  9.05pm  Laughter from the Whitehall
                 Brian Rix presents High Temperature

10.20pm  The News

10.30pm  Stars of the Bolshoi Ballet

                 excerpts from Cinderella, Giselle, Gayaneh, Don Quixote

11.10pm  The Seven Giants of Denby Dale
                The monstrous, comical, pathetic, and occasionally tragical chronicle of one town's unique contribution
                 to the history of the last 200 years: together with a prognostication by Mr. Fyfe Robertson of the delights
                 we may confidently expect from the eighth giant of Denby Dale


11.25pm  Josh White  
                sings folk songs and blues 

11.55pm  The Weather
               
Closedown

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