BBC CHRISTMAS TV 1974
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Saturday 21st December 1974
BBC1 9.10am Watch with Mother : Trumpton 9.25am Josie & the Pussycats in Outer Space 9.45am Festival of Fun Film : The Marx Brothers Go West (1940) 11.05am Film : Abbott and Costello : In Society (1944) 12.12pm Weatherman 12.15pm Grandstand 5.05pm Tom and Jerry 5.15pm News, Weatherman 5.25pm Today's Sport 5.30pm Disney Time 6.15pm Bruce Forsyth and The Generation Game 7.10pm Film : Doctor in Clover (1966) 8.45pm Petula Sings Christmas 9.30pm Kojak 10.20pm News, Weather 10.30pm Match of the Day 11.30pm Parkinson 12.30am Weatherman Closedown Sunday 22nd December 1974 BBC1 9.05am Nai Zindagi Naya Jeevan 9.35am Farming 10.00am A Worcester Carol 10.30am Sung Mass from Clifton Cathedral, Bristol 11.35am Plane Crazy 12.20pm International Show Jumping 1.10pm News Headlines, Weatherman 1.15pm Ragtime 1.30pm Star Trek 1.55pm Film : Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N (1951) 3.50pm Basil Brush's Christmas Fantasy 4.20pm Alias Smith and Jones 5.10pm David Copperfield 6.05pm News, Weatherman 6.15pm Away in a Village 6.50pm Family Carols 7.25pm Film : Grand Prix (1966) 10.10pm News, Weather 10.20pm Omnibus : Mr Laurel and Mr Hardy 11.25pm The Countryman at Christmas 11.55pm A Story for Christmas 12.05am Weatherman Closedown Monday 23rd December 1974 BBC1 9.55am Boss Cat* 10.20am The Royal Institution Annual Christmas Lectures (1973) : The Languages of Animals 10.50am Abracadabra 11.00am Away in a Village 11.35am Holiday Star Trek 12.20pm To the Land Where Glaciers Grow 12.50pm News, Weatherman 12.55pm Pebble Mill Christmas 1.35pm Watch with Mother : Chigley 1.50pm Film : The Hills of Home (1948) 3.23pm Regional News (excluding London) 3.25pm Screen Test 3.50pm Play School 4.15pm The Wombles 4.20pm Jackanory 4.35pm A Christmas Carol 5.00pm Blue Peter 5.25pm National News, Weatherman 5.35pm Tom and Jerry (London only) Regional News (All other English Regions) 5.40pm Now You See It -Now You Don't 6.05pm The Osmonds 6.55pm It's a Christmas Knockout 8.00pm Dad's Army 8.30pm Mastermind : The Final 9.05pm Main News, Weather 9.20pm Film : The Graduate (1967) 11.05pm The Spinners at Christmas 11.35pm A Ghost Story for Christmas 12.10am Weatherman Closedown Christmas Eve Tuesday 24th December 1974 BBC1 9.00am Mr Benn The Frogman 9.15am Boss Cat 9.40am The Hope and Keen Scene on Christmas starring Mike Hope and Albie Keen with Jennifer Hill and special guests Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band 10.05am The Languages of Animals The Royal Institution Annual Christmas Lectures to Young People by David Attenborough Part 2 : Beware! 10.35am Speed Buggy Speed Buggy is the 'pet' of engineer Tinker and his pals Mark and Debbie 11.00am Roobarb When it was Christmas 11.05am Holiday Star Trek Court Martial 11.50am A Summer Friendship forty boys and girls aged 11 from ten countries meet for the first time to work and play together for a summer month, without the help of a common language 12.20pm News, Weatherman Barbara Edwards 12.25pm Pebble Mill Christmas the songs, comedy, food, games and customs of a Victorian Family Christmas 12.50pm The Black and White Minstrels Christmas Show starring The Mitchell Minstrels 1.35pm Film : National Velvet (1944) starring Elizabeth Taylor, Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp 3.35pm The Diane Solomon Show Music and song with Christmas in mind, starring Diane Solomon with special guests Spike Milligan, Demis Roussos, Arthur Negus 4.15pm Aladdin starring Michael Aspel, Jacqueline Clarke, Dana, Peter Glaze, The Goodies, Barrie Gosney, Derek Griffiths, Deryck Guyler, Jan Hunt, Don Maclean, Pan’s People, Ed Stewart and Richard Wattis 5.15pm National News Richard Whitmore Weather 5.30pm Tom and Jerry in The Night before Christmas 5.40pm Film : Walt Disney's Kidnapped (1960) starring Peter Finch , James MacArthur 7.10pm The Dick Emery Christmas Show 7.45pm The Likely Lads a special Christmas edition 8.30pm Film : Ice Station Zebra (1968) starring Rock Hudson with Ernest Borgnine, Patrick McGoohan, Tony Bill , Lloyd Nolan 10.50pm Main News Richard Whitmore Weather 11.00pm Andre Previn's Christmas Music Night Janet Baker joins Andre Previn in a programme specially devised for relaxation and enjoyment on Christmas Eve, including music by Mozart and Tchaikovsky and a carol or two 11.55pm The Message of the Angels Family Eucharist from the parish church of Hale, St Peter, Cheshire 1.00am Closedown Christmas Day Wednesday 25th December 1974 BBC1 8.45am Carols from Canterbury This year's Christmas Carol Service comes from Canterbury Cathedral 9.25am Camberwick Green 9.40am Cartoon Christmas Box with Paul Jones who unwraps the box to discover new versions of favourite stories : The Foolish Frog Sinbad the sailor Babar the Elephant 10.25am Christmas Appeal Dame Flora Robson appeals on behalf of The National Deaf Children's Society 10.30am Christmas Morning Service from Killearn Kirk 11.25am A Stocking Full of Stars with Michael Aspel and Rolf Harris direct from the National Children's Home at Harpenden 12.25pm Film : Way Out West (1937) starring Laurel and Hardy 1.25pm Holiday on Ice Glamour, grace and skill from one of the world's greatest ice shows 2.15pm Top of the Pops with Tony Blackburn and Jimmy Savile 3.00pm The Queen speaks to the Commonwealth 3.05pm Billy Smart's Christmas Circus 4.05pm Film : True Grit (1969) starring John Wayne 6.10pm National News Peter Woods Weatherman Keith Best 6.15pm Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game with Anthea Redfern 7.15pm Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em Jessica's First Christmas 8.05pm The Mike Yarwood Christmas Show with special guest Max Bygraves 8.45pm Film : Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) starring Alec Guinness 11.20pm News Peter Woods Weather 11.25pm Parkinson Takes a Christmas Look at Morecambe and Wise with highlights from their award-winning shows 12.20am Closedown Boxing Day Thursday 26th December 1974 BBC1 9.05am Barnaby Having lost her way Nordine is persuaded to work for Mr Pimolou's circus and has to be rescued by Barnaby and Crow 9.15am Boss Cat A film cartoon series about the gang of Alley Cats captained by the ever-resourceful and formidable Boss Cat (Top Cat) 9.40am Holiday Star Trek Cat's Paw 10.30am Film : Help! (1965) starring the Beatles 12.00 Boxing Day Grandstand (12.05 Football Focus 12.15 Rugby League; 12.55 Motor Racing 1.05 Racing from Kempton 1.25 Racing from Wincanton 1.40 Racing from Kempton 1.55 Racing from Wincanton 2.10 Racing from Kempton) 2.30pm Film : Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) special Boxing Day presentation of the famous feature film starring Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes 4.50pm The Sporting Superstars Seven top professional athletes from the arenas of British sport confront each other over two days at the National Sports Centre, Crystal Palace, for total prize money of £9,000 and the Wilkinson Sword Trophy 6.05pm News Peter Woods Weatherman Keith Best 6.15pm Cilla Boxing Day edition starring Cilla Black with her special guest David Essex also starring Gerald Harper, The Wombles, Irving Davies Dancers 7.00pm Film : The Magnificent Seven (1960) starring Yul Brynner Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, Horst Buchholz, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, James Coburn 9.05pm Steptoe and Son 9.45pm Main News Peter Woods Weather 9.55pm Christmas with Kojak The Chinatown Murders A special feature-length film starring Telly Savalas 11.30pm The Good Old Days Christmas edition of Old-Time Music-Hall from the stage of the Famous City Varieties Theatre, Leeds 12.25am Weatherman Closedown Friday 27th December 1974 BBC1 9.25am Watch with Mother : Mary, Mungo and Midge 9.40am Boss Cat* 10.05am Royal Institution Christmas Lectures : The Languages of Animals 10.35am Ski School 11.00am From China with Love 11.40am Holiday Star Trek 12.30pm Bewitched 12.55pm News, Weatherman 1.00pm Grandstand 2.45pm Doctor Who : Planet of the Spiders 4.30pm The All Star Record Breakers 5.00pm National News, Weatherman 5.10pm Tom and Jerry (London only) Regional News (All other English regions) 5.20pm Top of the Pops 6.05pm Film : El Cid (1961) 9.00pm Nine O'Clock News, Weather 9.15pm Dr Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery 10.25pm Gala Performance 11.35pm The Detectives: Harry O 12.25am Weatherman Closedown Saturday 28th December 1974 BBC1 8.35am Watch with Mother : Trumpton 8.50am Josie & the Pussycats in Outer Space 9.10am The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures : The Languages of Animals 9.40am The Golden Age of Comedy 10.55am The Virginian 12.12pm Weatherman 12.15pm Grandstand 5.10pm The Shari Lewis Show 5.20pm News, Weatherman 5.30pm Today's Sport 5.35pm Doctor Who : Robot : Part 1 6.00pm Bruce Forsyth and The Generation Game 6.45pm Film : On the Beat(1962) 8.30pm Shirley 9.20pm Kojak 10.10pm News, Weather 10.20pm Match of the Day 11.20pm That's Life 1974 12.20am Weatherman, Closedown Sunday 29th December 1974 BBC1 9.00am Someone from the Welfare ... 10.00am Seeing and Believing 10.30am The Wildlife of New York City 11.20am Made in Britain 74 12.05pm Winners at the Wheel 12.55pm News Headlines, Weatherman 1.00pm Ragtime 1.15pm Film : Northwest Frontier (1959) 3.20pm A Secret Place 4.20pm Omnibus: A Circus for a School 5.10pm David Copperfield 6.05pm News, Weatherman 6.15pm Children of the Way 6.55pm Glory to God 7.25pm Sing a Song of Secombe 8.15pm Robinson Crusoe 9.55pm News, Weather 10.05pm Film : Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1941) 12.00 Weatherman Closedown Monday 30th December 1974 BBC1 10.10am Right Charlie 10.25am Royal Institution Christmas Lectures : The Languages of Animals 10.55am Out of School 11.45am Holiday Star Trek 12.35pm News, Weatherman 12.40pm The Best of Knockout 1.35pm Andy Pandy 1.50pm Film : Postman's Knock 3.10pm Skywatch 3.58pm Regional News (excluding London) 4.00pm Play School 4.25pm Deputy Dawg 4.35pm Jackanory 4.50pm Blue Peter 5.20pm Boss Cat* 5.45pm National News, Weatherman 6.00pm Nationwide 6.50pm Film : Charlie Chaplin in The Gold Rush 8.00pm Spectacular Britain 9.00pm Nine O'Clock News, Weather 9.25pm Churchill's People 10.10pm Holiday 75 10.45pm Film : The Thirty-nine Steps (1935) 12.10am Weatherman Closedown New Year's Eve Tuesday 31st December 1974 BBC1 10.00am The Monkees 10.25am The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures The Languages of Animals 10.55am Out of School 11.45am Holiday Star Trek 12.35pm News, Weatherman 12.40pm Film 74 1.30pm The Mister Men 1.35pm Teddy Edward 1.45pm The Year of the Horse 2.30pm Film : The Endless Summer (1966) 3.58pm Regional News (excluding London) 4.00pm Play School 4.25pm Dastardly and Muttley 4.35pm Jackanory 4.50pm The Hope and Keen Scene 5.15pm Vision On: Reflections 5.40pm Magic Roundabout 5.45pm National News, Weather 6.00pm Nationwide 6.50pm The Greatest Show on Earth 7.30pm Film : Star! (1968) 10.15pm News, Weather 10.25pm Till Death Us Do Part 10.55pm Top of the Year 12.01am For Auld Lang Syne New Year's Day Wednesday 1st January 1975 BBC1 9.45am Watch with Mother : Camberwick Green 1 0.00am The Monkees 10.25am The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures : The Languages of Animals 10.55am Holiday Star Trek 11.45am The Gary Player Special 12.42pm Weather 12.45pm Holiday Grandstand 3.58pm Regional News (excluding London) 4.00pm Play School 4.25pm Wacky Races 4.35pm Babar Comes to America 5.00pm The Secret Garden 5.30pm National News, Weather 5.45pm Nationwide 6.45pm Custer of the West 9.00pm Nine O'Clock News, Weather 9.15pm The Yeomen of the Guard 11.15pm Nimmo in Australia 12.00 Weatherman Closedown Thursday 2nd Janaury 1975 BBC1 10.00am The Monkees 10.25am The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures : The Languages of Animals 10.55am Out of School 11.45am Holiday Star Trek 12.30pm Swn y Ser 12.55pm News, Weatherman 1.00pm Pebble Mill 1.45pm The Herbs 2.00pm Bewitched 2.25pm Bugs Bunny 2.35pm Film : Oh! Mr Porter (1937) 4.00pm Play School 4.25pm Astronut 4.30pm Jackanory 4.45pm Blue Peter 5.10pm The Emperor's Nightingale 5.40pm Magic Roundabout 5.45pm National News, Weatherman 6.00pm Nationwide 6.55pm Tomorrow's World 7.20pm Top of the Pops 8.00pm It Ain't Half Hot Mum 8.30pm Taste for Adventure 9.00pm Nine O'Clock News, Weather 9.25pm TV Film : The Missiles of October (1974) 12.00 Nimmo in Australia 12.45am Weatherman Closedown Friday 3rd Janaury 1975 BBC1 10.00am The Monkees 10.25am The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures : The Languages of Animals 10.55am Metro-Land 11.45am Holiday Star Trek 12.30pm Cywain 12.55pm News, Weatherman 1.00pm Pebble Mill 1.45pm Watch with Mother : Bagpuss 2.00pm Film : The Birds and the Bees (1956) 3.53pm Regional News (excluding London) 3.55pm Play School 4.20pm Jackanory 4.35pm Search 5.00pm Crackerjack 5.40pm Magic Roundabout 5.45pm National News, Weatherman 6.00pm Nationwide 6.40pm The Little House on the Prairie 8.15pm Ken Dodd's World of Laughter 9.00pm Nine O'Clock News, Weather 9.25pm The Detectives : Cannon 10.15pm Larger Than Life 10.45pm Late Night News, Regional News Weekend Weather 10.53pm Film : Kiss Me Stupid (1964) 12.53am Weather Closedown *Boss Cat is really "Top Cat" but because at the time there was a leading brand of cat food called "Top Cat" and because the BBC are not allowed to advertise they changed the title to "Boss Cat!" |
Saturday 21st December 1974
BBC2 3.00pm Saturday Cinema Film : Boys' Town (1938) 4.30pm Play Away 4.55pm Closedown 5.45pm Westminster 6.15pm News and Sport, Weather 6.25pm Rugby Special 7.10pm Lord Peter Wimsey 8.40pm News on 2, Weather 8.45pm Film : Sam Whiskey (1969) 10.20pm Network 10.50pm Closedown Sunday 22nd December 1974 BBC2 5.40pm Messiah from Scratch 6.30pm News Review 6.50pm More Ways Than One 7.25pm The World About Us 8.15pm Denver in Colorado 8.55pm Guitar 9.05pm Daniel Barenboim 10.10pm Alpha Beta 11.15pm News on 2, Weather 11.20pm Closedown : Gabriel Woolf reads The Journey of the Magi 11.25pm Close Monday 23rd December 1974 BBC2 11.00am Play School 11.25am Closedown 7.25pm News on 2, Weather 7.30pm Call My Bluff 8.00pm Wilderness 8.30pm The Last Turkey in the Shop Show 9.05pm Horizon 10.05pm For Loving 10.50pm Inside Story 11.20pm News on 2, Weather 11.25pm Christmas Music from Hampton Court 12.10am Closedown : Gabriel Woolf reads The Christmas Tree 12.15am Close Christmas Eve Tuesday 24th December 1974 BBC2 11.00am Play School Story : The Bell Tower 11.25am Closedown 5.30pm Tchaikovsky Night Bernard Haitink conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra 6.20pm News on 2, Weather 6.25pm Oh Happy Day Away from the worries of recent history, thousands of Americans celebrated their July freedom with front-porch music of the down-home kind, right in the middle of Washington. 7.00pm The Flat- 1974 Julian Wilson introduces the highlights of the 1974 Flat Racing Season 7.40pm Amahl and the Night Visitors A Christmas opera with words and music by Gian-Carlo Menotti 8.30pm The Best of Not Only...But Also starring not only Peter Cook but also Dudley Moore 9.10pm Getaway The Golden Girls of Garie Beach A Christmas Special from Australia with Ray Barrett and Diana Fisher 10.05pm The Old Grey Whistle Test presents Elton John's Christmas Concert broadcast live in stereo from the Hammersmith Odeon 11.00pm Poor Christmas with Roy Hudd 11.20pm Closedown Christmas Day Wednesday 25th December 1974 BBC2 11.00am Play School Story : Christmas in the Stable 11.30am Closedown 2.55pm To You and All Mankind . . . reflections on Christmas Day by The Rev Dr Howard Williams Bloomsbury Baptist Church 3.00pm The Queen speaks to the Commonwealth 3.05pm Golf 74 Harry Carpenter and Peter Alliss discuss the current trends in world golf and look back on another fascinating year 4.05pm La Traviata music by Giuseppe Verdi 6.10pm Film : Henry V (1944) starring Laurence Olivier 8.25pm Evel Knievel David Frost introduces another chance to see one of the more bizarre events that took place in America this year: the attempt by the motor-cycle dare-devil Evel Knievel to pilot his sky-cycle across the Snake River Canyon 8.45pm Futtock's End with Michael Hordern and Ronnie Barker 9.30pm News on 2 , Weather 9.35pm Face the Music Christmas edition of television's musical quiz invites you to match your musical wits against Joyce Grenfell,Robin Ray, Bernard Levin 10.20pm When the Angels... and the Wise Men and the Shepherds grew up Kenneth More tells the story of what has happened to the children that appeared in a televised nativity 18 years ago 11.05am Closedown Boxing Day Thursday 26th December 1974 BBC2 11.00am Play School Story: Jenny's Smile 11.25am Closedown 2.55pm Cartoon World- Zagreb 74 3.50pm Little Mermaid 4.20pm Look, Stranger The World of Blaster Bates 4.50pm A Forest Tale : Friends for Life Storyteller : Frank Duncan 6.00pm Scatsophrenia An alley cat's dream 6.10pm Return to the River Kwai What really happened on the River Kwai? In this programme, John Coast, author and ex-POW, revisits the scenes of his enforced labour, together with three of his former Japanese captors 7.00pm Lord Peter Wimsey Murder Must Advertise 8.30pm 'I’ve Cracked It' A study in puzzles you can do and puzzles you can't 9.00pm A Christmas Box from Joseph Cooper The master of the dummy keyboard tonight plays the real one and is joined by Joyce Grenfell, Neville Marriner, The Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields in a programme of melody (sometimes hidden) and monologue 10.00pm The Moon Shines Bright on Charlie Chaplin by Robert Hughes 10.50pm News on 2, Weather 10.55pm Test Cricket from Australia by satellite The Third Test Australia v England from Melbourne highlights of the first day's play 11.25am Closedown Friday 27th December 1974 BBC2 11.00am Play School 11.25am Closedown 5.30pm Test Cricket from Australia 6.00pm News on 2, Weather 6.05pm Tony Bennett at the Royal Festival Hall 7.05pm The Breaking 7.10pm Alice Through the Looking Glass 8.20pm In the Spirit 8.50pm M*A*S*H 9.15pm Double Bill Film : On the Town (1949) 10.50pm Film : Singin' in the Rain (1952) 12.30am Closedown Saturday 28th December 1974 BBC2 3.00pm Saturday Cinema Film : Jupiter's Darling (1955) 4.35pm Play Away 5.00pm Closedown 6.30pm News and Sport, Weather 6.45pm Rugby Special 7.25pm S'Wonderful - S'Marvellous - S'Gershwin 8.30pm An Unofficial Rose 9.20pm This Year, Next Year 11.10pm Test Cricket from Australia 11.40pm News on 2, Weather 11.45pm Close Sunday 29th December 1974 BBC2 5.10pm The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures : The Engineer Through the Looking Glass 6.10pm News Review of the Year 6.50pm More Ways Than One : The Mystic Spiral 7.25pm The World About Us 8.15pm Film : Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) 9.50pm Lost 10.05pm A Day with Dana 10.35pm Florence -The Fifth Element 11.25pm News on 2, Weather 11.30pm Closedown Gabriel Woolf reads In Santa Maria del Popolo by Thom Gunn 11.35pm Close Monday 30th December 1974 BBC2 11.00am Play School 11.25am Closedown 6.30pm Royal Institution Christmas Lectures : The Engineer Through the Looking Glass 7.30pm Newsday 7.45pm Look, Stranger 8.10pm Alias Smith and Jones 9.00pm Call My Bluff 9.25pm Horizon 10.20pm Centre Play 10.50pm News Extra 11.20pm Test Cricket from Australia 11.50pm Closedown Gabriel Woolf reads Thrushes by Ted Hughes 11.55pm Close New Year's Eve Tuesday 31st December 1974 BBC2 11.00am Play School 11.25am Closedown 5.45pm Test Cricket from Australia 6.15pm Royal Institution Christmas Lectures : The Engineer Through the Looking Glass 7.15pm Newsday 7.30pm The Book Programme 7.55pm Romeo and Juliet (ballet) 9.40pm Globe Theatre 10.25pm Film : The Devil Rides Out (1968) 12.00 News Headlines 12.03am The Old Grey Whistle Test 2.00am Closedown New Year's Day Wednesday 1st January 1975 BBC2 11.00am Play School 11.25am Closedown 2.55pm Marx Brothers Double Bill Film : A Night at the Opera (1935) 4.25pm Film : The Big Store (1941) 5.45pm Royal Institution Christmas Lectures : The Engineer Through the Looking Glass 6.45pm Escape to the Sea 7.30pm Newsday 7.45pm New Year's Day Concert from Vienna 8.30pm The Cat 9.15pm Film : The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968) 11.25pm News on 2, Weather 11.35pm Closedown Gabriel Woolf reads Hyssop by Walter De La Mare 11.40pm Close Thursday 2nd Janaury 1975 BBC2 11.00am Play School 11.25am Closedown 6.30pm The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures : The Engineer Through the Looking Glass 7.30pm Newsday 7.55pm An Unofficial Rose 8.45pm The Roman Way 9.00pm After That, This 9.30pm Show of the Week : The Two Ronnies 10.15pm Gone, Going, Going 11.05pm News Extra, Weather 11.35pm Closedown Gabriel Woolf reads New Year from MS of Benedictbeurn 11.40pm Close Friday 3rd Janaury 1975 BBC2 11.00am Play School 11.25am Closedown 6.30pm The Royal Institution Annual Lectures : The Engineer Through the Looking Glass 7.30pm Newsday, Weather 7.45pm Yankee Treble : Paper Moon 8.10pm The Money Programme 9.00pm M*A*S*H 9.25pm The Song of Songs 10.15pm Collector's World 10.45pm Film Night Question and Answer Show 11.15pm News Extra, Weather 11.45pm Closedown Gabriel Woolf reads Caring for Animals by Jon Silkin 11.50pm Close |
