BBC CHRISTMAS TV 1976
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Saturday 18th December 1976
BBC1 8.50am Ragtime 9.05am Indoors Outdoors 9.30am Multi-coloured Swap Shop 12.13pm Weather 12.15pm Grandstand 5.05pm News, Weatherman 5.15pm Sport/Regional News 5.20pm Basil in Neverland 5.50pm Bruce Forsyth and The Generation Game 6.40pm Film : Return of the Seven (1966) 8.15pm The Black and White Minstrel Christmas Show 9.00pm Starsky and Hutch 9.50pm News, Weather 10.00pm Match of the Day Special (Football & Show Jumping) 11.20pm Saturday Night at the Mill 12.10am Weatherman Sunday 19th December 1976 BBC1 8.55am Nai Zindagi Naya Jeevan 9.25am Playboard 9.40am Lippy Lion, Touche Turtle and Wally Gator 10.05am Alison Uttley and Little Grey Rabbit 10.35am Zarabanda 11.00am Sunday Worship 11.45am Film : Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941) 1.00pm Farming 1.25pm Erica on Embroidery 1.38pm An ABC of Music 1.50pm News Headlines 1.55pm Film Matinee : The Railway Children (1970) 3.40pm Laurel and Hardy : The Laurel and Hardy Murder Case 4.10pm The Waltons 5.00pm Little Lord Fauntleroy 5.30pm Write On! 5.55pm News, Weatherman 6.05pm On the Move 6.15pm Handel: Messiah 7.25pm The Brothers 8.15pm Film of the Week : Hello, Dolly! (1969) 10.40pm News, Weather 10.50pm Films of the Year 11.30pm The Bloxham Tapes 12.20am Weatherman Monday 20th December 1976 BBC1 10.20am The Wombles 10.25am The Great Grape Ape Show 10.50am Pepe le Pew 10.55am Flash Gordon 11.35am Film : Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942) 12.45pm Midday News, Weather 1.00pm Pebble Mill 1.45pm Chigley 1.55pm Film : Challenge to Lassie (1949) 3.10pm The Olympia International Show Jumping Championship 3.53pm Regional News (excluding London) 3.55pm Play School 4.20pm Deputy Dawg 4.25pm Jackanory 4.40pm Blue Peter 5.05pm John Craven's Newsround 5.10pm Three Gifts for Cinderella 5.35pm The Wombles 5.40pm Evening News, Weatherman 5.55pm Nationwide 6.45pm Some Mothers do 'Ave 'Em 7.40pm Angels 8.30pm Panorama Review of 1976 9.30pm Main News, Weather 9.55pm The Monday Film : Shaft (1971) 11.30pm Signs of Trouble 11.55pm Weatherman/Regional News Tuesday 21st December 1976 BBC1 10.20am The Wombles 10.25am The Great Grape Ape Show 10.50am Wild Wild World 10.55am Flash Gordon 11.30am Film : Tarzan Triumphs (1943) 12.45pm Midday News, Weather 1.00pm Pebble Mill 1.45pm Mary, Mungo and Midge 2.00pm When Comedy was King 3.20pm FoaFe 3.53pm Regional News (excluding London) 3.55pm Play School 4.20pm Huckleberry Hound 4.25pm Jackanory 4.40pm Animal Magic 5.00pm John Craven's Newsround 5.15pm Charlie Brown 5.40pm Evening News, Weatherman 5.55pm Nationwide 6.45pm The Superstars 7.55pm Film : Hondo (1953) 9.15pm Mastermind 9.45pm Main News, Weather 10.10pm East Lynne 11.10pm My Children,My Children 12.10am Weatherman/Regional News Wednesday 22nd December 1976 BBC1 10.25am Magic Roundabout 10.30am The Great Grape Ape Show 10.50am Country Search 11.10am Daffy Duck 11.20am Flash Gordon 11.35am Film : Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943) 12.45pm Midday News, Weather 1.00pm Pebble Mill 1.45pm Fingerbobs 2.00pm Film : The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan 3.45pm Yankee Dood It 3.53pm Regional News (excluding London) 3.55pm Play School 4.20pm The Wombles 4.25pm Jackanory 4.40pm Goober and the Ghost Chasers 5.00pm John Craven's Newsround 5.10pm The Winter Warrior 5.40pm Evening News, Weatherman 5.55pm Nationwide 6.50pm Film : Grand Prix 9.35pm Main News, Weather 10.00pm The Liver Birds 10.40pm The Signalman 11.20pm Harry 0 12.10am Weatherman/Regional News Thursday 23rd December 1976 BBC1 9.05am Roobarb 9.10am The Great Grape Ape Show 9.30am Country Search 9.50am The Spectacular Edinburgh 1976 Military Tattoo 11.05am Bugs Bunny 11.10am Flash Gordon 11.30am Film : Tarzan and the Amazons (1945) 12.45pm Midday News, Weather 1.00pm Pebble Mill Christmas 1.50pm Barnaby 2.00pm Film : Scaramouche (1952) 3.53pm Regional News (excluding London) 3.55pm Play School 4.20pm Astronut 4.25pm Jackanory 4.40pm Blue Peter 5.05pm John Craven's Newsround 5.15pm The Oddball Couple 5.40pm Evening News, Weatherman 5.55pm Nationwide 6.40pm Gemini Man 7.30pm Top of the Pops 8.00pm Sykes 8.30pm Happy Ever After 9.00pm Starsky and Hutch 9.50pm Main News, Weather 10.15pm Omnibus 11.20pm The Spinners at Christmas 12.10am Weatherman/Regional News Christmas Eve Friday 24th December 1976 BBC1 9.20am Teddy Edward told by Richard Baker (Repeat) 9.25am Ring-a-Ding 9.35am The Great Grape Ape Show Public Grape No1 and Bailey's Comets in Madagascar Mix-up (Repeat) 9.55am Country Search The Hill Shepherd 10.20am The Zoo A Portrait of an Institution by David Attenborough 11.10am Bugs Bunny 11.15am Flash Gordon part seven : Shattering Doom In which Flash Gordon faces death by eletrocution in King Vultan's furnace-room, and Emperor Ming arrives to demand the return of his daughter, Princess Aura 11.35am Film : Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946) starring Johnny Weismuller 12.45pm Midday News Weather Keith Best 1.00pm Pebble Mill Christmas Special 60 minute special with guests including Acker Bilk 2.00pm Film : Hans Christian Andersen (1952) with Danny Kaye 3.40pm Babar Comes to America told by Peter Ustinov 4.10pm The All Star Record Breakers introduced by Roy Castle, with Toni Arthur, Keith Chegwin, John Craven, Bernard Cribbins, Maggie Henderson, Jan Hunt, Lesley Judd, Pat Keysell, Susan King, Johnny Morris, John Noakes, Peter Purves, Julie Stevens 5.00pm Evening News with Peter Woods Weatherman 5.10pm Tom and Jerry (London & South East only) Regional News (all other English regions) 5.15pm Jim'll Fix It Christmas Special 6.00pm Film : Walt Disney's Million Dollar Duck (1971) starring Dean Jones 7.30pm Are You Being Served ? The Father Christmas Affair 8.00pm Porridge The Desperate Hours 8.40pm Kojak A Shield for Murder A special feature film starring Telly Savalas with Geraldine Page 10.15pm Mastermind The Final 10.50pm Late News with Peter Woods Christmas Weather Keith Best 11.00pm Andre Previn's Christmas Music Night Janet Baker and Andre Previn in a special Christmas edition of television's popular music programme 11.55pm Christmas Midnight Communion from Burnley Parish Church, Lancashire 12.55am Closedown Christmas Day Saturday 25th December 1976 BBC1 8.40am Ragtime with Maggie Henderson and Fred Harris 8.55am Sing Noel! Pupils of schools from Essex join together in the beautiful Parish Church of Thaxted to tell again the Christmas story in familiar carols, readings and paintings 9.45am Hong Kong Phooey TV or not TV and Stop Horsing Around Comedy cartoons (Repeat) 10.09am Weather Keith Best 10.10am Angela Rippon appeals for Television for the Deaf 10.15am Christmas Morning Service from Coventry 11.15am Rod Hull and Emu Sing a Christmas Song guest star Rolf Harris 11.45am Four Clowns featuring Laurel and Hardy, Charlie Chase and Buster Keaton 1.20pm Holiday on Ice introducted by Brian Matthew 2.10pm Top of the Pops with Noel Edmonds and Dave Lee Travis 3.00pm The Queen speaks to the Commonwealth 3.15pm Billy Smart's Christmas Circus 4.15pm Film : Oliver! (1968) with Ron Moody, Oliver Reed, Harry Secombe, Shani Wallis, Mark Lester and Jack Wild 6.35pm Evening News Peter Woods 6.45pm Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game with Anthea Redfern 7.45pm The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show A star-studded holiday special starring Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise with special guests Elton John, John Thaw, Dennis Waterman, Kate O'Mara, Marion Montgomery, The Nolans 8.45pm Film : Airport (1970) with Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jean Seberg and Jacqueline Bisset 10.55pm News Peter Woods 11.00pm The Parkinson Magic Show with Fred Kaps, Ricky Jay and Richiardi jnr 12.10am Weatherman 12.12am Closedown Christmas Sunday 26th December 1976 BBC1 9.25am Nai Zindagi Naya Jeevan Carol singing for Christmas and a tribute to Quid-i-Azam, Mohammed Ali Jinah, the founder of Pakistan 9.55am Playboard with the Playboard Puppet Theatre 10.10am The Selfish Giant 10.35am The Little Mermaid Richard Chamberlain narrates this cartoon 11.00am Sunday Worship from Notting Hill Methodist Church 11.45am Flash Gordon Part eight : Tournament of Death In which Flash Gordon is forced by Emperor Mink and King Vultan to fight a duel with his friend Prince Barin, and is then faced by the terrifying orangopoid monster 12.05pm Film : Tarzan and the Huntress (1947) starring Johnny Weissmuller 1.15pm News Headlines Weatherman 1.20pm The Waltons 2.10pm Top of the Pops introduced by Tony Blackburn and Jimmy Savile 3.00pm Film : The Wizard of Oz (1939) starring Judy Garland 4.35pm It's a Christmas Knockout special festive competition between teams from Great Britain, Belgium, Holland, Italy from The Olympic Ice Rink, Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy 5.35pm Little Lord Fauntleroy 6/6 6.05pm News Weather Jack Scott 6.15pm Songs of Praise Special Family Carols from the Royal Albert Hall 7.25pm Dad's Army The Love of Three Oranges 7.55pm Film : Love Story (1970) starring Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal 9.30pm The Val Doonican Show featuring Nana Mouskouri, James Galway and Tony Blackburn, Pete Murray, Terry Wogan with special guest appearances from Arthur Askey, Janet Brown, Henry Cooper , Cliff Michelmore 10.20pm News Peter Woods Weather 10.30pm Film : A Man for All Seasons (1966) starring Paul Scofield 12.25am Weather Boxing Day Monday 27th December 1976 BBC1 9.00am The Happy Prince cartoon, featuring the voices of Oscar Wilde's classic bittersweet story of a swallow winging its way south which stops to rest upon the sorrowing statue of a once-happy prince and stays behind to help 9.25am Chigley 9.40am Bugs Bunny in Fresh Hare 9.50am Flash Gordon The classic serial in 13 episodes 9: Fighting the Fire Dragon In which Flash Gordon, having won his fight with the monster, is given a 'drug of forgetfulness' by Ming's daughter Aura, and taken to the abode of the fire dragon. 10.10am Film : Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948) starring Johnny Weissmuller 11.15am Swap of the Pops Noel Edmonds invites you to a Solid Silver Swap with Keith Chegwin and Abba at a Multi-Coloured Boxing Day gig, starring Showaddywaddy, Mud, Smokie, John Christie, White Rhino, Pussycat Another Pussycat, The Wurzels, Dr Hook and Britain's Only Quaxologis 12.13pm Weather Barbara Edwards 12.15pm Holiday Grandstand (Rugby League: Leeds v Wakefield T, 12.55 Football Focus, 1.10, 1.40, 2.10 Racing from Kempton Park, 1.25, 1.55 Racing from Wincanton) 2.40pm Film : Walt Disney's Babes in Toyland (1961) with Ray Bolger, Tommy Sands, Ed Wynn 4.20pm Superstars final from Rotterdam 5.30pm Evening News Richard Whitmore Weatherman 5.40pm Sports Results 5.50pm Disney Time introduced by The Goodies. Films include : Cinderella, Ride a Wild Pony, 101 Dalmatians Dumbo Jungle Book, The Shaggy DA, Bambi The Treasure of Matecumbe, Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree 6.30pm Film : Carry On at Your Convenience (1971) Première 7.55pm Mike Yarwood Christmas Show with guests The New Seekers 8.35pm Film : Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) with Martin Balsam, Joseph Cotten, E G Marshall 10.55pm Late News with Richard Whitmore Weather 11.05pm Parkinson's Music Michael Parkinson introduces a selection of musical moments from past programmes including Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Sammy Davis Jr, Duke Ellington, Elton John, Glynis Johns, Jack Jones, Michel Legrand, Dudley Moore, Oscar Peterson, Buddy Rich, Harry Stoneham, Andy Williams 12.05am Weatherman 12.07am Closedown Bank Holiday Tuesday 28th December 1976 BBC1 9.55am Mary, Mungo and Midge The Seaside 10.10am The Wombles 10.15am Scooby Doo 10.55am Children of Destiny (Repeat) A series of six programmes with Magnus Magnusson 11:10am The Little Scottish Queen 11.20am Bugs Bunny in Falling Hare 11.30am Flash Gordon 10: The Unseen Peril Flash Gordon is rescued, and his memory is restored by Dr Zarkov. But in the meantime, Emperor Ming has ordered his execution . . . 11.45am Film : Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949) Lex Barker as Tarzan, Brenda Joyce as Jane 12.58pm Weather Barbara Edwards 1.00pm Racing Grandstand introduced by Tony Gubba from Kempton Park 2.35pm The Nutcracker Eva Evdokimova, Peter Breuer in The London Festival Ballet's new production of Tchaikovsky's ever-popular Christmas classic introduced by Lesley Judd 4.20pm James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl 5.15pm Evening News with Richard Baker Weatherman 5.25pm The Tom and Jerry Show (London and South East only) Regional News (All other English regions) 5.30pm Gemini Man film series starring Ben Murphy 6.20pm It Ain't Half Hot Mum Twenty-One Today 6.50pm Film : The Three Musketeers (1948) Gene Kelly, Lana Turner, June Allyson, Van Heflin, Angela Lansbury 8.50pm Supermind with Magnus Magnusson Mastermind special, representatives of other intellectual competitions together with the Mastermind Champion 1976 are in contention for the title, Supermind 9.35pm Late News with Richard Baker Weather 9.45pm Private Lives by Noel Coward 11.20pm The Good Old Days Christmas edition of Old-Time Music-Hall from the stage of the Famous City Varieties Theatre, Leeds 12.10am Weatherman 12.12am Closedown Wednesday 29th December 1976 BBC1 9.55am The Wombles 10.00am ScoobyDoo 10.45am Children of Destiny 11.10am Bugs Bunny 11.15am Flash Gordon 11.30am Film : Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950) 12.45pm Midday News, Weather 1.00pm 75 Below 1.45pm Fingerbobs 2.00pm Film : Three Bites of the Apple (1967) 3.35pm Happy Faces 3.53pm Regional News (excluding London) 3.55pm Play School 4.20pm Wacky Races 4.30pm Jackanory 4.45pm Goober and the Ghost Chasers 5.10pm The Phoenix and the Carpet 5.35pm Paddington 5.40pm Evening News, Weatherman 5.50pm The Tom and Jerry Show (London and South East only) Regional News (All other English Regions) 5.55pm Laurel and Hardy in Me and My Pal 6.15pm Tomorrow's World New Year Special 6.45pm Film : Solomon and Sheba (1959) 9.00pm Party Political Broadcast on behalf of the Liberal Party 9.10pm Main News, Weather 9.35pm Big Bren and Brasher 10.25pm Pleasure at Her Majesty's 12.05am Weatherman/Regional News Thursday 30th December 1976 BBC1 9.35am The Wombles 9.40am Scooby Doo 10.20am Children of Destiny 10.45am Bugs Bunny 10.50am Flash Gordon 11.15am Film : Tarzan's Peril (1951) 12.30pm Midday News, Weather 12.45pm Year of the Horse 1.45pm Barnaby 1.55pm Film : Come September (1961) 3.45pm Unnatural History 3.53pm Regional News (excluding London) 3.55pm Play School 4.20pm Astronut 4.25pm Jackanory 4.40pm Blue Peter 5.15pm Screen Test 5.35pm Noah and Nelly 5.40pm Evening News, Weatherman 5.55pm Nationwide 6.40pm The Osmonds 7.10pm Are You Being Served? 7.40pm Sykes 8.10pm Kojak 9.00pm Nine O'Clock News, Weather 9.25pm Film : Five Easy Pieces (1970) 11.00pm Read All About It 11.40pm Weatherman/Regional News New Year's Eve Friday 31st December 1976 BBC1 9.50am The Wombles 9.55am Scooby Doo 10.35am Children of Destiny 11.00am Bugs Bunny 11.05am Flash Gordon 11.25am Film : Tarzan's Savage Fury (1952) 12.45pm Midday News 12.55pm Weather Review 76 1.00pm A Decade of Skating 1.45pm Teddy Edward 1.50pm Ring-a-Ding 2.00pm Film : Master of the World (1961) 3.35pm The Mole and the Motorcar 3.53pm Regional News (excluding London) 3.55pm Play School 4.20pm It's the Wolf 4.25pm Jackanory 4.40pm Georgie to the Rescue 4.55pm The Goodies and the Beanstalk 5.40pm Evening News, Weatherman 5.55pm Nationwide 7.00pm Bruce's Choice 7.55pm The Freddie Starr Show 8.40pm Film : Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 10.20pm Main News, Weather 10.30pm A Jubilee of Music 11.45pm Welcome 1977 1.00am Weather New Year's Day Saturday 1st January 1977 BBC1 9.15am Mister Men 9.30am Multi-Coloured Swap Shop 12.13pm Weather 12.15pm Holiday Grandstand 3.30pm Film : Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) 5.05pm Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle 5.30pm News, Weatherman 5.35pm Today's Sport 5.40pm Regional News/Sport 5.45pm Jim'll Fix It 6.20pm Doctor Who : The Face of Evil : Part 1 6.45pm Saturday Night at the Movies : The Naked Spur (1953) 8.15pm Ronnie Corbett's Saturday Special 9.00pm Starsky and Hutch 9.50pm News, Weather 10.00pm Match of the Day 11.00pm Parkinson 12.00 Weatherman Sunday 2nd January 1977 BBC1 9.00am Nai Zindagi Naya Jeevan 9.30am Bagpuss 9.45am The Sunday Gang 10.10am Closedown 10.35am Zarabanda 11.00am Worktalk 11.25am Closedown 11.50am Sunday Worship 12.10pm Closedown 12.45pm Farming 1.10pm News Headlines 1.15pm Girod'ltalia 2.30pm Film : Jack Hawkins in The Cruel Sea (1953) 4.30pm Anne of Avonlea 5.25pm Holiday 5.55pm News, Weatherman 6.05pm On the Move Special 6.15pm The Anno Domini Interview 6.50pm Songs of Praise 7.25pm Wings 8.15pm The Sunday Film : Impasse (1969) 9.50pm News, Weather 10.00pm That's Life 10.40pm Read All About It 11.20pm Weatherman Bank Holiday Monday 3rd January 1977 BBC1 9.20am Camberwick Green 9.35am The Wombles 9.40am The Great Grape Ape Show 10.05am Children of Destiny 10.35am Barney Bear 10.50am Film : Tarzan and the She-devil (1953) 12.05pm Midday News, Weather 12.20pm Grandstand 2.15pm Film : The Treasure of Lost Canyon (1952) 3.35pm Wedding Yells 3.55pm Play School 4.20pm It's the Wolf 4.25pm Jackanory 4.40pm Blue Peter 5.05pm John Craven's Newsround 5.15pm Charlie Brown 5.40pm Evening News, Weatherman 5.55pm Today's Sport 6.05pm Sport/ Regional News 6.10pm Ask the Family 6.35pm Film : Born Free (1966) 8.05pm Poldark 9.00pm Nine O'Clock News, Weather 9.15pm The Monday Film : Lady in Cement (1968) 10.45pm Omnibus 11.35pm Weatherman/Regional News |
Saturday 18th December 1976
BBC2 1.40pm Comedy Duo Film : The Gold Rush (1925) 2.50pm Film : Road to Morocco (1942) 4.10pm Play Away 4.40pm The Money Programme 5.30pm Open Door 6.00pm Horizon 6.55pm Network 7.25pm M*A*S*H 7.50pm Mr Magoo 8.00pm News and Sport, Weather 8.15pm Film International : The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir (1970) 9.50pm The Lively Arts - In Performance 10.50pm News on 2, Weather 10.55pm Christmas with Cagney Film : Blonde Crazy (1931) Sunday 19th December 1976 BBC2 4.00pm Westminster 4.30pm Rugby Special 5.20pm Is There a God? 6.50pm News Review 7.25pm The World About Us 8.15pm Face the Music 8.45pm News on 2, Weather 8.50pm The Lively Arts 9.50pm Look, Stranger 10.15pm Centre Play for Christmas 10.45pm A Christmas Childhood 10.50pm Christmas with Cagney Film : The Public Enemy (1931) Monday 20th December 1976 BBC2 11.00am Play School 11.25am Closedown 7.00pm News on 2 Headlines Weather on 2 7.05pm Animation Pie 7.30pm News on 2, Weather 7.40pm Horizon 8.30pm Dave Allen at Large 9.15pm The Lady of the Camellias 10.10pm The Country Game 10.50pm Poems and Pints 11.20pm Late News on 2, Weather 11.30pm Closedown Paul Scofield reads The Warm and The Cold by Ted Hughes Tuesday 21st December 1976 BBC2 11.00am Play School 11.25am Closedown 7.00pm News on 2 Headlines 7.05pm Zarabanda 7.30pm News on 2, Weather 7.35pm In Deepest Britain 8.15pm The Old Grey Whistle Test 9.15pm TV Film : Frankenstein : The True Story (1973) 12.05am News Headlines Weather 12.10am Closedown Paul Scofield reads The Burning Babe by Robert Southwell Wednesday 22nd December 1976 BBC2 10.35am Nai Zindagi NayaJeevan 11.00am Play School 11.25am Closedown 7.00pm News on 2 Headlines Weather on 2 7.05pm A Christmas Carol 7.30pm News on 2, Weather 7.35pm A Christmas Taste of Britain 8.00pm The Enthusiast 8.55pm Phantasmagoria 9.25pm The Glittering Prizes 10.40pm Sounds of Christmas 11.10pm Late News on 2, Weather 11.20pm The Lady of the Camellias 12.10am Closedown Paul Scofield reads The Keeper of the Midnight Gate by George Mackay Brown Thursday 23rd December 1976 BBC2 11.00am Play School 11.25am Closedown 3.55pm Film : The Nutty Professor (1963) 5.40pm When Santa Rode the Prairie 6.30pm See it My Way 7.00pm News on 2 Headlines Weather on 2 7.05pm Top Crown 7.30pm News on 2, Weather 7.35pm Operation John Biscoe 8.30pm The Book Programme 9.00pm The Hollywood Musical Film : Kismet (1955) 10.50pm Leaving Lily 11.25pm Late News on 2, Weather 11.35pm Closedown Paul Scofield reads Christmas and Common Birth by Anne Ridler Christmas Eve Friday 24th December 1976 BBC2 11.00am Play School Story: A Winter Story 11.25am Closedown 4.00pm Mr Shepard and Mr Milne To mark the 50th anniversary of Winnie the Pooh, The Book Programme presented this film about Pooh's creators 4.40pm Film : A Night at the Opera (1935) with the Marx Brothers 6.10pm Oh, to be in...England and Wales Johnny Morris joins six different groups of foreign visitors and shares their view of Britain. 5: Oxford to the Lake District A German coach party visits Oxford, Tintern Abbey, Aberystwyth, Devil's Bridge and Chester on its way to the Lake District. 6.35pm News on 2, Weather 6.45pm Princely Toys One Man's Private Kingdom Narrated by Gerald Harper, Jack Donovan has a houseful and a life-full of Princely Toys. They are not strictly toys but a collection of magnificent automata 7.30pm Don Quixote Australian ballet production, with Rudolph Nureyev, Robert Helpmann 9.20pm A Visit form St Nicholas a poem for Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore 9.25pm Rutland Weekend Television Highlights of 40 years of television from Britain's tiniest network include drama, documentary, comedy and song, starring Eric Idle 9.55pm News on 2, Weather 10.00pm The Old Grey Whistle Test presents Rod's Christmas Concert featuring The Rod Stewart Group Live from the stage at Olympia, London 11.00pm Christmas with Cagney : Film : Love Me or Leave Me (1955) with James Cagney 1.00am Closedown Christmas Day Saturday 25th December 1976 BBC2 12.10pm Reflections as Christmas Day fragments into being, a fragmented thought or two spoken by Ian Mackenzie 12.15pm Horizon The Mystery of King Arthur and his Round Table 1.05pm Christmas Day Play Away An entertainment for children starring Brian Cant with Toni Arthur, Chloe Ashcroft, Derek Griffiths, Lionel Morton. Spike Heatley, Alan Rushton, Jeff Crampton, Stephen Henderson 1.40pm Carols from King's Ceremony of Nine Lessons and Carols from the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge 3.00pm The Queen speaks to the Commonwealth 3.15pm The Snow Queen a fairy tale for television 4.20pm Alice Through the Looking-Glass, with Brenda Bruce, Freddie Jones, Geoffrey Bayldon, Judy Parfitt, Richard Pearson and Sarah Sutton 5.30pm Audition it was Matthew's chance to sing in the choir of St Mary's Church. The real conversation between him and the choirmaster became the sound-track for this animated film 5.35pm News on 2, Weather 5.45pm Aika, the Polar Bear Aika was born in a Berlin zoo. When she was a few months old she left the zoo to be brought up as a pet by a Russian family in Siberia. Then it was decided to take her back to her natural environment in the Arctic to see if she could adapt to life there 6.35pm Forty Years a raid on the archives of BBC Television 9.20pm Late News on 2, Weather 9.25pm Survival in Limbo a true experience relived by, Duncan Carse 10.15pm Sing All Ye Faithful a presentation of popular carols sung in Devonshire settings In true folk-song fashion, the news of Bethlehem is spread by The Faraway Folk at Cockington Court 11.00pm Christmas with Cagney : Film : Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) starring James Cagney 1.00am Closedown Christmas Sunday 26th December 1976 BBC2 1.35pm Animation 76 The prizewinners of this year's international film animation contest for young people 2.25pm Of Chips...and Putts...and Things Harry Carpenter and Peter Alliss are guests of Henry Longhurst at his home on the beautiful Sussex Downs. They invite you to join them as they discuss the past golfing year and relive some of the great moments and personalities captured on the screen 3.25pm The Epic That Ever Was The First I, Claudius starring Charles Laughton, Merle Oberon, Flora Robson 4.35pm Film : Tales of Beatrix Potter (1971) with members of The Royal Ballet 6.05pm News Review At the end of the year we move through the silent world of the Deaf to report developments. 'Quietly in Britain' Presenter Bill Northwood 6.45pm Spirit of Christmas medley of seasonal words and music performed in St Martin-in-the-Fields Church, London 7.25pm Face the Music seasonal edition of the musical quiz invites you to match your musical wits against Patricia Owen, David Attenborough and John Julius Norwich 7.55pm Barry Humphries Show special guest star Dame Edna Everage 8.40pm The World About Us Pandas in Britain and Pandas of Szechuan 9.30pm Summoned by Bells with Sir John Betjeman 10.30pm Brazil Tropical Brazil comes to London with spectacle, rhythm, girls 11.15pm News on 2, Weather 11.20pm Music from Montreux annual International Festival 12.05am Closedown Boxing Day Monday 27th December 1976 BBC2 11.00am Play School Story: Ah Fu and the Magic Fan 11.25am Closedown 2.20pm Schools Prom from the Royal Albert Hall, London introduced by John Georgladls 3.10pm Irina Rodnina Champion of Champions 3.40pm The World Orienteering Championships 4.20pm Film : Goodbye Mr Chips (1969) with Peter O'Toole and Petula Clark 6.25pm News on 2, Weather 6.30pm Hansel and Gretel a fairy tale opera by Englebert Humperdinck, with Ann Howard, Elizabeth Connell and Benjamin Luxon 8.10pm Look Stranger The World of Blaster Bates 8.35pm Moll Flanders a play, with Julia Foster, Kenneth Haigh and Ian Ogilvy 11.35pm Christmas with Cagney : Film : Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) starring James Cagney 1.10am Closedown Bank Holiday Tuesday 28th December 1976 BBC2 11.00am Play School Story: Presents for the Baby 11.25am Closedown 3.25pm The Fiery Summer John Arlott reflects on a cricket season that was set alight by Tony Greig's provocative "We'll make them grovel" 4.20pm Film : It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) starring Spencer Tracy, Milton Berie, Sid Caesar, Jimmy Durante, Buddy Hackett, Mickey Rooney, Phil Silvers, Terry-Thomas, Jonathan Winters, Dick Shawn 6.50pm John Denver Rocky Mountain Christmas a television special made entirely on location in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, special guest star Olivia Newton-John 7.35pm Mr Magoo in People are a Scream 7.40pm News on 2, Weather 7.50pm The Lively Arts vocal Gems Robert Tear and Benjamin Luxon accompanied by John Constable present an evening of Victorian songs and ballads 8.50pm Film : Far from the Madding Crowd (1967) Julie Christie, Terence Stamp, Peter Finch, Alan Bates 11.30pm Late News on 2, Weather 11.35pm The Old Grey Whistle Test presents Queen's Christmas Concert 1975 introduced by Bob Harris 12.35am Paul Scofield reads A Pair of Swallows by Anthony Thwaite 12.40am Closedown Wednesday 29th December 1976 BBC2 10.30am Nai Zindagi Naya Jeevan 11.00am Play School 11.25am Closedown 7.15pm News on 2, Weather 7.25pm The Kingston Sailing Olympiad 8.25pm The Golden Sea Swallow of Knokke 1976 The Norman Wisdom Show 9.00pm Party Political Broadcast on behalf of the Liberal Party 9.10pm The Glittering Prizes 10.25pm Poems and Pints 10.55pm Late News on 2, Weather 11.05pm The Conspiracy of Fiesco in Genoa 1.05am Closedown Paul Scofield reads Ali Ben Shufti by Anthony Thwaite Thursday 30th December 1976 BBC2 11.00am Play School 11.25am Closedown 7.05pm Network 7.35pm News on 2, Weather 7.45pm Top Crown - The Final 8.10pm Perry Como's Christmas in Mexico 9.00pm The Hunchback of Notre Dame 10.45pm Late News on 2, Weather 11.00pm In Tribute to Jean Gabin Film : La Grande Illusion (1937) 12.50am Closedown Paul Scofield reads Letter to Alex Comfort by Dannie Abse New Year's Eve Friday 31st December 1976 BBC2 11.00am Play School 11.25am Closedown 6.35pm Oh, to be in England.... 7.00pm Film : Stagecoach (1939) 8.35pm News on 2, Weather 8.40pm The Two Ronnies in The Picnic 9.10pm TV Film : Peter O'Toole in Rogue Male (1976) 10.50pm Vintage 76? 11.30pm Watchnight Service 12.00 Big Ben 12.03am Old Grey Whistle Test New Year's Day Saturday 1st January 1977 BBC2 10.10am Coronation Day 1953 5.15pm The Golden Harp 5.30pm Play Away 6.00pm Horizon 6.50pm News and Sport Weather 7.05pm New Year's Day Concert from Vienna 8.15pm This Year, Next Year 10.00pm TV Film : Love Among the Ruins (1975) 11.40pm News on 2, Weather 11.45pm Christmas with Cagney Film : White Heat (1949) Sunday 2nd January 1977 BBC2 4.15pm Rugby Special 5.15pm The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures : The Natural History of a Sunbeam 6.15pm News Review 6.50pm Open to Question 7.25pm The World About Us 8.10pm News on 2, Weather 8.15pm Face the Music 8.45pm The Lively Arts 9.50pm Sunday Cinema : How to Murder Your Wife (1965) Bank Holiday Monday 3rd January 1977 BBC2 11.00am Play School 11.25am Closedown 4.10pm Comedy Double Bill Film : Poppy (1936) 5.20pm Film : Room Service (1938) 6.35pm The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures : The Natural History of a Sunbeam 7.35pm News on 2, Weather 7.45pm The Master Game 8.15pm Max Bygraves Says "I Wanna Tell You a Story" 9.00pm The Game 9.50pm Writers' Houses 10.40pm Poems and Pints 11.10pm Late News on 2, Weather 11.20pm Film : Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971) |
