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BBC CHRISTMAS TV 1977

   Christmas Eve Saturday 24th December 1977

  BBC1

  8.55am  Bagpuss
(Repeat)

  9.10am   Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
                 (3/12) Walking Bombs starring 
                 Buster Crabbe (b&w)


  9.30am  Noel Edmonds Presents Swap of the Pops
                 a star studded Christmas Eve concert with
                 Keith Chegwin, Abba, Bonnie Tyler,
                 The Carvels, Chopin, Chuck Berry, Cliff Richard,
                 Giorgio, Heatwave, Harry Secombe, Leo Sayer,
                 Mozart, Showaddywaddy, Smokie, Status Quo,
                 
Tina Charles, Twiggy, Vivaldi, Wings,
                 The Wurzels and a whole lot of others​

11.00am   Film : GI Blues (1960) 
                 starring Elvis Presley

12.40pm   Soviet Gymnastics Spectacular
                  the fourth annual visit of the 
                  
Soviet Union gymnasts

  1.30pm    Film : White Christmas (1954)
                   starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye

   3.25pm   Jubilee 77 
                   highlights of the Queen's Silver Jubilee

   5.25pm  News with Angela Rippon
                  Weather Michael Fish

   5.35pm  Emu's Broadcasting Company (EBC1)
                  starring Rod Hull and Emu

   6.00pm  Superpets  
                  Esther Rantzen introduces some of
                  Britain's most talented pets


   6.30pm  Film : Third Man on the Mountain (1959)  
                   with Michael Rennie

    8.15pm    The Duchess of Duke Street
                     the last of 16 episodes starring Gemma Jones

    9.05pm    The Dick Emery Christmas Show
                      The Texan Connection
                      A seasonal escapade starring Dick Emery
                      with special guests Roy Kinnear,
                      Judy Cornwell and June Whitfield and
                      featuring Patrick Troughton


    9.50pm   Starsky and Hutch
                    starring Paul Michael Glaser and David Soul

   10.40pm  News Angela Rippon
                    Weatherman

  10.50pm   Andre Previn's Christmas Music Night
                    Andre Previn introduces and conducts 
                    
The London Symphony Orchestra and others

  11.55pm     Midnight Mass 
                     from Buckfast Abbey, Devon

    1.15am     Weather

 
Christmas Day Sunday 25th December 1977                      
 
  BBC1

   8.55am  Star Over Bethlehem 
                  A programme of Christmas music. 
                  (Shown last night on BBC2)

   9.55am  Playboard 
                  with the Playboard Puppet Theatre
                  and Christopher Lillicrap
(Repeat)

  10.10am  Michael Bentine 
                   appeals on behalf of Wells Cathedral

  10.15am   Christmas Worship
                   from All Saints Parish Church, 
                   Kingston-Upon-Thames, 
Surrey

  11.13am    Weatherman

  11.15am    The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas 

                   animation

  11.40am   Film : National Velvet (1944) 
                   starring Elizabeth Taylor, Mickey Rooney,
                   Donald Crisp


   1.40pm   Are You Being Served? 
                   The Father Christmas Affair (Repeat)

    2.10pm   Top of the Pops 77
                    Part 1
                    with Noel Edmonds, Kid Jensen


    3.00pm  The Queen  
                    speaks to the Commonwealth
                                                                
    3.10pm   Billy Smart's Christmas Circus

    4.10pm   Film : The Wizard of Oz (1939) 

                    starring Judy Garland   
                                     
   5.50pm   Basil Through the Looking Glass 
                    starring Basil Brush with Howard Williams                               

   6.20pm   Evening News with Angela Rippon
                   Weather  Michael Fish

   6.25pm   Songs of Praise Special  
                   Family Carols recorded at the
                   
Royal Albert Hall, 
                   introduced by Geoffrey Wheeler

   7.15pm    Bruce Forsyth and The Generation Game 
                   with Anthea Redfern              
    
  8.20pm    Mike Yarwood Christmas Show 
                    with guests Wings, Jenny Lee-Wright

  8.55pm    Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show
                   with guests Penelope Keith, Elton John, 
                   Francis Matthews, Angharad Rees, 
                   
Stella Starr and some surprise celebrity 
                   guests

  10.00pm  News with Angela Rippon
                    Weather

  10.05pm   Film : Funny Girl (1968) 
                    starring Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif
                    
Première                     

  12.30am   Weatherman

  12.31am    Closedown


    Boxing Day Monday 26th December 1977

  BBC1

  9.30am   Chigley  

                  a present for Lord Belborough (Repeat)

  9.45am   Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
                  (4/12) The Destroying Ray (b&w)

10.00pm   Film : Jailhouse Rock (1957) 
                  starring Elvis Presley, Dean Jones, Judy Tyler

  11.35am   David Soul and Friends 

  12.13pm   Weather
Bill Giles

  12.15pm    Holiday Grandstand 
                    introduced by Frank Bough,
                    (12.15 Rugby League: Leeds v Wakefield T, 
                    12.55 Football  Preview 1.10, 1.40, 
                     2.10 Racing from Wincanton)


  2.35pm    Holiday on Ice 
                   introduced by Brian Mathew

   3.25pm   Top of the Pops 77 
                   part 2
                   with Tony Blackburn, Dave Lee Travis

   4.15pm    It's a Christmas Knockout 
                   special festive competition from
                   The Aviemore Centre, Scotland 

                   with Stuart Hall, Eddie Waring

   5.05pm   Evening News with Angela Rippon
                   Weatherman

    5.15pm   Today's Sport

    5.25pm   Jim'll Fix It  

                    a Christmas Special

    6.05pm  Film : Support Your Local Sheriff (1969)
                    starring James Garner, Joan Hackett,
                    Walter Brennan


    7.35pm   The Good Life Christmas Special  
                    It's Silly But It's Fun

    8.05pm   The Two Ronnies 
                    Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett with
                    guests the Nolan Sisters


    8.50pm   Main News with Angela Rippon
                    Weather

    9.00pm   Film : The Dirty Dozen (1967) 
                     starring Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine,
                     
Robert Ryan  Première

    11.25pm    Parkinson and the Comedians 
                      Michael Parkinson introduces a selection 
                      
of the funniest moments from six years
                      of interviews


12.35am   Weather


  Christmas Tuesday 27th December 1977

  BBC1

  10.05am    How Do You Do ? 
 
                     rhymes and counting games introduced
                     by Carmen Munro


  10.20am    Ski High 
                     a traverse of of the Scottish Highlands

   11.00am   Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
                     5/12 The Palace of Terror (b&w)

   11.20am    Film : Blue Hawaii (1961) 
                     starring Elvis Presley, Joan Blackman, 
                     
Angela Lansbury

   12.58pm   Weather Bill Giles

    1.00pm   Grandstand 
                    introduced by Tony Gubba
                     (Football Focus, 1.10 Racing from 
                     Kempton Park, 2.05 Racing from  
                     Leopardstown)

    2.35pm    Don Quixote 
                     Australian ballet production with
                     Rudolph Nureyev


    4.20pm    The Waltons'  Best Christmas 

    5.05pm    Evening News
Richard Whitmore
                     Weatherman

     5.15pm   Today's Sport 

    5.25pm   Disney Time 

                    50th edition with David Jacobs
                    (who presented the first programme), 

                    Sean Connery, Karen Dotrice, 
                    Jodie Foster, Susan Hampshire,
                    Dean Jones, Sir John Mills, Hayley Mills,  

                    Peter Ustinov

    6.25pm   Film : Silent Running (1972) 
                    starring Bruce Dern Première

    7.55pm   The Little and Largest Show on Earth
                    with Little and Large and guests,
                    Leo Sayer, Marti Caine, Smokie


    8.40pm   The Three Hostages  
                     by John Buchan,
                     with Barry Foster, Diane Quick

                     and John Castle

   10.05pm   News with Richard Whitmore
                     Weather

   10.15pm    Bob Hope on the Road with Bing
                      musical and comedy highlights
                      from a friendship that spanned 45 years


    11.15pm    Film : The Apartment (1960) 
                      starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine 
                      
(b&w)

      1.15am    Weather

      1.17am     Closedown

  Wednesday 28th December 1977

  BBC1

   
 9.30am   The Wombles
     9.35am   Jackanory
     9.50am   The Shining Princess
    10.15am   Adventure in the Danube Delta
   10.40am   Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
    11.00am   Film : Elvis in Kissin' Cousins (1964)
    12.35pm   Midday News, Weather 
    12.45pm   Out of this World
      1.45pm   The Flumps
     3.30pm   Golden Great Hits of The Monkees
      3.53pm   Regional News
(excluding London)
      3.55pm   Play School
     4.20pm   Paddington
      4.25pm   Secret Squirrel
     4.30pm   Jackanory
     4.45pm   The All Star Record Breakers
     5.40pm   Evening News
     5.50pm   The Tom and Jerry Show
                     
(London and South East only)
                     Regional News (All other English Regions)
     6.00pm   Christmas with The Osmonds
     6.50pm   Film : Those Magnificent Men in
                     Their Flying Machines (1965)
     9.00pm   Nine O'Clock News, Weather
      9.15pm   Washington: Behind Closed Doors
    11.00pm   Christmas Ghost Story
    11.30pm    If it's Wednesday it must be
                      Saturday Night at the Mill
     12.10am   Weatherman/Regional News


  Thursday 29th December 1977

  BBC1

 
   9.35am   The Wombles
    9.40am   Jackanory
    9.55am   Daughter of the Sun
   10.15am   Adventure in the Danube Delta
  10.40am   Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
   11.00am   Film : Elvis in It Happened
                     at the World's Fair (1963)

  12.40pm   Midday News, Weather
  12.50pm   The Mystery of Loch Ness
    1.40pm   Heads and Tails
     1.55pm   Film : My Side of the Mountain (1969)
    3.30pm   Laurel and Hardy in County Hospital 
    3.53pm   Regional News
(excluding London)
    3.55pm   Play School
    4.20pm   Lippy Lion
    4.25pm   Jackanory
    4.40pm   Charlie Brown
    5.05pm   Blue Peter Review of the Year
    5.40pm   Evening News, Weatherman
    5.50pm   The Tom and Jerry Show
                     
(London and South East only)
                     Regional News (All other English Regions)
   6.00pm    The Prince and the Pauper
    7.00pm    The Superstars
    8.10pm    Secret Army
   9.00pm    Nine O'Clock News, Weather
     9.15pm   Washington: Behind Closed Doors
  10.50pm   Music by Jerome Kern
   11.50pm   Film : Double Indemnity (1944)
     1.35am   Weather/Regional News


  Friday 30th December 1977

  BBC1


    9.50am   The Wombles
     9.55am   Jackanory
   10.10am   The Wanderer Butterfly
   10.25am   Adventure in the Danube Delta
   10.45am   Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
    11.05am   Film : Elvis in Stay Away Joe (1968)
   12.45pm   Midday News, Weather 
    12.55pm   The Ghost Hunters
      1.45pm   Barnaby
      1.55pm   Film : The Three Musketeers (1948)
     3.58pm   Regional News
(excluding London)
    4.00pm    Jackanory
     4.15pm    Film :
                     Tin Tin and the Lake of the Sharks (1972)

     5.30pm   Evening News, Weatherman
     5.40pm   The Tom and Jerry Show
                     
(London and South East only)
                     Regional News (All other English regions)
     5.50pm   The Prince and the Pauper
     6.50pm   Film : Calamity Jane (1953)
     8.30pm   The Other One
     9.00pm   Nine O'Clock News
                      Weekend Weather 
      9.15pm    Christmas with Kojak :
                       Summer of Sixty-Nine 

     10.45pm   Regional News
(excluding London)
     10.46pm   Films of the Year
      11.25pm   Klute (1971)
        1.15pm   Weather


  New Year's Eve Saturday 31st December 1977

  BBC1


    9.15am   Fingerbobs
   9.30am   Multi-Coloured Swap Shop
   12.13pm   Weather 
   12.15pm   Grandstand
    5.10pm   The New Adventures of Batman
    5.35pm   News, Weatherman
    5.45pm   Sport/Regional News
    5.50pm   Jim'll Fix It
    6.25pm   Doctor Who : The Robots of Death : Part 1
     7.15pm   Bruce's Choice
     8.15pm   Val Doonican's Old Year Music Show
    9.00pm   Starsky and Hutch
     9.50pm   News, Weatherman
   10.00pm   Match of the Day
    11.00pm   The Good Old Days
    12.00         Big Ben
    12.01am    Celebration
    12.45am*  Prologue
    12.50am*  Weather​

*approximate times


  New Year's Day Sunday 1st January 1978

  BBC1


    9.25am   Mary, Mungo and Midge
    9.40am   Nai Zindagi Naya Jeevan
   10.10am   Look, Stranger
   10.35am   Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
   10.55am   Film : Elvis in Change of Habit (1969)
   12.25pm   Sunday Worship at Pebble Mill
     1.10pm   Farming
     1.33pm   We had Rain - We had Sun
    1.50pm   News Headlines
     1.55pm   Film : Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951)
    3.50pm   The Nation Celebrated
    4.45pm   Doctor Who: The Robots of Death : Part 2
    5.30pm   News, Weatherman
    5.40pm   Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
     6.10pm   Holiday
    6.40pm   Songs of Praise
      7.15pm   Film : Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
    10.15pm   Last of the Summer Wine
   10.50pm   News, Weather
   11.00pm   John Wayne
   11.50pm   Weatherman


  Bank Holiday Monday 2nd January 1978

​  BBC1


     9.20am   Bod
     9.35am   The Wombles
     9.40am   Jackanory
     9.55am   Boris the Bold
   10.00am   White Horses
    10.25am   Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
    10.45am   Film : 
                     Elvis in Paradise Hawaiian Style (1966)
    12.13pm   Weather 
    12.15pm   Holiday Grandstand
    4.00pm   Play School
     4.25pm   Barbapapa
     4.30pm   Jackanory
     4.45pm   Hunter's Gold
     5.10pm   Blue Peter
     5.35pm   Evening News, Weatherman
     5.45pm   Today's Sport
     5.55pm   The Tom and Jerry Show
                     
(London and South East only)
                     Regional News (All other English Regions)
    6.00pm   Blake's Seven : The Way Back
    6.50pm   Film : John Wayne in Hondo (1953)
     8.15pm   The Two Ronnies
    9.00pm   Nine O'Clock News, Weather
     9.25pm   Washington: Behind Closed Doors
    10.55pm   Parkinson
     11.55pm   Weatherman/Regional News


  Tuesday 3rd January 1978

  BBC1


    10.00am   The Wombles
     10.05am   Jackanory
     10.20am   Boris the Bold
      10.25am   White Horses
      10.50am   Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
       11.10am   Film : Elvis in Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962)
      12.45pm   Midday News, Weather 
       1.00pm   Pebble Mill
        1.45pm   Ragtime
       2.00pm   Closedown
        2.45pm   Songs of Praise
        3.20pm   Pobol y Cwm
                       
(English transmitters only.
                        First shown on BBC Cymru/Wales)

        3.53pm   Regional News (excluding London)
        3.55pm   Play School
        4.20pm   Wally Gator
        4.25pm   Jackanory
        4.40pm   Animal Magic
        5.05pm   John Craven's Newsround
        5.10pm   The Sleeping Princess
        5.40pm   Evening News, Weatherman
        5.55pm   Nationwide
        6.55pm   One More Time!
         7.25pm   The Oregon Trail
         8.15pm   Supermind
        9.00pm   Nine O'Clock News, Weather
         9.25pm   Play for Today : Scully's New Year's Eve
       10.40pm   Power of Scotland
        11.30pm   Weatherman/Regional News


  Wednesday 4th January 1978

  BBC1


     9.55am   The Wombles
   10.00am   Jackanory
    10.15am   Boris the Bold
   10.20am   White Horses
   10.45am   Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
    11.05am   Film : Elvis in Roustabout (1964)
   12.45pm   Midday News, Weather 
    1.00pm   Pebble Mill
     1.45pm   Mister Men
    2.00pm   Closedown
     3.53pm   Regional News
(excluding London)
     3.55pm   Play School
    4.20pm   Touche Turtle
     4.25pm   Jackanory
    4.40pm   Screen Test
    5.00pm   John Craven's Newsround
     5.05pm   A Traveller in Time
      5.35pm   Fred Basset
     5.40pm   Evening News, Weatherman
      5.55pm   Nationwide
      6.50pm   Sykes
      7.20pm   Film : Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962)
      9.00pm   Nine O'Clock News, Weather
       9.25pm   Last of the Summer Wine
       9.55pm   Year of the Horse 77
     10.45pm   Tonight
      11.25pm   Weatherman/Regional News


  Thursday 5th January 1978

  BBC1


    9.55am   The Wombles
  10.00am   Jackanory
   10.15am   Boris the Bold
  10.20am   White Horses
   10.45am   Closedown
   12.45pm   Midday News, Weather 
    1.00pm   Pebble Mill
     1.45pm   Trumpton
    2.00pm   Closedown
     3.53pm   Regional News
(excluding London)
     3.55pm   Play School
    4.20pm   Winsome Witch
    4.25pm    Jackanory
    4.40pm   Scooby Doo
    5.00pm   John Craven's Newsround
    5.05pm   Blue Peter
    5.35pm   Fred Basset
    5.40pm   Evening News, Weatherman
    5.55pm   Nationwide
    6.45pm   Tomorrow's World
     7.10pm   Top of the Pops
    7.40pm   The Good Life
     8.10pm   Wings
    9.00pm   Nine O'Clock News, Weather
     9.25pm   Cannon
    10.15pm   Omnibus
    11.05pm   Tonight
    11.45pm   Weatherman/Regional News


  Friday 6th January 1978

​  BBC1


    9.55am   The Wombles
  10.00am   Jackanory
   10.15am   Boris the Bold
  10.20am   White Horses
  10.45am   Closedown
  12.45pm   Midday News, Weather 
    1.00pm   Pebble Mill
     1.45pm   Mr Benn
    2.00pm   Closedown
     3.20pm   Pobol y Cwm
     3.53pm   Regional News
(excluding London)
     3.55pm   Play School
     4.20pm   It's the Wolf
     4.25pm   Jackanory
     4.40pm   Clangers
     4.55pm   Crackerjack
     5.35pm   Fred Basset
     5.40pm   Evening News, Weatherman
     5.55pm   Nationwide
     7.00pm   Cracked Ice
      7.05pm   The Early Film : Father Goose (1964)
     9.00pm   Nine O'clock News
                     Weekend Weather 
     9.25pm   Gangsters
   10.20pm   Tonight
    10.51pm   The Late Film : Villa Rides (1968)
    12.46am   Weather


  Christmas Eve Saturday 24th December 1977

  BBC2

    1.50pm  Arlecchine
 
                   (Servant of Two Masters) 
                   18th-century comedy by Carlo Goldoni
                   
(Repeat)

   3.45pm   Saturday Cinema : Double Crossbones (1951) 
                   
starring Donald O'Connor, Helena Carter
                   
Première

  5.00pm    Thrice Welcome Christmas
                    with Brian Cant and Toni Arthur presenting 
                    a miscellany of Christmas songs 
and customs

   5.30pm    The Snow Queen 
                     a fairy-tale for television (Repeat)

   6.30pm    A Christmas Carol 
                    starring Michael Hordern and 
                    John Le Mesurier
, Richard Lee

    7.30pm  News on 2
                   Weather


    7.35pm   Network
                    from BBC North-East : Keelmen

    8.05pm   The Lively Arts 
                     Karin Kain, ballerina

    9.00pm    Star Over Bethlehem 
                      a live programme of Christmas music

   10.00pm   The Old Grey Whistle Test 
                      The Kinks' Christmas Concert, live from
                       the Rainbow Theatre, London,
                       introduced by Bob Harris


    11.00pm    Film :  M*A*SH* (1972) 
                       with Elliott Gould, Donald Sutherland
                       and Tom Skeritt
  Première
​
     12.55am    Closedown

 

   


 





 

 









​
 
  Christmas Day Sunday 25th December 1977

 
  BBC2

  12.45pm     Sing All Ye Faithful  
                     a presentation of popular carols

    1.30pm    News Review 
                     This week we forget the stresses and
                      strains of the news and take a continental
                      holiday with a party of deaf children.
                      Quietly in Switzerland


     2.15pm    The World About Us  
                     The Predators, narrated by
                     David Attenborough


     3.00pm   Alpha Omega
                      prize-winning satirical cartoon
                      which follows the life of a typical
                      20th-century man from childhood
                      to old age


      3.10pm   The Lively Arts - In Performance 
                      Robin Ray introduces Coppélia

      4.40pm   In Deepest Britain Waders in Winter 
                       with Chris Mead, David Streeter

       5.10pm   Celebration 
                       a portrait of the Queen's summer
                       jubilee tour    


       5.40pm   The Queen 
                        speaks to the Commonwealth

        5.50pm  Film : Storm Boy (1976) 
                        starring Greg Rowe, Peter Cummins, 
                        David Gulpilil
  Première

         7.15pm  Thanks for the Memory  
                       The Viewers View, from archives of the
                       last 25 years of TV
  (Edited Repeat)

        8.15pm   Interlude

       9.35pm   Christmas Past 

                       introduced by James Cameron

     10.05pm   Country Holiday 
                       Crystal Gayle,  Larry Gatlin, 
                       George Hamilton IV sing 
country music
                       especially for the 
Christmas Holiday,
                       they are joined by British star, Pete Sayers


     10.50pm   News on 2 
                       Weather

     10.55pm    Film : The Big Sleep (1946) 

                        starring Humphrey Bogart, 
                        Lauren Bacall
(b&w)

     12.45am    Closedown















 
    Boxing Day Monday 26th December 1977


   BBC2

   11.00am    Play School 

                      presented by Carol Chell, Lionel Martin
                      Story: The Train to Glasgow

    11.25am    Closedown

      1.45pm    Orion 

                      a rock musical by Ken Howard, 
                      Alan Blaikley and Melvyn Bragg


     2.40pm   War and Peace 
                      (parts 1 & 2) 
                      starring Ludmila Savelyeva and
                      Sergei
Bondarchuk

     6.35pm   The Master Thief 
                     based on The Brothers Grimm story

     7.35pm   News on 2
                     Weather

     7.40pm    Opera 

                      cartoon, scenes from a gala opera night
                      as viewed through the satirical eyes o
f one
                      of Italy's most brilliant animators


      7.50pm   The Moscow State Circus

      8.50pm   Drama on 2: Who Pays the Ferryman ?

                       8/8 The Daughters of Themis

      9.40pm   Doug Henning's World of Magic 
                       Doug Henning has been hailed as one of
                       the most dynamic new magicians since
                       Harry Houdini


      10.30pm   Cricket 1977 
                        It will never be the same again, review
                        by John Arlott
and the changes 
brought
                        about by Kerry Packer


     11.30pm     Late News on 2
                         Weather


     11.35pm      Film : A Day at the Races (1937) 
                         with the Marx Brothers (b&w)

   










 
 



 

  Christmas Tuesday 27th December 1977

  BBC2
 

   11.00am   Play School
                     Today Carol Chell and Lionel Morton
                     visit Charlton Park School in Blackheath​


    11.25am    Closedown

     1.40pm    Schools Prom 

                      from the Royal Albert Hall

     2.30pm   War and Peace 
                      parts 3 and 4

     5.25pm    Tennis  
                      Match of the Year 
                      Bjorn Borg v Vitas Gerulaitis
                      Introduced by Dan Maskell


     6.25pm    Bertram Battell's Side Show
                      Bertram's sparkling show of
                      dance sequences, bursting with
                      music, movement and comedy


       7.15pm    News on 2

       7.25pm    Just a Nimmo

                       Derek Nimmo introduces a holiday
                       celebration of some of the comedy
                       highlights of the last two series.
                       Amongst his guests will be Ronnie Corbett,
                       Michael Bentine, Peter Ustinov


       7.55pm    Orpheus in the Underworld 
                       pop opera by Carl Davis, lyrics by  
                       John
Wells, with Julian Littman 
and
                       Joanna Carlin


      8.25pm   The Water Margin
                      A free-wheeling adaptation of the
                      Chinese classic
 

      9.10pm   Film : Allegro Non Troppo (1976)
                      a wickedly witty parody of Walt Disney's
                      Fantasia by Italian animator Bruno Bozzetto
                      which has been delighting film festival
                      audiences and critics
 Première

    10.35pm   Rachel and the Beelzebub Bombardier
                      Rachel Day was a housemaid who joined
                      the Skeleton Army -rowdies hired by the
                      brewers in 1890 to break up the Salvation
                      Army's temperance meetings​


    11.30pm   Late News on 2

    11.35pm   Closedown

                     Marius Goring reads The Old Man and
                     the Sun












  Wednesday 28th December 1977

  BBC2

 
   10.20am   Gharbar
    10.45am   Closedown
    11.00am   Play School
     11.25am   Closedown
     6.40pm   News on 2
                     Weather on 2
     6.50pm   The Getaways
      7.20pm   Julian Bream Festival :
                      A Life in the Country 
     8.30pm   The Master Game
     9.00pm   Play of the Week
    10.10pm   Fete des Vignerons
    11.00pm   Late News on 2, Weather
     11.10pm   The Old Grey Whistle Test


 












​ 

  Thursday 29th December 1977


  BBC2

      
11.00am   Play School
       11.25am   Closedown
       6.40pm   News on 2
                        Weather on 2
        6.50pm   Film : Dark Star (1974)  Première
        8.10pm   Something in the Wind
       9.00pm   One Man and his Dog
        9.35pm   The Hollywood Musical
                        Film : West Side Story (1961)
       12.00        News Summary
                        Weather
       12.03am   Closedown


 

















  Friday 30th December 1977


  BBC2

 
    11.00am   Play School
      11.25am   Closedown
       7.25pm   News on 2
                       Weather on 2
       7.35pm    Film :  The Little Mermaid (1976) Première
      9.00pm   Marvin Hamlisch
    10.00pm   The Eiheiji Temple
     10.50pm   Jazz from Montreux
      11.40pm   Late News on 2, Weather
      11.50pm   Closedown
                       Marius Goring reads How I Brought
                       the Good News 
from Aix to Ghent
                       (or vice versa) by R. J. Yeatman 

                       and W. C. Sallar


 












​ 

 
New Year's Eve Saturday 31st December 1977

  BBC2


    1.20pm   Gene Kelly Double Bill
                    Film : The Pirate (1948)
                    Film : Invitation to the Dance (1956)
    4.30pm   Play Away Away Day
    5.00pm   Horizon
    5.50pm   Dan, Badger and all the Coal
    6.40pm  News and Sport, Weather
    6.50pm   Die Fledermaus
  10.00pm   The Old Grey Whistle Test
    11.25pm   News on 2, Weather
    11.30pm   Watchnight Service
   12.00         Big Ben
    12.01am   Midnight Movie
                     Film : Ten Little Indians (1965)









​   New Year's Day Sunday 1st January 1978

  BBC2


    1.45pm   A Generation of Sport
    3.15pm   The Royal Institution Christmas
                    Lectures : Planets

    4.15pm   Film :  Gay Purr-ee (1962)
   5.40pm   Rugby Special
   6.40pm   News Review
     7.15pm   The World About Us
    8.05pm   News on 2, Weather
    8.10pm   Benoni and Rosa
    9.05pm   The Lively Arts New Year's Day
                    Concert from Vienna

  10.20pm   Caught in Time
  10.45pm   Film : Why Shoot the Teacher (1977)
                    
Première









  Bank Holiday Monday 2nd January 1978

​  BBC2

    
  11.00am   Play School
       11.25am   Closedown
        6.25pm   News Headlines, Weather
        6.30pm   The Royal Institution Christmas
                         Lectures : Planets
         7.30pm   News on 2,  Weather
         7.40pm   Professional Foul
        9.00pm   International Cabaret
        9.50pm   Silver Spoon
        11.15pm   Late News on 2, Weather
        11.25pm   Closedown
                         Julian Glover reads Home Truths
                         by Gavin Ewart


 













​  
Tuesday 3rd January 1978

  BBC2

 
     11.00am   Play School
       11.25am   Closedown
       6.25pm   News Headlines, Weather
       6.30pm   The Royal Institution Christmas
                        Lectures : Planets
        7.30pm   Newsday
        8.10pm   The Hothouse
       9.00pm   Spike Milligan in Q7
       9.30pm   The Water Margin
      10.15pm   Haitink Conducts Mahler
       11.15pm   Late News on 2, Weather
       11.25pm   The Old Grey Whistle Test



 
















​  Wednesday 4th January 1978

  BBC2

 
    10.20am   Gharbar
     10.45am   Closedown
     11.00am   Play School
      11.25am   Closedown
       6.25pm   News Headlines, Weather
      6.30pm   The Royal Institution Christmas
                       Lectures : Planets
       7.30pm   Newsday
       8.10pm   Julian Bream Masterclass
      9.00pm   The Master Game
      9.30pm   Play of the Week : Forgotten Love Songs
     10.25pm   Boat Show 78
      11.10pm   The Light of Experience
      11.25pm   Late News on 2, Weather
      11.35pm   Closedown
                       Julian Glover reads
                       The Wounded Hawk by Herbert Palmer












   Thursday 5th January 1978

  BBC1


    11.00am   Play School
     11.25am   Closedown
     5.35pm   Open University
                     Open Forum: USA Today - and Tomorrow. 
     6.08pm   The First Year of Life - On the Way
     6.25pm   News Headlines, Weather
     6.30pm   The Royal Institution Christmas
                      Lectures : Planets
      7.30pm   Newsday
      8.05pm   Cantilena
      8.35pm   World of Difference: The Broadcasters
      9.00pm   One Man and his Dog
      9.35pm   Film : The Desert of the Tatars (1976)
                      Première
     11.50pm   Late News on 2, Weather
    12.00         Closedown
                      Julian Glover reads Growing Up
                      by Michael Burn


 







 

​   Friday 6th January 1978

​  BBC2


     11.00am   Play School
      11.25am   Closedown
       6.25am   News Headlines, Weather
      6.30pm   The Royal Institution Christmas
                       Lectures : Planets
       7.30pm   Newsday
       8.10pm   Kilvert's Diary
       8.25pm   The Money Programme
       9.00pm   Pot Black 78
       9.30pm   The Helen Reddy Show
      10.15pm   Horizon
      11.05pm   Benoni and Rosa
       11.55pm   Late News on 2, Weather
       12.05am   Closedown
                        Julian Glover reads Home by J. C. Hall


​​

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