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BBC CHRISTMAS TV 1978

  Saturday 23rd December 1978

  BBC1

    
9.30am   Multi-ColouredSwap Shop
    12.15pm   Grandstand
    3.00pm   Sports Family of the Year
     4.10pm   Wonder Woman
     5.10pm   Final Score
     5.15pm   Tom and Jerry
     5.25pm   News, Weatherman 
     5.35pm   Sport/Regional News
     5.40pm   Basil Brush's Magical Christmas
     6.15pm   Doctor Who : The Power of Kroll : 1
    6.40pm   The Little and Large Christmas Show
    7.30pm   Film : Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
    9.50pm   Rings On Their Fingers
  10.20pm   News, Weather
  10.30pm   Match of the Day
   11.30pm   Bing Crosby -the Christmas Years
   12.20am   Weatherman

​
  Christmas Eve Sunday 24th December 1978

  BBC1  

    9.15am   Camberwick Green

                   narrated by Brian Cant

    9.30am  The Sunday Gang
                   God is with us! The gang discover the
                   real meaning of Christmas


  10.00am  Nai Zindagi Naya Jeevan
                   magazine for Asian viewers

  10.30am  Film : Hans Christian Andersen (1952) 
                   starring Danny Kaye

  12.20pm  Sunday Worship
                   because One Child is Born 
                   There were many children born that
                   year, but Christmas remembers the birth
                   of only one, Jesus Christ , in Bethlehem


   1.00pm   News Headlines, Holiday Weatherman

   1.05pm   Film : Chisum (1970)

                   starring John Wayne

  2.55pm    The Sleeping Beauty
                   The Royal Ballet's production, from
                   Covent Garden, with Merle Park and
                   David Wall


   5.20pm   Pinocchio 
                    dramatised in four parts, Part 4

    5.50pm  News with Angela Rippon  
                    Weather Jack Scott

    6.00pm  Dame Margot Fonteyn 
                    appeals on behalf of the Samaritans

    6.05pm  Songs of Praise
                    We wish you a Merry Christmas
                    A choir of almost 500 nurses and doctors,
                    together with families and friends in
                    London's Royal Festival Hall, is linked
                    with the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge,
                    and the people of Clare in Suffolk meeting
                    in their Parish Church for this special
                    Christmas Eve programme of favourite
                    carols and hymns


     7.15pm   All Creatures Great and Small
                     last episode of the series

    8.05pm  The Sunday Film : El Cid (1961)
                    starring Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren
                    and Geraldine Page


  11.00pm   News with Angela Rippon  Weather

  11.10pm    André Previn's Christmas Music Night
                    André Previn introduces and conducts
                    the London Symphony Orchestra 


  11.55pm    Christmas Midnight Communion
                    from St Mary's Church, Selly Oak,
                   
Birmingham

12.55pm    Weatherman/Regional News

  1.00am    Closedown


 
  Christmas Day Monday 25th December 19
78 

  BBC1 

    8.55am  Christmas Carols From Cambridge
                   sung by The Choir of King's College

    9.50am  The Flumps
                   Where's Grandfather?

  10.05am  Christmas Day Worship 
                   from Knutsford Methodist Church, Cheshire

  11.03am   Weather Ian McCaskill

 11.05am    The Spinners at Christmas
                   The Spinners are joined by their audience
                   in festive mood for a seasonal special
                   of music and comedy


   11.35am  Film : Clambake (1967)
                   starring Elvis Presley Première

    1.10pm  Holiday on Ice 
                   introduced by Brian Matthew

   2.00pm  Top of the Pops 78 
                    introduced by Noel Edmonds

  3.00pm  The Queen
                  speaks to the Commonwealth

  3.20pm  Larry Grayson's Christmas 
                 Generation Game

                 special edition for Christmas Day-with
                 lots of surprise guests and seasonal games
                 for the contestants and the family to play
                 at home starring 
Larry Grayson with 
                 
Isla St Clair

  4.20pm  Film : The Sound of Music (1965)
                  starring Julie Andrews  Première

  7.10pm    Evening News with Peter Woods
                  Weather

  7.15pm     Some Mother's Do 'Ave 'Em

  8.00pm   The Mike Yarwood Christmas Show

                   special guest stars, the world's most
                   popular singing group Abba with
                   Janet Brown


   8.45pm   True Grit, a Further Adventure Première
                    a film specially  made for TV

  10.20pm  News with Peter Woods 
                   Weatherman

  10.30pm  Parkinson at the Pantomime 
                   with special guest Arthur Askey

  11.35pm    A Christmas Ghost Story 
                   The Ice House by John Bowen

  12.10am    Weather

  12.15am     Closedown



  Boxing Day Tuesday 26th December 1978

  BBC1

     9.05am  How Do You Do ?

                    Rainy Day

     9.30am  Buck Rogers
                    in 12 episodes, starring Buster Crabbe
                    as Buck Rogers 

                    3: The Enemy's Stronghold

    9.50am   The Fantastic Journey 
                    Beyond the Mountain

   10.35am  Film : Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
                   with Victor Mature

   12.13pm  Weather Ian McCaskill

   12.15pm   Grandstand
 
                    introduced by Frank Bough
                    (12.15 Rugby League, 1.00 Football Focus,
​                    
1.10, 1.40, 2.10 Racing from Kempton
Park,
                    1.25, 1.55 Racing from Wincanton)


   2.35pm    Disney Time 
                    introduced by Paul Daniels

   3.25pm    It's a Christmas Knockout 
                    special festive competition from
                    Villars, Switzerland


   4.25pm    Jim'll Fix It

   5.05pm   News with Peter Woods  
                   Weatherman

   5.15pm    Sport/Regional News

  5.20pm     Film : Walt Disney's The Boatniks (1970)  

                    with Robert Morse and Phil Silvers

  7.00pm    Are You Being Served ? 
                   Happy Returns

  7.30pm  Mastermind Final

  8.05pm  The Two Ronnies 

                  starring Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barker
                  and their guests 
The Manhattan Transfer


  8.50pm   News with Peter Woods 
                   Weather

  9.00pm   Film : The French Connection (1971)
                   starring Gene Hackman Première

10.40pm   Last of the Summer Wine
                   Small Tune On a Penny Wassail

 11.10pm    Boxing Night at the Mill
                   with Norman Wisdom and Libby Morris

12.00am    Weatherman/Regional News

 12.15am     Closedown

  Wednesday 27th December 1978

  BBC1

     
9.40am  Over the Moon
     9.55am   Paddington
   10.00am   Jackanory
    10.15am   Why Don't You...?
   10.40am   Scooby Doo
   11.00am   Buck Rogers
    11.20am   The Fantastic Journey
    12.10pm   Read All About It
    12.45pm   Midday News, Weather 
      1.00pm   Grandstand
      2.35pm   Blake's Seven
      3.53pm   Regional News
(excluding London)
      3.55pm   Play School
      4.20pm   Wally Gator
      4.25pm   Jackanory
      4.40pm   The Mole at Christmas 
      4.45pm   The All Star Record Breakers
      5.40pm   Evening News, Weatherman
      5.50pm   Life with Feathers
(cartoon)
                       (London and South East only)

                      Regional News (All other English regions) 
      6.00pm   Film : The Wizard of Oz (1939)
       7.40pm   Val Doonican's Christmas in the Country
      8.30pm   News, Weather
      8.45pm   The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
      9.15pm    Film : Carry On Girls (1973) 
Première
    10.45pm    Films of the Year
     11.25pm   The Feather and Father Gang
     12.10am   Weatherman/Regional News


  Thursday 28th December 1978

  BBC1


       9.50am   Paddington
       9.55am   Jackanory
     10.10am   Why Don't You....?
     10.35am   The Seppala Race
     10.50am   Pixie and Dixie
     11.00am   Buck Rogers
      11.20am   Film : The Fantastic Journey 
      12.10pm   The Selfish Giant
      12.35pm   Midday News, Weather 
     12.50pm   The Man Who Talks to Animals
       1.35pm   Bagpuss
       1.50pm   Film : Sinbad the Sailor (1947)
       3.40pm   Bugs Bunny
       3.53pm   Regional News
(excluding London)
       3.55pm   Play School
       4.20pm   Yogi Bear
       4.25pm   Jackanory
      4.40pm   The White Seal
      5.05pm   Blue Peter Review of the Year
      5.40pm   Evening News, Weatherman
      5.50pm   Little Orphan Airedale
(cartoon)
                       (London and South East only)

                      Regional News (All other English regions)
     6.00pm   Film : Call of the Wild(1972)
      7.40pm   Lennie and Jerry's Holiday Special
      8.30pm   News, Weather
     8.45pm    Film : Steptoe and Son Ride Again (1973)
                      
Première
    10.20pm   Look Back at 78
     11.20pm   Most Wanted
     12.10am   Weatherman/Regional News


  Friday 29th December 1978

  BBC1

      9.55am   Paddington
    10.00am   Jackanory
     10.15am   Why Don't You....?
    10.40am   A Dog in Paris
    10.55am   Pixie and Dixie
    11.00am   Buck Rogers
    11.20am   The Fantastic Journey
    12.10pm   The Little Mermaid
    12.35pm   Midday News, Weather 
    12.50pm   Spitfire!
       1.45pm   Heads and Tails
      2.00pm  Film :
                      Bearheart of the Great Northwest (1978)
      3.15pm   Tom and Jerry
     3.20pm   Glas y Dorian
                     
(English transmitters only.
                     First shown on BBC Cymru/Wales)

     3.53pm   Regional News (excluding London)
     3.55pm   Play School
     4.20pm   Jackanory
     4.35pm   TV Film :
                     The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera (1977)

     5.40pm   Evening News, Weatherman
     5.50pm   Tom and Jerry
                     
(London and South East only)
                     Regional News (All other English regions)
     6.00pm   Star Trek
     6.50pm   David Soul
      7.30pm   Citizen Smith
     8.00pm   The Liver Birds
     8.30pm   News, Weekend Weather
     8.45pm   Film : Ooh, You Are Awful! (1972) 
Première
    10.20pm   Year of the Horse 78
     11.05pm   Film : Theatre of Blood (1973) 
Première


  Saturday 30th December 1978

  BBC1

 
    9.30am   Multi-Coloured Swap Shop
    12.13pm   Weather 
    12.15pm   Grandstand
     5.10pm   The Basil Brush Show
     5.40pm   News, Weatherman
     5.50pm   Sport/Regional News
      5.55pm   Jim'll Fix It
      6.30pm  Doctor Who : The Power of Kroll : Part 2
      6.55pm   Film : Oliver! (1968)
       9.15pm   Starsky and Hutch
    10.05pm   News, Weather
     10.15pm   Match of the Day
      11.15pm   Parkinson
      12.15am   Weatherman


 

​  
New Year's Eve Sunday 31st December 1978

  BBC1


     8.55am   Mister Men
     9.10am   Nai Zindagi Naya Jeevan
    9.40am   Buck Rogers
  10.00am   The Edinburgh Military Tattoo of 1978
    11.00am  TV Film : Well of Love (1970)
    12.15pm   Sunday Worship
    1.00pm   News Headlines, Weather
     1.05pm   That Was the Weather That Was....
     1.20pm   Bonanza
     2.10pm   Film : Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)
     3.05pm   Soviet Supreme
     3.55pm   Film : Alice's Adventures
                     in Wonderland (1972) 
Première
    5.30pm   The Mill on the Floss
    6.00pm   News, Weather
     6.10pm   Holiday
     6.40pm   Songs of Praise
      7.15pm   Film : My Fair Lady (1964)
   10.00pm   News, Weatherman
    10.10pm   Larry Grayson's Generation Game
    11.05pm   The Good Old Days
   12.00         Big Ben
    12.01am   Celebration


  New Year's Day Monday 1st January 1979

  BBC1


      9.40am   Barnaby
      9.55am   Paddington
   10.00am   Jackanory
    10.15am   Why Don't You....?
   10.40am   Country Search
   11.00am   Buck Rogers
    11.20am   The Fantastic Journey
    12.10pm   Tom and Jerry
     12.18pm   Weather 
    12.20pm   Grandstand
      5.05pm   Blue Peter
       5.35pm   Ludwig
      5.40pm   News, Weatherman
      5.50pm   Sport/Regional News
      6.00pm  Film : Half a Sixpence (1967)
      8.20pm   The Two Ronnies
      9.00pm   News, Weather
      9.10pm    Film : Too Late the Hero (1970)
     11.20pm    Captain & Tennille
      12.10am   Weatherman


  Tuesday 2nd January 1979

  BBC1


     9.55am   Paddington
  10.00am   Jackanory
   10.15am   Why Don't You ... ?
  10.40am   Country Search
   11.00am   Buck Rogers
    11.20am   The Fantastic Journey
    12.10pm   Bugs Bunny
    12.20pm   The Happy Prince
    12.45pm   Midday News, Weather 
     1.00pm   The Gold of El Dorado
     1.40pm   Playboard
      1.55pm  TV Film : The Prince of Central Park (1977)
      3.15pm   Songs of Praise
     3.53pm   Regional News
(excluding London)
     3.55pm   Play School
     4.20pm   Winsome Witch
     4.25pm   Jackanory
     4.40pm   Screen Test
     5.05pm   John Craven's Newsround
      5.10pm   Grange Hill
     5.40pm   Evening News, Weatherman
      5.55pm   Nationwide
     7.00pm   The Osmonds
      7.30pm  TV Film : Blue Fire Lady (1977)
     9.00pm  Nine O'Clock News, Weather
     9.25pm   Play for Today : The Out of Town Boys
   10.45pm   Tonight
    11.25pm   Weatherman/Regional News


  Wednesday  3rd January 1979

  BBC1


      9.50am   Paddington
      9.55am   Jackanory
    10.10am   Why Don't You....?
    10.35am   The Cossack's Horse
    11.00am   Buck Rogers
    11.20am   The Fantastic Journey
    12.05pm   Bugs Bunny
     12.15pm   Simon Simon
    12.45pm   Midday News, Weather 
     1.00pm   Pebble Mill
      1.45pm   Fingerbobs
     2.00pm   International Tennis :
                     The Braniff Airways World
                     Doubles Championship
     3.53pm   Regional News
(excluding London)
     3.55pm   Play School
     4.20pm   Touche Turtle
     4.25pm   Jackanory
    4.40pm   Take Hart
    5.00pm   John Craven's Newsround
    5.05pm   The Strange Affair of Adelaide Harris
    5.35pm   Ludwig
    5.40pm   Evening News, Weatherman
    5.55pm   Nationwide
    6.55pm   The Wednesday Film :
                    The First 36 Hours of Dr Durant (1975)
   8.05pm   The Aphrodite Inheritance
   9.00pm   Nine O'Clock News, Weather
    9.25pm   The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
    9.55pm   Let's Go Naked Reporter John Pitman
  10.45pm   Tonight
   11.25pm   Weatherman/Regional News


  Thursday 4th January 1979

  BBC1


    9.55am   Paddington
  10.00am   Jackanory
    10.15am   Scooby Doo
   10.35am   The Cossack's Horse
   11.00am   Buck Rogers
   11.20am    Film : Carson City (1952)
   12.45pm   Midday News, Weather 
    1.00pm   Pebble Mill
     1.45pm   Ragtime
   2.00pm   International Tennis
    3.53pm   Regional News
(excluding London)
    3.55pm   Play School
   4.20pm   Don and Pete
    4.25pm   Jackanory
   4.40pm   The Space Sentinels
   5.00pm   John Craven's Newsround
   5.05pm   Blue Peter
    5.35pm   Ludwig
    5.40pm   Evening News, Weatherman
     5.55pm   Nationwide
     6.45pm   Tomorrow's World
      7.10pm   Top of the Pops
     7.40pm   Elvis
     8.30pm   Galton & Speight's Tea Ladies
    9.00pm   Nine O'Clock News, Weather
     9.25pm   International Tennis
   10.45pm   Tonight
     11.25pm   Weatherman/Regional News


 
​ Friday 5th January 1979


  BBC1

     
9.55am   Paddington
   10.00am   Jackanory
     10.15am   Scooby Doo
    10.35am   The Cossack's Horse
    11.00am   Buck Rogers
     11.20am   Film : Battle at Apache Pass (1952)
    12.45pm   Midday News, Weather 
     1.00pm   Pebble Mill
      1.45pm   Trumpton
     2.00pm   International Tennis
      3.20pm   Glas y Dorian
      3.53pm   Regional News 
(excluding London)
      3.55pm   Play School
     4.20pm   Hong Kong Phooey
     4.30pm   Jackanory
     4.45pm   Horses Galore
      5.10pm   Grange Hill
      5.35pm   Ludwig
     5.40pm   Evening News, Weatherman
      5.55pm   Nationwide
      6.55pm   The Rockford Files 
     8.30pm   Citizen Smith
     9.00pm   Nine O'Clock News
                      Weekend Weather
      9.25pm   Running Blind
     10.15pm   Up Up and Away
    10.45pm   News Headlines; Weather
    10.50pm   International Tennis
     11.30pm   The Late Film :
​                      What's New Pussycat? (1965)


  ​Saturday 23rd December 1978

  BBC2


    11.50am   Leonard Bernstein at Harvard
     1.30pm   Christmas Matinee 
                     Film : Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
     4.10pm   The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
    4.30pm   Play Away
    5.00pm   Hansel and Gretel
(opera)
     6.45pm   Christmas Past
      7.15pm   News and Sport, Weather
     7.30pm   Country Holiday
      8.15pm   Doug Henning's World of Magic
     9.05pm   News on 2, Weather
     9.10pm   Christmas with Mike Harding
                     and the Fivepenny Piece
     9.50pm   The Magic Flute of James Galway
    10.40pm  Film : Fred and Ginger in Shall We Dance
                     (1937)
     12.25am   Late Night Story

​
  Christmas Eve Sunday 24th December 1978

  BBC2

   12.15pm  Leonard Bernstein at Harvard

                   The Unanswered Question
                   Continuing this series of six lectures
                   given by Leonard Bernstein.
                   3: Musical Semantics


    2.40pm  Simple Faith ?

     2.55pm  Christmas Matinée : Custer of the West 
(1967)
                    starring Robert Shaw, Mary Ure, 
                    Jeffrey Hunter, Ty Hardin


     5.10pm  Rugby Special
                    The South v Edinburgh

     6.05pm  The Light Princess 
                      a fairy tale by George MacDonald

      7.15pm    The World About Us 
                      The Spell of the Orchid

     8.05pm   Christmas Carols from Cambridge
                      sung by The Choir of King's College 
                      readings by Sir John Gielgud


     9.00pm   News on Two, Weather

     9.05pm   Petticoat Lane 
                      a new musical for Christmas by
                      Cicely Herbert and Jim Parker,
                      with Sheila Hancock, Freddie Jones and 
                      
Alfred Marks

   10.05pm    The Old Grey Whistle Test  
                      10cc in a special Christmas concert
                      recorded earlier this week at the
                      Wembley Conference Centre.


    11.00pm   Fred and Ginger in : Follow the Fleet (1936)
                      starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers

     12.45am-
     12.55am    Closedown 

                       Peter Wilson talks about
                       Piero Della Francesco's The Nativity




 

 









 
  







 

Christmas Day Monday 25th December 
1978

  BBC2

    11.05am    Play School

                      Story: The Fox and the Tomten

    11.30am    Closedown

     2.30pm    Sounds of Christmas 
                      The Goldsmiths Choral Union at the
                      Royal Albert Hall in the presence of
                      HRH The Princess Anne


      3.20pm   The Snow Queen 
                       a fairytale for television

      4.20pm   Christmas Matinée : Dersu Uzala (1975)
                       Russian film with English subtitles  Première

      6.35pm    Magoo on 2 
                       Perils of Magoo

      6.40pm   Baker on Board 
                       Richard Baker joins a Royal Navy Taskforce
                       in the Pacific

  
      7.15pm    The Queen
                       speaks to the Commonwealth

      7.35pm   Anne Hughes 
                     Her Boke, in wiche I Write what I Doe, 
                     When I Have thee Tyme
                     The Diary of an 18th Century Farmer's
Wife,
                     starring Elin Jenkins, Barry Jackson 
and
                     Joanne Pearce


     8.35pm   News on 2, Weather

     8.45pm   The Count of Luxembourg 

                      by Lehár, an Austrian production,
                      with 
Eberhard Wachter

    10.20pm  The King's Singers 
                      traditional carols and music

    10.50pm  Fred and Ginger in : Swing Time (1936)
                      starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers

    12.30am   Late Night Story 
                      third of five horror stories on the theme
                      of childhood. Read by Tom Baker, 
tonight
                      The Emissary by Ray Bradbury


   12.50am    Closedown







  







   Boxing Day Tuesday 26th December 1978

  BBC2

    11.00am   Play School
                      Story: The Pantomime

    11.25am     Closedown

      1.45pm    Christmas Matinée : Hatari! (1962)
                       starring John Wayne

      4.20pm    My Kind of Movie 
                       Clive James chooses High Noon

      4.25pm    Home from the Sea 
                        the Ark Royal's final return to Plymouth

      4.55pm    And Now the Good News...
                       Richard Stilgoe invites you to see again
                       some of the highlights from his recent series,
                       in which he has been taking an optimistic
                       look at the news and events of the last
                       two months of the year


      5.20pm   It's Today 
                      musical entertainment from Derek Griffiths

      6.00pm  The Schools Prom 
                       from the Royal Albert Hall

      6.50pm   News on 2 , Weather

       7.00pm   Verse, Worse and Baby Grand 
                       music and humour

      7.30pm   TV Film : The Gathering (1977)
                      starring Edward Asner, Maureen Stapleton

      9.00pm   Hinge and Bracket
                       A Gala Evening from the Royal Hall
                       at Harrogate with Dr Evadne Hinge & 
                       
Dame Hilda Bracket


      9.45pm   Don McLean and Friends in Concert
                       with The Jordanaires and Elkie Brooks

    10.35pm    Late News, Weather

    10.40pm   Fred and Ginger in : Carefree (1938)
                      starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers

    12.00         Late Night Story
                      The fourth of five horror stories on the
                      theme of childhood. Read by Tom Baker :
                      
Tonight, Nursery Tea by Mary Danby

12.20am    Closedown










  Wednesday 27th December 1978

  BBC2

​ 
   10.35am   Gharbar
    11.00am   Play School
     11.25am   Closedown
      3.55pm   An Evening of Sport
      7.35pm   News on 2, Weather on 2
      7.40pm   Film : Ring of Passion (1973)
       9.15pm   An Evening of Sport
      9.20pm   Motor Racing: Grand Prix 78 
     10.10pm   The World Professional
                       Snooker Championship 
      11.15pm   Late News, Weather
     11.25pm    Film : Fred and Ginger in Top Hat (1935)


 
















   Thursday 28th December 1978

  BBC2

    
11.00am   Play School
     11.25am   Closedown
      3.15pm   The Tongues of Men
      4.25pm   The Craftsman
      4.40pm   The Tongues of Men (Part 2)
      5.40pm   The Three Kisses
      6.45pm   News on 2, Weather on 2
      6.50pm   When the Boat Comes In
       7.40pm   Midweek Cinema
                       Film : High Noon (1952)
       9.00pm  Plain Murder
     10.40pm   Late News, Weather
      10.50pm  TV Film : The Last Survivors (1975)
      12.00        Late Night Story


 














​  Friday 29th December 1978

  BBC2


    11.00am   Play School
     11.25am   Closedown
     1.50pm    Leonard Bernstein at Harvard
      4.15pm   New Year Matinee 
                     Film : The FBI Story (1959)
     6.40pm  News on 2, Weather on 2
     6.50pm  Film : The Glorious Musketeers (1974)
    8.00pm  Country Game
    8.30pm   Pot Black 79
     8.55pm  Cricket: Third Test
    9.25pm   Horizon
  10.20pm   Late News, Weather
  10.30pm   Film : Jack Lemmon in
                    Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
   12.25pm   Closedown
                    Dr Roy Strong talks about Queen Charlotte
                    at her Dressing Table by 
Zoffany, reproduced                      by gracious permission of HM The Queen


 












​ 



   Saturday 30th December 1978

   BBC2

      11.45am   Leonard Bernstein at Harvard
       2.05pm   New Year Matinee
                       Film :  How the West Was Won (1962)
       4.30pm   Play Away
       5.00pm   Chaplin Double Bill
                        Film : The Kid (1921)
Première
        5.50pm   Film : The Idle Class (1921) Première
        6.25pm   Cricket: Third Test
        6.55pm   News and Sport, Weather
        7.05pm   ELO at Wembley
        8.05pm   The Dawson Patrol
        9.20pm   Itzhak Perlman Plays Brahms
       10.05pm  Film : Jack Lemmon in
                        The Apartment (1960)
       12.05am  The Old Grey Whistle Test :
​                        Pick of the Year


  New Year's Eve Sunday 31st December 1978

  BBC2

      
10.20am   Leonard Bernstein at Harvard
        1.30pm   Simple Faith?
        1.45pm   New Year Matinee
                        Film :  The Lion in Winter (1968)
        3.55pm   My Music
        4.20pm   News Review of the Year
        5.00pm   Rugby Special
        6.00pm   Matt the Gooseboy
         7.20pm   Arthur Askey
        8.00pm   Living in the Past
        8.50pm   News on 2, Weather
        9.00pm   Itzhak Perlman Virtuoso Violinist
       10.00pm  Film : Jack Lemmon in Cowboy (1958)
        11.30pm  Watchnight Service
       12.00        Big Ben
        12.01am  The Old Grey Whistle Test :
                        Pick of the Year Part 2




​



  New Year's Day Monday 1st January 1979

  BBC2

      
11.00am   Play School
        11.25am   Closedown
         3.25pm   New Year Matinee
                         Film : Solomon and Sheba (1959)
         5.40pm   Film : Charlie Chaplin in
                         The Vagabond (1916)
          6.15pm   The Royal Institution Christmas
                          Lectures : Mathematics into Pictures
           7.15pm   The Model World of Robert Symes
          8.05pm   The Mid-Evening News
                          Weather on 2
          8.10pm   The New Year's Day Concert from Vienna
          9.10pm   Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman
         10.10pm  Cricket: Third Test
        10.40pm   Late News Weather
        10.55pm   Film : Jack Lemmon in
                          How to Murder Your Wife (1965)


 


   Tuesday 2nd January 1979


  BBC2

      11.00am   Play School
       11.25am   Closedown
       5.00pm   Open University
                       The Social Side of the OU
        5.25pm   S101 Preparatory Maths - Numbers
       5.40pm   TV Film : Charlie Chaplin in
                        Shanghaied (1915)
        6.10pm  News on 2 Headlines, Weather
        6.15pm   Mathematics into Pictures
         7.15pm   The Mid-Evening News
                        Weather on 2
        7.20pm   The Great Egg Race
        7.55pm   The Master Game
        8.25pm   In Search of Offa
        9.00pm   Call My Bluff
        9.30pm   Cricket: Third Test
      10.00pm   George Hamilton IV and Friends
      10.50pm   Late News, Weather
       11.05pm   The Old Grey Whistle Test
       11.50pm   The Late Story

 







  Wednesday  3rd January 1979

  BBC2


     10.35am   Gharbar
     11.00am   Play School
      11.25am   Closedown
      3.50pm   International Tennis
       5.15pm   Closedown
       5.35pm   News on 2 Headlines, Weather
       5.40pm   Film : Charlie Chaplin in A Night Out 
       6.10pm   The Royal Institution Christmas
                       Lectures : Mathematics into Pictures
        7.10pm   Dylan Thomas's Me and My Bike
       8.05pm   The Mid-Evening News, Weather on 2
       8.10pm   The Money Programme
       9.00pm   M*A*S*H
       9.25pm   International Tennis
     10.45pm   Cricket: Third Test
       11.15pm   My Kind of Movie
      11.20pm   Late News, Weather
      11.35pm   The Late Story


 












​
  Thursday 4th January 1979


  BBC2

 
      11.00am   Play School
        11.25am   Closedown
        3.50pm   International Tennis
         5.10pm   Open University
         5.35pm   News on 2 Headlines
                         Weather
        5.40pm   Charlie Chaplin in The Adventurer (1917)
        6.10pm   The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures :
                        Mathematics into Pictures
         7.10pm   When the Boat Comes In
        8.00pm   The Mid-Evening News
                         Weather on 2
         8.05pm   Manimals
         8.30pm   Midweek Cinema
                          Film : Elvira Madigan (1967)
          9.55pm   Boat Show 79
        10.40pm   In a Country Churchyard
         11.10pm   Late News, Weather
         11.25pm   The Late Story


 

 







​   Friday 5th January 1979


  BBC2


       11.00am   Play School
        11.25am   Closedown
        3.20pm   International Tennis
         5.15pm   Closedown
        5.30pm   News on 2 Headlines
                         Weather
        5.35pm   Charlie Chaplin in The Cure (1917)
        6.05pm   The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures :
                         Mathematics into Pictures
         7.05pm   The Mid-Evening News
                         Weather on 2
          7.10pm   Maidens' Trip
         8.30pm   Country Game
         9.00pm   Pot Black 79
         9.25pm   Film International : Cousin, Cousine (1975)
       11.00pm   Jazz from Montreux
        11.50pm   Late News, Weather
        12.05am   Closedown
                         Owen Watford reads Two Inkwells
                         by J.C.Hall











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