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BBC CHRISTMAS TV 1979

   Saturday 22nd December 1979
  
​  BBC1


      9.30am   Multi-Coloured Swap Shop
      12.12pm   Weather
      12.15pm   Grandstand
       3.15pm   A Bugs Bunny Special :
                      Bugs Bunny in King Arthur's Court 
      3.40pm  TV Film : Beauty and the Beast (1976)
      5.10pm   Today's Sport
       5.15pm   News, Weatherman
      5.25pm   Tom and Jerry
(London & South East only)
                      Regional News (All other English Regions)
      5.35pm   Basil's Christmas in the Country
      6.10pm   Doctor Who : The Horns of Nimon : Part 1
      6.35pm   Christmas Snowtime Special
       7.25pm   Butterflies
       7.55pm   The Paul Daniels Magic Show
      8.40pm   Dallas
      9.30pm   News, Weather
      9.40pm   Match of the Day
    10.40pm   Parkinson
     11.40pm   Weatherman


  Sunday 23rd December 1979

​  BBC1


     9.00am   Bod
      9.15am   Playhouse
     9.40am   The Sunday Gang
    10.10am   Nai ZindagiNaya Jeevan
   10.40am   Roadshow Disco
    11.05am   Sunday Worship
   12.05pm   Mystic Nativity
   12.20pm   Paul's Children
      1.10pm   News Headlines
       1.15pm  Film : White Christmas (1954)
      3.10pm  Cinderella
(ballet)
     5.05pm   Emu's Broadcasting Company (EBC1)
     5.30pm   The Old Curiosity Shop
     6.00pm   News, Weatherman
      6.10pm   Ernie Wise appeals on behalf of the 
                     Peterborough Cathedral
                     Preservation Trust 
      6.15pm   Songs of Praise Christmas Special
      7.15pm   Film : The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
                     
Première
      9.10pm   Mastermind Final
     9.50pm   News, Weather
    10.05pm   A Christmas Tree
    10.55pm   Schalcken the Painter
    12.05am   Weatherman


  Christmas Eve Monday 24th December 1979

  BBC1

    9.40am  Fingerbobs 
                   House

    9.55am   What-a-Mess 
                    A Bee?
                    tales about a dog told by its owner,
                    Frank Muir


   10.00am  Jackanory 
                    The Holly Bears a Berry by Alison Uttley,
                    read by Hannah Gordon


  10.15am    Captain Caveman 
                    The Kooky Case of Cryptic Keys

  10.25am   Young Explorers  
                    Christmas in the Sun,
                    25 youngsters from Somerset 
travel to Ghana

  10.55am   Magic Roundabout

  11.00am   Zorro 

                   Senior China Boy (b&w)

  11.25am    Mickey Mouse Club 
                    Two Donald Duck cartoons-
                    No Hunting
and Donald's Day Off 
                    plus Toby Tyler (parts 1 and 2)

   12.00        Greatest Heroes of The Bible 
                     The Deluge, with Lew Ayres and Rita Game

   12.45pm   Midday News, Weather Jim Bacon

     1.00pm  Film : Treasure Island (1972)
                    starring Kim Burfield and Orson Welles

     2.30pm  Hound Hunters 
                     a Tex Avery Cartoon 
  
     2.40pm  Wings Over The World
                    Paul McCartney and Wings, 1975-6
                    tour of Australia and USA


    3.53pm   Regional News, Weather (except London)

    3.55pm   Play School 
                    with the story of The Little Shepherd Boy

    4.20pm  Touche Turtle 
                   The Flying Saucer Sorcerer 
 
    4.25pm   Jackanory 
                   The Black Lamb at Bethlehem, 
                    by Rosemary Harris


    4.40pm  A Star for My Son 
                   a play by Margaret Eaves, with Jean Heywood

     5.10pm  Blue Peter 
                    with Simon Groom, Christopher Wenner,
                    Tina Heath, 
Christmas is Coming!


     5.40pm  Evening News with Peter Woods 
                    Weatherman

     5.50pm  Tom and Jerry (London & South East)
                    Regional News (All other English regions)

    6.00pm  Rolf at Christmas 
                    the children of Wilton Middle School,
                    
Salisbury decorate Longleat House

    6.35pm   Round Robin 
                    Bernard Cribbins reveals the private life
                    of 
the Christmas bird

    7.00pm   It's a Christmas Knockout
                    special festive competition from
                    Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy


   8.00pm   Val's Christmas Music Show
​                    starring Val Doonican and featuring
                    Twiggy, Roy Castle, Magnus Magnusson,
                    The Cambridge Buskers with special guest
                    appearances by Bill Owen, Peter Sallis,
                    Brian Wilde and Jane Freeman from the
                    Last of the Summer Wine


     8.45pm  News with Peter Woods, Weather 

     9.00pm  Film : The Go-Between (1970)
                     starring Julie Christie, Alan Bates 
                     
and Dominic Guard

    10.55pm  Music for Christmas 
                     James Loughran conducts the BBCSO
                     in music by Stravinsky, Humperdinck
                     and Berlioz. With the choir of  Westminster
                     Abbey and the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble​


     11.45pm  Midnight Mass 
                     from the Church of the 
                     
Immaculate Conception, London W1


      1.05am  Closedown

   Christmas Day Tuesday 25th December 1979

   BBC1

    9.00am   Star Over Bethlehem

                    a programme of Christmas music.
                    Eight nations, brought together
                    by that man-made star, the
                    communications satellite, joined in a
                    global celebration​


   10.00am  Morning Service
                    A celebration of Christmas by the children
                    and young people from Christ Church,
                    Llanedeyrn, Cardiff


   10.58am   Weather Jack Scott

   11.00am    Bagpuss

    11.15am    The Spinners at Christmas

                     The Spinners are joined by their audience
                     in festive mood for a seasonal special
                     of music and comedy, which this year is
                     from Thoresby Hall, Nottinghamshire. 


 11.45am      Film : Black Beauty (1971)
                     starring Mark Lester , Walter Slezak

  1.30pm     John Curry 
                    with Katherine Foulkes and
                    Lorna Brown 
recorded at
                    Queens Ice Skating Club, London


   2.00pm   Top of the Pops 1979
                    introduced by Kid Jensen and Peter Powell

   3.00pm   The Queen
                    speaks to the Commonwealth

   3.20pm    Larry Grayson's Christmas 
                    Generation Game

                    special edition for Christmas Day -
                    with 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 Gnome Mobile (1967)
                    The Walt Disney film starring
                    Walter Brennan, 
Matthew Garber ,
                    Karen Dotrice 
Première

  5.45pm     BBC News Peter Woods  Weather

  5.50pm     Blankety Blank
                    Terry Wogan hosts a special Christmas
                     edition of the comedy quiz game, in which
                     contestants attempt to match their
                    "blanks" with Lennie Bennett,
                     Lorraine Chase, Wendy Craig,
                     Sandra Dickinson, Shirley Anne Field,
                     Kenny Everett, Liza Goddard,
                     David Hamilton, David Jason, Roy Kinnear,
                     Patrick Moore and Beryl Reid


  6.30pm      All Creatures Great and Small
                      A series in 14 parts
                      1: Plenty to Grouse About

    7.20pm     The Mike Yarwood Christmas Show
                     with special guest star from America
                      Johnny Mathis with Janet Brown 


    8.00pm     To the Manor Born
                       Christmas comes but once a year

    8.30pm     Film : The Sting (1973)
                       starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford
                       
Première 

  10.35pm      BBC News Peter Woods Weatherman

  10.45pm      Parkinson at Christmas
                       Join Michael Parkinson and his
                       seasonal guests for a special show
                       which reflects some of the many aspects
                       of Christmas past and present


    12.05am    Closedown

  Boxing Day Wednesday 26th December 1979

  BBC1

    9.45am   Over The Moon

                    Whole and Part

   10.00am   What-a-Mess
                      A hat?

    10.05am  Jackanory 
                     The Christmas Box, read by Hannah Gordon

    10.20am   Captain Caveman
                      cartoon series

    10.30am   Why Don't You...?
                      Your own ideas, games and
                      activities presented for children
                      by children


    10.55am   Magic Roundabout

    11.00am   Mickey Mouse Club  
                     Goofy in No Smoking 
                     Toby Tyler : 3

    11.20am   Greatest Heroes of the Bible 
                     Esher, starring Victoria Principal and 
                     
Noah Beery

   12.08pm  Weather Jim Bacon

   12.10pm   Grandstand  
                     with Frank Bough 
                     (12.12 Football Focus, presented by 
                     Bob Wilson, 12.20 Rugby League :
                     Leeds 
v Hunslet, 
                     1.15, 1.45, 2.20 Racing from 
Kempton Park,
                     1.25, 1.55 Racing from 
Wincanton)

    2.35pm   TV Film : Champions A Love Story (1979)
                    a juvenile affair between
                    figure 
skating 
partners

    4.10pm    Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree  
                     Disney animation

    4.35pm    The Road and the Miles of Max Boyce
                     Songs and comedy filmed on location
                     during Max's recent country-wide tour


     5.05pm   Today's Sport

      5.10pm  Disney Time 
                     with Rod Hull and Emu

      5.50pm  News with Richard Baker Weatherman

     6.00pm   Jim'll Fix It

     6.40pm   Are You Being Served ?

                     The Punch and Judy Show

      7.10pm  Film : Where Eagles Dare (1968) Première
                    starring Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood

     9.40pm  Dave Allen at Large
                    Christmas special

   10.25pm   News with Richard Baker  Weatherman

   10.35pm   Boxing Night at the Mill  
                     Bob Langley with Les Dawson,
                     
Dana and Kenny Ball

    11.25pm  Film : Play It Again, Sam (1972)
                    starring Woody Allen and Diane Keaton

    12.55am  Closedown

  Thursday 27th December 1979

  BBC1


      9.45am   Flumps
   10.00am   What a Mess
    10.05am   Jackanory
    10.20am   Captain Caveman
    10.30am   Why Don't You....?
     10.55am   Magic Roundabout
     11.00am   Greatest Heroes of the Bible
     12.45pm   Midday News, Weather 
      1.00pm   Grandstand
      2.35pm   Film : Hugo the Hippo (1975)  
 Première      ​
      3.53pm   Regional News (excluding London)
      3.55pm   Play School
     4.20pm   Deputy Dawg
      4.25pm   Jackanory
     4.40pm   The All Star Record Breakers
      5.35pm   Ivor the Engine
     5.40pm   Evening News, Weatherman
     5.50pm   Tom and Jerry
(London and South East only) 
                     Regional News (All other English regions)
     6.00pm   Rising Stars - Grand Final 
     6.50pm   Tomorrow's World
      7.20pm   Top of the Pops 79
     8.00pm   The Dawson Watch
     8.30pm   Last of the Summer Wine
     9.00pm   Nine O'Clock News, Weatherman
      9.15pm   Fawlty Towers
      9.55pm   Film : A Man for All Seasons (1966)
     11.50am   Weatherman


  Friday 28th December 1979

​  BBC1


     10.00am   What a Mess
      10.05am   Jackanory
      10.20am   Captain Caveman
      10.30am   Why Don't You....?
       10.55am   Magic Roundabout
       11.00am   Zorro
       11.20am   Mickey Mouse Club
        11.55am   Greatest Heroes of the Bible
       12.45pm   Midday News, Weather  
        1.00pm   The Queen in Arabia
        1.50pm   Camberwick Green
        2.05pm   Film : Stagecoach (1966)
        3.53pm   Regional News
(excluding London)
        3.55pm   Play School
        4.20pm   Maxidog
        4.25pm   Jackanory
        4.40pm   Film : Jack and the Beanstalk (1974)
        5.35pm   Ivor the Engine
        5.40pm   Evening News, Weatherman
        5.50pm   Tom and Jerry
                        
(London and South East only) 
                        Regional News (All other English regions)
       6.00pm   Up a Gum Tree
       6.30pm   Film : A Funny Thing Happened
                        on the Way to the Forum (1966)
        8.05pm   Penmarric
        9.00pm   Nine O'Clock News
                         Weekend Weather 
         9.15pm   Film : Sleuth (1972) 
Première
 ​
        11.29pm   Regional News; Weather
        11.30pm   The Best of Dean Martin
        12.35am   Weather


  Saturday 29th December 1979

  BBC1


    9.30am   Multi-Coloured Swap Shop
    12.12am   Weather 
    12.15pm   Grandstand
     5.10pm   Bugs Bunny
     5.35pm   News, Weatherman 
     5.45pm   Sport/Regional News
     5.50pm  Doctor Who : The Horns of Nimon : Part 2
      6.15pm   Jim'll Fix It
     6.50pm   Film : The Pride and the Passion (1957)
     9.00pm   Dallas
     9.50pm   News, Weather
   10.00pm   Match of the Day
    11.00pm   Parkinson
   12.00         Weatherman​


  Sunday 30th December 1979

  BBC1


    9.05am   Ragtime
    9.20am   The Sunday Gang
    9.40am   Dinky Dog
    9.50am   Playhouse
  10.20am   What a Mess
   10.25am   Nai Zindagi Naya Jeevan
   10.55am   The Edinburgh Military Tattoo of 1979
    12.10pm   A Church to Yourself
    12.25pm   Christianity Explored
    12.55pm   Farming
      1.20pm   There's No Business Like Snow Business
      1.45pm   News Headlines
      1.50pm   The World About Us
     2.40pm   Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (Part 1)
     5.00pm   Emu's Broadcasting Company (EBC1)
      5.25pm   The Old Curiosity Shop
      5.55pm   News, Weatherman
     6.05pm   Holiday
     6.40pm   Songs of Praise
       7.15pm   The Lennie and Jerry Show
      7.55pm   Saint Joan
   10.50pm   The Last Right
     11.25pm   The Man with No Name
      2.25am    Weatherman


  New Year's Eve Monday 31st December 1979

  BBC1


    10.00am   What a Mess
     10.05am   Jackanory
     10.20am   Captain Caveman
     10.30am   Why Don't You....?
      10.55am   Magic Roundabout
      11.00am   Zorro
       11.25am   Mickey Mouse Club
       11.55am   Greatest Heroes of the Bible 
      12.45pm   Midday News, Weather 
       1.00pm   Year of the Horse
        1.50pm   How Do You Do?
        2.05pm   Film : Meet Me in St Louis (1944)
        3.53pm   Regional News
(excluding London)
        3.55pm   Play School
       4.20pm   Touche Turtle
        4.25pm   Jackanory
        4.35pm   Playhouse
        5.10pm   Blue Peter Review of the Year
       5.40pm   Evening News, Weatherman
       5.50pm   Tom and Jerry
                        
(London and South East only) 
                        Regional News (All other English regions)
       6.00pm   Pinocchio
        7.35pm   Larry Grayson's Generation Game
        8.25pm   Film : Murder on the Orient Express
                        (1974)
Première
      10.30pm   News, Weatherman
      10.40pm   The 70s Stop Here!
      12.00         Big Ben
       12.01am   A Toast to the 80s


  New Year's Day Tuesday 1st January 1980

  BBC1


    9.45am   Trumpton
  10.00am   What a Mess
  10.05am   Jackanory
  10.20am   Captain Caveman
  10.30am   Why Don't You... ?
  10.55am   Magic Roundabout
  11.00am   Zorro
   11.25am   Greatest Heroes of the Bible
   12.13pm  Weather 
  12.15pm   Grandstand
  3.05pm   Alec Guinness in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
  5.40pm   Today's Sport
(London and South East only)
                  Regional News and Sport (All other regions)
  5.45pm   Evening News, Weatherman
  5.55pm   Elvis -That's the Way It Is
  7.30pm   Hi De Hi
  8.10pm  The Little and Large Show
  8.55pm   News, Weatherman
  9.05pm  Film : The Odessa File (1974) 
Première
 11.10pm   Films of the Year
 11.50pm   Weatherman/Regional News


  Wednesday 2nd January 1980

  BBC1


    10.00am   What a Mess
     10.05am   Jackanory
     10.20am   Captain Caveman
     10.30am   Why Don't You ... ?
      10.55am   Magic Roundabout
      11.00am   Zorro
       11.25am   Mickey Mouse Club
       11.55am   Greatest Heroes of the Bible 
      12.45pm   Midday News, Weather 
        1.00pm   Mary Chipperfield's Wildest
                        School on Earth
        1.30pm   Playboard
        1.45pm   International Tennis
        3.55pm   Play School
       4.20pm   Pixie and Dixie
        4.25pm   Jackanory
       4.40pm   Take Hart
       5.00pm   John Craven's Newsround
        5.05pm   Our John Willie
        5.40pm   Evening News, Weatherman
         5.55pm   Nationwide
         6.55pm  TV Film :
                        The Gift of Love (1978) 
Premi
ère ​
        8.25pm   Fawlty Towers
        9.00pm   Nine O'Clock News, Weatherman
         9.25pm   The Good Old Days
        10.15pm  Film : Horror Express (1972)  
Premi
ère ​
       11.40pm   News Headlines Weatherman
                        Regional News


  Thursday 3rd January 1980

  BBC1


    10.00am   What a Mess
     10.05am   Jackanory
     10.20am   Captain Caveman
     10.30am   Why Don't You....?
      10.55am   Magic Roundabout

      11.00am   Mickey Mouse Club
       11.15am   Greatest Heroesof the Bible
      12.45pm   Midday News, Weather 
       1.00pm   Mary Chipperfield's Wildest
                       School on Earth
       1.30pm   Heads and Tails
        1.45pm   International Tennis
       3.53pm   Regional News
(excluding London)
       3.55pm   Play School
       4.20pm   Deputy Dawg
       4.25pm   Jackanory
       4.40pm   Screen Test
       5.00pm   John Craven's Newsround
       5.05pm   Blue Peter
       5.40pm   Evening News, Weatherman
       5.55pm   Nationwide
       6.45pm   Tomorrow's World
        7.10pm   Top of the Pops
        7.45pm   White Rock
       9.00pm   Nine O'Clock News, Weatherman
        9.25pm   Play for Today : Chance of a Lifetime
      10.40pm   International Tennis
       11.35pm   News Headlines Weatherman
                        Regional News


  Friday 4th January 1980

  BBC1


     10.00am   What a Mess
     10.05am    Jackanory
     10.20am   Captain Caveman
     10.30am   Why Don't You..?
      10.55am   Magic Roundabout
      11.00am   Mickey Mouse Club
       11.20am   Greatest Heroes of The Bible
      12.45pm   Midday News, Weather 
       1.00pm   The Osmonds
        1.30pm   Mister Men
         1.45pm   International Tennis
        3.53pm   Regional News (excluding London)
        3.55pm   Play School
       4.20pm   One Cab's Family
        4.25pm   Jackanory
       4.40pm   The All New Popeye Show
        5.05pm   Johnny Ball Games
       5.40pm   Evening News, Weatherman
        5.55pm   Nationwide
       7.00pm   Up a Gum Tree
        7.30pm   The Superstars
       8.30pm   My Wife Next Door : The Absolute End
       9.00pm   Nine O'Clock News  
                        Weekend Weather 
        9.25pm   The Assassination Run
       10.15pm   Points of View
      10.20pm   The Lucy Show
      10.45pm   News Headlines; Weather
      10.50pm   International Tennis
       11.30pm   The Late Film : Pancho Villa (1972)
  Saturday 22nd December 1979  

  BBC2

     1.25pm   Christmas Matinee
                    Film : Cleopatra (1963) 
part 1
     3.15pm   Play Away
    3.40pm   Horizon
     5.10pm   Something Else
     5.50pm   A Diary of Britain
     6.35pm   The Beatles at Christmas :
                     Film : Help! (1965)
    8.00pm   News and Sport, Weather
     8.15pm   Four Clowns
    9.50pm   Hinge and Bracket
   10.35pm   News on 2, Weather
   10.45pm   Kelly at Christmas :
                     Film : Anchors Aweigh (1945)


​ 





  Sunday 23rd December 1979

​  BBC2

 
     2.25pm   Rugby Special
      3.25pm   Christmas Matinee
                      Film : Cleopatra (1963) 
part 2
      5.28pm   Rugby League Results
      5.30pm   The Beatles at Christmas :
                      The Beatles At Shea Stadium 
Première
      6.20pm   Shakespeare in Perspective
      6.45pm   News Review
       7.15pm   The BBC Television Shakespeare : Henry V
    10.05pm   The Much Loved Music Show
                      Christmas Special
     10.55pm   Kelly at Christmas :
                       Film : On the Town (1949)

  
​ 










 
​    Christmas Eve Monday 24th December 1979


  BBC2

  11.00am    Play School 
                    with Sarah Long, Stuart McGugan
                   
and Elizabeth Millbank

  11.25am    Closedown

   2.10pm   Watch 
                   The Nativity told with puppets and music

    2.40pm  Christmas Matinee :
                   Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)

                   starring Vanessa Redgrave and Glenda Jackson

    4.45pm  The Great Toy Robbery 
                    cartoon 

    4.55pm   The Sounds Of Christmas 
                    with The Goldsmiths Choral Union
                    conducted by Brian Wright
                    Recorded highlights of a concert from
                    the Royal Albert Hall, London, attended by
                    the Prime Minister, The Rt Hon
                    Mrs Margaret Thatcher
     

​    
5.40pm   The Beatles at Christmas :
                     Yellow Submarine (1968)

                      full-length animated feature continuing
                      our festive season of films celebrating the
                      most famous pop group of them all starring
                      The Beatles 
Première

     7.00pm   The Mid-Evening News
                     including a news summary with sub-titles
                     for the hard-of-hearing

                     Weather

      7.05pm   Follow The Star 
                      musical nativity play by Wally K Daly
                      (music by Jim Parker), with  
                      
Sue Jones-Davies as Mary and
                      Lewis 
Flander as Herod
 
     8.25pm   Itzhak Perlman Plays Bach 
                     filmed record of the celebrated Israeli
                     violinist Itzhak Perlman in a memorable
                     performance of Bach's D Minor Partita at
                     a BBC Radio lunchtime concert in St John's
                     Smith Square, London


     9.00pm   Star Over Bethlehem 
                      a satellite transmission linking 8 countries,
                      with Britain being represented by Trinity
                      Chapel, Canterbury Cathedral.
                      Tom Fleming and Claire Bloom speak
                      Christopher Fry's narration​


    10.00pm   Late News,  Weather

     10.05pm  Alan Price 

                      special In Concert performance from
                      The Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester,
                      starring Alan Price, his singers and
                      musicians, and featuring such hits as
                      "Don't Stop the Carnival", "Lucky Man"
                       and "The Jarrow Song"​


    10.55pm   Kelly at Christmas :
                      Singin' In The Rain (1952)

                      starring Gene Kelly 

    12.40am    Closedown



 





















 





 



 

   Christmas Day Tuesday 25th December 1979 

  BBC2

   11.00am    Play School

                      Story : The Little Drummer Boy

    11.25am    Closedown

     3.00pm   The Beatles at Christmas :
                      A Hard Day's Night (1964)

                      with Wilfrid Brambell, Norman Rossington,
                      Victor Spinetti 


     4.25pm    Christmas Day Concert From Amsterdam 
                      the Symphonie Fantastique by Berlioz

    5.30pm    A Christmas Carol 
                     with Michael Hordern

     6.30pm   Baboushka 
                      A Musical Fable for Christmas by
                      
Donald Swann and Arthur Scholey

      7.20pm   News on 2, Weather

      7.30pm   The Front Garden

                      celebration of the English at their
                      favourite pastime


     8.30pm   The Queen
                     speaks to the Commonwealth

      8.50pm  Sutherland and Pavarotti in Recital
                      from the Avery Fisher Hall,
                      Lincoln Center, New York


    10.05pm   Face the Music 
                      Sir Robert Mayer guests, with
                      David Attenborough, Robin Ray 

                      and Joyce Grenfell  
                      
(in her last television 
appearance)

    10.45pm   Film : Cabaret (1972) Première
                      starring Liza Minelli and Michael York

     12.50am   Closedown








  





























 





  Boxing Day Wednesday 26th December 1979


  BBC2

     10.20am  Gharbar

                      special variety programme of
                      Asian music and dance


     10.45am   Closedown

     11.00am   Play School

                      Story: The Winter Bear

     11.25am   Closedown

    12.10pm   Christmas Matine :
                     Henry VIII and his Six Wives (1972) 

                     starring Keith Michell, with
                     Charlotte
Rampling, Jane Asher,
                     Barabara Leigh-Hunt
and Donald Pleasance

     2.10pm   Griffiths the Cue 
                     introduced by David Vine
                     The most remarkable sports story of the year.
                     Terry Griffiths relives his 13 days at
                      the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, that took
                      him from the obscurity of the Llanelli
                      
League to Professional Snooker Champion
                       of the World


    3.40pm   International Gymnastics 
                     the World Championships from Fort Worth

    4.35pm    The Dick Cavett Magic Show
                     One of America's top TV personalities,
                     Dick Cavett is also an enthusiastic
                     amateur magician. Tonight he introduces
                     some of the world's greatest illusionists


    5.50pm   The Beatles at Christmas : Let It Be (1970) 
                     
Première
                    
     7.10pm   Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet : Double Bill
                    featuring two of the company's most
                    popular ballets : 
Les Patineurs : an evocation
                    of the Victorian skating party 
and Pineapple
                    Poll: based on W S Gilbert's Bumboat
                    Woman's Story


    8.25pm   News, Weather

    8.40pm   Our Day Out 

                     by Willy Russell, 
                     starring Jean Heywood and Alun Armstrong

    9.50pm   Sing Christmas 
                    with The King's Singers from Bisham Abbey
                    and Leeds Castle


   10.35pm   Film : Oklahoma! (1955) 
                     with Gordon Macrae, Gloria Grahame
                     and Shirley Jones


   12.50am  Music at Night 
                    The Christmas Tree Suite by Franz Liszt 
                    On each of the 12 days of Christmas
                    Rhondda Gillespie plays a movement from
                    this little-known suite for piano. 

                    Old Christmas Song 













   Thursday 27th December 1979

      BBC2

      
11.00am   Play School
       11.25am   Closedown
       3.55pm   Christmas Matinee
                       Film : The Blue Max (1966)
       6.20pm   Peking Opera
        7.10pm   The Mid-Evening News
                         Weather
       7.20pm   Film : My Fair Lady (1964)
     10.05pm   Leave Him to Heaven
       11.10pm   Richard Stilgoe
       11.35pm   Late News, Weather
       11.50pm   Music at Night


















​​  Friday 28th December 1979

​  BBC2

 
     11.00am   Play School
       11.25am   Closedown
        4.25pm   Christmas Matinee
                        Film :  Moby Dick (1956)
        6.15pm   Lieutenant Kije
       6.30pm   The Light Princess
        7.35pm   Mid-Evening News
                       Weather
        7.50pm   In the Country
        8.15pm   Kate
       9.00pm   Not the Least of Not the
                       Nine O'Clock News
       9.35pm   The Bobby Bare Music Show
     10.20pm   Late News, Weather
     10.35pm   The Man You Loved to Hate
     12.05am   Something Else
     12.45am   Music at Night
















​​  
  Saturday 29th December 1979


  BBC1


    1.20pm   Saturday Cinema
                    Film : National Velvet (1944)
    3.20pm   Play Away
    3.45pm   Film : Little Women (1949)
    5.45pm   Cricket : Australia v West Indies
    6.15pm   Die Fledermaus
   9.40pm   Spirit of Asia
 10.00pm   TV Film : Our Town (1977)
   11.45pm   News on 2, Weather
   11.50pm   Film : Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
     1.25am   Music at Night


 


​  Sunday 30th December 1979


  BBC1


    2.25pm   Coppelia
   2.40pm   New Year Matinee
                    Film : The Yearling (1946)
    4.45pm   Ski Sunday
    5.20pm  Rugby Special
    6.10pm   News Review
   6.40pm   Cricket : Australia v West Indies
    7.10pm   News on 2, Weather
     7.15pm   Film : Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
   9.50pm   John Everett Millais (1829-1896) 
 10.50pm   Film : Don't Look Now (1973) 
Première
  12.35am   Music at Night














​  New Year's Eve Monday 31st December 1979

  BBC2


    11.00am   Play School
     11.25am   Closedown
     2.05pm   Petrushka
      2.25pm   Turn-round
       3.15pm   International Basketball
      3.55pm   New Year Matinee
                      Film : The Singing Nun (1966)
     5.30pm   The Chinese Nightingale
     5.40pm   The Royal Institution's
                     Christmas Lectures :
​                     Atoms for Enquiring Minds
     6.40pm   Cricket : Australia v West Indies
      7.10pm   The Brothers Lionheart
      7.35pm   Mid-Evening News, Weather
      7.45pm   Schools Prom
      8.25pm   The World About Us
      9.15pm   News on 2, Weather
     9.25pm   Things to Come
   10.00pm   The Old Grey Whistle Test
    10.40pm  Film : Sunset Boulevard (1950)
    12.25am   Music at Night


  

 





​  
  New Year's Day Tuesday 1st January 1980

  BBC2


    11.00am   Play School
     11.25am   Closedown
      2.35pm   The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
      2.55pm   New Year Matinee
                      Film : The Wonders of Aladdin (1961)
       5.55pm  The Royal Institution's
                      Christmas Lectures :
                      Atoms for Enquiring Minds
      6.55pm   The Brothers Lionheart
      7.20pm   The Mid-Evening News
                      Weather
       7.35pm   Cricket : Australia v West Indies
      8.05pm   Ten for Survival
      9.05pm   The New Year's Day Concert from Vienna
     10.05pm   Late News, Weather
      10.15pm   Brubeck
       11.10pm   Film : La Grande Illusion (1937)
        1.00am   Music at Night





  Wednesday 2nd January 1980

  BBC2


     10.20am   Gharbar
     10.45am   Closedown
     11.00am   Play School
      11.25am   Closedown
       1.20pm   Racing from Cheltenham
       3.30pm   New Year Matinee
                       Film :  Words and Music (1948)
       5.25pm   The Royal Institution's
                       Christmas Lectures :
                       Atoms for Enquiring Minds
       6.25pm   Cricket : Australia v West Indies
       6.55pm   The Brothers Lionheart
        7.25pm   The Mid-Evening News
                       Weather
        7.35pm   Robin Ray's Picture Gallery
       8.30pm   The Great Bike Race
        9.25pm   The Black Stuff
        11.15pm   Late News, Weather
       11.30pm   International Tennis
       12.05am   Music at Night









​ 

   Thursday 3rd January 1980


  BBC2


     11.00am   Play School
      11.25am   Closedown
      3.55pm    International Tennis
      4.50pm   Open University
                       S101 Preparatory Maths - Numbers. 
      5.05pm   The First Years of Life - On the Way. 
      5.30pm   Interval
      5.40pm   Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
      6.00pm   The Royal Institution's
                       Christmas Lectures :
                       Atoms for Enquiring Minds
       7.00pm   The Brothers Lionheart
        7.25pm   The Mid-Evening News
                        Weather
        7.35pm   The Line that Refused to Die
        8.15pm   Talking Pictures
       9.00pm   Peter Ustinov and Natalie Wood
                        at the Hermitage
      10.30pm   A Celebration for Stephane Grappelli
      11.20pm   Late News, Weather
       11.35pm   Richard Stilgoe
     12.00         Music at Night


 






​  Friday 4th January 1980


  BBC2


    11.00am   Play School
     11.25am   Closedown
      3.55pm   International Tennis
      5.35pm   Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
      5.55pm   The Royal Institution's
                      Christmas Lectures :
                      Atoms for Enquiring Minds
       6.55pm   The Brothers Lionheart
       7.20pm   Mid-Evening News
                       Weather
       7.30pm   Cricket : Australia v England
      8.00pm   Quietly in Bulgaria
       8.30pm   In the Country
      9.00pm   Pot Black 80
       9.25pm   International Pro-Celebrity Golf
      10.15pm   A Celebration for Stephane Grappelli
      11.20pm   Late News, Weather
      11.35pm   lan Dury and the Blockheads
       12.15am  Music at Night












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