ITV CHRISTMAS TV 1958
Christmas Eve Wednesday 24th December 1958
Associated Rediffusion
4.25pm The Nativity
4.45pm The Adventures of Twizzle Twizzle and the Breakdown Van
5.00pm Junior Criss Cross Quiz
with Chris Howland
5.25pm The Adventures of the Adventures of Rin-Tin-Tin Forward Ho!
5.55pm News, Weather
6.10pm Dick and the Duchess The Dress
6.40pm Christmas Carol Service from the Parish Church of Holy Trinity, Rudgwick, Sussex
7.00pm Close Up on Shooting Stars
Kenneth MacLeod introduces sequences from famous Westerns
7.30pm Murder Bag
Lockhart Coins a Phrase starring Raymond Fancis as Inspector Lockhart
8.00pm Spot the Tune
starring Jackie Rae and Marion Ryan
8.40pm Epitaph at Little Buffalo
starring William Needles
9.35pm African Patrol Counterfeit
10.00pm News
10.15pm The Merry Christmas
musical story based on 'A Christmas Carol', with Stephen Murray as Scrooge
11.00pm The Jack Jackson Show
with Malcolm Vaughan, Petula Clark, Ray Ellington, Cherry Wainer, The Dallas Boys,
Al Saxon, Glen Mason and Mlcolm Jackson
11.30pm Douglas Fairbanks presents "A New Life"
11.55pm Midnight Mass from Brompton Oratory, London
1.20am Closedown
Granada (as Associated Rediffusion except)
4.20pm Hunt A Helynt 1958 (until 5.00) (Channel 9 only)
5.30pm The Adventures of Rin-Tin-Tin (until 5.55)
The Foot Soldier
6.05pm Northern Newscast
6.10pm White Hunter
The Treasure of Tippu Tib starring Rhodes Reason
6.40pm People and Places (until 7.00)
with Bill Grundy
9.35pm Popeye (until 10.00)
a treat for the grown-ups
11.00pm Sports Outlook
with Gerry Loftus
11.30pm Myra and the Money Man (until 11.55)
with Douglas Fairbanks Jr
1.20am Goodnight
ATV (as Associated Rediffusion except)
12.45pm Thought for the Day
12.47pm Lunch Box
hosted by Noele Gordon
1.30pm Closedown until 5.00pm
5.30pm Cisco Kid (until 5.55pm)
6.10pm White Hunter
Pegasus starring Rhodes Reason
6.35pm Christmas Tree
The Lunch Box unit and members of the studio staff sing carols and decorate the Christmas Tree
7.10pm Sugarfoot (until 8.00pm)
Stallion Trail starring Will Hutchins
9.35pm Sea Hunt
starring Lloyd Bridges
11.28pm The Little Match-Girl (until 11.55pm)
A Christmas Fantasy based on the story by Hans Christian Anderson
Christmas Day Thursday 25th December 1958
Associated Rediffusion
11.00am Christmas Morning Service from the Parish Church of Holy Trinity, Rudgwick, Sussex
12.15pm Close Up on Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures
12.45pm Christmas Box
2.00pm Cyril Stapleton and His Orchestra
3.00pm Her Majesty the Queen from Sandringham House
3.15pm From All of Us to All of You
4.15pm Carroll Levis Junior Discoveries
5.00pm Christmas in Cyprus
5.30pm Spotlight on Musicals
6.05pm News
6.20pm Joyful and Triumphant
6.45pm Max Bygraves Entertains
7.30pm Double Your Money
8.00pm Alf's Button
9.00pm New Look
10.00pm News
10.05pm Film : The Maltese Falcon (1941) starring Humphrey Bogart
followed by Weather and the Epilogue
Granada (as Associated Rediffusion except)
12.10pm The Story of the Nativity
12.30pm Carols for Christmas (until 2.00)
4.15pm Christmas in the North (until 5.00)
6.15pm People and Places
6.20pm Sea Hunt (until 6.45)
10.05pm Film : Once Upon a Time starring Cary Grant and Janet Blair
11.30pm Goodnight
Boxing Day Friday 26th December 1958
Associated Rediffusion
12.13pm Thought for the Day
12.15pm Steeplechasing from Market Rasen
12.45pm Lunch Box; Lunch-time News
1.25pm Steeplechasing
3.15pm Smart Alec
4.15pm Having a Wonderful Time
5.00pm Let's Get Together Jukebox Harlequinade
5.30pm Popeye
5.55pm News, Weather
6.10pm Life with the Lyons The Sheriff of Fractured Wrist
6.40pm Roving Report Switzerland
7.00pm Shadow Squad A Song for Christmas
7.30pm Emergency Ward 10
8.00pm Take Your Pick
8.30pm The Army Game
9.00pm The Jubilee Show A New Show in an Old Setting
10.00pm News
10.15pm The Larkins Christmas with the Larkins
10.45pm This Week's Late Extra, followed by the Epilogue
Granada (as Associated Rediffusion except)
12.13pm No programme
12.15pm No programme
12.45pm No programme
3.15pm Film : Master of Bankdam (1947) (until 5.00)
6.05pm Northern Newscast (until 6.10)
12.00 Goodnight
