ITV CHRISTMAS TV 1965
Christmas Eve Friday 24th December 1965
Rediffusion
2.00pm Film : The Pickwick Papers (1952)
stars James Hayter, James Donald, Nigel Patrick
3.40pm A Children's Festival of Carols and Lessons
4.20pm Crossroads
4.45pm Small Time
'Pippy the Telephant' presents the nautical adventures of Captain Ruff and his ready crew
5.00pm Five O'Clock Club
among the Christmas Eve guests at the club are Johnny Tillotson, The Ivy League, Lita Roza,
Mike Redway and Herman's Hermits
5.25pm Atom Ant cartoon
5.55pm News and Weather
6.08pm The Circus Comes to Town
7.00pm Take Your Pick
7.30pm Emergency-Ward 10
8.00pm Ready, Steady, Go!
Cathy McGowan invites you to meet the pop stars of the present and future.
Guests include: Herman's Hermits, The Animals, The Kinks, The Who, Chris Farlowe, The Hollies
8.55pm News
9.10pm Cinema
Michael Scott presents
9.40pm A Man Called Shenandoah
The Verdict
Shenandoah (Robert Horton) captures a killer, but despite his evidence the man goes free
10.05pm Peyton Place
10.35pm In the Beginning...The Archbishop of Canterbury
10.50pm News Headlines
10.55pm The Wayne and Shuster Show taking an affectionate look at WC Fields
11.55pm The First Communion of Christmas from Waltham Abbey, Essex
Granada (as Rediffusion except)
2.30pm Film : Tons of Trouble (1956)
starring Richard Hearne, William Hartnell, Austin Trevor
3.40pm Film : Time Lock (1957)
starring Robert Beatty, Lee Patterson, Betty McDowall
4.50pm Good Evening from Granada (until 5.00pm)
5.25pm Stingray
5.50pm The Archbishop of York (until 5.55pm)
9.40pm Film : Trapeze (1956)
starring Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Gina Lollobrigida
11.25pm Phil Silvers Show (until 11.55pm)
Christmas Day Saturday 25th December 1965
ATV
9.00am Lichfield Cathedral Carols for Christmas
9.45am Adventure Showcase
Supercar The Magic Carpet
Fireball XL5 Planet 46
Stingray A Christmas to Remember
11.00am The Christmas Family Service from Waltham Abbey, Essex
12.00 The Adventures of Robin Hood
12.30pm News
12.35pm Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer with Burl Ives
1.30pm Christmas Chorus
2.15pm Wish upon a Wishbone
3.00pm The Queen
3.10pm Film : Moby Dick (1956) starring Gregory Peck
followed by
Football Results
5.20pm Christmas Lucky Stars
6.05pm The Beverly Hillbillies
6.35pm Thunderbirds
7.30pm The Big Valley
8.25pm The Arthur Haynes Show
9.00pm Court Martial Retreat from Life
9.55pm News from ITN
10.05pm The Bruce Forsyth Show
11.10pm On the Braden Beat
11.40pm Interpol Calling
followed by
The Weather Forecast
12.00 The Epilogue
ABC Midlands and Northern (as ATV except)
9.45am Snip and Snap
10.05am Return to Oz (until 11.00am)
12.05pm Christmas Chorus
12.50pm News
1.00pm On the Barrier Reef (until 2.15pm)
3.10pm Film : Nicholas Nickleby (1947)
5.10pm Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
6.05pm Christmas Lucky Stars
6.50pm Opportunity Knocks
7.35pm Lost in Space (until 8.25pm)
9.00pm News
9.10pm The Bruce Forsyth Show
10.10pm The Avengers
11.10pm ABC Weekend
11.40pm On the Braden Beat; Weather; Epilogue
Christmas Sunday 26th December 1965
ATV
10.00am Journey of a Lifetime
11.00am United Free Church Christmas Service from Albion Congregational Church, Ashton-Under-Lyme
12.15pm Mr Riviera with Charles Drake
12.40pm Film : Montana Belle (1952)
starring Jane Russell, George Brent, Scott Brady
1.50pm Police Five
2.00pm News
2.05pm The Reputation Makers
2.35pm Film : There was a Crooked Man (1960) starring Norman Wisdom
4.30pm The Forest Rangers
4.55pm Lena starring Lena Horne
6.00pm News from ITN
6.15pm Ring a Bell
6.35pm About Religion : 900 years
7.05pm A Date with Music the carols of Thomas Merritt, C19th miner
7.25pm The Palladium's Christmas Special
8.55pm Film : King Kong (1933)
starring Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot
10.05pm News
10.15pm Film : King Kong(1933) continued
10.45pm Braden Again
11.05pm The Eamonn Andrews Show
The Weather Forecast
The Epilogue
ABC Midlands and Northern (as ATV except)
12.15pm Under the Southern Cross
1.25pm News
1.30pm The Reputation Makers
2.00pm The Littlest Hobo
2.30pm Mad Movies
3.00pm Film : Treasure Island
4.55pm Lena (until 6.00pm)
8.55pm Film : Bhowani Junction (until 10.05pm)
starring Ava Gardner
10.15pm Film : Bhowani Junction continued (until 11.05pm)
Boxing Day Monday 27th December 1965
Rediffusion
9.45am Half Hour News
10.15am Gilligan's Island
10.45am Survival
11.10am The Adventures of Seahawk
11.40am Ragtime- Late Joys
12.15pm The Addams Family
12.40pm News from ITN
12.45pm Racing from Wincanton (1.00, 1.30, 2.00 and 2.30 races)
2.40pm Film : Three Men in a Boat (1956)
starring Laurence Harvey, Jimmy Edwards, David Tomlinson
4.15pm Crossroads
4.40pm Small Time
4.55pm Go!
5.20pm Flipper
5.50pm Sports Report and News from ITN
6.10pm Chaplin Carnival excerpts from The Wild Clerk of the Pawnshop
6.30pm The Flintstones
7.00pm All Our Yesterdays
7.30pm Coronation Street
8.00pm The Power Game
8.55pm News from ITN
9.10pm Stars and Garters
9.40pm Film : Moulin Rouge (1952)
starring Jose Ferrer
11.40pm News Headlines
11.42pm Dateline
followed by
The Weather Forecast
11.52pm The Abbey A Tribute to Westminster Abbey on its 900th Anniversary
Granada (as Rediffusion except)
2.40pm Film : Great Expectations (1946)
starring John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Tony Wager
4.45pm Good Evening from Granada
4.55pm Go!
5.20pm The Magic Boomerang (until 5.50)
6.05pm My Mother, The Car
6.30pm Scene at 6.30 (until 7.00)
9.10pm Witness for the Prosecution
11.10pm Stars and Garters (until 11.40)
11.45pm Granada in the North
Tuesday 28th December 1965 (Bank Holiday)
Associated Rediffusion
10.30am Westminster Abbey
a Service to inaugurate the 900th Anniversary Year, attended by the Queen,
the Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales and Princess Anne
12.10pm Closedown
2.30pm Out of School
2.33 Afternoon Edition
2.59 Ici La France
3.20 Notre Ville)
3.36pm Closedown
4.20pm Crossroads
4.45pm Small Time
5.00pm Five O'Clock Club
5.25pm Stage One Contest
5.55pm News; Weather
6.08pm Three After Six
6.30pm Car 54, Where Are You ?
7.00pm Double Your Money
7.30pm Emergency- Ward 10
8.00pm No Hiding Place
8.55pm News
9.10pm Alfred Hitchcock Hour
10.05pm The World Tonight
10.35pm News
10.37pm My Three Sons
11.07pm Westminster Abbey edited recording of morning service
11.52pm Dateline; Weather
12.03am The Abbey
Granada (as Associated Rediffusion except)
3.35pm Film : Onze Rue de la Gare (1946) (until 3.55)
starring René Dary, Jean Parédès, Albert Dinan
4.50pm Good Evening from Granada (until 5.00)
6.05pm The Phil Silvers Show
6.30pm Scene at 6.30 (until 7.00)
8.00pm Film : The Horse's Mouth (1958) (until 8.55)
starring Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, Renee Houston
9.10pm Film : The Horse's Mouth (1958) (continued) (until 10.05)
10.35pm Amos Burke, Secret Agent
11.25pm The Abbey
11.50pm News; Granada in the North
12.00 Closedown
