ITV CHRISTMAS TV 1966
Christmas Eve Saturday 24th December 1966
ATV
1.00pm News
1.05pm Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer
featuring Burl Ives
1.55pm Film : Pool of London (1951)
starring Bonar Colleano, Susan Shaw, Renee Asherson, Moira Lister and Earl Cameron
3.25pm Christmas Mad Movies
presented by Bob Monkhouse
4.10pm The Rifleman: The Raid
starring Chuck Connors
4.40pm Topo Gigio Comes to Town: The School Room
5.05pm News
5.15pm Professional Wrestling
6.15pm Emergency Ward 10
A Matter of Confidence
7.10pm George and the Dragon
starring Sid James, Peggy Mount, John Le Mesurier, Keith Marsh
7.40pm Film : The Facts of Life (1960)
starring Bob Hope and Lucille Ball
9.30pm News
9.40pm Frankie and Bruce's Christmas Show
11.15pm On the Braden Beat
11.55pm Concelebrated Midnight Mass from The Church of the Immaculate Conception, London
Weather Forecast
ABC Midland and Northern (as ATV except)
11.30am News
11.35am Bugs Bunny's Cartoon Parade
12.20pm The World of Beatrix Potter 1866-1943
12.45pm Rudolf the Red-Nose Reindeer
1.35pm Christmas Mad Movies
2.25pm Professional Wrestling
3.25pm Film : Green Dolphin Street (1947)
starring Lana Turner and Van Heflin (until 5.05pm)
5.15pm Film : Green Dolphin Street (1947) continued
6.10pm Just Jimmy Jimmy Clitheroe
6.40pm Gala Opportunity Knocks!
7.30pm George and the Dragon
8.00pm Film : Carry on Teacher (1959) (until 9.30pm) Première
starring Kenneth Williams, Leslie Phillips, Kenneth Connor
Christmas Day Sunday 25th December 1966
ATV
9.55am A Merry Christmas from Tingha and Tucker
10.20am The Light Shineth Carols and music from Lincoln Cathedral
11.00am Christmas Eucharist from Manchester Cathedral
12.10pm Royal Palaces of Britain
1.10pm Gala Opportunity Knocks!
2.00pm Cliff Richard and The Shadows
with guests Ivor Emmanuel and Patricia Bredin
3.00pm The Queen
3.07pm Film : Sabrina Fair (1954)
starring Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, William Holden
5.05pm Thunderbirds
Give or Take a Million
6.00pm News
6.15pm Weatherwise
6.35pm The Happy Birthday Christmas songs and music from St Albans Cathedral
7.25pm Secombe, Friends and Relations
8.55pm Film : Young at Heart (1954)
starring Doris Day and Frank Sinatra
10.15pm News
10.25pm Film : Young at Heart (1954) continued
11.00pm The Eamonn Andrews Show
11.55pm Rome, Sweet Rome
starring Peggy Mount, Hughie Green, Del Moore, Lois Maxwell and Kip King
12.25am A Preview of Sport, Weather
12.55am A Last Thought for Christmas Day
ABC Midland and Northern (as ATV except)
10.20am A Tour of Carols (until 11.00am)
1.10pm Tales from Dickens (until 2.00pm)
3.07pm Film : Rio Bravo (1959)
starring John Wayne
5.30pm Adventures of the Seaspray (until 6.00pm)
8.55pm Film: My Brother Jonathan (1948)
starring Michael Dennison and Dulcie Gray (until 10.15am)
10.25pm Film: My Brother Jonathan (1948)
continued (until 11.00)
11.55pm Epilogue
Boxing Day Monday 26th December 1966
Rediffusion
7.00am Announcements and Weather
7.05am A Tour of Carols
7.45am Survival
8.10am Mad Movies
with Bob Monkhouse
8.35am Popeye
9.27am Announcements and Weather
9.30am The Addams Family
Addams Family in Court
9.55am Richard the Lionheart
The Rider of Ashdown Forest
10.20am Loredo
The Deadliest Kid in the West
11.10am Wayne and Shuster
take an affectionate look at George Burns and Gracie Allen
12.05pm News
12.10pm Here Comes That Boy Again
Joe Brown sings
12.25pm Racing from Wincanton
(12.30, 1.00 and 1.30 races)
1.45pm Professional Wrestling
from Shoreditch Town Hall with commentary by Kent Walton
2.15pm Racing from Wincanton
2.40pm Hippodrome
with Jane Morgan and Gerry and the Pacemakers
3.30pm The Royal Palaces of Britain
told by Kenneth Clarke
4.30pm For Children- Play Time
4.55pm Disney Wonderland
5.50pm News and Sports Report
6.08pm Crossroads
6.35pm Batman
Green Ice, part 1
7.00pm Film : Tarzan and the Lost Safari (1957)
starring Gordon Scott
8.30pm Peyton Place
8.55pm News
9.10pm Film : A Taste of Honey (1961)
starring Rita Tushingham, Dora Bryan and Robert Stephens
10.50pm News
10.52pm The Temptation of Jezebel
an all-coloured cast in a blues version of The Prodigal Son
Weather
11.30pm Singing and Searching Strangers of the Cradle
Granada (as Rediffusion except)
10.15am The Adventures of Long John Silver
The Orphan's Christmas, with Robert Newton
10.45am Disney Wonderland Special
with Francesca Annis
11.40am The Magic Boomerang
Mr Santa Claus (until 12.05pm)
2.40pm Windfall
starring Lionel Jeffries (until 3.30pm)
4.30pm Film : The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
starring Errol Flynn (until 5.50pm)
6.05pm Film : The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936) (continued)
6.30pm Criss Cross Quiz
with Barbara Kelly
7.00pm All Our Yesterdays
with Brian Inglis
7.30pm Coronation Street
8.00pm Film : Kings Row (1942)
starring Anne Sheridan, with Ronald Reagan (until 8.55pm)
9.10pm Film : Kings Row (1942) part two
10.30pm News Headlines
followed by
Scene and Northern Newscast
11.00pm Film : Terror by Night (1946)
starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce
12.00 Goodnight
Christmas Tuesday 27th December 1966
Rediffusion
7.00am Announcements and Weather
7.05am The Charlie Chaplin Carnival
the Fireman
7.20am Survival
7.45am Mad Movies
with Bob Monkhouse
8.10am Music Mine
8.25am John Grierson presents
8.50am Thirsty Boots
9.03am Playbill
9.30am Long John Silver
The Pink Pearl
9.55am Sara and Hoppity
10.07am The Addams Family
Cousin It Visits The Addams Family
10.35am Adventures of the Sea Hawk
The Will of the Lord
11.00am Alexander Brothers Show
11.25am Ivor the Engine
11.35am Stunt Man
12.00 News
12.05pm The Grafters
a story about street traders
12.45pm Take Your Shoes Off
1.05pm The Adventures of Twizzle
1.20pm Slags' Place
1.50pm The Flintstones
Sheriff for a Day
2.20pm A Christmas Carol on Ice
from Streatham Ice Rink
3.15pm Film : Albert RN (1953)
starring Anthony Steel, Jack Warner and Robert Beatty
4.45pm For Children - Playtime
5.00pm Adventures of the Seaspray
5.25pm For Children - Orlando Stealers Keepers
part 3, starring Sam Kydd
5.55pm News, Weather
6.08pm Crossroads
6.30pm Batman
Deep Freeze, part 2
7.00pm Double Your Money
with Hughie Green
7.30pm Peyton Place
8.00pm Mrs Thursday
8.55pm News
9.10pm Julie's Gone
starring Raymond Francis, John Carson, John Stratton, Michele Dotrice and David Garth
10.10pm The Felony Squad
Fear Below, starring Howard Duff
10.40pm News
10.42pm This Year of Sport
11.27pm Dateline, Weather
11.37pm Singing and Searching
Leaves of Life
Granada (as Rediffusion except)
7.00am no programmes (until 12.00 noon)
12.05pm Thunderbirds
1.00pm Wyvern at War
documentary on the War in Europe
1.50pm Film : The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
starring Humphrey Bogart
3.55pm Orlando
4.25pm Film : The Chance of a Lifetime (1943)
starring Bernard Miles (until 5.55)
6.05pm Time for a Laugh
cartoon
6.30pm Ready, Steady, Go!
7.00pm Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Barry Fitzgerald in 'Santa Claus and the 10th Avenue Kid'
7.30pm Double Your Money
8.00pm The Baron (until 8.55pm)
10.10pm Scene (until 10.40pm)
11.25pm Nothin' But the Blues
12.00 Closedown
