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  Christmas Eve Thursday 24th December 1970

  ITV LONDON

  9.45am  Origami  
                   Robert Harbin demonstrates the ancient Japanese art of paper-folding and shows how to make a dagger book
                   mark. If you want to join in have several sheets of paper about 10in. square to hand


  9.55am  Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
                   Can the Abominable Snow Monster be de-fanged?
                   Will the Island of Misfit Toys be the source of gold for Yukon Cornelius, the greatest prospector in the North?
                   Will Santa's Christmas Eve delivery of toys have to be postponed?
                   Folk-singer Burl Ives and an unforgettable cast of puppets take us into a wonderful world of fun and song where Rudolph's
                   glowing nose leads him through a series of fantastic adventures
 (Repeat)

10.45am  It's a Dog's World
                   We buy him tailored clothing, diamond studded collars, and send him to a psychiatrist - it's a dog's world!
                   This programme takes an affectionate look at the canine world, from the ancestors of all dogs, the wolf and
                   jackal, through the mastiff and spaniel that crossed the Atlantic in the Mayflower, to the champion dogs of today.
                   Narrated by Lorne Green


11.35am   Film : Virginia City (1940)
                   starring Randolph Scott, Errol Flynn, Humphrey Bogart
                   
Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from Confederate Prison and is set to Virginia City in Nevada.
                   Once there he finds that the former commander of his prison Vance  Irby is planning to send $5 million
                   in gold to save the Confederacy


  1.45pm  Timeslip
                   Episode 13 : Year of the Burn-Up
                   The children return home and Simon is summoned to Whitehall. Commander Traynor questions him
                   closely about the longevity drug and orders him to keep out of the future, Simon intrigued by the 
                   Commander's fear, returns to the barrier. Liz makes a discovery


  2.15pm   Junior Showtime Christmas Party
                   Bobby Bennett is the host and Billy Dainty the guest in this special Christmas edition of the show that puts young talent on parade

  3.00pm  Crossroads
                    Mrs Hope "Well I just hung about outside his chalet, Then when he didn't come out I knocked . . ."

  3.25pm   Film : The Sundowners (1960)
                    starring Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Peter Ustinov
                    Tender story of the conflict between a happy-go-lucky Australian sheep drover and his wife who wants to settle down


  5.50pm  News

  6.00pm  This is Tom Jones

                     with Ella Fitzgerald, Rudolf Nureyev, Merle Park,The Treorchy Male Choir

  7.00pm  Nearest and Dearest  
                    Compliments of the Season
                    Christmas . . . the time for the loved ones to be gathered together. . . .


  7.30pm   Film : Invitation to a Gunfighter  (1964)
                    starring Yul Brynner, George Segal, Janice Rule

  9.10pm   Carry On Again Christmas
                   
Carry On Long John

10.10pm  News from ITN

10.25pm  Christmas Eve at the Golden Garter

11.25pm    Take One Swann

11.50pm   Concelebrated Christmas Mass

                    from St Gregory the Great, Seacroft, Leeds

12.45am  Weather and Closedown

  ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV London except)

10.00am  Origami with Robert Harmin

10.15am  Survival The Island That Came Back to Life

10.45am  Film : Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943)  starring Johnny Weissmuller

12.00       A Christmas Carol (b&w)

  1.00pm  Adventure in Rainbow Country

  1.30pm  Film : Clarence the Cross-Eyed Lion

  3.00pm  Junior Showtime Christmas Party


  3.45pm  Film : The Three Musketeers (1948)
                   starring Gene Kelly, June Allyson, Vincent Price (until 5.50pm)

11.25pm  Carols in Kirkgate (until 11.50pm)


  Christmas Day Friday 25th December 1970
 
  ITV LONDON

  8.15am    Sing a Song of Christmas

  9.00am  Anita in Jumbleland with Anita Harris

                    It's Christmas Day in Jumbleland and among the junk Anita and the kids discover a Christmas tree, a sleigh and surprise! surprise!
                    - a present for Anita herself


  9.15am    Parish Communion
                   from the Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban

10.15am   Christmas Cinema
                   with Michael Parkinson

11.00am   A Merry Morning
                   with Leslie Crowther

11.30am    Film : Tarzan's Peril (1951)
                    starring Lex Barker

  1.00pm   Kelvin Hall Circus

  2.00pm  A Gift from Gracie
                    
The Bachelors, Gracie Fields, Bruce Forsyth, Harry Secombe, Mike and Bernie Winters

  3.00pm  The Queen

  3.20pm   Film : The Incredible Mr Limpet (1964)

                    comedy cartoon musical 

  4.45pm   Cinderella
                    with Dickie Henderson, Vince Hill, Jack Douglas, Lionel Blair, Susan George

  5.50pm  News

  6.00pm  All Star Comedy Carnival


  8.30pm  On the Buses Christmas Duty

  9.00pm  The Val Doonican Show

                    with guests Sandie Shaw, Ronnie Corbett, Flanders and Swann, Stephane Grapelli

10.00pm  News at Ten

10.20pm   Film : Hush...Hush  Sweet Charlotte (1964)

                     starring Bette Davis

12.40am   Church and Fashion

  ITV Yorkshire (as ITV London except)

11.30am   Film : Sands of the Desert (1960)
                   with Charlie Drake (until 1.00pm)

  3.20pm  Film : Tommy the Toreador (1959)  
                    starring Tommy Steele (until 4.45pm)

10.15pm    Film : A High Wind in Jamaica (1965 )
                    
starring Anthony Quinn and James Coburn

12.10am  Weather and Closedown

  
  Boxing Day Saturday 26th December 1970

  ITV LONDON

  9.05am  RAC Road Report

  9.10am  The Wind in the Willows

  9.20am  A Christmas Carol
                   
(b&w) Part One
             
10.10am  Stewpot

10.55am  Film : Tarzan and the Amazons (1945) 

                  starring Johnny Weissmuller

12.15am   Shari's Show

12.45pm  News

12.50pm  World of Sport
                   
(12.55 On the Ball, 1.20 They`re Off!  1.30, 2.00, 2.30, 3.00 Racing from Wolverhampton, 1.45, 2.15, 2.45 Racing from Wetherby, 
                   3.10 International Sports Special: the Year of Pele, 3.55 Results, Scores, News, 4.00 Wrestling, 4.55 Results Service)  


  5.10pm   News

  5.15pm    The Beverly Hillbillies

  5.45pm    Pippa
 
                     film of Joy Adamson's cheetah

  6.45pm    Holiday Startime
                     Maggie Fitzgibbon with guest Peter Cook, also starring Les Dawson, Max Jaffa, Vincent Price, Reg Varney, Thora Hird, Arthur Lowe, Ted Ray,
                     The Bee Gees, Kenny Ball, 
Chris Barber, Acker Bilk

  8.00pm  Petula
                     with Peggy Lee, The Everly Brothers, David Frost and guest star Dean Martin

  9.00pm  It's Tarbuck
                     Jimmy Tarbuck with Peter Gordeno, Kenny Lynch and guest stars Frankie Vaughan, Lulu, Jack Parnell and his Orchestra

  9.30pm  News

  9.45pm  Film : The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)

                   starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee

11.15pm    Aquarius

12.00      Church and Fashion



  ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV London except)

  9.00am  Diane's Magic Theatre 

  9.15am    Land of the Giants

10.10am   It Couldn't Be Done

10.55am  A Tale of Two Puppies


11.45am   Shari's Show

12.15pm   Whicker's Christmas

                   (until 12.45pm)

  5.15pm   Film : Rhino! (1964)
                   starring Harry Guardino, Robert Culp, Shirley Eaton (until 6.45pm)

  9.40pm  Film : Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
                    starring Bette Davis, Joseph Cotten, Olivia De Havilland (until 11.55pm)

11.55pm    A Reading at Christmas

12.00        Weather and Closedown



  Sunday 27th December 1970

  ITV London

11.00am   The Morning Service
                    from Stowmarket Congregational Church, Suffolk

12.10pm   Closedown

 1.00pm   A Christmas Carol

                    Part Two
                    ''Good spirit, intercede for me,'' begged Scrooge, ''for I will honour Christmas in my heart, I will live in the past, the present and the future. Oh tell me it is not too late.''
                    But as Scrooge said these words, he saw an alteration in the phantom's hood and dress. It shrank, collapsed and dwindled down into a bedpost


  1.25pm    Granny Gets the Point

  1.45pm    All Our Yesterdays

  2.15pm    University Challenge


  2.45pm   The Big Match

  3.45pm   Bonanza : Queen High

  4.45pm   The Golden Shot
                    
with Bob Monkhouse, Anita Harris, Ken Dodd, Freddie Davis, Vince Hill, Yutte Stensgard, Anne Aston

  5.35pm  Whicker's Christmas

  6.05pm  News

  6.15pm   Hot Seat
 
                   Lord Soper

  6.35pm  Turn of the Year

  6.55pm  Give at Seven

  7.00pm  A Hymn for Children

  7.25pm    Please Sir!
 
                     And Everyone Came Too

  7.55pm    Film : The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1939)
                     starring Charles Laughton

10.00pm  News

10.15pm    Sunday Night Theatre
 
                    The Policeman and the Cook with Michael Crawford

11.15pm  This is Tom Jones

12.10am  Church and Fashion


  ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV London except)

 1.00pm    Hey! Cinderella
                     starring Belinda Montgomery, Robin Ward

 1.50pm    Farming Diary

 2.20pm    Soccer

 3.15pm      Film : The Naked Truth (1957)
 
                     starring Terry-Thomas and Peter Sellers (until 4.45pm)

 5.35pm     Flipper
                     Flipper's Treasure (until 6.05pm)

 7.55pm    The Big Film : East of Eden (1955)
                    starring Julie Harris, James Dean, Raymond Massey (until 10.00pm)

12.15am    A Reading at Christmas
                    with Sir Bernard Miles

12.25am  Weather and Closedown



  Bank Holiday Monday 28th 1970

  THAMES

10.00am  Anita in Jumbleland
                     with Anita Harris

10.10am  The Bugs Bunny Show

10.30am  Flipper

10.55am  Laurel and Hardy

                   cartoon

11.05am   Robin Hood
                   (b&w)

11.30am   Royal Family

  1.20pm   Racing from Wolverhampton

  3.10pm   Film : Gay Purr-ee (1962)

  4.10pm   Charlie Brown's Christmas

  4.35pm   Crossroads

  5.00pm  Film : Worm's Eye View (1951)
 
                    with Ronald Shiner & Garry Marsh

  5.45pm  News, Sport

  6.00pm  Film : Worm's Eye View (1951)

                     (continued)

  6.45pm   David Nixon's Magic Box
                     with David Nixon, Anita Harris, The New World, Margo Henderson, Chung Chin Foo, Howard Peters

  7.30pm   Coronation Street

  8.00pm  Mr Digby Darling

                     with Sheila Hancock, Peter Jones, Michael Bates

  8.30pm   Film : Lord Jim (1965)
                     starring Peter O'Toole

10.00pm  News at Ten

10.30pm   Film : Lord Jim (1965)

                     (continued)

11.50pm  Outlook '71
 
  YORKSHIRE (as Thames except)

10.15am    Phoenix Five  
                    Two Into One Won't Go

10.45am   Film : Blackbeard the Pirate (1952)
                    with Robert Newton, Linda Darnell, Keith Andes, Torin Thatcher, William Bendix

12.25pm  The Rovers  
                  The Expert

12.50pm  Timeslip  
                   Episode 14
                   The Year of the Burn-Up


  3.10pm  The Fastest Man on Earth
                   
(until 4.10pm)

  4.40pm  Cartoon Christmas
                   Two cartoons for the festive season - the stories of Aladdin and Pinocchio

  4.55pm   Film : Courage of Lassie (1946)
                     with Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Morgan, Tom Drake

  5.45pm   News and Sports Results

  6.00pm  Film : Courage of Lassie (1946)
                     (continued) (until 6.45pm)

12.00        A Reading at Christmas

12.10am   Weather and Closedown
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