ITV CHRISTMAS TV 1970
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 bookmark. 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
