ITV CHRISTMAS TV 1972
Christmas Eve Sunday 24th December 1972
ITV LONDON
9.30am A Service of Carols and Lessons
from the Cathedral Church of St Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne
10.30am The King's Breakfast
11.00am Christmas Lift Off
11.45am Stars at Christmas
with Songs of Christmas
12.30pm Film : Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966)
with Mike Henry and Kim Novak
2.25pm The Big Match
3.15pm Christmas Company
4.15pm The Golden Shot
5.05pm Sleeping Beauty on Ice
6.05pm News
6.15pm Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
7.00pm Carols for Children
with Fred Dinenage, Second Semi-Final
7.25pm Film : Khartoum (1966)
starring Charlton Heston
9.45pm News
10.00pm The LP Show
with Victor Borge
11.00pm Aquarius : A Play in a Manger
11.55pm Midnight Mass
from the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem
12.45am Closedown
ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV London except)
10.30am The Flintstones (until 11.00)
12.30pm TV Film : Climb an Angry Mountain (1972)
with Fess Parker, Stella Stevens
2.15pm Soccer (until 3.15pm)
ITV MIDLAND/ATV (as ITV London except)
10.30am Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
Inferno
12.30pm Feature Film : Ivanhoe (1952)
starring Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor
2.15pm Star Soccer (until 3.15pm)
7.25pm Feature Film : Gigi (1958)
starring Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier
Christmas Day Monday 25th December 1972
ITV LONDON
8.30am A Concert for Christmas
Carols from the Royal Festival Hall
9.15am Enchanted House
Preparing for Christmas
9.30am A Merry Morning
with Leslie Crowther
10.00am Clapperboard's Christmas Cracker
with clips from such films as Snow White, Scrooge, Aladdin, Robinson Crusoe and
The Pied Piper of Hamelin, Chris Kelly adds to the merriment of this special morning
10.45am Christmas Morning Service
from St George's Chapel, Windsor
12.00 Film : Gulliver's Travels (1939)
cartoon
1.15pm The Big Top
Mary Chipperfield's International Circus
2.00pm The Flight of the Snow Geese
with Peter Scott
3.00pm The Queen
3.10pm Film : That Riviera Touch (1966)
starring Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise
4.50pm Opportunity Knocks !
Christmas Special with Hughie Green
5.35pm News
5.45pm All Star Comedy Carnival
7.30pm Coronation Street
8.00pm The Comedians
8.30pm Film : The Way West (1967)
starring Kirk Douglas and Robert Mitchum
10.00pm News at Ten
10.15pm Film : The Way West (1967) continued
11.00pm Film : The Love Goddesses
12.30am A Carol for Christmas Night
ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV London except)
9.15am Felix the Cat (until 9.30am)
ITV MIDLAND/ATV (as ITV London except)
8.30pm Film : Khartoum (1966)
10.15pm Film : Khartoum (1966) part two
12.30am Weather, Closedown
Boxing Day Tuesday 26th December 1972
ITV LONDON
9.00am Cliff's Kids
with Clifford Henry : Clowns
9.15am Mountain Rescue
A Magpie Special with Tony Bastable
9.35am Bugs Bunny
10.00am Film : Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950)
with Lex Barker and Vanessa Brown
11.20am Professional Wrestling
12.20pm Boxing Day Racing
from Wetherby (12.30, 1.00, 1.30, 2.00) and Wincanton (12.45, 1.15, 1.45)
2.10pm The Lorax
cartoon
2.40pm Dear Octopus
a play starring Peter Barkworth, Lally Bowers, Anna Massey
4.10pm Cinderella
the Junior Showtime Pantomime
5.00pm News and Sport
Weather Forecast Summary
5.15pm All the Jokers- Full House!
6.15pm Film : Press for Time (1966)
starring Norman Wisdom and Derek Bond
8.00pm Big Bad Mouse
with Eric Sykes and Jimmy Edwards
9.30pm The Val Doonican Show
with Terry Wogan, Georgie Fame and Alan Price, Tonia Bell-Campbell, Charlie Drake
10.30pm News
10.45pm Film : The Mummy (1959)
starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee
12.25am Reconciliation
ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV London except)
11.25am Professional Wrestling
12.45pm Weather (until 12.50pm)
ITV MIDLAND/ATV (as ITV London except)
9.35am Merrie Melodies Show
10.00am Professional Wrestling
10.55am Film : Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950)
with Lex Barker and Vanessa Brown
6.15pm Film : Return of the Seven (1966)
starring Yul Brynner, Robert Fuller, Warren Oates
10.45pm Film : Lolita (1962)
with James Mason, Sue Lyon, Peter Sellers,Shelley Winters
1.30am The Weather and Closedown
