ITV CHRISTMAS TV 1973
Christmas Eve Monday 24th December 1973
ITV LONDON
9.30am Sing Choirs of Angels
10.15am A Christmas Story
A delightful cartoon about a dog and a mouse
10.35am Film : Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)
12.05pm Rainbow
Christmas Music
12.25pm Michael Bentine's Potty Time
Father Christmas
12.40pm First Report
with Robert Kee followed by
Weather Forecast
1.00pm Mr and Mrs Christmas Special
with Derek Batey, Marion MacDonald
1.30pm Jokers Wild Christmas Special
2.00pm Film : The Truth About Spring (1965)
starring Hayley Mills and John Mills
3.50pm Babes in the Wood
4.50pm Robert's Robots
Double Trouble
5.20pm Clapperboard
with Chris Kelly
5.50pm News
6.00pm All the King's Men
by Richard Rodney Bennett and Beverley Cross
6.45pm Opportunity Knocks!
Christmas Variety Award Show
7.30pm Coronation Street
8.00pm The Family That Lives With Elephants
9.00pm Carry On Christmas
10.00pm News at Ten followed by
Weather Forecast
10.15pm Julie's Christmas Special
with Julie Andrews
11.15pm Kontakion
a song of praise
11.50pm Midnight Mass
from the Priory Church of St Bartholomew-the-Great, Smithfield, London
12.45am Closedown
ITV Yorkshire (as ITV London except)
9.00am A Christmas Story
(until 9.30am)
10.15am Film : The Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960)
starring Richard Greene and Peter Cushing
11.35am The Silver Boys Choir of Norway
(until 12.05pm)
2.00pm Film : Press for Time (1966)
with Norman Wisdom (until 3.50pm)
ITV ANGLIA (as ITV London except)
9.00am A Christmas Story
(until 9.30am)
10.15am Film : It's All Happening (1963)
starring Tommy Steele, Michael Medwin, Angela Douglas, Bernand Bresslaw
2.00pm The Afternoon Movie : The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw
starring Kenneth More and Jayne Mansfield
6.00pm About Anglia
Christmas Day Tuesday 25th December 1973
ITV LONDON
9.00am Rainbow
Christmas Games
9.20am Sally and Jake
Sally and Jake's Christmas Adventure
9.30am On the Twelfth Day
10.00am A Merry Morning
with Leslie Crowther
10.30am Christmas Morning Service
Once Upon a Birthday
11.30am Film : Lad, a Dog (1962)
1.00pm Chipperfield's Christmas Circus
2.00pm Glories of Christmas
3.00pm The Queen
3.10pm The Afternoon Movie : Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows (1968)
4.50pm Queen of Hearts
with Danny La Rue, Peggy Mount, Mike Goddard, Alan Haynes
6.20pm News followed by
Weather Forecast
6.30pm All-Star Comedy Carnival
introduced by Jimmy Tarbuck
Man About the House
My Good Woman
Sez Les
Billy Liar
Spring and Autumn
Doctor in Charge
8.00pm Tommy Cooper's Christmas
with Sacha Distel, Clodagh Rodgers, Alan Cuthbertson
9.00pm Film : Von Ryan's Express (1965)
with Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard
10.00pm News at Ten, Weather Forecast
10.15pm Film : Von Ryan's Express (1965)
continued
11.20pm Celebration
with Sir Geraint Evans, Barry John
12.15am At the End of Christmas Day
ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV London except)
11.30am Film : Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959)
(until 1.00pm)
12.15pm The Odd Couple
12.45pm Weather
ITV ANGLIA (as ITV London except)
11.30am The Christmas Morning Comedy Film : Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)
Boxing Day Wednesday 26th December 1973
ITV LONDON
9.00am Rainbow
Christmas Party
9.20am The Adventures of Rupert Bear
Rupert's Christmas Party
9.35am Film : Babes in Toyland (1934)
starring Laurel and Hardy
10.50am Little Big Time
Freddie's Christmas Joke Hall
11.35am It's Ken Dodd Saying Look Who's Talking
12.35pm The Paul Hahn Golf Show
12.55pm Peggy Fleming's Russian Ice Skating Spectacular
1.50pm Film : Where Were You When the Lights Went Out ? (1968)
3.30pm That's Christmas- Sez Les!
4.30pm HMS Pinafore
6.15pm News and Sports Results
6.35pm Crossroads
7.00pm This Is Your Life
7.30pm Coronation Street
8.00pm Film : 55 Days at Peking (1963)
9.30pm News; Weather Forecast
9.45pm Film : 55 Days at Peking (1963)
continued
11.00pm Grierson
12.00 Professional Wrestling
12.40am What Was He Like ?
with Sir Geoffrey Jackson
ITV Yorkshire (as ITV London except)
9.35am Film : Arabian Nights
cartoon (until 10.50am)
