ITV CHRISTMAS TV 1977
Christmas Eve Saturday 24th December 1977
ITV LONDON
9.00am Our Bumper Christmas Show
11.00am Film : The Flying Deuces (1939)
with Laurel and Hardy (b&w)
12.25pm News
12.30pm World of Sport
introduced by Dickie Davies with special guest Eric Morecambe
(12.35 World Cup Skiing, 1.00,2.05 World Cup Darts, 1.30 Snooker, 2.30 Wrestling)
3.00pm Film : The Macahans: How the West Was Won (1977)
starring James Arness, Richard Kiley, Eve Marie Saint (TV Movie)
5.05pm News
5.15pm Celebrity Mr and Mrs
with Derek Batey, Susan Cuff
5.45pm New Faces
with Derek Hobson, Tony Hatch, Shaw Taylor and Terry Wogan
6.45pm The Man from Atlantis
The Naked Montague, starring Patrick Duffy and Belinda Montgomery
7.45pm The Rag Trade
Christmas Rush, starring Miriam Karlin, Christopher Beeny, Anna Karen, Diane Langton and Peter Jones
8.15pm McCloud
Twas the Flight Before Christmas starring Dennis Weaver, J.D.Cannon, Terry Carter and Diana Muldaur
9.40pm Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas
with the Crosby family, Stanley Baxter,Twiggy, Ron Moody, Trinity Boys' Choir, David Bowie
10.40pm News
10.55pm Are You Stone Cold, Santa Claus ?
11.25pm Midnight Service Holy Communion
from St Martin-in-the-Fields
12.20am Close
ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV London except)
9.00am Mumbly
9.15am Rolf Harris
9.45am The Six Million Dollar Man
10.40am Valley of the Dinosaurs
11.10am Calendar Kids
11.55am Happy Days
(until 12.25pm)
ATV
9.00am No Programme
9.10am Six Million Dollar Man
A Bionic Christmas Carol
10.00am Tiswas
including
Batman
Hizzoner the Penguin part 1
Christmas Day Sunday 25th December 1977
ITV LONDON
8.45am Christmas Carol Concert
from Wells Cathedral
9.45am The Story of Christmas
cartoon
9.50am Bugs Bunny
10.00am Morning Worship
Parish Mass from Our Lady and St Oswin's, Tynemouth
11.00am A Merry Morning
with Jimmy Tarbuck, Guy Kent, The Wurzels and Roger Stevenson
11.45am The Woody Woodpecker Show
12.00 Film : Robinson Crusoe and the Tiger (1970)
with Hugo Stiglitz
2.05pm Just William
William's Worst Christmas, starring Adrian Dannatt, Diana Fairfax, Hugh Cross, Simon Chandler and Stacy Dorning
3.00pm The Queen
3.10pm To See Such Fun
a look at four decades of film fun
4.40pm Emu's Christmas Adventure
with Rod Hull, Arthur Lowe, Jack Douglas
5.40pm ITN News
5.45pm The Muppet Show
with Julie Andrews
6.15pm Christmas Sale of the Century
presented by Nicholas Parsons with Sneh Gupta, Tina Robinson, John Benson
6.40pm Stars on Christmas Day
with Bing Crosby, Don Estelle, Gracie Fields,Sir John Mills, Valerie Monese, Mary O'Hara, Harry Secombe,
Opus VII with the Northern Singers, introduced by Moira Anderson
7.15pm Film : Young Winston (1972)
starring Simon Ward, Robert Shaw and Anne Bancroft
10.05pm ITN News
10.20pm Stanley Baxter's Greatest Hits
11.30pm Celebration : The Joys of Christmas in Words and Music
12.30am A Christmas Message
from the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Donald Coggan
12.40am Closedown
ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV London)
ATV (as ITV London)
Boxing Day Monday 26th December 1977
ITV LONDON
9.00am A Heavenly Place
with Adele Leigh telling the story of the carol "Silent Night"
9.40am Chorlton and the Wheelies
Chorlton in the Ice World
10.10am Rainbow
with Geoffrey Hayes, Stanley Bates, Jane Tucker, Rod Burton, Roger Walker and Roy Skelton
10.25am Clapperboard
with Chris Kelly
10.55am Film : Pufnstuf (1970)
with Jack Wild, Billy Hayes, Martha Raye, Mama Cass
12.30pm ITN News
12.35pm Star Spangled Soccer
with Ian Wooldridge (Repeat)
1.20pm This Is Your Life - Earl Mountbatten of Burma
with Eamonn Andrews (Repeat)
2.30pm Film : The Guns of Navarone (1961)
starring Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn
5.25pm News and Sports Results
5.45pm The Ghosts of Motley Hall
Phantomime
6.45pm Opportunity Knocks!
Songwriters' Show with Hughie Green
7.30pm Coronation Street
8.00pm George and Mildred
No Business like Show Business starring Yootha Joyce and Brian Murphy
8.30pm The Best of Benny Hill
with Bob Todd
9.30pm Vera Lynn Sings
10.15pm ITN News
10.30pm Film : Gumshoe (1971)
starring Albert Finney, Billie Whitelaw, Frank Finlay, Janice Rule
12.05am Night Gallery
12.25am Epilogue
ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV London except)
12.05am The Odd Couple
12.30am Closedown
ATV (as ITV London except)
12.00am Something Different
a religious series with Sue Jay
12.20am Closedown
Christmas Tuesday 27th December 1977
ITV LONDON
9.10am Film : Santa Claus and the Three Bears (1970)
cartoon
10.10am The Wotsit from Whizz-Bang
The Tartan Tea-Leaf
10.25am Rainbow
Push with guest Susan Stranks
10.40am Alaska Dog Sled Championships
11.05am Film : The Pied Piper (1972)
starring Donovan, Jack Wild, Cathryn Harrison, Donald Pleasence and John Hurt
12.40pm ITN News
12.45pm The Ryder Cup
with Arthur Montford
1.45pm Those Wonderful TV Times Christmas Show
2.30pm Film : The Amazing Mr Blunden (1972)
starring Laurence Naismith, Lynne Frederick, Garry Miller, Diana Dors
4.15pm Get It Together With the Bay City Rollers
with Roy North, Linda Fletcher
4.45pm The Queen's Racehorses
A Personal View
5.15pm ITN News
5.30pm Chipperfiield's Christmas Circus
introduced by "Diddy" David Hamilton
6.35pm Crossroads
7.00pm Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt
On the Feast of Selwyn, starring Bill Maynard
7.30pm Max's Holiday "Hour"
starring Max Bygraves with Lena Zavaroni, Jim Davidson, Sandra Dickinson, Charlie Cairoli
8.30pm Film : Fear is the Key (1972)
starring Barry Newman and Suzy Kendall
10.25pm ITN News
10.45pm Peggy
Peggy Lee with special guest Charles Aznavour
11.45pm A Touch of the Casanovas
with Frankie Howerd, Stuart Damon, Patsy Rowlands, Madeline Smith
12.25am Epilogue
ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV London except)
10.40am Puzzle Party Christmas Show
(until 11.05)
ATV (as ITV London except)
10.40am Ukaliq
animation (until 11.05)
