ITV CHRISTMAS TV 1978


  Christmas Eve Sunday 24th December 1978

  ITV LONDON

  9.00am  A Christmas Two Step

  9.35am    The First Christmas

10.00am   The Morning Worship  
                  from St Mary and All Saints, Whalley, Cheshire

11.00am    Film : The Bible...in the Beginning (1966)
                  with Michael Parks, Richard Harris, John Huston, Ava Gardner and Peter O'Toole

  2.15pm     The Big Match
                   introduced by Brian Moore 

  3.15pm     Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
                    narrated by Kermit the Frog

  4.15pm     Pam Ayres' Hong Kong Christmas

  5.15pm     ITV News

  5.30pm   Film : Godspell (1973)
                   with the original Broadway cast

  7.15pm    Bruce Forsyth's Christmas Eve

  9.15pm    Film : Charade (1954)
                   starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn

10.30pm  ITV News and Area Weather Forecast

10.40pm  Film : Charade (1954)
                  continued

11.30pm    Midnight Mass
                   from the Church of the Holy Family, Cockerton, Darlington

12.35am     Closedown

  ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV London except)

  9.00am  no programme

  9.05am  Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
                  (until 10.00am)

  2.05pm  Cartoon Time

  2.15pm    Football Special
                  (until 3.15pm)

  ITV ANGLIA (as ITV London except)

   9.05am  Rudolph the Red Nosed-Reindeer
                  (until 10.00am)

  2.15pm  Match of the Week
                (until 3.15pm)
 
  
  Christmas Day Monday 25th December 1978

  ITV LONDON

  8.45am   The Christmas Story

  9.00am   The Wotsit from Whizz Bang
                   Enter the Wotsit

  9.10am     Pipkins
                    The Balloon Tree

  9.25am     Christmas Clapperboard  
                    films about flying without planes

10.00am    A Merry Morning
                    from the National Children`s Home, Harrogate, with Jimmy Tarbuck and Animal Kwackers

10.45am     The Christmas Morning Service
                    from St George's Chapel, Windsor

12.00           Film : Living Free (1972)
                     starring Nigel Davenport and Susan Hampshire

  1.30pm    Christmas Day at Crossroads Motel

  2.00pm    3-2-1
                   with Ted Rogers

  3.00pm   The Queen

  3.20pm    Film : Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)
                    starring Roddy McDowell and Claude Akins

  4.55pm     Billy Smart's Christmas Circus

  6.05pm    News

  6.15pm      The Muppet Show
                     with guest Danny Kaye

  6.45pm     Film : Diamonds Are Forever (1971) Première
                     starring Sean Connery

  9.00pm   The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show
                   with guest Harold Wilson

10.15pm    This Is Your Life

11.00pm    ITV News

11.10pm     Film : There's a Girl in My Soup (1970)
                   starring Peter Sellers and Goldie Hawn

12.50am     Meditation - For Christmas Night

  1.15am       Closedown

  ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV London except)

11.10pm      Twist in the Tale

12.10am     Meditation

12.35am     Closedown


  Boxing Day Tuesday 26th December 1978

  ITV LONDON

  9.00am  Chorlton and the Wheelies
                  Chorlton and the Snow Dragon

  9.10am    Pipkins
                   with Jonathan Kydd

  9.25am    Get It Together Christmas Special

10.00am    Frosty's Winter Wonderland

10.25am     Film : Tarzan the Magnificent (1960)
                    starring Gordon Scott

12.00          The Talking Parcel
                    animation

12.45pm     ITV News

12.50pm    Looks Familiar

  1.30pm    Crossroads

  2.00pm   Cartoon Time
                   Ginger Nutt's Christmas

  2.10pm     Film : Holiday on the Buses (1973)

  3.45pm    Christmas Star Games
                   from Islington, introduced by Michael Aspel

  4.45pm   Christmas Sale of the Century
                   with Nicholas Parsons

  5.15pm    ITV News and Sport

  5.30pm   Charlie's Angels
                   (New Series) Angels in Vegas with Dean Martin, Robert Urich

  7.15pm    The Benny Hill Show

  8.15pm    Film : The Day of the Jackal (1973)
                   starring Edward Fox

10.50pm   ITV News

11.00pm    Casino de Paris
                   inside the famous nightclub

12.00         Closedown


  ITV YORKSHIRE (as ITV London except)

10.00am  The Ghosts of Motley Hall

10.25am    Film : Mara of the Wilderness
                  (until 12.00)

12.00         Christmas Sweet

  New Year's Eve Sunday 31st December 1978

  ATV

  11.00am  Link
  11.30am  The Maharajahs (Repeat)
  12.20pm  The Mr Magoo Show
  12.30pm  University Challenge
    1.00pm  The Bionic Woman
    2.00pm  Star Soccer
    3.00pm  Life Goes to the Movies
    5.35pm  Enid Blyton's Famous Five
    6.05pm  ITN News 
     6.15pm  At the Turn of the Year
      7.15pm  Bruce Forsyth's Big Night
     9.05pm  Film : The Diamond Mercenaries (1976)
   10.50pm  ITN News
    11.05pm  Out with the Old, In with the New
   12.30am  Closedown

  New Year's Day Monday 1st January 1979

  ATV

   9.15am  Rudolf's Shiny New Year
  10.00am  The Wotsit from Whizz-Bang (Repeat)
  10.10am  Stepping Stones
  10.25am  TV Film : Huckleberry Finn (1975)
  11.40am  Clapperboard
  12.15pm  Look Who's Talking New Year Party
   1.00pm  News at One
    1.10pm  Dudh Kosi, Relentless River of Everest (Repeat)
    2.10pm  Catuor
    2.15pm  Film : 55 Days at Peking (1963)
    5.05pm Crossroads
   5.30pm  ITV News and Sport
   5.45pm  The Didn't Quite Make it in Time for Christmas Video Show
   6.30pm  Coronation Street
   7.00pm  This is Your Life
   7.30pm  Film : Kelly's Heroes (1970)
 10.05pm  ITN News
 10.20pm  Cinderella at the Palace
  12.05am  Closedown